gl man, hope u achieve everything u set out for.

Thanks for the support. Yup decided to finally start my own since following other peoples PGC is my favorite part of 2p2. Gl to you as well!

Thanks!

Wow you're crushing 1-2. I just got on bovada and up like 8k. We should chat or do some Skype sessions sometime. Pm if you're interested and GL!

Also follow me too!

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GL man. Subbed!

Nice. Most of my time spent on the computer is spent playing tbh. Feel free to PM me for my skype though. Will def follow your thread, gl!

Thanks gl to you also!

Sorry for the lack of updates so far guys, I've mostly felt like playing heads up this month and action has been really slow. Up a couple grand for the month so far, gonna start sitting 6m again though along with my hu tables so will get some screenshots of results in hear once I have something meaningful to show.

On the exercise front it's been going really well. Played a ton of golf/basketball/trips to the gym over the last week. Was supposed to play basketball tonight but it fell through so gonna make a trip to the gym in a couple hours.

Nice to see you got one of these going finally!
How do your goals here compare to your pre thread standard. Like how many hrs/week, hands per month, days at the gym, etc... were you doing before you started this? Always nice to see how much people are changing or pushing themselves when setting up future goals.

Looks like you are doing well and the goals look solid. Best of Luck! Will be following.

Also glad to hear you are setting a goal on your health and diet! Keep it up, you'll get a natural high from doing it.

Thanks! I love poker so I've never really had much trouble with getting a solid number of hours in every month. I'd say the real pushing myself in this thread will be with the fitness stuff. I'm always pretty good about doing cardio (playing bball/running at the gym/indoor soccer) but I need to get back into lifting weights and I need to eat better.

Thanks yeah it's definitely very important. Staying active isn't the hard part for me because I love playing sports and I don't mind going to the gym. The really hard part for me is eating healthy. And it's not even because I don't like healthy foods, it's just because I have no clue how to cook and every time I try to cook food for myself I feel overwhelmed cuz I have no clue what I'm doing besides the very basics and it never tastes as good as when other people make it.


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If anyone has any tips for how to get better at this stuff lemme know

Start out with simple stuff. Buy a good rice cooker. You can measure out exactly the appropriate amount of rice, water, and a tiny bit of olive oil or butter. Press the cook button. It comes out ready to eat in about 25 minutes. It's really, really easy and comes out perfect every time.

Your other option is to make baked potatoes. Literally just throw a russet(baking potato) in the oven, or even a toaster oven. When its crunchy on the outside it's ready. Break it open, throw some grass-fed butter in there and some salt/pepper. Another good carb source.

If you like chicken legs they are really easy to make. Also cheap and delicious. You just put them in a pyrex or other similar dish. Add olive oil, salt, pepper and any other spices you like on them. Roast them on like 425 until the skin is crispy brown.

Broiled steaks are easy, but maybe too dangerous if you are really bad at cooking. You can do them on the stovetop if you invest in a cast iron skillet.

For breakfast an egg in butter or olive oil with hash browns is good. You can buy pre-cut potatoes and just put them in a pan with olive oil until they are brown, then flip until the other side is brown. Or you can try and find some fresh baked bread if you like your eggs with toast. If you are really lazy/bad you can check the frozen section for hash browns you can just put in the toaster oven. I suggest going to an organic food store and buying the organic frozen stuff if you go that route. It's a lot higher quality but you will pay about 50%-100% more. Not that potatoes are expensive to begin with...

I'm 21 but have been cooking for about 10 years, so I've literally probably made a few thousand meals. I am mostly self taught and managed to mess up my fair share of meals. Eventually you get the hang of it. If you can learn some basic meals you can then work your way up from there.

If you learn to sauté some vegetables like onions or make steamed carrots that will really make your meals taste better. Sauteed vegetables in butter/olive oil go very well with rice. A great way to get in some good fats(yes, butter is good for you contrary to popular belief) and micronutrients and vitamins in veggies.

You can try and find some good peeled and deveined wild shrimp. They are easy to make in a pan on the stovetop. Just throw in some olive oil into a medium-hot pan, put in the shrimp, add crushed hot red pepper, black pepper, and salt. Flip them after about 30 seconds and finish with fresh lemon juice. This goes great on rice as well.

You can also make egg fried rice with shrimp/chicken/beef. You sautee some ginger with onions, scallions, and diced carrots. Brown that in oil, add in the white rice(it should be chilled from the day before), fry that together and add in a scrambled egg chopped finely along with any veggies you want like mushrooms or baby corn. Then have your protein ready from another pan and combine that in the wok. Add in some soy sauce, or a replacement one if you don't eat soy. Add salt/pepper/sesame seeds to taste. You can make this in bulk and eat it for a week. Cheap and delicious. Maybe too complicated for you but certainly something you should try. Cooking fresh food does not have to taste bad.

As with poker, you are going to suck at it for awhile. Eventually you will get the hang of it and I promise it's worth it. Few people nowadays can cook quality food.

Since you seem to be doing well financially, you should try buying fresh organic foods as much as possible. It's not only healthier but tastes a lot better.

nutrition is key man. u can sit on ur ass all day but if u crush fruits and vegetables, natural wholesome foods, it damn near won't matter. mental and physical health will still be close to optimal, but obv exercise has some great benefits

good post^^^

Thanks for the nutrition advice guys

I'm getting good at this going really deep when 1 tabling a tourney. Unfortunately still failing on the winning said tourneys. Just busted 35k guarantee on bovada a few min ago in 8th. Can't feel bad about it as I got in KK pf vs AK and just didn't hold. Tourney busts definitely sting when there's a good amount of money up top. Has happened a few times in tourneys with 8k+ up top but I don't play many tourneys and this kind of variance can go on for a really long time obv (and i of course experienced some positive variance on my way to 8th also). Definitely a bit disappointed but I had a good day between the cash tables, the tourney, and had a good gym workout today. Will get a screenshot of the months results (+~$6k) in here as soon as I have a bit of a sample to show. Online volume should be pretty strong for the next 4-5 days and then will probably slow for a week or so as I'm planning on going to meet up with tmckendry in Ft Lauderdale and grind a bunch of 5/10 live during the series going on there.

Keep the nutrition advice coming!!

Nice job with the tourny!

Where are u going in Ft. Laud? Seminole hard Rock in Hollywood?

I play weekly at the Isle in Pompano. You might want to check that out.. only about 15 minutes from Fort Lauderdale.

Whichever one is hosting that series that ends with the 10 mill guarantee is the one I am going to. Thanks for the tip, I'll probly check it out. Do they get 5/10nl going regularly there?

I only play weekends but 5/10 is always running on the weekends. Top notch poker room too... at least compared to the other offerings around here.

GL OP, keep crushing.

Cool thanks

Thanks man

You play zone? I seem to get crushed in that but do pretty well in the regular 6 max games.

Nope zone doesn't run at high enough stakes.

Nice thread, nice results. Cool to see other people crushing on bovada. I'm gonna be transitioning over to your games (prob mostly 3/6 and higher with some 2/4) towards the end of the year so make as much as you can while the games are still good .

GL on the grind

great post... you're a smart young man

Awesome thread! Subbed.

Nice where you transitioning from? Gl to you as well!

Appreciate it thanks for following