He said he should move up to 2-5 and agrees with fans saying he should move up, but the lockdowns hurt his financial situation. Probably one reason he is upset about the mask mandates; cases have been going up and a lot of people are so tired of this. If he was hurt financially it makes sense why he would be angry. The last thing his vlog needs is more restrictions and lockdowns.

Of course last time he played 2-5 he was only buying in for $300 though, and then he started playing at PH again.

I think a lot of people have gotten stronger opinions about political issues in the last year and a half. The virus stuff affects everybody. IMO that’s why he seems extra pissed off about that stuff.

He's just pointing out the obvious - that this is about statist control, not medicine. That's been true since the beginning but it became transparent to a lot of people yesterday. And of course it's going to get ugly. Whether or not you think that's a good thing depends on how prepared you are for ugliness and how much you stand to gain or lose.

So true. I think has humans when things are bad we default to "it has to be someone's fault" and "it can't possibly be my fault".

Lol - if you dont think social distancing and masks slow the spread of airborne viruses then I dont know what to tell you. No one in government enjoys what has gone on the last two years despite what your paranoid thoughts tell you.

Doesn't matter any ways. First of all there is no correlation that states that had stricter mask mandates/stay at home orders did any better than states that were less restrictive. Secondly, there is no point any ways because we are now busing illegal immigrants with COVID to every corner of this country. No matter what we do we are all doomed any ways as long as that is allowed to continue to happen.

but the government wants to control us and make us all wears masks because of .. uhh .. hrm

Yeah. The government would be more annoyed that we would wear masks and block their facial recognition programs, honestly.

Next thing you know we're required to wear underwear in public!

Many of us have become a LOT more political than we were a few years ago. In my opinion mostly due to a combination of terrible mainstream media, social media and the increasing mediation of technology and government interventions in every aspect of our lives.

Cannot wait to get my net worth to a point in which I can take early retirement and move to a small town with some community spirit and meaningful human interactions.

You serious Clark?

There is nothing more gov't stooges love then power of people

At least the Anti-Social Social Club people are aware that they're still part of a social club.

What advice would you give Rampage ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmkoMWb7qgE

This thread had a good run. It really really did. So sad to see it go.

Might be fun to respond to this one Seems like a brutal session, self-inflicted unfortunately. Almost all of his hands I would have played differently - to be fair though I play higher stakes than Rampage does and have online cash background. FWIW though I respect his hustle and seems like a good kid, my advice would be to invest some solver work time if he's playing 10/20+ games. Without a family it is indeed possible to have 60hr/week non-poker job, play poker and study.

Some notable hands:

AJs Would 3-bet squeeze from the SB instead of flatting pre-flop, On J3476 (3rd club OTR) river I would not value bet $200 into $460.

AKo would not call the roughly pot-size jam river bet on the AQ9JQ (3 clubs) run-out

55 (no spades) would not call turn or river bet on the 984 (3 spades) 4J run-out

88 I would not call the 18x BB 3-bet squeeze from the BB

ATo I would not 3bet in CO vs HJ open dynamic

76s Interesting the effective stack size was not provided here, given this is a straddled pot and we assume 75BB effective I would not defend vs the 3bet. To be honest, I doubt he is evaluating the effective size, and just tired of losing and trying to make something happen.

Note KK(1 club) hand, I would typically check on the A62cc flop but depending on your strategy for this board 1/3rd on the flop doesn't seem egregious.

She's a great ambassador for higher-stakes games, makes you want to jump in with them. The vibe came across 1000% lighter than the vibe in a lot of bigger games I've played in. Well played.

Exactly. If the issue was medical as a country we'd be manufacturing masks with sufficient filtration to stop the virus, distributing them in sufficient #s to avoid re-use, and then be able to demonstrate they work (which they have not, so far).

But if you're a commissar who wants to make the Kulaks bend the knee, then a craft-project mask is actually better than one that works. You just have to make them wear it obviously irrationally, so they openly acknowledged that complying with the commissariat is more important than their own rational thought. The state IS logic. They are to follow.

My one sentence advice for Rampage: You need to fold the River, more often.

They love getting re-elected, and instituting unpopular policies during a pandemic does not help.

lol @ 3:35 "our kicker is too good to fold" he says as he calls a pot sized bet with one pair on a paired, straight and flushed board

Yeah it's hard to imagine an easier TPTK fold - everything got there.

He should have just reached into his wallet and handed villain a couple extra hundreds if he's going to give money away like that.

Which is why they are have unelected bureaucrats pushing out whatever this week's nonsense is.

If you think cloth and paper masks actually stop an airborne virus, I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. Not one peer reviewed scientific study shows that there is any difference in transmissibility between using cloth masks (or face diapers as Trooper calls it) and no masks at all.

Rampage should move up where they respect his lines.

I hear at about 50/100 or so they start respecting your river calls