Any thoughts to tracking hands like the COTM sticky up top? Might be an interesting way to track your improvement...

Ggoodluck!G

Hey I just had 3 big sessions in a row, I should start keeping track of my winnings. Gonna put those ones in manually of course.

That session didn't count, I got sucked out in a huge pot

That session didn't count, I made a really spewy call and I'm not going to do that again

That session didn't count, he should have folded to my bluff there, I'm obviously representing the nuts

Wow I'm a 20bb/hr winner in this game. I am poker Jesus.

Reminds me of my golf handicap

Poker Heyzeus.

Yeah, I really think that part of the reason they don't table change away from the other pro regs is because if they did, the other regs would (ridiculously) view it as a "I can't beat these guys" move rather than what it is--"I can beat those other guys for more."

I'm talking about a group of 4 or 5 guys that I've known casually for 3 or 4 years now. I'm confident that their ego is involved in their decision to not table change away from each other, because I see their egos affecting all of their other poker decisions, too.

For that matter, until recently, ego was affecting my decisions. I never used to table change, simply because I considered any table I sat at beatable. Only recently have I started table changing looking for the most beatable table.

I can't say that it has made a huge difference in my WR, because I was right that I can beat any table, but at least now I know I am doing everything I can to maximize my WR, and I do think it has helped some.

But the point is "I can beat any table" is an ego statement, even if it is completely true. The thinking poker pro statement is "I can beat that table over there for the most money." When those guys are doing what I used to do, sitting and fighting a table of decent players when there is a softer table available, they are saying "I can beat any table."

Lol what? Your goal as a pro should be to make the highest EV plays 100% of the time when you're playing so you do maximise the money you do make.

I think maybe what RP was trying to say was that in some cases attempting to make the most money possible can actually end up pretty bad by way of burnout,risk of ruin, missed opportunities outside of poker.

But I could be wrong.

Pretty much it. He missed the context.

Oh yeah. Well obv spending 80 hours a week in the casino is bad.

I was watching a Tim Ferris interview in where he said something along the lines of "Sometimes business owners brute force their way into making an extra few K a month but end up crippling themselves from making even more in the future."

On why people don't table change, y'all missed one other type of "ego" reason. Competitive rec players aren't staying at hard table because of inertia or because they don't want to admit defeat, but because they actually relish the challenge. They want to test themselves and try to beat good players, not just choose the table with the highest hourly EV.

I actually have the most fun at tough tables, and I love pulling out plays that would be spew against fish.

Part of my strategy is making people want to beat me to teach me a lesson.

You've changed in recent weeks Ricardo.

A few weeks ago you were saying that you were popular at the table and all the regs think you're a great guy and that this is good for the game and your profits. More recently you've been saying that you're a dick on purpose and that this makes it more profitable

Are there two of you?

In his book treat your poker like a business, leatherass says #1 priority of a poker pro is to stay in business

sometimes that conflicts with playing in biggest games/trying to make the most money possible

those two things aren't always the same. for most people they're exclusive.

anyway I think it's important as a poker player to be happy and giving up some short term EV to be happier is profitable in the long run. We know late nights on weekends are generally the best time to play for instance but if forcing yourself to play those hours every week would burn you out or conflict with other parts of your life it's not worth it. We know how little money comes out of poker and you're naive if you think you can just sit down feeling like crap and put in hours and have people give you money (or at least anywhere near as much money as you could work for in good spirits and clear mind)

but there's a balance and "pros" who spend the majority of their hours playing with their friends who are all decent players so they can have fun chopping up cheeseburger money is shortsighted and dumb.

Youre intentionally trolling.

Obviously playing in all reg games is bad because a pro can table select to a different table for a higher hourly.

As for the crusher in all reg games comment:

As been said itt, regs don't crush for lots of money. Only a very small percentage do, and again, those crushers would be making even more table selecting to a softer game.

Because anyone who disagree with you is trolling?

You offered zero sensible argument...

If it's so obvious, explain it.

You said it yourself:

-Regs have job and don't care about losing.

-Unknown is...unknown.

So how is playing with unknown more profitable than playing with regs that you know are losing?

Because you're contradicting yourself itt. I could quote all your recent posts to prove I'm right but I'm not that bored.

I said regs don't care about playing in suboptimal games.

I can't believe you're trying to argue a table full of regs is a better game than a table of unknowns. Maybe it's just your player pool?

Or maybe you're part of the 80%?

Poker is about knowing how to exploit your opponents...need I say more?

I would assume RP is suggesting that the Regs would have to be significantly better than your average unknowns in order to make it worthwhile to give up the advantage of playing with people for whom you presumably already have solid reads.

If your game is built around people calling your nutted hands because they don't know you, then you are indeed part of the losing player population.

I believe you can be both. A whale is a target, can be a dick, and is always very popular.

Also, I never said I am a great guy.

For anyone newish who may be reading, the above is misleading. Patiently waiting for solid hands and value betting is a winning strategy.

Uh oh, here we go.......