ROTFLOL at an attorney calling a different profession corrupt and evil. Don't understand you telling him he was in "your seat" when what it appears you meant was it either had been your seat or it was a seat you could have taken but did not. If it were truly yours why not call the floor and let them sort it out? Why get upset with him for treating you nicer than you treated him by your own admission(you ignored him, he responded to you)? Given your reaction to another player taking the whales from your game why are you surprised he would feel the same when you tried to poach the whales from the game he was playing? Don't let distractions stop you from focusing on taking their money.

I hope this does not come over as too negative but you are better than this.

Played 2/5 and plo for a couple hours, lost $50 folding every hand. Played close to a perfect session. Bravo.

I like to think I am better than your garden variety sellout corporate moneybags attorney...I try to get deserving people out of prison, not lock them in a cage and deny them medical treatment like the garbage trash heap BOP that not only lets people die in their custody when in dire need of medical care but has gang rape clubs among officers in the female (and who knows, maybe even male) prisons. What a complete garbage fire, and anyone who works for them can suck it as far as I am concerned. They are the true sellouts, earning a paycheck at the expense of others' terrible and avoidable suffering. Equating all attorneys (very broad class with varying areas of expertise and occupations) with BOP employees is comparing apples and oranges.

And I did call the floor but they are slow to respond so I wanted to give him a heads up that he might not be taking the seat. You might call his reaction tit for tat at best, and that's charitable - I suspect he was not supposed to go to that table anyway and tried to pull a fast one at my expense. When I was asking people if they wanted to play 5/5 that day it was because the game was short handed...I was not trying to poach the whales specifically although they were welcome to join us and one had been on the 5/5 list. It was an open invitation to everyone in the game. Unlike everyone else, this particular player was very abrupt with me then as well and cut me off, very pushy. I didn't like his tone then and I didn't like it last night either. Not respectful in the slightest. The fact that he works for that inept agency was just the nail in the coffin in my estimation of his character.

Had a weird dream I was on a bus with my mom and sister to catch a flight, almost missed the bus stop, forgot my bag on the bus, grabbed it, stuffed some things into my bag and headed to my nearby high school (...?) where I called my mom and she answered but kept talking to someone else on the phone. Tough one to decipher.

Gonna either head to mdl or mgm tonight, depending on wait lists, last night lists at mgm were too long. Last day of the year and I am a few hundo below $100,000k. Assuming I win the guess, which it is looking like, I am going to offer everyone who took a guess a discount on the plo guide and still offer the free 10-minute hand history review session regardless of whether they purchase it, just in the spirit of the holidays and New Year.

Happy New Year everyone! Thanks for reading!

My guess is 104,200 cuz you’re gonna crush it tonight!

Thanks…just got the triple with AA ai pre…up $415 so far. I think I’m right around 100k now. Gonna try to keep the upward momentum to ring in the new year.

At midnight I am going to start a new session so I officially finish the year over $100k …lol…normally I count it as one session but for psychological reasons I want to do things differently this time. 23 minutes and counting….

Bringing in the new year down $600, bad AA ai pre lost, top set lost. Lol.

New name for plo5: “the five-card pits.”

Ended down $400 on the first day of 2023, now at 5/T.

I knew I shoulda Price is Right'ed it and gone $1! Happy New Year.

I apologize as it seems my point was unclear. You can judge people for being a member of a group; BOP, attorneys, blacks, etc, or you can judge them as individuals. Once you decide you get to judge them for their group you lose all moral standing to object when others apply the same standard of judging by group membership that you applied to those you dislike. You certainly seemed to feel it unfair when judged by the same standard as you felt entitled to judge others by defending yourself as an individual not defending your group. I might be wrong; maybe you do feel that it is rules for thee but not for me, but you seemed better than that in your writings. BTW judging the cost of corruption from lawyers and BOP; remembering the profession of many politicians and judges that send the people to the BOP, is comparing a VERY large harm to a much smaller harm but not in favor of your profession.

I still don't understand the seat. As I understand it you did not have chips at the seat but were sent by your table change to a different table and desired to control a seat at both tables while you decided which you preferred. Is this correct? Did you pick up all your chips? Why did the dealer deal in the person if they had taken your seat? I guess I am fortunate that the floors where I play are more attentive to the games so this would not be an issue.

As to poaching whales you went to a smaller game and tried to take the players that were willing to play larger from it. You did this in person rather than have the board simply announce seats available in your game. Was there a board for the smaller game or were you trying by your actions to break his game to benefit your game? If a player did the same to your game would you like it? Remember we have your own statements on how you reacted when someone approached potential players with an alternative game.

Good luck in 2023.

Thanks, same to you!

Yeah but this way you at least were rooting for me. Thanks and Happy New Year!!

At every casino I have played when a seat vacates players currently at the table have priority over new players joining the game as to whether or not they want that seat. I take it the priority is different where you were playing. If I had been the other player I would have let you know I thought it was my choice and asked the dealer which of us was correct. If I were in error I'd have apologized; if you were in error I'd expect but not demand the same.

$125,500 as my guess for your 2023 profit.

Sorry this has gotten so long-winded at this point, but he was not at the table - he was a new player who sat down in the game I had a transfer request to, so I actually had priority.

Thanks for the optimism although I am aiming for $175,000.

Forgot about a hand I played last night, overlimped T8764ds, flop 763 my flush draw, bet, I Jam at spr less than 2, lose to naked 54 (and nfd came along as well). That's pretty much why I started the year stuck!

Goals for 2023: make more than last year, don't spazz pre, visit Florida.

Sounds to me like the guy who took his seat moved from another table, without the floor's permission.

Either that or he was a new player, either way I had priority. It's interesting because he put his finger up to his lips and signaled to the player next to him when he sat down so I definitely think something was up. The floor just screwed up.

$175.000 is a big increase. Playing bigger, playing more, or think you have improved your game that much?

Probably not playing more, but I do think I am really going to focus on my plo volume this year. I told myself last year I would play less hold 'em and I did, to an extent. I think I am going to double down on that goal this year. That alone should increase my profits considerably, I hope. Also if I am being honest I did not run that well last year in plo but still managed to do very well.

Last night lost A9hh<62dd on AKQdd4d4s at spr 1, just check/called down and lost at 5/T/25. Really starting to get annoyed at losing so often in this game, another reason I am going to focus on plo. The 5/T at mgm is not like a lot of other 5/T games across the country. Very nitty except from time to time when the game looks better than average. Also payed 2/5 with korean savage gamer and lost to his A7o versus my AA, he 4! jammed $650 and made a flush. :/

PLO was fine, early on lost KKT98 in 3! pot to AA on AK7cc (my suit), and J9865 on 47Kr ai on the flop, turn T, river A (...) versus top set and low wrap, but after being card dead for a while made a comeback with AA in a couple pots including AAT98 on 567 in 3! pot, both Vs donk jammed and I held on 7-K runout somehow. Lost an AA in backraised 4! pot versus low wrap for side pot and main pot, then held in another backraised 4! pot with top set AAA versus wrap, 3! TT998ds and called a 4!, shipped 789r flop and V folded. That's pretty much it. Up $1,000 plo, down $950 5/T, up $150 2/5 for a $200 profit over an 18-hour session. Sick hourly.

My propokertools free license has expired. Noooooo! Edit: phew, it was extended to March.

Played an early morning session, woke up at 3am, drove to mgm, up $3,800 in a few hours, not a bad hourly! Could not miss a flop/turn/river. Back home now for regular work....

Played the 5/5/25/50 5-card at mdl which I’d taken a break from. Made $4,500 in a couple hours. Also ran well at 2/5, up $600 there. Left for mgm as game got worse. Nice night and a strong start to the month and the year.

Some hands from last night's 5/5/25/50 session:

- 3! AA236ds versus open to $600, heads up to Q94r, he donks for my last $400, I snap and lose on K turn to KKJTx. Lose my first bullet my first hand.

- iso AJT87ds, four ways to 953dd my nut suit, I ship BTN last $600, two callers, turn: 8d and we hold.

- limp AAQT5ds UTG, three ways to KT9cc (my suit), someone $300, I call, btn raises to $700, call, I ship $2,700, they both fold.

- limp AAQT6ds UTG (theme?), MP raises to $275, two callers, I l/rr to $1,475, two callers. Flop miraculous: 664ss (I have As), I ship my last $700, they both call, turn: A, scoop.

- limp AKJT7ds in EP, four ways to JJ6cc, I bet, pro calls, turn 8, x/bet, call; river: 2c bringing in flush draw, V block bets $400 into $1,200, I raise to $1,200, he snaps with the nut flush and a 6. :/ I later ask him if he had a read and he says he can't say, but I did notice a coupe railbirds standing behind me and I was not too pleased about it as they were in his line of sight. Probably nothing was up, but still.

Felt super comfy playing this session, must have helped to take a little time away from the game and book a big win last year.

Played a rocky session, started off losing AA v. AA to a very loud drinking player who never shuts up when he's winning (bleh) on Q87ssc with AAKQ9cchh, turn 3c then it all went in, at least most of the money I got in as a favorite even though I lost and misplayed the hand according to a lot of posters. Also lost AKK98ds to two short stacks, one with bad AA ai pre, a triple barrel didn't get through, c/folded a pretty good hand multiway KK874cch on Q87cch versus a pot and a call, was not sure where I was at (would have scooped versus two draws assume), then left for 2/5 while I waited to get back into the must move which was a much better game. Things started going better and finally got unstuck and then some when I rivered the nut flush multiway and raised river to $675 and got paid off by the second nut flush. All things considered, not my best session by any means. Was probably a little burned out from the 5/5 session and was not playing my best. Booked a small win but if I did not make a few mistakes or played one or two hands differently could have been a much bigger win if I'm being honest.

Played a really long session got stacked early on in a big 3! pot with AKJ98dd on 267dd (my nut suit) cbet got raised gii against 667 and he quaded on the turn. :/ He racked up not longer after.

Won A9977 in 3! pot on 689, donked, donked turn and got raised all in, called and held against AxJTcc (bdfd came in). Lost mega wrap to oesd and bdfd (bdfd came in), then got a little ool pre, trying to isolate a couple short stacks who were all in to force the IP deep stack out of the hand and just realize my equity against the shorties, he flatted AAKQT K-high spades and flop was K35ss, giving me nut gutter nfd and a pair in my hand (66) plus back door two pair/trips outs, I shoved spr .5 and lost on a 5-5 runout. Was pretty card dead for a while and eventually this dude wearing a bright red velvet track suit showed up and seemed like he wanted action, suggested we play 5/5, so eventually the 5/5 got going and we just played that. He liked to bet when checked to a LOT so I checked top set on Q72r and just flatted his cbet, planning on gii on the turn if he bet again, unfortunately the turn was the 8s bringing a bdfd and multiple straight draws and I could not risk it checking through so I donk jammed my last $650 with top set and an open-ender (56) and got two callers (not including the original aggressor who folded). I was up against two straight draws, a set, and the nut flush draw and someone else rivered a straight. That one would have been nice to win. Then flatted an EP open mulltiway with a gapped rundown and flopped the nut straight with redraw, checked through the flop, turn gave me higher straight and oesfd, I potted, one caller, river paired the 4 (I had a 6 blocking some boats), and I had less than $200 left in an $800 pot and check called in case he was ever bluffing or we were chopping, he had 55 for 5s full and nut flush draw.

At this point I was stuck heaps and card dead again, the whale who stacked me twice busted to the red velvet player and quit (as did the red velvet cupcake player who turned out to probably be a pro since he asked me if I as going to play in the big 50/100 hold 'em game a 6pm), until I finally get AAKQQss and open, get three callers, and flop a good 973r, just pot it at spr 2, one caller, turn: T. C/f.... I leave 5/5 and game breaks and we start playing 1/2 plo. At this point I have been playing for over 20 hours and have been awake for over 24 and my throat is horse and I feel pretty degen. I talk to the guy next to me about how playing long sessions is bad and we agree it is and then just keep playing. I call a backraise 4! with KKT77 and flop AQQ and fold, then 3! AK644ds k-high A-high and get two all ins and call and flop middle set of 4s and hold and scoop a nice pot. At this point I feel like I am not playing well and leave and sleep from 2pm until 10am today, stuck $2k.

At least my Ken Lo mixed games book arrived today, suggested by crusher plo5 player. Thanks for the suggestion!

For anyone interested with some spare cash, I recommend opening a high yield savings account. Unlike a TD or treasury bond, you can still access the money and get a good rate. Mine earns me 4.35% interest which is about enough to help cover a lot of my monthly expenses. I half-jokingly asked my parents if I could retire the other day and they encouraged me to keep working....

Forgot a couple tidbits from my marathon session Friday night:

Young player called black player an “eight ball” and “boy.” Wow….

Same “boy” player says to me: “someone told me you’re the best Omaha player here.” I denied it of course and said I was terrible, which I am.

Saw avatar the way of water today, nice change of pace and a very good flick.