I think I've been averaging around 30 hours per week or a little less. I tell myself I am going to play more every month, but I've been having some trouble putting in too many hours while still playing well, doing the things I hope to in my non-poker life, and keeping my sanity (and my girlfriend's...). I think 35 hours might be a good goal for me.

I've been playing around 30k hands per month of Bovada and the rest of the hands have been mostly on Merge. I wouldn't really recommend anyone play on this site as I've been waiting 3 months now for my first cash out. I've been playing a bit on BetOnline recently, but the software is really tilting and I time out every other hand. If anyone has any other recommendations for sites that cater to Americans and actually pay people, I'd certainly appreciate it.

Hello op! gl to u!
Do u like a spesific category or you will just read anything interesting ?
I recently red: the player from Dostojewski and i think you will like it.
If you like detective novels ι insinst on reading the hypnotist from Lars kepler

Took a different path after black friday. Jumped into trading. Crazy it's already been 4 years.

I play a little poker on the new jersey regulated sites when I'm there visiting family there

gl

The man, the legend, Mustapha?

If so, please start one of these threads!

GL OP, fun start and nice results.

Fedor Holz has a blog (Don't think im able to link) and one of his entries is "My top 5 books".

There are some good ones suggested, perhaps worth a look.

CO: $352.48 - VPIP: 36, PFR: 16, 3B: 2, AF: 1.0
BTN: $2554.31 - VPIP: 26, PFR: 19, 3B: 7, AF: 2.3
SB: $1111.39 - VPIP: 30, PFR: 17, 3B: 2, AF: 2.3
[b]Hero (BB): $2626.53 - VPIP: 32, PFR: 23, 3B: 7, AF: 2.2

Pre Flop: ($15.00) Hero is BB with Q A
1 fold, BTN raises to $20, 1 fold, Hero raises to $90, BTN calls $70

Flop: ($185.00) 5 7 Q (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $120.00, Hero calls $120

Turn: ($425.00) T (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $270.00, Hero calls $270

River: ($965.00) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $620.00, Hero calls $620



Interesting river spot... Almost jammed.

Been reading exclusively nonfiction so far this year, but I think I'll change it up soon. Both of these sound pretty cool. Thanks!

Good for you! I wish I knew what I was going to do next... Poker has been pretty good to me, but I'd like to be doing something else in the next few years.

TY!

Thanks. Another vote for Outliers.

for value right? altho that would also be weird

In, best of luck

Had a pretty good June. Though now 20k under EV on the year so far, which is a bit frustrating. I've got a couple more weeks of grinding before I head off to Europe for a month with my girlfriend. I'll be way behind schedule for the arbitrary monetary goal I set for myself when I get back, but it's all good. If anyone is gonna be in Rome or Florence in late July or in Paris in early August and wants to grab a drink or something, hit me up!

Winnings:



BB:



BB: $421.00
UTG: $449.10
Hero (CO): $724.20
BTN: $410.00
SB: $411.90

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is CO with 7 8
UTG raises to $12, Hero calls $12, BTN calls $12, 2 folds

Flop: ($42.00) T 7 9 (3 players)
UTG bets $28.00, Hero calls $28, BTN raises to $76, UTG folds, Hero calls $48

Turn: ($222.00) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($222.00) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $636.20,

Pretty sure villain folds a fair amount of better hands here. Especially considering this was on merge and up until recently 3/6 was the highest stake on the site. (Decent chance villain gives me more credit than he should given how big the pot would be.) AK would be a much better bluff though I guess.

I'll post a book/poker undate before I leave for Europe. Don't think I'll be playing much if any poker while I'm over there.

MP1: $963.28
MP2: $589.00
CO: $692.00
Hero (BTN): $851.05
SB: $535.50
BB: $1462.90
UTG: $614.26
UTG+1: $558.00

Pre Flop: ($9.00) Hero is BTN with T J
UTG raises to $18, UTG+1 calls $18, MP1 calls $18, 2 folds, Hero calls $18, 1 fold, BB calls $12

Flop: ($93.00) 9 8 6 (5 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $60.00, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls $60, Hero calls $60, BB raises to $156, UTG folds, MP1 calls $96, Hero calls $96

Turn: ($621.00) Q (3 players)
BB bets $184.61, MP1 calls $184.61, Hero raises to $677.05, BB calls $492.44, MP1 calls $492.44

River: ($2652.15) 5 (3 players)
BB bets $611.85, MP1 calls $112.23 all in

Final Pot: $2876.61
BB shows 6 6
MP1 mucks 8 9
Hero shows T J
Hero wins $2649.38
(Rake: $3.00)

Subscribed GL bro !!

Sigh... Lost a few buyins to start the month and then my hard drive died and I couldn't grind for a week. And my last back up is from February, so I don't have any of my recent hands. Pretty frustrating... (I'm an idiot for not backing my stuff up more often.)

Thinking I might focus more on live poker when I get back, but who knows. I get bored of live pretty quickly. We shall see.

Anyway, happy summer everyone!

So sick man. Inspirational stuff. Good luck

gl man, cool thread and impressive results. wouldn't the opposite of the bolded part be true though?

5/10 had just been added as the highest stake on Merge a few weeks before. I thought villain would think I was really value heavy with the river check/shove line. While I think check/shove would have shown a profit with Ax, I think thought my hand was a more profitable call.

Book update:

Finished Chaos: Making a New Science and really enjoyed it. It's not super hard to read for the non math-types. I'd try to provide some sort of summary, but I wouldn't do it justice.

Finished Moral Letter to Lucilius (Seneca) and also really liked it. Pretty amazing how much of the content is still relevant today. I did find myself losing focus on some of the longer, more abstract chapters toward the end of the book though.

Finished Original Strength (TY Mike1270). I started doing a lot of crawling around and segmented rolls. I can't say it definitely helped, but I'm feeling a lot better than I was at the beginning of the year.

Started reading Pavel Tsatsouline's book The Naked Warrior after listening to his podcast on Tim Ferriss' blog. It's all about bodyweight training for strength, which may come in handy for my next month of traveling. There's good content in there, but it could probably all be fit into a ten page packet. No need for a big (and pricey) book.

I've been reading Thinking Fast and Slow with my girlfriend. It's super interesting. Thanks pokerarb and WillowUfgood!

And finally, I restarted reading Crimes Against Logic. It's a pretty fun and quick read. I make myself read a few pages every time I'm on the toilet.

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How do you find the games to play differently on bovada and bet online?

How many tables do you play at the time?

Good luck sir!

Hi there man, there's a site called goodreads that you've probably read about. It can help you get very good book recommendations, good luck you're a beast

Great thread; love your strat posts in the live high stakes forum. What region do you play live poker in ?

I don't really play BetOnline these days. Bovada is anonymous. I do what I think I can get away with. I play pretty active for the most part.

Thanks, I will check that out. I'm trying to finish a few books before I start something new.

Thanks! I put a decent amount of effort into some of those posts. I've always felt like posting strat was +EV for me. It helps to put one's thoughts into writing.

I'm playing poker in Connecticut right now.