https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coron...e-f4d3d9cd99ca

I so hope I'm wrong/everyone is wrong, but I had a weak moment and wept this morning realising just how many people are potentially going to die needlessly, thanks to the actions/inaction of our 'leaders' here in the UK.

For me personally, I've ensured everyone I care about is as prepared as they can be, and I'm getting out to my fiance in Mexico on Monday morning (via Birmingham, not London) subject to no further border closures. Will isolate for 7 days or so on arrival and hope the heat/humidity there (Yucatan coast) will be enough to stop a large outbreak.

Good luck everyone

Yeah, pretty gross situation. One of my best friends from school is a doctor who works in intensive care wards in London. I actually spoke to him last night basically said he has a lot of confidence in the Chief Medical Officer in Britain (I think his name is Chris Witty) and the current approach Britain is taking.

His main concern was a worry about a possible lack of protective equipment, for example they are meant to receive training for correctly dressing using N95 masks etc (I think he said it was called PEP training?!). His training is not scheduled until another 2 weeks which seems late. Anyway, I assume we're just all hoping for the best. My Dad is very high risk so I'm just trying to convince him not to leave his house for the foreseeable future.

Don't particularly wanna fire shots, everyone should make their own choice. But, I'd say coach quality is what sets us apart from the rest

Lmao, this doesn't sound too legal.

Ishter still a friend of bitb/is in the server but doesn't really coach at all any more

Thanks man! Unfortunately since I'm now out in Mexico it's impossible to get an actually cold shower :/

The boi wonder now has a blog in our discord server for his excess poker musings. Big HU reg these days

For anyone who missed it, we did a podcast with this cool cat/kitten a week or so ago, check it out:



Cheeers brother! Got a pretty sweet setup rigged up here in Mexico within a few days of arriving - actually picked up a 43' 4k monitor from a big costco type place (Sam's Club) for super cheap, like 60% of the one I got in Edinburgh through Amazon.

Lmao, I've seen 1 showofforce video ever, dude was rocking sunglasses indoors and hyping about playing 1/2 - love to see it!

This would be great tbh. Any takers???

Yeah - my anxiety about this whole thing has basically gone way down as the world has cottoned on that it's kinda serious. My family are following the lockdown protocol and then some, so thankfully I'm not really too worried about any of my nearest and dearest. There's been 12 deaths in this area of Mexico (Q. Roo) according to my girl, so probably there is a decent sized outbreak here. I'm very glad Mexico had time to see the rest of the world react and get their **** together/ let the fear spread through the people. Playa Del Carmen is like a ghost town, I'm pretty worried about what 10's of thousands of broke locals will do now they've lost their job - people here are expecting a sharp rise in crime as the government has basically offered 0 support to these people so far (2 weeks basic pay if you HAVE the virus ). But regardless, the solution is to remain indoors as much as possible anyway, so all signs point there really.

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1 tabling an MTT and having my weekly results peek, seems like a good time to update the thread!

Last month:



YTD:



Total heater:



Missing maybe 3k or so from party/other.

Being honest with myself, I've let things slide a little with study and some good grind habits - the games have been very good and I've kinda been prioritising hands played over anything else, which might be justifiable right now given the situation, but isn't a good long term plan. I played around 10k hands this week, but journalled a total of 4 words and probably looked at around 8 sims - not really good enough if I want to continue the upwards trajectory.

That said, I'm obviously delighted to have made such a hot start to the year. Most of these results are just noise, but I do feel confident I've changed the signal substantially, particularly with regards mental game and game selection. I need to stay grounded, realise I won't run like god forever, and keep improving that signal in any small way I can.

Hope everyone is keeping well!

GL out there

D7

very sick results mate
wpwp
gl in april and keep safe

awesome stuff, wp

Would think people would easily choose your cfp after realizing how painful to would be to have to personally deal with mma/showofforce, they legit talk like 6th graders

Awesome results man, best time in years to have some heat. Grinding way more +ev than anything else while games are like this, silly to beat yourself up for prioritizing it. In the end $ made is the (real) measure of success in our profession.

GL

that graph is absolutely beautiful. teach me the ways of the redline warrior.

keep it up and stay safe <3

nice update man, may the sun keep shining

Absolutely amazing, wp

and teach me how to run above ev

Great results Donald.

Are you still playing stars as your main site?

GL and may the heater continue.

Great results Donald.

Are you still playing stars as your main site, what stakes?

GL and may the heater continue.

Ok results, better than nitbeat (ilike)

more nit on nit violence!

get out

Awesome results D, extreme sexual graph. WP.

Sweet year so far, juicy redline


GL with the continued heat in April

Sicko ��

awesome stuff Donald!

sorry in advance for derailing your thread op, but i hope you can help me understand what you mean by the statement below from the article that you wrote:

am i understanding it correctly that only once i have 50bi for the next stake that i take a shot? f.e. a 25NL reg, he starts to take a 10bi shot at 50nl once he grows his bankroll to $2.5k (50bi for 50nl), and move back down to 25nl when he losses $500 (10bi at 50nl)?

Well the alternative way to understand this would be take a shot at 50nl once u have 1250$ (50bi at 25nl) and if u lose 500$ (10bi at 50nl) move back down.

The issue is that that size of shot will put you into 16nl if it goes wrong (750$ is less than 50bi at 16nl)
I think both approaches have their merits so long as you have the discipline to stick to them.

FWIW I think d7 meant what you described

always thought thse brm guidelines were way too nitty, if i were to start over id take 3-4 buyins shots with 20 buy ins, as long as you have the discipline to move down when the shot fails the risk of ruin stays almost at 0%

+1, if you're +EV (and confident) in the games you're playing, taking hyper aggro BRM approach is surely the highest EV approach. But can be brutal when you're getting shafted in the first orbit of your 5th straight shot.

Thanks Max - just caught up on your thread, amazing to see how far you've come - GL on the regrind to peak!

Thanks Harvey

Appreciate this - honestly I haven't restarted journalling really at all outside the weekly update I give the CFP guys. But as you say the games somewhat justify maxing out a little for once. Been better this past few weeks regards study anyway - it definitely just sharpens up my mind to look at a few sims first thing before playing.

Thanks man! IDK when I became a redline warrior lol, certainly does make for pretty giraffes though.

Cheers brother

Thx dude!

practise flips... profit

Thanks man.

I now play more hands not on stars than on stars, but it's probably still my highest volume site.


Haha, thanks man I'm glad you approve!

If this is what you're after, open any 500fr table



Cheers Glanza! I miss the Glanza Mike PGC threads tbh...

Cheers brother

I try my best

Ty my man!

Yes - you've nailed it, that's exactly what I was meaning.

Yeah - it's obviously a completely different thing, a skilled player doing a BR challenge or w/e compared to someone grinding up an initial roll. Agree I'd be more aggressive if moving down meant nothing to me and I was confident I had a massive edge, but for someone just getting their feet wet I think more conservative is definitely the way to go.

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What's up 2p222222222! Obv I'm 1tabling an MTT again, time for an update Thankfully I'm on Mexican time so it's not as brutal as the timestamp would indicate.

First things first.







Obviously in light of the situation the hotel we were due to have our wedding in cancelled. So, we decided it would be best to bring it forward and get it done as soon as possible so that we have the best possible shot at applying for Michelle's visa on time. In the end we had <1 week to plan and execute the whole thing, which was obviously made more difficult by everything being closed. Michelle made her own dress for the occasion in the end, apprently the one she had was too formal, and yea - it was 9 of us in an apartment her parents manage, plus 2 photographers for an hour or so, plus the official. So I'm married! We tied the knot on April the 8th. Obviously we've not been able to go on a honeymoon, but we're spending all our time together which I think is the point, and it's been great. No idea how long we're going to be out here in Mexico, it's getting to the stage of no joking around kinda hot, but it's not without perks - the timezone in particular I'm grateful for every day, besides the fact I'd be going mad if I was stuck in Edinburgh on my own and clearly not getting married anytime soon. So yeah, that happened, and I'm delighted

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Still a poker forum though right!? It's Sunday night (weekly results peek time) so I'm going to spoil the month update here..

MTD:



By stakes:



You'll see that I got clobbered (mainly this week) playing some 2k, but largely things have continued to go pretty smoothly. I don't make any effort at all to keep the graph accurate, it's missing all my party hands for starters, but whatever.

Seems like enough of an update for now! Will maybe post a monthly recap once it's done.

Gl out there brothers!

congrats on the wedding!