Dancing with the Old Lady, the Journey continues...
06-22-2021
, 05:46 PM
Sweeping the Dust Away
Another great (5 digit) week in the books. Once again, given the uptick in my poker results, I pivoted my attention from writing to grinding. Will also be aiming for 32h or so of grinding in the next week to meet some profitable rakeback goals before the upcoming changes to the loyalty system in July.
In another gambling areas, while the Jazz and Nets failed to meet expectations - man what a twisted and unpredictable NBA post-season
-, Polk did defeat Dwan and hopefully Dnegs comes through tomorrow evening to also pull in us some profits in these side bets yo 
I feel that we are FINALLY stepping out of this fracking pandemic. L has been vaccined. As has 35% of Argentina (so the majority of adults). I should be getting mine shortly. Oooofff, almost back to normal
karamazonk, I meant to write that Vipassana is not as expected, so it is better to approach the course with an open-mind, even if it means going out of your (normal) way practicing a new technique of breathing and whatnot.
-400$ in 4h
Run good all
Another great (5 digit) week in the books. Once again, given the uptick in my poker results, I pivoted my attention from writing to grinding. Will also be aiming for 32h or so of grinding in the next week to meet some profitable rakeback goals before the upcoming changes to the loyalty system in July.
In another gambling areas, while the Jazz and Nets failed to meet expectations - man what a twisted and unpredictable NBA post-season
-, Polk did defeat Dwan and hopefully Dnegs comes through tomorrow evening to also pull in us some profits in these side bets yo I feel that we are FINALLY stepping out of this fracking pandemic. L has been vaccined. As has 35% of Argentina (so the majority of adults). I should be getting mine shortly. Oooofff, almost back to normal
karamazonk, I meant to write that Vipassana is not as expected, so it is better to approach the course with an open-mind, even if it means going out of your (normal) way practicing a new technique of breathing and whatnot.
-400$ in 4h
Run good all
06-28-2021
, 05:44 PM
Hustling Along
In an unforeseen turn of events, this upswing continues in the tune of 30k+ in the past month yo Interestingly enuff, not only is this happening during a non-grinding schedule (am barely logging up 20h a week), but most of this profit also ironically comes from (proportionally) PLO, a welcoming sign after it being my Achilles' heel during my previous B/E stretch - been putting the work in the lab - and putting to silence the lol narratives of only profiting off grinding periods and from NLHE 
We've booked a week in Salta at the end of July but just now found it out that we need a negative covid test at the airport to fly and who knows what other restrictions are in place, sigh
With the unpleasant cold weather that is presently upon us (5-15c), I kinda want to roll up in pyjama ball and grind Netlfix all day with L, you know
As you long time followers know, I have indulged dwelling into the rabbit hole that is right-wing politics during the stretch of this pandemic. At first I held a strong (and negative) stance vs anti-NWO conspiracy theorists but as our divisive times become even bleaker and that peeps simply refuse to engage in diplomatic discussion (be it at the top in our governments or in other virtual social-media realms), I have loosen up my judgements. A few notes on where I presently stand :
- The extreme right reminds me a lot of how we were, the far left back in my Uni days, when we engaged in a Us vs Them binary stance and using terms like social consciousness (awake for the right) to label how we get it, but they (conformist for the left or sheeple for the right) don't. In both instances it is wrong (or at the very least to reductive, based on insecurities (or being young) and reduces the members to tribalistic organizations.
- Being nuanced and criticizing (a lot of) the right as well as (a little) of the left, gets yourself in trouble. Peeps will just pin you to belonging to the other side and resort to binary arguments to dismiss your criticism, sigh
- Both sides will culturally appropriate an event to assimilate to their own political agenda ; the recent excavating of Native children bodies in residential schools graveyards saw the left want to cancel Canada day/blame the church, imperialism and our patriarchal white European heritage, while the right is somehow blaming liberals, Vatican and the pope (but not Christianity)
Anyways...
Run good all
In an unforeseen turn of events, this upswing continues in the tune of 30k+ in the past month yo
Interestingly enuff, not only is this happening during a non-grinding schedule (am barely logging up 20h a week), but most of this profit also ironically comes from (proportionally) PLO, a welcoming sign after it being my Achilles' heel during my previous B/E stretch - been putting the work in the lab - and putting to silence the lol narratives of only profiting off grinding periods and from NLHE We've booked a week in Salta at the end of July but just now found it out that we need a negative covid test at the airport to fly and who knows what other restrictions are in place, sigh
With the unpleasant cold weather that is presently upon us (5-15c), I kinda want to roll up in pyjama ball and grind Netlfix all day with L, you know As you long time followers know, I have indulged dwelling into the rabbit hole that is right-wing politics during the stretch of this pandemic. At first I held a strong (and negative) stance vs anti-NWO conspiracy theorists but as our divisive times become even bleaker and that peeps simply refuse to engage in diplomatic discussion (be it at the top in our governments or in other virtual social-media realms), I have loosen up my judgements. A few notes on where I presently stand :
- The extreme right reminds me a lot of how we were, the far left back in my Uni days, when we engaged in a Us vs Them binary stance and using terms like social consciousness (awake for the right) to label how we get it, but they (conformist for the left or sheeple for the right) don't. In both instances it is wrong (or at the very least to reductive, based on insecurities (or being young) and reduces the members to tribalistic organizations.
- Being nuanced and criticizing (a lot of) the right as well as (a little) of the left, gets yourself in trouble. Peeps will just pin you to belonging to the other side and resort to binary arguments to dismiss your criticism, sigh
- Both sides will culturally appropriate an event to assimilate to their own political agenda ; the recent excavating of Native children bodies in residential schools graveyards saw the left want to cancel Canada day/blame the church, imperialism and our patriarchal white European heritage, while the right is somehow blaming liberals, Vatican and the pope (but not Christianity)
Anyways...
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 06-28-2021 at 06:00 PM.
06-30-2021
, 06:22 PM
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Hustling Along
In an unforeseen turn of events, this upswing continues in the tune of 30k+ in the past month yo Interestingly enuff, not only is this happening during a non-grinding schedule (am barely logging up 20h a week), but most of this profit also ironically comes from (proportionally) PLO, a welcoming sign after it being my Achilles' heel during my previous B/E stretch - been putting the work in the lab - and putting to silence the lol narratives of only profiting off grinding periods and from NLHE
In an unforeseen turn of events, this upswing continues in the tune of 30k+ in the past month yo
Interestingly enuff, not only is this happening during a non-grinding schedule (am barely logging up 20h a week), but most of this profit also ironically comes from (proportionally) PLO, a welcoming sign after it being my Achilles' heel during my previous B/E stretch - been putting the work in the lab - and putting to silence the lol narratives of only profiting off grinding periods and from NLHE
Congrats sir
Enjoying the updates!
07-06-2021
, 03:37 PM
Do We Choose Fear… Or We Choose Love and Compassion
The upswing pursues, albeit in a more tranquil fashion during the duration of the past week, but still upwards and onwards yo Not much on the writing front - am hopeful to finish a chapter this week pertaining to the hippie revolution (or lack there of) and disillusion... -, but am very content with the past month giving the profits.
So what to think about the suburbs... What to think about how oneself goes to CLEARLY siding with the character of Ethan Hawke in 1994's Reality Bites when the movie came out in the midst of the grudge 90s scene, to then prefer the maturity and less narcissistic aura of Ben Stiller as one looks back, a few odd decades later... Of course, things are never that binary or reductive and while I might side with Ben Stiller's humble and more adult outlook, the rebel in me nevertheless still gazes down at the world with defiance when I splash water in my face every morning and a grizzled-not-so-neatly-beard stares back at me or when I exhibit that fully tattooed back of mine when I walk underneath a sunny afternoon in the park. Sure, I live in a suburb, but in an impoverished Spanish speaking country Milessss away from Home, thus a far cry from the American (or Canadian) Walmart-and-Mcdonald's-packed suburbs that once gave me that urge to GTFO, you know
Sure security becomes more important as you are responsible of a family and I too also take pleasure in having a fence, a dog, a front gate and trimmed fracking grass, yet B.A. overfloods with culture and permits me to step outside of my comfort zone daily once I leave the 4 walls of my rented house, you know 
Speaking of which : my Spanish, while fluent, remains so-so... Plentiful are still the moments where I will ask to repeat a sentence or that someone will be thrown off by my accent, much like that little 20 something f**k that come over to my place to change our kitchen sink/counter and that had me confront him/complain to his company after he laughed at my Spanish (almost) in my face, like a little ignorant and arrogant (racist) insecure young adult can do...
Thx friend, also really enjoying your rapid af progress in the poker world as well
Run good all
Spoiler:
The upswing pursues, albeit in a more tranquil fashion during the duration of the past week, but still upwards and onwards yo
Not much on the writing front - am hopeful to finish a chapter this week pertaining to the hippie revolution (or lack there of) and disillusion... -, but am very content with the past month giving the profits.So what to think about the suburbs... What to think about how oneself goes to CLEARLY siding with the character of Ethan Hawke in 1994's Reality Bites when the movie came out in the midst of the grudge 90s scene, to then prefer the maturity and less narcissistic aura of Ben Stiller as one looks back, a few odd decades later... Of course, things are never that binary or reductive and while I might side with Ben Stiller's humble and more adult outlook, the rebel in me nevertheless still gazes down at the world with defiance when I splash water in my face every morning and a grizzled-not-so-neatly-beard stares back at me or when I exhibit that fully tattooed back of mine when I walk underneath a sunny afternoon in the park. Sure, I live in a suburb, but in an impoverished Spanish speaking country Milessss away from Home, thus a far cry from the American (or Canadian) Walmart-and-Mcdonald's-packed suburbs that once gave me that urge to GTFO, you know
Sure security becomes more important as you are responsible of a family and I too also take pleasure in having a fence, a dog, a front gate and trimmed fracking grass, yet B.A. overfloods with culture and permits me to step outside of my comfort zone daily once I leave the 4 walls of my rented house, you know Speaking of which : my Spanish, while fluent, remains so-so... Plentiful are still the moments where I will ask to repeat a sentence or that someone will be thrown off by my accent, much like that little 20 something f**k that come over to my place to change our kitchen sink/counter and that had me confront him/complain to his company after he laughed at my Spanish (almost) in my face, like a little ignorant and arrogant (racist) insecure young adult can do...
Thx friend, also really enjoying your rapid af progress in the poker world as well
Spoiler:
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 07-06-2021 at 03:44 PM.
07-08-2021
, 06:44 PM
Two Week Sprint
Ready... Set... Go
The RRs are back starting this Monday and while they do extend themselves over a period of 4 weeks, I will only be fully engaging the first half of it as the tail end conflicts with our Salta trip/L's 2 weeks off. So am aiming for 30+h weekly with an hour or two of studying (I have dramatically increased my PLO game over the past 2 months yo).
For anybody who wants an interesting analytical fuelled discussion inspired in general as well as a insightful data based hindsight vision of the pandemic, Brandon Adams (of all people)
hosts guests Tom Dwan (quite insightful and original in his perspectives) and Nate Silver (from FiveThirtyEight) - glad to see to listen to him on a poker podcast, of all places ) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1mu6AguEZQ
Also interesting albeit moreso for the peeps that were teens/20s in the 90's, is The Ringer's 60 Songs that Explain the 90's. The host manages to keep your attention with his blunt analysis, musical knowledge and enthralling flashbacks :
https://www.theringer.com/2021/1/14/...istory-podcast
As far as working on my book, outside of perhaps a session or two of sudden inspiration, it will have to wait until august. That's it for now folks.
Run good all
Ready... Set... Go
The RRs are back starting this Monday and while they do extend themselves over a period of 4 weeks, I will only be fully engaging the first half of it as the tail end conflicts with our Salta trip/L's 2 weeks off. So am aiming for 30+h weekly with an hour or two of studying (I have dramatically increased my PLO game over the past 2 months yo
).For anybody who wants an interesting analytical fuelled discussion inspired in general as well as a insightful data based hindsight vision of the pandemic, Brandon Adams (of all people)
Spoiler:
) :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1mu6AguEZQ
Also interesting albeit moreso for the peeps that were teens/20s in the 90's, is The Ringer's 60 Songs that Explain the 90's. The host manages to keep your attention with his blunt analysis, musical knowledge and enthralling flashbacks :
https://www.theringer.com/2021/1/14/...istory-podcast
As far as working on my book, outside of perhaps a session or two of sudden inspiration, it will have to wait until august. That's it for now folks.
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 07-08-2021 at 06:53 PM.
07-09-2021
, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Dubnjoy000;57204751
For anybody who wants an interesting analytical fuelled discussion inspired in general as well as a insightful data based hindsight vision of the pandemic, Brandon Adams (of all people)[SPOIL
For anybody who wants an interesting analytical fuelled discussion inspired in general as well as a insightful data based hindsight vision of the pandemic, Brandon Adams (of all people)[SPOIL
nothing against him, just his voice/energy is quite monotone, me thinks...[/SPOIL] hosts guests Tom Dwan (quite insightful and original in his perspectives) and Nate Silver (from FiveThirtyEight) - glad to see to listen to him on a poker podcast, of all places ) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1mu6AguEZQ
) :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1mu6AguEZQ
07-16-2021
, 04:40 PM
Shed a Tear "cause I'm Missing You"
1 year, 3 months and 17 days. Such has been the timeline gap since the start of La Quarentena in these parts and receiving my first dose of Astrelzeneca. 28 years. The length of Argentina's wait since its last Copa America. I must admit that I shared a tear for both events which happened to occur a few hours apart. Almost an imperceptible tear for the former, even if finally receiving the vaccine felt like the beginning of the fracking end of this pandemic...
And almost torrential tears for the latter event, which saw a country that has SUFFERED SO FRACKING MUCH in the past year - make that the past 2 decades - and needed a collective emotional outlet or at least something to be proud of and f**king smile upon when waking up in the ensuing few days, you know
I believe that looking back in hindsight upon our pandemic - a perspective that, while we remain immersed into the subjectivity of the latter, we nonetheless have sufficiently of a foot outside of it to grant us with objectivity -, we have done surprisingly well globally considering that we have not overtly killed ourselves, started a new war, dropped a Nuke or something outrageous ; but, on the other hand, we have also politicized excessively a health related issue that should of been dissected more impartially. Overall, I think that we have achieved above expectations, even if the cynical part of me can't help but conclude that we could of done much better - especially pertaining to racism, public shaming, excessive measures (or not sufficient enough).
We are leaving for Salta next Saturday. It will be a little hotter over there (16-20c during the day), we got a 2 bedroom AirBnB lined up (with pool and gym), will do touristy outdoorsy stuff, pig out in a few fancy restaurants and do a little shopping. And that's pretty much it. Nothing too risky in terms of covid and since both of us have received our first jabs and that the Delta variant has yet to arrive in Argentina, a not too potentially harmful endeavour all together.
Upon return, I will be playing some live MTTs once a HR is offered at the local casino ; HR is quite a lol notion, given the forever GIGANTIC inflation in these parts, but there should be a 1k soonish, AKA a chance to get me an Argentina flag on my Hendon Mob yo I will be required to pay an additional 30% in taxes on my cashes on top of the usual rake because I do not have residency here, but will actually happily comply, if only to pay a little additional taxes in this country.
Is there any other of his episodes that I should check out or are they all quality?
+14.1k in 24h
Run good all
Spoiler:
1 year, 3 months and 17 days. Such has been the timeline gap since the start of La Quarentena in these parts and receiving my first dose of Astrelzeneca. 28 years. The length of Argentina's wait since its last Copa America. I must admit that I shared a tear for both events which happened to occur a few hours apart. Almost an imperceptible tear for the former, even if finally receiving the vaccine felt like the beginning of the fracking end of this pandemic...
Spoiler:
I believe that looking back in hindsight upon our pandemic - a perspective that, while we remain immersed into the subjectivity of the latter, we nonetheless have sufficiently of a foot outside of it to grant us with objectivity -, we have done surprisingly well globally considering that we have not overtly killed ourselves, started a new war, dropped a Nuke or something outrageous ; but, on the other hand, we have also politicized excessively a health related issue that should of been dissected more impartially. Overall, I think that we have achieved above expectations, even if the cynical part of me can't help but conclude that we could of done much better - especially pertaining to racism, public shaming, excessive measures (or not sufficient enough).
We are leaving for Salta next Saturday. It will be a little hotter over there (16-20c during the day), we got a 2 bedroom AirBnB lined up (with pool and gym), will do touristy outdoorsy stuff, pig out in a few fancy restaurants and do a little shopping. And that's pretty much it. Nothing too risky in terms of covid and since both of us have received our first jabs and that the Delta variant has yet to arrive in Argentina, a not too potentially harmful endeavour all together.
Upon return, I will be playing some live MTTs once a HR is offered at the local casino ; HR is quite a lol notion, given the forever GIGANTIC inflation in these parts, but there should be a 1k soonish, AKA a chance to get me an Argentina flag on my Hendon Mob yo
I will be required to pay an additional 30% in taxes on my cashes on top of the usual rake because I do not have residency here, but will actually happily comply, if only to pay a little additional taxes in this country.+14.1k in 24h
Spoiler:
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 07-16-2021 at 04:49 PM.
07-21-2021
, 01:40 AM
Grinding the Height of the Skies
Another incredible week in the books (and the start of this one) ; this game does not cease to surprise in terms of variance of when it rains, it fracking pours... usually followed by dry spells lasting several months
I have also been absolutely crushing PLO since going into the lab and seeing my game change quite significantly as a result. This will be my last week of grinding before flying out to Salta for 8 days ; L will still have another week off upon return, so we will be exploring a little more of our area
Food for thought : I have been fascinating with determinism for several years/decades now ; at first, when exploring the existentialists in my teens, the appeal was mainly an intellectual one combined with exploring diverging views, but it was mostly seen through the political prism of social responsibility
; in my 20's Nietszche's eternal cycle (which reflects Buddhism's beliefs) assesses that the only freedom that the individual holds, is in the the death of his own ego and the selfless freedom (that is The Übermensch/the Superhuman) that ensues. In the past couple of years, the show Devs and Sam Harris's speeches have presented determinism through scientific lenses and claim that every thought that crosses our brain is a product of our environment (from which we have absolutely no freedom) ; as well as desires, feelings and, well, pretty much God damn everything cognized by the brain Which brings us to my recent contemplation on facebook and memes in general.
I remember about 12 years ago, as I was just getting accustomed to what socia-media had to offer and would also notice a myriads of meme feeds pop up on my FB wall and God damn, did they feel quite inspiring It felt as if these memes clearly represented in a simple and concise manner complex and motivating ideas... They had this all-embracing lure, easily graspable, sharable... Similar to how I felt in my early 20s when the hippie philosophy would assemble overly simple - and yes, at times kitch - and collective goals/concepts like vegetarianism, anti-consumerism, leftism, social-justice and etcetera and etc into a sympathetic movement . Ohhhhh, what once felt like elation through the form of sharing all these (lol) memes, now just feels like a dumbed down algorithm... I mean, I abide by Buddhist beliefs that while we remain special, we are by no means unique - moreso interconnected and interdependent -, but FB has just reduced us to fracking button-clickers endlessly sharing the same soulless fads 
Thx for the recommendations : the Sulsky one was quite elite and the Dwan episode, solid.
Funny observation : when I take a look at L's sons' interests and catch him streaming gaming videos on twitch at all hours of the day to then think to myself "this boy lives in a bubble of his own", only to self-reflect, contemplate for a second or two and come to the realization that oops, poker is WAY MORE of a FRACKING infinitesimal niche market then gaming is And yup, same here : I rarely pivot outside of (mainly) poker and NBA podcasts, followed by politics, news, philosophy and cinema. If you have any other podcast suggestions - or anyone else for that matter... -, please fire away friend
+11.5k in 10h
Run good all
Another incredible week in the books (and the start of this one) ; this game does not cease to surprise in terms of variance of when it rains, it fracking pours... usually followed by dry spells lasting several months
I have also been absolutely crushing PLO since going into the lab and seeing my game change quite significantly as a result. This will be my last week of grinding before flying out to Salta for 8 days ; L will still have another week off upon return, so we will be exploring a little more of our area
Food for thought : I have been fascinating with determinism for several years/decades now ; at first, when exploring the existentialists in my teens, the appeal was mainly an intellectual one combined with exploring diverging views, but it was mostly seen through the political prism of social responsibility
Spoiler:
Which brings us to my recent contemplation on facebook and memes in general.I remember about 12 years ago, as I was just getting accustomed to what socia-media had to offer and would also notice a myriads of meme feeds pop up on my FB wall and God damn, did they feel quite inspiring
It felt as if these memes clearly represented in a simple and concise manner complex and motivating ideas... They had this all-embracing lure, easily graspable, sharable... Similar to how I felt in my early 20s when the hippie philosophy would assemble overly simple - and yes, at times kitch - and collective goals/concepts like vegetarianism, anti-consumerism, leftism, social-justice and etcetera and etc into a sympathetic movement . Ohhhhh, what once felt like elation through the form of sharing all these (lol) memes, now just feels like a dumbed down algorithm... I mean, I abide by Buddhist beliefs that while we remain special, we are by no means unique - moreso interconnected and interdependent -, but FB has just reduced us to fracking button-clickers endlessly sharing the same soulless fads
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I’ve listened to the individual Tom Dawn episode (very good), the Ben Sulsky one (also good) and the recent Galfond one. Generally, I’m keen on stuff that applies poker concepts to other fields and this podcast seeks to do this more than others. Hopefully I‘ll gravitate away from the poker icon interviews over time (feel like a geeky, old school fanboy in listing what I’ve been listening to).
Funny observation : when I take a look at L's sons' interests and catch him streaming gaming videos on twitch at all hours of the day to then think to myself "this boy lives in a bubble of his own", only to self-reflect, contemplate for a second or two and come to the realization that oops, poker is WAY MORE of a FRACKING infinitesimal niche market then gaming is
And yup, same here : I rarely pivot outside of (mainly) poker and NBA podcasts, followed by politics, news, philosophy and cinema. If you have any other podcast suggestions - or anyone else for that matter... -, please fire away friend +11.5k in 10h
Spoiler:
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 07-21-2021 at 01:58 AM.
07-21-2021
, 07:23 PM
Pivoting from poker and sports podcasts can be difficult at times, especially for those wary of gender stereotypes (I still watch Steve McQueen movies, hehe). One I’ve found sporadically enlightening is the BBC3 Arts and Ideas, particularly the one on Wittgenstein (28 May) and John Rawls (Jan 22). The related BBC podcast In Our Time is a favourite (there’s a Camus episode in the archives; the Beckett one is excellent). For what’s its worth, I’m certainly still Existentialist at heart and Buddhist in mind. Be interested to hear what you think of Rawls.
07-24-2021
, 09:30 PM
Quote:
Ohhhhh, what once felt like elation through the form of sharing all these (lol) memes, now just feels like a dumbed down algorithm... I mean, I abide by Buddhist beliefs that while we remain special, we are by no means unique - moreso interconnected and interdependent -, but FB has just reduced us to fracking button-clickers endlessly sharing the same soulless fads
08-03-2021
, 12:47 AM
Socia-Media Gospel Truths
Wow. Scottie Barnes over Jalen Suggs. Extra WOW. I mean, I had done my due share of research over the past couple of weeks, blasting away NBA draft prediction podcasts while grinding, attentively viewing the youtube videos while convincing myself how Jalen Suggs is the new and improved Kyle Lowry and how he will help guide us anew to the promise land, right!?!?! Ehhhh, nope. Fracking bullshyt is what it is, disappointing all of us AKA virtual couch fans grinding the socia-media info and that happen to know MUCH MORE than a professional team management's renown for finding gems in the late first/second round while also having direct access to inside info and followed the high school careers of both gents stemming back to 3 years ago... All of which got me a lot thinking about the socia-media truthers AKA anti-vaxxers
This Salta trip is beyond successful from all POV's yo L is happy, as is her son and yours truly, of course. Argentina has so much to offer outside of the B.A. city limits - elite in itself - and it is also quite refreshing to encounter incredibly nice folks - much like you do in Bolivia, Peru and other typical native/Andes-like areas yo Next week will be reserved for downtime for L and I to explore the surrounding areas of our little home 
There is an upcoming 1.5k HR MTT which unfortunately conflicts with my last remaining week of grinding the RRs (in 2 weeks), but will seriously consider sacrificing EV just for the enjoyment factor of grinding a live tournament again If not, there are some 400-500$ at the end of the month that also might trigger my interest.
Edit : since initially writing this post, I had indeed decided to play the 1.5k, but, alas, I have since been inflicted with a minor cold that has since developed into a nasty one. And low and behold : upon researching a bit more as the news of the delta covid variant hitting Argentina has populated the headlines last WE, it seems that unlike the original covid strain, the delta starts off as seemingly a typical cold... sigh Tbh, I am not in the slightest concerned about myself, as I am a healthy fellow and should have a decent amount of antibodies with my astralzenaca jab, but moreso of L and... well, of having spread it unbeknownst to me, as I identified the symptoms as CLEARLY not covid related ones on the outset 
Oh well, I am still not positive (or negative) of anything, but will most likely quarantine myself starting tomorrow and get myself tested.
Run good all
Wow. Scottie Barnes over Jalen Suggs. Extra WOW. I mean, I had done my due share of research over the past couple of weeks, blasting away NBA draft prediction podcasts while grinding, attentively viewing the youtube videos while convincing myself how Jalen Suggs is the new and improved Kyle Lowry and how he will help guide us anew to the promise land, right!?!?! Ehhhh, nope. Fracking bullshyt is what it is, disappointing all of us AKA virtual couch fans grinding the socia-media info and that happen to know MUCH MORE than a professional team management's renown for finding gems in the late first/second round while also having direct access to inside info and followed the high school careers of both gents stemming back to 3 years ago... All of which got me a lot thinking about the socia-media truthers AKA anti-vaxxers
This Salta trip is beyond successful from all POV's yo
L is happy, as is her son and yours truly, of course. Argentina has so much to offer outside of the B.A. city limits - elite in itself - and it is also quite refreshing to encounter incredibly nice folks - much like you do in Bolivia, Peru and other typical native/Andes-like areas yo Next week will be reserved for downtime for L and I to explore the surrounding areas of our little home There is an upcoming 1.5k HR MTT which unfortunately conflicts with my last remaining week of grinding the RRs (in 2 weeks), but will seriously consider sacrificing EV just for the enjoyment factor of grinding a live tournament again
If not, there are some 400-500$ at the end of the month that also might trigger my interest.Edit : since initially writing this post, I had indeed decided to play the 1.5k, but, alas, I have since been inflicted with a minor cold that has since developed into a nasty one. And low and behold : upon researching a bit more as the news of the delta covid variant hitting Argentina has populated the headlines last WE, it seems that unlike the original covid strain, the delta starts off as seemingly a typical cold... sigh
Tbh, I am not in the slightest concerned about myself, as I am a healthy fellow and should have a decent amount of antibodies with my astralzenaca jab, but moreso of L and... well, of having spread it unbeknownst to me, as I identified the symptoms as CLEARLY not covid related ones on the outset Oh well, I am still not positive (or negative) of anything, but will most likely quarantine myself starting tomorrow and get myself tested.Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 08-03-2021 at 12:57 AM.
08-18-2021
, 12:28 PM
Lull
The RRs have come to a halt after (positively) crushing results yo The next month will be dedicated to working on a few chapters and doing a little house renovations with the upcoming imminence of Spring ; quiet times in San Isidro
Came out firing a blank bullet in the 1.8k at the B.A. casino ; a pretty disappointing affair tbh, given that the player field definitely warranted firing a few extra bullets ; but, alas, it is not as if you can pop over an atm and get that sort of monies in this part of the world, or simply put it on your debit/credit card... Anyhow, it was rather frustrating to engage on the walk of shame after a mere 3 levels of play and having to leave behind an absolute amazing structure (350bbs to start off, 50 minutes blind levels, 10 levels of reentries.). There will be a 500$ at the beginning of September and will bring three bullets this time around in order to grab me that Argentina flag yo
I just registered for a Vipassana retreat for mid-September ; it is the right time, as introverted shyt has build up significantly during the pandemic and needs to be released.
Question Karamazonk : have you found a nearby Vipassana location that is not overtly booked friend!?!?!
That's it for now. Will be updating my travel thread this week.
Run good all
The RRs have come to a halt after (positively) crushing results yo
The next month will be dedicated to working on a few chapters and doing a little house renovations with the upcoming imminence of Spring ; quiet times in San Isidro Came out firing a blank bullet in the 1.8k at the B.A. casino ; a pretty disappointing affair tbh, given that the player field definitely warranted firing a few extra bullets ; but, alas, it is not as if you can pop over an atm and get that sort of monies in this part of the world, or simply put it on your debit/credit card... Anyhow, it was rather frustrating to engage on the walk of shame after a mere 3 levels of play and having to leave behind an absolute amazing structure (350bbs to start off, 50 minutes blind levels, 10 levels of reentries.). There will be a 500$ at the beginning of September and will bring three bullets this time around in order to grab me that Argentina flag yo
I just registered for a Vipassana retreat for mid-September ; it is the right time, as introverted shyt has build up significantly during the pandemic and needs to be released.
Question Karamazonk : have you found a nearby Vipassana location that is not overtly booked friend!?!?!
That's it for now. Will be updating my travel thread this week.
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 08-18-2021 at 12:34 PM.
08-18-2021
, 12:33 PM
08-27-2021
, 05:09 PM
Grinding the Apps
Been running on the bad side of variance with CRAZY af swings of 2-3k in 20 minute sessions for the past couple of weeks, as I have been playing a ton of deep and short handed tables in both NLHE and PLO Curiously, PLO has been my most profitable game for the past few months. As far as studying goes, I have just purchased a one year subscription of GTO postflop+, which grants me the opportunity to study 10-15 minutes of NLHE in the afternoons when I take the dog out running and to the park/river, while watching PLO videos in the evening This is the first time where I have not put the emphasis on one or the other, which is pretty darn cool and productive.
I got a small 400$ Reentry live MTT next Sunday (actually named and considered a HR) that I am quite excited about ; I will be bringing enuff for 3 bullets this time around ; hopefully they will also hold 1.8k next month...
In Peru where almost all locals are either native or at least partly native, my white features/blue eyes clearly mark me as a tourist, so when I open my mouth and spew out a few Spanish words, the reaction is usually consisting of "Wow, your Castellano is quite strong!!!" as opposed to in Argentina where my physiognomy conveniently blends in with the locals but, upon speaking, I usually instinctively get a frown, a certain hesitation and an attitude screaming out "Wow dude, your accent is so fracking French and throwing me for a loop!!!". Alas and a thousand times alas, this (almost) universal reaction in these parts does contribute to a certain timidity to yours truly that is absent in English and French, in which I will encourage more social interactions as opposed to seek to limit them... Sigh Note to self : look to encourage more social encounters and brush away more rapidly the awkward reactions!!!
I will be doing a meditation retreat in mid-September ; the primary purpose is to clean myself of excessive pandemic defilements, obviously, but am also looking forward to widen a little my social circle.
Man that is tilting and frankly quite surprising, as they usually try to accommodate new students... I suppose they are probably halving the normal occupancy during this pandemic season... Don't give up friend, it is MORE then worth it
Run good all
Been running on the bad side of variance with CRAZY af swings of 2-3k in 20 minute sessions for the past couple of weeks, as I have been playing a ton of deep and short handed tables in both NLHE and PLO
Curiously, PLO has been my most profitable game for the past few months. As far as studying goes, I have just purchased a one year subscription of GTO postflop+, which grants me the opportunity to study 10-15 minutes of NLHE in the afternoons when I take the dog out running and to the park/river, while watching PLO videos in the evening This is the first time where I have not put the emphasis on one or the other, which is pretty darn cool and productive.I got a small 400$ Reentry live MTT next Sunday (actually named and considered a HR
) that I am quite excited about ; I will be bringing enuff for 3 bullets this time around ; hopefully they will also hold 1.8k next month...In Peru where almost all locals are either native or at least partly native, my white features/blue eyes clearly mark me as a tourist, so when I open my mouth and spew out a few Spanish words, the reaction is usually consisting of "Wow, your Castellano is quite strong!!!" as opposed to in Argentina where my physiognomy conveniently blends in with the locals but, upon speaking, I usually instinctively get a frown, a certain hesitation and an attitude screaming out "Wow dude, your accent is so fracking French and throwing me for a loop!!!". Alas and a thousand times alas, this (almost) universal reaction in these parts does contribute to a certain timidity to yours truly that is absent in English and French, in which I will encourage more social interactions as opposed to seek to limit them... Sigh
Note to self : look to encourage more social encounters and brush away more rapidly the awkward reactions!!!I will be doing a meditation retreat in mid-September ; the primary purpose is to clean myself of excessive pandemic defilements, obviously, but am also looking forward to widen a little my social circle.
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Nope. I'm 0/5 at this point and with one exception have applied the very first day registration was available every time. And those were all for centers quite a distance away as the two within a few hours driving distance of me haven't been hosting any retreats since very early 2020 per the pandemic.
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 08-27-2021 at 05:16 PM.
09-15-2021
, 11:34 AM
That Otherworldly Line at the Horizon
Since my last post over the past few weeks, I was keenly inspired to come back and write a lonnnggg af post touching various topics. I felt that I had so much to say. To share. A ton of multi incoming digressions to spew. And yet I held back. Perhaps I felt that opening the verbal drainage would be irreversible and a tremendous amount would of leaked out… Perhaps I felt that my time was better spent on working on extracurricular projects and to let this blog sit in the dead of the silence of its unspoken charged significance... Much like I will be doing starting this evening, eyes wide closed, when I will be attending my first Vipassana course in ages... Anyhow, I digress
In an attempt to skim rapidly thru a few areas of my life lately, let's speak a little of poker, shall we not! Been on a B/E stretch for the past 5 weeks, punctuated by some crazy af swings Nothing more to cover here, as I already have surpassed my yearly goals by MILES and will let the pebbles fall where they may for the rest of 2021... As far as my Argentina HM flag, I anew failed to bink it, even if I did bring my A+ game to the monthly HR, made it to day 2, only to, alas, prioritize a high variance line with the NFD (3bet flop/called the shove) in a spot where (in hindsight) I have very little fold equity, villain (almost) always has a set and in a VERY soft field, might I add Oh well, until next time
More on the poker front : if I had been contemplating my exit game over the past few years, things have changed greatly since living a family life and I no longer have such intentions of quitting moving forward, but on the contrary FULLY embrace the luxury that being a remote worker with an elite salary affords me
It has also become quite clear to me to what extent I feel at home in Latino culture ; if English Canadian society always left me seeking for more - be it in terms of culinary exploration, general arts and culture and whatnot -, I definitely have settled into my home in this part of the world
More on this in a future post...
For anyone into mystical-psychedelic-off-the-wall-experiences, the latest Tim Ferriss podcast (with guest Henry Shukman) is a must : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...=1000534704106
Anyhow, not sure how frequent I will be updating my blogs in the future (definitely not abandoning them though), but other outside projects like creating a podcast and (finally) finishing and publishing my book. In the meantime, be well all.
Peace
Since my last post over the past few weeks, I was keenly inspired to come back and write a lonnnggg af post touching various topics. I felt that I had so much to say. To share. A ton of multi incoming digressions to spew. And yet I held back. Perhaps I felt that opening the verbal drainage would be irreversible and a tremendous amount would of leaked out… Perhaps I felt that my time was better spent on working on extracurricular projects and to let this blog sit in the dead of the silence of its unspoken charged significance... Much like I will be doing starting this evening, eyes wide closed, when I will be attending my first Vipassana course in ages... Anyhow, I digress
In an attempt to skim rapidly thru a few areas of my life lately, let's speak a little of poker, shall we not! Been on a B/E stretch for the past 5 weeks, punctuated by some crazy af swings
Nothing more to cover here, as I already have surpassed my yearly goals by MILES and will let the pebbles fall where they may for the rest of 2021... As far as my Argentina HM flag, I anew failed to bink it, even if I did bring my A+ game to the monthly HR, made it to day 2, only to, alas, prioritize a high variance line with the NFD (3bet flop/called the shove) in a spot where (in hindsight) I have very little fold equity, villain (almost) always has a set and in a VERY soft field, might I add Oh well, until next time More on the poker front : if I had been contemplating my exit game over the past few years, things have changed greatly since living a family life and I no longer have such intentions of quitting moving forward, but on the contrary FULLY embrace the luxury that being a remote worker with an elite salary affords me
It has also become quite clear to me to what extent I feel at home in Latino culture ; if English Canadian society always left me seeking for more - be it in terms of culinary exploration, general arts and culture and whatnot -, I definitely have settled into my home in this part of the world
More on this in a future post...For anyone into mystical-psychedelic-off-the-wall-experiences, the latest Tim Ferriss podcast (with guest Henry Shukman) is a must : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...=1000534704106
Anyhow, not sure how frequent I will be updating my blogs in the future (definitely not abandoning them though), but other outside projects like creating a podcast and (finally) finishing and publishing my book. In the meantime, be well all.
Peace
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 09-15-2021 at 11:44 AM.
09-18-2021
, 04:12 PM
10-08-2021
, 09:49 PM
Higher Heights/Bottom-Worlds
Intense. Like fracking intense. And exponentially more... From leaving behind my little family for the first time in over a year, missing them tremendously in the process (and them, me), doing the 2h Uber ride separating me from the Vipassana centre while severe pain was gradually building up in my back
... To the very basic quarters of having 50 meditators tucked together sleeping/living underneath a barn-like building, with a few lucky ones (me included) benefitting from the (monastic) luxury of a cardboard box room... To the cumulative/eruptive pain on Day 1 when I caught myself thinking "ahhh shyt, is this going to be one of these torment-packed retreats "... To the ensuing breakthrough experience initiated by sitting still, observing it and transcending a TON of nasty defilements in the process ... To the brief experience of total absence of ego... To the engaging conversations after the course (all in Spanish, of course ).
Anatta AKA the experience of non-self : it has transpired twice over the past couple of months and both occurrences were set in motion upon awakening and what peculiar experiences they have been The first time was singularly eerie, when I failed to recognize who I was even if a certain notion of a (freaked out) observer was witnessing the whole ordeal... Found myself taking a leak in the washroom while realizing that focussing on going through the motions was actually the (only) purpose of it all... I won't get too much into details - am actually working on a longer piece describing the gloomy experience -, but it was freaky as hell and I needed to meditate for an hour+ just to comeback to perhaps 35% of normalcy before calling it a night and slipping into the dreamworld again... This time around, there was no uncanny sentiments involved. None. Just blissful consciousness I - albeit a pure consciousness deprived of any notion of self, AKA a complete objective awareness. I actually awoke about a foot over my body, floating into space ; in all neutrality (or absence) of emotions, the entity (or not) that I was decided to sneak back into my - or just a - body lying in bed. It initially settled calmly into a body that rapidly (within 2 seconds) became mine again as the identity of self that once was associated with the timeline/identity of Dubnjoy, once again resurrected - sorta speak. Again : all this was done in all the serenity of the world. Am certainly looking to repeat this experience and perhaps prolong it
Given that this was my first separation with my little family in over a year, it was amazing to miss them/witness how much they missed me We have a 4 day trip planned to the coast next WE. It should be fun
Like I stated above, pretty cool to notice how my Spanish has come along. I in fact had several (very interesting) conversations after the course, only to be told after an hour or so into these discussions, that my interlocutor actually spoke perfect English!!! I will probably maintain 2-3 of these new found friendships
I believe that I will be posting about 2-3 times a month, both threads combined. While monetizing my content moving forward would be great, at least being productive and extremely selective of my time now that my family life occupies so much of it, will be at the of my prioritization. As far as a podcast goes, I don't believe that it will a recurring thing, but moreso a few episodes to promote my book and content in general. I do want to give podcasts a shot though, given that I have natural inclined skills for this form of media (a deep and calming voice) and have been told so several times. Also, in this socia-media-lack-of-concentration-era where everything is about click-baiting and feeding dopamine addictions, I thoroughly buy into the profound content that can deliver podcasts, much like books do
Thx bro
Run good all
Intense. Like fracking intense. And exponentially more... From leaving behind my little family for the first time in over a year, missing them tremendously in the process (and them, me), doing the 2h Uber ride separating me from the Vipassana centre while severe pain was gradually building up in my back
Spoiler:
"... To the ensuing breakthrough experience initiated by sitting still, observing it and transcending a TON of nasty defilements in the process ... To the brief experience of total absence of ego... To the engaging conversations after the course (all in Spanish, of course ).Anatta AKA the experience of non-self : it has transpired twice over the past couple of months and both occurrences were set in motion upon awakening and what peculiar experiences they have been
The first time was singularly eerie, when I failed to recognize who I was even if a certain notion of a (freaked out) observer was witnessing the whole ordeal... Found myself taking a leak in the washroom while realizing that focussing on going through the motions was actually the (only) purpose of it all... I won't get too much into details - am actually working on a longer piece describing the gloomy experience -, but it was freaky as hell and I needed to meditate for an hour+ just to comeback to perhaps 35% of normalcy before calling it a night and slipping into the dreamworld again... This time around, there was no uncanny sentiments involved. None. Just blissful consciousness I - albeit a pure consciousness deprived of any notion of self, AKA a complete objective awareness. I actually awoke about a foot over my body, floating into space ; in all neutrality (or absence) of emotions, the entity (or not) that I was decided to sneak back into my - or just a - body lying in bed. It initially settled calmly into a body that rapidly (within 2 seconds) became mine again as the identity of self that once was associated with the timeline/identity of Dubnjoy, once again resurrected - sorta speak. Again : all this was done in all the serenity of the world. Am certainly looking to repeat this experience and perhaps prolong it Given that this was my first separation with my little family in over a year, it was amazing to miss them/witness how much they missed me
We have a 4 day trip planned to the coast next WE. It should be fun Like I stated above, pretty cool to notice how my Spanish has come along. I in fact had several (very interesting) conversations after the course, only to be told after an hour or so into these discussions, that my interlocutor actually spoke perfect English!!! I will probably maintain 2-3 of these new found friendships
of my prioritization. As far as a podcast goes, I don't believe that it will a recurring thing, but moreso a few episodes to promote my book and content in general. I do want to give podcasts a shot though, given that I have natural inclined skills for this form of media (a deep and calming voice) and have been told so several times. Also, in this socia-media-lack-of-concentration-era where everything is about click-baiting and feeding dopamine addictions, I thoroughly buy into the profound content that can deliver podcasts, much like books do Run good all
10-28-2021
, 03:31 PM
Those damn Elusive Hendon Mob Flags
Failed again to get myself that elusive Argentino HM flag funny how a 600$ tourney stings more than 5-8k daily swings... Part of it is dedicating almost 2 days of your life, making repeatedly the 60-80 minutes journey to the casino and whatnot, and then the ego, of course, that pride of wanting to show a little something-something to the Argentino pros, you know I am 0/3 thus far, but with the ULTRA generous 500bbs starting stacks, 40 minute levels for day 1 before increasing to an hour for day 2, we got this in the bag pretty darn soon folks
I have apparently created a semi-strong social circle, all of which came from my previous Vipassana course I mean, I don't need much more than these 3 new friendships as family life simply occupies most of my time - and I would not have it otherwise -, and pretty cool to notice how I can now converse in groups in Spanish - even if I lose the gist of the conversation when my mind drifts...
Been on a 10k downswing over the past 3 months ; until last week, I did not give a rat's arse about it, buttttt... fatigue has started to settle in as well as explicit impatience
A couple of interesting notes : it took me a year and a half to memorize my phone number Yup. That long. As a point of reference, I still remember phone numbers from 35-38 years ago from certain childhood friends, as numbers have almost been very natural to me/my memory quite elite. But until the moment I finally decided to innerly say the 8 digits in Spanish (as opposed to French, I think...), it simply did not click. It is quite fascinating to what extent the mind can be the victim of associative memory - something I had always been aware of, but somehow did not apply the concept in this case.
Secondly, I am no longer seemingly seeking live tournament glamour ; I went from wanting to impress my social circle/seeking acclaim (from even strangers), to now wanting L and her son to be proud of me
Thx bro A note that might be of interest to you : from my experience, serving greatly increases the strength of your meditation. I mean, in my case it was quite exponential and led me to a breakthrough in terms of liberating a TON of Sankharas. GL
Run good all
Failed again to get myself that elusive Argentino HM flag
funny how a 600$ tourney stings more than 5-8k daily swings... Part of it is dedicating almost 2 days of your life, making repeatedly the 60-80 minutes journey to the casino and whatnot, and then the ego, of course, that pride of wanting to show a little something-something to the Argentino pros, you know I am 0/3 thus far, but with the ULTRA generous 500bbs starting stacks, 40 minute levels for day 1 before increasing to an hour for day 2, we got this in the bag pretty darn soon folks I have apparently created a semi-strong social circle, all of which came from my previous Vipassana course
I mean, I don't need much more than these 3 new friendships as family life simply occupies most of my time - and I would not have it otherwise -, and pretty cool to notice how I can now converse in groups in Spanish - even if I lose the gist of the conversation when my mind drifts...Been on a 10k downswing over the past 3 months ; until last week, I did not give a rat's arse about it, buttttt... fatigue has started to settle in as well as explicit impatience
Spoiler:
A couple of interesting notes : it took me a year and a half to memorize my phone number
Yup. That long. As a point of reference, I still remember phone numbers from 35-38 years ago from certain childhood friends, as numbers have almost been very natural to me/my memory quite elite. But until the moment I finally decided to innerly say the 8 digits in Spanish (as opposed to French, I think...), it simply did not click. It is quite fascinating to what extent the mind can be the victim of associative memory - something I had always been aware of, but somehow did not apply the concept in this case.Secondly, I am no longer seemingly seeking live tournament glamour ; I went from wanting to impress my social circle/seeking acclaim (from even strangers), to now wanting L and her son to be proud of me
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Very much enjoyed being reminded of the vipassana experience (I was booked into to help out in the kitchen in Melb, back in July, but the camp was cancelled at the last moment due to covid). The benefits of Anatta are difficult to measure, but I love the way you describe it (sneaking ‘back into my - or just a - body’).
A note that might be of interest to you : from my experience, serving greatly increases the strength of your meditation. I mean, in my case it was quite exponential and led me to a breakthrough in terms of liberating a TON of Sankharas. GL Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 10-28-2021 at 03:38 PM.
11-15-2021
, 12:49 AM
Go - Now - Stop!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwI02OHtZTg
Go.Go.And fracking GO!
A gigantic coffee mug. A half litre glass of diet coke. Just gulping str8 down that adrenaline rush while popping open 7 tables of NLHE and PLO.
Go.Go.GOOOOO!!!
A suckout here. A bad beat there. An all-in after another. Pouncing on that mouse click after button or at least pressuring it with as much juice as it can take, you know.
Go.Go.Vamosss!!!
The taste of coffee is always sweet until it (figuratively) becomes bitter-sweet when the heart starts pumping 200kms an hour... I put the dog on the leash, step outside, hop on my bike and ride down the Argentino urban cliffs destination river.
None of the sight of the water, my dog skinny dipping in it, nor the soft wind do much to tranquilize my cafeine-poker-diet-coke-induced-maniccal-adrenaline-rush.
Vamonos!!!
Finally - fracking finally - the dust settles down along with the sunset, I shutdown the poker app, sit in front of the tv, take a breather, sigh for a second, just barely manage to breathe in before realizing that I have [B]1.5k[B] riding on bball games and [B]3k[B] on the WSOP on pokershares...
Let's GooooOOOO!!!
As a professional gambler, you never really settle down, even when the eyes shut close in the evening. But - and there's a big butttt here -, low and behold, when you downswing in the tune of 25k online in a 3 months period - AKA ur worst online downswong ever (in absolute terms) -, the stress just accumulates. Not onld does the coffee loses some of its sweetness in the morning - again, figuritavely -, but your back stiffens the f**k up. Couple feuds just seem more frequent and intense with your love one. And then that 100k potential win on pokershares that you failed to book after you actually loaded up the bet, put in the 700Euros and... just did not press on the bet button, just feels that much more of a sting!!!
Sigh!!! Let's slow down a little bit, shall we not!
Note : Am actually on a 25k upswing since this post after ironically innerly accepting the DS I was on and emotionally coming to terms with it The back is still very stiff though.
Run good all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwI02OHtZTg
Go.Go.And fracking GO!
A gigantic coffee mug. A half litre glass of diet coke. Just gulping str8 down that adrenaline rush while popping open 7 tables of NLHE and PLO.
Go.Go.GOOOOO!!!
A suckout here. A bad beat there. An all-in after another. Pouncing on that mouse click after button or at least pressuring it with as much juice as it can take, you know.
Go.Go.Vamosss!!!
The taste of coffee is always sweet until it (figuratively) becomes bitter-sweet when the heart starts pumping 200kms an hour... I put the dog on the leash, step outside, hop on my bike and ride down the Argentino urban cliffs destination river.
None of the sight of the water, my dog skinny dipping in it, nor the soft wind do much to tranquilize my cafeine-poker-diet-coke-induced-maniccal-adrenaline-rush.
Vamonos!!!
Finally - fracking finally - the dust settles down along with the sunset, I shutdown the poker app, sit in front of the tv, take a breather, sigh for a second, just barely manage to breathe in before realizing that I have [B]1.5k[B] riding on bball games and [B]3k[B] on the WSOP on pokershares...
Let's GooooOOOO!!!
As a professional gambler, you never really settle down, even when the eyes shut close in the evening. But - and there's a big butttt here -, low and behold, when you downswing in the tune of 25k online in a 3 months period - AKA ur worst online downswong ever (in absolute terms) -, the stress just accumulates. Not onld does the coffee loses some of its sweetness in the morning - again, figuritavely -, but your back stiffens the f**k up. Couple feuds just seem more frequent and intense with your love one. And then that 100k potential win on pokershares that you failed to book after you actually loaded up the bet, put in the 700Euros and... just did not press on the bet button, just feels that much more of a sting!!!
Sigh!!! Let's slow down a little bit, shall we not!
Note : Am actually on a 25k upswing since this post after ironically innerly accepting the DS I was on and emotionally coming to terms with it
The back is still very stiff though.Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 11-15-2021 at 01:10 AM.
12-07-2021
, 04:05 PM
Those Damn Elusive Flags
A 25k upswing. A beautiful garden in the backyard with new glass/flowers. A new jacuzzi. Summer is upon us. Some nice evenings planned out with the gf. Life is peachy And yet, I fail to get that Argentina HM flag
There is a 1.2k SHR (lol) starting this Sunday, so am planning to remedy the situation with a bink this WE, obviously
I have a tennis vs my Czech/Canadian buddy in Dawson. We made this bet last year and given that we will only meetup in Sept 2022, this will be a 2 years long 400$ bet of 200$ per set (we are playing 2 sets). I have never beat him before. Not that he is an elite player by any means, but definitely better than me, although our last matches were in the 4-6, 3-6 neighbourhood. He does not know that I have been taken lessons, but I just found out inadvertently - when he thought he was messenging his wife -, that he is contemplating hiring a trainer as well. fml Still pretty fracking intense to what extent we are putting tremendous effort into what will turn out to be a minuscule bet, proportional to the time/effort spent.
It was pretty fun to sweat Alejandro Lococo at the final table, AKA Papo MC, with my gf (albeit she does not like his gangsta style) and moreso her son, who was already a fan. I was hoping a win might of instigated a poker boom in Argentina a la Jonathan Duhamel in Montreal, but hey, it is not as if I rely much on live poker, but still...
Glad to hear that you are benefitting from a detached serenity friend I definitely see my life progressing likewise, especially with our plans of moving to Mendoza and enjoying the outdoors and whatnot In the meantime though, I will still profit from what years I have left in crushing online as to benefit more of a financial cushion as to materialize my dreams (although I am very VERY close to being there financially (and probably am, tbh...)).
Glad you enjoyed it bro, I definitely wanted this post to be engaging given that I am only updating about twice a month now... Speaking of which, I was contemplating on writing only similarly thematically based posts moving forward, as opposed to realistic/down-to-earth methodical life updates...
Well yes but mainly no. My life is quite balanced and regulated by a predetermined schedule of meditation-grinding-tennis-taking the dog to the park/river-cooking-gf time, so exponentially less highs and lows than might seemingly come across in my writing (which focusses, well, on the non-mundane moments). Also a couple of things to add here : a non-writer might not understand to what extent a narrative can take a life of its own!!! So it becomes much more interesting to speak of the highs and lows of the grind as opposed to the standard printing of monies, you know! Secondly, a non-poker pro that has not played beyond 5-8 million hands (or at least 3 million), cannot fathom to what extent running in the bottom 0.1% percentile for months on-end can simply be otherworldly/uncanny-like - to the extent that you start wondering "is this real life!?!?!". Thus, as much as my mental game is elite and I probably figure to be in the top 1% of poker pros that can detach themselves from the game and not let it overspill IRL stuff, when you run in the buttom 0.01% percentile for 10 days str8 and drop 25k after a 3 months B/E stretch, it will get to you if you happen to not be a robot/still possess emotions. Even if I did manage to sleep well at night and whatnot, I did feel my body permanently afflicted by stress, my back stiffed and my emotions negatively affected by it. And that's the real shyt. Sure, it is but a drop in 15 years of poker and the buttom 0.01% percentile of other jobs will affect you similarly over a similar time span, but who the hell wants to hear about the boring median, amirite!?! So yeah, am trying to keep it real ITT
Yup, life still elite in these parts friend Although Mendoza will be our destination in 3 years time.
Run good all
A 25k upswing. A beautiful garden in the backyard with new glass/flowers. A new jacuzzi. Summer is upon us. Some nice evenings planned out with the gf. Life is peachy
And yet, I fail to get that Argentina HM flag There is a 1.2k SHR (lol) starting this Sunday, so am planning to remedy the situation with a bink this WE, obviously
I have a tennis vs my Czech/Canadian buddy in Dawson. We made this bet last year and given that we will only meetup in Sept 2022, this will be a 2 years long 400$ bet of 200$ per set (we are playing 2 sets). I have never beat him before. Not that he is an elite player by any means, but definitely better than me, although our last matches were in the 4-6, 3-6 neighbourhood. He does not know that I have been taken lessons, but I just found out inadvertently - when he thought he was messenging his wife
-, that he is contemplating hiring a trainer as well. fml Still pretty fracking intense to what extent we are putting tremendous effort into what will turn out to be a minuscule bet, proportional to the time/effort spent.It was pretty fun to sweat Alejandro Lococo at the final table, AKA Papo MC, with my gf (albeit she does not like his gangsta style) and moreso her son, who was already a fan. I was hoping a win might of instigated a poker boom in Argentina a la Jonathan Duhamel in Montreal, but hey, it is not as if I rely much on live poker, but still...
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I have no idea how long I've had my current iPhone for; 8 years or something? I dunno. Anyhoo, I have no idea what it's telephone number is. I've got myself in its contacts so if I need to look it up for some reason, I can. But I've decided I'm not going to bother even attempting to memorize it. Can still remember my home phone number from 40 years ago though.
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I definitely see my life progressing likewise, especially with our plans of moving to Mendoza and enjoying the outdoors and whatnot In the meantime though, I will still profit from what years I have left in crushing online as to benefit more of a financial cushion as to materialize my dreams (although I am very VERY close to being there financially (and probably am, tbh...)). Although Mendoza will be our destination in 3 years time.Run good all