Congrats on the 6 purple fruits. Great writing especially while hammered? Maybe you should reassess and develop your writing ability. Don't underestimate how important holding yourself accountable is in this career. I'm grateful for anything that helps with it.

no not at all, i've never been that interested with the creative side of things. but since movies always interested me, and i liked english since I actually found an interesting way of using deductive logic in writing essays, i thought being a film critique could be awesome.

about to watch Bullhead now. looks real good.

and water is awesome

Nice post, good points. I find it interesting that you knew you wanted to be a full time player at 14. I didn't even know the rules until I was 19. I would say poker kind of fell in my lap. I wonder how many are like you and how my just stumbled upon it like myself.

Phil Ivey knew he wanted to be a pro poker player at a young age. If that says anything about Fogo, I better get an autograph while I still can...

Don't leave us Ryan ... This is your roots and can never forget home . Also since your a baller now can I be your joint roller? I would offer more skills but currently I do not have any. Sick life / journey that your living. Ever since I met you in r/l I have told people you will be the one to make it because of your drive and work ethic you put in. Hopefully one day soon we will cross path again. And me donate a few more percent to the net worth.

Bump

imho you're thinking about this from the wrong angle.

I wouldn't get hung up on your writing capabilities having leaks. Do you know how many terrible writers have best selling books? Have you tried reading the entire Divergent Series? I guarantee you could write that story better than Veronica. Succeeding as a writer comes down to selling yourself well, selling what you have to offer, and the rest is cookie cutter.

And if you think your leaks are really bad there are writing classes you can take for 0.1% of your bankroll. Investing money in yourself is one of the best things you can do at a young age.

I would advise you keep broadening your abilities and continue to pursue avenues for income. But don't force it when it feels like it has been. You seem to get hung up on the details sometimes and while that is good in poker, remember, you already have the foundation built, you can delve deep because you already have a great understanding of what the higher stuff is built upon. In other, newer venues you'll just be starting out, so just learn the basics and have fun learning new things. And keep it fun, if you're looking to diversify your income remember, there's a lot out there to choose from so don't go for something you don't enjoy.

I think you could keep the thread open and use it as a medium to practice your writing. You enjoy doing it, you have an available place with a readership already established. I think that's reason enough to stick around.


Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.

Oh snap, I completely forgot about this thread!

Not really, just haven't had any inspired drunken rants recently. Maybe I will try of think of some cool concepts that are unrelated to strat and write one up every few weeks.

Poker has been great recently. I'm enjoying the game a lot, and feel excited that my motivation only continues to grow the more I work on my game and identifying areas that I need to improve.

Volume has been relatively good for my current situation, work habits have improved off the felt, and I've finally been able to get back in the gym and on the pitch after a four month hiatus due to the broken wrist. Unfortuantley my lifting abilities are probably pretty similiar to the workouts of most senior citizens in nursing homes, but I have to start somewhere.

I've also taken on my first horse recently, and its been a great start so far. I will only work with high quality players in regards to staking, so I do not forsee myself taking on many more, if any, in the future. I would need to be extremely confident in both their honesty and their abilities as a player, both of which are very uncommon for someone who is looking for a stake at the lower levels. As of now his volume is entirely at 2/5, but I intend to begin putting him in good 5/T games in the future.

I think my next trip will be to Vegas in December to escape the Chicago cold and get some volume in at B 10/20 for the first time and get a feel for that game. After some further consideration, it seems unlikely that I will move to Vegas when I do leave Chicago. I have no set plans yet, but LA seems the most likely as of now. I loved LA so I am completely cool with that move.

Until then, nothing changes since the start of this thread, and I'm going to keep my head down and continue to grind forward. It is awesome to live in Chicago, but I am not looking forward to the winter that is about to hit us. I'm just hopeful that maybe more people will be willing to come in and gamble it up during the winter months. Next purchase is going to be a ****ing huge winter coat!

Fogo, you said you went to a competitive private hs...somewhere in chicago? Mind giving up where? I'm also from the area.

St. Ignatius or Fenwick lol.. I also went to private hs in Chicago area

Buuuuump. Can the fans get an update?

Pass

update: still not busto!

you have to puff puff first, my friend.

What kind of stuff are you doing, when working on your game?

When have I've not?

dwan youtube videos recently. always some tony g to refresh on table image and how to present yourself.

i'm doing different stuff all the time to work on my game. today i sweat my friend play PLO on bovada. usually i just play a session and then think about the session.

Youve been cheating on me ?!

He's a whore so I wouldn't doubt it.

Lol this cracked me up. Little late to the thread obv.

Don't worry about being late to the party. OP is a busto fish who somehow luckboxed his way into a lottery win so he could keep making it rain at his home casino.

Nothing to see here.

He's back in Illinois then?

Was wondering where this guy went. So many guys come to LA, run like God for a little awhile and then disappear.

Saw him on LATB playing $50/$100 short handed a couple times in the last couple months this year. He bought in for $10-15k and added on at least once after losing a pot...so hes done quite well...He played well, it's clear he studied GTO alot. I remember seeing him play LATB $2/$5 during live stream when he first posted this thread.

hi FOGO