This thread is cracking me up with all OP's bad decisions, the ridiculous number of off-topic posts and pics, the constant dick-measuring, and frequent douchebaggery.

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Don't sweat it Mike we can wait out 6bet without you
Best of luck

Nah, stick around Mike; most of us prefer real stuff to fantasy b/s

Mike is once more demonstrating his outstanding ability to manage getting every thread and topic to be about him in some sort of way.

You are indeed pretty self centered, i hope that observation doesent come as a surprise for you

Starting to recover from my sickness. I'll probably be back at Crown tomorrow for a Friday night session.

For the past 4 days, I've mostly just been at home. I've only left the apartment to go to the supermarket or a restaurant with my girlfriend. We've done a lot of cooking this week, which is fun to practice. She cooks great Thai food and I just cook meat with microwavable veggies, microwavable gravy and toast. I'm a simple man.

I've been on the laptop a lot. Watching many episodes of Prison Break, many poker YouTube videos and playing some random games to pass the time. I did play a little bit of online poker too, but not enough to really call it a grind. I just played a bunch of cash games and tourneys where the buyins varied from $5 to $25, just for some cheap fun and practice.

I managed to come 1st in an $8 PLO8 tourney for $133 and then played a bunch of 5nl. I'd say that 5nl online is tougher than the $2/$5 at my casino, but I'm starting to get the hang of it and I think that I'm a slight winner at these games.

I think I'm going to get back into online poker a bit and try to build up a bankroll from 5nl (which will be completely separate from my live bankroll). I'll still try to play 30-40hrs per week at the casino, mainly $1/$3 with maybe a few shots at $2/$5 here and there, but it would be nice to stay in tune with the online games and have that backup plan in case I go on a live downswing and need to grind it back up from only a couple thousand dollars. I would be almost unstoppable if I had a 10k+ roll and had the skills to crush 50nl online, so I'm going to work towards both of those things simultaneously.

Just keep at it OP. one day you too can be an nl5 endboss.

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Sure, let's become an endboss, it just needs some grind and time. Studying in free time is for the weak ones.

That sounds like a good plan. I agree, I certainly think you have the skills to crush online at 50nl or higher and be one of the best. You just need to fine tune your mental game, but that will come in time.

How much is your rent per month? (I asked this earlier but you must have missed it, don't worry)

I posted it earlier when I said what all my monthly expenses are. Rent is $700/month.

[PHP][/PHP] r u fgin kidding me? Of course cutting rent can be problematic but you can cut down entertainment to a few $s with a netflix account, some internet connection and a no-alcohol/no restaurant rule. And 1300$ for food? wtf that's 42$ a day. I could eat 3 xl sized pizzas per delivery a day for this. Does anybody of you ever cook a meal or drink anything else than jack coke (because you don't like the taste of champaign)? jesus christ


trollololol. A piece of bread (0,5-1$) with some lettuce/veggies (50c) and some pieces of meat and cheese (50c-1$) - better pay 10$ for it, you can't make that **** at home and take it with you. Not even possible.

And buying chicken putting it in flour and some grease? nobody can do that at home. Better spend 1400$ a month and go broke.

noo... cooking is actually a form of recreation or art if you mildly know what you're doing. Of course it takes some time, but you will get better and faster at it every friggin day. Right now I can make a burger way faster than my average time would be standing in line at mickeys. And this is only fast food, try learning to cook and you realize how in the f some restaurants can jack up a huge sum for a meal that is half as good as what you could cook on your own. Also cooking can be a entertainment thing you do with your gf. But yeah we get it, she wants fancy restaurants over all. Do us a favor and dump her, okay?


and of course you have to go to the supermarket, that's why people invented fridges so you don't have to run there every 3 hours...

ohhh. the troll continues. nice. I thought this would end up like this..

I hope she pays for it this time. Does she???

I think this is a bad idea. Optimal live poker play requires a different way of thinking compared to online, and since you haven't mastered live poker yet you should pour 100% of your poker energy into that because it's much more lucrative than 5nl.

Why start at 5NL? If you want to get to 50NL just deposit more money and get there faster.

5NL confirmed tougher than 2/5 live fwiw

Out of curiosity, how hard is it to beat 50NL 6 max on pokerstars these days? Like, is that stake pro infested?

I havent played cashgames online for like 5-6 years, so have absolutely no clue.

Honestly if you grind and study a reasonable amount it should take between 3-6 months to go from nl2-nl50 zoom. It took me 5 months from never playing poker to winning marginally at nl50 with serious mental leaks and 2 times spewing my roll. It's not that easy tho as you need a fairly big dick, nutsack and brain tho so I c why it takes a year from most.

I actually think this is a great idea if you can stick to it. Grinding up from 5NL can teach you disciplined bankroll management and will help you become a much stronger poker player. If you fail or quit it's not the end of the world. You just need to recognize that the 2 games play differently and adjust accordingly. At the casino just stick to 1/3 though and learn to master it rather than jumping between levels.

Disclaimer, zoom only for me.

50 nlz regs mostly going be nitty tags or gto types. Good luck trying to make a profit off them esp with Stars joke rb.

On the other hand, plenty of fish to be found, esp at peak fish hours, so any one decent (not saying me ) can make money if they grind the volume.

But "decent" probably means spending serious time on solver, working hard on the volume, having a solid mental game and optimising play to pretty unsocial hours.

Good hobby; w**k job imo.

Always thought live the way to go personally, esp with Governments randomly screwing with online (I think Switzerland is the next to go??).

Alas, no available casino for me

w**k??

Uour entertainment costs almost as much as rent? Really? My entertainment costs are an internet connection.

Your food costs also seem crazy high. I'm sure food costs more in Australia than the US but you're spending over 10x what I do.

And I don't cook much either. Surely you can find things to eat with minimal prep time and low cost. You want to go really low cost, try rice and beans. People have been living off that for thousands of years.

I just don't see how you're going to succeed without getting those high expenses under control but I wish you luck.

Shai,


Very simple, just win more.

I wish OP good luck winning 50K BBs on 5NL to pay for his monthly expenses.

Now thats a challenge!

wtf smoke detectors you got. Of course they have a button? And if they do not - disable them or put them further away as long as you're cooking, smoke detectors aren't to be put near the kitchen because it would go of every ****ing time you'd make fried eggs.

pro tip: get your **** roommates some earplugs to sleep with. If they respond with "I don't like to wear them, it feels icky", punch them in the stomach and ask "does that feel icky too?"


You should typically cook at home (thai if you want!) for her, which would be way more cheap and the leftovers should last for days. Can't be so hard to learn that ****.