Can you talk a bit about the celeb home game? I've always been curious about how better players get invited to these. Like in the Matt Moore thread he gets invited to play with Michael Phelps and obviously crushes. Do they want some good players in the game for a challenge since the money doesn't mean much to them?

So betting is bad in this spot and you would play as check/fold (whih seems a little timid to me)? With bet/fold he has zero bluffs in his range but if checked to his range contains bluffs, correct? So check/fold needs to be pretty spot on to not give up too much equity in the pot?

Thanks Don, it's been a fun read! Hope to see you back on here soon. Also hope to continue to see you on LATB Tuesday and Friday nights.

Damn, just my luck that I ask OP a strat question shortly after he doesn't update anymore.

Been enjoying this thread very much and good luck OP.

Yeah I read this thread everyday. Haters gonna hate. Keep on trucking.

GL sir !

I know you already stated that you wouldn't post again until April, but just to put in my two cents: I think it's pretty safe to say you have a ton of followers and readers of your thread at this point. The more followers you have, the more haters you're going to have, too, especially when results are as radically fantastical and extraordinary as yours. Don't let those few haters/nonbelievers tilt you and ruin it for the rest of your followers that are inspired by your posts, who I will guarantee seriously outnumber the nonbelievers.

Just a thought- good luck on your future successes (both poker and life).

I would like to make a decent size bet that he posts before April. Anyone want to take action?

$1,000 with someone in escrow...

Thanks for the comments everyone. I admit I overreacted, got angry at something that wasn't even mildly offensive in retrospect, etc. Regarding updating daily sessions, I'm still unsure if I want to continue that for now.

I know you've posted here before and I've appreciated your following. Thanks!

Home games want players, period, so they'll gladly take anyone with money. Regarding rich guys, they just want to gamble, if you have money and you play, it doesn't matter how good or bad you are. I don't know how Michael Phelps views poker at all, but if I were to take a guess, he'd rather play with a guy playing 25/18 taking $200/hr off the table rather than a bad nit playing 15/5 who's losing $200/hr.

Betting is bad in this spot because if he continues on the turn I'm almost certainly behind. So it's not a value bet, better hands are never folding so it's not a bluff, just a bad bet.

wowow, free $1000! I would have taken that if you posted this about 10 minutes earlier

you knew I would have to respond to Steph, huh...

Also 1 more thing. I've decided I really want to start doing coaching. I'm going to start at a $50/hr rate with a 100% money back guarantee if you're unsatisfied and see where it goes from there.

Los Angeles area only, must meet me in person. PM me.

You could have waited a day or so... I just got screwed out of $1k!

To sum up LA poker or really poker for people that have money and play for "fun"....

Doyle had a quote that went something like this:

Jerry Buss "I lost 50k today"
Dolye "sorry to hear"
Jerry Buss "Thats ok, I can lose 50k a day for 100 years and still be rich"!


Money doesnt matter to some people and to others, they dont care of they lose.

Also I generalized a bit talking about the rich guys, not every guy is the same. For example, here's a look into the mind of the guy who made it $1000 preflop blind every hand. Let's call him J.

I actually stayed a couple hours longer than I expected to in that game with J- I had told limon I'd help him start the game as a favor then leave immediately since I had plans (those plans changed once I saw who was playing). So eventually when I mentioned to J that I was leaving soon to meet my girlfriend he replied, "Tell your girlfriend that there's a maniac who's going to drop $50 grand on you, and she should come down here instead."

I talked to limon the day after, he told me J was ripping on me afterwards saying: "wtf is wrong with that kid, I was gonna change his life, how could he leave this game". Little did he know that there was nothing he could have done to change *my* life, but I'm sure he plays with young guys fairly often and he definitely knows that they foam at the mouth when they see him sit at a table, hoping he'll change their lives.

This guy supposedly makes 8 figures a year, so losing $100k in a day to him probably has the same effect as losing $50 to most people. He just doesn't f'ing care AT ALL about losing $100k.

What he cares about is being the center of attention every time he plays, COMPLETELY driving the action, "changing lives" (he used this phrase a bunch lol), etc. And his money makes him privileged to do that. Finally, he's known as one of the biggest "legends" in LA poker and even if it's not in a way that us grinders would consider a good thing, if you really think about it, that's a sick status symbol that proves he's got it made. And he f'ing has it made.

I really love your thread, promise me you won't stop posting.

The last entry is classic, I know you're a baller but geez I'm never getting up from that game for a girl. Especially since you have a nice size bankroll.

I played w OP for several days in Jan, as I said he was a good Holdem player and ran insanely hot in Omaha w marginal but gambly skills, people do go on 2 month heaters and he's good at pokers- I believe results

What he cares about is being the center of attention every time he plays, COMPLETELY driving the action, "changing lives" (he used this phrase a bunch lol), etc. And his money makes him privileged to do that. Finally, he's known as one of the biggest "legends" in LA poker and even if it's not in a way that us grinders would consider a good thing, if you really think about it, that's a sick status symbol that proves he's got it made. And he f'ing has it made.[/QUOTE]

Proud of you actually that you did not have the compulsion to harpoon the whale this time. He'll be back I'd guess.

Ask Limon sometime if he remembers Banker Sam - a guy with the very same attitude - he did not mind throwing off $100K but he loved to bust grinders, and give a little laugh when he did.

Congrats on crushing so hard since you moved to LA. I wouldn't let any nonbelievers tilt you and hopefully you continue to keep posting.

Honestly it was accumulated tilt, despite being up a ton of money I left like $5k on the table in 2 spots, not raising river with K8xx on a K8628 board, and also one time I was just talking and I FORGOT to jam AAJT preflop, I limp/called and was like wait... ****.

Game was good again today. Had a guy straddling for $200 every single hand until he got in a fight with a reg and they both got kicked out of the casino. /sighhhhhh

@ILCD: Yea if I ever had the chance to sit in the same game again, I would literally never leave for ANYTHING. That said, I don't regret my decision (or anything ever in my life).

As been documented in this thread, I had probably less than 500 hands of Omaha played back then, so yea I was a mega-whale. I still remember the very first hand I ever played at PLO in LA, I considered folding AKQJr on a flop of Ts9s8d, because I was afraid the two other guys who were jamming would also have the nuts with better redraws lol.

But I feel fairly comfortable with PLO now. Still lots of preflop spots where I'm totally lost but I'm no longer afraid to play turns/rivers for stacks against tough players like I used to be.

I hope KyddDynamite doesn't stop posting. I guess having an outsider's perspective can be inspirational for me to continue posting here; if even one person feels about my thread how I feel about KyddDynamite's thread... I'm willing to admit I acted pretty childish and get back to updating.

I've been down about $3400 in 25 hours over the past 4 days.

LA total: $43700, 316 hours.

Found your thread from serio's ... really please do continue!

Played for 4 hours and was up $10. Pretty uneventful. Still unsure of preflop equities... Played a hand where I raise to $90 from EP, two loose callers with shortstacks, shortstack pots it with $840 total. Callers are folding almost always when I repot (since they 3bet their strong hands) so I need to risk $750 to win $1140, or ~40% equity. I had A985ds (should I even be raising this from EP?)...

Ad9h8h5d: 44.60%
10% range: 55.40%

Not sure if that's a reasonable range... I ended up jamming.

LA total: $43710, 320 hours.

Coming from a noob i would say A985ds is a little too weak to raise from EP. I think that is mainly due to my inexperience and not knowing how to play it post-flop most of the time. With more time in the game it may be easier to play that hand OOP but i would probably just open fold it

I am a pretty big nit tho

Just found this thread. Pretty dope. I'm an LA grinder too, so I'm sure I've seen you around. Keep it up, OP.