On the grimming thing - I think when table breaks and you end up HU playing two hands is mandatory, and seems like that's the standard taken by most regs I play too. Honestly pretty rare to not get it back for me.
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Originally Posted by ejames209
been reading through this thread at work lately. Really inspiring stuff PlasticElephant. I identify with what you said about not being a naturally talented poker player, I may have that wrong but something to that effect. I don't grasp things immediately and have to put in a lot of effort to understand some concepts.
I wish I could apply for BitB coaching but I'm on an app site and there's a 4 table cap so I wouldn't make the hand reqs but I wish you luck all the same!
Hey man - yeah, keep at it, I've found everything you learn compounds and makes understanding the next topic easier in the long run.
I remember FourSixFour saying to me he thinks he's spent wayyyy longer in PIO than Linus but LL just understood the concepts and patterns a lot quicker (LL somehow also 1500 chess elo in two weeks so maybe just got some talent for games
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On the flipside, I have another friend who thinks he just worked his way to highstakes by brute force working harder than all his opponents on study and review. So multiple ways to make it, I'm trying the brute force approach.
On the app thing, unfortunately we've just never got involved/ had any players in those games, the horror stories about RTA, collusion etc just too much for us to bother dealing with - although heard plenty of stories about how much money there is to be made there too.