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07-26-2023 , 09:06 PM
Disagree strongly with above post. HavenÂ’t posted in years, but follow the pg&c threads and beez seems to have a really good head on his shoulders and is probably the most impressive poster IÂ’ve followed, from a poker success standpoint but much more importantly from a life outlook standpoint. From the jump his goal was to use poker as a launching pad for life, and he is honestly wrestling with the decision to jump to the next stage in a big world. Poker has nothing to do with what itÂ’s all aboutÂ…I read his last post as incredibly freeing and inspiring and I hope he follows through on what he says.

Beez - If you feel like youÂ’ve accomplished what you need to in poker, continue forward on your life journey. There is so much success ahead in life for a person like you. You play enough to know how much self awareness is tied to success in poker. Thank you for sharing honestly on here. My advice is listen to yourself. YouÂ’re feelings probably wonÂ’t change.

That said If itÂ’s any comfort, poker will be here, it will not have changed if you change your mind down the road and come back - and even if the game has changed youÂ’re smart enough to adapt if and when you do.

On the other hand, you’re probably in your late 20s, with a solid life roll to get started on living a very fulfilling life. You only live once - and you know how much time you’re spending “punching a clock” at this point. Take the above posters advice for what it’s worth if you want, and while your on a much deserved vacation….Spend some time thinking about what you want to be, the things you want to do and person you want to become and go after it aggressively. That how life winners play. Don’t get trapped. Dream big, way bigger than poker - you’ve easily earned that at this point.

My guess is if you do, you will be infinitely happier and healthier in the long run. You will look back fondly on your time in poker, maybe will play some big tourneys for fun, but will never return to the game. That to me sounds like real life success.

Best of luck and thank you for sharing your journey with us.
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07-27-2023 , 11:11 AM
great journey brother
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07-29-2023 , 01:52 AM
This will be my final post. 5/12/19 I joined 2+2 with a goal of climbing to the highstakes. I've accomplished that. Triton soon.


We can only control our own behavior sadly.
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07-29-2023 , 03:18 AM
Run good @ Triton! can you use a code word or something so we can root for you. Like if you hero call can you say bling bling blaow pls as pot is shipped lol. Or maybe when cheesewick is doing his dumb stare down ask him if he’s single or something.
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07-29-2023 , 08:34 AM
oh man thats too bad, looked forward to your recaps. Wish you all the best man, in and outside poker
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07-29-2023 , 08:55 PM
GG MTT GOAT
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07-30-2023 , 08:22 AM
i guess the rampant cheating going on online broke you, best of luck in triton
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12-28-2023 , 12:19 AM
Update: 12/27/23
Current bankroll 400k+ [Done discussing bankroll as the goal of thread was to show a path from 0 to hero. Past that point its your own burden to learn and grow.]
Current downswing 175-225k~
2023 YTD Final graph.


Poker:
Went and played wynn 10k busted 300 off money
Had friend peak @ 80 buyins in wynn 10k i had 25% of him final 70 left
had another friend peak 25-30 buyins wynn 10k i had 25% of him final 70 left.

Habits:
Study 25-75 postflop spots/week [look in depth/run ai solves/look for missed spots]
study 50-100 final table spots/week
2-5 hh/month
workout 5x-6x/week 60-90 mins/day [4-6 sets 10-20 reps]
read 1 book/month
Eat 2.8-3.5k cals/day + 110-180g of protein a day [currently 145 lbs so just .8x-1.1x for protein and 18x-21x weight for calories.]

Lifestyle:
Buying a house in 6 months
Play poker 4 hours/night [I skip 1.5 nights/week] +10 hours/sunday
Little brother moved away from mom and moved in with me He goes to gym/handles cleaning my house.
I basically spend 10-20 hours/week studying 40~ hours playing 10 hours gym 10 hours cooking. Leaving me with 30-40 hours free/week for life.
Watching cowboy bebop/code geese and looking to get into more animes

Goals:
Play a 100k+ buy in mtt
Get to 175 lbs shredded
Become a much better cook
Find a long-term partner [growth minded,nurturing,educated,ambitious/driven.]


Final Paragraph:
I came into poker a 23 year old man in chronic pain. I had a networth of under 10k [Started poker with a 400$ deposit]. I had a college degree in economics from a nontarget with a bottom of my class gpa. I Have come out of this game healing my back pain due to what the process of self improvement of the game taught me. I will walk away with the strongest mental Imaginable. I will walk away with a material house and a network of friends of which ill cherish forever. i quit 5x thinking i couldn't get better and i returned each time hungrier ,stronger ,more focused. The Process was always more important then the bink at the end that will be the takeaway i leave my early/mid 20s with. 2024 is the year where 5 years of sacrifice realize the EV.
Happy New Year!
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BeezGamble
#ParlayTheEv
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12-28-2023 , 12:49 AM
Amazing thread man!
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12-28-2023 , 11:43 AM
Happy new year man! This thread is amazing
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12-28-2023 , 07:37 PM
Stoked to hear you’re still going hard, run good!

Last edited by nootaboos; 12-28-2023 at 07:38 PM. Reason: You’re not your
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01-03-2024 , 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by beezgamble
I don't use a hud. i've gotten 10k in a day before from 150-200 mtts
Wow, no hud. Nice!
I love the thread bro. GL!
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01-07-2024 , 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by beezgamble
I'm going to start only posting every 3 months after this post I think that will allow me to have drastic updates and see more growth. I hope you all have enjoyed the journey so far.

Previous month failures
Read 2 books in march. [failed]
Call 3-5 old college buddies and reconnect. [did good]
Hang out with IRL friends more. [did good]

1. glasses/get eyes checked. [fail]
2: workout 5-6/days week [fail but started the framework to begin this]
3. Diet [2.5k cals/day] [fail but started the framework]
4. Schedule an appointment for my acne [fail but started the framework]

First things first priority: [Really messed up the last month accomplishing these goals]
1: workout 5-6/days week [1-2 days physical therapy + 2-3 days gym + 1-2 day at home/running/yoga]
2. Diet [2.5k cals/day] [breakfast 700, Smoothie 1,000, Dinner 800.]
3. Study 6-8 hours/week [I burn out from 2-3/hours day currently maybe ill be able to get in a groove]
4. Play 2 days/minimum a week [tuesday+sunday] preferably stake 65~/week [tues=18k/sunday=25k/thursday=18k]
5. glasses/get eyes checked.
6. Get acne medication [I have very mild acne But want to deal with it.]

If I do not After Ireland start working out 5x/week I will personally freeroll Someone in my poker discord community into the wsop main event [33/33/33 33% to me 33% to him 33% to charity]



Last month I basically broke even which is deserved I studied probably 40-80 hours, I Played decent ran meh, I also sunran the first 1.5 months of year so no complaints.


Longterm goals:
Start reading more
Look more into buying a house post wsop
Achieve my physique goals
Increase my bb/100 winrate by 1bb




I hope that by the end of year
i've read 4-5 books [chronic pain hinders this alot]
Put myself in a spot to buy a house
Fixed my chronic back pain
added 10 lbs [currently 135~ looking to be 145-150~]
Increased my bb/100 by 1.


Plans for accomplishing long term goals:
Back pain:
Massage 3x/month
Physical therapy 2x/week
Workout 2x week
run/yoga/at home workout 1x-2x/week

Increase bb/100:
Use Dto every few months
Run hands through filters [study 3-4 hours/week this]
Hand historys 1-2/month~

Read:
Set aside time here and there to just sit and read.
I tried everything you tried and more for my back pain and nothing worked for 10 years or so, until i "discovered" walking. Try walking for 60-90 min every day and your back will be in a great shape. You can listen to an audio book while doing this.
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03-03-2024 , 02:47 AM
3/3/24....
YTD Graph


Poker:
Still on a 130-180k~ downswing [its gotten obfuscated due to live and staking horses]. It's been 100k+ since 8/1/2023.
Lost 40k live so im breakeven with live [went 0/18 live]
I have 2 horses. I put them in everything that's good Were turbo running this to legendary bankroll status.
Playing 6-7 days/week 4 hours on M/W/F/SA 6 hours on thursday 8 hours on tuesday/monday~ [Grinding for the horses and the house one more time... + live]
Won a Wsop 10k seat will be my first main ever


Gym: I do a 10 minute warm-up routine [stretching]. Then typically end each session with 5-15 min threadmill+ 5 min abs everyother day.
I workout 4-6x/week [1x leg,2x arms,2x back, 2x abs, 3x cardio]
2.8k-3.5k calories/consumed daily
135 lbs ~ start
148 lbs ~ current
Back pain almost fully alleviated

Reading: 1.1/10 books completed
Lucky me [Wasn't extremely impressed but solid read]
Currently reading Horse by geraldine brooks only 30 pages in.

Cooking:
Haven't cooked new dishes but will experiment more post wsop~ this year. [will use chatgpt to make unique dishes]

House:
hoping to go on a massive upswing and buy one close to a major airport [30mins or so drive to airport] in next 6-9 months the downswing has slowed this down.
Looking at a 3-4 bed 2-3 bath townhome

5~ month progress picture:



Music Vibe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzUkS2NExlg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuCcrZlqzEA


Conclusion:
Life is a journey. Growth occurs in the times of which you take on the most pain and stress. Always take on more pain then you think you can handle if you wish to grow the most. I plan on getting to 175-180~ lbs working out. I plan on playing ALOT OF LIVE NEXT YEAR AND SECURING A MILLION DOLLAR BINK TO TOP THIS THREAD OFF. Wrote this post and cameback cause i found the progress to be therapeutic and documenting will be something i look back on fondly. Brothers adjusting well and going to gym with me he just reached unreal in Fortnite. I still do plan on leaving full time grinding in the coming 18-24 month~ assuming things go to plan. Currently Focusing on Consciousness and being present well playing. Ill see you all around late june for a update.
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BeezGamble
#ParlayTheEv


Last edited by beezgamble; 03-03-2024 at 03:02 AM.
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03-03-2024 , 08:34 AM
Welcome back Beez! I have enjoyed your thread immensely and have read through it several times. I know you have struggled with back pain for quite some time. I myself am in a lot of pain. Could you describe what has worked for you in regards to relieving your back pain? I would really appreciate it.


Thank you and I wish you continued success with poker.
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03-03-2024 , 05:37 PM
Nice update. Do you try and be strategic about managing the risks of a decently big losing year and not being able to carry losses forward tax wise? That seems like one of the more annoying risks of being an mtt pro especially if firing a bunch of live 10k/25ks.
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03-04-2024 , 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by TheTyman9
Nice update. Do you try and be strategic about managing the risks of a decently big losing year and not being able to carry losses forward tax wise? That seems like one of the more annoying risks of being an mtt pro especially if firing a bunch of live 10k/25ks.
I make alot of rakeback+live in a regulated fenced in pool + grind alot of volume so those allow me to reduce the stress on that end of things. [I estimate i make 100-150 a year variance free]
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03-04-2024 , 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by RiseOnceMore
Welcome back Beez! I have enjoyed your thread immensely and have read through it several times. I know you have struggled with back pain for quite some time. I myself am in a lot of pain. Could you describe what has worked for you in regards to relieving your back pain? I would really appreciate it.


Thank you and I wish you continued success with poker.
Chatgpt + gym + google Used all 3 tools and listened to my body
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04-16-2024 , 02:18 PM
Update: Still on a 130-170k~ downswing... Im 400-600k under ev [aa vs qq for chiplead final 7 220k uptop... infinite 50k equity pots 80-20]


"It is not the mountain ahead that stops most journeys but the pebble in ones shoe."

I've finally self educated enough and am in the full process of removing the pain in my back and leg. I now strength train 4x/week + stretch 6x-7x/week. Soon adding in yoga and cardio. I recommend if your motivated by my success in poker you take physical health serious. Physical health>financial success.

Cliffnotes about stretching/strength training:

Stretching increases pain tolerance!
Muscle building increases pain tolerance!
You have a thin web layering your skin called fascia fascia can become tight and responds/reworks itself when you stretch/muscles... fascia tells your body whether you should feel pain or not.

Routine: Monday/tuesday/wednesday/friday/saturday~
Wake up 12:00
Stretch 12:30-1:30 [Run hrc/icm sims during this time]
1:30-2:00 cook breakfast
2-3:00 Study Postflop spots i'm targeting [flop/turn, Deepstack, Bvb.... etc]
3:00-5:00 Gym
7:30-1 play poker
1-2 stretch/study/chill

Thursday/sunday
12-12 play
12-1 [stretch]
1-2 study [or wait till next day depending on energy level I try to study atleast every 2-3 days and spend a hour cleaning up past days]

Stretches: Strongly recommend you try the hip flexor one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUt_BSS-aXU
https://youtu.be/bpdD4QZ0hc4?t=107
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L_xrDAtykMI#searching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVOnXIiPgM8



Goals Eoy 2024:
Move to a bigger city near me [buy a townhome/affordable place]
Become A elite reg
Be able to touch toes and have no pain ever
Be up 300k in sub 350$ buyins eoy
Win 10bb/100 avg in Regulated
win 6+bb/100 on acr

Goals Eoy 2025:
Become better cook
read 20 books [Pain has slowed my reading this year i believe i'll be ready next year]
Travel for live poker [3x vegas/2x-3x florida/1x new jersey/2x europe] next year
Start consuming ideas for the next thing after poker I'll be 28-29~ and by 30 i'd like to have started progressing towards these.



The long run is much longer then most people think. I'll be out of my downswing soon. In the meanwhile enjoy the process of growth.

Last edited by beezgamble; 04-16-2024 at 02:32 PM.
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04-27-2024 , 02:31 PM
Love reading your blog, especially since i have many similar goals.
Ahead of you in sports and cooking, way way behind you poker wise haha, maybe some day.
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04-30-2024 , 01:18 AM


1.8m for 1st. I'm tators. GL.
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04-30-2024 , 02:02 AM
Run good bro.
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04-30-2024 , 07:15 AM
GL!! NICE THREAD <3
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06-10-2024 , 05:46 PM
Assuming you are there, GL at series.
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06-25-2024 , 03:08 AM
6-25-24
2:40 am
Poker:
The Final Jump:
I'm no longer the person I was when I started this journey. I am no longer the player I was when I started this journey. I never played poker thinking i'd become a better human to be quite frank I started this journey to become comfortably wealthy. I didn't love the game but enjoyed it. Now I love it. I want to play aggressively. I want to play tough. I want to climb. Full presence. Full focus.
I look forward to the next update as I hope it will be my last one in a downswing it's been 9 months.

YTD results: I lost 50-75k on horses, lost 40k live~, Lost 30k~ untracked.

Still on a 100k~ downswing. Still 500k~ under ev.

WSOP Trip 1:
Played 3 tournaments. Deep ran 5k got 30th~ for 20k [700k to 1st]
Felt burnt out and stopped grinding and just hungout with friends will be making changes [Smoothies in morning proper diet etc for trip 2]

Wsop trip 2 [coming up]: july 1st-july15th~
Play my first main.

Lifestyle:
Minor back pain. I hit gym 5-6x/week. I stretch 2-5x/week. Making massive progress in my pain area and will continue doing so. health is now my #1 value and I don't see that changing.
I want to buy a house As I've outgrown my apartment.
Dating is slowly becoming a bigger priority so I've started making adjustments to my life [studying in coffee shops/more walks]
Brother still lives with me he will be getting a job which is another reason for house i'd like to have my own space.

Goals Eoy 2024:
Move to Bigger city
Become An elite reg
Be able to touch toes and have no pain ever
Be up 300k in sub 350$ buyin eoy
Win 10bb/100 avg in Regulated
win 6+bb/100 on car


2025 and beyond:
Quite a few things in my life I'd like to shift after this year. I want to change my diet. I want to change my lifestyle [no more grinding every day for months on end]. I want to study 30 mins/day. Finding time to cultivate other passions and grow in other areas.

Thank you for reading
-BeezGamble
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