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R u a male or female? Either or is cool, I just usually assume everyone who does a pgc is a male. I shouldn’t be asking this...lol


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Why do you ask if you shouldn't be asking this??

OP confirmed busto and now dating a Pachinko Pro she met on Tinder?

Wrote a longer update but 2p2 logged me out and erased everything. Basically punted about 35k in April in a few spots but ended up about even overall for the month. Going through some life changes and have zero motivation to study poker. Can't bring myself to even open up solver, and not making any progress with that online midstakes course that I got offered to take in exchange to write a review in this thread. Been putting in a lot of hours this year so maybe I just really need a break. I have this scarcity mentality sometimes which leads me to try too hard and inevitably burn out.

Anyway, need to find motivation soon because I'll be going up to VEGAS for wsop!! Will be there for about a month playing cash and firing tournies. Will have all of my own action so it'll either go really badly or really well lol. I'm really really excited. Just told someone of my plan to have a healthier lifestyle/schedule this year and they basically laughed at me. I've never felt physically well spending time in vegas so I'll need to figure out the details to really make a change this year. I want to try out All American Dave and spend more time outside by the pool instead of just waking up and go grind. (Yeah right, there are definitely gunna be some 14+ hour all-nighters at the B... fully anticipate my schedule to get ****d up by the 2nd day lol)

I heard All American Dave is pretty overpriced. I don't know if subway/chipotle every day would be a reasonable option though.

How did you punt 35k? A few big pots, or just a few big losing sessions?

Studying can cause serious burnout. I'm nearing that phase, I've been doing a lot of studying myself, but realising there's so much I can learn can be invigorating too. I'm sure I'll need a break very soon though. Some physical exertion might help. I had a long walk the other day that did wonders.

Are you still employed or did you go full pro?
Do you have all of your own action?

Just curious bc your climb/swings seems pretty fast compared to even a year ago.

Scarcity mentality in poker should be an asset. Games have been shrinking / getting worse for over a decade, cost of living and inflation has been eating into profits the entire time, I want to guess saturation is also extremely high. It's likely NL above 2/5 won't exist in 10 years.

Man, every time I see your name as the newest poster in the thread, I know exactly what the general sentiment of you post is going to be.

Why do you feel the need to post this crap over and over in predominately NLH threads/forums?

Are you disagreeing with me or are you just venting your frustrations about the current climate on me?

It's really good to have a sense of urgency irt poker if you're a big winning player like i presume snowball is

I disagree with you very obviously. All of your posts are about the decline of no limit and how players should be switching to mixed games, and how making a living at NL is not sustainable.

You come off as bitter and angry. I just want to know why you keep repeating the same thing ad infinitum. Can you explain?

pure altruism to protect us lost sheep from ruining our lives

You've been reading my posts lol. Can you please explain why I'm wrong exactly? You think I'm making **** up like inflation and cost of living increases? Coupled with the fact games have gotten smaller?

i was just making a (joking) random guess not actually trying to speak for you

I just kind of see it as cost of business if I can get something healthy delivered to me while playing, which is huge in increased ev compared to the couple bucks markup im paying for.

35k isn't thaaat much, just a few 2-300bb spots and it quickly adds up. So yeah misplayed a few spots that were totally avoidable

And yeah, long walks are great

Nah just poker. All my own action. The swings really aren't that crazy and im really not playing that high. i consider myself to be a lower variance reg and something like 35k just sounds like a lot cuz im cherry picking the big pots i lost, and it's like well if i avoided those specific spots i'd have 35k more (but obv my ev was never negative 35k)

what games do you play?

It'll run but it'll be rare and bigger than 5T when it does. 5T will die off in most places soon enough. It's basically this dead zone of antisocial regs who just made it to "mid high stakes" and too egotistic to play 2/5 but not good/ambitious enough to move up. Like 5T is rarely the best game in vegas during wsop. I can play 2/5 if I really have to. Based on what I've seen across the country I'm sure I can get 6 figs putting in 2k hours. Nothing wrong w 2/5 being the only game around as it's sustainable recreation for fun players imo.

Edit: only talking about major hubs above. Small area rooms can have very good 5t+ games still

NL with bb under 3 figs and occasionally PLO

Do you think you could take 2/5 seriously and have it hold your interest for 2k hours a year after playing much higher stakes?

When the 5T games eventually collapse all those antisocial/ unemployable regs will be sitting back down in 2/5 though

Also, what is the rational for playing high stakes cash and taking 100% of yourself in large buyin- big field mtts? I mean the liquid bankroll you need and the swings you have you could easily invest in rental property for close to variance free cash flow and home appreciation. At what point do the stakes played not make sense from a portfolio/ roi pov?

Personally, I think the only justifiable way to play mtts (unless you're a millionaire) is to sell 65%+ of yourself at markup.

Job's a job. Hopefully when (and if) that time ever comes I'll be doing other stuff by then (only plan on doing this for like ~3 years more)

I already have a large % in non-liquid assets. Don't need that much working capital. I usually don't play that high.
If you have to consistently sell 65% of yourself then you are playing too high imo. Sure you are minimizing losses but you are killing your profit if you once-in-a-lifetime bink

Small but weird hand at T/20...

Pro opens utg1, whale calls utg2, I call A4o in bb. We are like 300bbs eff

Flop (190): 267r. Checks through.
Turn: Ao. Checks through again.
River: 4o. I lead 120. Pro raises to 800. Whale folds.

Some people view V as on the laggy side but he has never been out of line vs me. Whale likes to randomly bet big sometime when checked to so there is a chance V was trying to slow play CR, but I don't think he has the patience to do that for 2 streets.

Nit

This is likely a fold given we are uncapped, but I think calling is alright in a vacuum. Don't know what he's bluffing with or what he has for value. All his straight draws should be firing otf so I might station.

But it could be a 100% fold spot given more info etc... I mean we beat a 55 / 33 bluff but that's it.

I think this is a fold too. Super weird line for a bluff, and with whale in the hand I figure it would be less likely.