ya video chat about poker is included. bip! pays extra though

If you need help on choosing a knife, maintaining and basic up keep, lemme know.

I have the same problem with sushi....once I think about it, it won't go away. In fact I had sushi last night and will have more tonight.

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I love that it's called "Dexter". There's another name in the brand but "DEXTER" is what's in the largest font on the knife.

Live coaching is much more effective.

^ most things are better live!

...like eating sushi vs. looking at pics of sushi

I think about sushi on average every 7 seconds
But the proper comparison should be looking at pics of sushi vs. looking at actual sushi.
Yup. You get coaching AND the coach's money!

Do you play on the same table as your coach and beat him?
Because i'm pretty sure that kind of story should go in the thread whether its standard, cooler, or bad beat (or bad play but were going to assume that doesn't happen).

Nah i kid, would prob fold even aces pre if we did play on the same table because ill prob get outplayed

Shove pre, gotta be a bruff shove with asian aces amirite???

Joke's on you.

Your coach must suck at poker if he can't even beat you!

Do you telecommute a **** ton snowball?

Cool thread, gl

Yupyup flying/driving playing at about 5 casinos in 4 states. I have my weekday spots and then diff weekend games where they play bigger and games are more profitable
Thanks.

So poker is not going well at all this month. After my crazy +5k in 7 hours session i have just been plummeting between -500 to -2k per session (at 2/5, 5/5, and 5/T). I have been taking down almost every hand (win or lose) and going over them with my coach. While there are some hands I did not play well, it was agreed that I just ran bad overall. Basically i would get like 2 big hands per session and get cracked/coolered in them and be card dead for the rest of the session. I would be playing on these incredible 2/5 & 5/T tables that are playing like a 1/2, and just cant get into a pot with the spewers. It's been tough and I have picked up after just 2 hours 3 sessions in a row.

One big improvement that I'm happy with, in kind of a silver-lining way, is that Ive gotten much better at losing! It has been one of my goals to have a better table presence (since you want the rec players to have a good experience gambooling n such). For example, today when I got my aces cracked by kings aipf and bricked my wheel redraw (6 outs ott), we joked about it and even got a fist bump from one of the fish!

Moving forward, i am planning on playing through this downswing because 1) im still comfortably rolled (after this downswing approaching 5 digits), 2) we think Im still playing well overall so Im going to let the game select the stake for me, and 3) i'm blessed with the ability to reset myself mentally after a rough session and restart fresh. I dont know how long this will continue but I firmly believe in my edge in the games Im playing in so i'm going to keep at it.

In other news, even though poker hasnt been going well, I've been killing it at work . We got a client who came to us with this major deal instead of a large national firm, and I got put on the file based on my performance so far. Pretty much told "dont **** this up", no pressure haha. Basically it'll be a chance for me to really shine at work as well as getting some nice experience. I'm very excited about it but at the same time apprehensive about the time it will take away from poker (im not getting paid more for it at work so im basically losing money from poker ev), but it'll be future career ev i guess.

Taking some time away from poker can be good if you're on a downswing. Give yourself a clean slate once you're back to poker and you should be on fire to crush the level you play in.

Lol, this is how my recent downswing has been going, although I'm sure if I looked hard enough I'm making small mistakes here and there too which doesn't help. I *think* my downswing has basically boiled down to: I would be better off if I just folded every flopped set / nuttish hand.

Sounds like your confidence is still high. Although any thoughts of just moving down in stakes to regain a bit of it, or is that pointless?

GgoodluckG

Your coach will probably disagree but taking 2 weeks off and/or dropping down are my top two downswing killers.

I feel like Phil Ivey when I get back at the felt after I haven't played for a few weeks. And I really enjoy playing 1/2. It's actually my favorite stake to play.

Nice work on the fist bump.

My best advice for down swings is nit it up

can't argue with this.

I loathe playing nitty, but this is true. For one thing you run a greater risk of spew when you're running bad (psychological effect on you), and for another you will have just zero momentum; which means you will not win many hands without showdown and you will probably get crushed OOP with marginal holdings.

I don't know about nitting it up but apparently this is what they call street poker.

5/T. H opens 78ss from MP1 to 30. Young reg pro calls in HJ, fishy reg calls otb. H does not have a nitty image and knows all the regs; has been opening from all positions. 2k eff.

Flop (105): Jh4s5s. H leads 65. Both calls.
Turn (300): 3h. H bets 260. First guy folds pretty quickly, second guy tank calls with about 6-700 behind after the call.
River (820): 5h. H grabs a bunch of purples and greens and puts V all in. V folds fairly quickly.

Think we need to put this hh up for a vote as to whether it's "street poker."

But seriously though, i dont believe in playing differently just because ive been running bad. If what i was doing before that led to the run bad was wrong, then that's another story. I know I've been playing in a +ev way so deviating from that plan will actually cost me more money on top of the run bad.

In terms of being in danger of spewing when you are losing, i think as long as you have a clear picture of what your call/open/iso/3bet/etc ranges are, you should be fine. I think my worst spew all week is limp calling a pro's open with 57s pre (closing the action though and with fish in the hand) so dont think it's been that bad.

Oh but wait! I have a nitty side too!

5/5. H opens AA to 20. Three calls.
Flop (90): 678r. H checks oop. Fish 1 bets 35, F2 folds, F3 calls, H snap folds.
(F2 had 77)

5/5. Forgot action pre cuz this was from last week but no 3bets just a standard opened pot. By the turn H turned an 8-high flush with a gutter straight flush draw. Pro checks, H checks, F1 bets 100 into 100 (not folding), F2 raises to 200 (still not folding..), pro calls, H snap folds.
(Pro had Q high flush)

Dude any triple barrel hands with 0 equity on at least one street qualifies in my book