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11-29-2023 , 11:53 PM
Ola Amigos,
This might be my 1st thread on here despite being a member for over a decaded
I've had a very tough 2013, lost $5k from January to February, No stakers in Ethiopia so spent the rest of the year grinding freerolls then busto, rinse & repeat!
I exclusively play on ACR & was flattered to find out some players on here think it's the hardest US Poker site
I mainly play MTTs
Currently 1/5 on the FT of the PLO8 freeroll as I'm writing this!... & I just won it before I got done posting


My short term goal is to make $4K by February 2024
My Twitter handle is https://twitter.com/the1youlovetoh8
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11-30-2023 , 04:24 AM
Good luck with your challenge!

What is life like in Ethiopia?

To make $4k in three months, around $1300 a month how does that compare with the average salary and cost of living in Ethiopia?
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11-30-2023 , 06:23 AM
you should play blackjack bro. easy quick way to make money. take your $7 win at blackjack 4 hands and your roll will be $112 done in less than 1 min. then your rolled for $0.50 and $1.10 mtts. easy game. if you have the big balls play two more hands and your roll will be nearly $450. sort of rolled for $5.50 mtts and below then. if you get a blackjack even higher roll.
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11-30-2023 , 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Gillingham
Good luck with your challenge!

What is life like in Ethiopia?

To make $4k in three months, around $1300 a month how does that compare with the average salary and cost of living in Ethiopia?
Thank you for your well wishes Gillingham!

Ethiopia is pretty easy going with great weather, beautiful women, improving life standards but still with it's fair share of poverty! I'm pretty much talking about the capital cause the country is huge & very varied.
$4k is more than the annual salary of a good job so it's a hefty amount for the average Ethiopian! Cost of living is getting high every year, inflation is high but it's still very affordable! I could live comfortably for a year with that! I live with my mom so I don't have any living expenses but not for long, as the plan is to move out & pursue poker professionally! Ty for the insightful questions!
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11-30-2023 , 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Pileupthecoins
you should play blackjack bro. easy quick way to make money. take your $7 win at blackjack 4 hands and your roll will be $112 done in less than 1 min. then your rolled for $0.50 and $1.10 mtts. easy game. if you have the big balls play two more hands and your roll will be nearly $450. sort of rolled for $5.50 mtts and below then. if you get a blackjack even higher roll.
Thanks a lot for the tips Pileup! I will definitely keep that in mind & set some money aside for blackjack, it makes a lot of sense!
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12-13-2023 , 01:39 AM
I borrowed $300 from cousin then run it down to $40 bought in a $16.5 & made the FT to put it back up to $250 minus some cash game losses
So here goes.. Let's try to make some FTs
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12-13-2023 , 10:38 AM
You can be the smartest player in the world, without proper brm you going to go broke sooner rather than later.

I'd rather be playing $2 - $3 mtts comfortably, and multitabling,than going broke and having to grovel with freerolls.

BTW, I am sure you could also play on coinpoker.
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01-08-2024 , 06:20 PM
Appreciate the coin poker recommendation!
You're dead on with what you wrote! Makes a ton of sense! Thank you!
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01-08-2024 , 06:23 PM
I decided to start a 30 fay Nofap & No Instagram challenge. Hopefully it'll help me make me some more money as a byproduct.
Not much to say on the poker side.
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01-08-2024 , 06:29 PM
I was watching the Ethiopian episodes of Departures (that canadian TV show from 15 years ago) yesterday. You live in a beautiful and unique country my friend, sub'd. GLGL
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04-15-2024 , 07:30 PM
Thanks for the show recommendation bud. Yeah it's pretty unique too bad it's filled with backward thinking people who are tribalistic asf.
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04-16-2024 , 04:49 AM
This is my balance atm.
I was down to $6 today from $30. Made a deep run in a $6.6 & subsequently tripled my stack in .5/.1 & .1/.25. in Plo8
I've became very religious since the last time I posted, very active in the church. I hope it translates into discipline. That doesn't mean that I ain't having issues with the trinity though :/
I quit Alcohol last year, & since I've quit Weed, Porn, Cigarettes. Used to jack off every night, 2+ times (Now I just rub one off rarely, once or twice a month if that, using my imagination or a pic of a potential wife) Hallelujah I only listen to New age, EDM & ofc Gospel songs.
I'm also undergoing food torture by family lol but good samaritan on Facebook, old platonic girlfriend sent me $100. My uncle is sending me some more. TMI but figured I'd give you some context. Not begging lol I have had a horrible BRM issue going back a decade but I've always thought to myself that I'll ONLY CHANGE if I have to, & feeding myself is where it's at lol; I've turned the tables on my family though, had the cops called on me twice, video is on my tiktok @azfyalife where there's English content but mostly Amharic. Now I sing Gospel songs referring to them as Satan, reminding them to lock the kitchen etc I've lost 11kg as a result but it's all for the best, I got to see their true colors. I also disowned myself from my inheritance from both sides. (An Ethiopian first & A World First, with no income, no assets. Ofc there's no legal framework in place for this groundbreaking decision but I'll print it in the newspapers the moment I can afford to)
ANYWAYS back to Poker Goals, I OBV. didn't reach my ridiculously ambitious goal of hitting 4k by now but I've stayed true to my OP (unintentionally) of starting from Zero & I have no doubt that I'll reach $100K at least a year from when I write this. I'm one of the best players but I just suck terribly at BRM, or sucked rather. My issue is taking a shot, BINKING, Binking again & then incessantly keep taking shots; taking shots is truly an art.
First, I need to make $1500+ to withdraw $300 (enough for 3 months food)
Secondly, I need to make a year's rent of $2k + $1k for food, yearly with $2k BR left to play $6.6 MTTS on ACR so $5k total. Writing this makes me remember another thought I had, that if you wish to reach a certain figure, it's hard as it is, add people intentionally persecuting me, trying to irritate & starve me to death lol but IF YOU HAVE TO COME UP with a certain amount? The likelihood of achieving this goal increases, so there. I just need to set a fixed sleeping schedule & weekly planner. The devil hates a programmed life.
It's said that a deadline helps you reach your goals but it also adds unnecessary pressure so I won't do that until I stand on my own two feet. Upon moving out, we can start talking deadlines.
Sorry for the long read but I feel it's a necessary update. We're not robots after all! I wish more poker players showed their vulnerable side so we can all learn from it. I have yet to read a SINGLE introspective Bio of one, point me towards if there are any. Poker Pros are 1 dimensional, sadly. I hope to change that.
Good luck & God speed with your goals. Get some sun, keep walking 10k steps while you are there. After hitting 5k in 2 weeks, on an earlier goal posted in Cardschat, I realized that it's REALLY NOT!!!!! about the destination but the journey.

Last edited by azforlife; 04-16-2024 at 05:11 AM. Reason: More info, editing
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05-08-2024 , 09:53 AM

The Progress Principle | Teresa Amabile | Talks at Google
It's ALL about the Journey, **** 100K
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05-09-2024 , 09:18 AM
Sounds like you need around 250 dollars a month to get by. So 20% roi should be attainable at micro limits so you need to spend around 1250 pm on mtts, working 20 days per month at 62.50 a day. So around 20 mtts play you would want to avg 3.30 so between 1.10 and 6.60.

You would really want a bank roll of 350 or so, but your targets are definitely achievable, just need to get those 600 mtts in a month. Good luck!
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05-11-2024 , 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by amatola
Sounds like you need around 250 dollars a month to get by. So 20% roi should be attainable at micro limits so you need to spend around 1250 pm on mtts, working 20 days per month at 62.50 a day. So around 20 mtts play you would want to avg 3.30 so between 1.10 and 6.60.

You would really want a bank roll of 350 or so, but your targets are definitely achievable, just need to get those 600 mtts in a month. Good luck!
I guess you came up with the $250 figure after reading my lengthy diatribe so I appreciate you for that! Tbh I could currently do with $150 per month until I move out.
I'm understanding you to mean when you say "spend" to mean earn? I also take no days off! so I highly appreciate this encouraging message.
My ROI is significantly higher than the average so I'd gander to say +40% hence my self-sabotaging ego making me take too many shots, so I may not need to play that many MTTs.
I'm having trouble breaking past the $100 barrier, I plummeted down to almost 0.00 from $40, yesterday was a great day as I final tabled a streamer's freeroll Svetarik? & currently have $18.40
I've added you as a contact & will check out your posts. Really appreciate the tailored advice brother! I wish you all the best on your journey!
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05-11-2024 , 07:33 AM
good luck on your journey, azforlife!

Which sites are available to play for you?
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05-22-2024 , 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by DrJuanGonzalez
good luck on your journey, azforlife!

Which sites are available to play for you?
Thanks bud, appreciate your well wishes!
I currently can only play on ACR Poker! (Rarely play on CoinPoker & on Betplay but they require deposits to withdraw)
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06-11-2024 , 07:33 PM
This crazy runner runner on my 1st BI should'be shown me what was coming

Tripled my BI

The rest of the table literally ran away one by one
I 13xed my BI & some since I was down $7 at one time

So everyday since my 1st day grinding anew, I've minimum 4Xed my BI at the Plo8 tables. Took my Bankroll from $50 t0 now $115
Uncle sent me $100 btw, got $50 sitting in Crypto
Also got 2 promo tickets to a $50k MTT Thank you ACR!!!! which I haven't been able to play! but no hurry got 5 days!
I'm still in dire straits, OH I finally moved out forcefully at my mom's behest! at the age of 36 Thanks to God! but I need money for trivial things such as transportation, condiments, mobile credit etc but I've got A lot of RICE lol so I'm good on the food front sort of, all of that to say I might just withdraw the $50 to fill that gap.
PLO8 is amazing! What more can I say moving up fast, currently at 5c/10c
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06-13-2024 , 02:35 AM
Pro? lol this is another trainwreck of a PBaG .... r you for real?
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06-13-2024 , 03:43 AM
You should read some information about Bankroll managment. It will help you a lot in your poker career.
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07-30-2024 , 04:08 PM
My personal life deserves it's own thread! Going through it with family. Kicked out, cops called on me. Beat up by militia. lol Kicked out of last apartment cause I got next door to the complex commitee chairman's alcoholic son who kept threatening me. I finally have some peace now. Paid rent for 3 months but short of food money. I sent back $50 + 50 via uncle. Now I'm blackmailing mom cause she supports a rebel group, bluffing that I got her recorded saying so for my food stipend. I can't keep withdrawing money for food, she kicked me out on the condition that she'd send me food money until I got myself situated.
ANYWHO I run up $50 to 150 got 50 in crypto, just kept crushing the PLO8 .05/.10 tables over n over UNTIL the eventual **** show + bad play ofc, I was up to $70 then went down to $40 playing NLHE + PLO8 then decided hey MTTS are my thing, in classic AZ fashion I won my first MTT that I played in a while, 1.10 PKO We got $118.41 rn (My biggest stacks came from checking both turn + river on Ft & right before They had absolute BS air but they had to go for it, I guess or I just knew my customers)
I love Cash, easy money BUT I'm primarily a MTT player, over $9K in cashes last time I checked? Also noticed that with my gym schedule, + cooking time + eating carbs, MTTs aren't appealing at all BUT I gotta play them! Too much cash makes you an impatient MTT player imo. On y vas! Lets' get to 1k!

Last edited by azforlife; 07-30-2024 at 04:11 PM. Reason: Plo8 not PLO
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07-30-2024 , 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by DeeKayBee
You should read some information about Bankroll managment. It will help you a lot in your poker career.
Ik about BRM over 15 years ago, KNOWING & APPLYING are 2 different things. Thanks anyway, It's something I need to make a habit of. No excuses.
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07-30-2024 , 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by puntmeister
Pro? lol this is another trainwreck of a PBaG .... r you for real?
A pro Poker player means someone who is relying on Poker as their only source of income. Do you seriously think you hold any merit to criticize me? I obviously have made more $ than you in Poker?
Don't kick people when they're down. That only shows how sad your existence is. Jesus saves.
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07-30-2024 , 07:13 PM
(That last post was from last night BTW)
Hehe Just made my American International Community school monthly salary in 2 days, all the **** I had to take. In at 7 am leave at 6. Toxic colleagues. Expat salaries were 500% times more or something even more egregious. Thank god for Poker.
I was up $16 at one point, this donk shoved on the turn with a low draw n scooped, I had a straight, then was all the way down to being up only $4, I faced some donkeys & run hot to 10x my BI & decided to call it a night. Not bad for approx. 2 hours of work age...]
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07-30-2024 , 10:11 PM
Your monthly salary was how much? Like a $100? That's rough.

Best of luck with poker keep running good!
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