How productive do you think it is to spend so much time engaging with trolls on 2+2?

i havent followed the discussion because its slightly aids. and im probably really dumb with this thinking

but 100$/hr seems pretty **** for people who are close to the top of the game. Whats eric hansen equivalent in poker? like a 5knl/10knl reg?

feel like i could charge 100$/hr for poker coaching and im average af.

Well that's effectively what I'm doing. I find it takes a week or so after a sudden life change to really come to grips with your new situation. Often longer.

And I'm speeding this process up by spending this money on real world things. You lose sight of the value of money when you play poker all day, but it comes back to you when you start to actually spend it on tangible things that directly give you a boost in happiness.

I spent money on food. On clothes. On virtual items that I could never afford when I played this video game as a 16 year old. And this kind of cements the power of money into me. It gives me real, tangible things that I can see and feel. And it gives me more reason to protect the money I currently have, rather than sitting down at a poker table thinking "it's all just chips" and spewing it all away because it's just a number in a bank balance.

I'm hoping that when I come back to poker next week, I start respecting this money more. I start budgeting, saving, playing conservatively, following BRM, etc. But first, I need to enjoy myself. I need to "feel" the power of the money I currently have.

I hope this makes sense.

Not very. I’m immature af. But I’m not going to let anyone call me a liar.

Correct. To make $85,000 charging even $50/hr you’d only have to teach 32 hours a week.

Some people are just jealous haters.

6-bet follow your heart. I had so many freaking people tell me chess was a waste of time growing up. **** the haters.

Most of these people are just a bunch of has beens or never was’s that think making six figures at your age is a lot of money.

Put your head down, work your *** off, and you’ll crush everyone. I promise.

Don’t listen to a word anyone who doesn’t have your best interests tell you. Let them call you a troll.

You got this brother.

"and i tanked move my queen to e5 making my opponent sweat...
aggresively dragged my queen to e4..
i blundered"

The way you're spending your time and money is far from optimal. And if your goal is to spend your time and money in a way that induces happiness then it's still far from optimal - video games are an escape.

Money = resources. Money has no value whatsoever except for its equilivant in resources, so it has limited value in that the resources we need are limited. Therefore, it isn't the be all and end all (and therefore poker can't be the be all and end all) as the world would have you believe and you don't need to make as much as you possibly can. But what you do need is enough of it. You're a poker pro - you need money to make money, it's your primary resource and you're squandering it.

What's your goal? Imo you should reassess your financial goals and adjust from trying to make as much money as quickly as possible to making a relatively consistent amount of money sustainably and in line with your real world needs.

Seriously, what is it you want/what is your ultimate goal? Get aligned with it

What does 'getting back to work' mean?

The idea of spending $100 on items for a video game and 'grinding' it is pretty pathetic considering your current situation.

But, the hiscores man. Hiscore of who has the least amount of responsibility.

OP looking more pathetic as time goes by

Absolutely absurd justification for irresponsible spending habits, classic OP.

No offense to 6-bet or Australians at all but he’s not a poker pro by virtually any reasonable standard whatsoever. Considering he doesn’t play full time OR make significant money from it via cash games.

Unless anybody who’s main source of income is poker qualifies.

Binking a few tournaments as a cash grinder is like hitting multiple 10/1 sportsbets.

Season is pretty much over, fun though as it was going through it. In b4 season 3.

OP make a new thread please...people may find it cumbersome reading so many pages and text.

Anyway, I gotta say the sheer entertainment value of this and the previous thread is epic, especially when combined with the witty repartee of many posters ITT. It definitely wouldn't be as great without you.

That said, I still can't believe people are actually still offering OP advice, it's like they are in the rat race themselves, a loop within the loop of OP's vicious cycle.

Want to help him? Try not enforcing his narcissistic behavior for a change...see how that goes. No replies, no noise, nothing. A mind can't think amidst the fog of replies he's been given. It's almost as if they have the counter-effect; they simply backfire.

If his plan is to go back to the grind, then let him. For some, it only takes hitting rock bottom to actually get it. If he manages to pull out, it must happen within without any distractions whatsoever.

And also having said that, for the shits and giggles I've managed to read in the entirety of this show, this will effectively be my first and last post.

Cheers everyone and get back to the grind.

So you decided to blow a bunch of money you can't afford, just to reinforce the value of money? LOL

Looking forward to s3 6bet, don't keep us waiting too long

Is food that expensive in Aus? In the UK my partner and I may spend £20 on a takeaway, which is maybe $40 or less. OP is spending $150 a pop?

You would only spend $150 if you were going out of your way to buy the most expensive meal possible. Very hard to spend that much.

LOL I don’t care what you have to say about my poasting. Just put you on ignore.

Jfc how many trolls are there itt?

Yeah, but its items that are permanently gone, should his character die. That makes it so much cooler.....

Plenty of people have told him, to wok his ass off, as that is what it takes. But he don't!. Unless its a "challenge" that involves a bet, after which he is proud that he was able to do something for 4 weeks, that most people do, their entire adult life.


@OP
I know you will probably just ignore it, or call me a jealous hater or whatever. But believe it or not, I and most people in this thread, actually mean well, and wish the best for you.

Did I miss a couple of pages?? What sudden life change are you referring to?

You were playing poker for a while, with a crazy winrate. Then you had 2 weeks, where you lost some, got kicked from the club (that you can very easily get in to again, if you put in a slight amount of effort) and finished it of by getting drunk, and doing stupid ****.
That is not a "sudden life change"!
That is you being unwilling to accept, that you may not be this super crusher, you imagined yourself to be (and would like other people to see you as). And instead of either working on your game, or just taking a day off to spend time with your wife, you decide to keep on lying to yourself, trying to keep the illusion alive, that you are the coolest guy in the room, the big swinging dick, by doing stupid bets, that you cant afford to lose.

But very soon, you wont have any money left, if you dont get your **** together.
You and your wife are both unemployed, living in your moms basement. Yet you keep spending money on overpriced takeaway, and perishable video game items.
When you are in a hole, stop digging! But you just keep on ****ing digging!!!

Grow the **** up!!!!!! and take responsibility for your life!

Edit: God ****ing dammit, stupid kids, get of my lawn! /oldmanrant

6b, you dumb as ****. You justify one thing after another to the people here. The only person you need to justify it to is yourself. Deep down you know damn well you're procrastinating and doing stupid ****. ****ing stop. You still have an opportunity to do something with the $6k or whatever you have. Opportunities won't always be there. So study, play a long session, study and then do it again.

All that said, I don't think you have a chance of being successful with poker. You always make an excuse to yourself why you shouldn't play or why you can spend money "just this time". You don't have any passion for poker. All of your passion is gambling because you're a degenerate. I was rooting for you this time but you're going to fail and eventually become what you loathe. A normie. Go ahead and prove me wrong.

He's making a bet that you can't make $85k over the next year from chess coaching. I don't know if you're being intentionally obtuse or you've never come across these prop bets before? Anyway, aoFrantic proved that it's basically impossible to make that much from a year at chess coaching (but if you want to prove us wrong, take up the prop bet - should be an easy $30k for you if you can do it. You seem to think it's more than doable, so why didn't you snap take up the prop bet?). This reminds me of the guy earlier in the thread who claimed you could make $1million a year at 400nl.


Anyway, enough of the derail. OP, are you going to be playing any poker after this 5 days is over?

Youth is wasted on the young. /threadsummary

He is going to prove you wrong.... next week.

OP What's your go to ubereats? I've got 40% off. Thinking of treating myself to a mcdonalds now that it's reopen. May even treat the family to something off the pound saver menu (60p with my code!) but weighing up how much appreciation that will garner me in the near future.

Let's stop spelling it as "poasting", thanks.