Nothing like a morning of running 4figs under EV ending with an ass raping in TCOOP main.

Very good joke steve and prob even better observation. Bottles will be being hit. Prob shouldlnt have kept this bottle of Ketel around.

nice to see you back on 2p2 ruse

glgl rest of day rallying

jdawg, nice job on the prop and getting mtt $dollers. Not sure what the success rate is on volume prop bets for online grinders but if I had to guess I'd say it's not higher than 30%.

Nice to see you back Ruse. Biggest downer is obviously bound to happen as you've increased your abi massively but when you have a good brain inside your head like you do it's going to mean biggest upper too, especially when it's combined with some nice rakeback.

Re: alcohol I'd suggest putting on a solid effort at finding something to use as a distraction/hobby/physical activity. I know I'm way less likely to have a random night of drinking if I'm being good with grinding a lot, eating healthy, being active, etc. It looks like you have your set drunken nights mapped out too, so you should make yourself really earn those days. You shouldn't feel a bunch of guilt for having some fun and taking a little time off, but it can be harder to enjoy if you feel you did **** all leading up to it.

so how much is it worth if you break even in these but achieve sne?

over 100k

thx buddy. Made a decent check back in a 9m sess after i cooled off.

You going for sne this year? Youve played a ****ton of 6m hypers so far. Im def jelly of your work ethic.

Thx for advice. I knew coming into it that swings were gonna be insane and im still just looking at prerb downswings instead of postrb which is pretty dumb. Gotta say i really admire how you handled moving up you abi so much, getting completely shat on and (at least seemingly) keeping your cool throughout it.

Im kinda hoping the half marathon im training for will be that activity that distracts me and keeps me focused. I think finding someone down here to regularly play tennis with would help out a lot too. I played sports from age 5 to 18 so i def miss having that competitive activity to train for. Though poker has compensated for it a bit.

Lipo has always been one of the sickest grinders I've known (who is also good at poker). He's a huuuuge fish at pool. Good taste in sushi, tho.

@ Ruse:

Im also training for Half Marathon! When is urs? What training schedule/Program are u doing? (As in how many times a week u running and for how long etc)

gl both guyz

You're so good at threadsavers, should give me some tips .


Haha yea woulda been legit and yea the snggrinders podcast came out really well I think and I loved doing it, I'm someone who loves to talk though and could keep going all day .

I agree with quadz, 5% probably at the $15s and maybe 7% at the $7s for a really good reg who table selects slightly and doesnt just robot mass table.

Ty sir, honestly surprised myself after how much of a slow start I got on the week.

For me, because I started the year as a SNE:

FPPs: $79,999.55 (4999972 FPPs @ $.016 per FPP)
VIP Stellar Rewards: $1200
Milestone Cash Credits: $43200
WCOOP Main Event: $5200

Total: $129,599.55
$/VPP: $0.129599552
Rakeback: 71.3% (Tournaments/SH Cash) or 77.8% (FR Cash)





For Ruse, because he started the year as a Supernova:
FPPs: $55,999.55 (3499972 FPPs @ $.016 per FPP)
VIP Stellar Rewards: $1200
Milestone Cash Credits: $43200
WCOOP Main Event: $5200

Total: $105,599.55
$/VPP: $0.105599552
Rakeback: 58.1% (Tournaments/SH Cash) or 63.4% (FR Cash)



And then you'd have to add in other **** like bop bonuses etc.

Ty sir, been fun battling you lately


Solid update man, people think that SNE is such an easy task and that it's just X hours of grinding every day, but it's truly not that simple, especially when you're not making 1k+ vpp's per hour. It truly takes dedication and a lot of hard work and I'm pretty damn sure you're going to get there because you're a smart person and realize when you need to make changes both for your 'job' and your life, but just speaking in general about the massive amounts of people who don't think SNE is hard.....there's a reason theres 350 or less SNE's every year.

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Taking most of today off after the big finish to my week, will probably grind some tonight though.

Ended up running pretty meh after the good start to the day in MTTs, not really any other meaningful scores and nothing near a FT again all day long.

Was fun to put in that big MTT sesh, and now that it's over, I'm ready to go back to some HT grinding again .

Think I'm doing a big study sesh with Ruse today in person, he's on his way over right now...should be fun!

Gla out there grinding


150k vpps

Just want to wish both of you luck and also thank you for posting so frequently in this thread/including charts

I'm only just starting out at the $1.5s getting my head wrapped around hyper-turbos... building a sample (and hopefully bankroll) to see how I perform at these games to see if I should take them seriously. (ie if they work for me and how I approach the game)

After playing a couple weeks and only 1100 games, I'm already... not shocked but impressed... at the frequency and size of swings in these games.

Seeing you guys go through even crazier swings reinforces the fact that this is a part of playing hyper-turbos and encourages me to keep reviewing hands and keep practicing... I'm not saying that your swings assure me that my swings are just a result of the game and not bad play... but rather that they happen and I have to be able to deal with them if I want to be successful at these games and realize the 1-2% roi that is my goal

Do you ever see tables pop up when you close your eyes in the daytime or when you try to go to sleep at nighttime?



I do.

It is easy, ppl are just lazy

I've wondered if others experience the same. And many times when I've dozed off, I end up waking up all panicky thinking I'd slept off in the middle of a sess and sat outta bunch of MTTs. Or I'll wake up dreaming I'm in the middle of a fantastic session. Which would give rise to my suspicions that I'm dreaming cause I always run bad otherwise

How comes it's more % for FR Cash? What am I missing .. :S

They get special treatment because they play a boring game

They used to get even higher rewards iirc

Right now i just do a ~2 mile run in the morning and some yoga/stretching type core work. Its 2 miles on sand so a bit tougher than street miles but i need to work my way up obv. Im still working my way into shape so im gonna start mixing in some more weight stuff and crosstraining once im a bit more fit.

Gl with yours, what kind of training do you do?

Yeah swings in these are gonna be pretty crazy compared to other games. The lower the buyin the higher your roi should be and therefor lowers swings. It doesnt seem to phase Jdawg that much but for me dealing with swings is a matter of having a new highest ds, feeling sick for a day or so, and then moving on with a little bit thicker skin. Best of luck.

Ha fun question. Ive pretty much always had bad dreams about school and work. When i worked as a waiter id dreamed of being absolutely slammed and somehow not getting to people. Same thing when i worked retail. Ive never really had something similar with online poker. The dreams i have had are usually me one tabling cash, maybe live or online cant really remember/tell, having a sick hand and stacking someone, only to realize that my hand wasnt what i thought it was and id lost. Or winning a big pot and then realizing it was a dream and thinking somehow if i could grab the chips and put them in my pocket id get them when i woke up.

They get a 6xvvpp multiplier. The way the Stars guys explain it, FR was better rewarded in the old system so they needed to keep it "fair" for them in the new one. Seems pretty ridiculous to me for Stars to do something that that to keep a game going that might die otherwise, bad to **** with the ecosystem and all. But they seem pretty set on keeping it that way so w/e.

Been doing some review work with other players the last few days and am seeing a lot of ways i can improve. Little scary and uncomfortable changing things up but its def for the best in the long run so Im gonna throw myself into in and see what happens.

Wtf I've played FR for years, never knew this. Thanks

Just dled the redline patch for 60s. Running above EV but redline is better than i expected it to be. Overall SNG graph for month so far.



Wanna start catching up to SNE pace so gonna do freeroll/"prop"

I need to grind 16k vpps between now and 9pm pacific time Sat night. Your 1 dollar to my 100 dollars. This will be available to two ppl. Must book with me.

Post ITT that you want to book bet and ship $1 to l.a.ruseman. If you dont ship 1 hr after you say booked your bet will be forfeited and ill move to someone else that wants to do it. So you guys can waitlist if you want.

Current VPP total

ITT

in for 1 to 100 bet, but you always win when I bet so easy game.

edit: guess I can't because I don't have stars....Oh well GL

GLGL Ruse, I just shipped you the doll hair. TJ tonight? haha

bet booked, shipped (LPE22)

Booked with lolpaid and Kingnit.

Sorry KN, not leaving house til Super Bowl Sunday. Ill be drinking that day so TJ is a definite possibility.
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Yeah sorry Logan. Next time you can say booked and then have someone ship stars for you. Just trying out something to keep out complete busto randoms (which youre not obv)

Yeah idk the milestone posts are only as big of a deal as you wanna make them. I think i did a strart thread for like 3.5k but aside from that ive just wasted them.

IDK if im allergic but it does something. Like ill just be drunk and people will be convinced Im on crack or something. I can actually do just a few beers in certain situations and have a drink or two to wind down sessions. But if im around other people or in a party atmosphere Im basically drinking until i pass out or booze runs out.

The hermit route is prob best and going off what sippin said, if i have my blotto nights planned out i can both plan for them and make myself earn them by grinding beforehand.