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View Poll Results: SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS A REALISTIC ANNUAL EARNING OF AN "A" PLAYER GRINDING $1/$2NLHE?

LESS THAN $22K

392 12.64%

$22K TO $28K

453 14.61%

$28K TO $34K

505 16.29%

$34K TO $40K

528 17.03%

$40K TO $46K

295 9.51%

MORE THAN $46K

928 29.93%

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12-01-2021 , 08:53 PM

#13951

D0UGHBOY

Self Rising

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,633

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Originally Posted by Mr Spyutastic

You can free roll $6k of gambles every month.

I would recommend buying $3k of Powerball tickets every month and $3k of sports bet parlays. You're bound to hit something insanely big at some point w/ this strategy w/ 0 risk.

That seems way too conservative for a well balanced portfolio.

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12-01-2021 , 09:14 PM

#13952

johnny_on_the_spot

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 11,608

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Originally Posted by D0UGHBOY

The Gucci shoes need to be returned?

Is returning Gucci even a thing? I would think their demographic just throws them out and buys new ones

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12-01-2021 , 09:17 PM

#13953

D0UGHBOY

Self Rising

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,633

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Originally Posted by johnny_on_the_spot

Is returning Gucci even a thing? I would think their demographic just throws them out and buys new ones

Of course it is. Their demographic is people that can't afford Gucci. What % of old money do you think is wearing Gucci?

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12-01-2021 , 09:19 PM

#13954

Mr Spyutastic

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 15,109

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Originally Posted by D0UGHBOY

Of course it is. Their demographic is people that can't afford Gucci. What % of old money do you think is wearing Gucci?

Pretty popular in China.

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12-02-2021 , 07:21 AM

#13955

altheaserein

stranger

Join Date: Nov 2021 Posts: 13

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Originally Posted by ButterflySymmetry

SUMMARY OF MY STORY.

Rayz Rayl (butterflysymmetry), 44, from Southern Indiana. Following my own path, creating my own destiny. Hv lived most of my life without working for anyone. Winning and failing, earning and losing, climbing the ladder, in the working world is all on me.

Always been competitive in sports and with myself. Setting goals and challenges hv helped pushed me to new levels. Never came from much, but never struggled either growing up. Bmx’er, skateboarder, and the sport that was in season was my jam.

It wasn’t until 2003 that I stopped everything to pursue poker full time. Perfect timing because I landed a teaching job right outside of college and knew the first day walking into my classroom that i didn’t want to spend the rest of my life teaching math. Felt I was capable of so much more. Not that teaching wasn’t an admirable profession. It’s just wasn’t my profession. My desire. My dreams. Wasn’t me. Me is being the top of the top. MVPs, Oscars, Pulitzers, Grammys, changing the world, inventions, and money. Selfish selfish selfish money. Who cares bout molding the middle schoolers w Rayz knowledge, and teaching them math they will never use. I wanted more than that. Wanted the stuff I always dreamed of having, but knew the chances were slim. We wanted that.
I wanted to create my own destiny w no structure. My own path that will create itself if I just keep pushing forward. Wanted to go after “it”, but not knowing what “it” was.

I was gd enough in poker when I started. Just the will to win and knowing numbers was enough at first. Remember being little scared playing in casinos at first, but then by end of the year I was walking in my local poker room like Conor McGreger. After first full year playing professionally, i knew this cd b something bigger. Something long term. Poker was gonna be my plan for everything.

Poker went well for many years and was the avenue for some other business ventures I had in my life.
It was 2013 when life became stale, i decided to reach out here. I knew I needed to refocus on the pokers, and needed the 2+2ers extra support for motivation. Found all that here.

We started w a simple $1/$2 no limit Holdem challenge in 2013 to make $40k. Each year since, we made some new yearly goals. Again, each year was to push me closer to my destination. Still didn’t know what I was going after, but I’d know when we got there. Year after year, poker was the base, but stock trading crept in, entrepreneur ideas crept in, sports cards crept in, crypto crept in, and few others I’m prob forgetting.
Somehow we made a million dollars this year and I’m still trying to think if we made it. We bought the Tesla, the $800 Gucci shoes, the Willie Mays rookies, but something feels off. We are capable of something bigger.

We ain’t stopping.
Thanks for following this 2+2 journey w me.
Rayz

I'm new to this forum but I wish I was here since 2013 to follow along with this. I read a few of the first pages of the thread and then some of the most recent pages. Seems like an amazing story

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12-02-2021 , 11:13 AM

#13956

ButterflySymmetry

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 5,172

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Originally Posted by altheaserein

I'm new to this forum but I wish I was here since 2013 to follow along with this. I read a few of the first pages of the thread and then some of the most recent pages. Seems like an amazing story

Welcome. Ty.

I’m not even sure how to recap the thread at this point.
If I had to do in a few sentences, it wd be…

We fought hard grinding, sacrificing, saving. Because of our hard fight, we got there to milly status. Now we splurging, shot taking, and looking to for a level no one thinks is possible.

Thought the thread wd end at a milly, but I hv some things up my sleeve. We gonna shock the world. #believe

Oh the shoes came in today. Just loud enough.

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12-02-2021 , 11:17 AM

#13957

D0UGHBOY

Self Rising

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,633

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12-02-2021 , 11:21 AM

#13958

wj294

adept

Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,121

How much were the shoes?

Sent from my AC2003 using Tapatalk

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12-02-2021 , 11:24 AM

#13959

meshanti

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,830

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Originally Posted by D0UGHBOY

About the shoes?

Or about his omitting the fact that he essentially won the lottery?

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12-02-2021 , 11:29 AM

#13960

IHaveThreePair

adept

Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 1,136

As someone who likes sneaker culture but has never really owned anything super special - do you wear shoes like that out? Would you wear them to a club or would you be worried about them getting trashed?

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12-02-2021 , 11:31 AM

#13961

D0UGHBOY

Self Rising

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,633

Quote:

Originally Posted by meshanti

About the shoes?

Or about his omitting the fact that he essentially won the lottery?

It's a skill game Jo.

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12-02-2021 , 11:32 AM

#13962

altheaserein

stranger

Join Date: Nov 2021 Posts: 13

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Originally Posted by ButterflySymmetry

Well I'm looking forward to seeing what's in store

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12-02-2021 , 11:34 AM

#13963

D0UGHBOY

Self Rising

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,633

BS is everything 6betme wishes he was.

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12-02-2021 , 12:01 PM

#13964

johnny_on_the_spot

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 11,608

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Originally Posted by ButterflySymmetry

We fought hard grinding, sacrificing, saving. Because of our hard fight, we got there to milly status.

The cognitive dissonance is palpable

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12-02-2021 , 12:14 PM

#13965

tswpoker1

old hand

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,979

Enough salt in here we should have a couple winters worth saved up.

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12-02-2021 , 12:14 PM

#13966

Mr Spyutastic

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 15,109

I like the shoes actually. You should get some Louis Vs too.

If I were to guess those shoes are probably somewhere around 1300-1500.

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12-02-2021 , 01:26 PM

#13967

KyFan

enthusiast

Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 55

Need to get a luxury watch yet. No ice please even though would go with shoes.

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12-02-2021 , 02:27 PM

#13968

kevinb1983

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,628

all I know is we better see that Gucci drip on LATB!

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12-02-2021 , 03:10 PM

#13969

D0UGHBOY

Self Rising

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,633

Let’s all spend his money so he can grind it up again. BS you need a grill

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12-02-2021 , 05:54 PM

#13970

Mr Spyutastic

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 15,109

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Originally Posted by D0UGHBOY

Let’s all spend his money so he can grind it up again. BS you need a grill

After that he need to get this to match his shoes.

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12-02-2021 , 06:04 PM

#13971

bahbahmickey

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 15,258

Those GUCCI SHOES are glorious. Can you describe what outfit you would wear with them or if you really want to thank the thread show us a pic of the outfit?

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12-02-2021 , 06:14 PM

#13972

D0UGHBOY

Self Rising

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,633

BS be g'd up from the feet up

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12-02-2021 , 06:51 PM

#13973

BobbyPeru

veteran

Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 2,444

I feel a face tat in the near future.

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12-02-2021 , 09:01 PM

#13974

D0UGHBOY

Self Rising

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,633

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobbyPeru

I feel a face tat in the near future.

Mikki Mase knows a guy. Hopefully they play on stream together soon.

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12-02-2021 , 10:30 PM

#13975

SimpleRick

banned

Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 4,660

I guess my sense of fashion is different but I think those Gucci shoes are just ridiculously gaudy. At some point doesn't a person age out of wearing something like that? Like, would it be unfashionable for an 80 year old Ray to wear these shoes? I think yes. So what would be the age cutoff for a pair of shoes like these? I would say probably early 30's. That's just my opinion. I also think jeans on an older person is weird. Like once your past 60 you should be wearing slacks out in public unless you live in a rural area or something. Maybe I'm not cool, but I just don't get it.

If I was going to spend 1k+ on a pair of shoes, which would require me to be a millionaire multiple times over probably (or maybe just having a job), I'd buy some really classy dress shoes. Maybe these alligator skin shoes.

https://www.amazon.com/Mezlan-Moscow...dp/B0888TJ6CW/

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