@Harby33 thanks and happy bday! Hope your weekend is full of bliss!
@Ashberrj gd advice. Thanks for the support. Really means a lot.
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Originally Posted by seamsaclean
Where is the July video?
How does the family feel about you playing poker for a living? Does the wife ever get mad at you for losing big amounts? Do you discuss your wins and losses with her?
Enjoying the thread.
@seamsclean no video this month. Those vids may hv been a big mistake. It’s a little out of my comfort zone. To answer your question on how the fam feels about me playing poker…Well the kids are a little too young to know any different. The oldest (11yr old) is though starting to ask more questions about my poker, but I tell her just the basics wo going into too much detail. I will explain that Dad is really good at what he does, but it’s a tough profession and wdnt advise it as a career choice for anyone. The other day she was asking me how much I won. I will usually say, I did alright or they got me today. I never give her the $ amounts. About a month ago we had a little talk where I remember telling her that I play against other poker players where 70% of the time I win $. I made it a math learning lesson with her, and asked her “How many times out of 100 is 70%?” When she answered correctly, I challenged her w a harder questions like, “Given the 70% winrate, If my avg win session is $100, and avg loss session is $100; then what will be my earnings over 100 sessions?” She had sm serious trouble with that one.
Answer is ($100x70) - ($100X30) = $4000. As far as the “wife” well we aren’t married (complicated story), but she is my life partner. She means the world to me, and is the most awesome mother to our 2 kids. She has seen all the ups and downs of my poker career, and helps me deal w all those 1 and 2 outers. Mostly though she doesn’t really ask much about my poker, but I do let her know on occasion that I may be the best no limit holdem’ cash player in the world. Then she will roll her eyes and tell me to simmer down. She will remind me that life isn’t all about $. Then I will explain, it’s not really the money, but winning and being the best at what u do, the $ is the way of keeping score. Usually after a couple minutes of talking poker, she is ready to move the conversation in a different direction. She just doesn’t care much about it, but does respect what I do. She understands I am very responsible, track my play, practice gd br management, and never risk more than I can afford to lose. In real talk though, she hates talking poker, so it’s not really brought up too much. Which is prob best. We do hv separate accts, so I’m always playing w my own $. Every since we been together, I have always been responsible w my $, paying bills, making gd investments, etc, so she has full trust in me and my abilities. She has seen the results and knows I’m gd, so she just lets me do my thing. She is very supportive of my work and when I need to go out of town to play, but we always strive to put family functions first. I never play a tournament or play cash if there is some kind of fam function to attend. We both work during the days and are usually home around 6p. On an occasion I may play nights, but for most part we may it work out. She def has a heart of gold, and the most caring person I know. She da best
Sidenote: “wife thing”…well here’s the scoop.
We were once married 13yrs ago when I was 24, but it just didn’t work. We dated for a few years before we married and it was awesome, but once we got married things changed and it was really tough. The first year of marriage she was still in school and I was sole provider. Also during this time we had a daughter, and a few month later I lost my mom to cancer. The first year the relationship was difficult to say the least and we were growing apart rapidly. I take a lot of the blame, for I should have drawn closer instead of being distant. The times were extremely tough, and after losing my mom nothing really seemed real to me, or matter. It was weird, my life became like a big cartoon, and I had trouble finding meaning. All I knew was I wanted to be alone, so after just one year we divorced. It was done very applicably, and I agreed to pay her rent while she finished school. We then spent 5 years apart, both dating other people, but we still held a special bond for one another. It was always pretty cordial between us, and the time away from each other may hv been gd therapy for both. Our main priority during this time was our daughter, and making the most of a difficult situation. Because of our daughter together, we communicated and saw each other daily. After a year she finished her schooling and was working at the hospital (xray tech) at nights. I worked during the days, so our daughter wd be with her during the day and w me at nights. It was a gd schedule that we kept for the 6 years apart. As the many years went by, our feelings started to sway. Crazy as it sounds, we gave it another shot. We started having dinners together w our daughter, watching movies together w our daughter, and just going out and having fun together w our daughter. Through the years I grew deeper in my faith, and renewed my trust in God. I really think putting him out in front, and laying everything at the cross really transformed my life. Sara and I finally decided to gv it another try and moved in together back in 2007. The last 7 years we have been very happily together and was blessed w another awesome daughter. It’s been so good the last 7 years that I’m actually scared to get remarried. So we r just living happily w are arrangement of bf/gf and 2 awesome girls 3yr and 11yr. If ain’t broke, then don’t fix it.
…I’m not perfect.
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Do you still play 5/10 holdem on Fridays? Do they still use the rock in that game? Who are the best players in the game? Any weak players? Do you see a lot of 3bets preflop in that game? What's average chips?
I am thinking about sitting Friday of Labor Weekend. Thank you for any information you can provide.
Cool thread.
@Callygal it’s been a couple months since I played 5/10/20 Friday game. I was prepared to play it a couple weeks ago, but it didn’t go. It was prob the first time in over a year the game didn’t run. They called the names on the 2/5/10 game first and it killed the 5/10/20 game. I am steadily building the roll, and looking to jump in it again when the time is right. No they don’t have the “rock” ($20 chip), but they do play it w a winner straddle every week. Straddles usually $20 (90% of the time), but smtimes more if players r feeling froggy. As far as 3 betting preflop u will see it just like u may at a 1/2nl. I don’t think itd any more or less. I hv noticed the post flop play can be a little tricky at times. Players will take sm crafty lines, and u may see more check raising than a normal 1/2. Not too many weak links in the game, usually it’s a pretty tough line up. I usually just wait for sm great spots to attack. W avg stacks being $2500 early, $3500 late; I always tread carefully and try not to get too caught up in bad spots. They will put u to the test. Be ready.
Week recap: I have had a great week so far. Tuesday I won 3 out of 4 $50 splash pot promotions. HSI has a promo on Tuesdays where they splash $50 into pot every hr. I usually like to straddle when they do this, and see if I can smhow take it down pre or get 3handed post flop. I won’t get crazy though, and will check the straddle many times, or fold to a raise. It’s only $50, but it’s worth a lil fight. On the first splash I straddled $5 (1/2nl) and utg+1 makes a min raise to $10, 5 callers behind, and then it’s to me. I look at 6h8h on the straddle and call me crazy but I shove $300 to try to win $100. I knew my chances of getting called was less than 50%, and if called not that big of a dog (as long as it wasn’t 99s-AAs which wasn’t likely considering the action). I know from experience that whenever smone min raises the straddle it’s usually a blocker raise. Meaning, they min raise to keep the straddle from popping it up. If it was a big hand, utg+2 guy is def making it 3+x, not minraising utg oop. Therefore, I jam, they fold, gv me that Benjamin.
On another splash hand, the right players called the straddle where I feel I could pop it and outplay post flop in position if called. Needless to say, I had to 3 barrel bluff and the guy luckily folded the river. Close one/Whew. After he checked the river, I was tanking whether to wave white flag or go for the 3rd barrel. I dug deep into my arsenal of tricks, and said “Well u can’t fold now” to the villain and put out $120 river bet. He said, “Yes I can” and showed 3rd pair 9s. The dealer pushes me the $275 pot and my Jhi goes proudly back in the deck. I end up winning $729 on 4hrs 20mins playing 1/2 that Tuesday. Yesterday, +$54 on 1/2, and +$483 on the 2/5/10 (Wed game)..5 total hrs of play.
Building the roll to hopefully not dump in more tournaments. Need to capitalize one flipping time. tourney validation hunting.
Sidenote: Proud to say the Wed game I got going is still strong after 3 months. Hopefully here for the long haul. Thanks to a couple of regs that gave me a list of emails/phone#s of some higher stake players. After sending out a few messages to them, that’s all it took to get the game off the ground.
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