Watch me descend into cash game madness
05-22-2023
, 03:09 AM
THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD TIME TO MAKE AN UPDATE
I had partly abandoned this thread for the last couple months, not because I dont want to share with the world about my journey in poker, but because I have been on a bit of an adventure over here in Thailand. Now that I am settled in and have begun to seriously grind this seems like a good time for an update.
The first couple weeks were super rocky, I had a pretty broken routine with poker, did not play or study that much at all, and my results somewhat reflected that (ended up down a couple buyins over hardly any hands). I had also massively gotten lost in the sauce, I feel this immense sense of freedom being able to do what I want and living in a tropical island with girls and cheap drinks means that I had gotten a little over excited perhaps in the the first couple weeks.
As you can see the first couple weeks in a bad environment my results took a hit:
Luckily saved by the rake back and lb gods somewhat, so only in a small hole!
BUT NOT TO WORRY! I am very well behaved now. Setup in a really sick condo with a good friend of mind at the start of this month, got my head down into a great routine and grinding my little nuts off.
Here is a few pics of my adventures out here so far including our accommodation:
Hard to be upset about any bad variance when I can come up here and chill out. I am eternally grateful for the position I am in and I am making the most of it to use poker as my gateway to freedom.
The plan is to close out the month stronger than we are at the moment both in terms of technical knowledge and work ethic, and keep farming some juicy rake back (around 300 per week atm):
And yeh I will be sure to update this going forward every few weeks.
CYA
I had partly abandoned this thread for the last couple months, not because I dont want to share with the world about my journey in poker, but because I have been on a bit of an adventure over here in Thailand. Now that I am settled in and have begun to seriously grind this seems like a good time for an update.
The first couple weeks were super rocky, I had a pretty broken routine with poker, did not play or study that much at all, and my results somewhat reflected that (ended up down a couple buyins over hardly any hands). I had also massively gotten lost in the sauce, I feel this immense sense of freedom being able to do what I want and living in a tropical island with girls and cheap drinks means that I had gotten a little over excited perhaps in the the first couple weeks.
As you can see the first couple weeks in a bad environment my results took a hit:
Luckily saved by the rake back and lb gods somewhat, so only in a small hole!
BUT NOT TO WORRY! I am very well behaved now. Setup in a really sick condo with a good friend of mind at the start of this month, got my head down into a great routine and grinding my little nuts off.
Here is a few pics of my adventures out here so far including our accommodation:
Hard to be upset about any bad variance when I can come up here and chill out. I am eternally grateful for the position I am in and I am making the most of it to use poker as my gateway to freedom.
The plan is to close out the month stronger than we are at the moment both in terms of technical knowledge and work ethic, and keep farming some juicy rake back (around 300 per week atm):
And yeh I will be sure to update this going forward every few weeks.
CYA
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05-25-2023
, 03:45 AM
so might not be the best person to ask!My plan is to play some live at some point this year maybe in the Philippines. It isn't really worth it for me to go to America unless I'm playing 1k+, just because of expenses etc.. in the future perhaps but primarily just an online player at the mo!
05-25-2023
, 03:46 AM
Hey bro! thanks for the kind words. I am very grateful to be able to give this a shot and really feel clear about my path to high stakes online, just using this time to get my head down and have fun but also grind insanely hard. GL to you!
06-14-2023
, 01:57 AM
Little mid month update because I wont be playing much online until the start of July!
Going to be heading to the Philippines for my first ever live trip (lasting only 1 week or so). Funnily enough I have played probably 1.2m hands online but sub 100 hands of live poker haha, its never really appealed to me but I appreciate that its very +EV and going to be a big % of my income in the future. So this introductory trip will be a great way for me to get to grips with some of the dynamics of live. My main strategy going into it will be to just stick to my strategy and not get drawn into any meta game, relax and just have fun!
As for online I will be partially wrapping up for this month in the next couple days. I will be going to Bangkok to full on SEND IT with some friends for 3 days which I am very excited about and then catching a flight to manilla to do some sight seeing and also play a few hours of live. Perhaps I will also play online but I am not setting it is a must do.
Anyway I will share my results so far for the month, catching some heat in the last few days at 100NL and also making quite a big chunk in rakeback + lb.
I think overall I am up around 2.1k but will post some more solid numbers at the end of the month.
GL TO ME, nervous but excited and looking forward to seeking some discomfort and seeing a new place.
Cya
Going to be heading to the Philippines for my first ever live trip (lasting only 1 week or so). Funnily enough I have played probably 1.2m hands online but sub 100 hands of live poker haha, its never really appealed to me but I appreciate that its very +EV and going to be a big % of my income in the future. So this introductory trip will be a great way for me to get to grips with some of the dynamics of live. My main strategy going into it will be to just stick to my strategy and not get drawn into any meta game, relax and just have fun!
As for online I will be partially wrapping up for this month in the next couple days. I will be going to Bangkok to full on SEND IT with some friends for 3 days which I am very excited about and then catching a flight to manilla to do some sight seeing and also play a few hours of live. Perhaps I will also play online but I am not setting it is a must do.
Anyway I will share my results so far for the month, catching some heat in the last few days at 100NL and also making quite a big chunk in rakeback + lb.
I think overall I am up around 2.1k but will post some more solid numbers at the end of the month.
GL TO ME, nervous but excited and looking forward to seeking some discomfort and seeing a new place.
Cya
08-04-2023
, 06:29 AM
A little update about life and poker
The last time I posted was in my 2p2 blog prior to going to Manila for a live poker trip. Since then I have been back in Thailand grinding like a mofo online but ill use some time now between playing and studying to write a little update for me and for you.
Manila and Life
I had a sick time in Manila, I played sub 10 hours of live poker hahah. I did not really enjoy it that much but it was okay I guess. I made a few hundred dollars which I instantly degened away on drinking and other things...
Apart from partying with moz and rich (ginge poker) and a few of his friends we also went to scout out BGC in Manila to see if it was a viable option to grind there long term. Visas are much easier to obtain in the Philippines and its certainly a good fall back option. For the time being though we are probably locking in Thailand until the end of October. So the next visa run will be probably hiring a whip and driving to the border to get the next two months. It will be sick to see some other parts of Thailand and also party for a day or two in Krabi.
Since we got back its really been nothing but work work work. I had my birthday in July where we absolutely sent it, a week later we went to Bangkok, had some bottles and some adult. I also just met a bunch of other poker players who are all super nice guys. Part of this whole experience for me is the networking with likeminded individuals. Everyone I meet is super sound and I just love being balls deep in this journey now, the next year is going to be insane.
Poker
Poker has been going sick the last couple months, I am playing a lot and studying a lot and I just feel like things are clicking at a rapid pace. I am currently just playing volume on stars only. I am getting decent rake back also which is mandatory in this environment, so I think overall I am up around ~$7k in this sample with rake back. Okay its not massive money, but the progress is going to exponential from now on.
I am naturally super competitive and I am really starting to see my edge against pool, coupled with some of the sick work going on in the nachos CFP I see a clear path forward to becoming a crusher.
Of course there have been a few punty days, causing me to swing like crazy. But as time goes on and my experiences of playing full time professionally grows I am sure I will just have a stronger mental and technical game which should eliminate a decent amount of this volatility!
I am also learning a lot about myself in the mean time!
August to October
I doubt anything very interesting will come out in this blog between now and October. I am going to be grinding my balls off, studying like nuts and just trying to build some serious capital to take forward into next year. At the moment there might be a soft plan to go grind online somewhere else and play some live poker. So I am looking forward to that.
I am also insanely grateful for the people I have around me, particularly my best mate mozza who has helped me transition into this way of life as smooth as butter. I really cannot wait for the next 12 months its gonna be sick.
The last time I posted was in my 2p2 blog prior to going to Manila for a live poker trip. Since then I have been back in Thailand grinding like a mofo online but ill use some time now between playing and studying to write a little update for me and for you.
Manila and Life
I had a sick time in Manila, I played sub 10 hours of live poker hahah. I did not really enjoy it that much but it was okay I guess. I made a few hundred dollars which I instantly degened away on drinking and other things...
Apart from partying with moz and rich (ginge poker) and a few of his friends we also went to scout out BGC in Manila to see if it was a viable option to grind there long term. Visas are much easier to obtain in the Philippines and its certainly a good fall back option. For the time being though we are probably locking in Thailand until the end of October. So the next visa run will be probably hiring a whip and driving to the border to get the next two months. It will be sick to see some other parts of Thailand and also party for a day or two in Krabi.
Since we got back its really been nothing but work work work. I had my birthday in July where we absolutely sent it, a week later we went to Bangkok, had some bottles and some adult. I also just met a bunch of other poker players who are all super nice guys. Part of this whole experience for me is the networking with likeminded individuals. Everyone I meet is super sound and I just love being balls deep in this journey now, the next year is going to be insane.
Poker
Poker has been going sick the last couple months, I am playing a lot and studying a lot and I just feel like things are clicking at a rapid pace. I am currently just playing volume on stars only. I am getting decent rake back also which is mandatory in this environment, so I think overall I am up around ~$7k in this sample with rake back. Okay its not massive money, but the progress is going to exponential from now on.
I am naturally super competitive and I am really starting to see my edge against pool, coupled with some of the sick work going on in the nachos CFP I see a clear path forward to becoming a crusher.
Of course there have been a few punty days, causing me to swing like crazy. But as time goes on and my experiences of playing full time professionally grows I am sure I will just have a stronger mental and technical game which should eliminate a decent amount of this volatility!
I am also learning a lot about myself in the mean time!
August to October
I doubt anything very interesting will come out in this blog between now and October. I am going to be grinding my balls off, studying like nuts and just trying to build some serious capital to take forward into next year. At the moment there might be a soft plan to go grind online somewhere else and play some live poker. So I am looking forward to that.
I am also insanely grateful for the people I have around me, particularly my best mate mozza who has helped me transition into this way of life as smooth as butter. I really cannot wait for the next 12 months its gonna be sick.
08-04-2023
, 06:30 AM
I will dump a view scenic photos here also 
08-04-2023
, 06:31 AM