Nice run Cuse

It is based on the gold medal won by the U.S.A. Ice Hockey team at the 1980 winter Olympics.

I like the way you played the hand versus Jacobsen. I would've snapped that phucker off tho.

Woah.

I'm not really a fan of HOCKEY!

Nothing.

- still cranking out an "impossible" winrate

Sure, maybe his intent is good, but I laid out the reasons why I'm doing what I'm doing and why this isn't the right time for me to drop NLHE and learn other games.

Apparently it's crazy prescient to realize that posting about wherever you think the softest games are on a poker forum on the Internet is pretty stupid. There are at least 10 places in the US where I know I could grind out that kind of a living playing NLHE.

Those who are currently making <8bb/hr should probably be a little worried. Those of us crushing games for a lot more are going to be fine for a while.

Hi, upswinging.

I am proud of what I've accomplished so far, and I look forward to accomplishing more.

I'm proud, I'm generally happy with my life right now and I'm happy with the work I'm doing in a couple key areas, so nothing else matters in that regard.

Haters gonna hate. Trolls gonna troll. Tis the way of 2p2.

Thanks!

Thanks. I like to take a little more time in MTT's on boards like that where the BB has a ton of flushes and a pretty big nutted range advantage, but yeah it's not a hand we can ever really fold.

Imagine if you cranked out that "impossible" winrate while playing full time hours.



It'd be more accurate/credible and you'd be rich *****!

Cuse you've clearly shown no amount of logic/ reason will convince you... it would be pointless to try again on a new account. Besides, I don't care about you that much to try something like that anyways lol. That said, I'm pleasantly surprised someone made an account just to reply to my posts. It shows at least a few people are benefiting and/or have the same views as I do.

I genuinely want you to succeed and crush all the haters (you def have a chip on your shoulder), but the only way i feel that's possible is if you learned mixed games. I've been telling you and few other 1 trick pony "pros" to make the transition because the writing is on the wall for NL and you guys just don't see it yet. In fact, I think its extremely important that everyone slowly transition over if we want to see poker still being played in casinos ~10 years from now.

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There are many areas where high NL winrates are still achievable. That's not really what we're talking about though are we?

Most player pools are very small except for a few spots in the US. So you could briefly win a bunch before the game dies... but why go to all that work and hassle of uprooting your life just to chase the next grand opening of a casino/ fresh pools when you can learn different games for higher winrates and have a less nomadic lifestyle? Last point is there's no doubt NL games gotten tougher across the board since the boom and have only continued to do so. Why continue to put all your energy into a dying livelihood?

even if i gave you a best case scenario for NL (big player pool and very poor play) it would realistically be in very expensive areas/cities. Then think about what just one additional grinder would do to your player pool and long term win rate. Then calculate for 2, 3, 4 etc. I mean look cuse, as more and more areas have been dying/shrinking, poker pros get forced into a smaller circle. I remember when LA had almost no euro regs and now entire grindhouses of them come over to grind for 6 months a year. It's only going to get progressively worse.

I don't think there's a single poker variant out there that didn't die despite its popularity. NL is no different. The name of the game has always been playing the next new thing and trusting your problem solving skills and poker abilities to get you to the top.

As I've pointed out time and time again, if you were right that 8bb/hr was the maximum sustainable winrate in NL games and decreasing, then I'd be looking for alternatives quickly. I'm doing a lot better than that, though, and doing a lot better than that in a variety of locations, so it doesn't make sense for me to rapidly switch to other games. Once I'm rolled for 10/25+, my plan for awhile now has been to start trying to learn and master other games - probably starting with LHE and PLO.

You see this is exactly what I was talking about. There's almost no point in discussing this further with you. I just don't know how else I can get my points across. We can't even agree on winrates (25bb/100 live FR 2018?! Gtfo lol) Not only that, you didn't even make a proper reply/ address my view points.

The fact that you want to learn LHE and PLO first just shows how clueless you are. Those are some of the very last games id learn and I'd definitely not waste time trying to master them when there are much better variants to dedicate time towards.

It sucks that you've learned to get good at a dying game, but just suck it up, transition, and crush games that actually have legs.

Interesting phenomenon how it's often those who know the least who are shouting the loudest and most confidently.

I said if I was making 8bb/hr or less now, I'd transition. Your other view points don't matter, because you're so far off on this one that you're framing the issue with wild inaccuracies.

Good point. I should get a clue and focus on the games that DON'T run in my region, rather than wasting time on three ones that do. Good plan!

Or I could just keep crushing the games I'm currently crushing, while slowly dedicating a little time to other games that actually run within two hours of where I live.

Very good chance that is his 2nd account.

Flat earther might work better next time to mix it up


Me taking the time to go into detective mode to point this out may almost be as sad as someone taking the time to create an alt account and write paragraphs on why they agree with themselves.

Upswinging, how many hours of 5/10nl+ have you played in last couple years?

Cuse, how many hours of 5/10nl+ have you played?


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Lol, I was gonna call you out on having too much time on your hands, but you made a fair point here, carry on.

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You guys really think I made a fake account in order to agree with myself? Come on...

For the record I don't think you did.

#PeanutGalleryOpinion

I always thought you were going to transition when you could afford it. NTTIAWWT
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Oh, wait. You are talking poker games? Never mind.

Playing the Monster Stack, so not going to take a bunch of time on this at the moment, but for the majority of my hours since late November, I have been playing higher than 2/5, mostly 5/T.

That said, my live cash volume has been even lower than usual, since I was playing a lot online at the beginning of that stretch and a lot of tournaments here in Vegas.

I also base my views on what I can win at 5/T on observing the games that were running when I was primarily playing 2/5, and on my historical winrate at other stakes in games that play similarly deep.

One of the big factors in my winrate over the last year and a half, in my opinion, is my willingness to play in the best game regardless of stakes. So if the 5/T is a bunch of other bosses and the 2/5 looks good, I'll play 2/5... But I'm also not passing on 5/T just because it's all pros if I think I have a big enough edge. A couple of my best sessions have been 4 or 5 handed 5/T with all pros but I thought a couple of them had big leaks.

Game selecting has been hugely beneficial.

It seems more likely than not...

Damn cuse now you have me so curious to what your Borgata screename is, feel free to spill the beans on that