great read, lolled at putin Jr.

Being a poker player does have its upsides.
This is my fourth time visiting a racing track in Vegas.
Some people like expensive dinners, some people like strippers. I just like fast cars.

The menu card


Some of the cars


Ferrari 488 GTB


Ferrari 458 GT3 racing car


You start out with a couple of laps on the simulator. It is nothing like Forza, Needforspeed etc., it is very realistic and you drive on the track you are going to drive at for real.
After finishing with the simulator, I was taken to the track for a couple of warm up laps in a Porsche Cayman S. This is already a pretty fast car, especially since I had not driven a car in a month.

After 3 laps, I got to know the track fairly well, so it was time for the Cayman's angry cousin; The Porsche 911 GT3.
This one I drove two years ago, and I remember it being ridiculously stable on the brakes and very smooth to drive.
That was on their spare track because it was just after EDC. This time, the main track was open. 10 quick laps later and I had a massive smile on my face.

After that 475HP beast, it was time for the Ferrari 488GTB. They critisize new Ferrari's for being slightly bland and less noisy and dramatic, but it felt like the complete opposite from inside.
It was in a completely different league to the GT3. I remember driving the Ferrari 458 and it a bit playful and wild.
The 488 handled way better and it has 671HP. When the turbos kick in, you literally get launched forward, like in a rollercoaster.

But the best was yet to come, as they lined up the 458 GT3 racing car for me.
You have to wear head phones because the car is so loud that it will damage your ears, and you won't be able to hear your instructor at all.
The car is completely different to a road car. Slick tires, aerodynamic grip, and far more extreme.
It was beyond incredible to drive. You can't really put it into words. You just have to try for yourself.

Each time I leave the track, I feel motivated to keep grinding hard.
When you have clear goals in mind, it is much easier to make progress in your poker game, avoid tilt, be more consistent and have all-around better results.


Story time about a crazy 50 100 session coming next...

Nice pics, how long til you own one ?

Can't wait for more poker stories

Cant wait either. Man, the way you put things into words. The life youre living. Im sure 200% of us here reading, would follow along you if you were to start a vlog or such.
( each person would bring a new person, cause its all so cool )

So hope you choose to do such a thing in the future

Thanks for sharing man. Really, thank you.

I am already a bit uncomfortable with having any attention on me.
There is no way I start vlogging or showing my face around here.
The stream and blog are all you're getting.

oh i see why your desktop wallpaper is a ferrari :P

Hear hear man thanks again!

Sosick, how much does it cost to test drive the cars?

The whole thing was almost 2k.
3 laps in the Porsche is 100.

GG Las Vegas, back to civiliation

always wanted to do this. looks awesome. pricing isn't horrendous either surprisingly from what I've seen.

Who coulda guessed your into cars <3

GG in Vegas! Epic racetrack day nice menu card haha

the race car would have been the best by far. Looks legit and sounds like i was wrong, i thought they or some of the cars would be thrashed and detuned

gg bro

Thanks for all the stories, hopefully more to come.

Are there players affiliated with you getting banned from poker sites?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...&postcount=100

Any truth to this?

No

Zero, just an internet bully making stuff up.
I'm waiting to be cleared by Stars, then I will update.

No Vegas story about meeting up with a bunch of Chinese guys for Thai food?

They weren't all Chinese, you wacist.
Also, only fun stories.

My Stars account has finally been unlocked. Update coming later tonight.

After 29 stressful day, Stars finally unlocked my account.

I came back from Vegas in the evening and had a long night sleep. The next afternoon, I played a normal session, quit and sent someone money owed from the Vegas trip. Next thing I know, I got an email saying my account had been locked. I thought it would be a security check because I tried to log in from another location, so I ask them what the problem is.

They told me they are going to investigate my account for possibly violating TOS and they gave me 10 days to make a video of myself playing a session in my room.
I asked they how I could have possibly violated TOS when I had not even played online poker in a month, but refused to tell me why.
I make the video the same day, which took me around 6 hours and I had to delete tons of stuff to make space for it.
I also answered tons of questions about what I study with, whom I study with, what my routine is etc.

Then I find out that some moron had posted a screenshot of me streaming on Twitch, even though I explicitly asked people not to record anything.

There were some lines on my screen, and of course NVG has to go on a witch hunt and tell me I am using AI software. If I had this type of software, I would have sold it for millions of dollars and been on a beach on Fuji, and not making a video of me playing poker in my parents' house.

A long time passes and I get no response. I email them regularly for updates but they either ignore me or send me a copy/paste message. They didn't even spell my first name correctly. This went on for over two weeks.

Then I get told my the developer of my script that his software had caused these lines. He gave me an official statement saying it was him and I emailed it and his email address to support.
Someone who had the same issue contacted me and sent me a screenshot of his screen with these lines and he had the same script open.

I also had a guy contact me who sent me the footage of the stream where these lines came up. It clearly showed that there was nothing shady going on.

These three pieces of evidence should, in my opinion, be enough to dismiss this case. They have one flimpsy piece of evidence that should be dismissed.

I email it to them and then they came with another list of basic questions that they should have asked me right away! The way they asked me stuff showed that these are not tech guys. They also never reapond after 4 30PM or during the weekend, even though they claimed they had a team working on my case and that they were investigating as quickly as possible.
Two weeks go by and they never told me anything other than copy/paste messages withwe take it seriously and we need time to review blablabla.

I asked them at least 10 times to give me a phone call, so I could explain myself and possibly help their investigation. They flatout lied and said they don't use phone correspondence, forgetting that they did it for me last year.

And of course this whole time I am being labelled a cheating scumbag by twoplustwo trolls.

I told my lawyer I wanted to file a lawsuit because they just banned me without clear evidence. We also suspected that they were specifically targetting me to ban a highstakes player, to show that they are strict, bwcause of botting accusations etc. And they didn't care about that screenshot. They most likely just wanted to go through every single little thing and find anything to have me banned. I wanted an investigation to see if they were up to shady stuff in their department. I already notified support about the lawsuit twice.

Two days ago, they unlocked my account. I asked them for a public statement in my thread, saying I was innocent. But they refused.

I told them again that I was going to sue them for possibly targetting me and definitely for damaging my reputation.
I played a session and then I got a message saying my privileges had been suspended. WTF.

I asked them what was wrong this time and they said they won't let me play if I plan on taking legal action. They of course forgot to mention this when I told them about it before.

So my hands were tied and I had to give it up because I still owed some money, was behind on rent, couldn't book flights and it was cost me hundreds of thousands in EV and then lawyer fees to persue this. And of course I want to clear my name.

I am not sure what to do right now. My Stars balance will be very low from now on because I don't trust them anymore. They can confiscate funds if they want to and I don't want a bunch of incompetent people messing with my life.

Not surprised. Stars have a history of ***** over and treating their players like complete trash.

wow, what the ****!!!!

Unacceptable wtf galfond pls

Crazy story and no way a poker site should treat a player.