Dancing with the Old Lady, the Journey continues...
08-30-2018
, 11:40 AM
08-31-2018
, 03:53 AM
It is 4am, I barely just got back from the Playground, am 2nd in chips in the SHR, Mike Leah is an absolute beast (and a pain in the arse to play against 
), 11 left, it pays top 9 (min 12k, up top 100k). So anyhow, back tomorrow or so for a longer post/to respond to posts 
Run good all
), 11 left, it pays top 9 (min 12k, up top 100k). So anyhow, back tomorrow or so for a longer post/to respond to posts Run good all
Spoiler:
08-31-2018
, 12:03 PM
Go get em!
08-31-2018
, 06:11 PM
Thx guys, much appreciated Got 4th for 40k. Am exhausted, but will be back to update shortly... I have Day 2 of the ME tomorrow with 2x avg stack.
Got 4th for 40k. Am exhausted, but will be back to update shortly... I have Day 2 of the ME tomorrow with 2x avg stack.
09-01-2018
, 12:46 AM
WSOPC Notepad
Quote of the day : after a standard all-in and a call, the loser (who was the massive chip leader at the time) says "nice hand", to which the victor replies "I wish I could say the same about yours"
Observation of the Day : was it a coincidence that I got strongly hit on by a cute af Asian waitress and a lustful massage girl today while sitting at the SHR final table
I think not but it matters little as I will gladly make it my mission to flirt with both tomorrow 
- Ehhhh, I just can't sleep and grind tournaments daily I barely averaged 3h a night thus far, and never str8 
- Happy with my play thus far though, despite mistakes here and there, but with variance and equity running so tightly, you can't kick yourself too much, can you...
Ok, I think I will write a long post (in due time) in my travel blog about my SHR adventure...
+32.6k in 33h live this week
Run good all
Quote of the day : after a standard all-in and a call, the loser (who was the massive chip leader at the time) says "nice hand", to which the victor replies "I wish I could say the same about yours"
Observation of the Day : was it a coincidence that I got strongly hit on by a cute af Asian waitress and a lustful massage girl today while sitting at the SHR final table
I think not but it matters little as I will gladly make it my mission to flirt with both tomorrow - Ehhhh, I just can't sleep and grind tournaments daily
I barely averaged 3h a night thus far, and never str8 - Happy with my play thus far though, despite mistakes here and there, but with variance and equity running so tightly, you can't kick yourself too much, can you...
Ok, I think I will write a long post (in due time) in my travel blog about my SHR adventure...
+32.6k in 33h live this week
Run good all
09-01-2018
, 12:53 AM
09-01-2018
, 05:04 AM
While I cannot find the snooozzzzes for the life of me, will take a few minutes to catch up with this thread. Again, will be working on a MTT deep run generic post (albeit still involving the SHR) in the upcoming weeks...
Thx guys, I greatly appreciate the support
We still have Day2 of the ME tomorrow and potentially the HR, but am pretty exhausted at this point, so we will see on the latter...
No man, the fellow I bluffed in question is precisely the kind of fellow you want at your table. Friendly. Kind. A donator. Basically your typical fun player. This same guy showed up in the SHR the next day and fired 4 bullets, all of which took place at my table
I was the beneficiary of 2 of these, hence arming me with ammunition for my deep run, yo This said, we also chatted it up on a couple of breaks together. And while many would list him off as a simple fish that he is, I got to speak Spanish with him and find out how he exiled Cuba on a tube and was found, unconsciousness, by a boat at sea He now lives in Florida. The profound stories that we don't always realize beyond the surface, right...
Yeah man. But thankfully, this happened moreso in the 1.1k ME where young 20 years old something semi-pros wannabees (most of which will ultimately fade away), made the atmosphere toxic af. In the highroller, the pros were much more humble and "got it", for the most part. This said, the action was a bit too slow. I get it that the equity is reduced, so you want to maximize it fully by weighing in each decision, but it made someone like the aforementioned Cuban fellow, slow down, think a lot and play tighter.
Thx guys, I greatly appreciate the support
We still have Day2 of the ME tomorrow and potentially the HR, but am pretty exhausted at this point, so we will see on the latter...No man, the fellow I bluffed in question is precisely the kind of fellow you want at your table. Friendly. Kind. A donator. Basically your typical fun player. This same guy showed up in the SHR the next day and fired 4 bullets, all of which took place at my table
I was the beneficiary of 2 of these, hence arming me with ammunition for my deep run, yo This said, we also chatted it up on a couple of breaks together. And while many would list him off as a simple fish that he is, I got to speak Spanish with him and find out how he exiled Cuba on a tube and was found, unconsciousness, by a boat at sea He now lives in Florida. The profound stories that we don't always realize beyond the surface, right...Yeah man. But thankfully, this happened moreso in the 1.1k ME where young 20 years old something semi-pros wannabees (most of which will ultimately fade away), made the atmosphere toxic af. In the highroller, the pros were much more humble and "got it", for the most part. This said, the action was a bit too slow. I get it that the equity is reduced, so you want to maximize it fully by weighing in each decision, but it made someone like the aforementioned Cuban fellow, slow down, think a lot and play tighter.
09-02-2018
, 10:09 PM
Lull
After a week str8 of not getting more than 4h of sleep on any given night - the combination of jet lag, flights, MTT expectations and the natural high of a final table, actually made anything more than an hour stretch of snoozing tough af -, I show up in a weird mental/physical state of Day 2 of the ME 
Call it manic energy, frantic vibes or whatever, but I am on a mission to either make a deep run or bust and call it a series in order to meditate/catch some sleep. I proceed to run bad and finish 425th, just short out of the 287 qualifying for the money. But it matters little as it is with a sense of freedom and BIG grin on my face that I zoom back home, meditate for 8h (over the course of last night and this afternoon) and sleep for 11h yo
Mission accomplished. Those 2 words alone kind of express the relief of my 40k score Yup, mission accomplished indeed The luv I got in my fb feed is humbling as hell (mainly support from Dawson) and the reaction of my family has been priceless (never thought my dad would ever be impressed by anything I would accomplish in the gambling world ). I guess a decent MTT score is a way to materialize for others - and myself as well, I guess... - all the effort put into this 2-4 card game. Put into perspective, running good in a single tourney is far less impressive then crushing online midstakes in 2018, but people buy into narratives right, not into the random virtual profits made by clicking away in da online pokerz
Despite bouncing myself in between family time, some flights back to the Yukon, a 550kms drive up to Dawson and a retirement party on Wednesday evening, I should be able to put in a few hours on the virtual felt this week, yo And then Thursday will be the beginning of another 4 days of tourneys, as the season ending tournaments will debut in Dawson.
Yup, it baffles me as well. I have been avoiding LLSNL for partly this reason and from my (limited) experience (and the testament of others), mid-highstakes pros have been around for long enough to actually "get it". Not sure to what extent all forms of arrogance are originated from insecurities, deep-rooted or not, but I for sure allocate the ones expressed by the LLSNL pros to the fear of fading out. Of being insignificant. Another passing star. I feel that they have this desperate need of recognition, an anxious desire to see their (absence of 
) skill confirmed by others... They are trying to anchor themselves in the moment, as that imminent fear of drifting away is always threatening at the horizon...
+90.3k in the past 2 months
Run good all
After a week str8 of not getting more than 4h of sleep on any given night - the combination of jet lag, flights, MTT expectations and the natural high of a final table, actually made anything more than an hour stretch of snoozing tough af
-, I show up in a weird mental/physical state of Day 2 of the ME Call it manic energy, frantic vibes or whatever, but I am on a mission to either make a deep run or bust and call it a series in order to meditate/catch some sleep. I proceed to run bad and finish 425th, just short out of the 287 qualifying for the money. But it matters little as it is with a sense of freedom and BIG grin on my face that I zoom back home, meditate for 8h (over the course of last night and this afternoon) and sleep for 11h yo Mission accomplished. Those 2 words alone kind of express the relief of my 40k score
Yup, mission accomplished indeed The luv I got in my fb feed is humbling as hell (mainly support from Dawson) and the reaction of my family has been priceless (never thought my dad would ever be impressed by anything I would accomplish in the gambling world ). I guess a decent MTT score is a way to materialize for others - and myself as well, I guess... - all the effort put into this 2-4 card game. Put into perspective, running good in a single tourney is far less impressive then crushing online midstakes in 2018, but people buy into narratives right, not into the random virtual profits made by clicking away in da online pokerz Despite bouncing myself in between family time, some flights back to the Yukon, a 550kms drive up to Dawson and a retirement party on Wednesday evening, I should be able to put in a few hours on the virtual felt this week, yo
And then Thursday will be the beginning of another 4 days of tourneys, as the season ending tournaments will debut in Dawson.) skill confirmed by others... They are trying to anchor themselves in the moment, as that imminent fear of drifting away is always threatening at the horizon...+90.3k in the past 2 months
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 09-02-2018 at 10:16 PM.
09-03-2018
, 09:28 PM
Autumn Days
I will extend my Yukon sting by 1 week (want to spend more time with my dear friends up there), but have yet decided on my post-Dawson destination(s), except that my flight will be for Vancouver... In other news, my buddy is postponing his marriage in the Phils, hence opening up that slot post-Europe for a non-Asian destination. Time will tell, I guess, time will tell...
September will be grind-heavy as I will be trying to meet some hefty RB goals. As far as studying goes, I will maintain a strict schedule (still not resuming my Spanish until November), focussing on NLHE for a few weeks, then PLO until 2 weeks prior to WPT Montreal when I will once again refresh my tourney fundamentals.
The White Ram Tournaments this upcoming weekend consists of :
- a Lolimit Omaha 300 + 50$ (that fracking rake
)
- The 300 + 50$, 100$R ME (2h rebuys, 100$ add-on) 2 day event
- and 500 + 50$ FO
It would be nice to bink one of these, of course, but given my recent score in Montreal, I do not feel I can be too - too - demanding I fly back to the Yukon tomorrow.
-1.6k in 4h online this week
Run good all
I will extend my Yukon sting by 1 week (want to spend more time with my dear friends up there), but have yet decided on my post-Dawson destination(s), except that my flight will be for Vancouver... In other news, my buddy is postponing his marriage in the Phils, hence opening up that slot post-Europe for a non-Asian destination. Time will tell, I guess, time will tell...
September will be grind-heavy as I will be trying to meet some hefty RB goals. As far as studying goes, I will maintain a strict schedule (still not resuming my Spanish until November), focussing on NLHE for a few weeks, then PLO until 2 weeks prior to WPT Montreal when I will once again refresh my tourney fundamentals.
The White Ram Tournaments this upcoming weekend consists of :
- a Lolimit Omaha 300 + 50$ (that fracking rake
)- The 300 + 50$, 100$R ME (2h rebuys, 100$ add-on) 2 day event
- and 500 + 50$ FO
It would be nice to bink one of these, of course, but given my recent score in Montreal, I do not feel I can be too - too
- demanding I fly back to the Yukon tomorrow.-1.6k in 4h online this week
Run good all
09-04-2018
, 11:54 PM
Up North
Darn, Mike Leah finished 7th in the ME 
The guy is an absolute machine 
A pure-no-shyting-around grinder He did fracking lose it/slammed the table/demanded to talk to the TD when he found out that we would be finishing earlier than advertised on Day1 of the SHR, but when I asked him "what music concert he had plan to go see with his gf", his anger did not transpire ; instead he smiled and calmly answered my question. A class act as far as I am concerned yo
On the subject of live MTTs : it is well known, but live tourney players make nowhere closed to what might be initially assumed. I had a lengthy discussion with the winner to be (chill dude, humble, hippyish) and surprise-surprise, I am ABSOLUTELY crushing it with my online winrate
Am presently in Vancouver on a layover and the next few days/White Ram weekend will also leave me running left and right I am looking forward to another decent MTT score this upcoming weekend though, even if none of them will increase the numbers on my Hendon Mob
Alright, will be crashing in Whitehorse tonigh before driving back to Dodge and attending a season-ending party at the main hotel in Dawson, where a ton of my friends work ; it should be a blast
-700$ in 6h online
Run good all
Darn, Mike Leah finished 7th in the ME
The guy is an absolute machine A pure-no-shyting-around grinder He did fracking lose it/slammed the table/demanded to talk to the TD when he found out that we would be finishing earlier than advertised on Day1 of the SHR, but when I asked him "what music concert he had plan to go see with his gf", his anger did not transpire ; instead he smiled and calmly answered my question. A class act as far as I am concerned yo On the subject of live MTTs : it is well known, but live tourney players make nowhere closed to what might be initially assumed. I had a lengthy discussion with the winner to be (chill dude, humble, hippyish) and surprise-surprise, I am ABSOLUTELY crushing it with my online winrate
Am presently in Vancouver on a layover and the next few days/White Ram weekend will also leave me running left and right
I am looking forward to another decent MTT score this upcoming weekend though, even if none of them will increase the numbers on my Hendon Mob Alright, will be crashing in Whitehorse tonigh before driving back to Dodge and attending a season-ending party at the main hotel in Dawson, where a ton of my friends work ; it should be a blast
-700$ in 6h online
Run good all
09-06-2018
, 07:12 PM
White Ram, The Beginning
Well, my beatdown van made the trip up alive, I made it to the tail end of the hotel closing party and grinded 3h at the casino and 2h online Peeps are already starting to roll into town for the weekend MTTs which clearly transpired with the action at the table : within 20 minutes of sitting down, I had won 5 hands, was up 2.2k and saw multiple all-in blind pre (in between 200-400$, with a 300$ shove and a blind call with 200$ behind (which I scooped )).
There will be some 5-10 after hour game (usually NL Omaha 08), but given that it is infested with coke and booze, I will most likely come back home and grind online instead. I would be nice to bink a top 3 finish in one of the three tourneys though
-500$ online in 10h and +1.7k live in 3h
Run good all
Spoiler:
Well, my beatdown van made the trip up alive, I made it to the tail end of the hotel closing party and grinded 3h at the casino and 2h online
Peeps are already starting to roll into town for the weekend MTTs which clearly transpired with the action at the table : within 20 minutes of sitting down, I had won 5 hands, was up 2.2k and saw multiple all-in blind pre (in between 200-400$, with a 300$ shove and a blind call with 200$ behind (which I scooped )).There will be some 5-10 after hour game (usually NL Omaha 08), but given that it is infested with coke and booze, I will most likely come back home and grind online instead. I would be nice to bink a top 3 finish in one of the three tourneys though
-500$ online in 10h and +1.7k live in 3h
Run good all
09-07-2018
, 05:57 AM
Early Impressions
Pretty much all players have rolled into town at this point and, long and behold, I fracking know everybody Which is not a good sign : a lack of player renewal has died off since the poker boom and, alas, all we are accomplishing collectively as the northern playing field, is adding a year of wear and tear and some disillusion in the process Some of us have gone through life changing surgeries... Others now have kids kicking around... Or are deeper in the downward spiral of their substance abuse... In an ecosystem where I figure to be still part of the younger fellows, it does not figure to be promising for the future of da pokerz all 
There is tension in the air. I believe that most players come in with unrealistic expectations to live up to so besides a lucky handful or so, all will fail quite drastically
It is quite interesting to remove yourself from the metagame and become an acute observer... Such is the role of a meditator and, to a lesser degree, a poker pro...
-1.5k in 12h online and +1.2k in 8h live
Run good all
Pretty much all players have rolled into town at this point and, long and behold, I fracking know everybody
Which is not a good sign : a lack of player renewal has died off since the poker boom and, alas, all we are accomplishing collectively as the northern playing field, is adding a year of wear and tear and some disillusion in the process Some of us have gone through life changing surgeries... Others now have kids kicking around... Or are deeper in the downward spiral of their substance abuse... In an ecosystem where I figure to be still part of the younger fellows, it does not figure to be promising for the future of da pokerz all There is tension in the air. I believe that most players come in with unrealistic expectations to live up to so besides a lucky handful or so, all will fail quite drastically
It is quite interesting to remove yourself from the metagame and become an acute observer... Such is the role of a meditator and, to a lesser degree, a poker pro...
-1.5k in 12h online and +1.2k in 8h live
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 09-07-2018 at 06:03 AM.
09-08-2018
, 02:49 AM
Suckah Philosophy
The energy is frantic, yet jovial... The smiles are still kicking around, even if punctuated my frequent yawns and a general sense of lassitude/patience settling in... Quantities of caffeine, booze and sugar buzzes are kicking around, anything really to weather through the bad beats and unreached expectations...
I played the 4 card lolimit tourney, busted midway through, put my name on multiple cash lists to alas, wait around for 2h without being called... Nonetheless, it mattered little, as I enjoyed the banter and conversations moreso than sitting and grinding out a negligible hourly. You see, what makes this place so appealing, is the familiar faces, the stories, the peeps that we watch grow... Who gives a flying f**k who will be the victor this WE, all that matters is another day spent together, for better or for worse, and one more yearly trip around the sun, yo
-1.1k in 13h online and +500$ live in 13h
Run good all
The energy is frantic, yet jovial... The smiles are still kicking around, even if punctuated my frequent yawns and a general sense of lassitude/patience settling in... Quantities of caffeine, booze and sugar buzzes are kicking around, anything really to weather through the bad beats and unreached expectations...
I played the 4 card lolimit tourney, busted midway through, put my name on multiple cash lists to alas, wait around for 2h without being called... Nonetheless, it mattered little, as I enjoyed the banter and conversations moreso than sitting and grinding out a negligible hourly. You see, what makes this place so appealing, is the familiar faces, the stories, the peeps that we watch grow... Who gives a flying f**k who will be the victor this WE, all that matters is another day spent together, for better or for worse, and one more yearly trip around the sun, yo
-1.1k in 13h online and +500$ live in 13h
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 09-08-2018 at 02:55 AM.
09-09-2018
, 03:46 AM
White Ram ME
I put myself in yet another advantageous position to make a decent score : am 2nd in chips, 19 left with the top 15 getting paid. It is an alluring 29k up top, with the top 3 earning 5 digits :
I did not believe I would be excited about a potential deep run, but definitely am, especially when factoring in how special Dawson remains for me It would be nice to bink this one. They never put the results in the Hendon Mob, but I definitely will submit it myself if I happen to place in the top 3. Ok, will play a couple of hours online then call it a day and snooze in front of a movie
Run good all
I put myself in yet another advantageous position to make a decent score : am 2nd in chips, 19 left with the top 15 getting paid. It is an alluring 29k up top, with the top 3 earning 5 digits :
I did not believe I would be excited about a potential deep run, but definitely am, especially when factoring in how special Dawson remains for me
It would be nice to bink this one. They never put the results in the Hendon Mob, but I definitely will submit it myself if I happen to place in the top 3. Ok, will play a couple of hours online then call it a day and snooze in front of a movie Run good all
09-10-2018
, 02:22 AM
White Ram Binkage
Binkage, baby, binkage So how do you proceed to take down a (extremely soft) field of 125 players, you might want to ask... Easy : you run like God and his ancestors, crack overpairs with undercards, apply an unearthly amount of pressure on the bubble and tilt a few peeps all through the event Money baby, all monies
This is the 2nd time I win one of the WR tournaments and no place will fill better than Montreal and Dawson to reach the final prize, given how these are the lone places I have called home in my life
We still have a 550$ FO tomorrow and then I have a hectic month of RB to grind online for the rest of September, but we should easily cross the 200k mark for the year in the next week or so yo Hopefully this is not our last cash of 2018, as I still have WPT Montreal and Unibet Open ; but even if it was, it puts us at a respectable 68k in live MTTs for the year which is, you know, not really something to whine about
+800$ online in 17h and +22.9k in 29h live
Run good all
Binkage, baby, binkage
So how do you proceed to take down a (extremely soft) field of 125 players, you might want to ask... Easy : you run like God and his ancestors, crack overpairs with undercards, apply an unearthly amount of pressure on the bubble and tilt a few peeps all through the event Money baby, all monies This is the 2nd time I win one of the WR tournaments and no place will fill better than Montreal and Dawson to reach the final prize, given how these are the lone places I have called home in my life
We still have a 550$ FO tomorrow and then I have a hectic month of RB to grind online for the rest of September, but we should easily cross the 200k mark for the year in the next week or so yo
Hopefully this is not our last cash of 2018, as I still have WPT Montreal and Unibet Open ; but even if it was, it puts us at a respectable 68k in live MTTs for the year which is, you know, not really something to whine about +800$ online in 17h and +22.9k in 29h live
Spoiler:
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 09-10-2018 at 02:32 AM.
09-11-2018
, 01:36 AM
Da Finish Line
This insane 2 weeks stretch of tourneys has come to an end and while part of me revels at the upcoming peace associated with the online grind/staying more at home and hanging out with a selected few friends, there is nonetheless an empty sense of fatigue that has replaced what was once some frantic energy
This said, I do look forward to this calm before the upcoming WPT Montreal and UO Dublin along with stops in multiple cities/towns that will occur in the next couple of months
It is insane how much luv
and recognition I have gotten for my Montreal and Dawson tournament scores as opposed to say absolutely and utterly crushing much - like FRACKING MUCH - tougher games online to the tune of 50k a month People buy into narratives sold to them like a deep run in an event much like it is presented to them on tv, as oppose to having to imagine the different world of someone multi-clicking and smashing numbers in the virtual poker realm... Go figure Much like myself, tbh, who has felt a sense of accomplishment by having a ton of peeps congratulate me or seeing my folks/siblings take a sudden immense interest in my tournament runs (Me mom and pops are constantly phoning/texting to enquire on my scores/runs which might of seemed unfeasible a few years ago ).
I - like much of the poker world, I assume - am keeping a very detached and uninterested eye on the crypto market... Happily my poker results have made these alt coin losses - ehhhh, I had sold almost all my BTC for altcoins - benign and barely a dent, even if my crypto journey sits at an all-time low of 35-45% in the red - I can't be arsed to look right now Poor peeps that abandoned the poker grind though thinking that they had just found the latest easy monies of a gold rush I know we are still early in the scheme of this virtual journey, but history has a funny way of repeating itself, doesn't it
Ok, I will be grinding about 20h online this week, playing live Wednesday and Friday and aiming for 4h of NLHE cash studying (which I have not done in months) before taking the weekend off to go hiking.
-1.2k online in 2h, -600$ live in 3h
Run good all
This insane 2 weeks stretch of tourneys has come to an end and while part of me revels at the upcoming peace associated with the online grind/staying more at home and hanging out with a selected few friends, there is nonetheless an empty sense of fatigue that has replaced what was once some frantic energy
This said, I do look forward to this calm before the upcoming WPT Montreal and UO Dublin along with stops in multiple cities/towns that will occur in the next couple of months It is insane how much luv
and recognition I have gotten for my Montreal and Dawson tournament scores as opposed to say absolutely and utterly crushing much - like FRACKING MUCH - tougher games online to the tune of 50k a month People buy into narratives sold to them like a deep run in an event much like it is presented to them on tv, as oppose to having to imagine the different world of someone multi-clicking and smashing numbers in the virtual poker realm... Go figure Much like myself, tbh, who has felt a sense of accomplishment by having a ton of peeps congratulate me or seeing my folks/siblings take a sudden immense interest in my tournament runs (Me mom and pops are constantly phoning/texting to enquire on my scores/runs which might of seemed unfeasible a few years ago ).I - like much of the poker world, I assume - am keeping a very detached and uninterested eye on the crypto market... Happily my poker results have made these alt coin losses - ehhhh, I had sold almost all my BTC for altcoins
- benign and barely a dent, even if my crypto journey sits at an all-time low of 35-45% in the red - I can't be arsed to look right now Poor peeps that abandoned the poker grind though thinking that they had just found the latest easy monies of a gold rush I know we are still early in the scheme of this virtual journey, but history has a funny way of repeating itself, doesn't it Ok, I will be grinding about 20h online this week, playing live Wednesday and Friday and aiming for 4h of NLHE cash studying (which I have not done in months) before taking the weekend off to go hiking.
-1.2k online in 2h, -600$ live in 3h
Spoiler:
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 09-11-2018 at 01:41 AM.