Dancing with the Old Lady, the Journey continues...
04-11-2019
, 02:38 AM
5 Card Whale
- "This is a friendly game" are the first words that the affable Peruvian-Canadian long-hair fellow speaks out as I pull up a seat in the 5 card 2-4-8$ PLO game. These are welcoming words for me, given that I am seeking the dynamic social action of a splashy omaha game after spending a good chunk of the past week (successfully) battling it out in the virtual world
- "You can run-it-twice, get free food, alcohol..." continues my self-designated host (and the only local that engage me in English at the table), before insisting again on how it is a friendly game
I don't need to be told again. I get it. I know how to behave. How to give action. And perhaps even more, how to act perfectly my role as a perceived foreigner WHALE 
I need no convincing to play the first 5 pots, engaging the felt with marginal hands, testing the grounds... but really, who gives a God Damn thing about anything, right, after playing 6h+ online today and being up close to 20k in the past 10 days
The outcome : given that I dropped my 400$ BI and lived up fully to my Whale image, I will be welcomed next week 
Man I am all over the map as far as the dating scene goes I had lined up 4 dates in consecutive nights, mainly with women close to my age (35-42), as I am foremost seeking something potentially substantial. That and the fact that certain women in their 40s over here are still gorgeous af (for a selective few upper class ladies, that is, as the general standard is under-par in Peru as far as beauty goes...), especially when they are yoga teachers, for example 
The latter was a successful date (will meet again, go out dancing this time) ; but darn, given that she is not exactly my usual type (high maintenance, yuppie, high standards), I felt intimidated by her (and seduced, granted)
Anyhow, that is it for now ; I have been enjoying tremendously Lima this time around and I realize how AMAZING food and friendly people are the core of what I seek before expanding towards other numerous interests that this city has to offer yo
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- "This is a friendly game" are the first words that the affable Peruvian-Canadian long-hair fellow speaks out as I pull up a seat in the 5 card 2-4-8$ PLO game. These are welcoming words for me, given that I am seeking the dynamic social action of a splashy omaha game after spending a good chunk of the past week (successfully) battling it out in the virtual world
- "You can run-it-twice, get free food, alcohol..." continues my self-designated host (and the only local that engage me in English at the table), before insisting again on how it is a friendly game
I don't need to be told again. I get it. I know how to behave. How to give action. And perhaps even more, how to act perfectly my role as a perceived foreigner WHALE I need no convincing to play the first 5 pots, engaging the felt with marginal hands, testing the grounds... but really, who gives a God Damn thing about anything, right, after playing 6h+ online today and being up close to 20k in the past 10 days
The outcome : given that I dropped my 400$ BI and lived up fully to my Whale image, I will be welcomed next week Man I am all over the map as far as the dating scene goes
I had lined up 4 dates in consecutive nights, mainly with women close to my age (35-42), as I am foremost seeking something potentially substantial. That and the fact that certain women in their 40s over here are still gorgeous af (for a selective few upper class ladies, that is, as the general standard is under-par in Peru as far as beauty goes...), especially when they are yoga teachers, for example The latter was a successful date (will meet again, go out dancing this time) ; but darn, given that she is not exactly my usual type (high maintenance, yuppie, high standards), I felt intimidated by her (and seduced, granted) Anyhow, that is it for now ; I have been enjoying tremendously Lima this time around and I realize how AMAZING food and friendly people are the core of what I seek before expanding towards other numerous interests that this city has to offer yo
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Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 04-11-2019 at 02:51 AM.
04-11-2019
, 08:51 AM
Brazilian here but tend to agree with you on Argentine women being the hottest on average. Travelled extensively in the other countries (except Venezuela) and also agree.
The thing about Brazil is the variability between regions/different states, since it´s so huge and so many people (>200M), so appearances may change quite a lot if you go let´s say from the amazon region (women/ppl in general have native blood and look like indians), to northeast (big black population due to slavery esp in the southern part of this region), to Rio (big variability), São Paulo (lots and lots of immigration, not only from europeans but also a huge population of japanese descendants, about 2M I think), to the south (lots of european immigration also). So this diversity of ethnicities make it quite hard to form a definite opinion about my country, depends on our tastes.
Still, I´d put Colombia tied with Brazil in second place on women looks
The thing about Brazil is the variability between regions/different states, since it´s so huge and so many people (>200M), so appearances may change quite a lot if you go let´s say from the amazon region (women/ppl in general have native blood and look like indians), to northeast (big black population due to slavery esp in the southern part of this region), to Rio (big variability), São Paulo (lots and lots of immigration, not only from europeans but also a huge population of japanese descendants, about 2M I think), to the south (lots of european immigration also). So this diversity of ethnicities make it quite hard to form a definite opinion about my country, depends on our tastes.
Still, I´d put Colombia tied with Brazil in second place on women looks
04-11-2019
, 06:03 PM
The Latina Woman
South-East Asia can be haven if you love indulging in elicit substances, right, as outside of trying to mug you, nobody is going to give a flying f**k if you are stumbling down the streets, in broad daylight, at 8am in the fracking morning If you guys recall 6+ years ago, I spent the twilight year of my drinking days in SEA before I met my ex gf. Speaking of which (and because the last 2 posts referred to women in South America), you can easily hook up/wife up with most Asia women as a foreigner, as your social status/nationality holds a ton of appeal when you come from a first world country ; but, alas, that top 2% of Asian women (in social status terms, not beauty levels), is almost inaccessible for most foreigners. Because marrying/hooking up with a foreigner is often (socially) frowned upon by most Asian countries, elite Asian women simply do not go there.
Such is not the case in Latin America.
On the contrary, a ton of women coming from that covoted (for me) top 2% financially, are trying to find an alternative to the local successful men. Because Latin America is largely a Patriarchal machismo society (much moreso than Canada, for instance), manifold are the wealthy men that will give in to the temptation of indulging in younger and sexier women (than their current partner) You see similar couples walking hand-in-hand down the street, much like you see in SEA, granted, except that over here it is not a broke white 70 year old retiree man with an 18 years old Asian chick, but a 50 year old successful Latino with a luscious af Latina lady half his age 
So anyhow, this is (seemingly…) why plentiful beautiful professional ladies are trying to find a foreigner partner as opposed to a local one, right, as they believe they can find more fidelity in the latter case... Of course, having access to a first world nationality/rich country will always be part of the equation, but not as much as in SEA, me thinks.
To add to the latter : it is refreshing af to have some interesting conversations with educated Latina women about, you know, cinema, books, travelling, philosophy or God knows what, something that was much more difficult to come about in SEA. Of course, Latin America has a very rich and lively culture (and many similarities with my own French background, I might add..), so it does not come as a surprise, of course, but it is an element that was lacking for me in SEA where you would sway in between the Americanized Philippines or the other polar Asian extreme, but not so much in the middling Latino-European heritage ground, sorta speak. Anyhow…
Thx for the posts/discussion guys, I enjoy it I don’t have much to add except that Brazil has been on top of my list for over 2 decades now, but that not being (yet) fluent in Spanish has deterred me from going… I always wanted to not confuse both languages and pick up some Portuguese while being there which is, well… silly, because such has not prevented me from visiting other countries (and even Italy and Romania). But I don’t know, sometimes you come up with this reasoning in your head from which you do not sway away from… Or at least I do 
Now that Brazil holds the Party Millions though, I might just go in 2020...
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South-East Asia can be haven if you love indulging in elicit substances, right, as outside of trying to mug you, nobody is going to give a flying f**k if you are stumbling down the streets, in broad daylight, at 8am in the fracking morning
If you guys recall 6+ years ago, I spent the twilight year of my drinking days in SEA before I met my ex gf. Speaking of which (and because the last 2 posts referred to women in South America), you can easily hook up/wife up with most Asia women as a foreigner, as your social status/nationality holds a ton of appeal when you come from a first world country ; but, alas, that top 2% of Asian women (in social status terms, not beauty levels), is almost inaccessible for most foreigners. Because marrying/hooking up with a foreigner is often (socially) frowned upon by most Asian countries, elite Asian women simply do not go there. Spoiler:
On the contrary, a ton of women coming from that covoted (for me) top 2% financially, are trying to find an alternative to the local successful men. Because Latin America is largely a Patriarchal machismo society (much moreso than Canada, for instance), manifold are the wealthy men that will give in to the temptation of indulging in younger and sexier women (than their current partner)
You see similar couples walking hand-in-hand down the street, much like you see in SEA, granted, except that over here it is not a broke white 70 year old retiree man with an 18 years old Asian chick, but a 50 year old successful Latino with a luscious af Latina lady half his age So anyhow, this is (seemingly…) why plentiful beautiful professional ladies are trying to find a foreigner partner as opposed to a local one, right, as they believe they can find more fidelity in the latter case... Of course, having access to a first world nationality/rich country will always be part of the equation, but not as much as in SEA, me thinks.Spoiler:
To add to the latter : it is refreshing af to have some interesting conversations with educated Latina women about, you know, cinema, books, travelling, philosophy or God knows what, something that was much more difficult to come about in SEA. Of course, Latin America has a very rich and lively culture (and many similarities with my own French background, I might add..), so it does not come as a surprise, of course, but it is an element that was lacking for me in SEA where you would sway in between the Americanized Philippines or the other polar Asian extreme, but not so much in the middling Latino-European heritage ground, sorta speak. Anyhow…
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I lived in South America for the majority of 12 years. As far as women:
Argentines are the hottest on average by far. People love to claim that Brasil has the hottest, or Colombia, or Venezuela - its bullsh*t. It’s not close. However, to a lot of guys will tell you they have the reputation for being difficult and flaky.
Top 10% in Brasil, Venezuela, and Colombia absolutely amazing, incomparable - but the average absolutely lower than in Argentina.
Then you have the others - Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay - like you said, upper class girls can be very hot and you get diamonds in the rough but on average they rate poorly. All very friendly though. There are some hot Uruguayans too. Two of my best friends married Peruvians. I’ve had nothing but great experiences with Peruvians, I just wish their women were hotter.
Regardless, latin girls are the best in the world, enjoy!
Argentines are the hottest on average by far. People love to claim that Brasil has the hottest, or Colombia, or Venezuela - its bullsh*t. It’s not close. However, to a lot of guys will tell you they have the reputation for being difficult and flaky.
Top 10% in Brasil, Venezuela, and Colombia absolutely amazing, incomparable - but the average absolutely lower than in Argentina.
Then you have the others - Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay - like you said, upper class girls can be very hot and you get diamonds in the rough but on average they rate poorly. All very friendly though. There are some hot Uruguayans too. Two of my best friends married Peruvians. I’ve had nothing but great experiences with Peruvians, I just wish their women were hotter.
Regardless, latin girls are the best in the world, enjoy!
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Brazilian here but tend to agree with you on Argentine women being the hottest on average. Travelled extensively in the other countries (except Venezuela) and also agree.
The thing about Brazil is the variability between regions/different states, since it´s so huge and so many people (>200M), so appearances may change quite a lot if you go let´s say from the amazon region (women/ppl in general have native blood and look like indians), to northeast (big black population due to slavery esp in the southern part of this region), to Rio (big variability), São Paulo (lots and lots of immigration, not only from europeans but also a huge population of japanese descendants, about 2M I think), to the south (lots of european immigration also). So this diversity of ethnicities make it quite hard to form a definite opinion about my country, depends on our tastes.
Still, I´d put Colombia tied with Brazil in second place on women looks
The thing about Brazil is the variability between regions/different states, since it´s so huge and so many people (>200M), so appearances may change quite a lot if you go let´s say from the amazon region (women/ppl in general have native blood and look like indians), to northeast (big black population due to slavery esp in the southern part of this region), to Rio (big variability), São Paulo (lots and lots of immigration, not only from europeans but also a huge population of japanese descendants, about 2M I think), to the south (lots of european immigration also). So this diversity of ethnicities make it quite hard to form a definite opinion about my country, depends on our tastes.
Still, I´d put Colombia tied with Brazil in second place on women looks
I don’t have much to add except that Brazil has been on top of my list for over 2 decades now, but that not being (yet) fluent in Spanish has deterred me from going… I always wanted to not confuse both languages and pick up some Portuguese while being there which is, well… silly, because such has not prevented me from visiting other countries (and even Italy and Romania). But I don’t know, sometimes you come up with this reasoning in your head from which you do not sway away from… Or at least I do Now that Brazil holds the Party Millions though, I might just go in 2020...Spoiler:
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Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 04-11-2019 at 06:17 PM.
04-13-2019
, 04:48 PM
Putting on Dem Dancing Old Lady Shoes
Curvy chest... long legs... slim body : swipe right. Too old... too poor... not pretty enough : swipe left. Simple game, right, be picky af, meet up for dinner, get lost in a sea of texts, try to not confuse who's who and who said what and when... It's the dating game, yo, where everyone is out for the hustle, trying to secure some glitter of gold, some ounce of pleasure
Went to my first Peruvian Pena yesterday ; a fan evening of dancing, smiling, letting the African-Peruvian rifts soak in I did have to make a run for it though when I found out that I was going to be asked on stage during the last act at 2am But, whatever, no way in f**k I was going to perform up there and start awkwardly swinging my butt like a mamafracker peckerwood in the midst of gracious Latino dancers 
If you folks remember in my last post how I had been hit by an annoying af downswong, I proceeded to upswong like nobody's business yo, finding myself with an absolute drooler on 3 tables nonetheless, and playing a HIGH af variance game sitting with 500bb+ on some tables and GII light more often than I wanted to
+8.2k in 32h online and -400$ in 2h live this week
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Curvy chest... long legs... slim body : swipe right. Too old... too poor... not pretty enough : swipe left. Simple game, right, be picky af, meet up for dinner, get lost in a sea of texts, try to not confuse who's who and who said what and when... It's the dating game, yo, where everyone is out for the hustle, trying to secure some glitter of gold, some ounce of pleasure
Went to my first Peruvian Pena yesterday ; a fan evening of dancing, smiling, letting the African-Peruvian rifts soak in
I did have to make a run for it though when I found out that I was going to be asked on stage during the last act at 2am But, whatever, no way in f**k I was going to perform up there and start awkwardly swinging my butt like a mamafracker peckerwood in the midst of gracious Latino dancers If you folks remember in my last post how I had been hit by an annoying af downswong, I proceeded to upswong like nobody's business yo, finding myself with an absolute drooler on 3 tables nonetheless, and playing a HIGH af variance game sitting with 500bb+ on some tables and GII light more often than I wanted to
+8.2k in 32h online and -400$ in 2h live this week
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04-14-2019
, 11:38 AM
04-14-2019
, 02:19 PM
We Didn't Come this Far to only Come This Far
Solid week in the books as far as volume and results goes Minus today, that is, but given that I planned on taking almost all of the day off to go to the beach, it matters little yo
I went to see a great local band yesterday which got me even more content about being here ; not only is the food outstanding as it comes, the people friendly af, but Latino culture f**king rocks The music. The dancing. Literature, cinema, Spanish, Native ceremonies
In other news, so God damn happy to see Party Poker crack down on bots - 277 of them, that is -, only to see ACR follow suit 
https://www.highstakesdb.com/9455-pa...rs-734852.aspx
https://www.highstakesdb.com/9459-am...yers-175k.aspx
Unlike all of Toronto today/parts of Canada, I am really not concerned about this series at all. Or their performance yesterday for that matter. I did avoid all basketball related podcasts today, as it would of tilted me af to hear all those different medias trying to superficially add content to an already bloated narrative by pointing to too many fracking areas of weaknesses of the Raps, when, variance being variance, if we played yesterday's game 100 times, I feel we would win it >85 times There needs to be too many variables that fall Orlando's way for them to take a single game (let alone the series...), all of which happened yesterday (Ref's calls leaning for the bad guys, Lowry being icy cold, Augustin being hellish hot, Orlando 50% shooting 3s, Toronto 33%, Leonard only playing 33 minutes , Ibaka being cold af, missed free throws etc and etcetera).
Enjoy the game friend, that OKC-POR series is going to be the most exciting, me thinks (along with UTAH-HOU)
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Solid week in the books as far as volume and results goes
Minus today, that is, but given that I planned on taking almost all of the day off to go to the beach, it matters little yo I went to see a great local band yesterday which got me even more content about being here ; not only is the food outstanding as it comes, the people friendly af, but Latino culture f**king rocks
The music. The dancing. Literature, cinema, Spanish, Native ceremonies In other news, so God damn happy to see Party Poker crack down on bots - 277 of them, that is
-, only to see ACR follow suit https://www.highstakesdb.com/9455-pa...rs-734852.aspx
https://www.highstakesdb.com/9459-am...yers-175k.aspx
There needs to be too many variables that fall Orlando's way for them to take a single game (let alone the series...), all of which happened yesterday (Ref's calls leaning for the bad guys, Lowry being icy cold, Augustin being hellish hot, Orlando 50% shooting 3s, Toronto 33%, Leonard only playing 33 minutes , Ibaka being cold af, missed free throws etc and etcetera).Enjoy the game friend, that OKC-POR series is going to be the most exciting, me thinks (along with UTAH-HOU)
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04-15-2019
, 04:42 PM
Swirling Quicksands
Girl #1 is cool af, has great values, is an astonishing human being, but... the spark is just not there (friends). I just left Girl #2's apartment, she is rich, intelligent, a high achieving travelling lady, but, as is oftentimes the case over here with the upperclass women, she is racist (Venezuelans), condescending (prostitutes/lower class peeps) and highly religious (FWB). Not judging, I just have different values and upbringing ; besides, the sex was a blast and it is with a smile on my face that I am going back home for a shower before meeting with Girl #3 (LTR or FWB...?) All cleaned up ready to go, I meet up with this Yoga teacher, classy lady albeit a bit unbalanced and crazy, which, of course, makes me desire her all that more as, you know, why would I settle for Girl #1, right, a great and stable lady when we I can go for the unpredictable nature of a wild lady Now Girl #4(ONS) has the sexiest lips to walk the earth and just want to deposit mine upon hers with passion, even if she just joined the picture... Girl #5 (ONS) has the tight body of a Goddess, Girl #6 (FWB) is my Chiclalayan lady friend from last year coming for a visit this Friday and... Well there is no more f**king AND, as I found myself like a fracking headless 20 year old duckling, swirling around in the crazy winds that is the dating scene, while stuck in f**king quicksand in my progress towards anything substantial... You guys follow
It seems that it will be a very quiet week on the felt as I find myself with an (almost) insurmountable lead in the bi-monthly rakerace (40% edge), so I will most likely only put in 20-22h, thus doing social stuff every night while maintaining 6h of studying (poker and Spanish) And then I should go hard again next week (35-40h) to bink the next RR (they are each 3.1k with the monthly one being 2.3k ). I am glad that I have found my winning ways online and that I have almost already reached the minimum threshold (25k) that I was aiming for my Peruvian trip yo
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Girl #1 is cool af, has great values, is an astonishing human being, but... the spark is just not there (friends). I just left Girl #2's apartment, she is rich, intelligent, a high achieving travelling lady, but, as is oftentimes the case over here with the upperclass women, she is racist (Venezuelans), condescending (prostitutes/lower class peeps) and highly religious (FWB). Not judging, I just have different values and upbringing ; besides, the sex was a blast and it is with a smile on my face that I am going back home for a shower before meeting with Girl #3 (LTR or FWB...?)
All cleaned up ready to go, I meet up with this Yoga teacher, classy lady albeit a bit unbalanced and crazy, which, of course, makes me desire her all that more as, you know, why would I settle for Girl #1, right, a great and stable lady when we I can go for the unpredictable nature of a wild lady Now Girl #4(ONS) has the sexiest lips to walk the earth and just want to deposit mine upon hers with passion, even if she just joined the picture... Girl #5 (ONS) has the tight body of a Goddess, Girl #6 (FWB) is my Chiclalayan lady friend from last year coming for a visit this Friday and... Well there is no more f**king AND, as I found myself like a fracking headless 20 year old duckling, swirling around in the crazy winds that is the dating scene, while stuck in f**king quicksand in my progress towards anything substantial... You guys follow Spoiler:
It seems that it will be a very quiet week on the felt as I find myself with an (almost) insurmountable lead in the bi-monthly rakerace (40% edge), so I will most likely only put in 20-22h, thus doing social stuff every night while maintaining 6h of studying (poker and Spanish)
And then I should go hard again next week (35-40h) to bink the next RR (they are each 3.1k with the monthly one being 2.3k ). I am glad that I have found my winning ways online and that I have almost already reached the minimum threshold (25k) that I was aiming for my Peruvian trip yo -100$ in 3h
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04-16-2019
, 04:10 PM
Bullets Baby
Am loving everything about the food and cafe culture over here So fracking amazing to have access to about 20+ cafes (not named Starbucks ) within walking distance, all of which behold an enticing peaceful atmosphere to do some writing yo What is less appealing though, was how I took a beating yesterday at the casino
It took me all of 35 minutes to lose my single BI in the 5 card PLO game ; we started off 4 handed and given that it is obviously the most profitable and aggressive players that are willing to start the game (minus a nit), we GII a few times while even the act of running-it-twice could not save me from that fatalistic fate of failing in the mission to find an ATM that dispenses enough monies for a 2nd bullet 
Apparently I can withdraw from the casino though (did not have my passport in hand yesterday) for substantial amounts, so will probably get 4-5 bullets next week... I might just step down and play the 2-2 NLHE though, as part of me hates losing and besides, the whole goal is to wind down at the casino after my online session, get a massage and some free food, while losing like this and being unexpectedly sent out on the walk of shame is kinda of defying the purpose, isn't it...
I find myself at my happiest over here this year Moreso than in Europe. And Canada, for that matter. Kind of ironic that 2017-18 saw me most content during my European stint while my previous Peruvian journey was at significantly lower levels of happiness EV, and yet it is the opposite this time around, go figure... I guess I am doing it right this time : my Spanish is more fluid and am indulging in more social activies yo
Darn I feel confident about tonight's Raps game The odds of Toronto winning during the previous game with a minute to go up 2, was 82.4% Let's do this
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Am loving everything about the food and cafe culture over here
So fracking amazing to have access to about 20+ cafes (not named Starbucks ) within walking distance, all of which behold an enticing peaceful atmosphere to do some writing yo What is less appealing though, was how I took a beating yesterday at the casino It took me all of 35 minutes to lose my single BI in the 5 card PLO game
; we started off 4 handed and given that it is obviously the most profitable and aggressive players that are willing to start the game (minus a nit), we GII a few times while even the act of running-it-twice could not save me from that fatalistic fate of failing in the mission to find an ATM that dispenses enough monies for a 2nd bullet Apparently I can withdraw from the casino though (did not have my passport in hand yesterday) for substantial amounts, so will probably get 4-5 bullets next week... I might just step down and play the 2-2 NLHE though, as part of me hates losing and besides, the whole goal is to wind down at the casino after my online session, get a massage and some free food, while losing like this and being unexpectedly sent out on the walk of shame is kinda of defying the purpose, isn't it... I find myself at my happiest over here this year
Moreso than in Europe. And Canada, for that matter. Kind of ironic that 2017-18 saw me most content during my European stint while my previous Peruvian journey was at significantly lower levels of happiness EV, and yet it is the opposite this time around, go figure... I guess I am doing it right this time : my Spanish is more fluid and am indulging in more social activies yo Darn I feel confident about tonight's Raps game
The odds of Toronto winning during the previous game with a minute to go up 2, was 82.4% Let's do this -300$ in 7h online and -400$ in 1h live
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04-17-2019
, 05:34 PM
Moving On Along
Cancelled a date this evening as I thought I was overextending myself in the ladies scene and decided tbh with the girl in question, letting her know that I had a lovely friend coming to visit me for the WE ; she replied with "don't worry, you were overlapping with another date I had setup as well"
Oh la la la la
I find myself running hot once again on the felt, much like I did most of 2018 that is Of course, I take none of this fortunate turn around for granted, as I know that Lady Luck could clean away these winnings in one clean swipe 
Am really looking forward to taking 2 days off this WE ; not sure if I will maintain my 1st place with this incoming break, but whatever, it is time to get the grind off the mind yo
If that is the case, do you see yourself eventually settling down over here?
I just reloaded (somewhat) my liquidity, but am frankly not too concerned about my live roll. I also found a BTC exchange place my district which, along with the no fees at the casino, are ample alternatives to atms
I am still 50/50 on playing that PLO game again, but in the end, it only consists of 3h of weekly social activities (and so far the locals in the game have not been too much social...) and hardly factors into my WR. If anything, I would prefer to play some live MTTs, even if they were mere 200-300$ BIs (unlikely, as I believe Atlantic City has a 50$ MTT or something...).
+7.2k online in 14h, -400$ live in 1h
edit : Raptors in 5, book it I never felt this comfortable about this team, even after they squandered away game 1 yo
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Cancelled a date this evening as I thought I was overextending myself in the ladies scene and decided tbh with the girl in question, letting her know that I had a lovely friend coming to visit me for the WE ; she replied with "don't worry, you were overlapping with another date I had setup as well"
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I find myself running hot once again on the felt, much like I did most of 2018 that is
Of course, I take none of this fortunate turn around for granted, as I know that Lady Luck could clean away these winnings in one clean swipe Am really looking forward to taking 2 days off this WE ; not sure if I will maintain my 1st place with this incoming break, but whatever, it is time to get the grind off the mind yo
I am still 50/50 on playing that PLO game again, but in the end, it only consists of 3h of weekly social activities (and so far the locals in the game have not been too much social...
) and hardly factors into my WR. If anything, I would prefer to play some live MTTs, even if they were mere 200-300$ BIs (unlikely, as I believe Atlantic City has a 50$ MTT or something...).+7.2k online in 14h, -400$ live in 1h
edit : Raptors in 5, book it
I never felt this comfortable about this team, even after they squandered away game 1 yo Spoiler:
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04-19-2019
, 01:34 AM
Sweet Swee-eet Horizons
Wow, what an upswing, worthy of the typical 2018 upswongs that I would constantly get smacked with We have finally crossed the 3 digit hourly for 2019 (north of 130$/h online yo ), the games are amazing and they are no signs of slowing down yo
Thx to 2 + 2, I have found a MTT series that will be running in Santiago, Chile at the end of May. The ME is roughly 700USD$, the HR 2.3k (reentries both), enticing enough to make the trip, go visit the city and grind some live action yo And the dates coincide perfectly with my AirBnB over here, so I am 85-15% on going
Really excited to see my Chiclayo lady friend tomorrow, which means a WE of no poker, a lot of dancing, delicious food and time in the sun
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Wow, what an upswing, worthy of the typical 2018 upswongs that I would constantly get smacked with
We have finally crossed the 3 digit hourly for 2019 (north of 130$/h online yo ), the games are amazing and they are no signs of slowing down yo Thx to 2 + 2, I have found a MTT series that will be running in Santiago, Chile at the end of May. The ME is roughly 700USD$, the HR 2.3k (reentries both), enticing enough to make the trip, go visit the city and grind some live action yo
And the dates coincide perfectly with my AirBnB over here, so I am 85-15% on going Really excited to see my Chiclayo lady friend tomorrow, which means a WE of no poker, a lot of dancing, delicious food and time in the sun
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04-19-2019
, 11:38 AM
Santiago is a really nice place imo, love to go there and spend a few weeks once in a while. Not chill obv, big city, polluted and too touristy I would say, but good nightlife, ok food, good wine and good views/landscape. Can´t say anything about the poker scene there tho.
Unfortunately, women there have more or less the same traits as peruvians imo, so on avg not very attractive. But there are exceptions. Also, not easy to understand their spanish accent, even for a portuguese speaking guy lol.
Good to see you´re running well
Unfortunately, women there have more or less the same traits as peruvians imo, so on avg not very attractive. But there are exceptions. Also, not easy to understand their spanish accent, even for a portuguese speaking guy lol.
Good to see you´re running well
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04-20-2019
, 10:01 PM
Choose Your Own Adventure
Ended up at a GnR (Guns N Roses) tribute concert yesterday, because, well... that was the best last minute option for musical entertainment. Also the songs Estrange and Civil War remain elite af, no matter what you might think of GnR
Speaking of which, it is funny how the 17 year old Grunge me from the early 90s suddenly held in disdained GnR, right, as bands like Sonic Youth, Bboys, NiN, Primus, Rage Against the Machine became cool while the previous 80s inspired head-banging bands became cheesy af seen through the grunge prism You had this image to maintain. An attitude. A dress code. A certain coolness to go by, right, even if, granted, Axl Rose was a piece of shyt and had a ton of homophobic/racist content, he did bring us some intoxicating and interesting tunes (and yes, some wise and equalitarian lyrics, albeit infrequently...) and perhaps more importantly, some flat out good rifts yo But such are many of life's contradictions, much like me sitting there in a Hard Rock homage concert with my geeky glasses, tidy shirt, clean look amidst a crowd of casually dressed tattooed peeps while if you dig a little deeper, go beyond my apparent introverted look, are tucked more tattoos than all of the crowd combined Such is life though and its numerous contradictions/identities : I am the Dubnjoy who simultaneously crushes online only to be the whale (kind of...) in a live 5 card PLO game... The Dubnjoy that stays in a cozy apartment of an upperclass district in Lima, before going back to live in a modest trailer house in the Yukon while riding a beat down 97 Caravan... The Dubnjoy who gambles professionally while dedicating the core of his existence to Buddhism meditation and philosophy... The peaceful dude that would not hesitate to swing a jab given the circumstances, you know, the pacifist-gangsta-hustler-transcendental-loverboy-egostistical-selfless dynamic identity that forever changes itself and loses itself in between 2 meditative breaths yo
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Ended up at a GnR (Guns N Roses) tribute concert yesterday, because, well... that was the best last minute option for musical entertainment. Also the songs Estrange and Civil War remain elite af, no matter what you might think of GnR
Speaking of which, it is funny how the 17 year old Grunge me from the early 90s suddenly held in disdained GnR, right, as bands like Sonic Youth, Bboys, NiN, Primus, Rage Against the Machine became cool while the previous 80s inspired head-banging bands became cheesy af seen through the grunge prism
You had this image to maintain. An attitude. A dress code. A certain coolness to go by, right, even if, granted, Axl Rose was a piece of shyt and had a ton of homophobic/racist content, he did bring us some intoxicating and interesting tunes (and yes, some wise and equalitarian lyrics, albeit infrequently...) and perhaps more importantly, some flat out good rifts yo But such are many of life's contradictions, much like me sitting there in a Hard Rock homage concert with my geeky glasses, tidy shirt, clean look amidst a crowd of casually dressed tattooed peeps while if you dig a little deeper, go beyond my apparent introverted look, are tucked more tattoos than all of the crowd combined Such is life though and its numerous contradictions/identities : I am the Dubnjoy who simultaneously crushes online only to be the whale (kind of...) in a live 5 card PLO game... The Dubnjoy that stays in a cozy apartment of an upperclass district in Lima, before going back to live in a modest trailer house in the Yukon while riding a beat down 97 Caravan... The Dubnjoy who gambles professionally while dedicating the core of his existence to Buddhism meditation and philosophy... The peaceful dude that would not hesitate to swing a jab given the circumstances, you know, the pacifist-gangsta-hustler-transcendental-loverboy-egostistical-selfless dynamic identity that forever changes itself and loses itself in between 2 meditative breaths yo +13.1k in 26h online and -400$ in 4h live
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04-23-2019
, 02:15 PM
We the North
EV calculations helps oneself to stay grounded, right, even in unsuspected areas like basketball After the game 1 loss of the Toronto Raptors, the narrative surrounding the team - at least in the media/with the fans... - was as heavy as thunderous apocalyptic clouds about to come crushing down on all Earthlings I nonetheless felt pretty confident that the Raps were going to sweep the next 4 games like 70% of the time, and perhaps dropping a lone game in the process 25% of the time or so... Idem with moving forward to the second round vs Philadelphia : if this series ends in 6 games, it would be a disappoint for yours truly, no matter what fracking Bill Simons and The Ringer have to say about it
Speaking of which, because I watch all of my bball games on NBA league pass and get thus exposed half the time to the other team's commentators, it is insane to what extent they sell the fans a narrative Not only the commentators, but also the camera that will strictly stick to the adversaries game storyline, especially when it comes to fouls I mean, when a dubious foul is called (or not called) on the Raps, the camera will neglect to show the replay or the commentator to speak of it, preferring instead to flashback (during a whistle) to the previous significant action of the team in question instead ; oh la la la, the narratives we buy into I mean, Jack and Matt (Toronto commentators) do exactly the same (and I would of never noticed if I was not forced into the adversary's vantage point ), no wonder each team's fans believes the refs are out to get them
I had a lovely WE and got to practice my Spanish a ton yo Alas, my Spanish was used for a less glorious subject this morning, as I had issues checking out of my AirBnB (to the next door apartment, of all places ) when the sink collapsed as the housekeepers were doing the cleaning They were seemingly pointing the blame in my direction, right...
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EV calculations helps oneself to stay grounded, right, even in unsuspected areas like basketball
After the game 1 loss of the Toronto Raptors, the narrative surrounding the team - at least in the media/with the fans... - was as heavy as thunderous apocalyptic clouds about to come crushing down on all Earthlings I nonetheless felt pretty confident that the Raps were going to sweep the next 4 games like 70% of the time, and perhaps dropping a lone game in the process 25% of the time or so... Idem with moving forward to the second round vs Philadelphia : if this series ends in 6 games, it would be a disappoint for yours truly, no matter what fracking Bill Simons and The Ringer have to say about it Speaking of which, because I watch all of my bball games on NBA league pass and get thus exposed half the time to the other team's commentators, it is insane to what extent they sell the fans a narrative
Not only the commentators, but also the camera that will strictly stick to the adversaries game storyline, especially when it comes to fouls I mean, when a dubious foul is called (or not called) on the Raps, the camera will neglect to show the replay or the commentator to speak of it, preferring instead to flashback (during a whistle) to the previous significant action of the team in question instead ; oh la la la, the narratives we buy into I mean, Jack and Matt (Toronto commentators) do exactly the same (and I would of never noticed if I was not forced into the adversary's vantage point ), no wonder each team's fans believes the refs are out to get them I had a lovely WE and got to practice my Spanish a ton yo
Alas, my Spanish was used for a less glorious subject this morning, as I had issues checking out of my AirBnB (to the next door apartment, of all places ) when the sink collapsed as the housekeepers were doing the cleaning They were seemingly pointing the blame in my direction, right... +200$ in 7h
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04-24-2019
, 01:56 AM
Home Base
Just got home from my 3rd date with a lady I like and... fracking nothing As much as it has become natural (again) over the past 2 years for the single me to step out of my comfort zone and, you know, bring my A or at least my B game with the ladies, I freeze with this one Like an icicle. Like back in the f**king Ice Age... Or more like the Stone Age, to be precise, as even if I bring out my gentleman skills while conversing, I remain a little intimidated by her and go back in time to being a little fracking (caveman) school boy when it comes to even trying to attain first base Part of it is that we are diametrical opposites in certain areas, meaning that she was surprised by the stories of Dubnjoy of yesteryears that would hitchhike in foreign countries broke, sleep in parks or had dreads half way down his back... Another factor is that her high maintenance elegance and ladylike manners are seductive af and throw me off my game Oh la la la, but now she is off to Spain for the next 10 days, which means I won't get a chance until a couple of weeks from now FML
Hey man, thx for chiming in EHhh, if you struggle with their accent - and I assume that your Spanish is superior than mine here... -, I fathom that I will also be thrown off my Espanol game Speaking of which, to what extent do Brazilians speak Spanish? Is it only those that travel to other SA countries or is Spanish also (somewhat) widespread/taught in school in Brazil?
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Just got home from my 3rd date with a lady I like and... fracking nothing
As much as it has become natural (again) over the past 2 years for the single me to step out of my comfort zone and, you know, bring my A or at least my B game with the ladies, I freeze with this one Like an icicle. Like back in the f**king Ice Age... Or more like the Stone Age, to be precise, as even if I bring out my gentleman skills while conversing, I remain a little intimidated by her and go back in time to being a little fracking (caveman) school boy when it comes to even trying to attain first base Part of it is that we are diametrical opposites in certain areas, meaning that she was surprised by the stories of Dubnjoy of yesteryears that would hitchhike in foreign countries broke, sleep in parks or had dreads half way down his back... Another factor is that her high maintenance elegance and ladylike manners are seductive af and throw me off my game Oh la la la, but now she is off to Spain for the next 10 days, which means I won't get a chance until a couple of weeks from now FML Spoiler:
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Santiago is a really nice place imo, love to go there and spend a few weeks once in a while. Not chill obv, big city, polluted and too touristy I would say, but good nightlife, ok food, good wine and good views/landscape. Can´t say anything about the poker scene there tho.
Unfortunately, women there have more or less the same traits as peruvians imo, so on avg not very attractive. But there are exceptions. Also, not easy to understand their spanish accent, even for a portuguese speaking guy lol.
Good to see you´re running well
Unfortunately, women there have more or less the same traits as peruvians imo, so on avg not very attractive. But there are exceptions. Also, not easy to understand their spanish accent, even for a portuguese speaking guy lol.
Good to see you´re running well
EHhh, if you struggle with their accent - and I assume that your Spanish is superior than mine here... -, I fathom that I will also be thrown off my Espanol game Speaking of which, to what extent do Brazilians speak Spanish? Is it only those that travel to other SA countries or is Spanish also (somewhat) widespread/taught in school in Brazil?+800$ in 11h
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04-24-2019
, 07:23 AM
04-24-2019
, 11:01 AM
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04-24-2019
, 05:59 PM
Perseverance
The plan is to bink a mid 6 figure/7 figures score in the next two years, then semi-retire to a part-time player (12h/week or something). Foolish...? perhaps... Vain and chasing glory...? Certainly. FIshy af and chasing a fleeting dream... Hummmm, yes, but I would argue that, even if I am logical af, I view life as this cartesian grid with cracks/breaches opening up into this unknown supernatural... And there, in between the cracks, lies my (wishful?) destiny of binking a 5k+ tourney
When you make the decision to deeply immerse yourself into the world of meditation, prepare yourself for an uncanny level of pain... Like seriously, think torturous physical turmoil of your body wanting to rip itself apart while you sit there like a fracking Buddha statue determined to not move 
And yet, I sat there in India, in Thailand, in the Phils, in Israel, in Spain, in Canada, the latest of which saw this exponential agony tearing me from inside-out while I immersed myself into perfect awareness, observing, perspiring, innerly torn to bits and pieces... And then, when I finally managed to make it through the Storm and calmly witnessed the dust settle, I felt sssooooooo fracking good that tears of happiness came rolling my cheeks and this spontaneous thought of not world peace or f**king answering forgiveness to people I have wronged in my life, no, no, no : there was this desire of binking a Major tourney in Montreal and to make my folks proud. But now, on to more important stuff, shall we
Yeah, I really anticipate Embid being frustrated af by the defense of Gasol and getting hit by tech after technicals And then, in a perfect case scenario, Boston beats Milwaukee as they are the team I want to smack the most (Philly being 2nd).
Not sure if it is too recent and you want to answer, but as an OKC fan, what do you think of Russ? He is such a polarizing figure as an outsider, that I am not sure how OKC fans view him
Anyhow, I predict the Raps in 5, but any of Toronto taking it in 4-6 games seems about right, anything else would be disastrous... I am really not scared of this series at all (albeit a bit more than Orlando) until we will have to face...
Ehhhhh, I am already terrified af about this potential Conference finals series This said, as well as Milwaukee is playing right now, Toronto is just reaching its peak potential I mean, I watched all of but what, 5 games this season, and never have they connected this well/their defense been so engaged Now I can tell assess that they were nonchalant af during the regular season, something that the Bucks took very seriously. Darn, the playoffs are getting interesting af in the 2nd round, think Hou-GS, Tor-Phi, Mil-Bos
Interesting, I did not know about Pontunhol or of the existence of shared linguistic/cultural cities... Portuguese has always been tough af for me, even nowadays where my Spanish is perhaps a 6.6/10... For instance, I put on Cidade de Deus this WE and Tropa de Elite 2, and it still remains hard to grasp for me, even though there has been a ton of progress and that I can pick up much more words than I previously did when I could only speak French. Not sure what it is though, as Spanish and Italian have always been more understandable than Portuguese for me...
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The plan is to bink a mid 6 figure/7 figures score in the next two years, then semi-retire to a part-time player (12h/week or something). Foolish...? perhaps... Vain and chasing glory...? Certainly. FIshy af and chasing a fleeting dream... Hummmm, yes, but I would argue that, even if I am logical af, I view life as this cartesian grid with cracks/breaches opening up into this unknown supernatural... And there, in between the cracks, lies my (wishful?) destiny of binking a 5k+ tourney
When you make the decision to deeply immerse yourself into the world of meditation, prepare yourself for an uncanny level of pain... Like seriously, think torturous physical turmoil of your body wanting to rip itself apart while you sit there like a fracking Buddha statue determined to not move
And yet, I sat there in India, in Thailand, in the Phils, in Israel, in Spain, in Canada, the latest of which saw this exponential agony tearing me from inside-out while I immersed myself into perfect awareness, observing, perspiring, innerly torn to bits and pieces... And then, when I finally managed to make it through the Storm and calmly witnessed the dust settle, I felt sssooooooo fracking good that tears of happiness came rolling my cheeks and this spontaneous thought of not world peace or f**king answering forgiveness to people I have wronged in my life, no, no, no : there was this desire of binking a Major tourney in Montreal and to make my folks proud. But now, on to more important stuff, shall we
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Well, your guys are through to the second round, and I can't think of a team more deserving a smackdown than the 76er's. Here's to the Raptors and continued success. I really like the Raps chances with the depth they have, and the multiple lineups/looks they can throw at any team they come across. I hope my endorsement isn't a kiss of death.
*On to next season for my OKC squad.
*On to next season for my OKC squad.
And then, in a perfect case scenario, Boston beats Milwaukee as they are the team I want to smack the most (Philly being 2nd).Not sure if it is too recent and you want to answer, but as an OKC fan, what do you think of Russ? He is such a polarizing figure as an outsider, that I am not sure how OKC fans view him
Anyhow, I predict the Raps in 5, but any of Toronto taking it in 4-6 games seems about right, anything else would be disastrous... I am really not scared of this series at all (albeit a bit more than Orlando) until we will have to face...
This said, as well as Milwaukee is playing right now, Toronto is just reaching its peak potential I mean, I watched all of but what, 5 games this season, and never have they connected this well/their defense been so engaged Now I can tell assess that they were nonchalant af during the regular season, something that the Bucks took very seriously. Darn, the playoffs are getting interesting af in the 2nd round, think Hou-GS, Tor-Phi, Mil-Bos
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I think the main reasons for people understanding each other here are the similarities between both languages (a good number of words are written the same way with differences only in the pronounciation) + the big shared border, where we even have entire shared cities, like in the southern border with Uruguay and Argentina. There is even a dialect called Pontunhol (Portuguese + Spanish).
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04-24-2019
, 08:13 PM
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Interesting, I did not know about Pontunhol or of the existence of shared linguistic/cultural cities... Portuguese has always been tough af for me, even nowadays where my Spanish is perhaps a 6.6/10... For instance, I put on Cidade de Deus this WE and Tropa de Elite 2, and it still remains hard to grasp for me, even though there has been a ton of progress and that I can pick up much more words than I previously did when I could only speak French. Not sure what it is though, as Spanish and Italian have always been more understandable than Portuguese for me...
).I´d suggest, depending on how much time you´re planning to spend here in South America, to try to advance your spanish more before trying the portuguese. I don´t think learning both at the same time would be advisable.
04-25-2019
, 02:51 PM
The Long Run
Back in 2007 (I believe...) Brad Booth came back to the Yukon/Dawson to play our season White Ram ending tournaments (low buy-ins of 500$-1k). He spewed away. Like serious-not-respecting-money-spewage I was the beneficiary of most of his chips when he would be overly aggro by overbetting top-pair-weak-kicker to entice action/have fun ; but alas, I could eventually not do much damage myself, given that this was still green af and quite the fish Anyhow, this post is not so much about me being a fish or Brad's degeneracy (this was in the midst of his UB downfall/sports betting fiasco which we still knew nothing about at the time...), but moreso about the conversations that ensued over Brad's nonchalant attitude towards smaller stakes... My qualm was with a fellow that (idealistically) stated that you should, as a pro, treat all stakes, as low as they may be, with equal amount of fervor... BULL FRACKING SHYT
Truth be told, it is all about surviving the grind... Not burning out. Maintaining a steady B-B+ game as opposed to aiming for that elusive A game : reaching for the skies is out of our control, but maintaining that grounded solid balance is within our reach yo Much has been said about Ivey folding a flush deep in the WSOP ME, right, but not so much has been about how the long haul drains our insides and how we need a tremendous amount of deliberate detachment to keep on going on, right, as opposed to this idealistic reach-for-perfection-in-the-moment juvenile stance
Intense af Both the sublime heights and the abysmal pain A meditation retreat is 10-12h a day of practice in complete silence during which we are asked to sit without moving for an hour 3 times daily (I sit just over 2h without moving). It might sound like very little, but when your awake moments only consist of meditation, your body aches af. And lots of stuff surfaces. So at times you sit down and your body instantly cries in agony But when you make it through this pain and ultimately release it, it is the best thing ever And then you literally - like f**king LITERALLY - feel this weight lift : depression, anger, anxiety etc. escapes you. And for someone like myself who has a past with substance abuse (and yourself, from what I understand from your thread...) and high depressive/anxiety levels, there is a ton of shyt stuck deep down inside. For all of us, really. And liberating oneself from this extra weight, has been the best thing ever and it's not close
https://www.dhamma.org/en/maps#US
Ah yeah, these relationship commitments oftentimes have to be a binary choice, with both sides offering their own enticing pros and cons with this illusion that the grass is always greener on the other pasture when you commit to one...
On my side, I am seeking a LTR but not wanting to force the issue, the most likely outcome is that I will just date and remain single for some time... Which will grant me the freedom of playing tournaments in Paris and Aussie Millions (and potentially PCA and PartyMillions Brazil...).
Yeah man, the goal is to become fluent/solid in Spanish and then trying to get a small base when I make it to Brazil ; I don't see myself committing to the long process of learning another language in this lifetime though, as my next step will be to focus on finishing my novel (in 2 years hopefully) which will require most of my attention/time
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Back in 2007 (I believe...) Brad Booth came back to the Yukon/Dawson to play our season White Ram ending tournaments (low buy-ins of 500$-1k). He spewed away. Like serious-not-respecting-money-spewage
I was the beneficiary of most of his chips when he would be overly aggro by overbetting top-pair-weak-kicker to entice action/have fun ; but alas, I could eventually not do much damage myself, given that this was still green af and quite the fish Anyhow, this post is not so much about me being a fish or Brad's degeneracy (this was in the midst of his UB downfall/sports betting fiasco which we still knew nothing about at the time...), but moreso about the conversations that ensued over Brad's nonchalant attitude towards smaller stakes... My qualm was with a fellow that (idealistically) stated that you should, as a pro, treat all stakes, as low as they may be, with equal amount of fervor... BULL FRACKING SHYT Truth be told, it is all about surviving the grind... Not burning out. Maintaining a steady B-B+ game as opposed to aiming for that elusive A game : reaching for the skies is out of our control, but maintaining that grounded solid balance is within our reach yo
Much has been said about Ivey folding a flush deep in the WSOP ME, right, but not so much has been about how the long haul drains our insides and how we need a tremendous amount of deliberate detachment to keep on going on, right, as opposed to this idealistic reach-for-perfection-in-the-moment juvenile stance Both the sublime heights and the abysmal pain A meditation retreat is 10-12h a day of practice in complete silence during which we are asked to sit without moving for an hour 3 times daily (I sit just over 2h without moving). It might sound like very little, but when your awake moments only consist of meditation, your body aches af. And lots of stuff surfaces. So at times you sit down and your body instantly cries in agony But when you make it through this pain and ultimately release it, it is the best thing ever And then you literally - like f**king LITERALLY - feel this weight lift : depression, anger, anxiety etc. escapes you. And for someone like myself who has a past with substance abuse (and yourself, from what I understand from your thread...) and high depressive/anxiety levels, there is a ton of shyt stuck deep down inside. For all of us, really. And liberating oneself from this extra weight, has been the best thing ever and it's not close https://www.dhamma.org/en/maps#US
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You asked if South America still held appeal for me. To be honest I’ve been with my girlfriend since I got sober and I think I want to go the family route with her. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t still romanticize about getting a sailboat and living half the year in South America, and decidedly not getting married for another 10 years. It’s a really tough situation for me actually, they both seem like such great options - the life of a traveling single poker player vs starting a family.
On my side, I am seeking a LTR but not wanting to force the issue, the most likely outcome is that I will just date and remain single for some time... Which will grant me the freedom of playing tournaments in Paris and Aussie Millions (and potentially PCA and PartyMillions Brazil...).
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04-27-2019
, 03:47 AM
Babes
Back when I was in Cegep
at the age of 18, I hung out with the hippie-grunge-skateboarder and raver crowd (before the latter became mainstream ; raves were still underground in 1994-95, with the location only being revealed 24h in advance to escape authority/the masses). Anyhow, I did not hangout with preppies, like no f**king way, right But there was this babe, like this stereotypical preppie doll with blonde hair, blue eyes and boobs generous like the fracking Himalayas, you know We had eyes for each other. Tongues hanging out. Driven by our hormones as can be at the age But, alas, her crowd did not mix with my peeps. Simple as that. We had red eyes, hungout in the smoking room, played poker all day and took pleasure into skipping class, puffing ganja and playing silly variations of da pokerz (there was no holdem back then ). So we never spoke. Nope. Not a single fracking world Only stares. Gazes. Desiring each other. But such is life in school, right, when a social gap places us on diametrical opposite side of the rift, her with her luscious tamed beauty, me with my wild stoner long hair Which brings us to present day, right here in fracking Lima yo
I had another date with my OG lady that initially got me to come to Lima. Alas, she has it all : smarts, feminist, open-minded, willing to split restaurant bills, liberal, cultivated af, cinephile etc etcetera and yet, I just am not overly attracted to her She is too nice. And kind of geeky, tbh, where I have always dated (for LTR) extroverted ladies. And then there is the other one that is now in Barcelona (for 10 days) that is more high maintenance, a little more selfish, Yuppieish, classy, yoga teacher and I mean, she has a ton of qualities and whatnot, but perhaps I have simply reached out to the other side of that symbolic gap in my middle-age years... That and the fact that I am becoming more of a (somewhat) Yuppie in my older age, as horrifying as it is for me to write those fracking words Anyhow...
Finally booked a decent session over here at the casino yo I am still not sure about Santiago, Chile at the end of May, but I do have 2kUSD$ as pocket money, so am 30-50% towards the necessary monies for MTT BIs yo
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Back when I was in Cegep
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But there was this babe, like this stereotypical preppie doll with blonde hair, blue eyes and boobs generous like the fracking Himalayas, you know We had eyes for each other. Tongues hanging out. Driven by our hormones as can be at the age But, alas, her crowd did not mix with my peeps. Simple as that. We had red eyes, hungout in the smoking room, played poker all day and took pleasure into skipping class, puffing ganja and playing silly variations of da pokerz (there was no holdem back then ). So we never spoke. Nope. Not a single fracking world Only stares. Gazes. Desiring each other. But such is life in school, right, when a social gap places us on diametrical opposite side of the rift, her with her luscious tamed beauty, me with my wild stoner long hair Which brings us to present day, right here in fracking Lima yo I had another date with my OG lady that initially got me to come to Lima. Alas, she has it all : smarts, feminist, open-minded, willing to split restaurant bills
, liberal, cultivated af, cinephile etc etcetera and yet, I just am not overly attracted to her She is too nice. And kind of geeky, tbh, where I have always dated (for LTR) extroverted ladies. And then there is the other one that is now in Barcelona (for 10 days) that is more high maintenance, a little more selfish, Yuppieish, classy, yoga teacher and I mean, she has a ton of qualities and whatnot, but perhaps I have simply reached out to the other side of that symbolic gap in my middle-age years... That and the fact that I am becoming more of a (somewhat) Yuppie in my older age, as horrifying as it is for me to write those fracking words Anyhow...Finally booked a decent session over here at the casino yo
I am still not sure about Santiago, Chile at the end of May, but I do have 2kUSD$ as pocket money, so am 30-50% towards the necessary monies for MTT BIs yo +5.4k in 26h online and +1.2k in 5h live
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04-27-2019
, 05:41 PM
Stratego
The novelty of approaching a new game is fascinating af Now 5 card PLO is not exactly the invention of the century , but some fun adjustments can be profitably made when compared to the 4 card variant. Like playing more passively, for example, especially when villains have a ton of leaks postflop Most of the players happily limp from the initial 10$ blind (Forced Mississippi straddle) with only a couple that opt to raise pre... Most of which overvalue big pairs (rundowns go WAYYY UP in value in this run-it-twice game, while KK and AA decreases, especially the weaker ones) thus making their hand more transparent, while I prefer to only raise ds AA and preferably some strong rundowns. Which means my board coverage is nutted af, while I can easily rep hitting some K or A flops, especially 2 or 3 handed ; easy game yo Other area of interest : since we run-it-twice just about always, fold equity sky-rockets as far as value goes Hence playing fast your wraps, combo-draws or sets increases, as does attacking betting size tells that lead to a fold yo
As the lone foreigner in the game that still struggles to be fluent in Spanish and who might just have the dealers (naturally) leaning in favour of the locals (even if I am the best tipper...), I really have to watch out for every single fracking detail. Like a dealer that pushed a pot towards (scummy) villain's way who was (deliberately) claiming to have a str8, while I held the lonely one... Or another opponent who (almost) collected half the chop when the dealer failed to see my backdoor flush draw bink Anyhow, I do apologize for speaking of da pokerz when there are some fracking worldly-life-defining-critical-events about to commence in a few hours, right, so without further ado :
If the Celts and Raps both advance, are you willing to bet?
and do you think Toronto will beat Philly in this series?
I managed to place a bet of 600$ on the Raps at 1.4x for the series and then, when I wanted to upper the wage with BTC on Nitrogensports, the server went down during which I saw the initial 1.39x drop to 1.36x (was still going to put 2k on it) to now 1.31x
Raps in 5, book it
Question : do any of you Canadians who play poker professionally have a reliable accountant to recommend? I got into a small argument with mine and apparently he now chooses to ignore my emails...
+7.5k in 29h online and +1.2k in 5h live
Run good all
The novelty of approaching a new game is fascinating af
Now 5 card PLO is not exactly the invention of the century , but some fun adjustments can be profitably made when compared to the 4 card variant. Like playing more passively, for example, especially when villains have a ton of leaks postflop Most of the players happily limp from the initial 10$ blind (Forced Mississippi straddle) with only a couple that opt to raise pre... Most of which overvalue big pairs (rundowns go WAYYY UP in value in this run-it-twice game, while KK and AA decreases, especially the weaker ones) thus making their hand more transparent, while I prefer to only raise ds AA and preferably some strong rundowns. Which means my board coverage is nutted af, while I can easily rep hitting some K or A flops, especially 2 or 3 handed ; easy game yo Other area of interest : since we run-it-twice just about always, fold equity sky-rockets as far as value goes Hence playing fast your wraps, combo-draws or sets increases, as does attacking betting size tells that lead to a fold yo As the lone foreigner in the game that still struggles to be fluent in Spanish and who might just have the dealers (naturally) leaning in favour of the locals (even if I am the best tipper...), I really have to watch out for every single fracking detail. Like a dealer that pushed a pot towards (scummy) villain's way who was (deliberately) claiming to have a str8, while I held the lonely one... Or another opponent who (almost) collected half the chop when the dealer failed to see my backdoor flush draw bink
Anyhow, I do apologize for speaking of da pokerz when there are some fracking worldly-life-defining-critical-events about to commence in a few hours, right, so without further ado : If the Celts and Raps both advance, are you willing to bet?Spoiler:
I managed to place a bet of 600$ on the Raps at 1.4x for the series and then, when I wanted to upper the wage with BTC on Nitrogensports, the server went down during which I saw the initial 1.39x drop to 1.36x (was still going to put 2k on it) to now 1.31x
Raps in 5, book it
Question : do any of you Canadians who play poker professionally have a reliable accountant to recommend? I got into a small argument with mine and apparently he now chooses to ignore my emails...
+7.5k in 29h online and +1.2k in 5h live
Spoiler:
Run good all
Last edited by Dubnjoy000; 04-27-2019 at 05:48 PM.