Wait what

You were playing 2/5 without even being clearly the best player at the table by a long shot?

Why do so many people seem ignorant of the downsides of losing your anonymity?

The first point is perfectly valid, given I've basically broadcasted to people that I'll be in location X at time Y, every night, with a 4 figure amount of money in my pocket, during the middle of the night, alone. I've already had my motorbike stolen by leaving it parked in the same spot on the street every night and thieves soon caught on to it, so why wouldn't they catch on to this too? Thankfully, I'm resolving this problem by keeping all of my money in my casino account, which can only be withdrawn by me going into the casino, presenting ID and signing a form. So if anyone robs me from tonight onwards, they won't get much except my phone, which they could take from anyone.

The second point is a huge concern too. How do you think Isildur1 went broke? Some sc*mbag named Brian Hastings hacked into a database, stole hand histories from Isildur1, figured out exactly how he plays and found the perfect way to exploit him. They took him for 7 figures. If a competent reg knows exactly how I play, then he's going to be able to exploit me in huge ways. The reason I'm winning off some of these regs is because they still haven't figured out my strategy yet and what my ranges in various spots are. I play far from a GTO strategy. I focus on exploitative play, which relies on people not figuring me out.

The third point has far more implications than just me not being able to stir up high school level drama. It means I can't express myself in this thread anymore. I can't fully illustrate the atmosphere and the players. I can't post degen stories or anything vaguely illegal, like drug use at a home game. I can't post certain exploits and tells that I observe. I have to keep so many secrets, which makes this blog significantly less interesting to read, since you know that I'm no longer 100% transparent. You're no longer reading "the real thing"; you're only reading the things that I carefully decide that I'm allowed to post. And it saddens me to have to reduce myself to this level.

When did I ever claim to be the best player at 2/5? There are quite a few competent regs around at my casino, some of whom are capable of crushing the low to mid stakes online. I still consider myself a winning player at 2/5, due to the high number of fish and bad regs around, but I'm far from the best.

compared to some of the other regs at crown the amount of $ you are walking around with is spare change. Also the only way you get robbed at crown is if you don't drive and walk to southern cross or flinders to get home, getting robbed inside of crown seems super unlikely.

I know a bunch of regs that live either in Southbank, South Melbourne, Docklands or the CBD, and most of them walk home, myself included. I agree that it's very tough to get robbed right outside of Crown, especially now that they have bicycle patrols around the perimeter 24/7.

You didn't, but if you're taking shots then you better be because if you're not variance is going to be insane. It's one thing if you are fully rolled to ride out the swings, but...

lol, you are WAY overreacting OP.

everybody lives in his own world. nobody is thinking about you except maybe your parents or significant other. you're not special or important because you have a tiny blog on the internet and a few people read it.

you act as if people are going to be able to utilize and exploit whatever information they think they have in order to take money from you. you're playing for a few hundred, a couple thousand dollars. it's not THAT much money and like you say you're not one of the best, so nobody is studying you like a hawk. plus, if you think they are using the information against you, adapt! change your play based on how they change their play.

just chill. there are many poker players who have blogs and video blogs and training videos. they don't go around complaining about how their opponents have figured their strategies out by seeing their videos or reading a few posts.

So a poker player with an active public instagram account recently got mugged and shot outside of where he plays and you are telling this guy it's stupid to be paranoid about his safety. Literally shut the **** up, you're safety is absolutely something you should be paranoid about.

"You're safety"?

If I see a 2/5 reg at a casino I'm going to assume they carry 4 figs worth of cash to and from the casino on a daily basis, I don't need to read their blog to come to that opinion. The blog makes no difference, people who are not robbers are not going to suddenly start because of this thread.

So much this, imo.

"This just in: people coming to and from the casino have cash on them, news at 11:00pm".

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You are safety.

Can’t wait to read about the next leg in this journey: underground witness protection program games.

The guy is making a serious point about safety and all people can do is be immature and correct his grammar (we all know he meant to write your instead of you're).

He told us to shut the **** up. That is, of course, a mature post and we should have responded with respect.

Tired of life.

Recently it's really been hitting me just how unhealthy my lifestyle is. I can't keep living like this. Eating fast food literally every day for weeks. Having an awful sleeping pattern but being unable to fix it because the only way for me to fix my sleeping pattern is to pull an all nighter, but my work shifts prevent me from doing that (I could never do a 9pm to 2am shift after pulling an all nighter the previous night).

Half the time I don't even want to play poker at the casino, but I go there anyway because there's nothing to do at 3am except gamble. I can't even use my laptop late at night because it wakes my girlfriend up. I honestly just feel like watching Netflix or something for a few nights to take a break, but I can't even do that.

I played poker today and I was spewy as f**k. I just went into f**k it mode: I intentionally got drunk by myself and started open shipping 1k at 2/5 with a pair of 4s. It was a miracle I managed to break even with how badly I was playing. I really didn't feel like playing at all today but I only played because I didn't have anything else to do.

This is why I need to move to a new apartment. The place I live is extremely overcrowded, 2 people are sleeping in the f**king kitchen so I can't even grab a late night snack without waking them up. I can't use my laptop without waking my girlfriend up. My own home feels like a prison where I need to be dead silent so that I don't wake the prison guards up.

But when I apply for new apartments, I either don't get a response at all, or the landlord doesn't show up to their own inspection, or they give the lease to someone else, presumably because they looked at my past 3 months bank transaction history and assumed I was a degenerate gambler that can't be trusted. It's so f**king hard. I have 9k and yet apparently, money isn't enough. No one gives me an apartment to lease. It's so frustrating.

Sorry for the rant. Just really tired of the current lifestyle I'm living. I need to make drastic changes fast.

yeah, a bad diet is not helpful for mental health.

you hate delivering pizzas, why are you still doing it?

you have more money than most people in the world. you can travel the world for months with that amount.

sounds like you need a vacation more than anything. something to help you get out of your rut. you're around some weird environments and you're not liking anything you're doing....

Take, the, money, and, run.

This was like 3 days ago. LOL

Well tbf if I didn't work my job, I'd have fixed my sleeping pattern by now. I'd also have gone on a day trip out to the country or something, gone to the gym, done a bunch of daytime activities, ate healthier food, etc.

Actually really considering this. I'll come back to poker eventually, even if it's only a week or two break, but I do feel like I need to go on a cheap holiday and enjoy some of the money I've won.

Damn straight. A combination of eating poorly and doing zero exercise makes me feel so physically drained all the time.

It's weird to think about but you're right. 9k just feels like a small bankroll in the casino, or a small savings account in Australia, but if I go to a country like Thailand, Cambodia, Bali, etc. That money can go a long way. I could take a 1 month holiday, live like a king, then come back with most of my money still left.

Yeah a change in scenery is definitely what I need. Spending too long at the casino and at the pizza shop makes me go insane after a while, especially when combined with the very poor diet and no exercise.

Yep, spend time in the ocean and work your body up by swimming. You'll feel on top of the world. We all need mental/physical resets once in a while.

I lived on 20k this year in different parts of the world. You don't need a lot of money to take a 3-6 month vacation if you are relatively frugal about it.

And then what? Back to the pizza shop and long hours in the casino.

Can you not find a gym to go to? I’ve always had abnormally low energy, and when I did play online poker for hours and hours that was not good for my game/health.

Finding the energy/motivation to exercise is hard, especially the beginning, but t really pays off. Sounds obvious and cliche, but it’s true. Trust me, exercise will help you a lot. You wont feel like **** all the time, you will function better the whole day, you might even need less sleep (ime i did) to feel good, and your mood will generally be a little better.

Really hope you make it. We’re about the same age. Im still in uni, made about a little over $8k from online poker with a $500 deposit (was at $11k at one point; huge DS at 200NL ). You might remember me from cardschat.

Man, I know what you’re feeling is really rough. Trust me. Poker has also been one huge rollercoaster for me. But you cant be getting drunk and open shipping 44 for 1k at 2/5 with a BR of 9k, or taking over 10% of your roll to a game in the first place.

I’m going to try to go pro this summer at most likely 1/3 live for 2.5 months and see how far i can go before i have to go back to school. I feel like this is my only opportunity, as once my 4th yr hits i’ll most likely be busy with internship + school and wont be able to do that. If i can crank out 50-60 hrs a wk and actually gd rungood, i might make it to 2/5 or even 5/10.

I wouldnt say we’re exactly in the same boat, but we’re pretty similar and im rooting for you. Try not to do anything dumb; a lot of posters here are giving you good advice. Even if they are being an ass about it, although i dont blame them

Live poker is so much easier/brain dead ime and from what i read on the forums. I played the very first time a few weeks ago actually. I’d probably personally never go back to online, where you really have to focus on 6-12 tables against much better players and regs. Unfortunately, my first session i was down $132. Got in a huge pot vs OMC with 1010 on A109cc, turn 8x, river Jx. Was a 82% favorite to be up big in my first session at 21, but didnt work out. Bet flop huge, got two callers. He donks ott, and im already very wary, he then quickly jams river. Tbh poker can be so frustrating. After my huge DS and almost a yr break from poker, i cant even win a 82/18 lol. And i kept seeing a bunch of fish/donkeys play hands terribly and/or coolering other people to get paid for stacks. In two hours i saw set over set, quads over FH, etc. pretty frustrating but that’s poker

What you need is some discipline and to come to the reality that you're not going to get rich quick grinding low stakes poker.

You mentioned you make $400/wk at your job. I hope that is after taxes. (The following info is from a brief google search).
Minimum wage for Melbourne is $694/wk before taxes.
Cost of living minus rent is roughly $900/mo ($225/wk)
Rent in a 1 bdr apt outside city center is $1300/mo ($325/wk)

That puts your weekly needs (not wants) at $550/wk.

You've been blessed with the skillset to make money playing cards. You need to protect that 9k bankroll. Figure out how much money you need weekly to have a realistic, small, and immediate boost to your quality of life. Grind that at 1/2 and go home. Pay yourself whatever you need to augment your income and dump the rest into your roll. That is what everyone is talking about when they say building a roll from scratch.

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op probably needs to take a break from cards, not play more.

thinking about life away from the poker table gives us perspective. our minds become very narrow when we are playing cards. all the thinking about hands and opponents and money throws us off balance sometimes. our health, both mental and physical, are the most important assets we have. you can have all the money in the world, but if your mind and/or body are not in good shape/spirits, you feel something missing from life. we only have one body. abusing it for money's sake is the best way to live a soul-less empty life. getting good at poker, spending time in casinos, and everything that comes with that lifestyle doesn't lead to any emotional fulfillment, which is one of the keys to living a relatively happy life.