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OP, listen to this man.

You guys putting in far more effort than OP deserves..

Shocking

Do you ever even wait 10 seconds to see if you have understood what people post. I wasn't talking about live, and neither were you. We were both talking about online, fast poker ffs

And both of your replies completely miss my point, which is...(although fn why I am bothering)...

In order to become a pro, you have to put the work in on and off the felt first.

Developing your online ranges is a pretty basic thing you do at 5nl online, not 50 nl online. Unless of course you have money to burn. Which, if you did, you be playing 1/3 live like everyone is telling because you are way short of the skillz needed to beat 50nl online and its not even close. Every post you make confirms it.

Apologies for the bold folks, trying work round ops comprehension deficit.

100%...I think it us (me) who need counselling now. I guess ops utter b/s reflection post sucked us back in. What a load of bull that was.

I mean OP is the guy telling winning live players that it's difficult not to play bad hands UTG just because you've had to fold for an hour and people are saying you're tight. It's like when a child disagrees with you about how to drive a car or something. Hard to take it seriously.

I think people like the underdog/longshot. What an epic thread it would be if OP turned it around and became a crusher.

Ok thanks, let us know when you're streaming.

I think it's just inherently part of OP's personality that he has to raise/3bet marginal holdings and make aggressive -EV moves to push people off hands. He's been told countless times to tighten up and stay disciplined, even as his bankroll has diminished, but he won't change. He literally can't help himself from doing it. Which makes me think it's just a deeply-ingrained, unalterable characteristic trait that makes him play this way.

Nothing is unalterable. He just needs to focus that.

He's prob too loose right now, but tighten that range by 30% downto 70% of his current range + lowever cbet on 3bet pot by 10% and he's just right, just right SLAG pr0 taking all the +EV spots and maximizing payouts w/ his real value

I actually haven't read the thread for a month or mth and a half. Did he lose a part of his BR? What happened?

Just speculating here, but seems to me that since you have such a high 3b % (think you said like 16%) your opponents are figuring out that you 3b light too often (like A6 and A9) and are exploiting that by 4b you more.

Mabye lower your 3b frequency to fewer/stronger hands.

Better question is what didn't he do. Let's see...started with a decent roll and after committing repeatedly to grinding 1/3 live for lots of hours instead typically puts in a handful of hours of 1/3 per week and spews off the rest in 2/5, 5/T, PLO, 200NL, blackjack, roulette, or just wasting time playing video games. He spent ludicrous amounts of money on food (like 40 bucks a day IIRC) and entertainment, planned vacations when he clearly could not afford it, bought his GF a 900 dollar phone. Frequently drank while grinding.

Just generally ignoring the advice of everyone in the thread and playing beyond his bankroll, spending far more than he was earning, which many predicted would land him in bustoville very quickly. And he's not quite there yet but down to less than 3k AUD after a day of 5/T and 200NL. That's life roll and bankroll. At this point OP makes the brilliant decision to deposit all remaining funds into online site for playing 25NL and 50NL, where he has no proof he's even a winning player, and even if he is has close to zero chance of making enough money to cover expenses.

I don't know why I keep trying to convince OP he's about to crash and burn. Guess it's like trying to talk someone down from jumping off a bridge. It probably isn't going to work but you feel like crap if you do nothing and just watch them jump.

Still hoping he turns it around but the odds do not look good.

Have you considered that maybe it isn't "variance" but rather the players are better at 50nl than 25nl?

When you finally accept that you have a gambling problem, save this post to remind you why you shouldn't go back to the tables.

Lol, i just cant help laughing by this post. Its like world record of poor decision making.

That being said, OP is on a steady road to busto even sooner than i would have believed when he actually had a pretty healthy 7-8K roll to work with.

if this is hard for you, you definitely arent cut out for live poker.

You should do a Tommy Angelo style session where you go in and fold EVERYTHING for 2 hours. Doesnt matter if its Aces and a giant whale in front of you open shoves. Look at your card and fold them. Do it for 2 hours, then get up from the table and go home.

Cripes, 3 pages later and not one suggestion of brothel / rub + tug / pimping?

Gareyoupeopleeventrying?G

He can't discipline himself....how's he gonna keep some hos who don't speak English in line?
#pimpinainteasy

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LOL


Also this.

Honestly seems like OP hasn't changed one bit

I don't understand how it's so hard to keep discipline at live poker, if there's such a high likelihood you win a massive pot when you hit a monster hand. That's a dream scenario to be in.

I would understand losing your patience in a nit-filled game where people aren't paying you off, but if it's full of calling station fish, it's so easy to remain patient.

Whiskey, chill, start a conversation about anything or nothing.....it makes the lull pass quicker when you're card dead.

A big part of live 1/2 or 1/3 is keeping the table fun. When people are having fun, they gamble more. Be the fun, not the gamble....the fish don't need to know you know what you're doing.

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The real question is why are people still giving this guy advice? He hasn't listened to a single word and ignored every shred of sound advice given. You can't make a person change and they won't do it until THEY want to. My guess is it will take rock bottom before he takes a serious look at the decisions he's making.

this is an awesome post.

I unsubbed a week ago out of frustration of the things you describe. I checked back in because I've met OP irl and am disappointed but am not at all surprised this is going the way it's going.

6 - when are you in Sydney this weekend? I'll be in the room on Weds, Fri and hopefully Sat

Any insight into OP in RL? is he clearly as degen/******ed as he comes across here?

we had a 15 min chat. Nice guy, quite quiet. Looks a little like Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber! He asked me a couple of questions about the high stakes scene, action etc and seemed very impressed with it, so I picked up a small read that he loved the action a bit too much but nothing ott

I did make a few comments about my friend squid face who I admire for being a consistent long time pro, talking about his good professional habits... keeping regular and consistent hours, playing the same stakes in the same room, never drinking or doing massages etc, definitely staying away from the pits. But it obviously didn't get internalised

but that was it and he's a nice guy...just one who has made a load of really naive decisions

TBH, I hope you don't see him in the poker room. At this point, he's even realized that he no longer has the bankroll to play 1/3 without significant risk of ruin. I can see between the pressure of having his gf there and seeing a 2+2er watch him decide he's going to prove he's capable of crushing 2/5 and going busto away from home. It isn't so much for him, but his gf doesn't deserve that.

I remember the night I decided I was no longer going to be a semi-pro. I was at a 2/5 table and a guy was just spewing stacks. His wife/gf was behind him crying and begging him to leave because he was playing with what was left of their money and their rent payment was due that Monday. He proceeded to lose it in a couple stupid plays. He finally left the table when he had no more money. That was the point I knew I didn't have what it takes to be a poker pro.

that's horrible.

Grim. Obviously the guy was the main culprit but I can imagine what she felt looking at the people around the table, eyeing up her rent money and licking their chops while her husband flushes their life down the toilet.

do you think this is what 6betme might do?