Very happy for you! I love your stream and watch the recording when I miss the live ones. It's now my preferred bedtime background. (Your voice is quite calming.)

Sick results this month.

Already excited for this year!

Is there anything you implemented into your game to get you over the hurdle to the next stakes/ level?

sick twitch graph

Thanks! I am so pleased with it all.

can I be a semi Phil Galfond??

Heheh sadly 2021 not starting off stellar, but ya know what, downswings is just an opportunity to get stronger!

Hmmm, I think it's like luck for the most part, in the short term. You can't really control that, but you can only be ready for when you get the chance, and you do this with two things, getting good at dealing with break even stretchs and downswings, recognising your strengths and weaknesses (and actually go do something about it... something I haven't always been good at, and actually why I have slumps).

I realise you asked what I implemented into my game, but I feel like that's a very specific to where you are in your journey. For me, I think getting holistic in my game, and recognising where I am headed next is the most important, and the spots I have been improving the last year is learning to check and check fold in big pots (esp with AA), learning to check back a spot where you might have to fold a lot of turns, but still be okay with it, and after that, the stuff I talk about a lot on stream, checking a lot again, but also developing a strong check raise strategy.

Other things I think I am strong at and have developed in the past is polarising and learning to look for future blockers, and double barrelling a ton. Also not overvaluing medium-strong hands.

Yeah heheh it's slowed down a bit, but I am pleased that it's keeping up alright. Tbh even if it just sort of floats at this range I'd be pretty happy, but I'm still hoping to grow it! Maybe more guest streams would be nice. If I get a chance to have more regular guests with me it'd be fun!

Just saw this thread today; subbed obv gl. I need to check out your stream sometime, too.

Edit: btw

Any chance you're on Letterboxd? I love having good reviews to read and new films to consider for my own (unmanageably long) watchlist.

If not, any flicks/filmmakers you're an especially big fan of?

Similarly, any theatre you're particularly passionate about? (Anything that's been recorded would be great to know about... I'm a recent musical theatre convert and I also set myself the probably-not-gonna-actually-happen goal of watching all of BBC's Shakespeare productions this year... got their Timon of Athens under my belt and... that's all so far!)

But yeah, point is: I'm also a lover of film and I'm an aspiring, deeply ignorant lover of theatre.

Hey!

I used criticker instead to track my films, but have sort of let it slide. I find it sort of hard these days to get the motivation to watch or read things, especially without other people. Pretty bad executive dysfunction, in fact the whole streaming thing is partially to force myself to have an obligation to work on poker.

I also just have a big list of things to watch anyway. I only just watched parasite last month, lol.

Hmm I really like a bunch of arthouse and european films. Haneka, Lars Von Trier, Bergman, that kind of thing, but I sort of just go for stuff I'm recommended, though I tend to like slower films. I personal soft spot is a bunch of stuff from Kristen Stewart (Still Alice, Clouds of Sils Maria, Personal Shopper). I also will absolutely fight people on Fury Road. I think along with Matrix, it's one of the only action films I really like.

In fact I have a slightly outdated list of films I'd liked that generally shows my taste:

Dogville, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Alien, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Spirited Away, Matrix, Fury Road, Pride and Prejudice (the Keira Knightly one), Clouds of Sils Maria, A Silence Voice, Ghost in the Shell (minus the gratuitous boobs), Paprika, Annihilation, Dark City, Withnail and I, Girl Who Walks Home Alone At Night, Howl's Moving Castle, Devil's Advocate, Insidious, Lake Mungo. Sunshine. Sorry to Bother You. Midsommer. (Scenes from a Marriage, the mini series is great too.)

I've really wanted to branch out to more contemporary and experimental theatre. I did used to really love musical theatre and I still like it, but prefer shakespeare and naturalistic theatre a bit more. I like a bunch of Tennessee Williams, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Chekov stuff, which, I suppose, is very ENG LIT MAJOR and not very creative, but, hey, it's what I like. I find that stuff has a lot of overlap with the arthouse drama stuff I like.

I feel like everyone knows Death of a Salesman, but I genuinely think it's great. I like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Glass Menagerie a lot as well. Cherry Orchard from Chekov is great. I love Doll's House and Hedda Gabler from Ibsen. Again, those are the standard what-you'd-study-in-school stuff, but y'know what, it fostered my love for theatre for a reason.

There's some great globe performances they had out for free at start of lockdown that's really good. Their Midsummer Dream was good, and I don't actually usually like that so much. Macbeth was pretty good too, and again, usually not a huge macbeth fan. My favorite ones are probably King Lear, Hamlet, Much Ado, Twelfth Night. Again, pretty boring picks, but, hey.

A lot of the movies you mention are ones I've meant to watch and will now prioritize a bit more, thanks.

Fury Road blew my mind. Not only do I love it in itself, but I left it just gobsmacked, feeling like "they made a zillion-dollar ecofeminist action movie... what is going on how did they pull this off... which hollywood gatekeeper was sleeping on the job", haha. (I do hesitate to call it ecofeminist given the gender of the director/writers, but it's a useful shorthand, especially when gobsmacked.)

I was my small high school's resident Bergman fan, though I've actually yet to really exhaust his filmography and I really haven't watched his stuff all that much recently. I've only gotten into Letterboxd in the past couple of years, so Summer with Monika might actually be the only Bergman movie I have on there (and it was a first-time watch for me).

I somewhat recently started rewatching the first episode or two of Scenes from a Marriage and it's just so hard, haha. It's just intense as hell, you know? I think I legitimately get a little afraid to watch Bergman movies at this point because I know how emotionally raw they get, as a rule. I'm hoping to spend more time on Criterion Channel fare in 2021 though, so we'll see. (I've been on a horror movie binge lately, so my intended 12-month subscription to CC has yet to be invested in.)

Spirited Away is pretty much a perfect movie, so no disagreement there.

I have very little experience with Kristen Stewart's work, but I was really impressed with her in Happiest Season. I was shocked to find out in real-time that they shot some stuff in the small town I grew up in; I freaked out once I recognized it. Speaking of emotional rawness, yeesh. Her character is basically tortured in that; I expected a lighter flick. Liked it a lot, though; I know people have good reason to feel a bit polarized on it.

Anyway, back to Stewart herself and a recommendation of yours: I've been very excited to get to Clouds of Sils Maria after being impressed with Stewart in combination with being a pretty big (if still somewhat ignorant) fan of Juliette Binoche. Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Blue is quite possibly my favorite movie of all time, and her performance is a really big part of why. Maybe Clouds jumps to the top of my mental watchlist now!

If you like movies that are patient with themselves, I think you'd like Kieślowski. Maybe you're already familiar; idk. I'd call him my favorite filmmaker, but my experience with his work is probably too incomplete to say that confidently. (Why yes I am copy/pasting his name from Wikipedia because I can never remember how to spell it; thank you for noticing.)

WRT theatre: your "boring" picks utterly outclass my general lack of knowledge, so no need to be modest about it around me! I'll prioritize the Shakespeare you mention.

Hi, good luck! We met a few years ago when I was in Uni.

Wanted to post some aces first:

PokerStars - $2 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players

BTN: 252.5 BB
SB: 128.56 BB
BB: 61.17 BB
Hero (UTG): 206.03 BB
MP: 472.01 BB
CO: 85.95 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 A A J

Hero raises to 3.5 BB, fold, fold, BTN raises to 12 BB, fold, BB calls 11 BB, Hero raises to 48.5 BB, BTN calls 36.5 BB, BB raises to 61.17 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 12.67 BB, BTN calls 12.67 BB

Flop: (184.01 BB, 3 players) J Q 5
Hero bets 144.86 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 144.86 BB

Turn: (473.73 BB, 3 players) 4

River: (473.73 BB, 3 players) J

BTN cashed out 229.71 BB for a fee of 2.32 BB



New arsenal in my game: Flatting AA pre.

PokerStars - $2 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players

Hero (BTN): 513.67 BB
SB: 280.7 BB
BB: 232.68 BB
UTG: 457.75 BB
MP: 239.66 BB
CO: 153.8 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A J A 6

fold, MP raises to 3.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 3.5 BB, SB raises to 15 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 49.5 BB, SB calls 34.5 BB

Flop: (103.5 BB, 2 players) 2 J 3
SB checks, Hero bets 51.07 BB, fold



Finally, the reason why I keep losing with AA:

PokerStars - $2 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players

Hero (BTN): 120.83 BB
SB: 150.91 BB
BB: 191.13 BB
UTG: 65.81 BB
MP: 107.4 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A 2 A 3

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3.5 BB, SB raises to 11.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 8 BB

Flop: (24 BB, 2 players) 2 K 7
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (24 BB, 2 players) 4
SB bets 7.53 BB, Hero calls 7.53 BB

River: (39.05 BB, 2 players) Q
SB bets 27.13 BB, Hero calls 27.13 BB



lol@ people thinking that I will fold.

PokerStars - $2 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players

BTN: 234.32 BB
SB: 116.11 BB
BB: 73.88 BB
UTG: 131.95 BB
MP: 245.26 BB
Hero (CO): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7 A A 6

UTG calls 1 BB, fold, Hero raises to 4.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 3.5 BB

Flop: (10.5 BB, 2 players) 5 2 4
UTG checks, Hero bets 3.29 BB, UTG raises to 6.58 BB, Hero calls 3.29 BB

Turn: (23.66 BB, 2 players) T
UTG bets 11.24 BB, Hero calls 11.24 BB

River: (46.14 BB, 2 players) 4
UTG bets 22.39 BB, Hero calls 22.39 BB



Yeah! I remember you of cours. Thanks!

re: Fury Road, I get into a huge rant about it. Any self proclaimed film nerd or whatever who dismisses it as "just a car chase" is instantly in my eyes a pretentious fake who only pretend to like films that make them seem smart.

Same with people who think the action gore and aesthetic are just for show. It's just such a finely crafted world, which each bit of the over the top and unnaturalistic features telling us about characters and cultures in an organic and fast paced way. We learn SO much about the warboys in just the first few moments without it being ham fistedly fed to us. "I want to die historic on the fury road" "witness me", the way Nux treats his tumors as his friends--this psychotic murdered who is not even an adult, begging to be loved. The way scarce resources and handled, the cruelty of Immortan Joe to give out water in the least effective manner ever like the gross splendour of roman gods, or ozymandias, or the opulent warlords and billionaires of today. This strange mix of highly practical and impossibly pointless contraptions or ways of using resources and manpower is a direct descendent of and hold a mirror to our own pointless system of waste. They tell us of their language, of guzzoline, chrome, mediocre, words that were changed and twisted by this reality that hints at and begs us to ask, before a character even utters it: "Who killed the world?"

In fact, Nux is just such an incredible character. I hear people joke "lol they build all this culture of fanaticism and he just switch sides in an instant", like wow, do you not get the point? They are so devoid of love that they latch themselves to anything, is willing to die for anything, and it shows his utter dejection of being rejected by Immortan Joe, giving this action film, a genre notoriously pointless character-wise, such an evokative look at even this simple side character, and not only that, show us that all that chaotic disregard for life and empathy the warboys have, were at their core superficial; underneath, Nuxx IS a child, a canvas waiting to be repainted.

It rejects the idea that abuse, tribalism, and brain washing is permanent. This film, in all its dystopia, is SO optimistic, and that's what I love about my favourite films. I am sick of nihilism and dystopia that tells you to not try, to give up. That's easy and trite af. I want the nihilism that says, god is dead, so let's build the world anew.

Also Furiosa is just hot as **** wow.

Okay well there's a rant and a half. Yeah Scenes from a Marriage is... interesting. I watched it with my spouse earlier during lockdown, and it was interesting hearing how their feelings on it has changed so much since them watching it 10 years ago or so.

Also we had a lot of fun mimmicking the characters and randomly yelling at each other in heavy accent: YOhann! MAaaarrriAannnuh!

We're silly.

Yeah, if so far we seem to like similar films, I think you'd really dig Clouds of Sils Maria. A lot of the films I like have this mix of sadness and optimism. Still Alice is another one, and particularly I like how even though it's about mental illness and its impact on relationships, it really questions society's idea of "healthy family" and who really are the "good people".

I talk about this a lot on stream. I am not one for wallowing or optimism on its own. I play a lot of Swing Jazz and Blues on my stream, the former which is often seen as very upbeat and joyous music, and I like to tell people that unlike some other upbeat music, this is a music of a people but a generation out of slavery, dealing with segregation and the depression, who are willing despite it all to say no, I will be joyous. This is a celebration and joy that is informed by sadness and suffering. It does not pretend the world is okay. One does not listen to it and hear someone tell you "there's nothing to worry about" and therefore "whatever is causing you pain now is not real and you're a gddamn weakling for feeling so." No, it tells you you can overcome.

So you can see a trend in my philosophy here. :P

I will check out Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Blue. I am sure my spouse will know a bit about it, maybe I can bug them into watching it with me.

Red is usually the consensus as the better one, but I personally prefer Bleu's melancholy and symbolism. Enjoy

@Inky, lol yeah I dunno how someone comes away from Fury Road going "yawn just a chase". I mean it's certainly full of chase sequences (and on a recent rewatch I will admit to feeling like the movie is just slightly overindulgent in them), but they're also really good (and obviously contextualized by the richness of everything you're mentioning).

What do you think of the other Mad Max movies? I saw Fury Road first and took a really long time to watch the preceding ones (though I finally did catch up somewhat recently).

(I haven't watched a movie since my last post and it's my spouse's turn to pick one, but Clouds of Sils Maria has stayed at the top of my list.)

Everything you're saying about sadness and optimism has me very interested in what you'll think of Blue.

Yeah it does seem like Red has more accolades (and a rating that's 0.1/5 higher on Letterboxd), but I feel like everyone is forgetting about how Binoche is barely in that one soooooooo what do they know

In all seriousness: for as much as the Three Colors trilogy is a trilogy in "concept" rather than strictly in story, the single most "you need to have seen the preceding film(s)" moment is in Red, so I would always recommend against folks starting there.

(I also have a lot of enthusiasm for Red; it's a confident 4.5/5 on my Letterboxd profile. But Blue is 5/5 and in my profile's "top 4", so.)

But at least everyone agrees that White is the "worst" one, haha... it's worth watching, but yeah I find it just as (relatively) underwhelming as seemingly everyone else does.

didnt had time to go through your posts but i am looking forward to it. I found you by chance on twitch and really enjoy your stream ....awesome vibes, amazing voice, good tunes and PLO.

You actually posted on one of my PCG which hasnt been updated for a long time. (stopped playing for about a year due to work)

what softwares do you use to study ? visions, pokerjuice and tracker ??
and how is the approach to study??..you analyze your played hands aswell as stradegy in general i guess?? playing PLO200 you will probably use monker solver aswell or am i wrong?

Subbed again

It's going to take me a while to get to it, but I look forward to it!

Thank you so much!

I use Monker, but right now I am getting back to the swing of things and using visions a lot as well. I do study streams actually, I recommend checking them out in the archives if you can't catch one live. It pretty much shows how I study, and I have guests and viewers pop in and chime in, it's fun


Heyyyy let's goooo

Okay, but before I do go, let's see some hands:

When you first start transitioning to PLO, people will tell you that new and bad PLO players overvalue blockers.

PokerStars - $2 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players

BTN: $1,476.74
SB: $216.03
BB: $793.65
Hero (UTG): $458.07
MP: $318.55
CO: $290.63

SB posts SB $1.00, BB posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has 5 A Q Q

Hero raises to $7.00, fold, CO calls $7.00, fold, fold, fold

Flop: ($17.00, 2 players) 2 3 T
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($17.00, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, CO bets $16.15, Hero calls $16.15

River: ($49.30, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, CO bets $46.84, Hero raises to $99.00, fold



THEY ARE WRONG.

This next hand... I don't even know where to start with it, so I'm just going to leave it here.

PokerStars - $2 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players

BTN: $326.83
SB: $223.00
Hero (BB): $200.00
UTG: $181.73
MP: $154.47
CO: $200.00

SB posts SB $1.00, Hero posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has Q 4 Q 2

UTG raises to $7.00, fold, fold, BTN calls $7.00, fold, Hero calls $5.00

Flop: ($22.00, 3 players) K 2 4
Hero checks, UTG bets $11.50, fold, Hero raises to $42.23, UTG calls $30.73

Turn: ($106.46, 2 players) T
Hero checks, UTG checks

River: ($106.46, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, UTG bets $103.71, Hero calls $103.71



Never try to bluff off the nut flush, I am not good at folding, sorry:

PokerStars - $2 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players

BTN: $202.91
SB: $168.75
BB: $291.42
UTG: $200.00
Hero (MP): $357.19
CO: $407.50

SB posts SB $1.00, BB posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has T Q 2 A

fold, Hero raises to $7.00, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $5.00

Flop: ($15.00, 2 players) T Q 8
BB checks, Hero bets $9.98, BB calls $9.98

Turn: ($34.96, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets $33.21, BB calls $33.21

River: ($101.38, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets $98.63, BB raises to $241.23 and is all-in, Hero calls $142.60



PokerStars - $2 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players

Hero (BTN): $231.96
SB: $360.47
BB: $113.30
UTG: $347.07
MP: $341.76
CO: $431.54

SB posts SB $1.00, BB posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has K 8 K Q

fold, fold, CO raises to $7.00, Hero calls $7.00, fold, fold

Flop: ($17.00, 2 players) 4 Q T
CO checks, Hero bets $11.31, CO raises to $39.61, Hero calls $28.30

Turn: ($96.22, 2 players) 3
CO checks, Hero bets $93.47, CO calls $93.47

River: ($283.16, 2 players) 3
CO checks, Hero checks



Misplayed this hand I think. Could've jammed flop, and as played should've jammed river. We just almost never not have the best hand against anyone competent, really.

Okay, here's a nice little "standard calldown" as my friend said on stream:

PokerStars - $2 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players

Hero (BTN): $223.80
SB: $453.08
BB: $296.14
UTG: $549.59
MP: $162.69
CO: $260.25

SB posts SB $1.00, BB posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has T K A 9

UTG raises to $7.00, fold, fold, Hero calls $7.00, fold, fold

Flop: ($17.00, 2 players) 2 4 2
UTG bets $16.15, Hero calls $16.15

Turn: ($49.30, 2 players) 5
UTG bets $46.84, Hero calls $46.84

River: ($142.98, 2 players) 2
UTG bets $140.23, Hero calls $140.23



Could've or even should've 3b pre, tbh, as an explo. After all, against MP ranges it's almost a 3b as it is. This might be one of the spots I'm under3betting.

Anyway, gonna rest up, then stream time! Oh, btw



We're within range of partnership on twitch!!! When I start hitting 75 regularly I think I might have to stop doing study streams so I don't lower my average though

Good luck at the tables and twitch streams.

My time zone screws up watching live most the time but I'm a frequent VOD lurker, content is really good, keep it up!

Thank you! Sorry about all the muted audio, I'll make sure to add in more sections with dmca free stuff.

Hey Inky!

I read your thread a couple of weeks ago and been watching some of your study streams since then, very helpful and entertaining!
Never seen you live though, probably because of my odd work times, but I really enjoy the VODs.

How come you are not updating the thread so frequently anymore?

GLGL and thanks for streaming your journey even with study sessions!

Nice to read a poker thread from someone who did a humanities degree for a change

Glad to see the stream is going well, looking forward to collaborating

Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been having a meh time with mental health and meds and stuff so I'm having trouble keeping up to date with my schedule and updates, so I'm going to take it a bit easier and mostly use insta (https://www.instagram.com/inkypoker/) for my updates. That said, I do have a discord server now too!

https://discord.gg/vrFNEPrq

Hopefully going to to back to streaming more regularly and I'll post some more hands. For now, enjoy this one!

PokerStars - $2 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players

Hero (BTN): $1,045.37
SB: $245.93
BB: $662.94
UTG: $380.40
MP: $135.24
CO: $716.84

SB posts SB $1.00, BB posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has 4 A J A

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $7.00, fold, BB raises to $22.00, Hero calls $15.00

Flop: ($45.00, 2 players) J J 7
BB bets $14.11, Hero raises to $63.79, BB calls $49.68

Turn: ($172.58, 2 players) A
BB checks, Hero bets $84.92, BB calls $84.92

River: ($342.42, 2 players) 3
BB checks, Hero bets $339.67, BB calls $339.67

I appreciate you posting this type of HH. In one respect, it seems standard to x/c all the way against a pot/pot/pot line, but, really, three barrels on this board! At least villain does have a key blocker, so cheers to him.

Hope you’re well 😬

Have checked your stream a few times but you’re never on when I check! I will catch one one of these days!

Hope to see you soon!

In the mean time, here are some hands that got in up to 200bbs pre.


PokerStars - $2 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players1

BTN: $283.07
SB: $512.12
Hero (BB): $400.17
UTG: $373.02
MP: $131.31
CO: $220.22

SB posts SB $1.00, Hero posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has 5 K 4 K

fold, MP raises to $6.00, fold, BTN calls $6.00, SB raises to $26.00, Hero calls $24.00, MP raises to $110.00, fold, SB raises to $362.00, Hero raises to $400.17 and is all-in, MP calls $21.31 and is all-in, SB calls $38.17

Flop: ($937.65, 3 players) 3 T 4

Turn: ($937.65, 3 players) J

River: ($937.65, 3 players) Q

I find Kings, even double suited don't play that well in multiway 3bet pots but I have no evidence to back up that claim. :] How do you evaluate hands that are good to cold call 3bets in 6-max, Inky? Thanks.

Oh this is an explo spot. 3b was 17.7% or something.

How do I do it? I just wing it. I also just have extremely low cc 3bets in general. You have some in BB vs SB of course, so I just extrapolate based on solver, but it's usually just.. really strong hands that suck in a 4b/5b spot, but which maintains playability 3 way. So... not many hands.