I did Starting Strength for a bit and liked it. It gives some good fundamentals.
But, I think you need to add some upper body exercises to it, otherwise I feel its very unbalanced.

Agreed, I added pull ups and chin ups to it eventually

I see that you originally started this in 2012.

How are things going for you?

I'm currently seeking to be part of a stable, or substantially staked for individual events.

Are you still full-time at poker? Did you have to go back to work a traditional 9-5?

Check the previous page, post #6531

damn I haven't posted in a month

that kind of makes sense, given that I haven't played poker in a month

on that topic I'v been struggling internally with the debate of "yo you already work so many less hours than most people, quit slacking off" vs. "hey you don't want kids, as long as you make enough to live comfortably and you're good bro", but it does seem the latter is winning right now

Otherwise, life has generally been decent and I would say I'm mostly happy throughout the days. I'm kind of living in an Asian bubble in LA right now heh

had a poker friend who has also been struggling with volume issues like me move from the east coast to here, hopefully gonna try to motivate each other to grind live in LA. I just did 5 days in a row for the first time in as long as I can remember which tbh is a pretty embarrassing work ethic but ah well it's never too late to start (again)

quick way to build a 560bb pot

5/5 NLHE at Bike. Villain LAG rec open $30 from UTG+2, Hero $130 in BB with AK, villain call. ~$1400 effective.

Flop QT8, pot $260
Checks through.

Turn A, pot $265
Check, V bets $375, hero jam $1275, V calls w J8

River T, pot $2760

Are you aware you only have 2 cards?

Sick hand

Just curious, what kind of volume do you aim for? I have a problem with being done for the month once I reach my monthly goal. Last month I didn’t play after the 12th cuz I already reached my monthly goal lol. But other months if i don’t reach my monthly goal I’ll put in insane and unhealthy amount of hours like 250

Unless the guy is a complete spewtard the jam is no bueno... Tptk on that board is just looking to get beat, the times we are beat plus the times they get there -ev

Yeah I decided to move down and play 5/5 NLHE as my main game for now. Less hourly but less variance/stress. Feeling totally worth it.

Having a monthly dollar goal is really bad in poker IMO. You're inevitably going to have losing months so you're just setting yourself up for guaranteed failure. Have a monthly volume goal instead.

I'm not a very goal-oriented person so I just go with the flow. It doesn't work perfectly but it works better than setting goals for me, which I've tried multiple times throughout this thread and it never ends up well.

Ya he basically is a complete spewtard. I wasn't really sure what kind of language I want to use in my thread these days ("whale", etc.) It's someone I've played ~100 hours with and I would be a bit sad if someone told this guy I said he was a spewtard ya know? But yeah I'm looking for some better terminology to differentiate a friendly player and a VERY friendly player

As for the hand I think this player just doesn't balance his flop checkbacks at all so I'm only losing to AT/A8/KJ/AQ, and I think he bets some his AQ/KJ on the flop while I can beat basically the type of hand he has (combo pair gutters including KT, JT, T9, JJ, and more as well as any two spades, he probably bets 7s5s at some frequency here). Honestly though I think the #1 factor is that I don't think that he balance his overbets, and I very strongly believed he was trying to get me to fold with that sizing.

Thus, folding is out of the question so the decision is between calling and jamming, and I definitely think I lose EV by playing a river OOP vs. this guy here as he could check back any pair (JT type hands) as well as bet with a good mix of value/bluffs

(Ah, this also reminds me that a mistake in the previous hand I posted is I should have sized up preflop, but villain was usually raising 4x so when he went 6x I was a bit caught off guard and adjusted poorly in the moment. Still feeling rusty!)

Another big one. not super interesting

Straddled 5/5. Hero open to $40 UTG with KK, rec in LJ (lowjack) calls, very friendly LAG squeezes $125, Hero 4-bets $360, LAG calls. ~1450 effective. Villain plays highstakes baccarat so we size up given that he's almost certainly not folding pre.

Flop AK4, pot $785
Checks through.

Turn 2, pot $785
I check/call $250.

River 4, pot $1285
I check/call his jam for $850. He didn't look too happy so I table my hand pretty quickly and of course it's good

As for life improvement goals, I need to do a better job of noticing, accepting, and properly responding to different emotions

I know I just said earlier today that I'm not very goal oriented, but I do really think I need to bring this thread back. Doing daily updates was a great way for me to regularly unpack my emotions- recently I feel like I've been letting them pile up before I process them and by doing so I give myself the chance to forget details, ignore them in lieu of something newer/bigger, drain my energy/confidence if it's something negative, or maybe I might just realize something days too late.

So, I'm not setting a goal here to post every day. I'm telling myself that it's clearly the most +++EV for life to be posting every day.

Let's go!

two big ones about an hour apart against LiveAtTheBike's Ryan

Hand 1:

5/5 NLHE. V open 30 UTG, rec 3B to 60 in HJ with 300 total, I call BTN AK, V calls. 1205 effective

Flop KK3, pot $185
Checks around.

Turn 6, pot $185
Checks to me I bet $100, V x/r to $295, fold, I call.

River K, pot $775
V jams for $850, I call.

Hand 2:

5/5 NLHE. Rec open 20 LJ, I 60 in HJ with KK, rec call BTN, V raises 220 in SB, fold, I 5-bet to 550, fold, V calls. 1030 effective

Flop JJ7, pot $1180
Check, I jam $480, V calls KQ. Lost this one

It appears somewhat interesting.

With $1100 stacks OTF, I can see checking, no need to rush it OTF, since SPR is only 1.5ish.

But OTT and OTR, both, I would really want to bet, moreso OTR than OTT. Was this a case of knowing your LAG opponent would bet? Was leading the river a consideration?

Hand 1, why not 3bet pre?

yeah I thought this player's range was like ATC most of which is air of course. Also I think anything that he has that calls a bet might just button click bet himself

I considered 4b, I'm fine mixing here

Couple hands from today

Hand 1:
5/5 NLHE. UTG limp, Hero limp 66, V in LJ raises $30, CO call, SB call, I call. New table all villains unknown but seem recreational. 1000 effective

Flop TT2, pot $125
Checks through.

Turn K, pot $125
Check, V bets $40, CO call, SB call, Hero $205, V calls, fold, fold.

River J, pot $615
Hero bets $305, V snaps I muck he flashes a T. Not too happy with this but in game I thought he was just so unlikely to have Tx given preflop, flop (mainly flop), and turn sizing, ah well

Hand 2:
5/5 NLHE. Loose rec open 20 in LJ, looser rec raise BTN to 45, hero 150 in SB with AA, BTN call. 900 effective

Flop K77, pot $320
I bet $205, call.

Turn 7, pot $710
Check, V jams $545 with TT, I snap and hold

nhs

sucks you lost the last one but what do you expect against The Ryan Feldman

Super glad to see you've decided to keep this thread going. Glgl

I'm mostly regging the Bike which doesn't have daily PLO but it goes sometimes

2/3/5 PLO. New game so all villains are mostly unknown but they seem recreational. UTG limp, very loose LJ raise $15, HJ calls, Hero posts blind on BTN and calls K995, UTG call. 450 effective

Flop QT8, pot $60
Checks through.

Turn 9, pot $60
UTG bets $25, LJ call, HJ fold, Hero raises to $125, UTG call, LJ fold.

River 3, pot $310
UTG check, Hero check MHIG. Think I normally want to jam river targeting Q high straights, but UTG kinda shook his head when he saw the 3 in a way that made me think it was most likely either a missed draw or the occasional Hollywood-induce, neither of which I want to bet against

I would have liked to play this hand differently in retrospect (hello flop bet + turn sizing), but hey this is a good time to remind everyone to not be too hard on yourself and that it's OK to make mistakes

Unknown villain seems recreational limps LJ, I raise $25 on BTN with 97, call. 1020 effective

AT8, pot $55
Checks through.

Turn 6, pot $55
Check, I bet $40, V x/r to $135, I jam $995 total, V tank folds.

hi here's me as Marshmello

my 2/3 table seemed surprised at this one but tbh easiest river call of my life

2/3 NLHE. Villain hyper-LAG rec open $12 in UTG+1, UTG+2 call, I call BTN with 77.

Flop 544, pot $35
V bets $30, fold, call.

Turn T, pot $95
V bets $100, call.

River T, pot $195
V bets $200, call he announces King high

Gym update. after about ~3 months, can deadlift (sumo)/squat/bench 205/225/135

Unfortunately hurt my lower back deadlifting a few weeks ago- was really distracted by conversation instead of focusing on the lift. Will try to avoid that mistake in the future. After about ~1 week I thought I was healed and went and did some upper body lifts trying to avoid lower back, but even still since it still incorporates a bit it got worse again. Been doing a ton of stretches instead while recovering since then

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some progress pics

on left before ever working out (but playing volleyball/badminton/flag football weekly)


1.5 months since gym membership


2.5 months since gym membership


overall pretty happy with it

What gym do you go to?

Your deadlift form probably needs work as you should eventually be able to deadlift significantly more than you squat.

I think I peaked at 475/405 before I kinda got lazy and burnt out.

Looking good though. You have like no body fat.