"Experienced hiker" equals someone who hikes occasionally. I literally tripped over a giant rock today because I wasn't looking at the ground while I was walking and no big deal I just auto correct and catch myself. I don't fall down. Part of being smart is having good balance. That's how you can spot someone is ******ed just by watching them walk spastically and uncoordinated. I'm rotating my hips and shoulders like a pimp when I walk. I hike everyday. When you do something often enough it becomes second nature.

I'm planning on setting up a hike to the Hollywood sign sometime in the near future everyone is welcome who wants to come.

You ever watch 127 hours? Dude was incredibly experienced. **** just happens sometimes

Yeah I'm not spelunking, not going off trail. No bears. I'm not distracted by music. If I break a leg I'll hop down on my good leg. If I get bit by a snake, calling 911 and waiting is stupid, you gotta get down the hill yourself ASAP anyway. I maxed all my points into constitution and luck when I rolled this human character. I'll be ok.

If my arm gets trapped by a rock I might just give up and die though. I'm not that much of a badass.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ralston

All the people who die at Yosemite probably think that they're too experienced to need to be careful. Just saying.

Yeah, but his senses are next level.

You guys are a bunch of pussies running around afraid to go somewhere without your phone. And then acting like I need a life alert wrapped around my neck like some frail senior citizen about to fall down and never get back up. If you guys are as afraid of living as it seems, then I feel sorry for you. Seriously. You pussies can't go for a 2 mile hike without a phone? Scared of your shadow?

Not afraid, it's just stupid not to. Just don't take it out unless you need it. Reverse freeroll leaving it at home

I don't like having things in my pockets when I hike. The less the better.

guys, if you're hiking pretty much anywhere that's covered by cell service and you roll an ankle or some **** you won't be far from help and you'll likely be found quickly. And in the more secluded areas that aren't frequented much by other hikers you won't have service anyway. If you're worried about something happening on a solo hike then telling someone where you're going/when to expect you back is the simplest and one of the best precautions to take.

Do you not need a bag? Your hikes must be pretty tiny if you don't need a bag for food and water.

Results 12/8: +$1825

Easy Game

Hero UTG+1 ($1485) AA
Bob BTN (covers) AK
Villain BB (covers) KK

Hero opens to 35 and Bob 3bets to 150 and villain cold 4bets to 450. It's back on us and we have aces. All-in for 1035 more. Bob folds, and villain thinks about it for a minute. God I'm such a nit. Eventually he calls and aces hold up.

No Skill

Hero UTG+1 (2900) AKcc
Villain CO (covers) ?? - Romanian reg

Villain posts 15. Hero opens to 50 and villain 3bets to 200. I decide to put in the 4bet to 550 to more or less figure out where I'm at. Don't want to call a 3bet OOP this deep with AK. Villain calls.

Flop ($1100) 554r(no club)

Hero checks and villain checks it back.

Turn ($1100) 9

Hero checks, villain bets 550, and I fold. Villain seems happy. I feel like he has to have QQ-AA here so not much point in barrelling imo. I'm happy with the way I played it, just gotta lose that money some times.

Exactly, even worst case scenario I break my leg, get bit by a rattler or whatever I'm still going to live and a cell phone won't make the difference. If I can't hike down on my own I'm going to die anyway.

Normally just 3 miles or so, nothing serious. I carry a water bottle, if I go on a longer hike I would carry a larger bottle, don't need a bag.

very good advice

underestimating the wilderness is -ev. Even for a seasoned hunter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvxLnh-w1s8

In regards to hiking alone - If you're gonna be dumb then you gotta be tough. Rick sounds to me like someone who sometimes has to learn the hard way to learn the lesson. It is a effective technique, but it is after all, hard, dealing with the results. Sometimes something happens that you can't change the rest of your life.

Been silently following your journey for a while rick. The best advice in this entire thread is that you should be filming and narrating parts of this instead of posting them on a 2+2 forum, and you should be trying to pitch it to whatever network will listen, netflix, starz, showtime, whatever. People LOVE an underdog, even if he loses. America has a thing for this. You have the perfect blend of insight, human imperfection, talent, and charisma that people love to watch whether you win or crash and burn. Just look at this sodapop doofus playing blackjack for thousands in sponsored money. You and your story and pursuit of happiness are leagues more interesting then him. Have some balls and stop making up excuses like you don't think you're interesting enough. This is not a biopic. This is about what you are doing now and the risks you took and are taking to do it. The fact that even you don't know where you're going to land yet makes it an even more enticing series for a network -- because that means you have capacity for multiple seasons along your "voyage".

The hardest part you are already doing - living the life out of the van. By not recording some parts of it, good or bad, you are losing potential value you are earning by living the life you are living. People can relate to coming out of a big winning session feeling good and hearing the feel good chatter, even more so, people can relate to bad sessions and the feelings and actions that come with it. People who are too afraid to take the risk of giving up a regular job can then live vicariously through you for a moment. Giving unique insight to how you deal with the wins and the losses is part of what makes people interested in the story. Think about it - instead of writing hand histories you could digitally project them onto your videos so viewers can easily understand big hands in your session results as you narrate them. By involving the real life aspect, it makes the show not too technical for causal viewers because it doesn't go into more than a few hands an episode.

When I was younger, I realized that if one person who is not a friend or family member tells you something, you take it with a grain of salt. If several strangers who all don't know eachother tell you something about yourself or your story, there is significantly increasing validity to what they are saying. I'm not saying listen to every criticism or compliment, im saying when you have a story thats compelling, it doesn't matter in what way it is compelling. This validity is even higher when your friends and family who know you well agree with the strangers.

In this case, two complete strangers have told you about this being a good idea for a show. I'd keep a sharp eye out for a third person if you don't act now. Its a freeroll and could change your life - hell you might even be able to get funded to do what you're doing right now and live in a house or apartment. It's not hard to pitch when all you have to do is tell the truth colorfully which you seem to have no problem with.

Peace, love, and excitement on your journey.

^^^ True. Seems like it could be a Reality TV Rounders. A mini poker boom could result from it too.

It wouldn't be the first time a poker pro living out of a van created a vlog, although I feel like this one would be much more entertaining than the garbo BikeKing was spewing.

This isnt just about a poker player living in a van though. its about his life philosophy, its about knowing its a rough risk and doing it anyways to try to be happier. It matters whether a stranger wants to read or hear what he has to say and how he has to say it. And when youre honest, people can relate, especially to the parts they dont want to admit or volunteer themselves. This is why listening to music about experiences others have experienced that you have personally experienced is so powerful. When you blend it all together - you got a show.

Just been catsitting at my grandma's house since Sunday. Lots of smoking weed, jerking off, and playing computer games. Nothing productive. Gonna get of my ass and play some poker tomorrow.

If I ever go on a serious hike where there aren't a lot of people around I'll let people know.

True.

Yeah thanks I've been told by my friend a couple years ago I should do something like that. Probably should have listened then lol. Maybe I'll listen now?

Yeah I really liked 2months2million. I need to put some thought into it.

Omfg you just sent me down the rabbit hole. Been reading and watching his vlogs. So much cringe and so clearly lying. If his crap got so many views I could definitely do better. I would rather watch me over him!

Word, I agree, I think we're all on the same page. I'll do something. =D

I think you have something that would captivate a lot of viewers if you do it right.

I say go for it. It would fill your time not playing poker with Something To Do. You might really enjoy it.

I agree with everyone else rickothy, I think you'd at minimum get a solid youtube following that could lead to something else or at minimum supplement the grinding. plus once you got going you'd probably enjoy it

Results 12/13: +$60

I played for four or five hours yesterday. Nothing really special to report from the casino. Commerce is having a promotion for the 5/5 PLO and for 5/T and above for every 50 hours you play you get $200. Bang! On top of the 3 bucks per hour I can spend on comps that's almost minimum wage. You can call me Rick the working man.

Yesterday I went on a hike at Griffith Park which is highly populated and in the middle of LA so don't worry. Anyways as I was coming back to my van this squirrel runs right up to me. So close that it startled me and I jumped back. The squirrel jumped back too. I was wearing shorts and this thing ran so close to me I thought he was going to try to run up my bare legs. He came back and he came within a foot of me, close enough for me to kick him. I jumped back again and he jumped again too. Then came back towards me. Eventually I start talking to him cause apparently I'm Dr. Effing Doolittle and I tell him "Ok buddy I know what you want". I go into my van and he's right there outside waiting. Grab some old stale cheese and peanut butter crackers from the dash and toss him one. He runs off with it. I watch him eat it at a tree nearby and another squirrel shows up. Much more skiddish then his pal but looking at me like "Where's my cracker bro?" His pal isn't sharing his. So I toss him a cracker and it falls kind of short of the tree. He circles the tree looking at the cracker and looking at me. He's not gonna fall for this trap. So I help him out and grab the cracker and toss it a little closer. As I'm leaving I see another squirrel show up from somewhere. I toss him my last cracker right at his feet. He grabs it right after it hits the ground and runs off with his orange treasure. Your welcome squirrels.

Then today I went on a hike and a younger couple was coming the other way and I heard them speaking some Russian so I greeted them with privet which they said back. I want to learn how to say hello and goodbye in as many languages as possible.

Yeah I think I might do a poker vlog. I could always cut the footage together later to try to make some show or something. I don't know. Just gotta be prolific Rick and crank out the content. That's the only way to success imo. Jason Somerville streamed for like 60days straight 10hours a day without taking a piss. That guy is insane. Play poker everyday and put out a vlog every morning, take over the poker world. I have my agenda set.

stop using this non-commital language dog. You're ganna end up not doing it.

Stop thinking about it so much and just do it. If it doesn't work out, then no big deal.

Make a vlog but don't focus on poker IMO.

I'm going to start a vlog on or before the beginning of January 2019 and it's going to be the best poker vlog of 2019 as voted on by my peers at the annual poker awards. I'm committed.



I think you're right. I think the first part of my vlogs are going to focus on/revolve around life and philosophy. Experiencing new things and traveling. And the latter half will be some hand histories and analysis. But yeah I think the focus should be life over poker. My idea is to make something simple and short that I can do easily at the end of the day. Incorporate it into my routine.

just make a first video, first chance you have something interesting to talk about. it will suck, guaranteed. everyone's does. but it'll get the ball rolling

and yeah, do some poker vlogs but a general lifestyle of rick should be the theme, makes you stand out from all the other vloggers