If true your friends are unbelievable luckboxes basically.

I have lots of smart friends who started business and failed, fairly ridiculous to make money in the first year too if you are building anything.

run sims

living

One of the most ******ed statements regarding business I've ever heard.
I mean first of all, how can you even talk about numbers when speaking of business in general?

barebacking hookers in asia ldo

It's not cautious, it's insane. It's also such a generic statement that doesn't apply to most people. I'd be interested in what job you think someone should look to make 30k profit the first year and 70-80k the second?

Look, the simplest way to show how absurd the statement is, If it was so easy to invest $250k in to a business and make 80k a year by the second year then almost everyone would be taking a loan and doing it and banks would hand out these loans like candy. I don't think criticising peoples life choices (for not having $250k saved up or deep business contacts) really helps your argument either and investing in crypto has been lucrative for many but is not a business.

I would also say that most poker players, post poker, are not thriving in the business world. Most people seem to go get jobs working for others and a lucky few go out and are successful in their on ventures.

I'm not having a go, I just vehemently disagree with your assertions. I think Plastic Elephant nailed it, if you and all your friends have been this successful then there is some extreme run good happening, it absolutely is not the norm.

It is kind of mad how much luck is involved when you choose to do something off the beaten path. Fooled by Randomness is a good read if anyone is interested.

got me so good

haha we all need this coaching

hmm, do we?

this. Building a business/expecting to make any profit in the first year is pretty naive

i hate sims

(sun)

Will check this out! thanks

June Results

Yo! The month has been super full of social activities, playing sport/gymming, grinding poker + pio and putting my website together.

Making the website has been a LOT harder than I thought it was gunna be. It's funny because I notice that age old (poker) trait within me - the expert who feels he's good at everything, and realising that things are actually very difficult outside of my expertise. What follows is the feeling of wanting to give it up instantly and pay someone else to do it It reminds me of school - not wanting to apply myself to anything because it stretched me too much. I think sooo many poker players can relate to this feeling. My gf has been an amazing motivator in getting me to stick with something that is super challenging and i'm thankful for that. The website is taking great shape, and while it's obviously taking way longer than if i had outsourced the project, it feels super rewarding. I'm ~60-70% of the way there.

Results

I've reduced my table count drastically by playing significantly less zoom (usually 1 500z, or 1 200z) and more regular tables. Since the party changes I have all but stopped playing there, but I am playing a lot more on stars again. The games are pretty good, you just gotta be suuuper quick to join new tables. I've also signed up to a couple PPP and upoker clubs, but they feel pretty china-esque so i dunno if I'll stick that out.

Super pleased with my results this month. I've found that sweet spot of running well and applying my pio study well



Here's a few hands since I haven't posted any in a while

500z vs juicy rec

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $2.50/$5.00 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG: $500.00 (100 bb)
MP (Hero): $1,038.56 (208 bb)
CO: $152.17 (30 bb)
BU: $588.09 (118 bb)
SB: $513.13 (103 bb)
BB: $500.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($7.50) Hero is MP with 8♠ 8♥
1 fold, Hero raises to $10.25, 3 players fold, BB calls $5.25

Flop: ($23) 2♠ 3♠ 8♣ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8.74, BB calls $8.74

Turn: ($40.48) 5♥ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $28.85, BB raises to $57.70, Hero raises to $150, BB calls $92.30

River: ($340.48) 2♥ (2 players)
BB bets $185, Hero raises to $786.36, BB calls $146.01 (all-in)

Total pot: $1,002.50 (Rake: $3)

Showdown:
MP (Hero) shows 8♠ 8♥ (a full house, Eights full of Twos)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 85%, Flop: >99%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)

BB shows 3♦ 2♣ (a full house, Twos full of Threes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 15%, Flop: <1%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

MP (Hero) wins $999.50

vs good reg

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $2.50/$5.00 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG: $1,043.25 (209 bb)
MP: $940.34 (188 bb)
CO: $500.00 (100 bb)
BU: $747.83 (150 bb)
SB (Hero): $1,497.27 (299 bb)
BB: $665.86 (133 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($7.50) Hero is SB with T♠ 9♠
4 players fold, Hero raises to $15, BB calls $10

Flop: ($30) 8♥ 3♥ 2♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $14.82, BB calls $14.82

Turn: ($59.64) 7♠ (2 players)
Hero bets $84.99, BB calls $84.99

River: ($229.62) 9♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $174.95, Hero calls $174.95

Total pot: $579.52 (Rake: $3)

Showdown:
BB shows 5♣ A♠ (high card, Ace)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 52%, Flop: 74%, Turn: 68%, River: 0%)

SB (Hero) shows T♠ 9♠ (a pair of Nines)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 48%, Flop: 26%, Turn: 32%, River: 100%)

SB (Hero) wins $576.52

mmmmmmm double bad beat vs reg. finding the 0% 3b pre

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $5/$10 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG (Hero): $1,143.41 (114 bb)
MP: $1,065.91 (107 bb)
CO: $1,000.00 (100 bb)
BU: $1,102.50 (110 bb)
SB: $705.17 (71 bb)
BB: $1,100.50 (110 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($15) Hero is UTG with Q♦ Q♠
Hero raises to $20.50, MP 3-bets to $90, 4 players fold, Hero calls $69.50

Flop: ($195) K♣ J♣ Q♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $96, Hero calls $96

Turn: ($387) 7♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $275, Hero raises to $957.41 (all-in), MP calls $604.91 (all-in)

First River: ($2,146.82) 7♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Second River: ($2,146.82) K♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $2,146.82 (Rake: $3)

First Showdown: Board: K♣ J♣ Q♥ 7♠ 7♥

UTG (Hero) shows Q♦ Q♠ (a full house, Queens full of Sevens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 81%, Flop: 36%, Turn: 23%, River: 100%)

MP shows 9♦ T♦ (a straight, Nine to King)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 19%, Flop: 64%, Turn: 77%, River: 0%)

UTG (Hero) wins $1,071.91

Second Showdown: Board: K♣ J♣ Q♥ 7♠ K♥

UTG (Hero) shows Q♦ Q♠ (a full house, Queens full of Kings)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 81%, Flop: 36%, Turn: 23%, River: 100%)

MP shows 9♦ T♦ (a straight, Nine to King)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 19%, Flop: 64%, Turn: 77%, River: 0%)

UTG (Hero) wins $1,071.91

interesting 5b from spew reg

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $1/$2 - 4 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG: $204.13 (102 bb)
BU: $356.45 (178 bb)
SB (Hero): $200.00 (100 bb)
BB: $200.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($3) Hero is SB with K♥ A♥
2 players fold, Hero raises to $6, BB 3-bets to $18, Hero 4-bets to $46, BB 5-bets to $200 (all-in), Hero calls $154 (all-in)

First Flop: ($400) 9♣ 5♥ K♠ (2 players, 2 all-in)

First Turn: ($400) 9♠ (2 players, 2 all-in)

First River: ($400) 2♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Second Flop: ($400) 6♣ 9♦ 3♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Second Turn: ($400) 3♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Second River: ($400) J♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $400 (Rake: $1.25)

First Showdown: Board: 9♣ 5♥ K♠ 9♠ 2♥

BB shows Q♠ T♠ (a pair of Nines)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 37%, Flop: 21%, Turn: 27%, River: 0%)

SB (Hero) shows K♥ A♥ (two pair, Kings and Nines)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 63%, Flop: 79%, Turn: 73%, River: 100%)

SB (Hero) wins $199.38

Second Showdown: Board: 6♣ 9♦ 3♥ 3♦ J♦

BB shows Q♠ T♠ (a pair of Threes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 37%, Flop: 24%, Turn: 14%, River: 0%)

SB (Hero) shows K♥ A♥ (a pair of Threes - higher kicker)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 63%, Flop: 76%, Turn: 86%, River: 100%)

SB (Hero) wins $199.37

The plan for July is to keep up this pace of life. I have a football tournament next Sunday which I'm pretty hyped for. I have to have the website completely finished by the start of August too.

gl!

wpwp, good month!

Nice month! Finding that sweet spot of running well is key. Glgl in the 2nd half of the year

Totally glossed over this for some reason earlier
Yep, saw little pieces that you put on your story, it's looking good. How is it learning to make the website on the fly?
Hoping the launch goes well and the hard work pays off!

Sick month and can relate soooo much to this, website, accounting, teaching, video production, all things I have kinda just been like this year 'yeah i'll do it no problem' and turns out it all takes 500% longer than you thought.

Good though to do this stuff sometimes to humble yourself and remind that **** isn't easy I think, dunning kruger every time

Always thought you were the type of guy who never missed your homework and ppl copied urs before the class haha!

Sick month, man!

Vaaaaamoooooo

nice giraffe, stake breakdown?

Nice month!

Not bad
Not bad at all
Haha


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Hey Ben, I'm the eternal lurker who was chatting to you about instagram bots a month or so back. Lmk if you want to chat or need any pointers about the website. I've been doing indie development for a while so have a wee bit of experience and know the struggle!

stars helper semi busto for anyone else? Like preflop sizing?

Update to the recommended version fixes it

tyty got it

Omggarycaldwell is a fine SN

Ok month

Used to get me so much heads up action on Full Tilt from Scottish recs who just wanted to talk fitbaw.

And yeah, nice month!

cheers bro!

truly man! tyty

yeah it's taking good shape but i got a long way to go. It's very difficult and i've started researching java stuff to help with animation. Coming from a background of literally 0 coding, you can imagine how it's like trying to speak a totally new language with no understanding of vocab or pronunciation

cheers george. 500% huge understatement Will keep plugging

looool. At school i was the guy at every parents evening having the teachers say; 'ben could do really well if he applied himself and stopped talking all the fkn time'

And then i dropped out just like 99% of poker players haha

Lot of 200/500z, reg tables up to 1k. Ran well at my highest limits this month which always helps!

Thanks bro <3

bzzt tyty max!

Big shout out to you man, thanks for your help

<3<3

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Month has started very very well. And in classic fashion (but also my biggest mental game leak as I've mentioned it numerous times itt and in the bitB podcast), I've been pumping out hours - played 5 mini sessions yesterday

Actually sat some 5k with a big recreational too, and while i won 0$ off him, i still made about 2k.



vs rec

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $2.50/$5.00 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG: $539.93 (108 bb)
MP: $500.00 (100 bb)
CO: $607.11 (121 bb)
BU (Hero): $500.00 (100 bb)
SB: $494.65 (99 bb)
BB: $500.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($7.50) Hero is BTN with 3♦ 3♣
3 players fold, Hero raises to $10.25, SB 3-bets to $45, 1 fold, Hero calls $34.75

Flop: ($95) 4♥ 2♣ 2♠ (2 players)
SB bets $35, Hero calls $35

Turn: ($165) 3♥ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $59.80, SB calls $59.80

River: ($284.60) K♣ (2 players)
SB bets $100, Hero raises to $360.20 (all-in), SB calls $254.85 (all-in)

Total pot: $994.30 (Rake: $3)

Showdown:
BU (Hero) shows 3♦ 3♣ (a full house, Threes full of Twos)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 54%, Flop: 77%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)

SB shows K♠ A♦ (two pair, Kings and Twos)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 46%, Flop: 23%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

BU (Hero) wins $991.30

Nasty one vs weaker reg

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $1/$2 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG: $290.11 (145 bb)
MP: $290.09 (145 bb)
CO: $270.73 (135 bb)
BU: $104.28 (52 bb)
SB (Hero): $610.36 (305 bb)
BB: $225.90 (113 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($3) Hero is SB with Q♠ A♠
3 players fold, BTN raises to $6, Hero 3-bets to $18, BB 4-bets to $46, 1 fold, Hero calls $28

Flop: ($98) J♦ Q♣ 2♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks

Turn: ($98) 5♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $564.36 (all-in), BB calls $179.90 (all-in)

First River: ($457.80) T♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Second River: ($457.80) J♠ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $457.80 (Rake: $2.75)

First Showdown: Board: J♦ Q♣ 2♣ 5♦ T♦

SB (Hero) shows Q♠ A♠ (a pair of Queens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 61%, Flop: 78%, Turn: 89%, River: 0%)

BB shows J♥ T♥ (two pair, Jacks and Tens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 39%, Flop: 22%, Turn: 11%, River: 100%)

BB wins $227.52

Second Showdown: Board: J♦ Q♣ 2♣ 5♦ J♠

SB (Hero) shows Q♠ A♠ (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 61%, Flop: 78%, Turn: 89%, River: 0%)

BB shows J♥ T♥ (three of a kind, Jacks)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 39%, Flop: 22%, Turn: 11%, River: 100%)

BB wins $227.53

all vs reg

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $2.50/$5.00 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG: $929.33 (186 bb)
MP: $748.46 (150 bb)
CO: $531.50 (106 bb)
BU: $529.41 (106 bb)
SB: $198.13 (40 bb)
BB (Hero): $656.55 (131 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($7.50) Hero is BB with T♠ Q♠
3 players fold, BTN raises to $13.40, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets to $60, BTN calls $46.60

Flop: ($122.50) 2♥ 2♠ 2♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $45.30, BTN calls $45.30

Turn: ($213.10) 3♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $109.25, BTN calls $109.25

River: ($431.60) K♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $442 (all-in), BU folds

Total pot: $431.60 (Rake: $3)
BB (Hero) wins $428.60

5knl river bzzt vs one of our favourite regs of all time, averagegreg

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $25/$50 - 9 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG: $3,528.74 (71 bb)
UTG+1: $2,000.00 (40 bb)
MP: $5,719.00 (114 bb)
MP+1: $3,647.42 (73 bb)
LP: $4,719.28 (94 bb)
CO: $3,248.53 (65 bb)
BU: $5,130.00 (103 bb)
SB: $5,140.00 (103 bb)
BB (Hero): $5,000.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($75) Hero is BB with 9♠ T♥
7 players fold, SB raises to $150, Hero calls $100

Flop: ($300) T♠ 8♠ 2♣ (2 players)
SB bets $98.01, Hero calls $98.01

Turn: ($496.02) 3♠ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $157.77, SB calls $157.77

River: ($811.56) 9♣ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $606.42, SB calls $606.42

Total pot: $2,024.40 (Rake: $3)

Showdown:
BB (Hero) shows 9♠ T♥ (two pair, Tens and Nines)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 27%, Flop: 23%, Turn: 27%, River: 100%)

SB mucks T♦ Q♦ (a pair of Tens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 73%, Flop: 77%, Turn: 73%, River: 0%)

BB (Hero) wins $2,021.40

and vs the boy katya. Someone messaged me asking if i had a bluff. yeye m8 always bluffing off stax at 5k

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $25/$50 - 9 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG: $5,150.00 (103 bb)
UTG+1: $5,696.75 (114 bb)
MP: $3,679.52 (74 bb)
MP+1: $7,808.99 (156 bb)
LP: $5,000.00 (100 bb)
CO (Hero): $6,549.62 (131 bb)
BU: $2,718.84 (54 bb)
SB: $2,000.00 (40 bb)
BB: $6,381.00 (128 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($75) Hero is CO with 5♠ 5♦
4 players fold, LP raises to $111, Hero calls $111, BTN calls $111, 1 fold, BB calls $61

Flop: ($469) 9♠ K♣ Q♥ (4 players)
BB checks, LP checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($469) 5♣ (4 players)
BB checks, LP bets $307.56, Hero calls $307.56, BU folds, BB raises to $1,500, LP folds, Hero calls $1,192.44

River: ($3,776.56) Q♠ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4,938.62 (all-in), BB folds

Total pot: $3,776.56 (Rake: $3)
CO (Hero) wins $3,773.56

Playing a football tournament tomorrow. Our group contains the winner of last year and another team who made the semi's, so it's gunna be a real struggle. Our team is decent, but i doubt our ability to go all the way. We'll see how it goes.

glgl