I think he means enjoyment is a byproduct of playing, not the reason

Yeah, I mean I just don't particularly get enthused by playing it. It's far better than the alternatives but i'm never jumping for joy at the thought of playing. I like what it affords me in my free time but that's about it.

What are your alternatives/back up plans?

The #1 thing is to make significant enough money, while not letting your mental + physical health completely deteriorate in the process. People ultimately play for the money, even if they don't want to admit that - otherwise they would just be playing play money stakes.

I'd rather have a 40 hours job at minimum wage than playing poker without any fun. That's me though

Spoken like someone who's worked 40 hours a week for minimum wage...

+1 lol

I bought a dental practice with my wife, so i currently run that business (she's the actual dentist). I'm putting in decent hours every week whether it's advertising, dealing with suppliers etc. Beyond that I want to set up a self regulatory body for cosmetic dentistry here in Australia so that will likely be my focus when I finish poker and be a huge time sink. Anyway, I've derailed Rapids thread enough so i'll leave it there.

vwp
i have two mates who own practices, they are killing it.
gg

Smart move, man! I heard dentists in developed countries are very expensive, profit margins must be really high. Gotta set yourself for the future with the poker money since we don't know wtf could happen to that in the future.

Have you set aside for the future with your poker money?

Solid man, sounds a lot more interesting than poker tbh.

RIP

It was certainly a poor attempt at a joke that got him banned.

The sad thing is that here is probably one of the only places where he has good social interactions with people (before his family obv), all the other social contacts he has is with drug people/internet chatrooms/schizo people.

I think this forum was giving some good in his life. Hope people unban him.

Why was he banned???

I've been gone for 2 days and my favorite thread is gone

Need some updates

I noticed that my number of posts dropped from ~960 to 904 too

Not surprising. I was feeling genuinely bad for for him the past few days. Hope he pulls things together.

+1

Moar poker updates though

Update here

Month was good! Managed to put some good sessions at 100z at the end after tilting and doubting myself too much. Really mental game was all I needed, gotta have that confidence, specially since my last major leak(overfolding like crazy) was fixed.

Volume was decent, I could have done more if I had less internet problems.

Roll is at $5.7k!
VAAAAAAAAMO!

Month:



Year so far

Forgot to post hands


Some interesting hands

H1: I usually feel bad for the guy when I win those, but he has RIO turned on, so...
deservedly stacked!

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 122.75 BB
SB: 102.84 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 51.93 BB
MP: 275.11 BB
CO: 94.56 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.35 BB, fold, Hero raises to 10 BB, BTN raises to 24 BB, Hero raises to 100 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 76 BB

Flop: (200.5 BB, 2 players) Q 3 3

Turn: (200.5 BB, 2 players) K

River: (200.5 BB, 2 players) A



H2: snap call

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 61.6 BB
SB: 100.77 BB
Hero (BB): 115.63 BB
UTG: 42.75 BB
MP: 114.7 BB
CO: 111.44 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 2 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) A T K
SB bets 1.9 BB, Hero calls 1.9 BB

Turn: (7.8 BB, 2 players) J
SB bets 3.71 BB, Hero calls 3.71 BB

River: (15.22 BB, 2 players) Q
SB checks, Hero bets 108.02 BB and is all-in, SB calls 93.16 BB and is all-in




H3: banana play going wrong haha. I like it, if he is overdoing pre-flop(which he is) it's very hard to defend vs my x/r

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100.5 BB
Hero (SB): 123.34 BB
BB: 101 BB
UTG: 55.47 BB
MP: 102.27 BB
CO: 514.57 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q J

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB raises to 9 BB, Hero calls 6 BB

Flop: (18 BB, 2 players) K 6 K
Hero checks, BB bets 5.64 BB, Hero raises to 18 BB, BB calls 12.36 BB

Turn: (54 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, BB bets 17 BB, Hero calls 17 BB

River: (88 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BB bets 57 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 57 BB



H4: villain open shoved last hand, so I thought he was jamming any2, I remember that I read on blackrain79's book that we should call Q7o vs 100bb any2 jams. So vaaaamo. haha, this one looks ugly

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 497.02 BB
SB: 136.7 BB
BB: 42.27 BB
UTG: 129.1 BB
MP: 97.5 BB
Hero (CO): 101.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T Q

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 42.27 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 39.95 BB

Flop: (85.04 BB, 2 players) 9 7 K

Turn: (85.04 BB, 2 players) K

River: (85.04 BB, 2 players) T



H5: easy fold

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 113.2 BB
SB: 665.49 BB
BB: 160.95 BB
UTG: 346.45 BB
Hero (MP): 129.05 BB
CO: 51.54 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T K

fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 1.32 BB

Flop: (5.14 BB, 2 players) 9 3 J
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (5.14 BB, 2 players) 9
BB bets 3.9 BB, Hero raises to 13.41 BB, BB calls 9.51 BB

River: (31.96 BB, 2 players) Q
BB checks, Hero bets 22.77 BB, BB raises to 145.22 BB and is all-in, fold

BB wins 75 BB


H6: vaaaaaaaaamo!!

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100.5 BB
SB: 145.24 BB
BB: 106.23 BB
UTG: 254.35 BB
Hero (MP): 115.18 BB
CO: 105.52 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, CO raises to 8.12 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 5.8 BB

Flop: (17.74 BB, 2 players) 5 7 6
Hero checks, CO bets 5.56 BB, Hero calls 5.56 BB

Turn: (28.86 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, CO bets 20.56 BB, Hero calls 20.56 BB

River: (69.98 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero bets 80.94 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 67.48 BB


H7: lol, is this like that james bond movie? haha.

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 103.99 BB
SB: 132.69 BB
BB: 73.18 BB
UTG: 39.02 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 106.24 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K J

fold, MP raises to 2.25 BB, fold, Hero raises to 7 BB, SB calls 6.5 BB, BB calls 6 BB, MP calls 4.75 BB

Flop: (28 BB, 4 players) 8 Q 2
SB checks, BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets 6.65 BB, fold, BB raises to 13.3 BB, MP calls 13.3 BB, Hero raises to 96.99 BB and is all-in, BB calls 52.88 BB and is all-in, MP calls 79.7 BB and is all-in



H8: vs passive guy, can't see what I beat

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 107.81 BB
SB: 106.6 BB
BB: 154.1 BB
UTG: 283.88 BB
MP: 73.38 BB
Hero (CO): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K A

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 1.32 BB

Flop: (5.14 BB, 2 players) K K 8
BB checks, Hero bets 1.22 BB, BB calls 1.22 BB

Turn: (7.58 BB, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets 5.4 BB, BB raises to 15 BB, Hero calls 9.6 BB

River: (37.58 BB, 2 players) Q
BB bets 25 BB, fold

BB wins 35.7 BB


H9: very bad call by reg, and before I jammed the river(OTT already) I thought that it was really hard for me to be bluffing here, but I jammed anyway, I was thinking "oh, this guy is actually decent, he will fold Kx for sure". lol, such a bad call, specially with the Jx

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 417.63 BB
SB: 141.9 BB
BB: 189.44 BB
UTG: 311.58 BB
MP: 100 BB
Hero (CO): 153.78 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, BTN raises to 7 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 4.68 BB

Flop: (15.5 BB, 2 players) T K 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 5.15 BB, Hero raises to 23.92 BB, BTN calls 18.77 BB

Turn: (63.34 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 15.21 BB, BTN calls 15.21 BB

River: (93.76 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 107.65 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 107.65 BB

Using RIO can actually be a good strat vs players that tilt

This call most likely wasn't +EV.

I can't really blame you though:

Haha, good to see you do that too lol. I called because he legit snap open jammed last hand and was jamming tjis one, so went for it. Vs random guys I just fold a lot of marginal stuff and stick to 77+ AJ+

And RiO only works if you don't tilt. I prefer lower variance, hate gambling lol.

think QTo is still too low unless you know for certain he's jamming any 2, otherwise should prob wait for at least like KJo

everything else looks pretty alright except I think KJcc where you just shipped vs the min raise when MP had cold called and is probably a reg, don't think you want to shove there with anything really

h1 spew
h2 wp
h3 pre close, depends on v im guessing it's a fold in ur pool. post is definitely spew he doesn't have as many bluffs as u think
h4 making exaggerated assumption about v to justify a call because u want to gamble. just because he jammed 2 hands in a row doesn't mean he's jamming any 2.
h5 x'ing flop to be tricky so that u can misplay turn by raising instead of calling. wp river
h6 4b pre, raise flop, jam turn, river wp although v almost definitely ******ed for folding anything
h7 against 2 confirmed donkeys behind definitely sizing up flop
h8 bad fold
h9 wp