Shipped u a pm bro ;=)

Yeah sounds good, pm me your skype or something a few days ahead of time

Yep messaged your skype

Now that is hilarious... best thing I've heard all day. Time to start cold 4betting the 7778ss??

I've been recharging this weekend, my sleep schedule is a little wacky.
4:15 so far today, stars at 36.061/100k.
After figuring out that the app I was playing on was raking ~28bb/100 after 20% rakeback, I'm going to pass on playing in those games and am cashing out. There's 4-5 55-70% vpip whales 100-400bb deep at every full table but the juice (if any) just isn't worth the squeeze.
Still mixing between 200z, 500z and some b sites midstakes. Shotting 4/8 and 5/10 now.

I think I should be betting river when he doesn't donk jam into me. I see the x/c lead in this spot much more often at 500z than 200z so maybe at 200z I should still be checking but I expect most villains at 500z to be leading their AA since I should be checking back so often and don't have too much air to induce from -> should value jam river. Dunno for sure tho

I'm so bad at this gameeee. I made like 2k worth of mistakes this past session that I knew were mistakes and still made. Hrmph.

Idk about the dynamics between 500z and 200z but I do expect to get lead into very often OTR (both by some bluffs & AA full) at this specific SPR, so when checked to it's def tempting to bet. Also think that some top sets will size flop differently, coupled with the fact that his actual hand means he's wide pre so i can get behind jamming river

Yeah pretty sure I should have bet.

Anyways I got in 6:58 yesterday and am 3:51 into today. Did a bunch of b sites which I think i'm going to do more of, stars is at 41.519/100k. Playing squarely B game doesn't feel good but it's hard to find a solution that doesn't involve taking a break.

River maybe missed a bet? Hardly any QQ calls turn


Very suspicious about river even tho my hands so bad to call with... dunno

Yea idk i think this is much thinner than the A3522 board. Most Txxx bets flop i think so i can understand the temptation


last hand looks like JT98 (bottom 2 with some straight draws) or something when he calls first to act on the flop and ott. That said, most of his KK or top2 (which have additional equity) will be raising flop or turn... but i cant think of enough air... sick spot actually since i think V gets called a lot here (just not by your hand)

Sub gl

Yeah I do call there a lot, you're right steve. The price...

Thanks vai.

Just booked an airbnb in malta march 21-29. If anyone wants to hang out when I'm there I'm down. Now off for some suit shopping before a quick trip abroad tomorrow for a few days this week. Life is good!

8654 hand would you call a lead otr? Seems pretty clear with this SPR but if you had $180? Seems like a clear bet otr when checked to with .6 spr but maybe not so with 1.5 or higher? Also, which hands do you bluff turn and river?

AJ98 hand I personally bet this flop with a very low frequency and not this hand. Thoughts about betting this hand otf?

AKQJ seems like a std fold otr although hes only repping 9/98. Closer to call with AAss/Kss without straight draw blockers and K+ with JT+ without fd. Might just call with with AA/K without any fd or straight draw blockers but its hard to end up on the river with those hands since then were betting too thinly earlier streets.

lol dont think we have any other Kxxx that folds given this action, but i suppose we cant call EVERY Kxxx -- def nut low bluff catching combo

Back and struggling the last few days. Down like 10k or so, stars is around low 30s.

Looking forward to this fight:

That same night is Joanna and Rose so should be a pretty stacked card.

Also hoping lomachenko and linares gets figured out within the next two months.

I've been taking a lot of time for myself in the last week. Trying to figure out some personal things, emotional openness, expanding the amplitude of my emotional swings to better experience life. Talking thru dating with an ex and putting that to rest or another conclusion, not sure yet.
I made a fairly long journal entry about my experience this past week dealing with my obligation. I'm not sure if I'll post it... I am considering it.
I'm not stopping, this is just a hurdle that's provided an opportunity to work on myself in other aspects of life as well as on the felt.
More to come

I don't think struggling is the right term.

I've got tons of buyins for midstakes, no worries about life expenses or anything like that. Some upcoming trips planned that are going to be awesome.

But I'm in an intermezzo period of life and it feels odd. The last week or so i've tried out a few different types of living.
Watched the Netflix show Love with a bottle of red wine thinking about relationships and what I want out of them, what mistakes I've made in the past and who (existing connections) is worth pursuing or not. Which was pretty lol, I'm not meant to be a lonely housewife.
I went to a local boxing gym last night that was everything I was hoping it for to be. Although I'm pretty out of shape (it's all relative, I'm in decent shape) so for the next week I've got a lot of conditioning to do for next time. Hopefully that'll be next Tuesday. Although my back is realllly sore from using some muscles intensely that I haven't used in months.
I've been lightly dating around, not sure what'll come of any of it. And there's a particular person still in the US I'm still talking to who is by far the most serious..... makes me think about marriage and partners, who makes a good one, who's a good fit for me. What would my kids be like, quality of genes, level of compatibility, red flags and whether some red flags are acceptable... those kinds of thoughts.
I tried out some plo spin n gos, yeahhh that's not for me.
And some plo sit n gos, it bugged out while I was doing 1x 100 and 1x 200 with some reg where one of my tables wouldn't load but stars gave me a one-off refund.. I think I'll stay away from that. Although during that time it made me reflect on how far I've come, to not tilt even a little bit at the disconnect. That's progress with respect to mental game for sure. Also from what I could tell the reg wasn't particularly good, compared to the 500plz regs. He didn't fight over pots but just played a pretty passive blue lining strategy without a single tricky line in the like 15 sngs we played.. definitely not worried about whether I could beat those limits but the format isn't something I would enjoy long-term and that bug in my first session ever is a big turn off.

In a broader sense for the last month I tried out the hardcore grind. Previously in poker I'd put in ~4-6 hours a day of solid playing and done other life stuff for the remainder of my time. While I was getting acclimated in these games I put a ton of effort in. Right now I think I have a good feel for 200plz and 500plz, neither of which seem super super profitable to me round the clock although 200plz just can't hit hourlies I'd hope to be making and 500plz can but only during certain hours.

I tried out sleeping from 9am-5pm and living at night. Right now after coming back from America I've reverted back to a daytime schedule. Living at night in a sleepy London suburb is NOT for me. Maybe in areas that have a lot of shops/socializing places open late at night like Santa Monica/LA or elsewhere abroad, but definitely not here. I'll be happily continuing roughly a 8am-midnight sleep schedule.

Midstakes plo cash in the US is so much softer than stars I'm seriously considering going back for mid-April until my commencement ceremony (when they give us our degrees) in May. I'm not sure if I'll live near school with friends or in California with family... LA would be nice, I have a real soft spot in my heart for that city. The Bay Area's okay, definitely a much higher quality of life than where I'm living in London. This discussion makes me think about where I'll live and where I WANT to live. Where's important to me, what places have what I need, what even are my needs. I've been talking with a good friend of mine that crushes high stakes about living together for a few months in southeast asia next month, looks like that'll be the move. Before then I'd like to go for a while myself sometime later this year, maybe around July. I haven't been to Vietnam or Bali so I'm thinking those two + Thailand will be the locations for my next excursion.

I have learned that London is not the place for me. Maybe something I should have figured out before signing a year lease but hey, live and learn. I'm definitely not unhappy here but I'm already looking forward to living elsewhere.

Also moving money around is a real pain! Jeeeeesus.

Anyway these are some of the thoughts I've been having, figuring out life, poker, dating, lifestyle.

I've been invited to watch some live jazz so I'm off to go do that. Then after I'm taking another friend out for drinks to celebrate a bonus&raise he got at work. That part of my life, socializing, at least seems to be going fairly well. And to be fair, the rest of my life is going fine too. I just need to figure out what works best for me and where exactly I'm trying to steer my ship.

Oh real quick I've also been dwelling on life purpose a good deal, do I want more than financial independence and having a good marriage with well-raised kids. How to help, who to help, financially or personally... that kind of thing. What good I can do outside of fulfilling my own life's wants and needs.
Previously the plan had been get up to highstakes online and grind out a large chunk of cash and go into real estate. But what if I could make the $$$ I want from playing midstakes cash and being dedicated? What if playing 25/50 is totally unnecessary? This is something I'll think about and discuss more later.

Curious for input on any and all subjects! peace guys take care

Not tilting at a disconnect isn't normal, no matter how solid your mental game.
You sure you're not a bot?

Yeah so turns out I tore some muscles that connect to a disc in my lower spine so I've been waiting to recover. I'm getting better each day, it's just an unfortunate hurdle to get past.

I've just finished reading the entire thread, excellent read, glglgl on your journey.

I finished reading 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' recently like yourself. I recommend reading 'How to Own the World' by Andrew Craig next, another excellent read.

I find the philosophical questions you pose to be very interesting. 'Previously the plan had been get up to highstakes online and grind out a large chunk of cash and go into real estate. But what if I could make the $$$ I want from playing midstakes cash and being dedicated? What if playing 25/50 is totally unnecessary?' - I think this is entirely dependent on what you want to achieve in life. You have already outlined that you would like to be financially independent and have a family of your own, but you don't seem to be satisfied with just that. Have you potentially looked into what you would do with your life if you became financially independent and had a very strong passive income? My goal and motivation for achieving financial independence is to pursue philanthropic endeavors. By setting myself up financially, I put myself in a better position to improve the world. I haven't looked too much into it, but the impact that can be made in developing countries by putting lots of money into the economy can be staggering. I don't mean just donating to charities, but actively seeking out areas that you can help, purchasing raw materials and working on the projects first hand. Obviously philanthropic endeavors aren't for everybody, but I think it is worthwhile spending time thinking about life after financial independence. You don't seem like the kind of person who would be happy with taking an early retirement and spending all day watching TV or lounging on a beach. Obviously leisure activities are good, but I think you would do well to find something productive that you could do with your time once you achieve your financial goals. Once deciding this, you can decide whether playing 5kPLO is necessary, or whether you can get by playing lower stakes and still achieving everything you want to achieve.

glglgl and I'll continue to follow, this is one of the more interesting blogs I've read on here.

Fk that, go for broke, 5kpl or busto!

Hey man thanks for your contribution, I'll check that book out for sure. I had a conversation on a similar topic (money, then what?) last night. Where I stand is somewhere in between lots of leisure activities and where you are with putting your back into philanthropic endeavors. It's something I'm definitely still figuring out and I'm sure as I grow my ideas will shift. I've given some thought to whether I can make financial-independence-level money from midstakes and I know that I can. Part of my nature tho is to be very competitive and climb the ladder of competition. I'm naturally adding in more 1kpl as I have the roll (conservatively) for it. I don't see why anything would change if I had access to beatable 2kpl games etc. Anyway, please feel free to carry on the discussion.

So last night I met up with two 2p2ers and had an absolute blast. We checked out a London tea room styled after 1950s Hong Kong which had some unique cocktails, played some 5card/6card plo while pretty drunk and did some bar hopping, with two of us ending up at the vic. Definitely looking forward to making friends with the one staying here as we're both here for the next year.

I've played 31.5 hours since I last updated (a week) including 3 days completely off so volume has been okay but low. Stars is at 36257. I'm finally in the black for live since I moved and B sites have been going well. I'm steadily progressing in terms of bankroll building so I haven't been stressing too hard about volume although I really should put in more time.

My back has healed 85% so I can walk around without issue again. It really makes me thankful for all the things I have that I ordinarily take for granted.

I learned while talking to the 2p2ers that i'm a total online banking fish so I'm going to get set up with skrill, lloyds etc asap.

Oh also I ended things for the last time with the girl in America I'd been connected to. It was tough emotionally for both of us as we still like each other a lot but our paths are just on two different trajectories. I could have handled things better and will try to in the future but it's all over now. As such I won't be in my uni's town while i'm in america and instead will be in the bay area/LA hoping to put in some monster hours in good games just camping the lobbies as much as I can. Before Apr 4th I'll continue to play medium volume and progress the other aspects of my life i've been exploring. Since I won't have access to stars for a lot of the time, I'm scrapping the end of April 100k on stars soft-goal I had and will figure something else out. That was a bad goal in the first place because I play a decent amount of volume on other sites and some live, while it really only would have made sense if I was playing solely on stars. I'll try to figure out either a $ goal or an hours goal for my grind while I'm in the states but for now I'm going to focus on me and how I feel and what I want and where I'm going. The soft stuff in life.
Cheers

Got in 6:34 today a mix of online and some live 1knl. Got crushed in terms of being way under ev but def had some rough spots come up with two coolers super deep, stars at 31102. Tentatively going to smash out a ton of online tomorrow and then go out afterwards

Played a few sessions totaling 6:15 today. It was really intense, for most of it I was doing 5 regular 3/6-5/10 tables and 4x 500plz because the games were so good.
Stars is at 39851.
Nothing to comment on today, I'm just going to go relax

Poker is going well. I'm considering trying to satellite into the 5k mtt today but otherwise will have a pretty chill day with a girl coming over. I'm taking the rest of the month at medium volume and then ramping up to max volume apr 4 - may 18 while I'm in the US.

I leave for malta on wednesday which doesn't seem real yet. I'm not really looking forward to it but I'm sure I'll enjoy it while I'm there.

Monday I have to apply for a national insurance # so I can get a lloyds bank account. Then I'll get my stars cleared. I managed to get skrill verified with limits removed and 600 off stars onto skrill. That will be dope when all this financial stuff is set up.

I'm also getting on party poker and microgaming with affiliate deals so when I come back from the US I should have a lot of grinding options from which to game select.

Spirits are high!

Oh btw how does playing multiple satellites work if you win more than 1. Do they just give you cash for any additional seats?

Yeah, you'd get that in tournament dollars, at least that's how it was before, haven't played stars in a while. There's loads of places to sell those $T or you can use them for future MTTs or sitngo's.

GL w/ the sattys and send me a PM if you ever feel like grabbing a beer in Malta.

I see thanks, well I didn't satellite in to anything so excess tickets wasn't too relevant today lol. pmed

Yeah so today was pretty light, games were really good, I probably should have played more but whatever. Spent most of the day with company which was worth it.

Stars is at 35460 (+600wd) with some good results on other sites. Bricked a 530 hyper turbo satty to the 5.2k but that's to be expected.
Nothing much going on upstairs today, just happy. It feels good

Yeah so not too hyped for poker today. Put in 2:24 so far today and may do a bit more later but got up pretty late and am joining my flatmate out for drinks in a bit. Stars is at 37415 (+600wd) I'm feeling a bit tired from having gone for a graveyard session at the vic. I saw there was 5 handed 2/5 plo running so I scooted on over to find out it turned into 4/5/6 card plo hi dealers choice. It was my first time playing 5 and 6 card plo but I think my poker acumen was way better than any of the other players and played a pretty solid session choosing 5 cards on my button and the others choosing 6 cards.

I had a hand where straddled, I (1.9k) have 9h98h82cc otb and iso a rec's (1.7k) CO limp, sb folds bb flats straddle calls, CO repots I call straddle folds (??). Flop T73ddh CO bets 60% I peel turn 6h he pots spr 1.7 or so and I click it in. He calls off with lower straight and diamonds, RIT I fade both and scoop.

Another hand, Fish Limp CO
I (3.8k) pot btn JJ833ds sb calls bb 80 (1.4k) co folds I call
Flop QQ9hh I have Jh no fd
He checks I 105 into 190 he calls turn Th I check river Jo he 325 into 380.

In game I tanked for a while and ended up folding bc for his sizing he just doesn't have enough hands he's turning into a bluff. He was clearly a bad reg but next best player at the table (lol) so I just couldn't find enough bluffs to station off one of my nut bluff catchers. Afterwards after thinking about it some more this is one of the first combos I should reach for to start bluff shipping especially as my straight flushes conceivably could check turn altho at that deep of an spr I'd probably barrel almost all of them but it's a flip for how he'd perceive me. A jam was almost a perfect pot sized raise. Afterwards he was pretty adamant about having QJT and was not happy I folded JJh.

It was enjoyable but having the 5th or 6th card seemed to detract from the game as it took longer to deal/play, people bluffed less, and it was mostly nut peddling in 4-6 way pots. I'm sure in this exact lineup 5/6c plo is more profitable than most regular 2/5 plo games but the 4c 2/5 plo games at the vic are pretty loosey goosey so I'd rather just do 4 cards.

Anyway I booked a 2050 pound win and came home while the sun was rising.

A friend from uni unexpectedly called me today to discuss living together in latin america for a month this summer. I'd love to, we're looking into costa rica. Any recommendations from people would be dope, I'd really appreciate being pointed in the right direction for something near the beach with good wifi that is safe and 800-1500USD/month for a 2 bedroom.

Peace guys

im in, gl op

Enjoying the updates, keep it up and gl with continued success