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Maybe this is the problem?

Thanks for the welcoming everyone!

So I've been playing on GGPoker and nah I don't use a tracker because that site doesn't allow it. I've only deposited once though, so I know exactly what my net profit is based upon that (currently +$8 at 2nl and -$28 at 5nl over a tiny insignificant sample).

Yeah we've still been sending money overseas to my wife's family. Unfortunately, none of them have jobs and the Thai government hasn't given them much support, so we haven't had much of a choice there. My wife's dad still has some medical problems and requires medicine every month, which is somewhat expensive, so we've been paying for that + a bit of food money for them too.

Looks like there's a decent chance that outdoor restaurants and cafes might open in my city next week, which would be great cause I haven't seen my friends in literally months, so I'm excited for that!

Unfortunately, the gym, the casino and the airport aren't going to open up anytime soon, so online poker is still going to be my only option for the foreseeable future.

"we" or you?

Not sure how you can justify sending money to support other people when you can't even support yourselves.

Can you not see your friends in an outdoor setting where you don't have to spend money? ie. a park

I bet her dads 'medical problems' will last a very very very long time. lol

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Bro, YOU don't have a job. You're playing WoW between 30 minute 5nl sessions. You've burned through your "nest egg" you acquired from sunrunning over a super small sample by ordering food. Your city is opening up and your first thought is...to go spend more money? Why wouldn't your first thought be to get a job so that you aren't a massive burden on everyone around you?

Also, since you have seemed to resign yourself to permanently supporting your in laws, why not move them into your mom's apartment? It's not like they or you are strangers to living in cramped living quarters, and it's not like anyone has a job they need to stay in town for. With the money they'll save from not paying for housing they can pay for their own food and "medicine". Win-win. Move the sister and brother in law that you're overpaying for their meals in too, the more the merrier. If you're going to be a sucker, at least minimize your outlay.

Lmao. Nice one.

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I think it would be more +EV to move to Thailand with your mom and wife. As a NL0,05 grinder you can make a living there and crabs would be your daily meat...

They'd never allow that. Right now (well, pre-Covid) his wife was shipping her entire paycheck to them and that conversion rate means they were making out super well. They'd never give that up.

Damn I was hoping this thread would become a bit more positive this time... Alas, I shall respond to everyone:

It's pretty easy to justify: even though I'm not particularly rich, I'm still in a much better situation than a lot of people. At no point in the past 6 months have I ever had to worry about not being able to afford food or medical expenses.

On a world scale, I am relatively very rich and very lucky, so it makes sense to help out the less fortunate, especially when they're my in-laws.

Nah so there's been a 5km rule for a long time in my city, and most of my friends live at least 30kms away from me. Plus there were previously rules that you weren't allowed to see people from outside your household. It's only very recently that my city started to get this pandemic under control (we actually went from over 10,000 active cases in my city just 2 months ago, to now fewer than 100 active cases today) and we're starting to ease these restrictions significantly. So finally, meeting up with friends is about to be legalised lol.

Sadly, yes. Ever since my father-in-law got out of ICU, he's had some permanent issues. He only made about a 70% recovery. He's stable but he still gets migraines and had to permanently quit his job (he used to work as a lawyer). So unfortunately, his medical problems will last him for the rest of his life, and we're the only ones who can support him, since he has no savings.

Thanks Fodersneso! This is the kind of positive and uplifting response that I need <3

Only certain things in my city are opening up, unfortunately. Believe me: if the poker room was to open up tomorrow, I would be lining up outside, ready to grind $1/$3 NL. But it's not. The only things opening up are outdoor restaurants and cafes for now. So earning money isn't an option; only spending money is.

It's not possible for my in-laws to come here. They live in Thailand and it's impossible for them to get a visa to come here.

And I still have a nest egg left: I still have $6k AUD. So everything is still fine. I can afford to spend 1 month just grinding the micros, chilling, meeting up with friends, etc. I'm not in a desperate situation just yet where I need to immediately jump to 100nl and start earning money to pay the bills.

We've actually considered this. The only issues are:
1) I'll stop getting welfare from the Australian government once I move to Thailand.
2) We must commit to a 3+ month stay. There's a travel ban where Australians aren't allowed to leave our country unless we intend to stay somewhere long-term.
3) The initial costs are quite high: we have to pay for a 14 day quarantine at a hotel in Thailand upon arrival, and flights are very expensive right now, too.

Those places don't need waiters? Cooks?

Didn't you used to work as both a pizza delivery boy and an uber driver? Why not get your old job back? Why not drive for ubereats or other food delivery variants?

Also you never responded when I asked how you were planning on paying for college/how you were planning on getting to campus. No plan there? Just hope it all works out? How many credit hours are you planning on taking next semester?

Well my wife has been applying for a bunch of these jobs. She wants to work as a waitress because it doesn't look like her hotel job is going to reopen anytime soon. As for me: I'd much rather grind poker than go back to driving Uber or working a fast food joint.

So in Australia, you don't need to pay for uni upfront. It just gets added to your HECS debt. Plus you get constant welfare payments for as long as you're a full-time student. So the question of "how are you going to pay for college" isn't even a question here. Anyone that wants to go, can go.

My intention is to study full-time next year and either give up poker completely, or just grind a small amount (less than 15 hours per week) to earn a little cash on the side.

Pretty sure everyone would rather sit home and be their own boss rather than go do ****. I don't understand how you can have that mindset and not be studying like crazy with poker. Even if you're not playing reasonable stakes right now, studying's at least preparing you for making money. As Walter White said, "there's gold in the streets just waiting for someone to come and scoop it up". Don't you want to get that gold instead of constantly just outputting everything?

^ I too am inspired by quotes from fictional meth dealers

Doesn't make it not applicable to poker so *shrug*. You can do whatever you want in poker. Get gold or be a *****.

Yeah well you're providing the subject matter.

"Look at my garbage fire! Check out the toxic fumes!

Wait why aren't you guys being more positive about my garbage fire?"

I (along with others) was hoping for a more positive update after this time. Other than you've thought about applying for a course, becoming the next Bobby Fischer and burning through your cash on delivered food and shipping it to Thailand.

You know why you don't have to worry about being able to afford food or medical expenses? Because you're living rent free at your mum's and she's footing the bills for you both. Take that away and your situation is dire.

Compared to the average somalian, you are wealthy. But the reality is you live in a developed country and your money doesn't go far in the real world so not sure why even make the comparison. If you want to help out the less fortunate, why not volunteer locally or help out the homeless on the street which you most likely try to avoid making eye contact with?

transformation into 6baisting coming to a close

OP, you will be 27 years old when you go back college, right?

I'm curious to know what your career plans are? I think you should have a pretty firm idea of what job you want to do afterwards. You shouldn't just being doing this degree for the sake of it.

And fgs please stop giving money to these people overseas.

It seems like his plan is to live with his mom, on welfare, with no job for as long as humanly possible. He hasn't been able to answer any questions about his plans, and from what he's said (and what we know about his mentality), it seems like he's seeing college pt.2 as another way to delay adulthood.

I'm sure his response will be his truth. "I'll figure it out later." It's worked so well for him thus far...

Yeah it certainly seems that way. I think it's his excuse for spending another 3 years playing poker while occasionally studying (something which he did last time and failed).

You'll never be successful in life if you're happy with a few grand to your name, living rent free with 8 other people in a cramped apartment. Thats not successful. That's not doing well, and comparing yourself to third world nations doesn't make it so. Your attitude is horrible and keeping you back. How do you have no motivation to better your situation?

6k isn't a "nest egg." Its 6 weeks of minimum wage work where you live. Its 2 months of expenses if you paid for rent/food/internet.

Or 63 days of crab meat

A grown adult in Australia thinking 6k is a nest egg. Amazingly you always manage to keep outdoing yourself. lol