Gotta love that ak - look forward to playing with you more (although I don’t play on stars much) - glgl


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It's been a minute.

I had barely been playing but I finally finished finals a few days ago. I spent one of my days off wandering around the city shooting pics, and I spent yesterday snowboarding. I'm planning on shooting and boarding a bunch over my break while also trying to make up for the volume I missed while preparing for finals.

I find that I go through swings with regards to how much I feel like studying poker. Lately, I haven't been in much of a mood for it. Sometimes it's all I do. Personally, I find that I'm able to study a decent amount overall without having to force myself to do it. I think continuing this pattern is a good idea and will prevent me from burnout or boredom. With that being said, I kinda hope I get back into the studying mood soon.

I also hope this guy NEVER gets in the studying mood:








This guy is a reg in the 200 and 500z pools...










Same guy.








It felt like this fish snap called before I even pressed bet.









Super unlucky, bud. I would have played it the same way.









Remember that time I said it's really important to cooler recs? I did it again.









Hmmmm.... I don't think that's how you're meant to use your blockers.

in before downswing. gl.

subbed gl!

Very entertaining hands.
GL!

Great post, your future seems pretty bright in poker with a mindset like this. .. GL!

That's my secret, I'm always on a downswing. Wait...

Hey, I enjoy the stream from time-to-time!

The gap between posts allows me to create decent compilations :P

Thanks! That's very kind.



So I was supposed to go snowboarding today but bailed because I'm coming down with a bit of a cold. Glad I didn't go!


All but 565 hands are at 500z. The pool was pretty great and a crusher-friend encouraged me to hop in. Winning a little over 5k in a day is probably not too extraordinary for a 500z reg, but for a 200-500 tweener like me, it feels pretty awesome. I ran hotter than the sun and definitely made some mistakes (including a couple of super nitty river checks; I should have marked them to post and shame myself). It's important to stay even-keeled with a day like this, because these results are not a direct indication of the quality of my play. On the bright side, I found plenty of spots to mark and review. The study bug has hit me a little more recently.


There's a LOT more to learn. I just hope I can catch more sun in the mean time.

Amazing mindset, love it

just found this thread! gl to you sir.
watched almost all your footage on RIO like a year ago and enjoyed it

Haha thanks. I think my overall approach to poker is pretty decent. My mental game, however, has tons of room for improvement. One can easily appear to be more "zen" than they are when given the opportunity to think and type, so this disclaimer seemed appropriate :P

Glad you liked them! It's strange watching them back now (even the new ones) because I think I've improved so much since I recorded my final video.

Just curious, why did you bet river there so big against the fish in the K9o hand? Is it because he has gutshots and draws or were you trying to get him to fold a pair?

I thought that he would call turn a lot with 2nd pair or worse type hands (since they often have gutters) and I thought I could get them to fold often by betting big OTR (IMO fish will respond pretty elastically to sizing here). I knew villain was a fish, but I didn't have many hands. Suffice to say, I wouldn't have attempted this bluff had I known he would call-down so lightly lol.



I played a couple of fun hands today and realized that, combined with the hands marked since my previous HH post, I had enough post-worthy ones to create an update.


Gotta snipe that turn value vs rec









Not the first time this dude has done stuff like this.








DAMN.

Edit: not sure why the HH isn't showing both runouts (we ran it twice). He binked a straight on one of them.









Quick story about how OP is a whale:

OTR, I was thinking to myself "I only lose to AT, and I really hope he doesn't have ATo in his range. Still, I have to shove here because he has enough worse combos (because if he has ATo he has QJo too). When he called my shove and showed AT, I thought "of course" -_-. I was legitimately startled when the chips went my way and it took my at least 1.5s to realize I had the best hand. Christ.











500z is weird because you have quite a few bosses, but then you also have "regs" that play all day and do this...









Uh...hahaha

Hey you're streaming on twitch? What's your stream called?

Nope. That was a reply to Adam (he streams).

Happy new year everyone!

I figure that this seems as good a time as any for an update.




The 500z games have been good to me recently with the soft pools. I occasionally have to "take it all in". Playing 500z feels awesome. It's still novel to me, and playing this limit has been a goal of mine for forever now. This probably sounds silly to regulars or to higher stakes players. The magic of poker has faded notably from the days that I was playing micros, but I can still distinctly remember looking at even the 200nl games and thinking how cool it would be to play them. I would occasionally watch and feel like all the regs were so good. Well, they were (relative to me).

This isn't to say "I've made it" at 500. I'm far from it. My overall volume at 500z is still entirely negligible. But while we so often ride the rage or joy-inducing waves of poker with tunnel vision, it can be appropriate to momentarily appreciate the results of one's efforts thus far. I started this year playing mostly 100z with some 200z. I think my inactivity in 2016 set me back quite a bit relative to the field. The most optimistic evaluation might have rated me as a-shade-above-average as of May 2017. Hopefully in another 6 months I can laugh at how bad I am now.

I'm encouraged by the fact that my samples are getting to the point where I'm finding leaks in many of the regulars that only play 500z. Not everyone is infallible as they may seem from afar. I do my best to not dismiss a seemingly foreign line as "bad". However, when you see something that you are confident is a mistake (while also considering whether a deviation is being made for exploitative purposes), it's rewarding in a way.


Goals for 2018:

- 600k hands
- become a regular at 500z
- become a better photographer
- write more (any type of writing)

I know some people like to set goals like "study x hours/day". Like I've mentioned before, I just cannot do that. I let my mood dictate my study habits. Fortunately, this still results in a lot of studying, and it also impedes burn-out. I'm also reluctant to set win-rate goals just given how massive of a sample you need to confidently determine a wr. With that being said, I'll just say that I'd like to become a lot stronger of a player.

I'll save any post-worthy hands for next time. Until then, good luck everyone.

yeah boy, incredible results.
Good luck this year, sky (AI) is the limit.

Subbed, gl gl!

big 2018 coming gl!

Congrats on a great year. Seen all your vids on RIO. I hope you exceed all of your goals for 2018!

It's been nice battling vs you in December, best of luck in 2018

That's why I'm trying to become one with AI.

Thanks!

Thanks man. I'm looking forward to more of our whale vs whale battles.

ALL of them? Wow man thanks

And with you. Though it would be nicer if you stopped checking when I have the nuts.


I've been studying a bunch lately and I've definitely found a few lines/spots that I'm gonna start playing differently. Poker is so much more fun for me whenever I'm able to implement one or two newly discovered things.

A few hands from my recent play:



I already miss the last two weeks of December greatly:








The casual min-raise and flat against the cold 4.








A victory for the EV line!









From sigh fold to "wait a minute...".








Had me sweating the river tank.










I've spent a bunch of time during the past year playing around with photography. I'm still very much an amateur, but these are probably some of my better shots from 2017. Although these are all scenic, I actually much prefer street photography. People are far more interesting imo. Hopefully I can spend more time with this in 2018 and get better!


Harbour Centre in Vancouver:



Balling on the Pacific Ocean while approaching Alaska.



Downtown Vancouver on Granville Street.



The Space Needle in Seattle.

pretty cool shots for an amateur, ive been doing some street photography stuff in the last few years as well
which camera do you use?
and also where are you uploading your photos?
would love to follow

+1

Following obv.

Thanks! HU, I'd like to check out your stuff too. I mostly just post on instagram:

@gramvillestreet

The m is not a typo :P

Edit: I use a Nikon D3400. I recently picked up the 50mm 1.8g Nikkor lens which has been awesome.

ahh nice ill give you a follow!

currently have Nikon D5500 but looking to get a mirrorless camera as it's more subtle and discreet with streetog, also much lighter to carry around!