so being a 23y/o kissless virgin, i don't really understand this stuff

did you **** the czech girl? how does that even work? you just met her then banged, that day?

how did you meet

does she just **** a different guy every night or what

wtf

m,aybe it's the allure of u being foreigner and sick poker pro, so she doesnt care about the guys at home? idk i dont get it

Hahahahaahaha Kizzah I miss your posts on my thread. You need to post more often. <3

With humour like that I am sure the Czech girls would be all over you

Been a while since I made an update.

I have been struggling on the technical front of my videos. My video encoding process keeps messing up. I have also had no good upload speed internet connections in the last 2 weeks.

However, this airbnb in Vienna has OK. internet and did manage to get an upload in.



I am not going to regurgitate what I go through in the video. However here is a short summary:

- 5 tournaments, 5 bustos (no cash)
- 76 hours of cash and won around 16.5 buyins across 1/3 2/5 and 5/T
- very little sleep
- very little of anything but poker
- met some cool people

I am off to Malta tomorrow for the 888 WPT deepstacks series. I will be there from the 10th till the 15th.

Then on the 15th, I am off to the Irish Poker open until the 23rd.

I don't think there will be many video uploads during this period but I will do my best to keep my thread updated.

Are you travelling much or is it just a poker trip?

Its meant to be a combination between travel and poker. I would say,so far, its been 60%travel and 40% poker. I think I made up for the lack of volume early in my trip (the first 3 weeks) when I went to Kings in Rozvadov. I played about 10 hours a day for 10 or 11 days. I took a week off but back on the grind today in Malta. Playing the 888 WPT Malta series. Apparently cash game action hasnt been great which is a bit of a concern....

Been catching up on your videos. Just wanted to say as someone who’s recreationally edited videos before I know how painstakingly long it can be...your work effort is truly impressive dude.

I also enjoyed your unique content such as focusing on bluffing (mid 20s episode) as that type of stuff isn’t discussed as much and it’s interesting.

Have you come up with any interesting live exploits? (Opening larger, 3betting tighter, overlimping, etc)

Hope the live travel grind is treating you well.

Thanks, always nice to hear someone appreciate the work effort that I put into my videos.

At the moment not really. Only thing I have really adjusted is developing a limp re raise strategy for button straddles but apart from that I havent really done anything innovative. I have started to get better at adapting strategies for indiviual players. I.e. against young regs I generally put a lot of value hands in heavy checking lines and then against recreational put value in heavy betting lines. I am also starting to get better at grouping players and identifying tendencies of these groups.

Regarding the specific examples, it really depends on the game. When I play 7 handed or less I play almost identical to my 6 max strat online. I 3b a little bit wider in these games just because:

1. People do not 4b anywhere near the correct freq
2. People play really poorly OOP in 3b pots.

When it becomes full ring, I generally play tighter. I generally never overlimp as rake is disgusting. Most games I have been playing in have straddles so there is a very large incentive to raise steal (and preflop is unraked).

Generally I have been opening 3x or 4x. I actually think there is a lot of merit for opening 4x or 5x from cut off or button because there is a misconception (particularly in the live community) that you have to defend your big blind super wide. I think the fact that in tournament poker your defence range out of BB is super wide and they apply this same logic to cash. I also think that generally 3b freq out of BB (even online) is generally too low and therefore we do not get as punished for larger open sizes from these positions.

Away from strategy, I am starting to struggle with the travel and live grind lifestyle. The extremely long hours is seriously starting to affect my sleep schedule and the number of meals I eat. I am currently very sleep deprived from Malta (probably because the guys I shared a room with snored so much haha). Since I am always so fatigued I have less motivation to put hours into studying and content creation.

I also feel like my overall game is slowly starting to deteoriate. I am really starting to recognise how crucial/important it is to play online poker to maintain or improve skill level. The sheer volume of online poker improves intuition and helps build habits in maximising EV in every small spot. Its going to be interesting going back to online. Fortunately the guys in my study group are accelerating at an exponential level and I have faith that I can leech information and coaching off them when I return (thanks in advance lads).

I will say, I am having a lot of fun from a social perspective. I generally am a social person and I like meeting new people and having chats with people on the table (sometimes I just dont feel like talking to people because I am tired). I have also met so many cool people and have travelled to a few places with some of the other live poker players. I have also had some fun nights out!! The online grind is sometimes very isolating so its really good to mix up the grind with a social element.
Live poker and travelling is always a great way to network. I eventually want to do some business related stuff down the track so I have built a decent network of people in the last few weeks.

Anyway this is what my sleep deprived self feels about my trip at the moment. I am currently at the airport and about to head off to Ireland for the Irish Poker Open so if anyone is around and wants to go get beers, hit me up.

Where else are you planning on seeing?

Good to see you're having a good time mate, GL in Dublin!

At the moment I have London, Aahrus (Denmark), Berlin and Bremen locked in. Depending how much I play in the next few weeks will determine whether I end the trip with a poker stop or a tourist stop.

You have some sweet new bovada software awaiting you when you return
I'd stick to live

Hahah yeah I have heard quite a few grumblings about it. I personallly think it doesnt look too bad. Then again, I havent played on it yet.

It’s horrendous
I actually cashed out of the site


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It's not the colors so much as it's the font size and software processes maxing out CPU.

We've actually played together at Crown last year haha! It was only after I saw this blog and watched your VLOG did I realise who you were. I really like your YT content buddy, keep em up.

I have a quick question for you since you're a fellow Aussie that plays Ignition. Is it possible to make a living playing mid stakes on Ignition if you play 4 table reg tables? I really struggle with zone (timing out etc) but the issue with reg tables is that volume sucks, but I reckon reg tables are probably a lot softer (thus higher WR possible). If I try to make a living playing reg tables, would I need to put in a ton more hours (c.f. playing zone)

Hahah actually?

Oh ok, so its difficult to follow action or something?

Yo, yeah I went down to Melbourne with the two South Australian guys in my study group last year in late Sep/early Oct.

Do you remember what table we were playing together on? Or did we play any significant hands?

Yeah it probably is possible. What do you consider midstakes? 100nl probably not. 200nl with large hours and a decent win rate - most definitely. Then obviously 500nl reg tables yes you can. It is probably most encouraged that you try beat zone for the volume.

Yes and yes. I came in late after a party at my mate's place and was rather intoxicated (bad idea I know, I don't usually do this but the two times I did this I dropped 1-2 stacks). PM me if you really want to know who I am/which hand we played

Thank you for your response! Yeah that's what I thought as well... I think it may benefit me to really try and train myself to be able to act quicker (due to the lack of time-bank) but part of being a good poker player is knowing your strengths and weaknesses and one of my biggest weaknesses that I'm horrible with making good decisions quickly (esp. when adjusting to population tendencies - exploi fold/hero calls etc.).

Also, have you considered moving elsewhere to play on online (Stars/other sites) eventually? I know the games on Ignition is juicy but it's nice to be able to play on Stars to improve and on other sites when Iggy gets dry

hahahha funnily enough on one of the nights I was there, I went out with my cousin and met the boys at the casino. Fortunately Scott was holding all my money and was playing daddy day care that night so I was limited to only 1/3. I think I ended up the session one buyin despite being slightly drunk.

Yes, I am considering moving overseas with some of the guys in the study group. Currently I am travelling Europe and some of the others are planning on doing an overseas trip as well. So perhaps that becomes a reality in 2020.

Pattaya Penthouse 2020 lfggg

hahaha.... how much 'grinding' would actually get done

Its been a while since I last posted in my thread.

Finally got around to uploading a video!

All the updates and future plans are discussed in video



For those of you who cannot be bothered to sit through 25 minutes.


- Explaining my absence
- Future plan:

Grinding 200nl till I get used to the software and playing online
Studying for 500nl
Taking 20 buyin shot at 500nl
Grinding 500nl (200K+? hands)
1knl shot take

- Video Content plan: 2 videos a week
- Probably won't be able to twitch stream too often because I feel like I would give too much away for population exploits
- Going to Melbourne with study group from the 6th-12th June (Australia's long weekend) God bless the Queen hahaha

Then the video goes into highlights of my week with the new software.

Online grind:


Its pretty good to be back on the online grind. I actually have really enjoyed coming back and playing. I feel really refreshed and motivated to put some insane volume in online. Although I am super motivated, I feel very rusty and think I made a LOT of mistakes this week. I am also quite behind on the learning scale vs my study group. It feels like some people in the group have accelerated their fundamentals in the last 3 months. As a result I feel like I am getting exploited by one member of the group because he knows how to counter my unbalanced strategy......... (bani....). Every time I do something exploitative or make a big mistake and post the HH its always him on the other end of the hand....

I will probably do a more in depth post on my trip and try include some productive points about travelling and poker. Perhaps I will include some findings of adapting to live poker as an online player.

Enjoy

Bani the endboss

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