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View Poll Results: SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS A REALISTIC ANNUAL EARNING OF AN "A" PLAYER GRINDING $1/$2NLHE?

LESS THAN $22K

392 12.64%

$22K TO $28K

453 14.60%

$28K TO $34K

505 16.28%

$34K TO $40K

528 17.02%

$40K TO $46K

295 9.51%

MORE THAN $46K

929 29.95%

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01-21-2018 , 09:19 PM

#5801

iTzLifestyle

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Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,083

Almost looks like the pepsi logo some of the balls.

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01-21-2018 , 09:48 PM

#5802

ButterflySymmetry

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Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 5,179

Give it a thumbs down, leave a hateful comment, and tell no one.

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01-22-2018 , 03:46 PM

#5803

ButterflySymmetry

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 5,179

Trying to be productive, but feel lm not.

Today has been the first full day of pretty much doing nothing. Almost got the urge to go sit in a game, but decided to stay the course and wait it out. If I wd to hv a losing week it wd just push everything back.

Not sure what to do over the next 10 days. Done making RTA shirts, done transitioning kids bedrooms. So now what? Guess I’ll go work out and just try to stay tennis fit.

We will get there! We will run it up again! I promise u!

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01-23-2018 , 01:30 AM

#5804

JMoney2681

stranger

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 11

Hello, I read a good chunk of this thread. Excellent content, and thanks for bringing us along on your journey!

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01-23-2018 , 01:46 AM

#5805

Da_Nit

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Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 9,383

Tennis hustling!

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01-23-2018 , 09:35 AM

#5806

ButterflySymmetry

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Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 5,179

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Originally Posted by JMoney2681

Hello, I read a good chunk of this thread. Excellent content, and thanks for bringing us along on your journey!

Thanks @Jmoney2681. Sometimes I wonder if anyone is reading it, but still write just because it helps me stay accountable to myself. I feel if I put it out there, then it pushes me to get me to the next levels of life.
I understand it may b in the boring stage of the journey right now, but those stages sometimes happen. I’m not gonna make **** up just for the sake of a better read. #FullTransparency
Continue to chime in. Things are gonna get better here.

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01-23-2018 , 09:40 AM

#5807

ButterflySymmetry

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Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 5,179

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Originally Posted by Da_Nit

Tennis hustling!

I once bet a guy (Clint) in the poker room 3k in tennis giving him the doubles lines. I think I wrote about here in this thread a couple years back. Long story short, he didn’t show up.
We both left our 2/5/10nl game and I was waiting at Central Park under the lights for him. I was quite surprised because supposedly Clint makes these bets all the time and does quite well on them. I think he has some utube vids of his high dollar bets (mostly golf).

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01-23-2018 , 12:09 PM

#5808

JMoney2681

stranger

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 11

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Originally Posted by ButterflySymmetry

I appreciate the full transparency. I am willing to say 99% of posters don't post anything close to this level of transparency. I was very happy to read about your 1/2 NL win rates and how you crushed the game. I would say it's more like a 2/5 NL game tho, as most games you played in were very deep compared to the average 1/2 or even 1/3 NL.

I wish I had a 1/2 NL game that deep, sounds like a great spot for a expert player like yourself to fully execute exploitation. The stocks section was also interesting, binking on TSLA was pretty sweet I bet?

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01-23-2018 , 02:12 PM

#5809

GatorXP

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,887

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Originally Posted by ButterflySymmetry

In my experience these type of bets require no show clauses i.e. no show is the same as a loss

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01-26-2018 , 09:50 AM

#5810

mgmlive

newbie

Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 39

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Originally Posted by ButterflySymmetry

Dear Diary,
I prob shdnt hv bought the Speedball Screen Print. The money continues to be tight and realzinf taxes may send me back to 0.

Dear 2+2,
I can not afford to take any shots until we get through our tax situation. Yes, I realize I’m already defaulting on my initial 2018 plan. Things change course and one shd man up to realize it.
The weight on my shoulders is getting heavier. We try.

Dear me,
Take everything u have and get this paid off. Total taxes looks to be right around the 5 fig mark. The money wall sits around 6k, tennis savings are $1,100 = just north of 7k. Sara owes me 5k. So that puts me around 12kish. I can pay this off, but left w nothing. Puts me in a bad spot.
One thing I know is, I shd back way off on the pokerz and coast this $ through tax season. Putting any $ at risk right now may not be wisest move.

What about going back to a regular teaching job or tutoring math?

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01-26-2018 , 09:52 AM

#5811

hello7027

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 241

New poker room Supervisor at HSI. Looks like he’s trying to get active on socials and listen to concerns to grow the room. Sounds like a positive effort!

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01-27-2018 , 12:39 AM

#5812

LiveActionPro

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Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6,738

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Originally Posted by ButterflySymmetry

I know this guy Clint, he is good at hustling, beat one of our friends out Of 5k when he hit 70 out of 100 three pointers and made 91 of 100 free throws. He’s good at everything he does from golf, basketball to poker, I’m guessing he realized he wasn’t going to win this tennis match and bailed.

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01-28-2018 , 04:47 AM

#5813

LongDTravis

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 360

Have you ever thought of making your own clothing line? There's a lifestyle vlogger who moved to Reno (I think) and became the CEO of a clothing line. Can't think of this guy's name at the moment.

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01-28-2018 , 08:36 AM

#5814

fozzy71

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Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 38,193

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Originally Posted by LongDTravis

Have you ever thought of making your own clothing line? There's a lifestyle vlogger who moved to Reno (I think) and became the CEO of a clothing line. Can't think of this guy's name at the moment.

Trooper lives in Vegas, not Reno.

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01-28-2018 , 11:35 AM

#5815

23straight

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Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 243

I'd buy some KOL apparel.

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01-28-2018 , 10:19 PM

#5816

ButterflySymmetry

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mgmlive

What about going back to a regular teaching job or tutoring math?

no.
I want nothing to do w teaching math. I’m trying to work less, not more.

Poker will continue to be my driving force for all things money. It pays gd, it’s flexible. We just trying to get through this small bump.
I hv the cash to pay Uncle Sam, but just won’t hv a lot left to grind on. Shd know exact numbers next weeK. It’s gonna b a sweat. I’m thinking I’ll prob only hv a handful of buy ins for a start up roll. It makes me a bit nervous, but I just tell myself even if we go broke on this short roll we still sitting pretty in life.

Plan A is to run up my short roll. Plan B is to make plan A work.

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01-28-2018 , 10:22 PM

#5817

ButterflySymmetry

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hello7027

New poker room Supervisor at HSI. Looks like he’s trying to get active on socials and listen to concerns to grow the room. Sounds like a positive effort!

Saw that. Also saw they are taking an extra $ out on all pots over $20.

Another 1 step forward, 2 steps back.

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01-28-2018 , 10:26 PM

#5818

ButterflySymmetry

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Originally Posted by LongDTravis

Have you ever thought of making your own clothing line? .

It may hv crossed my mind in my younger years.
Not interested in doing that sort of thing.

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01-28-2018 , 10:28 PM

#5819

ButterflySymmetry

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Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 5,179

Still in chill mode for another 7 days or so.
Trying my best to make gd decisions that will get me through.

Looking forward to getting back on the felt.

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01-29-2018 , 08:23 AM

#5820

BigSoonerFan

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Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,214

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Originally Posted by ButterflySymmetry

Saw that. Also saw they are taking an extra $ out on all pots over $20.

Another 1 step forward, 2 steps back.

They raised the rake, or using it for some promotion?

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01-29-2018 , 09:10 AM

#5821

TheProdigy93

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 273

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Originally Posted by BigSoonerFan

They raised the rake, or using it for some promotion?

Taking 1 more promotional dollar at 20, but they're going to be stepping up their promotions big. A big increase compared to what they're offering now.

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01-30-2018 , 10:10 PM

#5822

tswpoker1

old hand

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,979

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Originally Posted by TheProdigy93

Taking 1 more promotional dollar at 20, but they're going to be stepping up their promotions big. A big increase compared to what they're offering now.

As a recreational player this seems appealing, however I could see how the pro's wouldn't like it. But if it brings in more fun players, win-win.

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01-31-2018 , 11:32 AM

#5823

ButterflySymmetry

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Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 5,179

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Originally Posted by TheProdigy93

Taking 1 more promotional dollar at 20, but they're going to be stepping up their promotions big. A big increase compared to what they're offering now.

They begging and desperate

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01-31-2018 , 11:57 AM

#5824

ButterflySymmetry

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Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 5,179

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Originally Posted by tswpoker1

As a recreational player this seems appealing, however I could see how the pro's wouldn't like it. But if it brings in more fun players, win-win.

HSI has done everything backwards.
To grow a poker room, I always felt u shd cater to the high limit players and regulars, the rest wd trickle down. If u lose ur regulars, u lose the room.
This is my opinion. What’s ur thoughts?
Their business model has always been catering to their own staff, and recs. Hasn’t been working at all, and it’s been slowly falling off the cliff. When they move to land, it cd help spark some business.

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01-31-2018 , 12:36 PM

#5825

GatorXP

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,887

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Originally Posted by ButterflySymmetry

Imo it's a bit like running a bar. It's all about the regulars. Making it a part of people's routine. You need asses in seats grinding out beers or rake.

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