just wanted to say your the f'ing man.

best of luck in the future

congrats!

but I always heard you could not use software that picks and chooses tables you play at?

Sitting in front of the computer 12+ hours per day is not healthy. I am guilty of it too and the effects take its toll.

Can you post what your whole diet is on an avg day? (I read the fpp post but want more detailed info plz) Thanks.


Oyeah love your blog

Fossil put it best imo

As I mentioned earlier in the well, I have a custom script made for this. I'm not at liberty to share it, but I will talk to my programmer and ask him if he'd like to offer his services to others (for a fee I'm sure.) I will let everyone know his decision in this well after speaking with him.


Hello Pillars, my nemesis.... =)

1. No, it's within the rules of the game, and therefore I don't feel it's unethical. Everyone has an equal opportunity to buy in for whatever amount they would like within the rules. 20BB has been the minimum buyin since PokerStars first launched in 2001.

2. From an ethical point of view, if a player with 100BB doubles up and leaves, is there any difference between that player and a player with 20BB doing this same thing? And again, it's within the rules of the game. A player has the option to leave at any point in a cash game for any reason. It's not a tournament. If someone objects to a player leaving after doubling up, I suggest other forms of poker than standard NL cash game formats... i.e. SNG's, MTT's, or even limit cash games for the most part..

3. You and I have discussed this before, and I know you are strongly against me coaching. People are going to teach, the information will find its way to the masses, that's the nature of communication on the internet. Someone is eventually going to bring SS strategy to the masses, it's inevitable. I plan on being that person because since I'm aware of its inevitability, I would like benefit to some degree from it, rather than take the full brunt of its obvious negative repercussions. When it happens.. wouldn't you rather be in my shoes than yours? So would I.

4. Playing an acoustic guitar while sitting on the porch of a house overlooking the most amazing view I can imagine.. and I hope my friends could join me when they had the time.

5. I try not to judge others. And if someone I was close to committed suicide, I wouldn't look down on them in the least. And it's not my place to judge whether or not their actions are ethical. There are so many people that have tormented souls, living in the confines of a damaged mind and body like a prison they cannot escape except through death. It's impossible to know the exact path they have travelled that lead them to the end of the road. I'll mourn the loss, will not pass judgment, and I'll require no justification of the action. I'll just wish I had some foresight to help in some way.

6. That's a good question. I'm probably not the person to ask, but I'll take a stab at it... Poker has become more difficult over the years, and I could probably map a direct correlation to the increase in SS'ers to the difficulty of poker, if there was indeed a way to map this out.. perhaps graphing the standard deviations of winrates from the median over the years, plotted against the number of people that buy in for 20bb as a percent of the population. The point I'm getting at is that as poker gets more difficult, many people that were once winners are now breakeven players or losers, variance increases, etc.. so what is the effect.. well most people consciously/subconsciously view correlation to equal causation, so the result is a backlash on those they view responsible... the short stacker. That and people just need someone to blame for their problems, poker and even non-poker related.

7. A) quixtar [not sure he's still considered a ss'er these days though] B) His younger brother, Nutpopper C) Rudder1ess D) You E) noobelf F) chisness G) imsakidd H) showtime I) camptheblunt J) misttheflop K) curtains ..are all very solid to name a few. Half of them are from Madison, Wisconsin and you're upset with me for teaching SS'ing... you need to hire someone to take out quixtar and his brother if you want to put a dent in SS replication, lol.


I haven't made any definitive plans to attend a live event until I can get my health going in the right direction. Playing so much poker this year really tore me down, and travelling is very hard on the immune system, I couldn't even imagine doing it right now. The trip to PCA last January nearly did me in and I was in better shape then. I love travelling to live events, and with some divine intervention maybe I'll have the strength to make it out for a couple next year. I hope I can cause I'd love to meet up with some of you.


It doesn't pick which table I play, it simply just looks for the 'red text' that PokerStars displays to inform you that you must return to that particular table with the amount you left because you have not surpassed the 1 hour time limit. As soon as the script recognizes a table with this message it doesn't allow me to sit. If a table does not have this red text message, I am allowed to sit, it's up to me if I choose to sit or not.


I completely agree. Doing it day in and day out will break a healthy man down, you can only imagine what it's done to me.. and thus the reason I've decided not to push onward for 4million. It's not a matter of will at this point. Mentally I'm strong enough for it, but physically my body has quit responding to my drive. It's time for me to focus on getting more rest, fresh air, and exercise now. I'm proud of my accomplishment thus far, and am not disappointed in the least that I wasn't able to achieve 4million VPP. Health comes first now.. but I'll surely clear another milestone or two before year end... and of course SNE+ next year.


Breakfast: I usually start with some "Living Intention" cereal, my favorites are the Acai/Blueberry and the Chia Ginger (note that it is expensive cereal though.. but you get what you pay for imo.) I pour almond or hazelnut milk over, as oddly enough I mentioned earlier in the well. I also like to follow that up with a bowl of diced fruit (my body has an intolerance to several fruits, such as oranges, and mangos.. food intolerances are a common symptom of people with Lyme or other immune problems. But the ones I can eat, I enjoy plenty of. Buy organic.

Lunch: My favorite is sushi. 3 or 4 times a week I eat tuna/salmon/yellowtail sashimi, usually with a salad and light soup.

Dinner: As always, I try to maintain a balanced meal. Organic meats and produce. And stay away from all the bleached flour products... all these doughs, breads, buns, etc.

And I snack throughout the day, such as mixed nuts, among other things (like the Raw bar mentioned in my blog). The less processed the food usually equates to the healthier the food. Just because you go to the store and buy a bag of chips that say 'baked' or 'low fat' on them doesn't mean they are good for you. Sure, relative to the greasy fried chips they are a godsend, but compared to a handful of cashews they are the antichrist. If you're going to buy packaged products, read the ingredient labels and gravitate toward products where you can pronounce everything on the label.

have you ever dreamed of playing a million dollar pot?

They don't offer 25kNL at Stars.

JK, youdaman Needbeer!

Thanks for doing this well.

I guess I missed your Lyme disease diagnosis. Can you give me the cliff notes on your condition? Last year, your doctors thought it was some auto-immune issue and was giving you chemo right? How did you get from that to today? When did the tick bite you and when did you start treatment?

The reason I bring it up is that several years ago, my brother was diagnosed with Lyme disease. He would get chest pains and would lose short term memory. He said he couldn't read books because of the symptoms. He would also get very tired. After a long time (12-24 months) on antibotics his symptoms slowly went away.

I wish you the best of luck!!!

this thread is giving me anxiety

75 hrs/week sounds more realistic and seems like a pretty solid balance overall, as in i could see myself doing that for a few years, though in my case it would probably be 0 for 6 months and 100 for 6 months and then miss the goal

Wow. I do not like SSers either. But people really tend to be way to negative. OP has shown great dedication and sacrifice.
I do not have a question needbeer, but take my congratulations. Very impressive grinding!

I can grind for an hour or so and be so enthralled that I don't even notice the time. However, shortly after this the thought of stopping starts to creep in and if I don't stop I continue to battle this mind frame every fifteen minutes or so. How do you fight this, or do you even recognize these thoughts in your own mind? Is there a point where you get the "runners high" where you can just keep going or is it a constant mind over matter battle?

jealous because no one cares about you enough to ask you to do a well after 7k+ posts in 5 years?

GG man, keep it up!

yea this def is a pain when SS'ing, I usually catch them before sitting but sometimes I miss them and have to manually close then which is a pain.

Thanks for replying, I literally rofl at this part

How long do you believe Stars will allow ratholing short stacking against players who are not trying to play with 20bb? That is the ability to buy in for 20bb at tables where others often buyin/play with sizes greater than 20bb, and the ability to leave and then return to the table and buyin for 20bb again in a reasonably short (a small number of hours at most) period of time.

Why do you think most major sites have banned ratholing short stacking at 100bb tables?

why do u think all the top shortstackers are american?

lol wtf have u been living in a cave?

Right. Change 100bb to 50bb for Stars. It doesn't really change much at all. Edited the question to make more sense.

can you talk about the differences in skill level between 1-2 to 2-4, and so on to 25-50. Thanks

I live in Dallas as well.

Favorite steak place?

I know Bob's right where you are but I think 3 Forks is great followed by Del Frisco's and then Bob's.

what do you think is the most vpps that someone will get next year?

first off congrats on ur aheivement and gl in ur real life battle.

I am doing a 600k hands and profit bet at 100fr in january...http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54...terest-906885/

was wondering on tips to grind super long. I know exercise is good but what about when time is super limited? also recomend caffiene? Any other tips would be greatly appreciated

thank you!

Hats off to you all that manage to grind for this length of time. Personally i dont have the time or concentration to get close to that number of hands in a month never mind a day. What will you do with all the FPP's ?

also wrt to coaching there's a big difference between teaching friends you know personally and random people, especially if you're selling a preflop chart that would instantly leak out

Chisness why are u now such a nit?!!? lol!