google "manti teo".

i mean, cmon. if it werent already obv enough that this guy is prob a pathological liar, now he has a "buddy" who writes for cracked.com? too bad his buddy and him both have very active twitter accounts, yet one isnt following the other. just stfu already.

too lazy to google

PairDice is just jelly of OP's success.

thats like being jealous of Obama -- whats the point?

i just dont believe that somebody can work in finance, go to one of the best schools in the country, and be the most loyal, productive, consumed players on THREE online poker sites all while blogging, tweeting, and posting threads about his journey. this is preposterous.

Most inspirational thread Ive ever seen. Reminds me so much of myself (except being new to poker). I mean Im trying to play like 2 hours/day, study/forums maybe another hour, study college work an hour a day, workout 1.5 hours/day, my job is 9-5 every day, and then find all the time to do the rest - cooking cleaning washing shopping socializing etc.

I guess its better than being bored though lol. I have not felt "boredom" in a long long time. One thing Ive found though is that being busy 24/7 makes time fly - I thought it would do the opposite. Honestly the last 2 years have felt like a couple months. Its terrifying how short life is.

While you're busy posting negative comments on forums OP is working his ass off.

haters gonna hate.

thoughts on new bears coach?
thoughts on giving up on lovie?
i so doubted hester to be a decent wr, you now?

most importantly: almost every smart guy with math background tend to be real nitty
i am eager to know your plo (you wrote you played some) 6max basic stats: vp, pfr, 3b, agg, both generally and from button

yeah btw: INSPIRATIONAL

All I had to do was work/study/poker for 16+ hours a day 7 days a week for 3-4 years. EZ game.

I turn 29 in a week and there's no way I could do a year of this again, let alone several years.

No thoughts on Trestman yet, I need to learn more about him first.

As for Lovie, for me he was a pretty frustrating coach. Every time he tried something out of the ordinary it was an epic disaster and probably cost us a few games. Sure, he took us to the Superbowl, this year we were 10-6, and his QB is a drama queen, but he's had an elite defense (when healthy) every single year since he's been here and we've been to the playoffs twice.

I could never really decide if I liked Lovie or not. He never did anything where I was like "great call Lovie" but I've said about 50 times "wtf was he thinking there"

Regarding Hester, I never thought he would come around at WR. His hands aren't that great, he's very small, and he doesn't know how to play the position. That is a lot to overcome when you're playing against amazing athletes. He's had poor return years for several years in a row, so he'll probably be done soon because his return game is the only part of his game with any redeeming value. After saying all that, he's the best return man of all time IMO, with Neon Deon a close second.

I was very nitty when I first started playing NLHE, something absurd like 11/7 IIRC. I was super nitty when I played MTTs as well. The first year I went for SNE I opened up my game a lot and changed my style greatly, when I switched to six max the following year I think most would say I was on the tighter side but few would call me a nit.

I don't have my PLO stats actually. I would have to look them up and that might be a lot of work. Keep in mind I had basically no idea what I was doing, I was 24 tabling it and could hardly read my hands haha. When I play PLO now it is live because the big game at my casino has transitioned to PLO. It takes forever to get a seat often so I don't even bother most of the time unless I can start the game.

Thanks for the posts like this, it really makes my day when I check 2p2 and see posts like this in here.

QB: not many people like this guy, but give the guy a chance and some credit for what he s done (already being 1 of the best qb in bears history, even if the bar wasnt set too high). i definitely thought that chicago people would not be that picky after all those decades of impotent qbs, orton, gross and mates under center, lol, but seemingly that s not the case, people just cant act show any gratefulness... :-)

Hester: agree 200%, best ever, even if i like some talent coming up, like an ex-tiger from LSU

Understand, at nl6max something like 23/18/7 3.0 agg?

PLO: thats actually quite a feat, since you can easily lose 15 buyins in no time masstabling plo, even if you are very well aware what you do :-) so congrats on surviving it !!! :-)

+1 on believing that lack of sleep cause memory loss symptoms...
100%ly true, but i also believe that anybody can regroup with some changes in life approach and frequent training of mind like reading books (sorry, poker is just not like that)
hm, what did i just want to ... ehh, anyways i forgot it :-)

nice feedback for readers
all of their nice comments are 100%-ly deserved by you, esp since you show a decent amount of respect to them

For the baseball haters, figure it like this:
Football - I think we could all agree the quarterback is this sports hardest position. A quarterback at the top of the top has a completion percentage of about 65-70%. These are the best, remember, succeeding about 65-70% of the time.
Basketball - The best players in the league have a shooting percentage of around 55-60% (not a big bball fan, so this could be off alil). These players succeed a bit more than half of the time.
Baseball - The best of the best hitters have a batting average of bout 0.350. This means they fail about two-thirds of the time! That is insane! And just think about the average BA; maybe 0.260-0.280? These guys are failing nearly three-quarters of the time.
Baseball you can sit and take batting practice allllllll day. But each game situation can not be replicated by BP. You do NOT know if you are going to swing 1/3 of a second before the ball arrives, you do NOT know the location the ball will be in, and you do NOT know if the ball will be moving up down left right! On top of that, you have to hit this round ball, with a round bat, BUT hit is squarely!

Football and basketball are, in my opinion, very 'boom-boom' sports, meaning, things happen very quick. You take the snap and hit the guy in the flats, or you drive to the lane and hit the layup. Baseball, hitter take 20 seconds in between pitches to think/guess what is going to happen. You can really psyche yourself out.

When I have this friendly argument with ppl at the poker tables, many suggest golf and baseball being the toughest sport to succeed...Jimmy, we once played together in Hammond, and i vaguely remember you talking about golf...do I remember correctly? If so, whats your opinion?

(I know there are probably a bunch of counter-arguments, but lets not high-jack Jimmy's thread. I am open ears to other's thought and stances...feel free to message me or start a new thread. I bet we could get a good one going...)

u still playing at all zep?

Danknessssss. I haven't really played much since I cashed out my Merge and Lock accounts which was right after the WSOP last year, but I was grinding a good amount online and live then so I guess the answer to your question is yes and no. It's been several months since I've played regularly, but I plan on picking up where I left off pretty soon here.

Let me help you out. Im from Montreal so i know Trestman very well. IMO hes a very good coach, axed mostly on offense. Hes known as a quarterback's coach.
He won a Grey cup up here in Montreal and he is my favourite Allouettes coach. He was always loved by the players and the fans.

I think he is a perfect fit for Cutler and the Bears because he brings the best out of QBs. That being said, it is make or break for Cutler. If he doesnt step it up with Trestman and show why he was a high draft pick, i believe he will loose his #1 QB status. Im not a big fan of Cutler, but id be willing to give him one last shot under Trestman.

Considering the Bears have a SICK defense, Trestman has a chance to take this team and quickly piece together a good run.

GL to the bears, and Trestman will be sorely missed in MTL.

BTW OP, youre thread was very inspirational to me. I have been a pro for 7 years and your thread motivated me to step my game up and put more stuff on my plate. TY and Rungood4Life.

Peace

Where there any turning points that made your attitude change? or was it just a "now I got to get my **** together"?

Thanks for the kind words and the analysis on Trestman.

There was no "aha" moment or anything like that. Also there was no real point where I thought to myself that I needed to get my **** together and actually followed through with it. For me, it all has to do with motivation.

When I was in college I hated class, homework, and studying in general. I figured out after my first semester that I could do very little and get Bs, that slowly turned into doing absolutely nothing and getting Cs. So I chose the easy route because I wasn't motivated to be successful.

When I graduated, I wouldn't say anything about my character changed, but my motivation did. I really loved my job and making money when I started working. It was huge for me because now I was motivated to actually try and use the skills I have. I actually remember looking for an online job at night so that I could make more money while I was at home after work. I just loved doing work and getting paid for it. I considered data entry jobs for $11 / hour, instead my friend came over with his laptop on one fateful Sunday to play the Sunday Million and poker became my online night job instead.

op, you're awesome

The real jimmyvjv13