Gobbo other Thread got closed by the mod said it doesn't belong in the House of Blogs, hoping we can have this one without Trooper talk.

This thread is to discuss local professional poker players on their journey. Please refrain from mentioning the local youtube celebrity who plays poker.

Links to their youtube channels

Andrew Neeme
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLTP4Ns...

PokerKraut
https://www.youtube.com/user/Pokerkraut

Tappan
https://www.youtube.com/user/tappanmoore

In the Professor, Banker, Suicide King Harman took on Andy Beal heads-up, coming from the cadre of elite nosebleed Vegas players. I'm curious who would fit this bill today? Robbi Jade Lew seems to be a fixture of the big LA games. Vanessa Selbt used to play nosebleed but may not anymore and is Kristen Foxen more of a cash game or tournament player?

It seems like the nosebleed games (200/400+) have shifted to private and since Bellagio/Aria don't really get over 100/200 very often, the private ga

I have been playing high stakes poker on 888poker for over ten years.

About two months ago, I found a spam email from 888poker.
They requested some documentation, including my credit card information, front and back.
I assumed it was a phishing email, but found that my account had been locked.

I told them I would comply and send documentation, but that I would not be sending my credit card information, since I never used a credit card to deposit with.
This would also pose a security problem.
Years ago

Hello people,

I can't believe it's been 6 months since I have been in Vegas, and we cannot let that go on for much longer! I will fly to London on March 20th after work, relax at a hotel there overnight, and then fly direct from there to Las Vegas on Friday the 21st (just in time for March Madness).

My brother will finally join in as well; he actually has a business trip to the US coming up in a few days, so when he is done with work he is already in the country. He will also head out to Vegas on

I start this with some pictures:

nl2 -$8792.18 -82 buy ins below EV

nl5 (notice that pt4 shows party poker nl5 as nl4) -$5943.81

nl10 -$773.92 -15 buy ins below EV

Total loss -$15509.91

This is me playing nl2, nl5 and nl10 on party poker for one year.

My history begins somewhere in same period when they started to show WSOP shows in television. I think I have played 12-13 years nows mainly NL2, some amount of NL5 and little bit of NL10 what is the biggest stake i've ever played.

I've read all Sklansk

I assume it's still acceptable to have a Trump thread in a Politics forum?

So this is an obvious lie - basically aimed at low-info Boomers like my religions aunts. I have two questions:

a) Is anyone here who supports Trump bothered by lies like this?

b) Does anyone know what he's even talking about here? Like is there some grain of truth that he's embellishing on bigly?

https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/03/19/98717-new-york-senate-committee-advances-bill-to-ban-sweepstakes-gaming

yogonet

New York Senate committee advances bill to ban sweepstakes gaming | Yogonet International

Looks like this opposition bill is zooming through the legal process. Wouldn't be shocked if sites like club wpt gold are forced to pull out of NY state by the end of year. I also wouldn't be shocked to see other states follow the example.

The senator spearheading the effort has been unable to build coalition and support to regulate internet gaming in the state for over a

We’re very excited to open this thread in order to assist you, our valued Americas Cardroom players, with any questions or concerns you may have.

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Edit/MH:

Think this merits its own thread...

Discuss my fellow 2+2ers..

AM YISRAEL CHAI.

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To reiterate some of the points:

A successful poker room is like a pyramid. That is, there are more small games than large games and the regular small stakes players tend to feed into the larger games.

However, in small limit hold 'em games, the rake is now so large, that it's very difficult to develop regular players. (Thus, you don't have the players to start games and keep games going.) This result can lead to an upside down pyramid which in turn leads to less games in the future. And the answer to this is to reduce the rake

It's been about 9.5 years and 350K posts of epicness, but "It Lives, It Lives" can live no more. The OG LLSNL Chat Thread got too big for the servers to handle and had to be retired.

You can take that trip down memory lane here.

Now it is time for a new chat thread, and new epicness.

Hello All,

This is a simple thread. Make 100k profit from mtt's. I got laid off from my job a couple of months ago and have returned to the online felt to make some money. I used to play full time ~10 years ago in Europe but moved to NYC 7 years ago for real life work. The last 6 weeks or so have been a lot of fun! I just realized how much I missed the freedom of living life as a poker player. Sure it can be stressful at times, but that all depends on your own personal preparation and outlook on

I woke up in the middle of choking to death again; though to be accurate, it was towards the end of the process--woke up right away in a white hot panic with black spots of permanent unconsciousness swooping in across both sides of my vision.

Calm yourself, was the first important step. My lungs were soaked, steeped in the things that belonged only in my stomach, and locked up tight. My air passage was blocked and burning with bile and hydrochloric acid. No, I don't have asthma. I have a drinking

In the current news climate we see that some figures and events tend to dominate the front-pages heavily. Still, there are important, interesting or just plain weird things happening out there and a group of people can find these better than one.

I thought I would test with a thread for linking general news articles about "other news" and discussion. Perhaps it goes into the abyss that is page 2 and beyond, but it is worth a try.

Some guidelines:
- Try to find the "clean link", so that links to the

Hi 2+2ers,

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Starting a poker journey diary here to keep myself accountable. Hope someone out there finds it interesting.
All currency in USD and All-In Adjusted wherever possible.

Poker background (AFAIR)
2001-2003 - what could've been

• Caught the NLHE bug while at university in NYC. Didn't have any means to deposit onto the websites
  
• Got small $ playing the freerolls. Built bankroll to just a tad under 2000 on Absolute Poker
  
• Accidentally sat at a 2000NL instead of my usual 50NL. My first (and only) hand
  
  • BB dealt QQ. SB limp - I checked, fully ready to just fold / leave
    
  • Flop dry Q72r
    
  • Villain leads and I JAM
    
  • Villain called 77 and hit quads
    
  • I was crying shaking for a good few moments
    
  • Until Absolute Poker went bankrupt, I still had ~$50 left on it (from another table I had running). Never logged back in since
    
  
  
• For a few years I wondered how life would've been different
  

2005 - 2008 - oh this is as easy as I remember it

• Finished university. Moved back to HK, worked a job that was stress free but also with terrible pay (24K/year?)
  
• Deposited onto FullTilt $600 twice. Started winning after moving from SH to FR. Play 24 tables - very basic strategy
  
• I honestly don't know my Win Rate as I didn't study and didn't even have Poker Tracker until much later
  

2008 - 2011 - going semi pro - meeting the mega rich - Asia's decadent decade

• Quit my day job
  
• Switched to private tutoring (I am excellent at Math) and got a dream job at a tutoring center
  
  • 3 days work week (2 mornings, 1 full day) @ 50K/year
    
  • Owner was mega rich - wanted a tutoring center for her own kids
    
  • Center was losing well over 1M / year (hiring French / Italian / Spanish teacher from Native country - and pay for their housing?! - Designed bags to parents for XMas?!)
    
  • I had 4-8 hours of actual lesson time per week but often stay the entire day (entire room to myself, size of badminton court - designed for 1on1 lesson?!)
    
  
  
• I put in tons of hours played 24 tables - peaked at 400NL
  
• I was oh so very proud when I received my FullTilT Black Card (Equivalent to PS SuperNova)
  

2011 - 2021 - crushed

• Black Friday happened. I got locked out of $100k+. Just like 2003, my poker dream basically ended overnight
  
• I didn't miss online poker that much at first
  
  • I would frequent Macau and that was very profitable
    
  • My tutoring gig took off and I somehow ended up as the Go To guy for math tutoring on Quintessential (company specialized in helping the rich with daily tasks)
    
  • Met tons of interesting families (Sony CEO / Fox Asia CFO / White Bear Capital Founder / etc etc etc) and was getting paid $100+/hour
    
  
  
• Eventually FT came back and my fund was returned
  
• I could not beat the (much) tougher game anymore
  
• FR games weren't running and I moved back to SH and did not have the discipline to move down
  
• At least I had the self awareness to know I was a fish, 100k+ >> 80k. I withdrew all of it.
  
• Converted the remaining FT Points for roughly 10k, lost all of that.
  
• China cracked down on politicians / mega rich spending - the whales avoided Macau (so as to avoid probes by the govt)
  
• Along the way, I got married and have two lovely kids and created a startup (about break even).
  
• I play on GG(N8) infrequently, but I knew I was a losing player even at 25NL.
  

2021 - 2024 July - If you can't spot the fish ...

• Kids/ Startup took a majority of my time. Played poker as a -EV hobby. I would guess roughly -1k prior to 2021 on GG @25NL Rush
  
• In 2021, my deposit got rejected (BTC wild swings - deposit was delayed). I had $8 left in the account so I decided to spew around at 2NL
  
  • It was fun to out think opponents (granted villains were not really thinking)
    
  • It hit me real hard ... OMG at 25NL the others look / laugh at ME as THAT STUPID GUY. I didnt mind the money, but I sure mind looking stupid. Real sad / angry
    
  • Decide to not play about my skill pay-grade.
    
  • 2NL > 5NL > 5NL Rush > 10NL > 10NL Rush > 25NL > 25NL Rush. Finally reached my skill limit with bankroll about $1200
    
  • 25NL Rush @-2.5bb/100, slightly +EV after bonuses.
    
  
  

2024 July - August

• Something prompted me to take my game more seriously (to be revealed later)
  
• A full month of grinding yielded no noticeable change
  
• Move back to FR after so many years
  
• 10NL Ante FR +6bb/100 over 10k hands
  
• 25NL Ante has been much tougher, back to -2.2bb/100 (slightly +EV after bonuses).
  

2024 August 29 - Now - poker journey 3.0
Decided to system