Rapidesh123, Fighting Gold!!!

lol, I can only assume that you either a) don’t even remotely care about OP in any way, and just want to **** on someone else to boost your own ego, or b) are so socially inept that you legitimately have no clue how you’re actually coming across. If you truly want OP to consider what you’re saying, this is probably the nut worst way to do it

Some of the better advice I’ve received in my life is: “nobody cares how right you are if you’re an ******* about it”

Hello Mirage 😀

I know that is true for most low intellect people but i am doing it anyways for Karma and entertainment. If he choses to keep ignoring what i and others have been telling him for years, then its up to him to ruin his life pursuing a game that he does not have what it takes to become great at.

He and the rest of the micro forum with join dates of 2010 and under are the same as every character in movies where the guy is 45 years old still trying to make it with his band while working at a fastfood.

lol, that's true for plenty of people with high intellect too bud, you're just emotionally underdeveloped. Has more to do with narcissism and a lack of empathy more than anything else, and it's simple as most of us don't want to be around people like that

I don't necessarily think you're entirely wrong either, because it does seem to me like OP might be missing some piece of the successful formula, at least at present. However, other people have pretty much said what you said, but did so with tact and finesse, since they weren't doing it for an ego boost

The are also plenty of pro and semi-pro players in the strat forums, but OP literally never posts there lol

yeah i mean on one hand the ser dude isn't wrong. i think rapidesh's ego or mental game or whatever you want to call it is the sticking point he refuses to accept / acknlowedge. on the other hand lets get serious. you didnt come into his thread to relentlessly troll him like an ******* because you care about him and his wellbeing; its just schadenfreude at someone not succeeding at poker. theres alot of that on this forum tbh, v odd behavior.

Hes been doing it for years on various accounts until gets too toxic and gets banned.

Very, very odd

Why are you so invested? ItÂ’s not even a one off comment, youÂ’re into a full blown convo about some random man on the internet thatÂ’s spanning days, behaviour is abit odd

In the last 6-10 years solvers and training sites like upswing/RIO somewhat bridged the gap between those with natural talent and those without. The average skill level increased a ton. I highly doubt someone who didn't play for 6-10 years is gonna do too well at even 50nl, never mind 200nl, with 0 effort.

You don't know his history of P&L. That is not a true statement. Poker has a different place in different people's lives, you could use some perspective.

March Results

Played well, played a lot, studied more than last month, sadly ran pretty bad, played nl25 until half of the month, then went back to nl50. Now I'm adding 600 hands of 10z and 25z in the morning just to get the leaderboard money and to focus on playing the team's strat, I was deviating too much from it. Made around $1k this month with rakeback, got lucky on the leaderboard and got 50% rb this month!

Graph

Some hands

H1: The dream? lol, sick 23s haha vamooo

PokerStars - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 100 BB
CO: 180.82 BB
Hero (BTN): 101.2 BB
SB: 79.54 BB
BB: 106.22 BB
UTG: 141.64 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K♠ K♣

fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 8 BB, SB calls 7.5 BB, fold, MP calls 5.5 BB

Flop: (25 BB, 3 players) 2♥ 3♣ 4♦
SB checks, MP bets 11.88 BB, Hero calls 11.88 BB, SB raises to 29 BB, MP raises to 92 BB and is all-in, Hero raises to 93.2 BB and is all-in, SB calls 42.54 BB and is all-in

Turn: (280.54 BB, 3 players) 6♠

River: (280.54 BB, 3 players) 5♣

H2: terrible blockers by me, but I like it

PokerStars - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 105.3 BB
Hero (BB): 108.7 BB
CO: 122.7 BB
BTN: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q♦ 9♦

fold, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) Q♥ 8♦ 3♠
SB bets 2.86 BB, Hero calls 2.86 BB

Turn: (11.72 BB, 2 players) A♠
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (11.72 BB, 2 players) K♦
SB bets 11.1 BB, Hero raises to 102.84 BB and is all-in, fold

H3: vs reg

PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 100 BB
Hero (CO): 163.44 BB
BTN: 100 BB
SB: 106.28 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 141.96 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T♥ T♠

fold, MP raises to 2.48 BB, Hero raises to 7 BB, fold, fold, fold, MP calls 4.52 BB

Flop: (15.4 BB, 2 players) T♣ 5♥ 2♣
MP checks, Hero bets 3.68 BB, MP calls 3.68 BB

Turn: (22.76 BB, 2 players) K♦
MP checks, Hero bets 16.28 BB, MP calls 16.28 BB

River: (55.32 BB, 2 players) 2♥
MP checks, Hero bets 136.48 BB and is all-in, MP calls 73.04 BB and is all-in

H4: vs regfish lol wtf is going on

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 203.88 BB
SB: 102.92 BB
BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 103.76 BB
MP: 328.08 BB
CO: 195.88 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A♦ K♣

Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, CO raises to 7 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 21 BB, CO calls 14 BB

Flop: (43.4 BB, 2 players) 9♠ A♠ 6♦
Hero bets 10.36 BB, CO calls 10.36 BB

Turn: (64.12 BB, 2 players) 5♥
Hero bets 15.32 BB, CO calls 15.32 BB

River: (94.76 BB, 2 players) 5♦
Hero bets 57.08 BB and is all-in, CO calls 57.08 BB

Congratz man! To what winrate are you aspiring?

Villain from hand 3 is a reg? OMG!

I always aim for 5bb/100, I believe it's very likely my winrate in the last 2 years, I table select a lot, so it's possible to maintain that. Stars is tougher than bodog though, also I have my sn, so can't get away with many crazy plays as I did before.

Playing vs lots of regs from Brazil, Ukraine and Argentina, also from east europe, the player pool got tougher than it was in 2019. It's way harder to play vs someone who is fighting to survive, so they do their best, study more.

Yeah, it was a reg, tbh his call makes sense vs some players, but vs a competent reg it's very bad.

He specifically mentions you so thought I’d post this here:
https://saulocosta.poker/16-is-poker-for...
All the other posts are great too

GL!

Yeah, just read it, boss' posts are really good, I read them all. I agree with him, tbh last year I wasn't a professional, slacked a lot, but it all changed when I joined the team, got my motivation back, joined a study group, I study at least 6h/week (still low, but better than before, which was 0).

I know I'm a good poker player, I know theory very well, exploits, I'm competent at the game, but I'm a terrible poker professional. That's what held me back a lot, the only period that I've done well was when I was with my old boss, he taught me how to be a good poker pro, but lost it sometime ago and that's what I was looking to find when I joined the team.

Will keep working hard and living a healthy life, I believe I'm on a good track now, gotta compare less with other poker players' results and focus on my career, everyone's journey is different, everyone has a different challenge to surpass.

Pretty obvious that poker talent is a real thing. How else can you explain that BERRI SWEET is the best HU player in every single format. For some reason I doubt that he just studies more than anyone else

So I actually agree with the troll in this thread to high degree. But I do think that something like Saulo's CFP can make monkeys reach $50-$100k annually. I do think such CFP will inhibit the top talents though, so it's important to recognise how hopeless your poker talent is, and realise what your limitation is

Mental game and quick adaptation is king on HU and it seems berri is insanely good on those things, he is also applying plo knowledge that can be translated to nlhe. Some people are more lucky than others, like Saulo said, but it's not a big deal imo, one can still be successful even in very bad circumstances.

From what i read berri is playing a lot of poker. If you are ultra competitive and you play a lot of poker then it is difficult to fail. People underestimate what competitive means and they think battling at nl25 are some kind of endbosses. We also dont know how berri studies. What you are saying has no foundation

I have no ****** idea how people are studying 6 hrs a week, this is ridiculous low number even if you are successful

It's low, I should study more because it will help me later when games get tough. But I feel like I don't improve my winrate by much in these games when I study theory, so I lack motivation for doing that.

I've got the teams' strat, which is very strong and I adapt well vs people, I rarely go really deep with the exploits and definitely don't give a lot of respect to most regs because if you give too much respect to people playing weaker than you thought, you lose money. I try to narrow exactly in what level the reg is thinking and go from there.

But when I move up to nl100 I will study more (it will probably happen soon), tbh I might beat it by a good winrate, but I believe I will see more study getting translated into EV in there.

I know study is the most important thing, my pio skills are decent. I'm a fish in the software though, never ran a script and I definitely could use better some features in there. But I know what to look for in a sim, make simple and effective node locks and my study hours are very productive.

the idea behind learning theory isn’t to beat nl50 specifically mate, it’s to build solid foundations so you won’t be destabilized moving up, your strategy will still be solid at any stakes

I know people are being nice because why be a dick, but I don't think there's a more delusional person than you on this planet. 12 whole years later, still at 25nl and somehow believing you're both good at poker and you will ''make it''.

Move on man.

Glgl, interesting thread. Wish you most success.

Didn't rapi make it to NL200 relatively quick? I read a bit of his old blog

Sorry my bad.

12 whole years later, back at 25nl and somehow believing you're both good at poker and you will ''make it''

Fixed.

yeah I guess pure mechanical skill isnt enough to succeed in poker