Rapidesh123, Fighting Gold!!!

equivalent to crushing 500 in canada would prob be crushing nl200 in brazil as far as cost of living go

Probably nl1k vs nl100, canada is expensive as ****

There is a difference in cost of living, but it's definitely not as big as 10x, not even close. You can check it in numbeo, and compare let's say Sao Paulo* to Toronto.

*I would add a buffer for rents in any big brazilian (or latin american?) city, as although the average value looks correct, average means good, average and bad areas, all put together, and I don't think you want to live in bad areas in any country where safety is a concern.

I'm exaggerating. Of course it's not 10x cheaper. It's not even 4x cheaper. It's somewhere between 2 to 3x cheaper based on the link below. This is surprising to me since I thought it would be cheaper than that. Inflation over there and in many third world countries must have been even worse than it was in Canada in the last few years.

The salaries are almost 10x less though hence the poverty. No wonder there's so many microstakes grinders.

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/co...

Maybe, yearly inflation averaged a little over 7% in the last 15 years (I chose this period as it got full economic cycles over here, as well as high and low inflation periods, and covid ofc) while USD went up "only" 5.62% CAGR over the same period, which means country definitely got more expensive in USD. Not sure about the relationship between CAD and USD or canadian inflation though.

Average salary seems accurate, and yes, you can't live a normal middle class life earning that in almost any reasonably sized city, maybe very small towns in the countryside in a cheap state and that's it.

Hey people, long time no see. The year is ending and I believe it was a very good year, tbh my years only get better, even though I did poorly financially and in fitness/diet, everything else went very well, living a really happy life.

I've had some low volume months, but studied a lot and improved like never before: my game is really sharp thanks to the study group and the classes coaches are giving, the material I use to study is very good, insane! Later I've managed to volume more and recently I've developed a system that works! Will finally be able to put some decent volume from now on thanks to that. I've started to play long sessions (3h sessions), twice a day, it's easier for me to get motivation for that.

After some time reflecting, I've developed a plan to improve my results in poker. I've realized that I have trouble sleeping well, I'm always falling asleep during the day and I rest a lot, I sleep in the middle of the day too, that's very likely why I don't have the motivation to put much volume. So I will put most of my effort into diet/fitness in these next 6 months, will obviously play the minimum hands/month required by the team and will study a decent amount (8h/week religiously). Will use these next 6 months to make my body more prepared for more hard work later.

Will update here every 6 months, so here are my goals for the next 6 months:

-40k hands/month minimum
-keep studying with my 2 study groups
-eat healthy and lose weight

Have a nice 2025, happy christmas! Gl!

Hope you do well dude, but at the risk of sounding like a hater (I'm not one), stop putting goals. I always fell and still fall for this crap, but I know what it really is: crap.

You want to play more volume, keep studying and be healthier? Go there and just do it. Then after being successful, you come back here and tell us you succeeded.

Stop being the person who keep saying what you're going to do, to us and to yourself, and start being the person who just do it.

Cheers! Happy new year!

To me, there's no reason to wait for New Year's to start those things. Want to eat better, do it now. Same for exercise, poker volume, and whatever else you want to achieve.

Gl Rapi

Yeah, started already studying my opponents, vamoooooooo

Btw, made last post on my phone, so didn't have graphs and HH, posting those here:

Graph (got +2bb of rakeback and other site too), weak results and volume, but improved over my last year (got the same hands, but most of the volume is on reg tables now, so more hours)

Stake breakdown

Some HH:

H1: going thin otr lol

PokerStars - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 100 BB
Hero (BTN): 116 BB
SB: 99.37 BB
BB: 216.74 BB
UTG: 132.97 BB
MP: 116.42 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3♠ 3♦

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, SB calls 1.5 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 3 players) K♣ K♦ 2♣
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 1.43 BB, SB calls 1.43 BB, fold

Turn: (8.86 BB, 2 players) Q♠
SB checks, Hero bets 12.63 BB, SB calls 12.63 BB

River: (34.12 BB, 2 players) 6♦
SB checks, Hero bets 38.89 BB, SB calls 38.89 BB

H2: not sure if people bluff enough with those 3-bets OTT, but I've got the best blockers ever

PokerStars - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 115.22 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (4.5 BB, 2 players) 7♦ Q♣ 4♣
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (4.5 BB, 2 players) 9♥
BB bets 1.41 BB, Hero raises to 6.74 BB, BB raises to 28 BB, Hero raises to 98 BB and is all-in, fold

H3: this one was completely outrageous by both players lol, I should just fold flop, this reg isn't as crazy as I thought at the time

PokerStars - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 137.11 BB
SB: 107.6 BB
BB: 112.18 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 5♦ 5♥

Hero raises to 2.32 BB, SB raises to 11 BB, fold, Hero calls 8.68 BB

Flop: (23 BB, 2 players) 3♠ 7♥ 8♦
SB bets 16.5 BB, Hero calls 16.5 BB

Turn: (56 BB, 2 players) K♦
SB bets 27.5 BB, Hero calls 27.5 BB

River: (111 BB, 2 players) Q♠
SB checks, Hero bets 82.11 BB and is all-in, SB calls 52.6 BB and is all-in

H4: bad combo, but people fold so much in that spot, poker gods will punish me later for this one haha

PokerStars - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 102.99 BB
BB: 100 BB
CO: 111.35 BB
BTN: 109.6 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T♥ A♠

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 5♣ Q♥ K♥
Hero bets 1.43 BB, BB calls 1.43 BB

Turn: (8.86 BB, 2 players) 8♦
Hero checks, BB bets 10.35 BB, Hero raises to 32.19 BB, BB calls 21.84 BB

River: (73.24 BB, 2 players) 4♦
Hero bets 66.37 BB and is all-in, fold

H5:

PokerStars - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 147.56 BB
Hero (UTG): 104.34 BB
CO: 100 BB
BTN: 72.72 BB
SB: 124.24 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to 10.5 BB, Hero calls 8.5 BB

Flop: (21.5 BB, 2 players) 8♣ 4♦ 9♦
BB bets 6.74 BB, Hero calls 6.74 BB

Turn: (34.98 BB, 2 players) 9♥
BB bets 22 BB, Hero calls 22 BB

River: (78.98 BB, 2 players) 7♣
BB bets 108.32 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 65.1 BB and is all-in

H6: vs brazillian reg, insane to see a reg playing like this, he said he misclicked pre lol, I wonder if he misclicked the 3-bet or the call vs 4-bet lol

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

CO: 258.1 BB
BTN: 59.3 BB
SB: 244.4 BB
BB: 175.2 BB
Hero (UTG): 148.28 BB
MP: 202.78 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♦ A♣

Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, CO raises to 7 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 27 BB, CO calls 20 BB

Flop: (55.5 BB, 2 players) K♠ 6♥ 9♣
Hero bets 13.18 BB, CO calls 13.18 BB

Turn: (81.86 BB, 2 players) 5♦
Hero bets 19.46 BB, CO calls 19.46 BB

River: (120.78 BB, 2 players) 5♠
Hero bets 88.64 BB and is all-in, CO calls 88.64 BB

H7: that 7x pot OTT is so good haha vamo!!

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

UTG: 482.84 BB
MP: 111.98 BB
CO: 192.38 BB
BTN: 172.56 BB
SB: 109.6 BB
Hero (BB): 125.1 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K♦ 5♦

fold, MP calls 1 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero checks

Flop: (2.5 BB, 2 players) T♠ J♦ Q♦
Hero checks, MP checks

Turn: (2.5 BB, 2 players) A♣
Hero bets 20 BB, MP calls 20 BB

River: (42.5 BB, 2 players) 2♦
Hero bets 104.1 BB and is all-in, MP calls 90.98 BB and is all-in

H8: VAMOOOOOOOO

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

BB: 196.58 BB
UTG: 101.22 BB
MP: 90.2 BB
CO: 101.9 BB
Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 122.88 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3♥ 3♦

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, BB calls 1.32 BB

Flop: (5.14 BB, 2 players) 5♠ Q♥ 8♦
BB checks, Hero bets 3.66 BB, BB calls 3.66 BB

Turn: (12.46 BB, 2 players) 6♦
BB checks, Hero bets 8.88 BB, BB calls 8.88 BB

River: (30.22 BB, 2 players) 8♣
BB checks, Hero bets 85.14 BB and is all-in, fold

H9: getting completely schooled by the fish haha, he got me good

PokerStars - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 127.2 BB
SB: 109.92 BB
BB: 104 BB
UTG: 80.84 BB
CO: 132.78 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K♦ 7♦

UTG calls 1 BB, fold, Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 3 BB

Flop: (9.5 BB, 2 players) 5♣ 3♥ 6♥
UTG bets 4.52 BB, Hero calls 4.52 BB

Turn: (18.54 BB, 2 players) Q♦
UTG bets 8.82 BB, Hero calls 8.82 BB

River: (36.18 BB, 2 players) Q♠
UTG checks, Hero bets 109.86 BB and is all-in, UTG calls 63.5 BB and is all-in

H10: you people love my sick hero folds, tbh this one is std vs this fish

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

UTG: 100 BB
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 100 BB
BTN: 100 BB
SB: 103.98 BB
BB: 180.56 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 4♠ 4♣

fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, BTN raises to 7 BB, SB calls 6.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 4.68 BB

Flop: (22 BB, 3 players) J♥ 9♦ 5♠
SB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (22 BB, 3 players) 4♦
SB bets 6.9 BB, Hero raises to 22.92 BB, fold, SB raises to 45.94 BB, fold

I don't think 44 should be folded there, especially with your image. I think the best play is to call the turn 3-bet and call the jam that is likely coming on the river. SB can be bluffing and also value betting worse. The other hands are quite a bit wild for sure.

yo don't fold sets bro

44, I don't think he has enough bluffs playing this way, but until proven otherwise he is a recreational, coldcalling a 3bet from the SB, so we should have a fair bit of domination over a portion of his value range.

44 should be a pure fold vs that line.
Coldcall + click is always better than bottom set unless we have some other info on the guy to know hes splashing.

Interestingly, I would be much more concerned if it was a call vs an open raise from the SB by an unknown, than facing a call vs a 3bet, because some regs do the former, but nowadays I really never see regs that know what the **** they are doing coldcalling 3bets. Given the multiway dynamic, vs a reg, I think we are screwed with our bottom set 😀

But yeah, unless Rapi gives us reads, I definitely think it is a recreational, and I've seen recreationals coldcalling 3bets with hands like AJo, KJo, J9s, J9o lol etc etc

Rapi plays on metagame for gods sake, I doubt Saulo would ever make this fold (95% confident on this assumption).

44 should be a pure jam vs that line (99% opponent is a fish, 1% very bad reg)

Either way, best of luck in 2025 Rapidesh123. Only you can make it work and only you can f*** it up.

that 44 fold is one of the worst folds I have ever seen.

You need a lot of work on your game and mentality rapi, best of luck to you

rapidesh has out earned all of you, please dont disrespect him. he knows his line is gold and he's one of the few top poker player in the world able to make that fold.
He even had phil hellmuth approve of it, you guys are way off!!

fish can be doing that with KK

dont fold 44