grinders future outlook
High-stakes is like just a dream few people succeed getting into , the variance will mostly crush you at around nl2k which happened to me and therefore I sort of gave up on something which seemed rather fueled by illusion rather than reality.
Realizing this was one of the important turning points of my career where I came more aware on the EV of the seat I sit at rather than trying to "battle" at whatever the game is.
In poker you pay a fee called the rake. This means if you are not having a very significant edge over your opponent you are losing money playing that game.
You might perceive yourself very high but if you run in your game hundreds of buy-ins below your EV would you view yourself the same?
I encountered a period like this and I did also look back into hands played in the past judging them terribly misplayed.
My favourite game is a game of headsup with an OMC who folds as many of his buttons as possible.
We can play plo , plo5 or holdem and it still remains my favorite game.
You get old.
You grow a bit of a beer belly.
You get a bit banned from the 2+2s.
But your still the same guy you want to give something back.
You won a lot of money.
I won a lot of money.
Its a great thing.
I only won half a million max over this time and most of it is gone already.
Life is expensive.
Life is expensive.
This thread is gold.
Ok, today run 40mins walk bit before (8k steps work-out) in toaster its a decent work-out.
Some hands from today :
iso pot w AK IP, Q45 fd flop I cbet chinese guy calls , turn brings 3 flush and pairs board could have been another four , he leads 50% or 60% I raise 3x bcz line is just not strong usually he minraises I fold without any flush cards.
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TT utg- one dude joined game and posted or something so I went 5bb , 4 callers, flop 784r I opt to check there OOP 5 way not sure if its best ... turn K checks through , river 7 ,,, BB leads 50% ... Seems like often a size he just try buy the pot or its some value ... in my position with players behind I shouldn't really consider calling with worse than king ever but made the call and ran to trips ... Think its bad call... Betting flop really not sure tough if someone raises there but still might be just best to bet probably they don't raise anything but nuts ...
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mp opens 2.5x - read this as like mostly weak in those games so i 3b Ajo from co , sb cold calls flop Q55r I cbet 1/3p sb makes a small raise - I folded to it think its standard play all the way .
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utg straddle someone limps someone raises 4bbs hero sb 17.5bb squueze w AJs ... size seems off but everything being in strange currency and the straddle there SPRs get lower want to size 15bbs there limper woke up with QQ raises and the button has KK .
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Earlier on squeezed BB vs mp when button or someone cold called (all recs. ) first guy had some AK which he stab low flop which I check 3-way having AJ w nut bdfd , other guy folded I called his bet was really small , turn low card he bets again really small I just called , river pairs the board like 84558 or something he bets small again i call it and we chop with his AK.
Just thinking in these games raises are quite strong ranges when they love to limp as well and throw nuts to those limps and good hands , its annoying and just thinking need to be tighter than squuezing AJo in these games and just focus on value really .
Ok, today run 40mins walk bit before (8k steps work-out) in toaster its a decent work-out.
Some hands from today :
iso pot w AK IP, Q45 fd flop I cbet chinese guy calls , turn brings 3 flush and pairs board could have been another four , he leads 50% or 60% I raise 3x bcz line is just not strong usually he minraises I fold without any flush cards.
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TT utg- one dude joined game and posted or something so I went 5bb , 4 callers, flop 784r I opt to check there OOP 5 way not sure if its best ... tur
Some months ago i was playing live and one good reg told me that cbeting with air not profitable, i doubted that because i was used to print money online with cbeting with air, well maybe live players are too sticky and yeah maybe its not profitable, what if you just play value heavy hands and just give up airs totally?
Some months ago i was playing live and one good reg told me that cbeting with air not profitable, i doubted that because i was used to print money online with cbeting with air, well maybe live players are too sticky and yeah maybe its not profitable, what if you just play value heavy hands and just give up airs totally?
not so sure what you mean by cbetting air? i dont see much air in those hands i posted. If you mean to just stop c-betting whenever you don't hit i think its just a mistake bcz there will be a turn where they will fold etc. poker is poker there is just ton of situational variance when you go to casino and play 100 hands. Those players sure have very low poker IQs and they try to fix it by fighting for pots very hard which is why playing pre-flop tighter is a must but how tight you then really want to go - as discussed some AJo / KQo from bb are def. not hands i would squeeze in those games as fold EQ preflop seems to be 0 .
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one more from yesterday : hero button AK squuezes over 4 players , initial raiser calls others fold. flop T44r hero cbet 1/3p he calls. Turn J brings in an FD. Checked to me I opted to check it back his range is not really having that many folds which I don't beat and I would not be shocked if 88-99 he chooses to call bcz i had loose image or whatever in this spot the bluffs being those overs is quite obvious and AK beats eventually lot of floats so its like middle range there. River pairs it to brick J. He bets 50% . I don't block the miss bdfd . His size is hardly a thin valuebet like 88-99 that would size mostly smaller and trips might size bigger , anyway seem like spot his range becomes quickly a bit of a range where these guys might haveKQ as bluff and maybe even floated 89s with backdoor so called quickly and run to KTs but that's fine .
Figured I can reset some chests at stars because i wont be playing there that much to get those 320 usd rb chests.
That is what I got resetting to level 6000p but not really going lower than that.
Ok, run 40mins, not so hot today like more of a cloudy day..
visa renewal day...
then casino 5hrs , felt really fatigue at that point , very busy day , getting through this traffic is not easy , yesterday casino had list of 17 players before me , i needed take a taxi to other casino then later pick my car, full hustle days .
back to bigger game like 3.5/7 game after played twice smaller as had a session i was not happy with my plays, think today just ran good and spots were lot easier than yesterday.
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first hand had Q8s in sb complete it on limp multiway pot flop some straight draw and overcard on 9-high board and donk it out , 1 guy calls , turn i have straightdraw and fd so donk more money in , river low straight card completes but i dont have straight so bluffing it would try to get him off like a top pair and FD misses and he likely has quite a lot of straights and he isnt a reg so for many reasons surrendered river and he had Q9o top pair .
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then vs limper iso AK, he calls flop QQ8s have no fd , i cbet 1/3p he calls turn 3 flush complete he checks i give up his range is wide i still beat stuff i dont know if betting there gets pairs to fold like really no clue i can get stuff to fold and sometimes stuff to call that i beat but i consider this kinda shwdnvalue hand so opt for check , river 3 we check it down he has k9 w k-fd card 9x he didnt bluff it and i win...
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opened jj , 3 callers bb squuzes i call , elderly korean guy , flop 984s , he bets 50% having like 105 to 110 bbs behind after cbet pot like 40bbs at that point or something i raised small he goes to mega tank calls, turn Q doesnt complete FD i just think he is on like AK vast majority of time AQ he likely doesn't squueze and putting that kinda minutes long act to slowroll isn't really the profile and the overpairs just want to get it in when theres the FD on board ... not loving the situation but chose to go all in with spr 1 on turn . Slowplaying turn he would not really bluff the AK on river pretty sure. Not sure if can jam it in . In my head theory just fights against making such a play where i push it in and if get called im very mostly beat and betting 1 pot just to protect hand is like not feeling like a sound play in theory . Betting like 30% and calling off a jam might just be better and if he then really calls and river is K or A and he pushes can be pretty sure im beat but such a headache is it really worth it - had a thought process that flop raise is likely decent way to play , then had thought process than turn he likely does not improve very much so i treated it as a brick and pushed when thinking im mostly good in this scenario ... he folded quick .
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then had AQs sb vs but open (korean who was not seemingly in a very patient mood , throws chips quite carelessly to pot) he open i 3-b flop AJ4s i cbet 50% he calls turn 2 I wait a bit and bet 70% (learning process from previously betting these like 90%) he raises 3x and we have like 70bbs eff. behind after his raise ... i felt like Ak i would jam because he might be merge value raising even AQ then other hands are partially somet total spews , some FDs maybe but not probably very well presented so did not want to jam when polar part folds but think in like FD completing cards gives him perfect excuse to try to bluff repping FD with something crazy so I did only call . And river comes brick 4 or something he gives it up. I win .
Dont know if jamming turn over the raise is better play .
Allright, today did not run .
roughly 3hrs apps 5hrs casino , out of which played 4 hrs , went to eat sushi.
Cant remember hands that much . Adjusted basically back to not really betting mway pots unless have strong draw or just value. Lets say hero 3-bets someone cold calls dude calls it and flop is QJ2 3way we have AK w bdfd I dont c-bet it 3-way but check back. Trying to get them to fold wont really work in these games .
another thing i start do in these weak games is just limp it in with all pocket pairs that would not be really playeable either just get to see flop or someone raises everyone calls so i call it to setmine and if its tougher line up i would never do but think its the way to go in these .
Allright, today did not run .
roughly 3hrs apps 5hrs casino , out of which played 4 hrs , went to eat sushi.
Cant remember hands that much . Adjusted basically back to not really betting mway pots unless have strong draw or just value. Lets say hero 3-bets someone cold calls dude calls it and flop is QJ2 3way we have AK w bdfd I dont c-bet it 3-way but check back. Trying to get them to fold wont really work in these games .
another thing i start do in these weak games is just limp it in with all
I totally gave up setmining online mainly because i never get paid good enough when i flop a set but live seems to work and stack off someone right?
I totally gave up setmining online mainly because i never get paid good enough when i flop a set but live seems to work and stack off someone right?
passive loose players tend just put more bbs in there yeah but stacking off bit rare.
woke up earlier today than usual which is good.
It rains and I don't run when it rains .
Diet has taken direction of having too many rice meals.
I feel kinda dehydrated and **** constantly and stress + weight + diet promotes this one combined ofc with this hot weather.
Also sometimes eat white bread . Just like today my usual breakfast is natural yogurt with nuts but instead i had two fried eggs and two toasts. Rice pasta , **** bread like that is the same just makes feel **** .
- Stop eating that bread
- Limit those rice and noodle meals
- Avoid the casino food at any cost (as sessions are 5-6 hrs it should be avoidable to eat their food)
Eat :
Big breakfast , 3-4 boiled eggs , natural yogurt or alternate it with boiled eggs and oatmeal
Lunch : hardest part but as going big with breakfast a soup is good choice
Dinner : Eat meat and vegetables
Btw, if your strategy includes a big open size, I think that you should have a complementary limping range as well that includes pp, sc, Kxs and some Axs since tables are usually too passive and you will cooler fish/weak regs postflop mis evaluing the strength of their hand.
i guess when i finally get there ill get the last laugh rejecting all them back for 100 dollar hooker LMFAO.
i have no idea why women aren't throwing themselves at someone as classy and respectful as you are
Btw, if your strategy includes a big open size, I think that you should have a complementary limping range as well that includes pp, sc, Kxs and some Axs since tables are usually too passive and you will cooler fish/weak regs postflop mis evaluing the strength of their hand.
Yeah experimented a bit with this today.
Spewed a bit I think , ... limped somewhere EP A3s some 60s white guy iso 6bbs .. everyone folded I felt like Yolo and called it. Flopped TP weak kicker he cbets i called, turn he checks back insta. River I bet like 1/3p on a 9. Board was A4Q, 7, 9 or similar. He then insta minraises it , lol . I couldn't help myself but call even in this one I see them do that with value a lot but it has to be like A9s or 99 maybe AA not sure.. Some FD missed there and my bet is small so there is just an odd event that he thinks im having such a weak hand that he can just raise me off from it or whatever and massive odds so ended calling and he had K8s bluff. So starting to limp stuff and then fold to raises feels bit fishy idk . but calling 6bb iso is also just bad no excuses. So its just spot u wanna fold if you limp pretty much all that crap and to balance the limping with strong hands is just waste in those games . But yea again that kinda iso raising happens not really enough to not be able to limp probably .
Then other spew was when 3b vs some china guy w TT flop mono Q92 i x back when have FD mid pocket pair , turn is K no flush card x back again , river is brick no flush card he went 2x pot overbet and i did end tank calling blocking value and kinda over-thinking he might just try bluff my weak looking range with some **** but those guys are just really not overbet bluffing they just play their own hand waaay too often ... and he had Tjs straight...
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Waited for the time window when it didn't rain that much and put 40min run . Calves were burning particularly first 20mins like crazy but weather was really perfect windy bit cold fresh air.
Felt more sharp in certain way when played but just bit too low in energy maybe (few hrs apps 5hrs live) .
Food : breakfast 2 eggs 2 toasts, Floridas greatest grape juice glass ,,,, lunch can of tuna, snack 1 before casino : protein milkshake and asian pearl (lot less sweet than euro pearl) but tastes good to me its like mix of apple and pearl, snack2 : banana at casino, dinner (bit of a weak point but had a beefpatty sandwhich and chicken katsu sandwhich home made with olive oil only used) ...
Still probably at an ok calorie deficit with this eating was starving before dinner and cant go too crazy if do cardio. Juice is something I rarely buy and now its finished anyways.
Weight 98kg...
The bigger spew hand (calling 2x overbet) was a bit because i played today with someone who was throwing mergy overbets (total whale) and bluffing like crazy but that guy was just total different than the average one...
i have no idea why women aren't throwing themselves at someone as classy and respectful as you are
boy, ill smack the taste right out your mouth irl and if you keep guns dont worry we can handle that too fr
then you can watch your bitch ride off on the back of my sport glide, pussy
****ing ****** that cant understand black humor
Lost access to my google accounts today.
Therefore lost password to DJs first account.
But its not big problem at all I made a second account!
Its just raining , storm ,...
Played bit on the apps but today I'm not really into anything.
Might watch movie .. - "Sisu" .
Ive been sober for quite sometime so watching movie starts to become a real possibility to my brain.
If you drink / are in some form of withdrawal stage I can only recommend to not watch anything bcz its useless. Cant concentrate. Most importantly don't try to think or analyze anything if cant think straight.
Before anything else I will take my animal pak multivitamins , which I sometimes do.
It comes from the United States so it has to be GREAT!!!
Andy, **** these pussy ass math nerds on here you a real one though. You know where to find me at g.
Everyone else:
I never graduated pre-school and my dad is eminem he did a lot of drugs at the time life was hard man.
Girls dont like me , they only like Eminem.
Your dad is probably 15 different blacks kid
See me on the street anytime you want to. Ill have more money than all you guys on here by next month.
Nope i dont come from a good family. Thats why id pistol whip every tooth you have down your throat then stick a .45 up your ass sideways, then go home and sleep like a baby. Better than my mother being a whore though bud.
Send location if you want to see whats up i got guns the size of you.
You looking in a mirror? Look me up felonies out of 6 states and 2 from the feds. All weapon, drug trafficking, and beating the **** out of bitches like you charges. You bout to get your bank account vaccuumed from from Russia. You can get it anytime you want to, little man. Send location.
lets be real u r like forrest gump deep inside u cant get anywhere u know that
iq is at level of retar.dation
but u try very much to be a TOUGH MAN
u have a psychological problem u need help
send location
talk about a low IQ. you are trying to troll and getting trolled and now youre big mad haha
ive had more money in hands before i was 20, than youve seen your entire life
now send location we can settle up man to man instead this keyboard warrior ****. You mom can be my new source of income, ill pimp her to eminem
send location, or pull up im done internet rapping with you
Just incase the police see this thread, we dont do any crimes!
why r u not at prison? as u are a criminal? USA has the Greatest prisons in the world!
