*** December 2024 High Stakes Thread ***

My assumption is that interview was so awkward because Kaki thinks hes a bit off his rocker and shouldn't be playing but has to try and hype it up at the same time

He just got stacked a second ago jj<99 on 922xx

stefan: *discusses top players in the challenge, says they are all really tough but says he thinks he has an edge and can beat them

*not a single mention of karma*

kakitee:

*goes on rant about karma not existing as far as he is concerned

*proceeds to say one of the dumbest things possible, which also underscores he has no idea what karma is - meanwhile don't forget that stefan didn't mention karma once in the interview, this is kakitee going off in his planned spiel talking about some other time when he got "stefan believes in karma" vibes

then goes on to answer his own question instead of letting stefan answer it

stefan: *stalls because of the sheer stupidity of such a statement

then produces this amazing nugget in response

this is huge, you're getting one of the biggest poker players ever stating in an interview that he thinks we live in a simulation - this is your moment kakitee, grab this, ask followups and shine!

will he do it though? will he actually not be a self centered asshat who makes it all about himself instead of getting stefan to elaborate further on this?

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instead he goes peak kakitee and just half agrees but gives his spin on it

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he then ignores the simulation and proceeds to ask follow up questions about injured children and states that injured children aren't really alive in the simulation because its just a simulation - all in a way to justify how karma could exist in his worldview as stefan looks completely disinterested and looks at his phone as kakitee drones away like an idiot on something of his own design, a further elaborating on this injured child thing which stefan just ignored from the start

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when your interview subject looks like this the entire time, you're clearly sucking balls at interviewing him and instead just giving your unhinged rants about whether injured children are real or not

That was always a really dumb argument. One thing it doesn't account for is that even IF there isn't really an edge to be made at that top level (I certainly think there is) people have egos and that is incentive enough to go to war with another top dog

nice delusions spammed by the postcount > bankroll man

it's ok to suck at life more than me bro, but keep it to yourself. let the thread be for poker not whatever you think you're talking about

CoinPoker, Hold'em No Limit - §50/§100 - 4 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

LLinusLL0ve (UTG): §13,443.80 (134 bb)
riggedeck (BU): §22,805.40 (228 bb)
AbsoluteTopUp (SB): §24,632.80 (246 bb)
iWasOnly17 (BB): §20,830.40 (208 bb)

Pre-Flop: (§150)
2 players fold, AbsoluteTopUp (SB) raises to §300, iWasOnly17 (BB) calls §200

Flop: (§600) 4♦ 6♠ J♣ (2 players)
AbsoluteTopUp (SB) checks, iWasOnly17 (BB) checks

Turn: (§600) 2♣ (2 players)
AbsoluteTopUp (SB) bets §450, iWasOnly17 (BB) calls §450

River: (§1,500) T♣ (2 players)
AbsoluteTopUp (SB) bets §495, iWasOnly17 (BB) raises to §4,830, AbsoluteTopUp (SB) calls §4,335

Total pot: §11,160 (Rake: §0)

Showdown:
iWasOnly17 (BB) shows 4♣ 5♥ (a pair of Fours)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 18%, Flop: 23%, Turn: 20%, River: 0%)

AbsoluteTopUp (SB) shows 9♣ 9♦ (a pair of Nines)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 82%, Flop: 77%, Turn: 80%, River: 100%)

AbsoluteTopUp (SB) wins §11,160

Stefan < 1 buy-in in his account rn

coordi, rickroll

do all of us a favor and keep your opinion to yourselves please

this is the best hs thread for a long time, don't spoil it

thank you

take your own advice sock puppet

Rooting big for Stefan.

Didnt like his reasoning for not beating 1k on GG. That his opponents didnt respect his raises and he didnt get enough dopamine rush to really try and beat them. What an answer.

Props to his backers for giving him the go

CoinPoker, Hold'em No Limit - §50/§100 - 6 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

iWasOnly17 (UTG): §14,751 (148 bb)
TDuthweiler (MP): §10,000 (100 bb)
DavyJones922 (CO): §47,660.60 (477 bb)
LLinusLL0ve (BU): §10,460 (105 bb)
riggedeck (SB): §10,000 (100 bb)
AbsoluteTopUp (BB): §32,560.20 (326 bb)

Pre-Flop: (§150)
2 players fold, DavyJones922 (CO) raises to §225, LLinusLL0ve (BU) calls §225, 1 fold, AbsoluteTopUp (BB) 3-bets to §1,300, 1 fold, LLinusLL0ve (BU) calls §1,075

Flop: (§2,875) Q♥ 6♣ 9♥ (2 players)
AbsoluteTopUp (BB) bets §949, LLinusLL0ve (BU) raises to §2,428.63, AbsoluteTopUp (BB) calls §1,479.63

Turn: (§7,732.26) T♦ (2 players)
AbsoluteTopUp (BB) checks, LLinusLL0ve (BU) bets §1,900, AbsoluteTopUp (BB) raises to §28,831.60, LLinusLL0ve (BU) calls §4,831.37 (all-in)

River: (§21,195) 2♣ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: §21,195 (Rake: §0)

Showdown:
AbsoluteTopUp (BB) shows J♦ 9♦ (a pair of Nines)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 38%, Flop: 22%, Turn: 30%, River: 0%)

LLinusLL0ve (BU) shows Q♦ A♣ (a pair of Queens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 62%, Flop: 78%, Turn: 70%, River: 100%)

LLinusLL0ve (BU) wins §21,195

♦ ♣ ♥ ♠

CoinPoker, Hold'em No Limit - §50/§100 - 6 players
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ChrisNguyen (UTG): §26,449.80 (264 bb)
AbsoluteTopUp (MP): §15,492.30 (155 bb)
iWasOnly17 (CO): §14,596 (146 bb)
Astelix (BU): §10,298.50 (103 bb)
DavyJones922 (SB): §31,288.30 (313 bb)
EddieFelson (BB): §11,372.30 (114 bb)

Pre-Flop: (§150)
4 players fold, DavyJones922 (SB) raises to §300, EddieFelson (BB) 3-bets to §835, DavyJones922 (SB) 4-bets to §2,070, EddieFelson (BB) calls §1,235

Flop: (§4,140) 4♦ 4♥ A♠ (2 players)
DavyJones922 (SB) bets §542, EddieFelson (BB) calls §542

Turn: (§5,224) 9♦ (2 players)
DavyJones922 (SB) checks, EddieFelson (BB) bets §2,612, DavyJones922 (SB) calls §2,612

River: (§10,448) 3♦ (2 players)
DavyJones922 (SB) checks, EddieFelson (BB) bets §6,148.35, DavyJones922 (SB) calls §6,148.35

Total pot: §22,744.70 (Rake: §0)

Showdown:
EddieFelson (BB) shows J♠ A♣ (two pair, Aces and Fours)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 26%, Flop: 24%, Turn: 15%, River: 0%)

DavyJones922 (SB) shows A♦ Q♠ (two pair, Aces and Fours - higher kicker)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 74%, Flop: 76%, Turn: 85%, River: 100%)

DavyJones922 (SB) wins §22,744.70

♦ ♣ ♥ ♠

CoinPoker, Hold'em No Limit - §50/§100 - 4 players
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ChrisNguyen (UTG): §10,500 (105 bb)
riggedeck (BU): §12,731.80 (127 bb)
AbsoluteTopUp (SB): §21,454.30 (215 bb)
iWasOnly17 (BB): §31,711.60 (317 bb)

Pre-Flop: (§150)
1 fold, riggedeck (BU) raises to §250, AbsoluteTopUp (SB) 3-bets to §1,100, 1 fold, riggedeck (BU) calls §850

Flop: (§2,300) K♦ 3♠ 5♦ (2 players)
AbsoluteTopUp (SB) bets §759, riggedeck (BU) calls §759

Turn: (§3,818) K♣ (2 players)
AbsoluteTopUp (SB) checks, riggedeck (BU) checks

River: (§3,818) 2♠ (2 players)
AbsoluteTopUp (SB) bets §19,595.30 (all-in), riggedeck (BU) calls §10,872.80 (all-in)

Total pot: §25,563.60 (Rake: §0.10)

Showdown:
AbsoluteTopUp (SB) shows 9♥ Q♥ (a pair of Kings)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 44%, Flop: 22%, Turn: 14%, River: 0%)

riggedeck (BU) shows 5♠ A♠ (two pair, Kings and Fives)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 56%, Flop: 78%, Turn: 86%, River: 100%)

riggedeck (BU) wins §25,563.50

CoinPoker, Hold'em No Limit - §50/§100 - 4 players
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riggedeck (UTG): §16,300 (163 bb)
AbsoluteTopUp (BU): §10,271.30 (103 bb)
ChrisNguyen (SB): §12,325 (123 bb)
iWasOnly17 (BB): §17,735 (177 bb)

Pre-Flop: (§150)
1 fold, AbsoluteTopUp (BU) raises to §250, ChrisNguyen (SB) 3-bets to §850, 1 fold, AbsoluteTopUp (BU) calls §600

Flop: (§1,800) 3♠ Q♥ T♥ (2 players)
ChrisNguyen (SB) bets §2,050, AbsoluteTopUp (BU) calls §2,050

Turn: (§5,900) 7♦ (2 players)
ChrisNguyen (SB) checks, AbsoluteTopUp (BU) bets §1,947, ChrisNguyen (SB) calls §1,947

River: (§9,794) 3♣ (2 players)
ChrisNguyen (SB) checks, AbsoluteTopUp (BU) bets §5,424.25, ChrisNguyen (SB) calls §5,424.25

Total pot: §20,642.50 (Rake: §0)

Showdown:
AbsoluteTopUp (BU) shows Q♠ 9♠ (two pair, Queens and Threes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 38%, Flop: 63%, Turn: 77%, River: 100%)

ChrisNguyen (SB) shows K♦ A♥ (a pair of Threes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 62%, Flop: 37%, Turn: 23%, River: 0%)

AbsoluteTopUp (BU) wins §20,642.50

Funny that the guy who says someone sucks at life is the same guy who actively encourages blatant and deeply hateful racism and misogyny in his private discord.

It’s almost 2025, you should probably at least pretend to be a decent human being!

Poker, No Limit Hold'em - 50/100 - 3 players
Replay this hand at UpswingPoker.com

iWasOnly17 (BB): 22099 (220 bb)
AbsoluteTopUp (BU): 28314 (283 bb)
SeaLlama (SB): 11394 (113 bb)

Pre-Flop: (150) Hero (AbsoluteTopUp) is BU with Q♣ 8♣
AbsoluteTopUp (BU) raises to 250, SeaLlama (SB) folds, iWasOnly17 (BB) calls 150

Flop (550) A♣ 6♠ 7♣ (2 players)
iWasOnly17 (BB) checks, AbsoluteTopUp (BU) checks

Turn (550) T♣ (2 players)
iWasOnly17 (BB) checks, AbsoluteTopUp (BU) bets 181, iWasOnly17 (BB) raises to 1549, AbsoluteTopUp (BU) calls 1368

River (3648) 3♠ (2 players)
iWasOnly17 (BB) bets 5472, AbsoluteTopUp (BU) raises to 26515 (all-in), iWasOnly17 (BB) calls 14828 (all-in)

Total pot: 44249 (Rake: 0)

Showdown
iWasOnly17 (BB): 0 -22099 [9♥ 8♦]
AbsoluteTopUp (BU): 50464 +22149 [Q♣ 8♣]
SeaLlama (SB): 11344 -50

Poker, No Limit Hold'em - 50/100 - 5 players
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AbsoluteTopUp (HJ): 13802 (138 bb)
iWasOnly17 (CO): 22745 (227 bb)
TDuthweiler (BU): 12890 (128 bb)
LLinusLL0ve (SB): 11818 (118 bb)
riggedeck (BB): 33495 (334 bb)

Pre-Flop: (150) Hero (AbsoluteTopUp) is HJ with Q♥ K♥
AbsoluteTopUp (HJ) raises to 225, iWasOnly17 (CO) folds, TDuthweiler (BU) folds, LLinusLL0ve (SB) folds, riggedeck (BB) raises to 1200, AbsoluteTopUp (HJ) calls 975

Flop (2450) J♣ 3♣ T♠ (2 players)
riggedeck (BB) bets 735, AbsoluteTopUp (HJ) calls 735

Turn (3920) 9♠ (2 players)
riggedeck (BB) checks, AbsoluteTopUp (HJ) bets 2626, riggedeck (BB) raises to 31560 (all-in), AbsoluteTopUp (HJ) calls 9241 (all-in)

River (27655) T♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: 27655 (Rake: 0)

Showdown
AbsoluteTopUp (HJ): 27655 +13852 [Q♥ K♥]
iWasOnly17 (CO): 22745 +0
TDuthweiler (BU): 12890 +0
LLinusLL0ve (SB): 11768 -50
riggedeck (BB): 19692 -13802 [7♥ 8♥]

rigged 🤝 Dejan
fastplaying the mexican straight

CoinPoker, Hold'em No Limit - §50/§100 - 5 players
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AbsoluteTopUp (UTG): §22,049.90 (220 bb)
EddieFelson (CO): §11,783.20 (118 bb)
ChrisNguyen (BU): §12,030 (120 bb)
iWasOnly17 (SB): §36,968.10 (370 bb)
SeaLlama (BB): §12,975 (130 bb)

Pre-Flop: (§150)
AbsoluteTopUp (UTG) raises to §225, 1 fold, ChrisNguyen (BU) 3-bets to §750, 2 players fold, AbsoluteTopUp (UTG) calls §525

Flop: (§1,650) 7♦ 6♠ 8♦ (2 players)
AbsoluteTopUp (UTG) bets §413, ChrisNguyen (BU) raises to §1,200, AbsoluteTopUp (UTG) calls §787

Turn: (§4,050) 3♦ (2 players)
AbsoluteTopUp (UTG) checks, ChrisNguyen (BU) bets §1,012.50, AbsoluteTopUp (UTG) raises to §3,544, ChrisNguyen (BU) calls §2,531.50

River: (§11,138) Q♥ (2 players)
AbsoluteTopUp (UTG) bets §16,555.90 (all-in), ChrisNguyen (BU) folds

Total pot: §11,138 (Rake: §0)
AbsoluteTopUp (UTG) wins §11,138
AbsoluteTopUp: shows J♥ T♥

Please if you interview someone again and he is not a native speaker, let him gather his thoughts and talk, talk over him doesnt help the situation and everyone is watching the clip for steffan not for you, thanks

hi kakitee, nothing sadder than making a sock puppet to defend yourself

try sucking less and not being terrible at your job and perhaps you won't be faced with reality of how much you suck at it

that was an embarassingly bad interview, probably the worst i've ever seen anywhere (not just poker) - it was truly atrocious - you wanted to be the protagonist so badly and it showed and you could have probably gotten away with it if you were even remotely coherent but instead just spewed your standard conspiratard drivel about things you don't even remotely understand

you had the room alone with one of the greats and instead started telling him how great he was and about why injured children shouldn't exist instead of interviewing him - shame on you - you blew it

you stream to make a living, i don't - one of these things is not like the other

i easily have 10x+ the bankroll you have (if you even have one?) something about glass houses is appropriate here, but to put it in words you'll understand, no injured children exist if they stream for a living because then they are streamers and not injured children

I think this could be valid and legitimate.

There was a year when I was transitioning from 2k to 5k stakes, and subsequently would put 5k tables in the middle of the screen and 2k tables more towards the corners of the screen, and after 6 months grind or so, that resulted in my winrate being 2x better at 5k than 2k.

I think playing much lower stakes than you are used to can make you less interested and bored and it's harder to pay proper attention and put proper effort.

I think only legitimate answer Stefan should answer for himself: is he able to properly adjust to different dynamics at the tables when he plays different player pool, and he just didn't do it because 1k is boring for him, or he just plays his own playing style that only works in specific player pools.

see, these are the kind of follow up questions that would have been asked if kakitee actually tried interviewing him 😀

Not sure how to correctly format it for Pokeit so on to next.

Poker Hand #179075631: Hold'em No Limit (50/100) 2024/12/04 02:57:33 GMT
Table 'NL ₮10,000 Cash Game World Champs (show) I' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: EddieFelson (12279 in chips)
Seat 2: riggedeck (10000 in chips)
Seat 3: iWasOnly17 (17279.9 in chips)
Seat 4: SeaLlama (13939.7 in chips)
Seat 5: ChrisNguyen (12707.5 in chips)
Seat 6: AbsoluteTopUp (45794.1 in chips)
AbsoluteTopUp: posts small blind 50
EddieFelson: posts big blind 100
HOLE CARDS
riggedeck: folds
iWasOnly17: folds
SeaLlama: folds
ChrisNguyen: folds
AbsoluteTopUp: raises 200 to 300
EddieFelson: calls 200
FLOP [6c 2h Ts]
AbsoluteTopUp: bets 180
EddieFelson: calls 180
TURN [6c 2h Ts] [Kc]
AbsoluteTopUp: bets 720
EddieFelson: calls 720
RIVER [6c 2h Ts Kc] [5s]
AbsoluteTopUp: bets 1800
EddieFelson has timed out
EddieFelson activated time-bank (60 seconds)
EddieFelson: raises 11079 and is all-in
AbsoluteTopUp has timed out
AbsoluteTopUp activated time-bank (60 seconds)
AbsoluteTopUp: calls 9279.01
SHOW DOWN
EddieFelson: shows [7d Td] (a pair of Tens)
AbsoluteTopUp: shows [9c Kh] (a pair of Kings)
AbsoluteTopUp collected 24558 from pot
SUMMARY
Total pot 24558 | CC 0
Board [ 6c 2h Ts Kc 5s ]
Game ended: 2024/12/04 02:59:30 GMT
Seat 1: EddieFelson (big blind) showed [7d Td]
Seat 2: riggedeck folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: iWasOnly17 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: SeaLlama folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ChrisNguyen (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: AbsoluteTopUp (small blind) showed [9c Kh] and won (24558) with a pair of Kings

Thanks Post Hoc for grabbing all these hand histories. This is rich!

dammn it's heads up but still

Is he trying to fold out a T here? Or can someone better than me explain the thought process here?

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CoinPoker, Hold'em No Limit - §50/§100 - 5 players
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MunEZStaRR (UTG): §10,150 (102 bb)
riggedeck (CO): §29,971.90 (300 bb)
PR0DIGY (BU): §30,193.60 (302 bb)
JoeAdams (SB): §30,089.80 (301 bb)
MattMarinelli (BB): §16,524.30 (165 bb)

Pre-Flop: (§150)
1 fold, riggedeck (CO) raises to §225, 1 fold, JoeAdams (SB) 3-bets to §1,100, 1 fold, riggedeck (CO) 4-bets to §3,300, JoeAdams (SB) 5-bets to §7,700, riggedeck (CO) calls §4,400

Flop: (§15,500) 3♥ 6♥ Q♣ (2 players)
JoeAdams (SB) bets §3,720, riggedeck (CO) calls §3,720

Turn: (§22,940) 9♠ (2 players)
JoeAdams (SB) bets §5,505.60, riggedeck (CO) calls §5,505.60

River: (§33,951.20) A♣ (2 players)
JoeAdams (SB) checks, riggedeck (CO) bets §13,046.30 (all-in), JoeAdams (SB) folds

Total pot: §33,951.20 (Rake: §0)
riggedeck (CO) wins §33,951.20
riggedeck: shows 7♠6♠