Mix game journey

$100 hourly is hardly possible. david prociak had crushed for 120$ before at 40 which is 1.5bb/hr. im happy w my 0.5bb/hr at 40/80.

I think having the DESIRE to play the high stakes is a big part of being a cash guy. Ppl have different cultural backgrounds n understanding of life - poker is a tool to transfer money from the suckers - but there is also a level of beauty n honorability to battle against the best of the best.

Ik ur advocacy for life balance n poker being side hustle; i read ur posts elsewhere. Poker is a good escape; im facing disqualification from uc davis at the moment so there certainly is a lot on plate but to an untrained eye - gambling, academia, Work work, degenerate behaviors... - hard to be seen as a proper lifestyle. But we ok doing what we do n long as we dont go broke.

ooh buddys buddy hu in venetian pgt 3k main.

while im getting bored at wynn 1/2plo

i didnt pot w q765 clubs n spdes pre
i loathe myself..

playing $10 bomb pots - dealers choice pot limit mix

so far the games have been:
drawmaha vinny calls
drawma2 i call
plo5 single board blood river JJ
plo5 double board blood river johnny
plo5 best best mark
double board pot or fold $5 ante mark (sometimes blood river)

after sitting down i brought over $400 n added on 200 for whatever reason and first hand drawmaha i xr a mediocre hand just try to get it in. ok if 400 but w 600 was a mistake

i had kkt8x on q79 n xr to 115 one guy cold calls n bettor calls as well
i draw 1, pot is 385 i had about 450 left, me and another guy just put it in.

donkey overplay.

reloaded 500 n currently stuck 300 overall.

lil annoyed

Ok yeah, I thought you were saying he showed which surprised me but that sounds reasonable

I mean listen, when I was your age I was grinding 60-70 hour weeks so I can never tell anyone what to do with their time, but you basically just said that best case scenario you have a $40 hourly and frequently get tempted to sit games where that drops, maybe below 0. And those games will NEVER get softer, so unless you are grinding a ton of off table study, it's likely those numbers drop over time.

ok, ye so sitting n beating 20 n 40 should be the play.

first hand sitting down in this short wynn 20 game we face a tough decision

im the BU in badugi n dealt q954r

sb 3! bb calls n i 4! sb 5!

sb pats bb draws 1 i tank n drew 2 then drew 7 n made 87 on turn n put a raise in on turn n valued river

avg dealt pat is jack so breaking queen yes n avg drawn is 8 so i elect to pitch q n 9 then kept 8 on second draw

if i whiff the turn draw im just forced to fold my 3card 8 n lose 3bets - nothing i can do

hell, i suck at short handed games

$20/40 bigo n nl2 40bigblind ($1600) cap game tonight at bellagio

hv a nice sleep n run well

$80 straddle changes the cap to $800 or $2400. we'll see.

im watching the 2023 arieh vs dan idema HU in 10k LHE.
there was a hand where arieh was outpipped by dan n dan thought he had the loser then immediately after mori came over asking players to adjust seating for camera, plus blinds went up - the button stayed w josh - the result of next two hands should be "flipped", the second of which josh played well n got an extra bigbet on the river w top top vs idema's jacks. Josh gained 5 bets aka 1.2 million instead of losing let's say 960k, which, ignoring the hand immediately after the misdealt, would put him at 1.57mill at 120/240k while dan at 6.475mill. instead they are at 3.7 v 4.315 two hands after that.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE DETAILS.

like the bad ruling at paris 20/40 which cost kris murphy n i each half of the stud8 pot; like the time i bluff raised and stupidly patted a 3 card in position vs paul gunness instead of drawing to my A24 in badugi and i rabbit hunted an offsuit 6! like the time i gave then took then gave the extra chip in drawmaha to john fahmy when we chopped - i wasn't sure if the extra chip goes to board or hand (it's board fwiw) and if i stole the $20 chip no one would know.

I LOVE THESE DETAILS. and that's why I keep track of my finance so well. I know I got scammed 2.4k my lifetime. I know exactly how much I am up and down in different games. I know my results in the pit. This is the joy in life. Having the multiple layers of trauma from various dealings since 2021, gambling provides me sanity and I believe - if it really comes down to it - I can grind back up from the micros.

Recently hellmuth had to defend himself on being a net cash game loser n he claims to be up 3 mill in past 11 years n can show tax documents. We'll never know what the case is unfortunately.

One of the VIPs from the sacramento PLO games texted me on how he lost 15k in a 5/10 home game run by the game host at Stones (yes, mike postle Stones). And that was the same guy that owed me n I had to get a lot of help from many ppl to get paid back. Name is Randy Niccum. Same goes for that prop from Capitol casino in downtown Sac. They are tight w each other and they play so many home games. No shot those games are clean and ye, that prop, Kyle Bunn, owes n blocks me. You can never prove cheating - doug polk joshua taylor case in point.

And even clear evidence has so many backstories to it; we shall not take it at face value. Just be careful out there. Don't believe a lot of things. I am forced into being a cheater!

Hope you gain experience in not so painful ways and come out on top! But...That dan idema limit holdem skills - TOP NOTCH! played better than josh surely.

How do you balance school and poker? You seem so entrenched in the Vegas gambling world, it's difficult to imagine you have much time or mental energy to focus on schoolwork. Are you getting a PhD in physics somehow? And what do you plan to do with that degree when your fallback seems to be "grind $8/$16 O8 at the Orleans for $20K/year."

cant do more youtube
too complicated
need to focus on game while playing

im trying to play 20 n 40 n win 80k before next wsop and play 80/160 throughout summer at bellagio next series

Ye i just play poker n the administration gives me loads **** about not being a good grad student

they give me hard deadlines for publication in the coming weeks but imo theoretical physics is so much complicated than that
ive worked my ass off nonstop for 2yrs before n not getting results while talented ppl can whoop me in seconds
its a highly talent driven field - like rapping. u can try ur best but someone can easily just blows u out of water.

some of these ppl in academia are so delusional and unrealistic. hard work doesnt pay off its simple like that.

but ye ill do what it takes to graduate, costing like 30k more but what can i do, as a non citizen. Degree gets me research jobs but i mean i can give a whole spiel on my unique take in physics specifically as a subject

poker wise i hope never to be in a position of having to grind 8/16 for a living. My parents and i are on the same page - get the degree at least, and mix cash for 100k+ a year is fine

Playing chicagoJoey's plo meet up game at vene
game supposed to be at 9p but barely anyone here

1/2/5
prefer 5/10(/20/40/80) we'll see

damn Finding Equilibirium is changing his channel from nlh gto stuff to fitness?
not a troll.

sick. would love to meet him irl

unfort in bacc tour
5 ppl round 1 at my table one guy didnt show up
top 2 advance

I was basically min betting the whole way, and everyone at the table was all in at least once before hand 14 and all of the shoves doubled up!!

Then on hand 14 i am forced to go all in but i left a couple chips behind for a last hand hail mary in side bets. (Rounders: always leave urself an out)

I lost my effective all in

Then on last hand the secret bet slip is hella exaggarately decorated and i accidentally placed my big tiger bet in the regular tiger slot

i had 2100 so strat is big 1k small 1k mainline 100

the other four ppl had 43k 42k 41k and 20k

gg. i start to understand why hellmuth emphasize so much on not being at risk in tours

deal myself AK

i didnt see the guy limp n punted $330 to him w ak into his aces
if i knew it was a limp i wouldve flatted ak
and yes i jammed 450 on top of a $15 raise

i hate it that i complained to the table about the fact that i didnt see the limp

definition of playing bad glad its only 300$ and i just gotta somehow squeeze out 5more hours to qualify for the freeroll

heres a hand in 20

2-7 td

i open lj 2267
bb a good reg strong lowball player defends w a 7 n xr flop
1-1 on turn i catch another 7 so 77642
he leads i call
pat-1
he leads again i make 87642

im getting 7.25-1

but i beat no value

then jeremy asks if i wanna see the card he kept he shows a 7

thought it could be
1) wheel (sharing the excitement of a miracle draw) ye he had the nutter butter turns out
2) bluffing w 77 or smth, unlikely since i hv 2 7
3) value betting a 87 or 97 on the river continued strength then realize he messed up so show a card to have me fold

the fact he showed a card made it tinsy bit likely to be bluffing but certainly not over 14%

fish call.

annoyed to having committed to play a short session.

what a bad start to the 80 game

sits down bb double board omaha hihi
AsKhQhJh defend n two boards are
Jd2d3h4h9d
and
Kd5d6x9x5

utg limp lj raise sb n me call
4way
wanted to xr flop but think the vip utg will cold call n wait till turn to assess
wanted to xr turn in the 3way pot but picking up hearts on one n gutter on the other decided to just call n realize my equity. turns out to be right decision but river went XXBCRR and i fold

its the epitome of middling range hand thats good enough to just hang in there

welp

-600 start

better rake structure
changed last week
8/half + 25 instead of 10/half + 25

When I first saw this description, I thought...'that sounds like Jimmy'...

Only took a few posts to see I was right.

Did you win the HORSE?

welcome to the emotional dumpage.

i did well in rw Horse
its basically a one table 3 person pay SNG
i played 4times n cashed 3
I learned a lot from watching Ron ware play
on that particular day i posted, ron me n adam greenlee chopped three way 1k each

maybe u a vegas local who knows me
or maybe u a scumbag from back in sacramento who owes money. hope its the first.

(1) this double board omaha hand

(2) drawmaha high

flatted w 9997Q ds in co to a hj raise n sb 3!
3 way
flop AhQ6h sb bet HJ call i raise w trip 9s n flush draw n bd straight draw.
draws were 2-1-1, sb leads again after draw, HJ calls. I ponder for a while after seeing the offsuit Ten on the turn, but decide to raise w likely no good heart draw and a gutter, relying on the strength of my trips. they both call n i bink an offsuit 8 on river to scoop.

(3) 2-7 td

vip opens utg, good reg 3! button and I fold 25679 in bb.

(4) A28JJ in BigO on 45K two tone, i folded flop without high equity, who knew it would run out JJ. funny hand.

(5) good reg opens CO in BigO, i folded AA46J double suited in small blind and bb defended. board ran out KJJA. and bb had kings. Oh boy!

(6) ari.

community card is Js. I open in LJ w As9s8s4s4c as a steal. Would love to get no action. but CO aggro player calls n good reg defends bb. I pitch 4c hoping for a low spade then i can draw to a two way hand. I caught a red 5. so after 2-1-2 i just stayed pat. Got value on flop n turn. check around on river. A steal attempt w a still playable hand won me 2nd pot of the night.

(7) stud8. 3 8s showing and a deuce bring in. good reg limps 8 second last to act i call w 8(54) last to act before the bringin. Too passive of a play maybe.

calm before the storm