Mix game journey

hilarious that i bash these two guys from sacramento while they are not all that bad compared to this violent landlady biatch that i lived w in cali - Narramayet Taonus. the amount of lowlifes. we are priviledged enough to play poker for a living so better make the best out of it.

what a test for me today....got assigned at same table w milgrom the late fill!

i need to bring my A game and prove that i am not scared of nick just because i lost 3 sessions vs him!

i had such a confusing night

we went to walmart - i grabbed some tenders on the way out and she dropped me off at bell.

two full games and i was in the must move. Nejad tad late as usual and we start w badacey.

very first hand i 3bet 7621r IP vs a D3 open and i made 9 low right away and facing a D2 on the turn I decided to keep my 9 altho basic ace strategy says you should pitch first draw (u hv about 60% to improve). Tilting that she drew 2 on last draw and made 75 dugi for a chop.

couple hands later, i 3! 8531r w 85321 low and the star of the show, Gorgi 4! the button (w what turns out to be 75dugi). 3 way going into first draw, opener draws 2, now it's my decision. This is slightly trickier than it seems. it's player dependent. the fact that Gorgeous is LAG n on btn means that my 8dugi could be the best hand now a portion of the time. I tanked a bit and elected to draw smooth so i pitched the 8h but now do i draw to 1235 w 3c5 or 135 for a better chance for dugi? Given that gorgi likely has a strong dugi, i elected to "secure" half of the pot w my wheel draw. In the end i made T-T and lost to his 7-9 while the other player whiffed. After the hand i ran it in studflopdraw - keeping 8-8 is the worst against a 4betting range, and drawing 1 is a few percentages better than drawing 2.

Next orbit we were playing Ari and second hand of the game we got into a 3 way 4b pot w community card being a deuce. i open CO, btn 3!, sb 4! flop is 2-2-1, btn bets. turn is 2-2-pat. i check raise, river is 2-pat-pat.
sb had 666, i made 999A2 for a boat. what do you think btn has? seemingly a low, could be something like A3457 for a 2way hand. Turns out, predraw, we were dealt in 3 consecutive seats, trips over trips over trips. and two ppl made boat w my nines full being the best - pleasant surprise to scoop. Cooler going my way.
Very next hand in Ari i 3! AAA2T w spit = 3 and made quads on turn and got check raised! the other guy hung on for dear life w a bad 7 low n No straight! tilting!

Anyway, session starts off well and it continued well as i picked up a pat 6 dugi on the button and won a 4way 3! pot in badugi with them all folding the river and i was asked to show a bluff. r u crazy!?!!??

One hand i didn't like how i played as i honestly dont know the "gto" is in badeucey where i had 347r in sb and Milgrom opens hijack. i flatted sb which is my least favorite action in a blind game. i thought i could outplay him post even w my rougher draw. It went 2-pat, and i XFed after two bricks.

Now comes the highlight of the session which is a nl2 hand vs a very strong opponent.
the structure is $40-80 blinds w $80 ante and cap is 20 big blinds.
I open to $240 w 87522 in lojack and cutoff flats.
heads up, we both draw 1.
I peel a 4 and checks, he moves forward a small stack of chips around $320 into 680. i didnt ask for a quick count cuz i was going to raise anyway just debating on the sizing. the max i can raise to is 1360 so basically 4x. I went ahead n capped it, he sighed...yay
a minute later, he cry called w a nine. i mean, nothing more to be said, good to run well and another cooler going my way.

So, 5hr bellagio session went well and i go to dinner w gf however Fig had texted me 5 times in the last two days for me to go play the 50-100 southpoint omaha game. I "stupidly" called him saying I quit the 80 and considering where to go. Did u know Fig is great at communicating and convincing ppl? I went w him to the southpoint game and i was instantly stuck around $1500. I was playing ungodly poorly but after two hands where in one i flopped a pair n backdoored quads and another one rivered two pair vs eric baldwin i was so gladly to just quit and go home booking a small loss. One of the regs just had to make a snarky comment on me holding a seat and leaving after just one hour but come on, i come to help start the game cuz you guys are short - and more importantly, playing for a living contains playing in good games, that's just the nature of it. But what really, or actually, pissed me off was the hand in the beginning of this session where i peeled down at Kh2h3d and squeezed out an Ad in O8 and opened, the said reg 3! w black aa25 we go to 989 two diamonds flop, i lead he calls, turn Th, i lead he calls, i plan to give up on non diamond river and what u know, Js comes, and I realized it's such a good bluff card AFTER i checked. obv he checks back and takes it. Unbelievably bad no bluff.

My gf picked me up from SP and i was in such a foul mood; i thanked her like 30 times throughout the night for picking me up and today the 18th, i may go play bellagio later in the day.

1500-3 been going for three days at bellagio on n off.
i went in bobbys yest n chatted w monette briefly; he was later replaced by minh and the rest of the lineup is - shulman, rast, eric wasserson, oppie, and lyle. Who is the economy sir? Who? Whooooooooo??

it's 2AM and i am learning the SHA256 hash method from crypto so i can do a verifiable table draw for the 80 game tomorrow.

chatgpt spit me a python program and i am using it to turn the list into a hash, then i will use the latest block hash for bitcoin from https://blockexplorer.one/bitcoin/mainne... at 10:30 am (in about 8 hours) as a seed to randomize.

it's verifiable and non-riggable.

I LOVE AI!

"""
Verifiable random draw into two groups.

How to use fairly:
1. Put the final participant names in the NAMES list below.
2. Before the draw, share with everyone:
- the exact NAMES list
- the commit hash printed by this script
- the rule for the future public random seed
Example: "We will use the next Bitcoin block hash after 3:00 PM UTC"
3. After the public random event occurs, run:
python draw_groups.py --seed "PUBLIC_VALUE_HERE"
4. Anyone with the same script, same names, and same seed will get the same result.

Example seed values:
- Bitcoin block hash
- Powerball numbers as a string
- Any future public value you cannot control in advance
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import argparse
import hashlib
import math
import random
import sys
from typing import List, Tuple

============================================================

EDIT THIS LIST

============================================================

NAMES = ["Ali","Grant","John F","Gorgi","Peter Q","Jimmy","Creature","Adi","Danny","Pizza","Eli","Steven","David","Nina","Nic"]

def normalize_names(names: List[str]) -> List[str]:
"""
Clean and sort names in a fixed way.
- strips extra spaces
- removes blank entries
- sorts case-insensitively
"""
cleaned = []
seen = set()

for name in names:
normalized = " ".join(name.strip().split())
if not normalized:
continue
if normalized in seen:
raise ValueError(f"Duplicate name found: {normalized!r}")
seen.add(normalized)
cleaned.append(normalized)

cleaned.sort(key=lambda x: x.casefold())
return cleaned

def commit_hash(names: List[str]) -> str:
"""
Hash of the finalized ordered list.
Share this before the random seed is known.
"""
payload = "\n".join(names).encode("utf-8")
return hashlib.sha256(payload).hexdigest()

def seed_to_int(seed_text: str) -> int:
"""
Convert any public seed string into a deterministic integer.
"""
digest = hashlib.sha256(seed_text.encode("utf-8")).digest()
return int.from_bytes(digest, byteorder="big")

def shuffle_names(names: List[str], seed_text: str) -> List[str]:
"""
Deterministically shuffle names using the provided seed text.
"""
rng = random.Random(seed_to_int(seed_text))
shuffled = names[:]
rng.shuffle(shuffled)
return shuffled

def split_into_two_groups(shuffled: List[str]) -> Tuple[List[str], List[str]]:
"""
Split into two groups as evenly as possible.
If odd number of participants, Group A gets one extra person.
"""
midpoint = math.ceil(len(shuffled) / 2)
return shuffled[:midpoint], shuffled[midpoint:]

def main() -> None:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Verifiable random draw into two groups")
parser.add_argument(
"--seed",
type=str,
help="Public random seed value (required to perform the actual draw)",
)
args = parser.parse_args()

try:
names = normalize_names(NAMES)
except ValueError as exc:
print(f"Error: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)

if len(names) < 2:
print("Error: You need at least 2 names.", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)

print("FINAL SORTED NAME LIST")
print("----------------------")
for i, name in enumerate(names, start=1):
print(f"{i:>2}. {name}")

print("\nCOMMIT HASH FOR THIS FINALIZED LIST")
print("-----------------------------------")
print(commit_hash(names))

if not args.seed:
print("\nNo seed provided yet.")
print("When the public random event happens, run:")
print(' python draw_groups.py --seed "YOUR_PUBLIC_SEED_VALUE"')
sys.exit(0)

shuffled = shuffle_names(names, args.seed)
group_a, group_b = split_into_two_groups(shuffled)

print("\nPUBLIC SEED USED")
print("----------------")
print(args.seed)

print("\nSHUFFLED ORDER")
print("--------------")
for i, name in enumerate(shuffled, start=1):
print(f"{i:>2}. {name}")

print("\nGROUP A")
print("-------")
for name in group_a:
print(name)

print("\nGROUP B")
print("-------")
for name in group_b:
print(name)

if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

going back to bed

ted calls me at 3 am to tell me hand histories and player profiles in LA mix games. what a life.
and that is after pupillo texts me his late night swings from a short handed 80 game.
what. a. life. wouldn't trade it for anything.

i played one of my best sessions and came out a loser. Ali won big so at least the table is fun to play at. A few regulars lost massive - I'm running today's game too.

First big hand I played was no limit deuce. eli opens cutoff $200 or $240 i reverse string raise to $800 from bigblind he puts a bunch money in thought i was capping. i say just $800 he decides to call n asks me twice? i tell him always once (which he knows we fricking one time in 3-600 at resorts world and i 3/4 him in bigO before) then i confirm w him we still play? he said yes (sort of due to the fact that i rejected twice) i pat he draws 1, i check my 97532 and he announces i will bet a ten. Then he looks at his cards, i didnt pay attention to the squeeze (later he claims he caught a three side spade); he caps aka bets $800 i tank a bit just to process - in theory its always a call esp getting 3-1. He tables 87653 w 8s7s6s. i text him after the hand that im always once as if he didnt already know? but ill give him benefit of the doubt - previously i had flat then 4! him in bigO w a soso hand just wanna gamble n he thought he was behind so asked me to lower the cap from 1600 to 1000 and i agreed. i had A35JT and he had A34K9 iirc. he was ahead haha. but u can tell he a pro right?

The in two orbits of double board omaha, i had three isolation 3 bets and i flopped dust in all of them. theres one hand i had bad flushes in two spots on river while i donked from bb the whole way - i bet-3bet bluffed the river and got a better flush to fold on one board, the 4bettor had nut flush on the other board - i played my way to a chop; well it wasnt a bluff u know what i mean try to squeeze non nutted flush out so i can chop

Next big hand is in bigO. all in or fold $800; i was ep and haveA3469ds; not ideal but top of range; got scooped in 3way as shown. Being the one that jams is fine. If someone calls before me it's a fold ofc. Losing about $100 in this particular matchup, but normally probably a +10% ev call. ironic i called A35JT a soso hand and now is piling in w A3469; i loathe myself. the golden rule is 3wheel 3broadway where bottom of range is A45JT

Ari
community card is 2s and i have Ad2d5dKdKh on button
CO raises
I flat sb 3 bets 4way going into first draw
what do you draw to?
If I was going to draw to KK22 i would have 3! so, A25ddd... of course i catch a Jd on my first card!! Dang!!

Ari
utg raise utg1 call i look down at As367s7 in bb n community card is 3s. i am getting 5-1 pre to catch four outer then 8-1 flop to do the same thing - both for scoop. On the turn it becomes 6.5-1 for likely half so it's standard to fold turn when bricking four times.

NOW COMES the third big hand - the only hand i think i played bad today
Ultimate double board i defend A56TKdsns in bb
Ali limped utg just screams A2 btw
KT8 w clubs i have six high clubs and AJ8r
sb checks
i lead
utg calls
utg1 raiser folds
KT88
AJ83
sb leads
i have to fold here vs his either boat or 24 but i call
and ali calls w A2789
KT889 completing clubs
AJ833
so i lose one more bet on river
$320 to the poker community, u r welcome
Fricking drawing for half when I don't even have a strong hand equity wise for the half I want to win. Toast.

Then I bluffed two badugi pots won one (cuz the guy respected me) lost one (cuz the guy had a pat 97) and that's my whole session.

We play everyday at the B. Come and get it.

theres another hand - sometimes you know it is not your day

in best best i have a25qq
two boards are 245A6 and A36K7

obv i folded flop

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i came home got burritos
played 2k and had two turnovers right away in the first quarter....

so tilted - made less mistakes in six Hourz of 80-160 than six Minutes of nba2k14....

been waking up at4am lately

running game/list isn't easy

i already dealt w three crybabies these two days and one doesn't even come play the game. One of them is lovable and just drunk so it's no biggie. But man, it's tilting.

J Lot says - dont stress the little stuff, yessir, handsome!

quitting soon
dont wan play on tilt

lost a cap plo pot to eli aa77 w clubs VS Aq22 on J82 two clubs

then in badugi i bluffed two hands - one bad and one ok, lost 5 and 4bets respectively

first one i open cutoff Q762 and 4bet button
he raise me on flop i break instantly but i lead river w no blockers he only calls w 65 - respect....but i was drawing dead and bad bluff

second one cutoff opens button calls sb folds i defend As2c5s8c
2-1-2
i catch two black fours and check raise.
eli ask specifically how many cards i drew - i proudly said two, and he calls; grant (who has bluff caught me before in a spot like this at resorts world and my three card was better than his but this time i only have a two card!) calls the button.
i pat they both draw 1 on turn n river.
i obv bet river n eli calls w q632r

after the hand i was advised that in the future i have to bet my bad dugis there as well for ppl to bluff catch

i lost 2100 in two hours n On my way to maybe play the venetian plo

T-I-L-T-E-D-!-!-! I need a loooooooooooooooooong break after having just taken a looooong break.

T
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L
T
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D
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eli...........the gods are laughing at me n needling me for losing to eli................so they assign me an uber driver w that name too...............fuxking hell..........

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call me a loser but i book this winning month and go play video games - 50hours total, ridiculous

peace out
see u on april fools

there is tilt, mega tilt, omega tilt - and i am OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOmega tilt.

this is never gon be true
what u thinking jim boy

getting called a chicken - so now i gotta pop out n show n166as, Mister Lamar

its a jungle out here.

small win to stop the loss, im content.

please gamble responsibly, thank you.

Stud hi hand - another ownage by Eli -

Folded to me and I have (26)4, Eli has 7 and Ali brought in w 2:

I complete as a steal, Eli grabs 8 chips and paused to raise but only called my completion and Ali folds.

Eli catches a Jack and leads, I catch a 5 and call.

On fifth, Eli has (xx)7J8, I have (26)452, he bets i call.

He catches a king, very excited; I catch a 9. He bets I tank call.

He bets river dark, pointing to his King and said "Jimmy I know you have Aces, see if you make two pair and raise me", i river Q and tank call. He had AJ9 in the hole - meaning he had AJ or J9, both of which makes sense. Also explains his ponderance when wanting to two bet me on third; if he had raised me on third i wouldve folded.

Here's my thought process when i was tanking - a pair of jacks w a straight draw makes most sense; if he had trips i am already dead to a gutter. I was thinking what hands i can beat vs 7J8K board. I need him to have 56 in the hole which are not betting a jack on fourth, or AT/QT in the hole that caught the same suit jack; even some straighty cards get there one pair that already has me beat. Esp he bets dark. #Owned.

forget about what happened yesterday

do the table draw, then go to bellagio if i have seat and have a good session

brian nichole texted me in the morning, gave me a couple advice on being a pro - its very helpful.

and its nor rly that i hv a thick skin im fairly certain n comfy w my position in life n in gambling, just make good decisions

If Chainsaw Kessler keeps crushing this hard it wouldn't surprise me if he fires the PPC 50k at WSOP, he could probably find work as a Ben Franklin impersonator with his gorgeous silver skullet to fund that vision.

https://www.poker.org/latest-news/not-a-...

[QUOTE=badugiwrap;59262675]Eli and his wife gave me a ride outta bellagio and we went to RW together. I heard many stories in the car and got a glimpse into some old Bobby's room stuff.

Would love to hear some of these Bobby room stories from Eli!

HAHAHAA

ye i was there in normandy at horseshoe but i didn't stay till the end, runner up and fifth place both play 80 w us so i went to sweat them briefly.
i congratulated kess in text but he might be blackout drunk. jokings.

yes, please, allen, win the ppc. let's go!!!

personally, i can't fuxking stand these tournaments.