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Ryan Neilly United States. Jan 15 2015 22:10. Posts 1631 | | |
Hey guys,
A couple weeks ago, I moved back from Vancouver. It was alright up there, I did 1 month not staked and won like 7k that month, didn't do much else, hung out with lostaccount (Johnnylaydownboy) a lot, Vancouver's one helluva city, was a great time. Won 4.2 in another and a bunch of 1ks, the prize pools are 50% now, it sucks playing for 1/2 of what your used to.
So I got back home, got myself a nice place and am just gonna grind the casino here and ACR for now, prolly add bodog in a couple weeks.
Game selection has been 100% cashgames since November with the exception of that 215 5m gntd and 1-2 other mtt's.
Starting to want to play them again a little bit, I'll play em when I desire them again a lil bit, never for a living again though.
Plan is NL25 + NL200 + Homegames for making a living in the states, stack cash off 25 til June, then most to nl50 very overrolled and just crush out 40-80 hours a week w/ the beast.
Things have been going ok so far, I took december off for the most part and the first week of this month just hangin with mah girl
I played a lil cash games in Canada, but mostly just MTTs and relaxed a lot, John spent tons of time teaching me a new perspective, I see the game totally different now business wise and hourly wise, it was definitely one of the most enlightening poker trips of my life, although one of the toughest, the games were also a lil tough, I just didn't care to grind on stars, I should have left after about 2.5 months I had no passion to play up there anymore, its just not worth it for me leaving the country, loved ones and friends to play poker.
I had like $109.55 in my account when I got home.
No reason to redeposit a penny, I had to pay for a place, all that kinda stuff. Got expensive fast.
Restarted at NL10.
Here is last years cashgame play - im a BR nit now u guys have no idea, ask john, i wont play some shit with tons of bi's... my only degen moves now are re jamming rivers. 
oh some screen shots for records and yah im gonna devote this year to cashgames, NL25 (nl50 by June hopefully) - 6-9 hours a day, look to make top of beast a few times and just grind out the hourly. I tend to do very well in the NL10/NL25 games so far, I'm very confident I should be beating 50 now after the Canada trip, my game has come a long way, as it always does on a poker trip. Its like a hyperbolic time chamber. Fastest 4 months of my life.
John was awesome as a host, he helped me with rides like everywhere, was very cool caring and there when I was in a city where you can't trust anyone. He had my back, let me play on my own for a while, then i won a nice mtt and he rebacked me so I could pay him off and put away $ for when I needed to go home.
Now I'm back on my own again lol 
John and I worked together like 5 years, If I ever wanted to MTT again, like had he passion to care to do it, we would work together, theres just 0% passion for MTT's after so many years of not making it to the 10k scene etc, struggling past the 162s online, and having my biggest scores being 20ks etc, so many chances at so many big scores, mtts just fucking suck. lol. stupid that i got off track with them so long, but they kept me afloat long enough to learn to actually play, so its all +ev I guess.
Did a few live sessions in Vancouver, pretty much just crushed every session, although I didn't play many sessions. John sat with me one day, he just said I was to determined, pretty much unbeatable lol. i don't care the stakes. we had some fun bluffs that day. hes one silent ninja. i talk non stop and keep ppl off there game with my mouth edge + hands played in career etc, usually know my flop turn riv actions ahead where they have to think, its a good weapon if u use it right... I'm still learning to use it right though. So much shit you can do to people and exploit later with the power of words. My table presence is at an all time high. That always feels good.
The real reason I just love grinding CG's is every hour I put in online, The local 1/2-2/5 games (hopefully be in these soon), where you can make roughly 5 bills a day at 1/2 just sittin grinding around 9 hours. Its a very good game, I'm lucky to have the poker room so close to my house.
No rush with the online BR, but def wanna get to 1k asap so I can move up to 25.
Still be doing the big mtts like the $500 1m gntd etc, not gonna miss stuff like that, just insanely tired of all the years of 15 hours a day, not worth trading my life for anymore lol I'll load one up when I' really want to take one down I imagine as well.
Actually like ACR MTT's since the fields are so small.
They haven't been hitting overlays, I've looked, just haven't cared to play one yet.
GL LP,
Ryan Neilly
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dogmeat Czech Republic. Jan 15 2015 23:15. Posts 6374 | | |
when is your mixtape coming out? |
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NewbSaibot United States. Jan 16 2015 00:15. Posts 4943 | | |
Meh, still dont see the point grinding online anymore. If you're moving up with 1k, just take a shot at NL200 live. You'll probably quintouple that in a few weeks and be fully rolled for that, move up to 2/5 and just grind for a living and never look back. You could probably play 2/5 for life and be happy. Not to say you shouldnt have motivation to go even higher, it's just getting to 2/5 is so easy. I finally started playing again, homegames since november and I'm up 5k with 140 hours of play. Took a trip to a real card room in FL and it was exactly the same. It's like seriously easier than NL2 online. The sheer time lost grinding micros isnt even worth the edge you're passing up live. |
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Trav94 Canada. Jan 16 2015 00:47. Posts 1785 | | |
You were grinding NL/PLO10-50 on pokerstsrs.... You didn't make 7k in a month. |
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Ryan Neilly United States. Jan 16 2015 02:51. Posts 1631 | | |
i won 7.2k in a mtt and 7.2k in a mtt, i wasn't mtting on stars. john can confirm my wins, had some like 1k wins too etc, had a lot of bad beats in mtts, was playing on other sites mostly for mtts since stars gntds were 50%.
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cariadon Estonia. Jan 16 2015 11:32. Posts 4019 | | |
| | On January 15 2015 22:15 dogmeat wrote:
when is your mixtape coming out? |
lmao |
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Ryan Neilly United States. Jan 16 2015 16:15. Posts 1631 | | |
just pay for the studio time u big time baller. lol.
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Ryan Neilly United States. Jan 16 2015 16:34. Posts 1631 | | |
| | On January 15 2015 23:47 Trav94 wrote:
You were grinding NL/PLO10-50 on pokerstsrs.... You didn't make 7k in a month. |
I was grinding those on the side, those were not my primary games. Those were for 2 reasons, I was bored, and to stay sharp in those games since when I got home its all cashgames. |
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cariadon Estonia. Jan 16 2015 17:09. Posts 4019 | | |
| | On January 16 2015 15:15 Ryan Neilly wrote:
just pay for the studio time u big time baller. lol.
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i'd rather pour wax in my ears |
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careface_ Canada. Jan 16 2015 21:35. Posts 788 | | |
how is ACR? for Cash and MTTs? |
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Xervean United States. Jan 17 2015 03:09. Posts 682 | | |
I've never played on ACR (I play on Bovada) but I started seeing commercials for them earlier today which I haven't seen for any poker site since black friday. So if they aren't good now they probably will be soon. |
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Ryan Neilly United States. Jan 17 2015 17:03. Posts 1631 | | |
acr is more regfilled, but acr has a debit cashout option too.
IMO you make a lil more on bovada in general for the average player
that being said, since ACR is where I always have played, I know each player very well.
that really helps
acr is great for ring games
acr has (some) good mtts
bodog is where to mtt if ur into that *typo fix*
gl! |
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Ryan Neilly United States. Jan 18 2015 23:59. Posts 1631 | | |
mnj i use that image a lot about the rat race when explaining why i quit mtts |
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