I'm considering making a cashout and I saw that the only available option for US players is by check. Any word on how long the processing and delivery time takes? I've heard all sorts of figures from a couple weeks to a month and I was just trying to gauge it so I can plan.
Feel like there's been a wave of quality, cool blogs and I hate to break the trend, but I'm getting desperate here. Does anyone know how to fix the seating on Hero Poker tables so that your own avatar is always in the same spot? I know this was asked by Night and answered on a different thread, but we both can't seem to find that thread anymore lol.
I don't know why but I decided to blog a bit more. I'm taking a break between classes atm and I'm chilling here in the student cafe, drinking some coffee.
Probably won't talk much about poker as this month has been a crucible of sorts. It was just very swingy at the limits I play NL25/NL50, but I've come to realize that this is about 95% attributable to my own strengths and weaknesses as a player. There are pearls of wisdom in the poker community that many of us gloss over or take for granted, such as very strict bankroll management, using a stoploss, taking breaks if you don't feel on top of your game, being able to ride out a solid grind vs. having the discipline to call it a day when needed. I honestly believe that these things are the most important aspects of poker success for micro/low-limits players. Forget exploitability, table image, bluffing frequencies, etc. None of this really matters at NL50 and below. It's all about who has the discipline and who doesn't - anything more than that is just icing on the cake.
I don't really fear variance as much anymore. The "ah hah!" moment came for me when I was having dinner with my parents this past weekend. I'm Korean, but I was born and raised in the US. I'm very close to my parents and I communicate with them very often. It helps that my mom moved here when she was 16 and my dad is one of the most open-minded and intelligent people I know.
Anyway, my dad was telling me this old Korean proverb about a mare (female horse). It started out as a proverb that I can't remember exactly, but there was a story behind it that I think applies well to both poker and life.
A farmer is out walking and he finds a stray young mare. Yay! This is a huge boon so he takes her to his farm. Not long after however, a fence falls down and the mare wanders off. The farmer's heartbroken, but there's not much he can do to track it down. A few months later, lo and behold, the mare comes trotting up, having wandered around so much she eventually found her way back to the farm. However, slutty girl that she is, she got herself knocked up by some stallion in her travels and woot, now the farmer not only has his mare back but a foal along with it.
The farmer has children of his own and his son is his pride and joy. One day, the son, who has grown up to be a young man, ready to take on greater responsibilities at the farm, is taking a ride on the mare. The mare gets frightened by something and she bucks, throwing the son off her back and breaking his legs. The son is disabled for quite some time, unable to help out at the farm for months as he slowly heals. A month later however, war comes to the farmer's country and young men are being conscripted everywhere to serve in the king's army. With his broken legs, the son is deemed unfit to be a soldier and passed over for conscription.
Any clever poker player should have figured out by now that the point of this story is variance. It's everywhere. It's just life. Blessings can become curses, which eventually reveal hidden blessings of their own, and so on. When you're downswinging hard and feel like variance is taking a shit on you, look for the hidden blessings, whether it's discovering the motivation to study hard and play smarter or finding a new hobby that brings greater joy at less expense. And when you're riding high, making that ez cash moneys, remember that something as simple as the dealing of some bad cards can take that away from you and never take it for granted.
Be wary of the eventual ups and downs, but don't fear them.
Anyway, this might seem kinda redundant on this forum, but hearing that little story from my dad just helped me realize that we, as poker players, aren't all that special. Any hustler out there, be he a poker player, a superstar athlete, or an entrepreneur, will have these life swings.
Looking to move about $250 from Stars to UB. I'm willing to send first if I think you're reputable and I have people who can vouch for me as well. Thanks!
So I'm trying to move some of my roll to PS and for some reason, echecks are being a bitch and basically allowing me to deposit like $20 at a time, once every 24 hours. Ridiculous.
I'll gladly ship someone $1000 over Paypal in return for $980 on Stars. If it's someone I know, I don't mind sending first. Otherwise, we can do it in increments of a hundred or so. Thanks.
I'm a mid-1500 pub player and I've reached that point where I don't think I can progress without a solid lineup of thinking, strategic players on my team. Nowadays, pubs are more like spins of the roulette wheel - sometimes I'll end up with a team that thinks about picks and other times it'll just be BH, Scout, NH insta-picked at the beginning of the game and I can't do much about it. This isn't including the number of times I randomly end up in a game with a bunch of Brazilians and I can't understand a word of what's going on.
I've checked out the liquidpoker channel but people seem to be idle when I check in. Other times, people are having their own conversations and it's a bit awkward to interrupt and ask for a game. If you guys have a time when you're down to play or if there are specific times when most active players are on, let me know. My HoN alias is Sanai, same as here.
This probably looks really bad, what with the "UB Support" thread still high on the list on Main Poker, but I'm looking to move about $100-200 from UB to Stars. If anyone could help me out, I'd be much obliged. Thanks!
Just had to share these guys... two ivy league white boys from Cornell - Kinetics is the rapper, One Love is a classical pianist turned producer/dj/mixer. They originally made the melody and wrote the hook to B.o.B's hit "Airplanes" and now they just got signed as songwriters to Warner.
One Love's tracks are hot and Kinetics spits straight flame. Just listen through some of my favs and pay attention to the lyrics. Everything else by them is sweet as well. Enjoy guys!
