Anyway some funny shit happened to me: before going trip in asia i signed up to couchsurfing website.
Its a site where u can meet people all over the world. So i
decided to go to davao which is a small city in south of
philippines. I posted on a message board that im coming
over and few locals contacted me to meet up. So i meet a first one. On her profile it said she believes in
jesus the saviour n blah blah blah. I was like oh crap, but
whatever you know, church people are usually nice, and
maybe she can show me around the city cos im a total newb. Talked to her, told her i dont believe in stuff. She invited me
to go to one of her meetings. I told her theres no way im
gonna get converted. But she said i should come anyway. So i
thought hey shes nice, might as well meet her friends.
Maybe they can show me aroudn the city etc. So in the morning i met up with my buddy from poker, we
watched a boxing fight at his house, drank a few beers etc
and then i met up with this girl around 3pm. We caught a taxi for like 15 min so not very far - cost like 3
bucks. and Holy fuckin shit that was some religion
we went to some room we were late and i come in they are
all doing those weird ass noises like woooing and stuff. A
guitar was playing - the music wasnt too bad, i liked it but
the wooing was freaking me out alittle.
She told me they were meditating and I should close my eyes and that would make it ok. So yeah im sitting there listening
to all that fucked up shit, they were wooing and crying for
jesus and lord and shit like that pretty loudly. SO im sitting
there thinking wtf man its fked up. Then they stop 'meditating' and we come up, and it seems
like they all nice people etc, all smiles n shit. I say hello to
them all. But then that shit got weird.
They started talking about jesus christ how hes the saviour..
Which is ok with me. But then they keep saying shit about
hell how everyone going to hell and it exists. And we should
all believe and 'we are not ment to scare u but to show u love
of god'. Then the leader chick is like ok we are going to show u a
video not to scare you but to show you for information so
you know blah blah blah.
So she pops in a cd and they started showing pictures of
what happens to unbelievers and people who lie, do adultery
steal, gay, etc. So it was just pictures of hell, and people getting thrown into
hell, then shit got weirder they were showing pics of people
getting sodomized their dicks peirced and hands chopped
that shiit was fuucked. Im sitting there thinking wtf man this
shit is not on. I was like ok i can take that, all sorts of churches do that.
Scare people into believeing by showing hell etc. But then they were like wait wait please give us money cos
we need money, and everyone takes money in their hands
and raises the hand and say some prayer and then they all
put the cash into a bucket. And all these kids are heaps poor.
I was sitting there thinking what the fuckkkk did she steal
this idea from south park - if you know the episode when cartman comes up with a way to get rich by making a church
(its cool episode you gotta watch it- it was just like that)
They are all kids like less than 20 years old man.
They cry during prayers n stuff. Then they are like, hey lets
plan christmas party, everyone is like fucking celebrating. So
shes(leader) like alright we have a raffle tickets and they all come up to pull the raffles out and its things to do. One is supposed to bring food for 30 ppl, other cook
everything, wash dishes, shit like that, i was like man how
can these people put so much shit on and get away with it.
Fking kids just believe it.
Im sitting there with wtf face on. Then shes like we also have
this food u guys gotta sell to raise money for us cos christ is our saviour and we need money. Go sell it to everyone in ur
family, school etc, but dont take money from ur parents cos
ur supposed to be independent She even goes to me why dont u take us to russia cos faith
and god is free but travels is not. Playing it off like a joke..
I was sitting there thinking you bitch should shut the fuck up. I couldnt believe it. And when the guy spoke(her husband) he
kept talking for like 2 hrs what could be said in 4 sentences
repeating that dumb shit 5 times, in my head i was like plzzzz
SHUT THE FUCK UP. And they had a mic and speaker and the
guy was speaking so loud my head started to hurt. Man I was there for like 3/4 hrs and couldnt take it anymore,
so i told the girl i gotta go, caught a taxi and GTFO outta that
place. This is what she(the religious girl that took me there) just
sends me:
God is always with you Vlad and your loved ones :-) ..........
after this i talked to the girl and found out that the people
who run this sect are husband, wife and mom of wife. This is
my convo with the girl; me: Hey do you have any older people in your group?
Everyone so young her: The oldest is the mom of Valerie, the one beside me. I
think you have seen almost everyone in the group. But the
other that I know are as young or younger than me. By the
way, I'm 20yrs old. Me: Valerie is host? Her: Yes the girl wearing in black and she's a couchsurfer. Me: Oh yeah one talking with her husband her: Yes:-) me: ah ok her: Have a good night and good rest, Vlad!
If you have a Bible, Psalm 91 is a night prayer:-) ........
This is the sorta stuff she sends me:
The Word of the Living God is in the Bible. May you have
intimate relationship with God, Vlad.
Praise Jesus!:-D
....... :-D
praise Jesus Christ:-)
I didn't notice before the name of the author of the book of
my sister.
Praise Jesus Christ, He wants you to notice Him be with Him
for eternity :-) ------------------------------------------ So yeah haha that was pretty fucked up. Im scared of
religious people. Then on this website another person
contacts me and we txt each otehr a little on the phone. And
then she pulls one on me. Let god be ur saviour or some shit
like that so i freak out haha. I tell her im a buddhist. But she
doesnt back off lol. So i jsut stopped answering her msgs. Fkn scared of that shit now.
I am in paris for the weekend and I have heard that one of the things you should do here is just walk the streets. So I am wondering:
1. What streets are worth walking on? From what I gather, the whole city is divided into arrondisements, is there any one of these that is particularily good for walking? What streets should I see?
2. What casinos are there and what is the best?
3. Does anyone know of a cheap hostel in central paris?
4. Any wicked hiphop/soul/jazz concerts this weekend? Anyone know a site where I can check?
Grinding the $6 SnGs on Party, the Speeds, Normal Speed, and the Normal DoNs. Running good and finally beating them for 6% ROI trying to grind out the Dominate the World promotion at Party.
Still Sweatshop poker though =[; At least I'm winning =), training my ICM and hoping to take $11 shots in January.
started grinding right at midnight est, then a few hours later I finally looked at how I was doing for session, ive found not looking at my results helps me play longer, better, less on tilt. Maybe should have done this along time ago. 14.5k vpp done for the day but i want #1 on leaderboard for pokerstars so will get whatever I need to for that
I've been here too long. While the city is beutiful and I enjoy the people I hang out with it's to small and untill I teach my girlfriend to play something decent enough to stake her for SNG's or something at the Casino I can't really grind while I'm traveling with her. Did anyone say the rake of life? It's not that bad, I've only spent about 500-600€ or so on crap I don't enjoy so far, but I really itch to play a bit. I guess it's just a buy in or two down the drain but yea, I wish I'd have time to grind a bit without feeling like a super crappy boy friend. Anyone knows how to solve this? I'm thinking making a schedual or something.
Went to a good resturant or two. http://www.fellini.lv/ was really good but a little expensive. I think I spent 120 lvl (that's like 160€ or something) including tips on a dinner for two, but the food was really good and I loved the service. It was really relaxed and the wine list was nice. They had a Amarone della Valpolicella I wanted to try out but I can't really bring myself to spend 100€ on a bottle of red wine a tuesday evening. Had some sicilian Nero wine that I can't remmember the name of but I kind of liked. The Swordfish was the 2nd best fish I've ever eaten.
Yesterday I had a really bad Kebab-plate for lunch and then me and the girlfriend went to some resturant I think was called ”province” with Dan and his wife and then took a trip to the Casino. Glimne went into a private room and played with a chess board and the really big Russian security guy that informed us that we couldn't be there and that it was a private room looked somewhat confused by his actions. I think he was somewhat unsure if Dan was just too rich to give a fuck or old and not 100% clear in the head. I found it hilarious. I'm not useally intimidated by security people but the guys at the casino, while very nice, are among the biggest and most scary looking security people I've ever seen. Most of them make me think of the Russian mecinaries in ”Rock'n'rolla”. To put it in short: I won't mess with this people.
I'm going to upload some picture of the casino when I get home. It looks really cool and overall it feels like a good place to play poker. I saw Lex ”Raszi” Veldhuis in the casino bar yesterday. That guy is scary as fuck, I hope I don't end up at the same table with him tommorow.
Going to go to a resutrant called ”Gastronome” and with my girl tonight and then take a trip to the sky bar at Radisson. She's turning 25 today. Glimne managed to say that she turns ”a quarter of a century” which may or may not have been the best thing he's ever said.
I started playing No limit holdem and after about 6 months of play and over 5 k in losses I decided to try other games. I worked very hard in Limit holdem and built a respectable win rate but was never quite able to get myself out of the 2/4 3/6 zone and move into the higher limits. Then I found the 10 game on full tilt. I quickly became addicted to learning how to play each of the games and decided I would play for awhile until one of the games realy grew on me and that was fixed limit omaha high low. Took me a year to build a respectable bankroll and because there is very little resources on the internet or in terms of books that show you how to play this game correctly I had to learn entirely through trial and error. This year was my second year and then black friday happened. I lost my entire bankroll except for a couple thousand I had cashed out to book a vacation and was very bummed out. I have taken the last few months off and decided to start playing again in october. I have started with a 2 k roll and I have taken the attitude that if I ever see my money again from full tilt it will be a bonus to me. It's been the only way to cope with a 50 k ++ loss like that.
Anyway Ill be updating my daily stats starting december 1st and maybe there will be someone else interested in this game who would like to discuss it or play matches ect... Ill be starting in the 1/2 to 5/10 ranges and working my way back up to 50 100 and the 75 / 150 games in the coming months so it might be interesting to follow along.
Also for those of you who are interested in adding this game to there repitoir for mixed games or horse i am very interested in trading coaching in this game (sorry no showing my live hole cards while im playing for money... I just dont feel comfortable exposing myself to being cheated) for someone who can coach me to beat 0.50 1.00 NLHE I think we could work something out.
So it begins, what's on the line in December?by Joeingram1, November 30
It looks like the time is finally upon me, December 1st. Currently blogging from my December headquarters for the month located street level in a different part of Vancouver, a much easier place to sleep in during the day. I've been putting off all my crazy hours for the last 2 months in anticipation of this day to begin the end of my journey in 2011. This might not have been the most effective plan or way to handle things but my main goal for November was to build my online roll big enough to be able to handle the swings that December would bring. As a result of this November was my first real winning month after relocation with +5k at the tables and +13k from fpp's.
What exactly is on the line for me in December? I am currently at 550k VPP which means I need 450k VPP to achieve my goal. By doing this I stand to make $36,000 from FPP's along that way. $11,600 from 3 milestone bonuses, $20,000 bonus from when I do achieve SNE, $5,200 WCOOP ME ticket, an extra $24,000 if I were to hit SNE again next year. That is $96,800..... That is a pretty serious amount of money on the line. Add in an extra $45,000 from prop bet money and well you will see there is no room for failure.
What do I need to do to be able to achieve this? Well simply put, I will need to set a new record for most hands of PLO in a month. I'm pretty sure I have the current record but these hands will need to be played at higher/more challenging stakes. Ideally I would like to play most of my volume at 2/4 where I have been playing the last month. My vpp/hand their has been 1.09 with some of that coming during off peak hours when there are a few less games running but they are much better. I plan on playing most of my volume during the midday-night time hours of PST so I anticipate a lower vpp rate during that time. I need to get 14.5k vpp/day which if I am getting 1500/hr equates to just under 10 hours per day, assuming I play straight through. I anticipate a break at some point so that most likely will end up being 11+ hours/day with joing tables to begin each session taking longer. Before prop bet money I can lose 3k/day and actually still come out +ev in the end, do I anticipate losing that much money? No way, PLO is a game where even the unimaginable can happen. I feel very good about my mass multi tabling PLO game right now and have changed 2 things to my game that have not only made it much easier to grind long sessions but have improved my ablilty to actually win some money
My plan for December is one that I do not know as of yet. I did find someone here to help me with my meals/ie cooking/preparing them daily for me. Its a girl/woman I met randomly when I first moved here who I went to the nude beach with lol but she was telling me her ideas/plan and it sounded exactly what I was looking for and I think it will make my ability to put in the sessions and feel better good. I do have some ped's (aka grind drugs) on the table if I do feel like I need them but my plan is not to use them for whatever reason. Fridge is stocked with water/vitamin water, place to sleep is dark at all times, hooded shirts and sweat pants are lined up, and the money is there for the taking.
So been playing on merge (carbon) a little bit when i have time dominating from 4nl - 10nl - 25nl. I just play whatever looks good within those stakes mostly 4-10 though. Roll is big enough to play some heads up but is the rake at 25nl too brutal to make it worth it?
If you hear this song many a time beforehand without the video like I did, you will most likely imagine this serious but free looking woman and a great feel good melody.
Then the clip strikes and you just can't stop laughing, well at least I couldn't. A+ execution.
From the same guy, the original version of the song that got later destroyed by a commercial vocal version and a mainstream video. Just make sure to watch the whole thing, as the point is nothing short of epic.
Off to a good start :D DON's generally make my eyes bleed, but it beats sitting around doing nothing! http://imgur.com/yXOT3
Off to a good start, will probably update the blog again before heading to Mexico in mid Jan Hope my other LPers are doing well!
Unfortunately I was not present for anything in this part 3 so all that is said here is from talks directly with my sister/lawyer/mother
The lawyer extended the thiefs time to give money to 2 in the afternoon and nothing came from it except for some talks of the thief wanting guarantees that my sis would do nothing to him if he gives money.
Finally my sister had enough of it and went to the police station make the formal complaint. There she showed the video/audio etc, she overheard the police officers making nice comments like 'imma f*** this sob up" and such. The lawyer really wanted her to add info such as the thief went through her panties and her daughets panties saying that such info makes criminals be treated differently and that once he got out of jail his voice would resemble that of mike tyson.
Polife chief there sent police officers overs to the guys house to give him a 'intimation' requesting his presence at the police station tomorrow.
Later my sister talked with the thiefs sister and told her all the story. The sister started crying and was not surprised about the situation but said a lot 'we have to pay you back'. She said she was also at the apartment of the brother visiting.
Around 9'oclock at night the thief called my sister directly crying and asking for forgiveness and saying he has 1/3 of the money he can give tomorrow and the rest he will get to her somehow but to please to not arrest him because he has a 8 month pregnant wife. Tricky situation as I find myself and my sister feeling pity on him but the guy has robbed lots of people and he has to pay for what has been done. She said 'look if you want to pay me thats fine but the charges have been made, lets meet at the police station tomorrow and you give me the money there' and he agreed. She had already set up to release the media in this sensationalist news of the local area but is asking them to hold the broadcast of the material until further notice (something i'm not sure the media will hold up to). Later he called again saying 'hey your boyfriend is a musician right? do you want a new guitar for the troubles you have gone through?" my sis is like 'wtf just focus on giving me back my money and not things'
My sister asked me to put the videos all in one synchronized and I did so.. while at it I added some dubbing of what was going through his mind in portuguese and showed it to the family last night to which most everyone started crying laughing hehe. I won't open it to public yet until she decides to show the media. I have put it on a private youtube link and if extremely trustworthy lpers (i.e. green star or i know u for a few years) want to see it, u can pm your youtube name or email and ill send invite all I ask is to not spread the vid.
For now thats all folks.
update 3.1
morning meet at the police station
thief arrives and tries to shake hands with my dad and everybody is just like 'wtf'
he has some struggles in transferring money but finally manages to transfer about 3k dollars to my sisters account
my sister tells him he has till tonight to give the rest in exchange she will let the charges go but if he doesnt she will go through with it
regardless of if she drops the charges or not the guy has robbed the whole building already in previous occasion and the people who now know are already setting up a building meeting to get him evicted and get some lawsuits against him.
as extras the guy throughout the meet is like 'man im such an idiot, im so sorry.. god i cant believe what i have done' and yadayadayada but all throughout my sis feels he is a scammer by nature and trying to con his way out... which in some ways he is if shes actually gonna drop the charges but doesnt bother me so much cause the rest of the building will go after him including angry old lawyer and police chief that live there
shes now trying to get him to talk about how he has a key and who else is involved and why he did it
also the sensationalist media will be aired anyways apparently and it airs in about 10 minutes.. gonna check it out and if that goes through ill just release my vid
mini update 3.1.1
video was just aired on live media here so i'll liberate my own video compilation of the entry + Show Spoiler +
[HELP] Looking for a good set of cardsby offsuit, November 29
Hi everyone, I'm looking to start a home game and I wanted to get a nice set of cards to start it with. Anyone have any recommendations for sets they personally like/have good things to say about? I think I want a plastic set, but I'm definitely open to suggestions. I was reading some reviews for some of the better looking sets on theory11.com, but some of them say things like "(And yes, the hidden one-way marks are handy - it was a few months before I discovered them.)" which leaves me thinking I might be buying cards that aren't necessarily made for playing poker. I want a slick, cheap, unmarked deck that's stylish enough to play with at weekend games regularly. If you have any suggestions on sites to buy from, let me know too!
I'm living in China right now and would like to get on Stars. I have a chinese bank account but they don't use visa or mastercard or anything useful for internet payments. Great story right?
I have 50$ I want to get onto stars, and this looks like the last option I can come up with. I'll trade it for 45$ on stars.
sup fellas,
Allright so november was a very interesting month for me. This was the ''first'' month over a while when I moved back up to 1/2. I am mostly 6-7 tabling but sometimes when the games are good i do take few more tables, not more than 9 tho. So right off the bat i managed to play good, solid poker. The game is a little diffirent than 0.5/1 as the regs are better and more agressive. As the month advanced i started to feel more and more comfortable. I did not put in super volume, but still im glad i played ~48 k hands as my goal was at least 50 k. I am going to end the month right now since i will take a small break from poker and take care of some university stuff. It is going to be hard to put in the same volume in December. I will have a bounch of exams in school and i will have my birthday and xmas as well. Nevertheless i will try to grind as much as possible.
I am glad i improved my winrate a little bit. I have discussed the winrate questions with my team ( Shout out to Cariadon and dUUd_ here ) and we pretty much thought that a 2-3 BB 100 is very solid. And its very hard to play better. Lets take a 200 k hand sapmle. So i ask better regs who play at least 1/2. How much do you guys think it is possible to beat 1/2 over 200 k or 500 k hands considering the toughness of the games NOWADAYS ?
Anyways, this is my Graph:
SoCal live non-holdem games?by PillPoppin, November 27
Anyways folks, my 21st birthday is getting closer, and I will likely be able to procure a valid ID that looks a lot like myself before than. As a result, my game selection will soon be a whole lot more than just Indian casinos that don't hand out free liquor.
LHE live has been a profitable, but pretty dull grind. Live NLHE makes me want to blow my brains out. In part because half the table is usually shortstacked, and because its hard to differentiate between rich kids with neither hygiene nor style, and disenfranchised mass-multitablers that have been sitting there for the past 10 hours blasting trance on their ipod and mentally calculating everyones vpip%.
But back to the point, I need some variety. So where in Southern California can I find PLO, O8B, NLO, Stud, etc... games that run on a consistent basis?
So far all I've got thats reliable is mondays at Morongo where a bunch of senile hicks from the high desert bring their social security checks to play 5-card O8B.
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