So a disappointing 1st day of play... But i feel I played extremally well and lost the minimum through the 3 sessions...
I played a 4 hour 600 hand session of 2/4 and 3/6 and posted a net loss of approx 80 big bets. The games were generally terrible and reg filled and when playing amongst those fields you tend to run into a great deal of variance. Over all I played very well and reviewed 10 of my key losses and felt i could have saved only one bet on a hopeless river call.I also could have saved a bet on the river firing a hopeless 3rd shell on a board that my oppenent was obviously gonna show down on. These are good indicators of obvious spots to me that I miss from playing more tables. I will definately add a little more attention when im deciding to bluff a dangerous board and make a mental note of what cards Ill abandon my bluff on.
My 15 30 session was a 3 hour HU match versus a player I feel a have a decent edge in. Unfortunately I made very few scoops and generally found myself in alot of situations where my oppenent hit some miracle cards and crushed me in almost all of our key hands. Overall I think he played very well but I stand by my play happily and will gladly play him in the future because I feel I have a good edge.
Last session I played was a very strange 10 20 match. My oppenent opened up by folding nearly 60% of his hands HU so you see my graph just slowly creeping up on him and then he just exploded. we won a few key pots against me and still continued to play very tight and then I won 4 or 5 in a row and he blew up. Raising and 3 betting about 95 vpip and 75 3bet and off he went.
Needless to say im happy with the sessions for the day despite my losses.
I am a bit disappointed as I wanted to start my blog off with some big wins but unfortunatelty losses come to us all and its very important to handle these situations with care.
So a disappointing 1st day of play... But i feel I played extremally well and lost the minimum through the 3 sessions...
I played a 4 hour 600 hand session of 2/4 and 3/6 and posted a net loss of approx 80 big bets. The games were generally terrible and reg filled and when playing amongst those fields you tend to run into a great deal of variance. Over all I played very well and reviewed 10 of my key losses and felt i could have saved only one bet on a hopeless river call.I also could have saved a bet on the river firing a hopeless 3rd shell on a board that my oppenent was obviously gonna show down on. These are good indicators of obvious spots to me that I miss from playing more tables. I will definately add a little more attention when im deciding to bluff a dangerous board and make a mental note of what cards Ill abandon my bluff on.
My 15 30 session was a 3 hour HU match versus a player I feel a have a decent edge in. Unfortunately I made very few scoops and generally found myself in alot of situations where my oppenent hit some miracle cards and crushed me in almost all of our key hands. Overall I think he played very well but I stand by my play happily and will gladly play him in the future because I feel I have a good edge.
Last session I played was a very strange 10 20 match. My oppenent opened up by folding nearly 60% of his hands HU so you see my graph just slowly creeping up on him and then he just exploded. we won a few key pots against me and still continued to play very tight and then I won 4 or 5 in a row and he blew up. Raising and 3 betting about 95 vpip and 75 3bet and off he went.
Needless to say im happy with the sessions for the day despite my losses.
I am a bit disappointed as I wanted to start my blog off with some big wins but unfortunatelty losses come to us all and its very important to handle these situations with care.
Tri Slowhabit Nguyen's First Millionby Mariuslol, December 03
In my poker collection there used to be over a hundred books, now I have nine, deleted the ones I felt weren't worth having. Three of these books are written by the same author. And now I have the privilege & honor of writing my very first book review of this man's next book, "How I Made My First Million From Poker".
The book greets you with a short foreword by Barry Greenstein (for those of you who don't know who that is, that's the guy who kissed Shannon Elizabeth, as shown here in this clip). + Show Spoiler +
Anyway, after a picture where Nguyen displays his smashing set of hair, we move on to business. When I first got the book, I couldn't stop reading. I chose to read through it first, then re-read it afterwards, where I proceeded to write over 30 pages with extensive notes.
The book consist of 20 chapter, all of them seem to be about stuff you "need to know/should know" when it comes to poker. It's fairly easy to read and feels a little bit like a mixture of Ace on the River & The Poker Blueprint all mashed into one. A little story like, but with poker content that helps you delve deeper and think more clearly about the game.
My favorite chapters were the ones about making your own Poker Journal, tracking sessions using excel, how balancing ranges helps me hand read better and what he likes to call "My Secrets to Crushing".
I immediately started a Journal using Evernote at the end of each day, only to re-read what I wrote the very next morning. (Feels pretty awesome so far), and the excel doc handles itself, calculates how much you are up or down. (You just type in the numbers and it does he math).
We also get to hear his thoughts on topics such as Tilt, Bankroll Management, Downswings, Routines and his take on how to make passive income with poker. The book is at times very "personal", has emphasize very clearly on his personal views and take on things, how he approached poker, and how he overcame the challenges on the way. Rocking back and forth from "Poker theories" to "Poker stories".
Every chapter also ends with one or more exercises. So it's pretty fun to read one chapter at the time, and then spend some extra time on the exercises, take a break, get some water, and then go back at it again.(I feel material stick so much better if you do it this way).
Here's an example of an exercise, (there are roughly 20 - 30 of these throughout the book):+ Show Spoiler +
Exercise 5.5
When was the last time you took notes while watching a poker video or reading a poker book? If it has been more than a month, make it a goal to start doing so once a month. Write down the date you are planning to watch a video or read a book.
So there you have it folks <3, and after release date, with Tri's approval avcourse, I will post my notes on it + my own answers to all the questions.
Wow, what a start to this month! If I had to imagine the best case scenario for this month to start off with it would have not even been this great. I was in the f zone pretty much the whole first session and I don't think I ever really lost 2 big pots back to back until like 13k hands into the day. Seemed like everytime I 4bet AAxx, they would miss or I would get it in and hold. Everytime I called a 4bet with a rundown vs AA I would hit. Was my best day ever of poker only counting money made at the tables. Overall I made 42BI (13.5k), I got 1st for the day in the PokerStars grinding Leaderboard for extra 1.5k and I won bet with BallCup, he bet me 1k I couldn't get 1st place one of the days. Add in another 750/800 in fpp value (roughly) and overall not a bad day at all and a dream start. Had a tough time getting to sleep but finaly managed to late last night. My personal assistant/cook/pro helper I guess we can call her came over today and made me some lunch and then chicken/veggies/pasta for dinner, she is sure on top of things and has a really good plan for the month to help me stay fed. Well worth the money imo and probably will deserve a bonus at the end.
I finally woke myself up this afternoon and crawled over to the computer to get started. A part of me really didn't want to play for fear I would end up losing all of it back today and another part of me expected to make another 10k+ today. Eventually I was able to convince myself to get in a mindset where I try to forget about wins/losses and try not to tilt and play my A game. First session felt pretty good and I managed to go for 5 hours without looking how much i was up/down, eventually I caved because I thought I was doing really well and was only up a BI . After I looked it obviously effected how I was playing and I quit shortly after. The 4b pots weren't falling my way today and my top sets werent holding 90 percent of the time sadly but still did okay. Went to do a quick workout because that always gets me motivated to play poker and then was back at it. I went into reg-ware mode and my 3bet was hovering around 11 percent most of the session, usually it is 5 percent. More 3betting=more variance and session was rocky, finally quit down 4BI and went to dinner with ballcup. Just finished up final session for the day where I started down 4.5k and finally said stop playing like a fucking idiot and was able to end up a BI. Usually my problems during my session happen when I go 3bet happy, esp OOP and the BTN. When I finally calm the fuck down and start flatting in those spots on the BTN and flatting/folding those spots OOP is when I start winning again. I'm sure most PLO guys are of the notion that 3bet BTN is always +ev but I think for me personally I do better when I flat and play postflop in position with higher stack-pot ratio and also greatly lowers my variance during a long session. I am getting better in 3bet pots but I think its one of the weaker parts of my game right now. In some spots I should prob be cbet/calling it off I instead check back and wait for a safe turn in order to lower my overall variance which might not be +ev as far as overall profit at the tables.
Heres the graph for Day 2 overall, this is how I expect many of my days to end up.
i haven't visited this site in so damn long
i've been playing 2/5 at a local poker room and been banking an ok amount, about 1k a week nothing to brag about ( i still wait tables though)
but the life is so unsatisfying, letting down my parents, having friends continue to move "further" in life
i been constantly wondering/questioning wat the hell i am doing and where i want to be, and how to chase hapiness not money or a standard life, so i don't wake up at 50 and hate myself
and the road has been so fucking lonely that's the worst part. i used to have a gf, who i paid living expenses for, but a bad break even stretch in july/august and she fucking bails on me
but i don't care no more. i made up for it with my biggest winning months. and even though i never won a high hand, or a bad beat jackpot, even though i never flopped quads i run so fucking good.
i played with a trader, who i impressed enough to get me an interview with his firm. like it's nothing guaranteed but it's a damn good opportunity.
i know i have so much to prepare for, it's like getting a 1600 on your sat's. but it's doable. u just gotta put in crazy work.
and all my past loneliness, tears of pain, that empty feeling in your heart after busting roll after roll. all those hands of poker that never felt rewarding.
i can forget it all. i'm not quite sure how well i am conveying my feelings or my heart. i've been playing poker, and each day i play, the more likely i will play forever. how other job possibilities get smaller. the chance to reconcile with family diminishes.
but i run so good. i run so fucking good.
i am so overwhelmed and so grateful. it's like i'm one of those losing regs at the poker rooms year after year. but i finally win a bad beat jackpot witch erases so many decades of pain.
i get to start over. i have hope.
<3<3<3
miss nolan's big fat black dick
baal is so tame these days
tutz is an idiot
miss them gooks huhu/collegesucks
fck isuldur1 we have LONGPLE
So im rdy to start the day... Im just cooking up some breakfast and looked outside when I woke up and it was lightly snowing... I dropped my son off at school so I wont need to pick him up till 4 pm should give me a good 7 hours of play. My goal today is to break 10k in fpp's and post 200 in winnings.
Also found this interesting TV show that I thought was kinda cool to watch to keep some of the boredom that can come with long sessions :D
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 +
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. After I looked it obviously effected how I was playing and I quit shortly after. The 4b pots weren't falling my way today and my top sets werent holding 90 percent of the time sadly but still did okay. Went to do a quick workout because that always gets me motivated to play poker and then was back at it. I went into reg-ware mode and my 3bet was hovering around 11 percent most of the session, usually it is 5 percent. More 3betting=more variance and session was rocky, finally quit down 4BI and went to dinner with ballcup. Just finished up final session for the day where I started down 4.5k 
and finally said stop playing like a fucking idiot and was able to end up a BI. Usually my problems during my session happen when I go 3bet happy, esp OOP and the BTN. When I finally calm the fuck down and start flatting in those spots on the BTN and flatting/folding those spots OOP is when I start winning again. I'm sure most PLO guys are of the notion that 3bet BTN is always +ev but I think for me personally I do better when I flat and play postflop in position with higher stack-pot ratio and also greatly lowers my variance during a long session. I am getting better in 3bet pots but I think its one of the weaker parts of my game right now. In some spots I should prob be cbet/calling it off I instead check back and wait for a safe turn in order to lower my overall variance which might not be +ev as far as overall profit at the tables. 
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