ADD Part 3 - The Rubifen Road to Richesby byrnesam, November 04
Went to see the psychiatrist today following my trips to the psychologist from a while back.
Pretty much asked/answered a lot of similar questions and some other stuff. He was a cool guy and his intern sat in too. It was wierd having to go into detail about my career as a counter-strike and WC3 player from when i was younger. They both think I have an addiction to the internet, which im not sure I do, I just really really like it.
Its a fast acting one, so im supposed to take 4 a day and i got 1 weeks supply, later I will look at getting a longer acting one once the dosage is worked out because it differs person to person.
So, im about to pop the first of these bad boys. Not really sure what to expect or what to do. So i think ill try and read one of the many unread e-books thats sitting on my hard drive.
Since its function is to allow me to focus on things properly, I will have to choose something to focus on.
any advice or tips are welcome.
Will report back soon with the results and let you know if they did anything.
He bets all 3 streets, I call. He shows flush, I muck.
Dealer says I can't muck and must show my cards? I raise this with TD and he confirms it's showdown so all cards must be shown?! Am i being stupid or is this seriously the most retarded rule ever. I called him, I can muck my cards if I wish?!
Yo, guys. I'm bored right now so I decided to share my insight on what's gonna happen worldwide. USA+NATO are everywhere right now and they are encircling little by little the most valuable of all goals - Iran. Syria is soon going to be "liberated" by the Nobel Peace (of shit) prize winner B. Obama. Basically, we are in the endspiel right now. There is one left square to be occupied by the Western Powers and they are not gonna say "meh, we liberated everyone except for those Iranian fuckers, we'll leave em alone". Can't happen! China and Russia on the other hand have already officialy said that if Iran is attacked (liberated), they will come to help cause otherwise USA+NATO will have ALL the Asia+Africa and build bases and control oil so they won't let it happen. We really have two very strong urges - one offensive and the other defensive. I believe WW3 is just around the corner. Moreover they need to distract people from all the hate that governments would take in because of the financial crisis so a WW would be perfect for distraction. All countries would be full of debt when everything is over, infrastructure would be destroyed. And just about then, we would see the white horse - the SOLUTION.
Basically, the plan goes like this - Occupy X movement would continue full throttle. Then WW3 starts and everyone protests. If there isn't enough violance, it will be created so that Martial Law can be called. Remember, there has to be mass riots for Martial Law to be called! When everything is over and nobody has money, the Big Boys come in and say - Hey, here is what we will do - if you want no wars and riots, we would create One World Government and there will only be one army so that nobody can fight each other. We should unite the whole world and live happily forever after. The sheeple would be very thankful and accept the offer not realising they are going to the slaughter house. When everyone is united and under the control of one government body, then all the sheep is in the barn. You put em a nice cool microchip under the propaganda that it is for your children's safety because everyone is a terrorist, then the adults are microchipped and you have a barn full of microchipped sheep that are under total control. Big Brother is coming for you!
Since I started relatively late in poker I got my HM1 after May thus eligible for a free upgrade to HM2,I thought to myself uhhh why not right.
Asides from the obvious issues that most people have pointed out eg. lag, bloated, seating preference problems, etc, I kept trying to find where the heck do I find the live tracker which keeps track of my hands played and winnings/losses. For HM1 this is the little Table Manager icon sitting at the system tray, where the hands and winnings pop out when your mouse pointer hovers over it.
And it caused me to tilt away 1.5 BIs, and I stopped playing after that.
Guess I'll be sticking back to HM1 for the time being :/
Finally decided to only focus on PLO. I have been getting coaching from Spicy and it is really beneficial he has spotted a bunch of leaks and I think he's very good at explaining his thought process and what I should be thinking. I have a tendency to autopilot and act very quickly so he has suggested to cut down on tables and think about every decision I make. Highly recommend coaching from him.
Br right now $1350. Goal for the month reach 2k and move up to 50plo.
My $10 bankroll is still alive and well. Playing tight and conservative to minimise variance, sitting at around $30. Either playing 4x 1/2c or 1x 5/10c fullring NLH.
Have also decided to start better recording the amount of hands I'm playing, just by duration * no. of tables * hands per hour.
Currently has been about 1.5hours a day, average 2 tables, basing off 60hands an hour.
So bankroll has been alive for approx 20days, so 4k ish hand.
Hey guys
Each day I'm closer to leave Brazil for a long time with my girlfriend. It's gonna be a massive change in my life... I will no longer be working for the brazilian government and will work mainly as a model and playing poker on the side. The thing is, I really really love poker and I've been thinking lately that its gonna suck not to be able to play on stars again when I arrive in the USA. I still have some poker goals to achieve, I'm a hardworker and would love to achieve those goals, even though I know how frustrating this game can be.
The most important thing is that poker is not what my life is all about, I have a lot of other cool things going on so whenever I feel bad about poker I have where to rely on and I think thats really important to get me going. Anyway, my girlfriend knows everything about the "poker world", I told her and she supports me 100%. We were talking lately and we are thinking about postponing our travel to the USA and spend between 3 to 6 months in Bangkok waiting to see if the online poker situation in the USA gets better.
Nowdays Bangkok is even better than NYC for models like us, the thing about NYC is that u have a much higher chance of engaging in great carrer if you do the right things. Especially for my girlfriend since her dream is to become a Victoria's Secret model and that's only possible if we live in NYC. She is totally OK and excited about spending those initial months of 2012 in Bangkok, she already lived there for six months and she loves Bangkok, she said it would be fun and that if it would make me happy she would definetly go for it. If after those months in Bangkok the situations of online poker doenst improve in the USA we are gonna move to there anyway and I will probably have to quit poker since I dont trust any other site other than stars and playing live sucks.
We haven't decided yet, but it's most likely that we are going to Bangkok, and just thinking about living in Asia got me really excited. lol I've lived in London for a year but this time is different, its not Europe, its crazy Asia!! Its Bangkok!! LOL
I'm feeling really happy with the way things are going, hopefully everything is gonna be awesome wherever we decide to go... will keep you guys updated!!
Much love to you all!
tutz
ps: will leave you guys with a song I've been addicted to lately
recent adjustments / improvements I made to my game:
* play more pots with fish
- open wider range when fish in blinds,..
* playing back vs reg who is getting out of line PF
- dont 4bet them light oop, they call too much with garbage
- flat with holdings which flop well, outplay them post flop
- raising their cbets on flops where they cbet very wide range works well
- cbet sizing tells
* tighten up PF
- this is one of the most important adjustments to my game I guess
- checked which hands I can open profitably in differen PF scenarios (flat from blinds, flat IP, raise 1st,..)
- was playing too loose PF and spewing
-> as a result getting into less marginal situations, getting played back less and as a result easier grind (can play more tables), more credit with my bluffs
* LP feedback on my hands
- thanks guys, I really appreciate everyone who comments on the hands I am posting
* picking GOOD spots for making moves post flop
- pounding on regs when they are obv weak, tighten up when they start playing back, hit them with value and watch epic spew
- no bluffing w/o equity, following my image/credit at a table,..
- having a plan - what cards can I PROFITABLY barrel, BD FDs, gutshots, all that counts.
- trying to see my whole range in particular spot - no need to play back w pocket deuces on J75 flop, can wait for at least 2 overs and nut BDFD.... -> improve thinking in ranges
* table selection
- getting constantly 3bet when oop and having 1 30 VPIP fish on the right -> gtfo, find better table.
* work on my OWN game
- trying new stuff/ thinking on my own, not just what I saw in some training vid
- trying to find out what WORKS FOR ME
- always trying to hand read and make MY OWN decisions, even tho I'll get berated when I post the hand))
edit: will be adding more stuff as I am thinking about it
* know your stakes
- knowing general tendencies (bluffing, barrelling, vbeting,..) of both fish and regs on my limit, definitely improved my decision making
* pay attention to showdowns
- and make notes/adjust your opponent's profile accordingly
--> 30-40 vpip fish playing "pretty cards" vs fish limp/calling 92s, 43o ?
--> std TAGgish player vs "reg" who flats 64s in blinds vs my MP open
volume suxx, played 70hrs according to HEM 4-6 tabling and was trying to put in as many hours as I can, but still thats one of my main goals for next month - moar hands pls
Thought I'd give a quick update, as I just found out myself...
G-ma went to a conference this weekend. She came back having dumped"invested" $22000 into the MLM company's stock.
They are a multi level marketing company. (<---instant reason to never touch them alone)
Their financials are awful.
Their posted financials have practically no controls (traded over the counter).
Their product is built on lies, falsified and misleading research. It is a sham product.
She just dumped"invested" 22k which is not THAT small a chunk of her retirement..
Fool and their money are soon parted. I'm about done with morals. To be so powerless and have it happen in my own household against all reason.. holy SHIT its mentally scarring.
I'm so fucking furious. I can't really describe how I feel.
Carbon and Connection Problems?by superfashion, October 31
Seems in the past few days my internet decides to shit its pants after a half hour or so with Carbon open, and reconnects as soon as I open it...has anyone else experienced this? Any idea what it could be?
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