You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need.
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street,
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed.
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight,
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.
And after a while, you can work on points for style.
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake,
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile.
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to,
So that when they turn their backs on you,
You'll get the chance to put the knife in.
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder.
You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you
get older.
And in the end you'll pack up and fly down south,
Hide your head in the sand,
Just another sad old man,
All alone and dying of cancer.
And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone.
And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw
around.
So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone,
Dragged down by the stone.
I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused.
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used.
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise.
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this
maze?
Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend.
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
And everything's done under the sun,
And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.
Who was born in a house full of pain.
Who was trained not to spit in the fan.
Who was told what to do by the man.
Who was broken by trained personnel.
Who was fitted with collar and chain.
Who was given a pat on the back.
Who was breaking away from the pack.
Who was only a stranger at home.
Who was ground down in the end.
Who was found dead on the phone.
Who was dragged down by the stone.
So im going to get a new comp and since i really dont know what to get or what to buy i need some people to send some links of good decently priced
what i need
Something to run mass tables and all pokersoftware goodies, skype, teamviewer, AIM, MSN, and if it happens to come in a package with a monitor for close to the same price and i can also run my other 22" with it would be a plus as well
db press 45kgx10,7, 40x9 negatives too quick on last set
incline cables 30x10 explosive with rest pause, 25x12 similar form,25x10, 20x10
24 dips
dumbell shoulder press 30x10, 27.5x6
lateral raises 10kgx10
close grip bench 60x10,6
weight 78.5kg
14/10/10
crossovers from bottom 30x9,8plus 1,30x6,25x5
bench 75kgx17,11, 6 narrow and 2 normal
peck deck 35x9
7 mins abs
18/10/10
wide pull ups 7 tiny rest 3, tiny rest 3 tiny rest 2 tiny rest 1
medium grip 7 reps
neutal grip 9,7
good slow negatives^
underarm pulldows 75x8,70x8
2 sets cable bent over rows, fail..didnt work well on this machine
smith machine shrugs 90x9 plus 3, 8
static hold
19/10/10
bench 100x10,90x11,90x7
2 sets flyes incline 20x15 shortr rom as set progressed
2 or 3 sets incline cables 60x20
2 sets Asa crunches 30,22
3 seets leg kicks 25 25 50 10 secs rest between
few sets of Asa obliques
2 sets ham curls 35x15
hour of badminton
weight 78.8
25/10
bench 105x7+1 forced, 95x7 and 1 forced rep. 90x7
incline flyes 20x14 plus 2 presses. 10,8
incline presses 32.5x7,7 30 seconds rest then 2 more resp
ham curls 40x15x2
leg extentions 40x1x2
27/10
upright rows 55x9,50x9
cleans 50x10
clean and press 50x10,10,10
shrugs 95kg on thin bar 10 readjust grip and 5 more
105x6 plus 4,9 plus 2
skullcrushers 35x14,8
overhead extention 32.5x8
1 arm extention 12.5x5,6 (right, left)
chins with 15kgx6 then 4 more with own weight
set with bodyweight
curls with 30kg
28/10/10
leg press 50 80, 110x10
leg extention 25, 45x15x2
ham curls 45x15x2
29/10/10
GREEN MAG added here weight 80kg
underarm rows 100x11 rest on thighs then 3 more
100x8
90x10
pull ups 9 plus 3 negatives
6 plus 3 negatives
lat pulldowns 70x7 pause then 2 more
vbar rows 80x7 plus 1
80x5 plus 70x3 plus 60 plus 3
small rest then 3-4 more with 60
31/10/10
bench 110x5,80x11 (explosive up, very slow negatives)
cables crossovers high, wide 40x9,35x10 rest and 3 more
cables from bottom 25x7 and couple partials
incline press 70x10,7
medicine ball sit ups
swiss ball sit ups
reverse crunches x10
10mins eliptical
1/11/10weight 80.5
50 lengths in swimming pool
2/11/10
smith machine shrugs 90plus barx20
120 plus bar x 4 plus 2, 15seconds then 9x90. 100x5 plus 2, 6 more with 90
then 90x5 plus 4
shoulder press on smith machine,2 warm ups then 70plus bar x5, 60plus barx5
clean and press 55x10x2
skullcrushers 40x10plus 10 close press
skullcrushers 40x6
press downs 170x8 plus 2
3/11/10
leg press 40,80, 120x10
leg extentions 50x15x2
ham curls warm ups then 50x15x2
ez bar curls wide 30x9 close grip 5 reps
hammer curls 17.5x9
5/11/10
incline db press 45x11,8,40x8
regular cable crossovers narrow 70x12 shorter than normal rests between sets 12,8
flat press db 30x8 superset with cables from bottom narrow, 40x5
seated dumbell shoulder press
30x16,10
side raises 12.5x10,10 rest pause
upright rows 45x10,10 rest pause
tricep press down on v type bar 1 warm up then
180x14,8,160x7
8/11/10
pull ups wide plus 5kg, 12,6 then 2 with freeweight
set with freeweight: 6plus 2
underarm rows 100x12,7 rest on thighs and 1 more.
90x9 rest on legs 2 more
underarm pulldowns, 80x10 plus 2, 6.5
2 light sets on leg press
1 warm up leg extention then 2 x55x15
ham curls, warm ups then 55x15,11
9/11/10
smith machine shrugs bar plus
125x6,120x6,115x6,110x6 short break then 90x10
straight bar curls 40x11 slow negatives
v short rest then 4 reps wide grip, narrow close grip 4 reps
good mornings 40x10,10
crunches x30
plank 1 minute
reverse crunches x 20
oblique crunches x 30
10mins eliptical
11/11/10
incline db press 50x6,45x9,42.5x7
flat db press 42.5x4 slow negatives
cable crossovers narrow from top, 80x10,7
peck deck 40x10,5 pause 3
13/11/10
underarm rows 115x11.9.7 short rest 95x7
pull ups 10, 5 plus 2 narrow grip reps
pull downs 75x6 plus 3
v bar pul downs 80x8 plus 2
long rest 80x11, 5 plus 2
Hr free coaching and life updateby AndrewSong, November 14
Poker can be gift to some people and also a curse. Addiction to gambling ruins many peoples lives. Ironically, this addiction made me very rich. Despite my financial gain, i am in worse in other aspects of life. Money might have solved my life pressing problems, but it didn't give me direction. It also gave me too much free time. When I realized the limits in my ceiling of success in poker, my addiction became long gone. Now when I wake up, I don't have the urge to grind. This year could have been my biggest year to date but now I am behind pace due to lack of play past few month. I no longer receive endless texts/calls inviting me to play in a private game. If this was a year ago, that wouldn't have been a problem since I had the drive and motivation to chase those games on my own.
Past 2 month I've been away from poker and I realized too much has changed. Looking back to 6years ago, I used to think if I had alot of money and free time, my life would be perfect. Oh man I was wrong. Poker lifestyle can be so solitary whether you're retired or not. Sure, it's pretty rough when you're on the grind, lose $20,000 in one night, and have no1 that could afford to get a drink or two because they're all asleep getting ready for school or work. It hits you even harder when you have too much free time and only people that you can hit up mid week are you're baller friends from fantasy world called poker.
Life of a successful poker player can be a huge joke. You have too much time. Too lazy. Too much money but never enough to set ur self up for rest of ur life. I'll be using my remainder of the year to find fun things to do in my free time. Hopefully hire a PA to hire a personal assistant I'm also looking forward to sweat some of you in my free time. 60minute sweat on teamviewer/skype no strings attached. I also want to note that I have no desire to be your long-term coach.
If interested, leave your stakes/game/poker background and I'll pick whoever that interests me.
haha, tilt reg'd after blowing my roll at NL50 HU, and binked my first one. This is actually the first rush tourney i've ever even played, and the first MTT i've played in like, months or even years maybe. I kinda liked it.
Got bored with the grind so started playing NL50 HU. What was I thinking, every time I move up or switch games I always get doomswitched. Nothing like getting outkicked with trips in 3bet pots, drawing dead with 2nd nut flush draw, and jamming river for value with straights vs droolers who catch runner runner flush. $250 roll down to $30.
Obviously not really interested in playing at this point. Took me 30k hands and 30 hrs of play to get there. Probably gonna tilt it off at rush in a second. Oh well hopefully next tax return will give me enough so I can sit at some NL200 tables and focus.
Coaching in poker has become an incredibly profitable submarket, with average players charging even lawyer hourly wages. While that's an entire issue in and of itself, I'd rather talk about how people can benefit the most from getting coaching.
I've probably spent more hours coaching poker than any other reg on LP besides maybe Myth, and have paid for plenty of coaching hours myself from very accomplished players. In most cases people are spending at least a buy in at their stakes per hour for coaching, so it's important to make sure that you're using that money and time effectively. Here are some things to keep in mind when deciding on a coach, and then the actual coaching process itself:
(Note: Before it looks like I'm pimping my own services, I'm not currently coaching and probably won't be anytime soon. If I do coach, it would be for free, but even then the opportunities are extremely limited - i.e. free coaching offer a while back).
1. Price
My quick thoughts on pricing are that the high prices are somewhat justifiable, in that coaches are often contributing to the demise of their own professions in return for a short-term guaranteed wage (a commodity within a world of thieves). In a weird way I also think higher coaching prices force exclusivity - an accomplished coach who charges relatively high premiums will have less students at a time, enabling them to allot more attention to their current student(s), resulting in a better coach/student relationship which means a happier, less-stressed out coach capable of delivering more information more effectively to the student. As a rule of thumb I generally don't suggest low stakes players to pay more than twice their buy in as an hourly, and for mid-high stakes players I generally don't think price should ever be a deterrent (as they're usually providing very exclusive information).
2. Game Relevance
The coaching approach I would take with 400nl players would be different from the approach I'd take with 200nlers. Considering that, my approach with 50nlers must be entirely different, and it should be. I think the best coaches for anyone are the ones that know your stakes best. They have kept up with the changing metagame dynamics, i.e. the way most of the regs think about the game and other players, any trending lines, etc. As a gaming example, years ago back when I was training War3 competitively, I specifically avoided Grubby's (my favorite player) replays and downloaded replays of amateurs instead. I was a mid-level solo Orc player on the Asia realm at the time and downloaded a lot of replays from "Lyn", who was then a mid-high level solo Orc player on Asia. His play was solid and flawless, backed by rational decision making and a solid foundational understanding of the game and how other races were playing. Years later he's apparently the undisputed best Orc in the world.
3. Know your own goals
Is your goal to become a high stakes all-star or are you happy churning out a respectable, consistent monthly wage at lower stakes? Different coaches will have subtle skillset differences that allow them to be better at coaching one or the other. In the former, there's likely a lot of emphasis on critical thinking, poker theory, experimentation, situational psychology. In the latter, there's likely more emphasis on limiting variance, seeking out common and consistent leaks rather than trying to force specific exploitation. Try to get an understanding of your coach's strengths in this regard, hopefully before you hire him, which also leads to:
4. Know your coach's style
As an addition to the previous, it's important that you understand what your coach's style and strengths are. Most coaches usually just impose their style on you (as it is what they believe to be the best form of poker usually). Some coaches are better at just talking and theorizing, in which case you're allowed to make your own stylistic adjustments but those coaches are less common. Check out videos, blog posts, hand histories + analyses from your coach before thinking about hiring them. Consider how it would affect your own personal style as a poker player or as a human being. If you're someone who is trying to make rent per month, likely you don't want to hire a coach who thrives on high variance aggro fests, rather you'd prefer someone who prefers to limit variance and avoid tough spots.
5. Keep an open mind
Your coach, despite all the reviews and money he's made, isn't an all-knowing force. But he's also likely much, much, much better than you. Definitely try to absorb anything he tells you but at the same time if something strikes you as a red flag because it goes against conventional wisdom or mathematics, ask questions about it. Understand that a lot of what he says can just be a stylistic approach to the game (which is hard to quantify as being wrong) but there are times that he may make an unintentional mistake in his assignment of ranges (a common problem) or even the basics like the math for calling a river bet (been there before).
6. Follow-up
Record your session using Camtasia. Watch the session over a day or two after the coaching session. Send your coach questions via e-mail following up on certain theory or lines he mentioned. "Hey I thought about what you said about river check raising, here's a couple HHs where I tried it out, did I apply it correctly?" goes a LONG way. I'm the type of person that tries to pack as much information into an hour as possible, and I've met very few people who can digest and remember all that material days later without having it recorded. If your coach is dropping gold nuggets of wisdom on you and you forget one or two very important things he's said, that translates into a substantial loss of money, both in you having paid for that wisdom but not remembering it, and also the missed opportunity cost in not being able to implement it when you play.
7. Follow-up some more
Months after your coaching hours are finished you're making a lot more money and feeling good about yourself, then you hit a downswing and you're unsure if it's just variance or because people are finally catching onto your antics. Re-watch the coaching sessions you've hopefully recorded to see if you've just forgot about something. Talk to your coach again see if he's changed his opinion about anything he's taught you. I'd be very surprised if the answer is no - the coach you hired is hopefully a very good player, in that case he probably spends a lot of time thinking critically about his game and learning about new things, his game is bound to change.
I'm a huge fan of coaching and being coached, it's just sad that the coaching industry in poker gets so much hate (although in most cases it's well deserved). I definitely wouldn't be where I am today without my coaches but at the same time, this is still poker, which is a meritocracy and to be able to acquire the most out of your coach you need to put in the due diligence.
In my down swing post I mentioned the importance of confidence and that I lose it too easily.
Well today I saw Giggy's vid on Playing A Game. Really sick timing and here are my notes:
Confidence
- The most important factor in Playing A Game
The opposite pole of confidence is Fear.
Fear makes it impossible to play your A game. It is arguably even worse than tilt and anger.
Players often face the following fears:
1) Fear of losing money
This is the biggest factor. Most people have problem even starting session because of fear of losing money. You will see many people that do not put the volume in and think they are not motivated, a lot of the time its just plain fear of losing gains that puts people off putting in volume.
Solution:
-Either Face your fear, or at least be able to control it.
-Treat poker like a video game.
-understand how your brain works and find solutions tailored to your own psyche.
Giggy personally likes to always have 7+hours for his sessions, just to be able to get unstuck and not get the fear of losing money next time. He plays actually better when he is either stuck or is winning a lot, and it doesn't matter to him if he is stuck 2 or 20 BI in a session.
He also mentioned that some people fear losing a lot during one session, and stop loss will be great for you if you do that, as when you know you never lose more than the 'acceptable' amount you will fear losing much less.
2)Fear of other players
When you fear a player, he will crush you. He WILL FUCK YOU UP.
You have to be confident that you can pull some moves on every single player that you are playing against.
You can still be modest and respect other players, and you should, but you should absolutely not fear them. They really are not crushing your soul in every single spot, that is not possible unless they hit some sick heater of hands. Every single player is just a human and has his leaks that you can exploit.
3) Fear of the unknown
Example: Players without imagination always take new untried lines only with the nuts. They know they have the best 100% of the time and there is nothing unknown that they can fear. But when it comes to bluffs they take a different approach because they fear trying new lines and the unknown reaction of the opponent
Others: Fear of pulling the trigger, fear of not being good enough for your limit, fear of playing bad
When you play bad you fear to continue to keep playing bad, which makes you play even worse because of your fear.
The same goes for hitting a few bad sessions at your limit: You fear that you are not good enough, you lose your confidence and you suddenly really are not good enough.
Endnotes
You have to understand yourself to play your A game. What makes you confident and what makes you play without fear. ALL YOUR WORST FEARS WILL BE REALIZED
-Well not quite, but close to it, and it is especially true in poker. If you fear something, it will happen.
You have to be realistic and realise poker is just 1 long big session.
You have to be also honest with yourself.
Variance
One thing Giggy edited later in his video. Accepting the fact that losing 50 flips in a row is just a reality of poker is absolutely basic and vital. If you don't accept the luck factor and get tilted and start fearing every time you run under EV you are FUCKED.
Stare at the wall for 2 days straight or do whatever you can, but you have to realise this fact and come in peace with it, Tackling fears mentioned earlier will not help you if you can't accept the basic reality of poker.
Haters gonna hate... by DustySwedeDude, November 13
Only written ~15% of my paper on "Game theory in Negotiations" and I've already managed to cite Pascal's Wager. Working on getting "Lennon, J and McCartney, P,. "Can't buy me love", Parlophone, 1964" in there as well.
Such a fucked up game. Edges are pretty huge fish v competent person. You can constantly get yourself into 70-30 or 88-12 spots. There is only 1 problem, holding up lol. Somehow even with these crazy edges the swings are pretty big, I guess because it is a limit game. the greatest part of it is how mindless it is, for the most part.
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I'm also looking forward to sweat some of you in my free time. 60minute sweat on teamviewer/skype no strings attached. I also want to note that I have no desire to be your long-term coach. 
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