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Looking to get $50 on stars for 50euro paypal transfer... (didn't stars accept paypal?)


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does anyone in canada is entropay, I know nothing about them. Is it a good method if you can't use neteller/skrill?


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From lostaccount to newaccount

Hi my name is John jlost88 on stars and jfound888 on a lot of other site.
Been playing poker about 10 years now, made my screen name jlost88 cause i was a lost soul back then and didn't know any better. With a new perspective on life i decided to change all my handles to a more positive screen name.

I moved to Vancouver at a young age so i study English, french and Chinese. So what better way to symbolize the languages that i learn than in my name. J is pronounced J'ai in french or i have in English, found obviously is found and 888 in Chinese is wealth.
Jfound888 here and ready to share my positive outlook on life.

Poker has been my life for most my adulthood but it is time to get out of my comfort zone and go back to school and learn a new skill to help improve my life and others.

I want to thank Liquid poker for teaching me how to make money when i first started playing poker. I will always remember reading the beginners guide. After reading that guide i just kept printing money and played up to 25/50 at one point but mostly was a 1/2-5/10 player when the games were good.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to every single Lper. I will still lurk and post here and there
It is time to start a new chapter in my life and say au revoir, good bye, & zai jian to poker and embrace a new life.




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This blog post is going to be much more personal than the previous ones. I've decided to change the way I do my blogging - I will write a lot more about things which inspire me, and those which are of great importance to me. 2016 turned out to be quite crucial for a variety of reasons. Finally, I emigrated to the UK, which I believe is an optimal solution for a guy like me, a professional poker player. I dealt with the health issues, which had pestered my body and my mind for many years. I achieved the financial goal I was aiming for, despite having played only 713 out of 1000 hours planned. I drank little alcohol, ate healthy, and exercised regularly which allowed me to gain 7 kg. Physically, I haven't felt better in ages, and without a doubt this is my biggest achievement of 2016.

After few years of what-ifs, doubt and plenty of scenarios considered, I ultimately decided to emigrate to the United Kingdom. In the late August I packed some of my belongings, miraculously fitted my 32 in desktop into a 33 inches wide suitcase, and I set off to carry on the road of the professional poker player in the land of Monty Python.
Until the very end I did not know what's going to surprise me in the new place. I certainly wasn't relaxed with the topic of Brexit coming up, and even more so by the news about increasing number of attacks on the Polish people which accompanied the decision of Brits. A local grinder with Polish roots suggested that I should start looking for a place to stay before flying to England, but I decided against it, as I assumed this is no challenge to me. It probably wasn't the smartest decision I undertook. I spewed tons of $ for hotels, lost few precious hairs, and several gaming sessions. The emotional state I was in called for hitting my head against the wall rather than solving logical riddles.

After tens of hours spent on browsing apartment ads, sending emails, going from the office to office to talk with realtors, who despite having a smile straight out of a TV commercial did not give a fuck about me at all, I finally managed to find a place. Generally speaking, after the initial culture shock I was in, I can reintroduce the term 'good life' back in my dictionary.

In November, a good friend of mine who just like me fights against the odds on the Party Poker platform paid me a visit. This occurred around the long-awaited excursion to see Ludovico Einaudi concert. However, as the maestro was performing in Glasgow, we were faced with a dangerous trip up north. At the beginning I planned to make a trip by British rail, though I missed driving a car too much, so I decided to rent a vehicle. Additionally I wanted to see the Lake District, a popular touristy region, abundant in hills and lakes (go figure). What's interesting, this area was visited on many occasions by the 28th President of the United States - Woodrow Wilson. These stopovers have been even included in a book entitled 'A President's Love Affair with the Lake District'. Lake District made quite an impression, with its small, captivating towns which went way beyond the image of England I had in my mind. The concert was a part of a tour called 'Elements'. It was the first, but definitely not the last time I've seen the maestro at the concert. (For years I held a deep conviction that Mercedes is a car for the people over 50. I think I've never been so mistaken. Driving a c200 is a pure pleasure, 8-hour-long journey was almost like a spa visit).

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Poker-wise, December was the breakthrough month. I choose to not wait until January with starting out on NL2000 (ultimately, I even timidly looked at NL5k). It was a kind of symbolic decision. When I was taking my first steps in poker back in 2007, NL1000 was a magical border to me. At that moment the perspective of playing on NL1k was but a pipedream of a greenhorn who wants to be the greatest in the world by playing a card game. Looking beyond the wall which goes by the name 'NL1000', was I have built myself in my mind many years ago, once again convinced me that most of limitations exist only in our heads.

After earnestly working for a month, the time for relax came, and I could return to my hometown for Christmas. Meeting people close to my heart was the main theme of that visit, people whom I knew 10-20 years. It's the element I miss the most. I look back at the time I spent in Poland with quite a sentiment, as during the dozen or so days there was never a time of boredom. Unfortunately, the gambling bill which is going to be introduced soon will prevent me from visiting my home country all too often.

The next piece coming very soon. It`s gonna be about my goals and plans for 2017, and my trip to Asia I`m very excited about.


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Poker never went anywhere for me but I've continued visiting this site for the past few years (yay MMA threads). It's funny to see that my last blog post was in 2010...

I got a job about 1.5 years ago with an American company (still working in NZ) and finally pestered them enough to visit their HQ in California with paid flights and accommodation. I'm now on holiday on my own and where else am I but Vegas, woo.

It's pretty surreal to finally visit this place and do stuff like checking out the Bellagio fountains. I've got a ticket to O and I'm hoping to go to the Spearmint Rhino at some point to check out the place where LP legends blew their winnings. Longtime girlfriend said no lap dances tho

But yeah, cheers to visiting places from my memories of reading LP threads


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Hi,

I was wondering if anybody was interested in subletting my place in vegas. It's at the veer, which aside from the vdara (cheaper than vdara) is imo the most convenient place to grind live cash in las vegas from (>panorama, martin, meridian, etc). It's not super furnished but there is a sofa bed + additional mattress, and new dining table which i picked out that I double as my computer desk, and a sick 72x40 double sided rolling whiteboard (lol). Its a small space (studio) but <3 it and its very nice/modern.

Lease goes through August 1st so you are good to grind from start to end of World Series of Poker. Also you will be able to grind the games in mid march during march madness which are the nuts.

You can stay for a couple months. Only thing would be that since I am just gauging interest on here I am not going through the landlord so I ask for some sort of discretion with that.

I'm paying $1,350 and would be willing to sublease for less as I am not really looking to make a profit margin or anything. I'm willing to go lower depending on the length of your stay.





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Besides 3-4 months in late 2014/early 2015 I had not really played poker since 2012 and pretty much none at all live or online since feb 2015 till last month. I felt a little lost in my life and really didn't know what to do and still pretty much dont which I guess is fairly common between former and current poker players. I've won a lot of money in poker but spewed off most of it on non poker related stuff over the past 4 years so I don't have much to show for it besides some valuable life experience which I suppose has been good. Last month I decided to hop back online and make a deposit on stars to see if I can still win at poker. I felt a bit confused the first week but got back into pretty quickly and the first 40 days grinding starting from dec 10th has gone pretty well. Theres not any consistent games above 2/5 on stars unless you want to play on multiple sites and play a table here and there which I plan on doing as soon as I feel confident I'm playing well all the time. I also plan on playing some higher stakes live games so hopefully I run good in the 10 hands/hour I'm gonna get. I guess my plan is to play poker and get whats left of the online money while trying to figure out what to do with my life in the meantime. Good news is it appears I can still win at poker and I just turned 25 a few months ago so I have some time.

Heres the graph which is mostly 1/2 zoom with some 2/4 - 3/6 on other sites and some 2/5 zoom on stars
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Heya all,

Ive made a decision to travel once again. Been to asia, this time im going South America. FUCK YEAHHHH!
The plan right now is to work until about April/may and then when winter starting to kick in in australia, piss off to brazil.

Planning to go for like 6 months.

Thinking to start in brazil, see how I like it there and then go to Colombia or Ecuador. For obvious reasons!
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Anyone living around those places? I mean i dont have a solid plan yet and may change my mind about the countries.
But Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador are what I have been reading about and it sounds sick.

Ive saved up enough money to spend 6 months on a budget kind of travel.

Anyone out those places?? ANy recommendations?
I am looking to possibly be near the beach so I can learn surfing. But beach is not a must if I really like a place.
Maybe something like Bogota.

I will bring a laptop as well and maybe donate some money to you regs at the tables.

And I have zero spanish knowledge which will be a bit shit but I think I will get away with some sort of app on the phone which will translate shit for me.

FEW MORE MONTHS TO GO!!!! WEWWWW


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Hello all,

I haven't torrented in a while but couldn't find that many solid music torrents on piratebay anymore. It seem's like it has become increasingly difficult to find high quality torrents.

Could anyone recommend me a site for torrenting? I am primarily focused in music. Any private tracker invites would be appreciated.



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Long story short, grinding live poker is not worth it dudes unless you got these conditions;
- You at least have a consistent, close by juicy live game that plays like 2/5 or higher
- The success of the games is not significantly relevant to your quality of life, if it is it's just not going to be worth the stress
- You're already spending time in your life that are propelling you towards financial freedom like a lucrative career or investments
- You don't already have a solid foundation of health and fitness

Based on the games I've seen maybe If you played your A game, maybe, just maybe you can have 60-80k years being a full time grinder at low stakes live games 1/2 - 5/10. I'm also pretty aware that even that is thinking optimistically. One should also be aware that trying to achieve this is almost going to be like work a job with a graveyard shift which in most cases is not good for your health so you should it's really not worth it unless you make atleast 120k$ or higher just so you can the ability to take long breaks and try to retire early.

For me personally poker in general is just not a good thing to do if you "have" to do it. It just sucks out all the fun out of it, makes me play worst, I don't know why I don't have as much patience as I used to, maybe because I'm old dude now that could have been in a farther place in life than I am right now, but hey that's a whole different story.

Basically to all you young folks, beware of the poker life. Don't do it to fulfill any monetary goal, just do it if it's a pure hobby. There's so many careers out there that can allow you to actually help people and if you're smart with your money along the way, you can actually retire in like 20 years at age 45-50, or just go down to part-time which is what I'll hopefully be doing.

A little about myself I'm freaking 29 and still only about to start nursing school which will take me another 2 years of schooling before I can land a gig. I want to do it because it's a career path where I can benefit society, make better than average income (average 120k in my region), have a flexible schedule (only work 2 to as many days as I want per week), and have good security and to move to another location and a job if I wanted to. While I'm a nurse I want to establish a fitness studio/small gym or two to generate passive income so that I can live a very comfortable life and basically be able to not be those parents that have to work all the time and not get to spend time with their kids.

I could have been a nurse when I was 23-25 instead of 31 but hey, I try every day to not focus on the past. Can't change the fact that I've done goofed a good portion of my 20's. I hope all of you guys out there try to not worry to much about any regrets and worry about what others think about you. Life's too short to worry about not following a typical life path and not "being on schedule." (ie. having a career at age X and having kids at age Y etc.). If you any of you guys feel down about any sort of stuff like this just have the mindset that I try to have.

Every day is an opportunity to do things that bring you fulfillment and happiness.

Maybe I'll end up editing this one too ha


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So, I am back home. I was out of town for about a month. Good times. I am still feeling a little disoriented being back home. For the last month I was around people and pretty active doing a lot of things. Now, some of my days have felt like pulling teeth. I realize this is my fault. I feel a bit disjointed with some of my friends. I have to be consistent with keeping up my relationships. Today, I meant to call a friend that we usually hang out and catch dinner but instead I got caught watching ASL. Now, I am at home on a Friday night (although I can still go out later). Again, I have to figure out how I am going to make money. It is a necessity and it is something that would occupy some of this pulling teeth time. Hopefully, less pulling teeth than pulling teeth time. But, I have written plenty on that so:

Brood war. I have really been enjoying these ASL matches. I more or less missed out on BW. I remember my brother playing it a lot. I did not end up playing it for whatever reason. I did get big into Warcraft 3. If I were to guess it was because I was obsessed with lacrosse in high school and then I did not have lacrosse. Getting better at Warcraft 3 I realized that a lot of people came from BW and many liked BW more. I remember watching Boxer replays and being like holy shit. I messed around with it but always came back to Warcraft 3. It was my goal to go pro. I got close in some WCG stuff but never close to pro whatsoever but it was through Warcraft 3 I heard about poker. It was through my forays into BW that I knew about Team Liquid and I lucked out on timing and got some corroboration. I first heard that Tillerman was doing well in poker and then team liquid were many more cases. That sparked the inspiration that it could be done. I was on Liquid Poker since day 1. Putzed around with $25 on Party Poker. Decided to get serious with $150 on Stars. Those were some good times. Findagrind times. What a time times. I was so lucky but it was also not a question that that is how I was going to make some money.

I am flashbacking a lot on all sorts of stuff. I have urges to hook up the ole desktop and find a good mouse and dick around with some BW again. It would be ugly but it may be crackalicious. It is just nice to watch the ASL and the level of skill there. I remember thinking that the best BW players may be better than anyone at their craft. They spend more intense time than anyone? I guess poker players spend a lot of time playing as well. A 50 yr old surgeon has to be pretty boss at what they do. A 60 yr old consultant who has spent 40 years in the field and still has energy has to be a beast.

That was kind of weird how I just started getting flashbacks on random things regarding Warcraft 3, BW, and poker. There were times I was absolutely loving life playing Warcraft 3 like 12+ hours a day and that game sucks comparatively to BW. I remember some of my roommates had an intervention on me with my poker playing. It probably was not a bad idea with the amount I was playing but I remember I was murdering $1/2 at the time and it really felt like I was rich. $400/hr over some samples is pretty damn rich, damn. I remember the jolt in confidence that was. Now, I just want to be decent at BW and play some BW games and watch ASL. All these years later and I am still looking for the unconventional way to make some money. Besides a stint at a large corporation (which did not go well) unconventional is all I know. Yet, it just feels like those wells have dried up. All the wells have dried up. The walls are closing in sometimes and I just do not know what to do. I am looking for escape. Escape that will likely not bring me closer to where I want to be. But, I do not know if where I want to be is the place for me. There is a saying, "I am exactly where I am supposed to be." I just don't think God has a plan for me. Shit happens and then you die. Well, I don't want shit and I don't want to die. Where is inspiration? Where is motivation? Where is peace?

Ahhh, a bundle of Monet lily pads. That calms me down. But, then I think about the $400 in painting supplies I spent to paint a fourth of a painting. I need first person VODs people. How does Flash do it?


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ur placed in a sauna 110 degrees w/ 2 8-pack gatorade, operational mini-fridge, pipe & 3 kilos of weed. how long can u survive?


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Greetings LP,

I write this on the eve of the day I drive back home from Charleston, SC. Quite a trip it has been. I am back in the pleasure trap baby! That is half serious exclamation for the added enjoyment of food and half sarcasm in that is what the trap entails. I was going to link a vid but just youtube it if you are interested. Cliff notes is that I am loving all the food I can at the moment and am compelled to eat that food. I am talking shrimp and grits, fried chicken, burgers and fries, red curry fried duck, lobster mac and cheese. Oh, it is delicious. Charleston is a fantastically, exceptionally, amazingly excellent city for food. I highly recommend a visit. I was walking on the beach just about every day in January. The architecture downtown is to splooge for. je ne sais quoi out the whazoo. Best ironwork in the USA.

What am I contemplating? How good the fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, and collard greens were tonight. As I tried to enjoy the key lime pie, news that my brother's father in law was in poor poor condition. He had a serious stroke and it has been a roller coaster ride for my brother's wife and mother and my brother too. Myself? I just wanted to enjoy the continued gaiety of the evening with a piece of pie. That was over, that was ruined. My mom is now upset. I want to say something stupid like "Jim Morrison always said none of us get out of this alive." I am upset that my brother and my sister in law and her mother are upset. From my perspective, this is existence. It is rough though. The roller coaster of surviving the first major stroke and brain surgery and hope. Hope can be such a double edged sword. Hope that he will survive only to find countless blood clots and a temperature of 104. None of us get out of this alive. Our order can be shaken at any moment. Chaos is waiting around any corner, nook, and cranny. Robotically I eat my key lime pie. It was not a celebration of the senses as I would have hoped. More so a systematic endeavor mixed with some tension in my body and the air. My brother's father in law is going to die. Most likely sooner rather than later. This sucks. Everybody grieves in different ways. Denial is strong. Very strong. It is like some giant, bad ass gundam with missiles and giant swords and a bad attitude. It can be overcome. Acceptance is like looking out from a peak onto a magical Shangri La of fairies and dragons and butterflies and discovering where the next path is. A blow job from the high elf priestess with the gifted lips and eyes that was looking your way, yes! of course!

I need to get a decent enough job and move out of my parents' place. That was some clarity from the peak for me. It has to be a part of my path. Or else no blowjobs! High priestess or otherwise! Getting a decent job seems like a bit of a ridiculous thing to be a dragon for me but I must slay this dragon, however, difficult it has been. I enjoy a bit of chaos though. Always have. I am excited at the prospects of moving to Charleston. I am also excited to get back home and see some friends. This world we live in. So, many choices or none at all. It is quite the choose your own adventure or a choose your own adventure already written. Ah fuck, I do not want to get into that here. I have more reading to do on free will. This is all virtual reality. I just have to get through it like anyone else. Love and understanding for my fellow man is all I can do. Man, if i can just slice off a piece of some peace. Much in this world arrives, drifts, then dissipates. That is my fate. Led by the fates. Led by the muses. Who chooses?


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Where are all the year end result summarizing blogs?
Cmon guys I know some of you still play poker!

Here is mine for the year:

+500$ in 300hands live
+100$ in 300hands online
Solid bb/100, solid year overall.

(I have not been playing poker since black friday)

Now its your turn


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Hey, what's everyone go to place to buy/sell bitcoin? Circle will no longer allow me to buy/sell bit coin with them anymore. Quite annoying.


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So I go play at a casino 1/3 and 3/5. I get the itch to play in the winter, the last few years i make a decent five grand per winter maybe. Anyway, I started playing this past week and I am super rusty on a few concepts and I think I always have been.

Low pocket pairs in live low stakes. I am talking 66-22. They just dont seem profitable opening at a loose table, or even over-limping in middle position. I feel open raising 22-66 has been lighting money on fire against loose callers only 100bb deep. I am thinking about folding these more pf, and only playing them in the cutoff if folded to. I feel it is much better to actually call a raise with these hands in late position than open with them in middle position.

Secondly, I feel I complete the sb too often when the pot is limped. Is Q9o ok? How about J7s? J8s?

I also fold AJo utg and utg+1 and AQo utg is a raise I guess? My utg range is 99+ and KQs+ so pretty tight.

I make a lot of 3 bet bluffs and take down pots when checked to in position. I make some big overbets to get folds,

I think I do a lot of things right postflop, but std preflop is bugging the hell out of me, I never played full ring online so ya.

Also, a selfish sidenote. Coming from the perspective of somebody who never wants to play online poker again, I hope it stays illegal. There will never be good young players without online poker, so live poker will be soft as hell. Idk, that just seems logical to me. I dont see full legalization ever recreating a second boom with whales to go around online and live.


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