Needless to say, I'm pretty happy Some pretty solid motivation to put some more volume poker wise and invest and secure a future, even though I've done pretty well so far!
This is the time every 4 years where everyone except from you hand-egg lovers rejoices in expectation of the football FIFA WORLD CUP.
For first time in 12 years Chile is back, and with a team that's actually capable of achieving something. I BELIEVE. Just watch the fking vid from Qualifications.
Finishing 2nd with 33 points, just 1 point behind brazil and above Argentina and Uruguay in South American Qualifications to World Cup, there's only one word to describe Chile's football national team: BALLERS
Lead by Marcelo Bielsa, a team built from scratch, the shortest and youngest national team at this World Cup. With a line up of 3-3-1-3 nothing but complete domination of the field and the opponent is acceptable.
This group of young talents, with both heart and technique, suits itself with complete ball posession and scoring trough short deep passes, vicious attack from the wings and elaborated plays.
Without yet proven S-Class players, in this well conected team it just doesn't matter. Discipline, teamwork and hard pressure on opponent makes up for it.
By yet proven I mean Alexis "El niño maravilla" Sanchez will show the world how fast, skillfull and vicious he is. Udinese refused to sell him before WC, and with good reason.
I also want to mention Carlos Carmona, the most underrated defensive midfielder of the world. I'll pick him over Mascherano all day, but i'm obviously biased .
From a country with few World Cup Apereances, who nostalgicly remembers the 3rd place on 62 World Cup held in Chile, a breed of young new talents, steps ahead. No history, only future. No turtling, always going foward, no matter the opponent.
Spain, fire will be fought with fire. Be ready for it.
ARQUEROS (26 años)
1.- Claudio Bravo: 27 años
2.- Miguel Pinto: 26 años
3.- Luis Marín: 26 años
DEFENSORES (26 años)
4.- Pablo Contreras: 31 años
5.- Ismael Fuentes: 28 años
6.- Gonzalo Jara: 24 años
7.- Waldo Ponce: 27 años
8.- Arturo Vidal: 22 años
MEDIOCAMPISTAS (24 años)
9.- Mauricio Isla: 21 años
10.- Gary Medel: 22 años
11.- Carlos Carmona: 23 años
12.- Marco Estrada: 26 años
13.- Gonzalo Fierro: 26 años
14.- Rodrigo Millar: 28 años
15.- Rodrigo Tello: 29 años
16.- Matías Fernández: 24 años
17.- Jorge Valdivia: 25 años
DELANTEROS (26 años)
18.- Fabián Orellana: 23 años
19.- Mark González: 25 años
20.- Jean Beausejour: 25 años
21.- Esteban Paredes: 29 años
22.- Alexis Sánchez: 21 años
22.- Humberto Suazo: 29 años
yeah, I am not talking about that AC/DC album or song, I am talking about me.
I quit poker about one year ago because I was on a long breakeven streak, got together with my current gf (she's polish and somewhat catholic and ya all know gambling is evil) and wanted to put more effort into my studies.
However, girls are expensive and slowly I have run dry of money so I need some fresh cash. I got some shitty students job (pizza deliveror lol) which I rage-quit after about one week, thinking about the sweet times when money came in easily by playing cards on the computer.
I didn't become a better student either, I felt like I wasted more time than necessary which I could use as well for playing hold'em.
So, all the conditions are given for infamous royal_rumble coming back and terrorizing the tables! GF may like it or not, but I am a man and I do whatever I want.
I should add here that by no means I am a good poker player, I am really bad, all I do is abusing players that are worse than me. I used to be a winner up to 1/2 but I made a deposit and had to start grinding .25/.50. I got the poker player feeling right away, bad beats and coolers incoming at a furious frequency, so I lost quite a bit and I was forced to drop down to .10/.25 on which I am struggling atm.
Here is a graph for your viewing pleasure how I have run so far:
Anyone near my fitness lvl? (Beginner/intermediateby LikeASet, June 07
Anyone currently training? (Weightlifting+Cardio)
Current status (For each lifting session I do 4-5 exercizes per muscle group and I usually do one muscle group per day, but I do biceps and triceps together on one day). I exercize about 5-6 days per week.
Last intensive cardio session
-Tredmill, 1hr 6.05 miles (no stopping, but at a heartrate of 190-200 bpm )
- (Main) Dumbell Military press 65 lbs (65 per arm) 4 x 8
Back
- (Main Lats) Cable lat pulldowns 185 lbs 4 x 8
Legs
- Squats 205 lbs 4 x 8
- Leg press 680 lbs 4 x 10
191 lbs @ 20% body fat, height 6ft 1 inch
I would like to go down to 8% by the end of the year.
This is my last month of workouts that are kind of focusing on gaining strength, next couple months I'm going to start pairing multiple muscle groups together and doing super sets etc.
Currently taking 5 different supplement items
-Whey protein powder
-Cassein protein powder
-No-Explode
-Fish oil tablets
-Multi Vitamin
i use
name/hands
vpip/pfr/steal
3bet/call3bet/4bet/squeeze
fold flop cbet/fold turn cbet/cbet flop/cbet turn
i've seen ppl use flop/turn/river aggression but i have no idea what these numbers mean because i don't know where tehy stand relative. likewise i have the c/r flop frequency but i don't know what a flagrant number consists of.
Decided to take a minbuy shot of $100 at live 1/2 today after doing well playing shallow tables on FTP. I seem to play a lot better when im risking less and freerolling profits so I wanted to see how it would translate over to live. Played for 8 hours starting with $100 buyin, grinded it up to $400, catch an OESFD, board pairs and I miss, so I ship river on a bluff and get check/called by a boat lolz.
Drop to $200, get AA, ship a 4way flop on KJ4cc after 2 people donk into me, GET FOUR CALLERS LOL, thats right an $800 pot, and some guy scoops the whole thing with A2cc on the river. Dont even know what the other guys had. GG.
And wtf is this; Some nit makes an uncharacteristic $22 preflop raise UTG, everyone folds, and the SB ships $140 and flips up 88 after UTG folds, and says "i had to protect my hand". And UTG raiser like never raises. He looked pretty pissed that he folded but whatever, random.
I was very pleased with my live performance as usual, and hope to take more shots again soon. After reading some guys blog on 2p2 who played homegames and ran up a 30k roll and then moved to vegas and now plays 2/5 for a living I have some newfound motivation. For starters I will never again take my live earnings and donate them online. Once I have built a live roll I will probably try to play live exclusively. Besides I need to get in the habit of driving around and sitting in a chair for hours if this is what I intend to do. It's also a super sweet spot for me since I'm just outclasses at NL400+, but am right in my comfort zone at NL200 and it's live counterpart, which means I'm also comfortable with playing 2/5 live..... probably... maybe even 5/10, no idea what kind of people play that though.
Ultimately I dont feel buying in half stacked helped me any this time. Maybe online it does b/c I'm just so jaded playing micro stakes, but I dont see myself making any big screwups live where a deep stack is -EV for me. Anyway only note for tonight is to just bluff less lol. At least when it comes down to these monsterous allin bluffs. I dont mind raising some $15 donkbet to $50 or some shit, but it ends there.
I don't consider myself to be an expert on Marijuana or the politics behind why it was illegal, but I've always felt like I know more than the average person. I know it has medical benefits, I know hemp is useful, I know that the government says it's a gateway drug and that's why it must be destroyed. I felt like I knew a bit of the depth of the issue.
This movie just made me blatantly aware of how ignorant I am about the truly amazing qualities of Marijuana, and the sick and twisted politics behind why it is illegal. I've definitely found a cause for activism that I will be involved in until Marijuana is legalized and all of it's potential is tapped for the good of all the people on this planet.
This is a MUST SEE MOVIE. It's on instant view on Netflix, so if you have an account then go search it out and watch it. You will be surprised how much you do not know. It's also on youtube but the quality is pretty crap, though that's not too important.
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
Filmmaker Adam Scorgie explores the illegal marijuana industry in British Columbia, revealing how the international business is most likely more profitable than it would be if it was lawful in this enlightening documentary. Marijuana growers, law enforcement officials, physicians, politicians, criminologists, economists and celebrities -- including comedian Tommy Chong -- shed light on this topical subject in a series of compelling interviews.
Real Job Life - Biggest gig yetby Chewits, June 06
Been so busy with my job. 18 hour days 5 days on the trot, is seriously tiring lol.
Anyway was Stage Tech for the biggest outdoor gig in Northern Ireland ever yesterday for Snow Patrol. The company I work for supplied all the PA for main stage and second stage, all the gear for support bands and lots of other various stuff needed at outdoor festival gigs. It was biggest gig I done now, we had a crowd of 40,000. Was pretty awesome experience. Was nice working with all the Snow Patrol techs and really great experience, that sets me up nicely for the summer festivals.
Being so busy, I really do not get that many pics lol. Got some random ones on my iphone though.
More geekyness - Back of Video Screen and the main PA Stage Left Hang
Poker wise, quit stars as i blew loads of my roll no MTTs that I was not rolled for. Changed to a new site, and I am grinding cash games only, and it is going decent. Hopefully play good volume this week, as I am doing a conference thing all week, so should have good bit of spare time to play
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Some pretty solid motivation to put some more volume poker wise and invest and secure a future, even though I've done pretty well so far!
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