I'm 90% decided to go live in Thailand and play poker from there. Seems like a sweet paradise. I'll also most likely have a trip to Bangkok first in a couple weeks to check things out. Anyone is currently there and would like to meet?
I am also looking for other poker players to live there with. At the moment the plan is going alone but I love nightlife and chilling with friends so being there with another poker pro would be great fun.
I've played midstakes online cash since 2006 and have been playing HSNL online/live from 2009. I am competent in every form of NLH, 100bb ring games being the game I play the most. I've also spent considerable time solving 5-40bb poker as I also play push/fold variant on 888, and also to fight for seats against regs that have edge against me in HSNL 100bb tables.
Below is a graph of my online cash play for the year. My volume for the year is lacking due to moving to a new environment and sudden life changes. However, my game is sharp as I've spent more time working with piosolver and revamping my strategy than actual playing.
so i had this dream where like usual i was losing pretty bad at NLHE. this is pretty normal for anyone like me who plays at around 500BB/100 below expectation luck-wise. (one of the major reasons i went back to starcraft).
anyway in the dream they shut down the table and all the other players were watching while this heads up elimination only competition between myself and one other guy. it was pretty weird at first to be sitting 9 handed while getting isolated against this to-be-knocked out fish.
so the fish is sitting at like 22BBs and I cover him by probably 20x, 30x times probably with around 600BBs though I hadn't been thinking too much of it in the dream.
Then at this point we play like two hands, and I'm forced to auto-fold KK prior to pre-flop. apparently because i led the fish 30x i wasn't allowed to play any hand that ordinarily was better than 70% against his range.
so then the third hand that the fish and i are isolated playing HU the fucking guy says alright I'm done and throws in this special chip as the flop hits. the special chip is a 1k:1 raise so in other words he covered me for that hand and that hand only. i guess it was like a suicidal raise that he could only perform once when he went all-in.
anyway it was fucking bullshit and i was nearly across the table to slam the fish's face into the rails when suddenly i woke up.
I've been anxiety-ridden and nervous for the past 6 hours and probably taking more stuff to calm down. i keep seeing this fucking image of the damned fish:
I was able to solve the first 2 problems with some ease, However I am getting no where on the third and was hopping some fresh eyes from LP might be able to help
(a) Let a be a positive integer. What is gcd(a, 0)? Prove your answer is correct
using the definition of gcd.
(b) Evaluate gcd(0, 0). Is there only one possible value or many or none? Justify
your answer.
(c) Prove for integers a, b > 1, that 0 < (1/a)+(1/b)-(1/lcm(a,b)) < 1
I've tried playing a few hours last days @ PS. Its the 2nd time i get this connection issue where I lose connection to the software, I run their in-built thingy showing where s the problem and I'm connected to every server @ 100% except the first one which is the actual site.
I have 100mpbs connection with a high grade tp link router and I do NOT lose my internet, however I doubt its on PS's end either, so anyone got any suggestions? Things seem to get back to the ordinary after a minute or two though, but I don't feel like dumping chips for no reason
Hey guys, figure it's a long shot, but I have ~7k in bitcoins I'd like to swap for bank of america funds. Willing to sell at .98 on the dollar vs bitstamp price. $1k minimum
Cheers LP
For many days I tried to come up with a way to keep a good journal. I googled alot on the subject and tried different things. On my laptop I found a pdf from a previous video course I bought "PLO Protoge". In there was a pdf called "The PLO Performance Journal". The information in it was exactly what I was looking for.
I hope I don't get in trouble for posting excerpts from it.
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The Elements of a Performance Journal A Performance Analysis Journal contains a written record of six key planning areas: Your Schedule
Your General Data Section
Your Solution Analysis
Your Success Analysis
Your Daily Goal Statement
Schedule
Your schedule identifies time slots that you plan to devote to some area of your
training or to a competition.
General Data Section
Fill in the date, location, event (training or competition), and the time of day and
duration of the activity. Next, write down exactly what you learned and what you
accomplished during this period. How many attempts did you make? How many hours
did you train? How did you spend the time? What was the result or score? If you do not
train or compete on a day or do anything that affects your sport or activity, do not fill out
a journal page.
Three ladies are at a swimming pool. One sits in the sun, never entering the water.
The second puts her feet in the water, but does not leave the pool side. The third swims
twenty laps in the pool. Later, all three will say they had been swimming that day. It is
easy for us to say we are training, when in fact we are spending most of our time visiting
with other competitors, setting up equipment, or reflecting upon our condition, whatever
it may be.
A performance journal entry eliminates rationalizations and just records the facts.
Solution Analysis
The Solution Analysis section is your chance to write down any solutions to challenges
you have discovered during a training day. If you have a problem that you cannot find a
solution for, simply state, “I’m looking for a solution to..,” and then describe the problem.
Also, you should write down solutions to problems you learned today in this section.
Continued reference to this portion of the performance analysis will reduce the chance
that you will repeat an error.
Success Analysis
In the Success Analysis section, write down something you did well during a day
of training. When you do this, you improve the probability that you will repeat the
success. If you set a personal record, this section should be quite descriptive on that day.
The journal forces you to be positive about your sport and your performance.
Goal Statement
The goal statement is the most important step of the journal page. State an objective that
you intend to reach. Write it in the first person present tense, as if you have already
reached it. Some examples of goal statements are:
I often shoot above 390/400
I am on the United States Olympic team
I often shoot below par
I am the most consistent player on our team
Goal statements should be achievements that are currently out of reach, but not out of
sight. Every time we write down a goal, we are that much closer to its attainment. Only two things are possible. Your goal will be reached, or you will stop writing it down. As long as you continue to write down your goal statements, you are moving toward their attainment.
So now my plan is to keep my journal exactly like in this template. Update to come later.
sorry I forgot to cross-post. There are some links and pictures and stuff in one of them so I'm just going to post the links to each one instead of re-linking each photo. I know I'm lazy. Here you go:
Can someone help me download PT4 for Windows?by lhr0909, June 01
For some reason I just couldn't get PT4 for Windows downloaded into my computer. Admittedly I am in China and the Chinese Internet is fairly walled off. Despite my proxy server in Japan, Korea and San Francisco, I still couldn't get it to download. Could someone help me download and share it via dropbox/Google Drive so I can pull it down? Cheers!
Yo I have some cash sitting in my Steam account that I would like to trade for Paypal/PS money or Amazon Giftcards or something useful.
I can trade up to 90 EUR and I would give you a bonus for trading. The only way I can give you this Steam money is either trade you skins or gift you games (I would highly prefer the latter). So if there is someone out there that wants to buy a game on Steam anyway soon just msg me and we figure something out.
Not sure how often I'll blog, given my history of...not blogging, but I'll cross-post to here when I do. Been getting into writing a bit, despite very little time to do so. In any event, BLOG:
It’s been a long morning, and I’m tired from playing with my youngest daughter all day. The house is a mess, and I’m not really sure how all of the pots from the kitchen ended up in the living room. But here we are. I haven’t thought about poker all day, in fact I haven’t thought about much of anything. The decision between a wooden spoon and a plastic spatula as my drumstick of choice is the toughest one I’ve made all day. I know, not exactly the fantasy life of a high stakes poker player you had in mind.
It’s half past noon and I’m just about finished with the modest meal I’ve prepared for the family. My wife and oldest child arrive home from school, and I’ve been awake since 630, and am teetering on the edge of taking the day off and spending it at home with the family. After the meal I check the phone to see what games are running today. “If there’s nothing above 5/10 running I’m staying home,” I tell the family, secretly hoping that will be the case. To my surprise I see an unfamiliar site on the Bravo app, two 25/50’s running. “Must be a whale in town, I gotta go.” I say to my wife as I kiss everyone and head out the door.
Still tired, but filled with hope, I put the old Honda into gear and back out of the driveway. In twenty minutes I’ll have to be ready to duel with an assortment of characters; some familiar and others not yet known. There’s something about that drive to the casino that always gives me some energy. The Vegas strip quickly comes into view and my heart beats louder with the anticipation of the fight to come. “Welcome to the Bellagio,” says the Valet ready to take my keys and park my car for me. “Thanks” I say as I give him a couple dollars for the trouble.
Walking in, my pace becomes quicker and more electric. I might as well be running at this point as I approach the high limit podium of the poker room. “One seat left” the floor man tells me. Perfect. I head to the cage and place two flags on the counter, a minute later I’m in my seat with $10k in front of me. I survey the table, and to my disappointment the game looks pretty tough. Normally, when a 25/50 breaks out it’s for a reason, and today is no different, I am just a bit late to the party.
The game I sat in is a must-move game, which feeds the main game to keep it full. Normally the must-move game is juicier than the main game because the fish have a hard time making it through to the main game without busting. Not only that, but fish don’t usually play as long as the regulars do. When a whale comes to town, however, things change. The main game is usually 7-8 regs and the whale, and a must-move is filled with other regs waiting to get their shot at the whale who might drop 50k in one sitting. These must-move games are usually low on action as it feels like a waiting game to see who gets up from the main game. I decide that I’ll give the must-move a chance, because you never know who’s tilted and ready to dust it off.
The first hand I play is on the button. A good player opens the pot to 150 and a player in mid position flats, I’m dealt two sixes so I come along as well. Both of my opponents have me covered. The flop comes down 9d 6d 5s. Beautiful, a draw heavy board versus two aggressive opponents who I have some history of playing big pots with small hands against. The opener checks and the flatter bets 350. I raise it up to 1100 as I would with some flush draws and other inferior hands, he quickly calls. The turn is the Ace of clubs. He checks to me and I bet 1600 into the pot of 2,725. He thinks for a bit before sliding in the call. I am trying to imagine the hands he’s calling me down with. The Ace high flush draw (now top pair), 89, 88, 77, TT and JJ are all in his wheel-house. Even the nuts are a good possibility as this player is capable of check-raising all in on the river with his entire range. The river is an off-suit 3 and he checks. I’ve put $2,850 into this $5,900 pot, which leaves me with about 7k on the river. Should have sized my turn bet bigger so I could shove. Oh well. I could still shove, but I decide that even if the chances are low, I’ve seen this player check raise all in with very little fold equity as a bluff, so I had to give him even the tiniest bit of rope. I bet 3800, leaving myself with 3200 behind, probably the size I’d go for if I were bluffing too. He thinks for a few minutes before tossing in the call, followed by his cards quickly into the muck. Good start, I think to myself, as I proceed to cooler another player with AA vs QQ for $15k, and just never lose any significant pot.
An hour into my session, the whale quits before I get a chance to play with him. I look down at my chips and realize I’m up $25,000. Not a bad hourly, and I feel a yawn coming on...I rack up my chips and head to the window. Who needs whales anyways? Shark meat will do in a pinch.
This blog is planned to be a personal poker journal.
I'll keep track of my PLO goals and my progress in general.
maybe somebody else cares, you are free to comment.
Hello everyone, I've been a member of this site for a long while now... Never really bothered to post much, instead mostly lurked around and read other people's stuff.
A little about me, I'm 27, originally from Ontario Canada, but have been living in the Vancouver area for the past couple years, after moving out here to start a new career. I started playing poker in 2007-2008 while I began university. I went to school in the Niagara Falls area, so the casinos were right on my doorstep. I also began playing on stars under the screen name Martino420, and more recently CrushnOldPpl. Back in 2008/2009 I was able to do reasonably well in MTTs for someone that was playing without any real outside coaching or learning... as everyone knows the games were much softer back then. I've always been a pretty casual player, playing low stakes online MTTs as well as NLHE live cash games at 1/2 or 1/3 stakes... I play a fair amount live and online, but I can openly admit I'm not great and haven't really improved as time went on. I went from being able to consistently turn a modest - reliable profit to becoming a break even player.
In any case, I'm hoping to start fresh and see where I can go with a little more diligent study and brm.
Can anyone recommend anywhere that I could find free MTT coaching videos? I'm obviously aware of 2+2 and LP, but I'd really like to find some instructional videos by winning MTT regs, as that is where my interest lies. My goal is to grind Micro / Low stakes MTT's and see where I can go.
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