After a 2.5k bleed I was finally able to pick up some dollars today. Still down for the past two months, but nice to be somewhat rolled for the 3.50/8 sng game again~ Again wasent able to claim first, but I thought the deal was pretty good considering I was at a 2:1 disadvantage chip wise HU~
Feels good to pick up that score, but feels less good to have a day job to wake up to in 4 hours ^^
So, sometimes for work I have to go on long drives and during these trips I will become completely unconscious and start thinking about everything besides driving.
Today I was thinking about about aliens and what I might do if I met them alone and I decided I would probably show them some basic math and number stuff like base 10 and Pythagorean theorem. I was trying to decide what numbers I would draw on my triangle and I decided I should probably use whole numbers because decimals might be extra confusing. I think this took me about 20 minutes to figure out in my head, I had a lot of fun so I thought someone else might enjoy as well
Here's the problem:
You're drawing a pythagorean triangle for a group of aliens who just landed in your back yard to demonstrate human cognitive capability. Using only whole numbers, what's the smallest number you can put on each side of the triangle to fulfill a^2+b^2=c^2 ?
Fight day was finally here, was a little too excited to sleep, would doze off for an hour or so before waking up to check the clocking wishing it would move faster. Ended up just giving up on the notion of sleep around 6am, decided to have a little green tea with Vegeta to power up before some light cardio and stretching.
After my morning routine I took my two biggest fans (Mother and Grandma) out to breakfast at the Ihop. Had me a nice T-bone steak and eggs with strawberry crepes. Got to get those crabs in for energy ^ ^ Got both their blessings and exchanged our good byes.
Didn't have to head to the casino for medical checks and rules meeting til 4pm so went home to relax and get my mind right while watching some Magic The Gathering on twitch (SCG Open Columbus). Going through music choices for my entrance, I found myself going back to an old favorite of mine.
Following a short nap my fiancée returned home from work with her girlfriend to give me a ride to the Winriver Casino event center. Standard medical check, rule meeting before going over fight orders and placements then it was back to hurry up and wait. At the start of the show they had all fighters enter the ring for face offs. The event center was completely sold out and the crowd was loud as hell, it was kind of unnerving for a moment. Once my name was announced the place went fucking insane, surprisingly I could still pick out quite a few individual voices from the otherwise incoherent roar of cheers. Once all face offs were done and some other announcements were made we all headed back up to the staging room to get our wraps signed off and start warming up.
Hands wrapped and signed off, did some light pad work and drills to warm up. As the second fight of the night I didn't have to wait long before it was time to put all those early mornings and late nights training into action, finally stepping into the cage. My music blasts over the speakers as the announcer calls my name the place erupts as I walk down the hall way and out to the arena. I take my time and soak it in while trying to clear my mind and focus on the task at hand, not the most successfully. Nerves started hitting me hard and before I even climbed those steps I felt myself growing heavy and tired but the words of the great Taylor Swift rang out in my head and it was time to get down to business.
Full fight break down and official fight videos to be released within the week. For more pictures and videos from the fights check out my
Used to traveling for tournaments it gives you the mentality of a conqueror going out and challenging the world, it's aggressive in a sense. This time however it's taking place in my home town. The enemy is at the gate and I ready myself to charge out and meet him in combat. I'll admit I'm a bit nervous to have so many friends, family, co-workers, teammates with all eyes on me, but at the same time I'm fucking excited. Lets do this! Feel The RAR!
Just got back from the weigh-ins, rather uneventful everyone made weight, like 1-2people had to drop a pound, nothing big. Other than that just kind of a big meet and greet with other fighters and teams which is always fun. My opponent was roughly an hour late due to getting stuck in traffic so that was mildly annoying but I had tons of awesome people to keep me company while waiting. It's official, tomorrow night, January 30th we step into the cage.
It can't get here soon enough, been working so hard during this training camp to get ready, now I want my reward of going out there and getting to fight in my home town in front of dozens of family, friends, co-workers, teammates, maybe even a few fans. One week from tonight on January 30th I will be stepping into the cage at Winriver Casino in Redding, Ca. Papers are signed, blood work is cleared and the fight card is posted.
Hey guys,
Been studying PLO a fair amount in the past few months. Was wondering what is standard PF these days headsup. Is it standard to get in a 100 bb stack heads up with:
Good kings
Bad Kings
Good Queens
High-4card run downs: 2-suited, 1-suited, 0-suited
Good double Paired hands: JJ99 double suited say
What about 50 bbs or 200 bbs?
In my games mostly at 100bbs I've been stacking off with good kigs, or double-suited 4-card rundowns 8 or higher (and aces obviously), but wondered whether that was abnormal.
MMA Fight Camp: Two Weeks Outby NotSorry, January 15
Was hoping to get an update out sooner than this with just little over two weeks out from the fight, been super busy, was trying to get a video series going and a ton of other stuff but just doesn't seem like there is enough time in the day. Next week it should start slowing down a bit, more focus on fine tuning technique while shaping our game plan, so hopefully I can start getting those other things in motion. Also the girlfriend started a new job this week so I'm able to cut back down to a 40hour work week instead of the 50+ I've been doing since September. My weight is in a good place roughly 240, will drop down to around 230-235 which is where I feel is my best gain of speed while still maintaining power and strength to keep up with 265+ wrestlers.
The end of the year usually is the time for the review and summing things up. Taking into consideration my goals as I saw them before this year started, I should regard 2015 as a failure. However, many events took place which were completely beyond my control and, in turn, these occurrences often resulted in huge lack of concentration, which is why ultimately I believe this year was a success. The results are pretty solid, I improved mindset-wise, despite the fact that my A-game manifested itself fewer times than in 2014 (one of my poker friends thinks otherwise, as he suggests that I’m the most consistent A-game player he’s competing with – thanks for kind words ;]). I played 800 hours, but I estimate that my A-game amounts to max. 30-40% of that time. What’s more, my C to Z-game reared its ugly head way too often. 2 most important lessons I learned this year, or more precisely two things I finally fully accepted are:
1. The quality is more important than quantity
2. You can’t always fulfill all of your objectives.
What the future holds.
I assume that no one really knows that for certain (apart from the policymakers). There are rumors that Pokerstars is planning to ban HUDs.
If it wasn’t enough, they also officially intend to remove the possibility of importing games to your HDD.
When I was starting out my adventure on Party, in the busiest hours there was 25-30 fish tables on average at NL200. Currently, the average is probably around 15 tables at NL200-NL1k. As shown, the decline is enormous.
As long as PP doesn’t go ahead and remove HH, I will most likely stay on this platform. Additionally, I want to throw in 2-3 additional softwares, in order to increase my volume on stakes 2/4+, and to be able to play the afternoon sessions with a decent number of games. For a while I considered adding NL2k-NL5k, but I rejected the idea in the end, as my mindset is not ready for such move just yet. I was thinking about the bumhunting on NL400+ on all of the biggest soft sites, but I gave up on this notion quite quickly as well. One of my strongest points is the skill of multi-tabling without losing much of the game quality. As a matter of fact my game suffers when there isn’t enough action going on – to keep my concentration on high I require the constant grind.
Coaching
2015 was the beginning of my venture into the world of coaching. For years I’ve never contemplated pushing my career into this direction because I thought I wasn’t good enough to teach other people. Furthermore, in a moment of my ego getting the better of me I will quote myself, I felt that ‘the amount of time I can spend on poker throughout the year is limited’. Taking into account that my ‘hourly’ is very decent and my conviction that the pay for coaching should be at least 2-3 times higher, I’ve never thought that it’s a good decision from the business point of view. Until very recently I based my knowledge about coaching on instructional videos. Oftentimes I was trying to grasp whether the author knowingly misleads and fools the listeners, or he’s just wrong about certain conceptions (or maybe, just maybe, he or she is on a higher level of comprehension, which I have not reached yet).
Most definitely the biggest advantage the coaching offers is the chance to look at your own game from a different angle. In addition, there are times when we’re not absolutely certain about the answer to a given question, what leads us to revising our views about the matter at hand. I believe that the main goal of coaching should be finding the aspects of a player’s game which can be improved upon and nurturing those which may bring the best results. Sometimes a gamer may have very strong tactical backbone, but his approach to poker is detrimental and his results are unsatisfactory because of it. A player with a mental monk kind of mindset who lacks any skills won’t find success, positive thinking is not enough. On the other hand even an adept person, who explodes after every little mistake or bad beat will lose a large part of his winnings. In order to proficient in poker, one needs to work on many levels.
Over the last few months I entered a partnership with my friend. I suppose I’ll come to regret the decision to undertake this endeavor in a year or so Oh well, for now the results seem promising and considering his diligence I believe he can make it big. (brag)
After fixing up few leaks and errors in the game approach, the results showed up immediately. In my opinion, when it comes to coaching, it’s the student who should be working the hardest, and try to get the most out of coaching. If someone thinks that taking up 5 hours of coaching will suddenly turn his life around, he’s in for a big disappointment. It is possibly the reason for the popularity of all kinds of personal growth shamans. It leads to situations as shown in the clip below.
I wonder when will the personal trainers appear who would teach ‘the character’ to people?
Goals for 2016
What are my objectives for 2016? My goals include playing 1000 hours online and the constant work on my game and the mindset. Also, I would like to participate in at least 1 live event. Year after year it was always a goal which persistently I skipped. In order to treat live games as a paid work, I would have to take part in tournaments like EPT, but thinking carefully, the variance in MTT live is too great, which is why at the current state of my career and the poker economy I’m simply not ready for it. My live results by far also lead me to conclusion that I run way above the EV and the correction is unavoidable :D For now I plan on planning professionally online for another 4 years, and regard live game as a form of work retreat.
As far as my goals unrelated to poker go, I wish to improve my physical condition the most. The correlation between the body disposition and mental capability is obviously significant. In particular over the last few months I suffered from intense back pain – years of ‘playing the game’ begin to speak up. May and June were the months when I felt great physically. I can totally affirm that it was also the time when my game was the best quality. The reason for this was the fact that I played soccer once or twice a week. For years after giving up on amateur football kicking, I was trying to find a good alternative, but the gym, running or table tennis were not capable of giving me the kind of buzz the good old football did. Unfortunately, in June I ended up tearing the ligaments in my ankle and my short comeback came to quick halt. Thankfully, my leg is getting better, which is why I’m hoping that after a short preparation I will still be able to become an MVP of the local football field.
What’s more, I would like to spend more time on learning how to manage my finances more efficiently. Once my poker career comes to an end, I’d like to become a professional investor. To be successful in this field I need to acquire knowledge which would help me to smartly invest my capital – just like in poker.
Something for the soul.
I wrote about perfecting the body and the mind, now it’s time for the spirit. In recent weeks my fascination with a certain popular music giant re-awakened. The legend in question is Johnny Cash. Extremely curious figure, on one hand music genius, on the other quite an ordinary man. Cash was a brilliant individual, but also quite controversial. Despite many obstacles the man reached the top, but throughout most of his life he had to fight his inner demons. The movie Walk the Line, where Johnny is portrayed by the amazing Joaquin Phoenix, is one of the best biographical pictures I had a chance to watch.
Good luck in New Year, 6-digit wins, satisfaction out of living day by day. May the A-game be with you!
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Poll: Do you want 8 handed to be the new normal?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): Doesn't matter, won't ever happen
Do you guys support a permanent change to 8 handed tables from 9 handed tables? More room to sit, and looser action. I just hate 9 handed play, and I think 8 handed is such a step up, while still being seen as "full ring" and not short-handed. I wish all casinos and tournaments made this change. What do you think?
So imagine this...you leave FPPS in Pokerstars account, they get transferred to starcoins, but not rounded up and you're small amount short of a cash bonus...You curse and write it off as bad beat, and keep the un-rounded up amount in there right?
Can OOP call here with a hand like 65s? Intuitively I think the answer is yes, but it could also be no.
If the answer is no, how would we balance our range on boards that favor 65? (66x, 55x, any kind of board where 6 and/or 5 is a straight). Is it not something to worry about at all, since these kinds of boards are rare enough and the SPR is low enough for 65 to not matter?
If at 200 deep we can't call, there is surely a stack depth at which we can (and must?) call, despite being OOP and facing a rather large 4bet. However I often feel like a fish for calling big 4bets OOP with a drawing hand. I guess it really depends exactly how deep players are?
(65s is mostly just an example hand, it could be anything from 22 to AK, although with 22 or AK I feel a little better making the call than with 65s.)
Fighting Through The Holidaysby NotSorry, January 03
The Holiday season is filled with pit falls for someone training, constant parties with family and friends filled to the brim with junk food make it easy to say "What's one day? I'll make it up tomorrow." Well while you're taking the night off, somewhere someone is on the mats or in a cage working it's ass off to one day destroy you. This Holiday season I am that someone. It wasn't easy, it wasn't fun but it is worth it. I can feel my skills getting sharper, my body getting stronger by the day and my mind more focused than ever before. I hope for my opponent's sake he has made the same choices or he's gonna find himself in a bad place come January 30th.
Never asked this before so still feels weird but been having potential sponsors ask me about follower numbers and what not on social media so would be a big help if you'd check out what I do. I'll try to get some training and technique videos going.
Best month yet, went pro mid October. I dont think I "paid to see" a single fishy bet, just let it go. Still having difficulty putting in time due to MUBS (Monsters Under the Bed Syndrome). I get 300BB's deep and just get nervous of some eventual suckout so I bail, resulting in a lot of 2 hour sessions. I did take someone's advice to just sitout and play a smaller stakes game until I can come back in at 2/5 for 100BB's which worked out nicely on a couple of occasions. The only thing I dislike about that is by the time I'm building any history at 2/2 I gotta run back to 2/5. Most of the time I just say fuck it and go home. I think once or twice I kept playing deep and lost a few big pots and kicked myself for not quitting, even though thats stupid and should just recognize the value by staying.
I intend to stay at 2/5 for all of 2016 unless I just smash the games and build my roll out of control. 5/10 doesnt run very often in Florida but the PLO 5/10 game does. I actually took a peek at it tonight since I saw lots of black stacks just to witness some guy ship 4k into the middle with JT63sss on a T58ss flop and win against a lesser flush draw. I mean goddamn, even with my limited knowledge of PLO this seems like a game I should take a shot at. 3k max buyin.
Once my lease is up in Florida depending upon how big my roll is I will be looking to relocate to vegas to line myself up for taking shots at 5/10. The only thing that would ever hold me back is if my hourly is actually better at 2/5 Florida vs 5/10 Vegas. The games really are that insanely soft here, and I like living on the coast.
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