Today, emo, 5nl

what's youre BR now and where do you play?just curious bc I'm like in the exact same situation like you.gl

This session you're up on rakeback at least

Keep grinding those hands!

So are you a student? Do you have a job? Dude go out and meet some people, your life still has to begin at the age of 20...
And pokerwise, dont give up, if you think you suck read some books, post a lot of hands and ask for advice, read forums etc..

On August 17 2009 09:50 Nadeem wrote: So are you a student? Do you have a job?

no, no

On August 17 2009 09:42 danycbd wrote: what's youre BR now and where do you play?just curious bc I'm like in the exact same situation like you.gl

140, stars

So, where do you get money to live, since u play 10NL, have no job and arent a student?

nl5 on stars to,155 BR. but I had no motivation to play again untill I read youre blog. It seems that a little competition against you makes me want to grind again so keep updating youre blog :D.and gl

On August 17 2009 10:21 Nadeem wrote: So, where do you get money to live, since u play 10NL, have no job and arent a student?

Parents, but they hate me atm.

edit: I pay for some stuff through poker, like my internet etc. But obviously if i fail i wont have any internet and stuff

Just grind it up man, you'll get there eventually..
Considered lookin for a job?

if i recall well, you have already tried this before at least 2 times... wish you the best of luck... but...

why don't you consider GOING TO SCHOOL, LEARN A FUCKING PROFESSION AND MEET PEOPLE.
What you are trying to do is very -EV for your life, even if you can make it to nl200+ which is fucking ridiculously difficult nowadays you'll end up sitting inside all day NOT DOING STUFF YOU NEED TO DO WHEN YOU'RE 20, the best years of your life ffs

someone needs to tell you it might as well be me

and photograpy is not easy imo, kudos to you for mastering it

On August 17 2009 10:45 starfritz wrote: if i recall well, you have already tried this before at least 2 times... wish you the best of luck... but... why don't you consider GOING TO SCHOOL, LEARN A FUCKING PROFESSION AND MEET PEOPLE. What you are trying to do is very -EV for your life, even if you can make it to nl200+ which is fucking ridiculously difficult nowadays you'll end up sitting inside all day NOT DOING STUFF YOU NEED TO DO WHEN YOU'RE 20, the best years of your life ffs someone needs to tell you it might as well be me and photograpy is not easy imo, kudos to you for mastering it

as much as i like u fen, i kinda have to agree on this (its like..the most direct way of what needs to be said).

basically u cannot focus on 1 thing in life without burning out

On August 17 2009 11:01 rogier wrote: Show nested quote + On August 17 2009 10:45 starfritz wrote: if i recall well, you have already tried this before at least 2 times... wish you the best of luck... but... why don't you consider GOING TO SCHOOL, LEARN A FUCKING PROFESSION AND MEET PEOPLE. What you are trying to do is very -EV for your life, even if you can make it to nl200+ which is fucking ridiculously difficult nowadays you'll end up sitting inside all day NOT DOING STUFF YOU NEED TO DO WHEN YOU'RE 20, the best years of your life ffs someone needs to tell you it might as well be me and photograpy is not easy imo, kudos to you for mastering it as much as i like u fen, i kinda have to agree on this (its like..the most direct way of what needs to be said). basically u cannot focus on 1 thing in life without burning out

I will definitely consider this after I'm done with poker.

poker will only give you suffering if you depend on it. Quit it right now, get a job or go to school and start socialize. The world will become a much better place you will see. And if have time and dont have to worry, may start grinding again with proper financial background.

On August 17 2009 11:45 dnagardi wrote: poker will only give you suffering if you depend on it. Quit it right now, get a job or go to school and start socialize. The world will become a much better place you will see. And if have time and dont have to worry, may start grinding again with proper financial background.

You definitely need to do something outside of poker / outside of your room in general during this time man. I really doubt you're even going to win at nl5 atm cuz you're probably playing horribly by not adjusting to the stake properly or whatever.

When I've needed money and a little change of pace, I've browsed craigslist for a couple of minutes each day looking for an odd job or a 1 or 2 day gig with a company. It puts some money in your pocket, gets you out of your room, and you're doing something a bit different than usual. You might find a new interest or somethin.. This is easier if you have a car(no idea if you do) but in any case, its an idea.

Grinding 8hrs a day at nl5 will probably be awful and pretty undoable--aka you'll probably just lose. You need to take it a bit easier. I think you need to move your priorities away from poker and you need to become completely and utterly independent from your bankroll.. its miniscule and can't handle any withdraws.

Get access to a training site and review the low/microstakes videos because there must be something wrong with what you're doing as well. (cough ask a friend to share theirs for a little while maybe?)

Anyway, I'm not trying to be harsh, and I can empathize a bit with your situation (especially since I'm in a really bad spot atm as well, where I have to grind very hard for a couple of weeks to survive/not fail, and have very few friends in this city).

Also my icon is a fuckin angry bull and its really badass.

what did you drop out of

mass tabling with many hours its not the solution. How do you pretend to go up the stakes if you only play robot poker, not learning anything... You'll have much more profit if you just cut tables and play focused for and hour or two. Dont try to become rich plyaing NL 5

On August 17 2009 12:42 Night2o1 wrote: You definitely need to do something outside of poker / outside of your room in general during this time man. I really doubt you're even going to win at nl5 atm cuz you're probably playing horribly by not adjusting to the stake properly or whatever. When I've needed money and a little change of pace, I've browsed craigslist for a couple of minutes each day looking for an odd job or a 1 or 2 day gig with a company. It puts some money in your pocket, gets you out of your room, and you're doing something a bit different than usual. You might find a new interest or somethin.. This is easier if you have a car(no idea if you do) but in any case, its an idea. Grinding 8hrs a day at nl5 will probably be awful and pretty undoable--aka you'll probably just lose. You need to take it a bit easier. I think you need to move your priorities away from poker and you need to become completely and utterly independent from your bankroll.. its miniscule and can't handle any withdraws. Get access to a training site and review the low/microstakes videos because there must be something wrong with what you're doing as well. (cough ask a friend to share theirs for a little while maybe?) Anyway, I'm not trying to be harsh, and I can empathize a bit with your situation (especially since I'm in a really bad spot atm as well, where I have to grind very hard for a couple of weeks to survive/not fail, and have very few friends in this city). Also my icon is a fuckin angry bull and its really badass.

Thanks for this bro. I am pretty set on giving it untill the end of October, giving it a decent amount of time along with some effort to see if I can improve at this game. I have a decent amount of videos from DC that I haven't watched that I will give some of my attention. As for life im currently looking for some assistant photography work (unpaid) but its better than doing nothing, although there doesnt seem to be much around and this could be doubtful.

Keep grinding yourself man.

On August 17 2009 13:21 street_hooker wrote: what did you drop out of

I didn't really want to goto college as there wasn't anything i wanted to do, but i went to 2 different colleges forced by parents and did some computing kinda courses which were absolutely horrible and I lasted about 2 weeks in each college.