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Originally Posted by Hoopy
Plans for the future?
Thoughts on the state of games?
1-2 years: rent my house out and move to toronto at some point, rent a condo downtown there and finish degree (with a new major) not sure when exactly I plan on this one, may postpone further if some other opportunity comes along that outweighs it.
3-5 years: spend some time traveling around the world. Maybe live in a foreign country or two though I havent really thought about it seriously yet. Priorty would be asia/europe/australia and nz. I think I might put off south america till I'm older unless I have a lot of free time. I'll be paging FTRers from around the globe when I'm set to take off so stay tuned!
5-10+: settle down somewhere, maybe move out west and get a place with a nice view of the mountains on a lake, assuming I find a woman worth settling for. if things go well between years 1-5 im sure one who is super awesome quality will come my way. in the meantime I think im going to focus on myself mostly (self improvement etc). for those ladies on the forum , you must like to travel, be fairly active so we can take advantage of the mountains (hiking and climbing = winning), be open to having 1.5kids, but not until I'm 30+, and be athiest, or if not, never, ever bring up religion in my house. and no bibles allowed in house. except maybe in the guest bedroom . like cats and dogs, and preferably want a Burmese or Newfoundlander breed.
as for state of games: meh? I'll move to plan B C or D depending on where im at when I decide to hang up the mouse. There will always be money to be made in it though I believe, it'll just get a hell of a lot tougher is all.
Originally Posted by The Bean Counter
I found my early twenties quite difficult mentally (not achieving as much as I wanted quickly enough, not understanding what the point in life was, not living up to some sort of media expectation, not shagging enough women,etc) and I think balance really does come easier with age, routine and a mentally stable woman. Having said that, some of the degen-ing will forever be some of the best times in my life and it's impossible to ever settle without getting it out of your system.
Anyway, enough of my bullshit:
- how do you keep study fresh? Is it just a case of revision now, or are you still learning from books, videos and your own ideas?
- what do you think you would be doing if you weren't playing poker? Will you ever do it?
- how important do you think it is to be creative as you move up the stakes?
- tits or ass?
Your bullshit seems like something I can relate to. I like it. Tell us more about your 20s!
I keep study fresh by obsessing over poker and wanting to study because I'm obsessed. I'm in that zone right now. I know what gets me out of it, so plan is to avoid that. I have a good mentor fortunately. I need to stay in this zone for as long as I can, and then my life plans will unfold with ease. I'm basically done with books on poker. I watch videos and do some random calculations on paper, and use CREV for playing around with game trees for diff spots that come up in my games.
If I werent playing poker...I would have learned a trade, then utilized my business education by starting up a property management company. I have plans to do the latter without learning a trade but it wont be until poker is done with, I just cant juggle two careers that need full time attention. im a bit of a perfectionist, which probably explains why im actually good at hardly anything (I can elaborate on this more if you like not sure if what I said makes sense but it makes sense to me). ill learn the trade if poker is no longer profitable enough for me and i need to make cash fast. going to school for 4+ years to get an entry level job that ill only handle for maybe 2 years tops and never run up the corporate ladder doesnt suit me, so im not going there. i would like to finish my degree though, but not for the purpose of becoming marketable to employers (which is why ill be changing my major from finance to entrepreneurship and learning a trade after)
I think just being 'solid' is more important (for micro/ssnl/most msnl games). I mean, creative can be like, oh hey look at this funny bet size im making with this hand, or look at this hand I called just to get to showdown so i could try and throw of villains perception of me etc etc. ok, that shit is important for meta game, but i think it comes up less often than people think. this is a good question, sorry I have a hard time answering it without spewing so many words w/o a concise answer. maybe if someone good like sauce is reading this he could give his 2c because he plays hu for cars and stuff. I guess its more important hu, because thats where meta game is really key. Like in HU you can be pretty sure most players at a decent level are paying attention to you so you need to consider making sub optimal plays for deception purposes to push your opponent towards making incorrect adjustments vs your true range. This game is really all about your range and how it is perceived.
Its close, but Im gonna lean towards ass.
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