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Originally Posted by courtiebee

holy crap £40 cab ride home

Yea nobody is going to have a winrate that will make up for that over the long term. I hope you realize you have to take tips and cab fair and other expenses out of your winrate slevin?

is there no bus or anything, every 5 days or so you could save yourself a full BI

Hi guys, just checking in from an internet cafe at 4.30am. Had a long old session today and despite playing well I started bluffing and bluffing again... until I had donked away 2bi's... Why do I think these people can fold? When will I learn not to bluff big against these people? Hopefully now.

The good news is overal I'm still up +70 pounds but considering I've just played an 8 hour session it doesn't feel too great. I walked out after my last bluff didn't work as I had 900 pound in front of me and didn't want to risk (a) donking anymore of it off, or (b) getting coolered for the lot, as there was another stack of equal amount on the table.

train station doesn't open for another couple of hours. I went to get a bus home but changed my mind. I'm going to go back and buy in for 100bbs, and play for another 3 hours then leave (which means I can get train home).

Will update when I get home how the last part of the session went.

Good news is... I'm making money even when I'm playing bad towards end of session, so I don't see anyway of me failing this operation. 3k by end of the month imo!

--- yes about cab, I've got 2 so far in 1 week, thats 50bbs my br would be better off, which is why I decided not to get one today. \

I would post my actual bankroll but am in a public internet cafe and feel it would be asking for trouble to count it here... so I'll do it when I get home!

My one goal as I leave this internnet cafe now, is no big bluffs (cbet and maybe a less than pot turn bet, if i feel situation really deserves it, but definately nothing more than that) !

Hope everyone's having a good night and stacking lots of chips

Originally Posted by LuckySlevin

I don't see anyway of me failing this operation. 3k by end of the month imo!

you're playing 11-hour sessions, you're returning to play more after admittedly playing bad and being tired, you're hugely under-rolled, you're trying to bluff calling stations, you lose 100bb/week just getting to the casino, you can't beak microstakes nl online, you have to balance your poker with work commitments, you don't seem to study the game very much (and how could you playing that much live poker and working a job) etc etc

dude, be realistic.

Originally Posted by LuckySlevin

Good news is... I'm making money even when I'm playing bad towards end of session,

poker's good at fucking with your head like that. http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...ds-141722.html

lol nice find rpm. I should put that fnord quote in my signature. I think I will actually.

Just got home, I'm very tired... haven't slept in ... let me see, 24 hours.

Because I started this OP with my £860 liferoll at the start of the month, I'm dipping into it occasionally aside from poker. This will only be happening this month as next month my roll will be established and my surpless cash will be free to be spent on life things. Whenever i'm reporting my bankroll it's my bankroll as it is at the second I report it, actual profit is likely higher as I'm spending little bits here and there (but only small amounts).

Yesterday I treated myself to a £30 watch. My mum needed some cheering up so this morning on the way in I spent £60 on flowers. It's really nice to have the freedom to be able to do these things, It's a new experience to me. Before I'd really tried to make a go of live play my money would just be being donked off online.

Rpm, realistic for me is knowing that I will own this op and become a very successful poker player. You can only achieve something if you really believe it and that is why I do really believe this with every ounce of my being. I'm already getting little tasters of how it feels to be relatively financially free, and it feels good. I like being able to buy back in and not think too much about it after i've just lost a big pot. I like being able to buy things and not just the cheap version but a really nice version (e.g. flowers this morning).

I'm working hard at being healthy too, I'm eating no junk at all, and have only drank water for the past 5 weeks i'm sure this is also helping with my game.

Session conclusion

All in all, even after I spent £90 on those items I mentioned my bankroll after yesterday's/this morning's session is: £1330

So current profit (after deductions, e.g there's about £130 extra profit that's i've spent on a jacket,watch and flowers - and that's not to mention ca b fare) - for this month is - £470. So going in the right direction. I have 3 weeks and four days now to make £2530 additional profit. I will do it!!!

Off to bed now so I can get some sleep as it's 10:30 am, when I wake up I'm going to freshen up and then head back into town for another session.

Gl all!

Nice work, you have a great attitude about it, and that's something that alot of people lack and i think people underestimate the importance of it. keep it up, and rungood.

Dude you mentioned you didn't want to count your bankroll while at the cafe. God I hope you're not taking your entire roll with you every night? Do your self a favor and only take a couple bi's at most. Can't blow through what you don't have with you!

Hey guys thanks for the comments, fulsky and mrhappy thanks for the continued encouragement! Harley yes I need to set an amount to take with me to help me from spewing too many bi's away if I start playing poorly - but it's a finebalance between having a safety mechanism and having something that just limits your effectiveness (e.g. travel 1.5 hours lose 2bi's and not be able to continue) so am still trying to figure that out.

Weasel yes that was a dash not minus sign!

Lots to update today! I worked so hard this weekend... here is how it went.

When I woke up after my last post, I decided buy in wise I would take 4bi's with me I thought this would give me enough to not have to worry about running out, but still safeguard some as a kind of stop loss. So I left £500 in bank and took £800 with me.

I got to the casino about 9.30PM by 11PM I had lost 4 bi's. I have myself to blame totally. I played too loose, calling too light. Table was full of short stacks and I started calling their shoves with marginal hands e.g AT AJ etc. I usually was flipping and lost. I also tried a couple of bluffs that didn't work. As my play deteriorated I could feel the emotional side of me taking over, I was very annoyed to be losing money to people I regarded as fish (I have to change this mindset). So with 4bi's down I was left with £500 in bank (and I'd left card at home deliberately). I got train home, on way home I had a chance to think about the situation and once again swore to myself I must eradicate this C game from my play. I decided I would go home get my money from card and go back the same evening. I swore to myself I would play perfect poker and work hard and if I did I would get my 4bi's back + interest. This was a tall order, but I just told myself it's possible if I play well. So I did go home, by now trains had stopped (12am) so I got a taxi back to Casino. Got back in at about 12:45AM sunday morning. I played through from 12:45AM until 2.30PM today. I played very well and despite losing AK vs AQ on K73 flop, when villian spikes queen on turn, I managed to get myself into decent spots and make some good money, some very good money. The last cash table I played on I was on for about 3 hours, I created a loose image by entering alot of pots and being quite aggressive, when I picked up hands people gave me no credit and stacked off against me. I also won a big 3 way pot with QQ which I'll recap briefly now as it was the biggest pot of this OP.

Rich lady who pulls out money like it's printed in her handbag, and just like to gamble (in her own words) - raise my ep raise to 29, I had initally raised to 8 with QQ. Loose player who's deep and has been winning alot of hands with improbbable hands raises to 80. I decide I'm waaaaaaay ahead of both of them so reraise to 200. My idea here is rich lady only has another 130 behind, so I was intending for her to call and loose deep guy to fold and then I'm HU to to the flop with an overlay in the pot which seemed like an ideal scenario. What actually happened was rich lady called and loose deep stack flatted...

Now I have like 400 behind at the flop.

flop is J63 - and he bets 50. I decided I need to know where I'm at now before I put any more money in the pot (I'm putting him on AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK) when he flatted my 200 raise. Just because it wouldn't suprise me if he tried to trap me.

so I reraised to 120. So I have like 280 behind now. He flats my reraise. Turn pairs the jack. so board reads J63J and he checks and I check. River is a blank and he leads out for 75. I call because of the price - and he mucks. I beat him, what's more I also beat rich lady... It was a huge pot worth about £600

I decided to come off the cash table after this as I know sometimes if I have a very deep stack I can start to spew chips. Instead I entered a 42 runner turbo sng £15 rebuy. I thought this would be a good way to end the epic 12 hour session... six hours later am still playing and cut a long story short I took it down for £500.

All in all with the combined profit from the mamoth session I played, the big pot hand, and the 1st place finish in donkamanet - bankroll is now at.... £2900 !

I think this is the day I can finally say I've made it. I don't see myself looking back after this result. I still have a lot to do, particularly focussing around my discipline in folding, and not bluffing. But my play so far is proving very profitable! I'm very close now to my target of 3k by end of month, would just need another 4 or so bi's and I'll be there which is great. I'm really pleased with the work I've put into my game so far and the hours upon hours I'm spending playing.

Thanks for the support! Hope you're all having a good weekend !

Originally Posted by LuckySlevin

Hey guys thanks for the comments, fulsky and mrhappy thanks for the continued encouragement! Harley yes I need to set an amount to take with me to help me from spewing too many bi's away if I start playing poorly - but it's a finebalance between having a safety mechanism and having something that just limits your effectiveness (e.g. travel 1.5 hours lose 2bi's and not be able to continue) so am still trying to figure that out.

Thats the whole point of having a roll large enough to play at the stakes that you are though. Through all of the posts trying to tell you this obver the years you have never let it sink in. You think you are good enough to be playing 200nl ,but forget that you don't have the roll to play it effectively allowing for variance that comes your way.

Weasel yes that was a dash not minus sign!

Lots to update today! I worked so hard this weekend... here is how it went.

When I woke up after my last post, I decided buy in wise I would take 4bi's with me I thought this would give me enough to not have to worry about running out, but still safeguard some as a kind of stop loss. So I left £500 in bank and took £800 with me.

My God , some discipline. maybe theres some hope for you. Note the use of "some" discipline.Also, Do you actually allow for your method of getting home. i.e have a season ticket on the train ,or return ticket etc , or do you get back to the station after the casino and have to buy a ticket.If so, do you have that return fareseperated from money thats going on the table or if you "bust" are you unable to get home?.2.5 hours travelling to casino by train implies a fair distance if you end up having to walk/hitch.

I got to the casino about 9.30PM by 11PM I had lost 4 bi's. I have myself to blame totally. I played too loose, calling too light. Table was full of short stacks and I started calling their shoves with marginal hands e.g AT AJ etc. I usually was flipping and lost.

I asked last time whether you had studied any shortstacking strategy. Opposite of this also applies , have you studied the ranges they are shoving and come up with a calling range so that you can profitably call there shoves. The fact you were calling with AT,AJ implies that you should get pokerstove out and work on finding what you can call with.

I also tried a couple of bluffs that didn't work. As my play deteriorated I could feel the emotional side of me taking over, I was very annoyed to be losing money to people I regarded as fish (I have to change this mindset). So with 4bi's down I was left with £500 in bank (and I'd left card at home deliberately).

hooray , well done on leaving the card at home .Boo at having blown over half your roll in a couple of hours.This all comes back to bankroll management issues that you have always had. You think that it doesn't apply to you, the fact that you go on tilt and spew is precisely why you should be trying to have a lot more control over what you can afford to play.

I got train home, on way home I had a chance to think about the situation and once again swore to myself I must eradicate this C game from my play. I decided I would go home get my money from card and go back the same evening. I swore to myself I would play perfect poker and work hard and if I did I would get my 4bi's back + interest. This was a tall order, but I just told myself it's possible if I play well. So I did go home, by now trains had stopped (12am) so I got a taxi back to Casino.

WTF, this sounds typical of the lack of emotional control that you say that you are determined to beat. Instead of working on what ranges you could call shorties shoves with, getting some sleep and clearing your mind, getting over the loss of half your roll etc, exercising the discipline that made you leave the 500 and card "safe at home",It sounds like you were tilted and it was now all or nothing time. You were going to get your losses back despite having played poorly so far that night.

Got back in at about 12:45AM sunday morning. I played through from 12:45AM until 2.30PM today. I played very well and despite losing AK vs AQ on K73 flop, when villian spikes queen on turn, I managed to get myself into decent spots and make some good money, some very good money.

how does AK lose to AQ with K73Q. flush or runner runer?

The last cash table I played on I was on for about 3 hours, I created a loose image by entering alot of pots and being quite aggressive, when I picked up hands people gave me no credit and stacked off against me. I also won a big 3 way pot with QQ which I'll recap briefly now as it was the biggest pot of this OP.

Rich lady who pulls out money like it's printed in her handbag, and just like to gamble (in her own words) - raise my ep raise to 29, I had initally raised to 8 with QQ. Loose player who's deep and has been winning alot of hands with improbbable hands raises to 80. I decide I'm waaaaaaay ahead of both of them so reraise to 200. My idea here is rich lady only has another 130 behind, so I was intending for her to call and loose deep guy to fold and then I'm HU to to the flop with an overlay in the pot which seemed like an ideal scenario. What actually happened was rich lady called and loose deep stack flatted...

ok so you get 3bet and then 4bet and decide that you are way ahead so 5bet to 100bb. You've now put 1/3 of your stack in and if the guy shoves you can't really fold and do you really want 300bb going up against a 6bet shove range even if he is a loose player?.It doesn't sound like you even considered that possibility.Seconly , if rich lady calls , the pot is then giving him good pot and implied odds to call and see a flop,not to fold him out.

Now I have like 400 behind at the flop.

flop is J63 - and he bets 50. I decided I need to know where I'm at now before I put any more money in the pot (I'm putting him on AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK) when he flatted my 200 raise. Just because it wouldn't suprise me if he tried to trap me.

so I reraised to 120. So I have like 280 behind now. He flats my reraise.

so you put him on a range with 6 AA,6KK 3JJ beating you and you beat 16 combos of AK and tie with 1 combo of QQ. So you think are behind and now make him call 70 to hit an Aor K with his AK combos that you beat with 800 in the pot.you've also now got over hald of your stack in the pot and a massive % of your total bankroll already committed to the pot.

Turn pairs the jack. so board reads J63J and he checks and I check. River is a blank and he leads out for 75. I call because of the price - and he mucks. I beat him, what's more I also beat rich lady... It was a huge pot worth about £600

pot was nearly £1000 and profit was 600. Were the risks really justified with your bankroll though?

I decided to come off the cash table after this as I know sometimes if I have a very deep stack I can start to spew chips. Instead I entered a 42 runner turbo sng £15 rebuy. I thought this would be a good way to end the epic 12 hour session... six hours later am still playing and cut a long story short I took it down for £500.

Why weren't you playing these from the start. You'd have had a lot more buyins.

All in all with the combined profit from the mamoth session I played, the big pot hand, and the 1st place finish in donkamanet - bankroll is now at.... £2900 !

I think this is the day I can finally say I've made it. I don't see myself looking back after this result. I still have a lot to do, particularly focussing around my discipline in folding, and not bluffing. But my play so far is proving very profitable! I'm very close now to my target of 3k by end of month, would just need another 4 or so bi's and I'll be there which is great. I'm really pleased with the work I've put into my game so far and the hours upon hours I'm spending playing.

You are nowhere near having made it yet. You are getting way to results orientated. You have to focus on your own discipline in all aspects from folding hands , to actual sticking to your stop loss limits for a day. You are saying that this sessions profits are due to profitable play. The huge pot could easily have gone the other way though as you were potentially flipping massively deep with a large % of your roll commited.

Thanks for the support! Hope you're all having a good weekend !

I'm not a hater, I want to see you succeed at this . But you need to accept that wins can come from bad play and losses can come from good play, not just put all your wins down to good play.

[I left my card at home because I iz disciplined so I lost 4 BIs and returned home in taxi, spending loads more money to retrive card to then spend the rest of money if need be, but it's okay because I was going to play perfect poker and ran good therefore it was a dsiciplined plan]

You are a slave to money and the feelings thst it creates within you as you gain or lose it.

You're so so so results orientated that it's just plain wrong. Unless you spend more time sorting out your fucked up mentality and relaising what variacne is and getting a little bit of respect for how chance/edges/poker actually work, the old fashioned tilty blow up is completely inevitable. It will happen sooner or later, it's just a matter of time.

Basically the behaviours you describe in yourself reflect the exact same undisciplined hopless mind that stopped you from ever making any progess online. You've just ran well enough so far not to get punnished for them or feel the negative reinforcement of your crappy emotionally driven, illogical choices.

This sounds very harsh but it's totally true. I find this very entertaining and really hope you succeed, but shit man, you're a walking time bomb, very dillusional and extremely likely to fail unless you spend WAY WAY more time on your emotions and learn how to stop being a slave to your every degen impulse.

Ambition is fucking great, but you're trying to dig up gold with a rocket launcher and are going to blow the whole lot to shit unless you refine your tools. Ambition alone is never enough, you need either: poker genius, discipline, logical planning, or immense amounts of luck to succeed. You have none of the first three and probably not the fourth. Some total tards do swing their hammers in the dark and occassionaly strike it lucky through utter run good (take Jamie Gold for example) but most, thought determined and full of beans, just smash themsevles in the face.

TURN THE FUCKING LIGHTS ON BEFORE THIS HAPPENS. JFC. All the warning signs are totally obvious yet you are completely blinded by your run good and unable to see them.

Ohh and FWIW guys, encouraging a guy to continue on an evidently flawed path just because it entertains you is immoral and moronic.

Originally Posted by Carroters

Ohh and FWIW guys, encouraging a guy to continue on an evidently flawed path just because it entertains you is immoral and moronic.

I disagree. If we were all saying

"yeah, go gamble dude, what you're doing makes complete sense, you are going to be a poker legend, go quit your job"

then it would be wrong. But the fact that the likes of yourself and other respected FTRers are telling Mr Slevin what a dumb ass he is makes it ok. Why? Because he knows he is being a wally, he accepts he is a wally, he enjoys being a wally and he does not want to change from being a wally. When he wants to change, all the advice he needs to begin the unwallying process is right here waiting for him, but until that point, why bust his balls, let the man enjoy the ride. Besides which, he has a job. If he was considering quitting his job to follow this plan I would completely agree with you.

Sorry slev, no offence man, but I am assuming you understand that your plan has like a 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000001 chance of success and you're just enjoying the ride while it lasts, and allowing us to enjoy it too via your blog.

If on the other hand you really are a degeneerate addicted gambler with nothing else good in your life what so ever who is considering chucking in his job to become a pro, please for the love of god listen to the smarter folk in this thread.

Originally Posted by DanAronG

I disagree. If we were all saying

"yeah, go gamble dude, what you're doing makes complete sense, you are going to be a poker legend, go quit your job"

then it would be wrong. But the fact that the likes of yourself and other respected FTRers are telling Mr Slevin what a dumb ass he is makes it ok. Why? Because he knows he is being a wally, he accepts he is a wally, he enjoys being a wally and he does not want to change from being a wally. When he wants to change, all the advice he needs to begin the unwallying process is right here waiting for him, but until that point, why bust his balls, let the man enjoy the ride. Besides which, he has a job. If he was considering quitting his job to follow this plan I would completely agree with you.

Sorry slev, no offence man, but I am assuming you understand that your plan has like a 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000001 chance of success and you're just enjoying the ride while it lasts, and allowing us to enjoy it too via your blog.

If on the other hand you really are a degeneerate addicted gambler with nothing else good in your life what so ever who is considering chucking in his job to become a pro, please for the love of god listen to the smarter folk in this thread.

I think it's pretty obvious he is very confident in the success of his plan as it is right now. This is why I'm concerned. But, w/e I guess he's never listened to anyone so instead of wasting my time or coming across as raining on anyones parade I'll leave him to it. GL slevin, you'll sure as hell need it.

Originally Posted by LuckySlevin

Hey guys thanks for the comments, fulsky and mrhappy thanks for the continued encouragement! Harley yes I need to set an amount to take with me to help me from spewing too many bi's away if I start playing poorly - but it's a finebalance between having a safety mechanism and having something that just limits your effectiveness (e.g. travel 1.5 hours lose 2bi's and not be able to continue) so am still trying to figure that out.

It doesn't limit your effectiveness. It limits your losses when you're playing like shit! Which it looks like you do, unless you get lucky for the night.

Originally Posted by LuckySlevin

I played too loose, calling too light

calling their shoves with marginal hands e.g AT AJ etc

tried a couple of bluffs that didn't work

I could feel the emotional side of me taking over, I was very annoyed to be losing money to people I regarded as fish (I have to change this mindset).

Did it ever occur to you that you're playing as badly as these fish? Hmm, if looks, acts and bets like a fish

Originally Posted by LuckySlevin

I decided I would go home get my money from card and go back the same evening. I swore to myself I would play perfect poker and work hard and if I did I would get my 4bi's back + interest.

dude, what happened to your stop loss plan?

Originally Posted by LuckySlevin

I think this is the day I can finally say I've made it.

I'm sorry, man. I have to disagree. You haven't made it. The cards swung your way for a night and you got lucky to win a flip in a big pot.
I know that I wrote that I like your positive attitude, and I really do, but you need to temper that possitive attitude with some reality. In your op your goal is to make 3000/mo. B4 you decide that "you've made it" let's see how the next three or four months go.

Oh, and by the way, stick to your stop loss plan. It'll save your feet.

shipppppppppppppppppp

fak ya!!! nice turn around, when do you sleep?

keep on keeping on dude

Wow! Sick Heater! Especially dramatic to read it through from when you had less than a BI. I think its important to note that you still only have 14.5 BIs. I'd probably have to borrow some fingers if I were to count how many times I've gone on downswings that would kill that roll. Just make sure you stay focused and really study the game so you're prepared when you run like crap.

GL and hope you keep running crazy good!

Awesome, keep it up man!

And ignore the negativity, haters gonna hate.

wow what an epic run, nice!!

sadly I've gotta agree with keith and carroters; your present approach is obviously unsustainable. I'm not going to criticize you because those two did an eloquent job of it imo, but I do want to be another voice of warning. I would like to offer you this advice... take half of your current bankroll and put it away in the bank. have it as an emergency life roll. Use an additional 500 to treat yourself to something nice, or something nice for someone you care about. doing these things will give you lasting good feelings, I promise.

what's left over can be your casino roll -- maybe put some online so you can play small stakes when getting to the casino isn't practical. this way if your casino roll goes bust you can point to some good things that came of this experience. it's overwhelmingly likely that on your current approach, given enough time, your bankroll is going to collapse.

all the best

oh yea carroters I love this:

Originally Posted by carroters

Ambition is fucking great, but you're trying to dig up gold with a rocket launcher and are going to blow the whole lot to shit unless you refine your tools

my new sig

OMG

Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by! Could only play for two hours this evening as my sister is visiting from miles away and I wanted to spend some quality time at home with her. Played for 2 hours +£110.

Bankroll now just over 3k which is nice.

Thanks for all those that posted nice comments! Mucho appreciated.

In other news my passport arrived today! Am thinking about where I'll go on holiday, I think I might find a poker tournament in a hot place for about £200 - £300 buy in and go there (from my salary, not my bankroll of course!)

I Banked £2400 today which felt good. Looking forward to another good week this week as I continue to move closer to my goals, how great is it when a plan finally starts to come together! I'm making money playing a game I love, I feel very priviliged !!

Gl all!

Nice run good!

How about posting about what you've done to work on your game etc!

My game is solid but always room to improve. I haven't ran good to be honest I'm running about average, have lost my fair share of pots over the past week or two I should have won that's for sure.

I think the best thing you can do to improve is play and learn from your mistakes. I do believe that coaching sites have value but I believe it's far exceeded by the value a thinking player gets from analysing his own play on and off the table.

I think now is a good time to set some goals for the future.

1. Hit my target of making £3,000 profit by the end of this month.
2. Make £3,000 profit a month for six months.

Can't believe this has reached page 3 already lol. Slev, you've gotta be the most popular poster here. Congrats on the run good. Now don't donk the roll.

Originally Posted by LuckySlevin

I do believe that coaching sites have value but I believe it's far exceeded by the value a thinking player gets from analysing his own play on and off the table.

Posting a decent analysis of a hand with ranges, number of combos, calling %s etc. would be a great start. Why don't you jot down some hands from the casino into a notebook and post your analysis in the thread?

Originally Posted by LuckySlevin

My game is solid but always room to improve. I haven't ran good to be honest I'm running about average, have lost my fair share of pots over the past week or two I should have won that's for sure.

BULL S#$T!!!!!!
I'm not sure exactly how many hands you've played, but I'd bet that Phil Ivey couldn't sustain the winrate you've experienced over this very small sample. It's great to be confident, but come on, you're being delusional. If you win at 15BB/100 at 200nl live, playing 35 hands per hour you're looking at roughly 20 bucks an hour if you're very good (your goal was 17). you've made about 3k in 5 days, that should have taken you 150 hours. So if you played 150 hours you would be at expectation, if you played less, then you ran good, not AVERAGE!!!

Let's see, 5 days times 24 hours in a day is 120 hours. . . . . . . . So you're trying to tell me you've been in the casino 24 hours a day for the last 5 days, no sleeping, no bathroom breaks, eating at the table, AND they let you 2 table for 30 hours????

I mean come on man, its fun to hear how well you've run, but for some reason that quote got me a little fired up, you're being ridiculous. Do the math.

If you are in fact still confident about all this, are you willing to discuss any prop bets against you sustaining this winrate?

I'm with Carroters here. Finally a reality check which will probably be ignored. You are addicted to the rush of winning and lack good self-discipline. Even the basic core of this thread, make 3k a month, is pretty fundamentally flawed.

I see a lot of good poker players posting in this thread who are offering good advice. If you continue down the path you are going, you are going to end up blowing the roll, blowing any money you have in the bank and stuck in the same cycle you are currently in.

Best of luck mate. I hope you listen to some of the home truths in this thread.

we'll see when i'm playing 1knl and the haters out there are still grinding the micros, a?

@ Nakamura, this blog isn't about me 'proving' myself to readers, it's about me sharing my journey. I feel no need to post 'detailed analysis' of my hands, If i ever find myself in a spot where I am unsure what I should do that is when i'll post, I'm not posting hand analysis for the sake of posting it, to be honest I'd probabally get a better analysis from a random in the cardroom than I would you haters.

The people with lives, that don't have such cynical and depressing outlooks are the guys and gals i'm looking to engage with here, dozer,griffey, bikes, courtibee, fulsky, stargrinder, mrhappy et al. I can't stand negativity, never could and never will. Life is too precious, so by all means haters read if you want, but your negativity will be reflected back at you, and will do no harm to this operation!

fwiw that's a serious point. You only ever harm yourself with base or negative thinking, so I do hope you realise this someday and start leading a healthy positive life. Gl at the tables to one and all!

Originally Posted by LuckySlevin

we'll see when i'm playing 1knl and the haters out there are still grinding the micros, a?

Jeez you got 3 buyins already what you waiting for?

@ Nakamura, this blog isn't about me 'proving' myself to readers, it's about me sharing my journey. I feel no need to post 'detailed analysis' of my hands, If i ever find myself in a spot where I am unsure what I should do that is when i'll post, I'm not posting hand analysis for the sake of posting it, to be honest I'd probabally get a better analysis from a random in the cardroom than I would you haters.

I guess this is where a lot of opinion diverges. You see people who disagree with you as people who hate what you are doing. Sure we disagree with your approach , but we don't want to see you fail. Right at the start yoiu put that you were planning on 10% technical skill. Why not actually debate hands and see what other people think about the way you played them. Talking through a hand will help everyone learn. When we disagree with a way you play a hand its NOT to make you look bad and put you down, its to try and help you play better and therefore more likely to achieve your goals.

Sure dismiss my analysis all you want , I ain't no great shakes at poker, I know that and accept it . But when you say carroters doesn't know what he's talking about you really should step back and question your mentality.He does know what he's talking about poker wise.

The people with lives, that don't have such cynical and depressing outlooks are the guys and gals i'm looking to engage with here, dozer,griffey, bikes, courtibee, fulsky, stargrinder, mrhappy et al. I can't stand negativity, never could and never will.

This is why you continually fail. You have total belief that you are right and that everyone else is wrong. Anyone with a different opinion to you is negative and wrong. You fail to see that those giving you contrary advice to your opinion are trying to help you .

Life is too precious, so by all means haters read if you want, but your negativity will be reflected back at you, and will do no harm to this operation!

fwiw that's a serious point. You only ever harm yourself with base or negative thinking, so I do hope you realise this someday and start leading a healthy positive life. Gl at the tables to one and all!

Hopefully , one day you will realise that we are not laughing at you like some of your "supporters" but trying to help you.

Originally Posted by LuckySlevin

to be honest I'd probabally get a better analysis from a random in the cardroom than I would you haters.

from the same people you are going to be beating for 3k/month? i wouldn't bother. they sound bad.

seriously guys, slevin has a job with disposable income. stop being such a buzz kill and let the man have his fun

Originally Posted by bikes

seriously guys, slevin has a job with disposable income. stop being such a buzz kill and let the man have his fun

+1

i think the intention behind most, if not all, of the posts from so-called "haters" are people giving you their honest opinion about the feasibility of your goals and trying to prepare you for the harsh reality which is trying to make a living playing 200nl and only being dealt anywhere between 20-30 hands per hour. it's all too easy to run like god over a hugely insignificant sample and become complacent in your poker ability (which, i guarantee, is currently sub-par for sustaining the winrate you are aiming for), and eventually burn out as the long-term EV of your game becomes more clear. i did it two years ago when i made ~4k in a month playing live 500nl on a 5k bankroll running like god on PCP. i quickly woke up a month later when i lost 2.5k in 16 hours of play, while getting my money in far better on average than i did in the first month when i won 4k. i admire your positive outlook. i honestly do. but it seems to be blinding you and giving you some delusional sense of confidence and complacency in your game which is completely counter-productive to the achievement of your goals.

btw you saying "i feel no need to do detailed analysis of my hands" is basically tantamount to you saying "i don't need to improve at poker in order to achieve my goals. i'm already good enough"

Originally Posted by rpm

you saying "i don't need to improve at poker in order to achieve my goals. i'm already good enough"

[x] results confirm

I bet Stu ungar had to put up with comments like this all throughout his career.

I think it's fairly obvious to most people that you either don't want to post hands because you're not confident they are played well, or you just don't know/have the inclination to analyse a hand properly. I see coaches and consistent winners at the cash game posting in this thread that would definitely help you to analyse hands correctly and improve your game.

Peer review is super-standard for even the best players as different viewpoints open our minds to alternative or perhaps even better ways of playing hands.

Update please?

I've given up trying to help and will follow for entertainment. What's going on man? You played these last few days?

Originally Posted by Carroters

Update please?

I've given up trying to help and will follow for entertainment. What's going on man? You played these last few days?

Originally Posted by Carroters

I've given up trying to help and will follow for entertainment.

That's pretty immoral and moronic of you

This place needs it's daily dose of Slevin.

Hmmm, 3 days and no posts. I hope he's okay.

Originally Posted by Shotglass

Hmmm, 3 days and no posts. I hope he's okay.

probably busto, this is his usual modus operandi

Actually, his modus operandi is to get cocky during a small heater and move up under rolled and go busto. Same result

I think of this episode when I read this blog.

Pt1 - YouTube - The Sopranos - The Story of David "Davey" Scatino (part 1)
Pt2 - YouTube - The Sopranos - The Story of David "Davey" Scatino (part 2)

Keep it up slevin'!

It's hard to follow the progress with so many nonsense hater posts in here haha. Wish we could filter by 'hater' vs 'non-hater'

Comon guys, even Dan Negrano and Stu Unger have taken shots. The best way to learn is from making your own mistakes.
If he said he was quitting his job to be a pro I would tell the man otherwise..
But he has a dream...and he is gonna try. And noone can ever take that away from him.

On a personal note, I'd like nothing better than to see Slevin do well in the long run, but it has to be earned. The problem is he won't listen to shit, which leads to a situation where he can never earn it.

on the other hand though, he does have the power of positive thinking. mike the mouf would approov

Yeah well, Matusow knows poker.

update demanded!

Originally Posted by Muzzard

so i figured out which casino slevin was degening and i finally made it down there late last week. He wasn't hard to spot, he was wearing a nice watch. Anyway, long story short and now i have all his money plus his watch.

fyp

7 days no post, no update necessary. Tune in in 3 months for the start of another OP thread.

Originally Posted by jyms

7 days no post, no update necessary. Tune in in 3 months for the start of another OP thread.

I really hope that he's just waiting to get some extra $$$ from his day-job to replenish his BR and get back to it, but after reading your post and checking his history here....Holy F**K!... that's a shit load of ops.

Yea, ya think. Here they are in case others don't really understand some of the responses in this thread or know how to search.

Well... that is pretty impressive!

well you know what they say 12th times a charm

I'll go ahead and write the post for him, and he can just quote to confirm.

So, I just got off work about a week ago and I had the itch to play poker. So I grabbed my 3k roll went to the store, bought my robusto ass a hundred dollar pair of kicks and then went to the casino with 2.9k in hand to show these people how to play poker. I sat down with 200, ran it up to bout tree fiddy then went on a terrible run. I limped in with 48o from UTG, UTG+1 raised to 15, it got folded around to me, so I called. Flop Came A48, I bet 30, he raised to 60, so I shoved my tree fiddy in, this donk calls and shows me pocket aces and I'm just steaming at this point. So I tell all these fools that I'm too great a player for their game anyway. I move up to the 2/5 game lost another 500 there. Then finally decided I was just playing too far beneath my expertise this whole time, so I jumped in this juicy 10/20 game with the rest of my roll. I knew I was finally in the right place when the table even added another seat for me, finally I was getting the respect I deserve for being such a great player. I ended up losing the rest of my roll there. I don't want to post the hand here cuz you winning micro-midstakes guys in this thread wouldn't have a clue how to give me advice on my game, cuz its already solid. If I could have just ran average in that 10/20 game I'd have ran it up to 100k in about 2 hours, cuz those monkeys play terrible. Anyway next week I'm gonna try again, and I still don't want anybody's warnings or advice, in a couple weeks I'll have "made it" and you guys will still be playing small stakes.

It is better to try and fail 100x then to never try at all. Sure he doesn't listen, but that's who he is. Maybe one day he will, at least that one day can come for him, since he keeps on trying....

^^^ True.
You only fail when you quit trying.

Edit: So keep tryin Slev. The hell with it, man. All that matters is that you're enjoying it.

I have a feeling this will all end with Slevin binking the WSOP Main Event.

Originally Posted by daven

Originally Posted by Muzzard
so i figured out which casino slevin was degening and i finally made it down there late last week. He wasn't hard to spot, he was wearing a nice watch. Anyway, long story short and now i have all his money plus his watch.

fyp

hmmmm , was reading courtie's blog and theres mention of a trip overseas on mar 21 in one place and when i get back from the UK in another place. Did courtie arrange a trip to try and win some money off a huge whale at the london poker tables?

You could even give him his T shirt while you're over here. And then win it off him .

Originally Posted by Keith_MM

hmmmm , was reading courtie's blog and theres mention of a trip overseas on mar 21 in one place and when i get back from the UK in another place. Did courtie arrange a trip to try and win some money off a huge whale at the london poker tables?

You could even give him his T shirt while you're over here. And then win it off him .

lol good idea, I'll bring the T shirt with me.

posting in this thread to show my love for slevin. PLZ COME BACK!

Originally Posted by LkySlevinsNo1Fan

posting in this thread to show my love for slevin. PLZ COME BACK!

Yea right. Slevins #1 fan is Slevin, you imposter.

Originally Posted by PlayToWin

Yea right. Slevins #1 fan is Slevin, you imposter.

confirmed not lkyslev1n

Originally Posted by LkySlevinsNo1Fan

confirmed not lkyslev1n

priceless expression bottom right corner.

^^^^^

I bet it's Muzzard!

inb4 luckyslev1n the musical

There's been no closure. I need f'in closure. Come on Slevein, it's got to be a good story! Throw us a bone, dude.

Waut 3 months and ask hi, then