A milli

Back in canada. Sao paulo is an amazing city. I have fallen in love with South America. I met a girl from argentina there who works as an illustrator and we toured around the city after I busted the tournament. Met a few people from different countries and right off the bat was able to really appreciate their culture. it's not the same as Canada, and I like it more actually. Now I need to be held accountable for learning spanish so I can travel throughout argentina, chile, peru and so on. There's a good chance I'll look into moving there for a few months to grind and travel once I become fluent in the language in 1-2 years. I'll post my thoughts and experiences in my official blog shortly. Life is too short to stay in one place when your life circumstances allow you to move around freely (my 2c).

As for now I am playing online MTTs on the side of cash since volume is low in the evenings, and they are very good value. Have been studying a lot with hold'em resources and I can feel my game improving pretty rapidly.

Random observation: most MTT regs online just snap do everything. even when it comes down to calling off their stack on the river in a spot where clear thought is required and they aren't at the top of their range facing an all in. you can tell me all you want how your first instinct is often correct and I won't disagree, but that doesn't mean there are spots where you should clearly be tanking. I notice smaller stakes players do the same thing. Pro tip: use your brain guys.

Catch yas later

I always look forward to your FTR Blog updates. You seem to lead an interesting life. This is coming from an ex-microdonk American. For the hell of it, what are these hold'em resources that you speak of? Also, never say (my 2c). Apparently, you and others use the term to be inoffensive, but it's actually redundant. Obviously, if you say something, it's your opinion.

tl;dr
I'm drinky!

PS - Do you remember Yawn? Is he still around? Prolly in the nosebleed stakes, right.

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Random observation: most MTT regs online just snap do everything. even when it comes down to calling off their stack on the river in a spot where clear thought is required and they aren't at the top of their range facing an all in. you can tell me all you want how your first instinct is often correct and I won't disagree, but that doesn't mean there are spots where you should clearly be tanking. I notice smaller stakes players do the same thing. Pro tip: use your brain guys.

Catch yas later

Glad you had a great trip, that's awesome!

As for the snap calling. I agree with this on two fronts. First - you should obviously be taking a few moments to think regardless of how easy the spot is. Second - you should NEVER snap call, unless you have the nuts and not snap calling is slow-rolling. Even if in your head you're like "omg this makes no sense, snap call", don't ACTUALLY snap. Wait a bit, for show even. You don't want villain to know that you thought calling in a certain spot was such an easy snap call. You're giving away too much information by snapping.

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Now I need to be held accountable for learning spanish so I can travel throughout argentina, chile, peru and so on. There's a good chance I'll look into moving there for a few months to grind and travel once I become fluent in the language in 1-2 years.

do it sooner
best way to learn spanish (imho etc) is to move to chile or similar and go to a language school 15hrs a week while making sure that you speak more spanish than english with whoever it is you are sleeping with.

He just got formal Portuguese lessens over here to get the basics and eventually took formal qualifications in the language to help with jobs.