05-23-2018 10:22 AM
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05-24-2018 10:33 AM
#77
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05-24-2018 11:13 AM
#78
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05-24-2018 05:08 PM
#79
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05-24-2018 07:42 PM
#80
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05-25-2018 11:03 AM
#81
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Who the fuck would rather flip burgers than sit at home playing poker? | |
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05-25-2018 11:57 AM
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05-25-2018 12:01 PM
#83
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Your point was that there is money in live poker and there is if you're very good at poker and have a backer/a lot of money to play with and live in the right places most people don't fit into any of those things, especially the first two. |
05-25-2018 01:01 PM
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If your goal isn't to earn a living, then poker is a decent hobby to have. Especially if you have a group of buddies that play in a home game. The stakes are never too high, you don't have to beat a rake, and its more about getting together with your friends than anything else. | |
05-25-2018 01:02 PM
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This is about what I would expect from one of the last men standing in this once populated forum. You have to understand that the live game is considerably different than online. And I see players with heavy online poker backgrounds struggle to make crushing win rates in the live game. That's because everything you've learned about frequency goes out the goddamn window. "balance" and "GTO" are completely fucking useless against the Level 0 thinkers in these games. |
05-25-2018 01:05 PM
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05-25-2018 07:20 PM
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Are you serious? I would MUCH rather play poker for a living than pretty much any regular job you can throw at me. It's just a matter of having the confidence, the bankroll, and the will to take risks. | |
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05-25-2018 09:19 PM
#88
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I really do think live play would be good for me. |
05-26-2018 10:31 AM
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I've never played properly live but every time I've been in a casino the poker tables look depressing. Home games are fun between friends, playing with degen losers really isn't so fun. |
05-26-2018 10:34 AM
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05-26-2018 10:41 AM
#91
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I don't want to take part in this conversation, it's completely my fault for starting it. |
05-26-2018 10:43 AM
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05-26-2018 10:56 AM
#93
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05-26-2018 06:23 PM
#94
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Fuck knows. I last had online funds at SkyPoker, loaded up a tenner, grinded it up to £70-odd, then runbad until busted. Standard at SkyPoker is awful but I was playing like shit myself while I was running bad. Last time I played pokerstars, the standard seemed better than Sky but at my stakes it's still pretty bad. | |
Last edited by OngBonga; 05-26-2018 at 06:25 PM. | |
05-26-2018 06:33 PM
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I nearly convinced myself to download stars so I could mess about playing some 5nl zoom to see what the standard was like. Then I realised that'd be boring as shit so didn't bother. |
05-26-2018 06:56 PM
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That's my problem with microstakes poker. I'm bored shitless of it. | |
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05-26-2018 07:07 PM
#97
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I'm just bored of poker in general have been for years. Very rarely the idea crosses my mind to start playing again then in a few hours I realise that'd be a shit idea. I just want to know what the games are like now but when you ask that question people only ever give you whether they are winning or losing. |
05-27-2018 10:18 AM
#98
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05-29-2018 03:34 AM
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Playing for fun is fun. Playing for money (=income) is work. | |
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05-29-2018 11:02 AM
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It's really hard to separate the two. |
05-29-2018 12:21 PM
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The difference between the two is all in the head, but is very much real. | |
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05-30-2018 10:35 AM
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I can give plenty of examples of the work in poker, but they only come to mind if you're not a casual player. If you're serious about making poker your career, then there are plenty of aspects of the game and its environments which will require work. | |
05-30-2018 04:24 PM
#103
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I'm going to estimate my agreement with this at about 35% |
05-30-2018 04:26 PM
#104
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I know plenty of people who are good at math and people skills. I think you are slightly too used to just hanging around with the good at maths and no people skills lot as they tend to group together. |
06-11-2018 09:42 AM
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There's still plenty of action available at the hobby stakes online across many sites in cash and tournaments. People talk about the games getting harder, but I don't see evidence of that at all. Rakeback is no longer really a thing and Sky Poker for UK players continues to be the softest. | |
Last edited by The Bean Counter; 06-11-2018 at 09:54 AM. | |
08-21-2018 06:48 AM
#106
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So I've been doing this live poker thing consistently for a few months now. The results have been spectacular. Like better than I thought possible in a raked game with a capped buy-in. These 'high hand' promotions really really bring out the fish. |
08-21-2018 11:30 AM
#107
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Post hands and people can comment on them. Just so you know almost no one beats those games for that much money in the long run and if you're winning ridiculous amounts / hour it's definitely just variance + from the little I've seen you talk about poker you definitely aren't a crusher. |
08-21-2018 11:34 AM
#108
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Last edited by BananaStand; 08-21-2018 at 11:38 AM. | |
08-21-2018 11:43 AM
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I don't doubt it. I get sample size lol and all, but I've seen the kind of people who are atracted to casinos. If I were rolled for £0.5/£1, I think I could earn a living at the right casino. And I'm hardly a crusher, either. £0.5/£1 at a casino is basically $0.05/$0.10 at pokerstars. | |
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08-21-2018 12:24 PM
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20 (hours/week) * 20 (hands/hour) * 12 (months) = 4800. Great sample size that pal. |
Last edited by Savy; 08-21-2018 at 12:31 PM. | |
08-21-2018 12:26 PM
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This has been said lots of times by people much better than yoruself with big winning samples at games like 25nlz and they never make anything better than burger flipping wages. If live low stakes was a gold mine everyone woudl do it in reality it's just an incredibly shit way to make tiny amounts of money. |
Last edited by Savy; 08-21-2018 at 12:29 PM. | |
08-21-2018 01:11 PM
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It actually is a gold mine. 99% of players are losers. So if you're a winner, you're winning HUGE. |
08-21-2018 01:52 PM
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08-21-2018 02:05 PM
#114
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Interesting that a guy who claims to be in the top 6 in a company of 1400 employees finds it worth his while to play live poker in a casino. That is about a boring a thing as I've ever done in my life. Why do it if you don't need the money? I mean, the thread title is 'cool shit we're doing', not 'life-draining shit we're doing.' | |
08-21-2018 02:10 PM
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Are you for real? I really like playing poker at the casino. It's hardly boring. Playing online can get boring, the only bonus is that I have the benefit of my cure for boredom... spliffs. | |
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08-21-2018 02:11 PM
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Here's an example. |
08-21-2018 02:15 PM
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08-21-2018 02:20 PM
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08-21-2018 02:22 PM
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08-21-2018 02:22 PM
#120
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Not what I said. I'm actually in the bottom 6 of the company that owns the company with 1400 employees. |
08-21-2018 02:29 PM
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08-21-2018 02:34 PM
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Wait, you said there's six of you who run the company, no? You were responsible for 1400 people's families having bread on the table? | |
08-21-2018 02:36 PM
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08-21-2018 02:36 PM
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08-21-2018 02:38 PM
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08-21-2018 02:55 PM
#126
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Yeah. That's not in dispute. |
08-21-2018 03:12 PM
#127
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Whatever makes you feel like a big boy, go with it. | |
08-21-2018 03:37 PM
#128
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It's definitely not playing with toys. |
08-21-2018 03:43 PM
#129
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I dunno how a "hey guys I'm winning at poker" comment can degenerate into such bickering. | |
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08-21-2018 03:52 PM
#130
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No it's pushing buttons and looking at spreadsheest. Much more fulfilling. | |
08-21-2018 04:08 PM
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08-21-2018 04:10 PM
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08-21-2018 04:11 PM
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Last edited by Poopadoop; 08-21-2018 at 04:14 PM. | |
08-21-2018 04:12 PM
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08-21-2018 04:59 PM
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This idea that people waste oxygen by breathing is scientifically flawed. How much oxygen do you suppose you breathe in a lifetime? More than you weigh when you die. Ergo... | |
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08-22-2018 01:45 AM
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It has nothing to do with that the guy is posting something on a poker forum which paints an incredibly false picture. So there is a slight obligation to call people out on their shit because others read it and think it's true. On top of that people who post stuff like that tend to just be misinformed and you can make pretty bad decisions as a result of that. Winning at $40/hour over a tiny sample of hands is perfectly reasonable and for some people that sample is years of play so they can make pretty awful life decisions thinking that's their win rate. |
08-22-2018 03:58 AM
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I guess I find it easier to believe that it's possible to crush the casino games as though they are microdonks. Anyone better than me at poker should be able to make money, and I don't set the bar particularly high. | |
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08-22-2018 09:27 AM
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False? You've never played live poker. |
08-22-2018 10:00 AM
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Sounds like someone's been making a lot of progress with their angry twat treatment. | |
08-22-2018 10:01 AM
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Also, I'm tracking my results with an App now. Small sample size, just two sessions that I've played this week. |
Last edited by BananaStand; 08-22-2018 at 10:04 AM. | |
08-22-2018 10:17 AM
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Cool story bro. | |
08-22-2018 10:22 AM
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08-22-2018 10:33 AM
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08-22-2018 10:36 AM
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08-22-2018 10:41 AM
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08-22-2018 11:03 AM
#146
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This is a thread for posting "Cool Shit we're doing". Why are you even asking this question? |
08-22-2018 11:13 AM
#147
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Exactly. It's "cool shit we're doing." You're not doing anything cool. You're making up stories about winning thousands. | |
08-22-2018 11:17 AM
#148
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Well, then in the interest of fair warning, maybe you should limit yourself to posting in the "Containment thread for idiotic uninformed demagoguery from a stubborn moron with a low IQ" |
08-22-2018 11:18 AM
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08-22-2018 11:23 AM
#150
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