kickass...i want to be a winner.

Idk who dis kickass guy is!

Im jkds, i got to 25nl twice...had an awesome coach once....and blame all my problems with poker on laziness and me being an idiot.

Anywho...i skimmed through this page...and honestly if u want a book that will help u out...id recommend Harrington on Online Cash Games.

The book goes through things like the ABCD theorem(by another name), ranges, cbetting, implied odds, distributions, how to use pt3, isolating limpers...basically many many things ftr and 2p2 talk about but arent found in a lot of books. I personally found books like "The theory of poker" and others as being extremely trivial just because of the information you've likely already read on ftr. But this Harrington book i actually found pretty worth it. Its certainly something you could use to beat the micros (fr or 6m)

Best of luck

well I dont know who dis JKDS guy is although hes making his self pretty known pretty fast. I will def look into getting harrington book, seems to be a favourite of alot o folkses. so thanks for the tip.

poker been slow recently taking my time on this shot at 10nl trying hard to think abouts stuff Im doing and just not playing if Im not feeling up for it. just read dynamic full ring poker. alot of what he said was just ABC but it made so much sense and I watched all his videos on pokerbank and I feel like ive improved my poker brain a little more for the experience.
something RPM sid bout ev of shoving even if your behind and always get called got me thinking I dont know enough about EV calculations and there missing out on +ev shoves semibluffs w/e so Im gonna look through FTR threads for some shit to read, no doubt spoon has something to say on the subject Ive prolly read before but its gone from my recolections. peace out motherfuckers

hey dude. these threads cover the very basics. no idea how competent you are with maths, i knew close to none of this stuff before i learnt a little about it via poker. however they may be irrelevant to you depending on what you know.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...ad-180192.html

http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...ev-109690.html

once you've got a grip on those kind of things, i'd recommend attempting some of the exercises in spoon's game theory and poker thread. i've always been somewhat averse to the mathsy and game theoretical stuff that comes with poker study, but i've actually found it pretty interesting to do and easy to see how it's applicable to real poker situations (ie it's not just theory). if nothing else, it will give you a sharper understanding of EV and how to determine the EV of a given play. hit me up if you struggle with any of it, i'm happy to try to help as best i can.

edit: actually that second thread isn't hugely relevant to cash. read it if you want, but this one is better imo COTW: Exploitative vs Balanced Strategies - Micro Stakes Full Ring Games - Micro Stakes Poker Strategy Forum

thanks RPM fuck do i suck at maths, Ive read spoons math of ev thread a bunch now but its refusing to stick, brain pain! when I get it I will own it.
I read this 2p2 article after you posted it in your blog its great. blew my tiny mind im gonna reread it again, I hope I can learn to use this stuff.

good news/bad news. had 2 hours of bikes coaching..fucking great I feel so much better about poker today than I have in ages. surprisingly bikes is a nice guy. I was super nervous starting out but he made me feel pretty good. fuck I did alot of 3 betting. good times defo gonna gets some moar.
the bad news is the math I cant get my head round it.
good luck everyone Im gonna gets drunked it be friday

what math are you stuck on?
i.e. what part of ev calcs etc is causing the biggest problem?

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I keep reading, I feel like I understand what Im reading then all of a sudden Im lost and I realise my brain hasnt taken in any of it. I cant beleive I suck this much. Im reading through it again, with pen and paper hopefully doing some of it rather than just reading it will help it stick. prepare for some more moaning later when I cant get it. :rolleyes:

Don't trip too hard about the math imo. I'm not saying it isn't important but if you're not understanding something it's usually best to walk away and come back later. It's usually really hard to learn something when most of your mental energy goes into wondering why you aren't learning. Poker concepts (esp when math is involved) are generally hard for me to grasp. If I'm not understanding something it usually means I'm not supposed to understand it yet. As if I'm skipping ahead in the book and not picking up other fundamentals that help pave the way to understanding more advanced concepts.

Me thinks the maths will come when you're game improves to the point where it will become hell-a-easy to comprehend. Basically have one ah-ha moment after the other. And I don't believe it will come from reading shit over and over either, more so from grinding your ass off and reviewing the shit out of questionable spots.

thanks fellaz, and thanks to daven who gave me some pointers/a full on math lesson in IRC yesterday, think ive got the important bits now. gl all.

things is going gud. after my second session with bikes im feeling pretty damn good about pokers, I am so less afraid of everybody, Im calling down less, im chk/calling a fuck ton less, bet/folding a fuck ton more finding spots to lead flops more 3 betting more, enjoying poker more and making more dollaz. brag over! just need to get in some volume and grind through this bitch... onwards and upwards.

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Im calling down less, im chk/calling a fuck ton less, bet/folding a fuck ton more finding spots to lead flops more 3 betting more, enjoying poker more and making more dollaz. brag over!

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nice. Calling too much = probably number one leak. The coaching sessions with bikes seem like money well spent.

Some fucking cunt has pulled my phone line and Internet cable out of my fucking wall.WANK! Fuck the world. No pokers for me :(

took a shot at 25nl today. decided not to be such a bankroll nit and take a shot with 22 buyins only 4 table full ring played for about an hour and made half a buyin. think I was a little scared money but I didnt let it affect me. I might wait till I can get another session in with bikes before I play there again.

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nice work

good luck bro, won't be around much more i guess - i've been banned. Why? who knows. guess those who say 'toughen up, it's the internet', can't take their own advice.

well I havent had more coaching and im moving back down to 10nl. 25s not going well

I seem to be making it profitable for 20bb stacks to set mine cos I always have aces and they always hit and I always keep betting till its in. meh what you gonna do! crack open the beers! still slightly up for the day but puke in the sink run bad.
got some coaching booked. hope Im back at 25nl for next friday, unless I run hella bad this week Ill prolly play there slightly under rolled for the session. learning>bankroll building.

not updated in a while so here it is; im playing 25nl running bad (sets not holding up and the likes) but ive still got 600 so im not moving back down just yet. money is going in good...mostly. still plenty of fish out there to be taken advantage of. peace bitches.

you;re posting good hands in the bc, post more

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not sure what good stats look like. these are my 25nls

for someone with such a low 3b, you seem to be continuing vs steals a lot. this is fine if you're good enough postflop. if, however, you suck as much as me then it's not fine. also i think you could probably be 3betting more. i haven't played FR (or poker) for a while though

What's the sample size with those stats?

10000 roughly. All my play at 25

i can't tell anything from these stats alone and to anyone saying they can i would say they are misguided.

I have not been playing well this last week. now I must move back to 10nl. oh dear. this is a small set back, I dont feel that the regs at 25 are so much better that ill never beat em just that I havent played well and havent run well either. new start tomorrow.

those stats are not your leaks. talk to you in irc sometime soon - in the meantime get on weaktight and load up the first 20 hands displayed when you filter on vpip = true, pfr = false, saw flop = true, and the first 20 when pfr = true, saw flop = true. Looking at a few hands will probably prove valuable, and if you select them in this fashion you remove a bunch of bias from reviewing your play.

I didnt need to run bad today. I played alot better than ive played in ages. that is all.

Im taking tomorrow off. I have bout broke even for the month and that sucks but I have learnt so much. I must apear like a different person to anyone who had good reads on me. hopefully Ill be back at 25nl sometime next month. rock n roll bitches
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it was a hard month.

god damn, everyone is running bad...

I love poker again. my thoughts are becoming clearer. break even morning. happy.

I tried running again for the first time in over a year; fuck me its hard! I managed about 2.5 miles and wanted to puke up my lungs.

Episode 1 | St. Shawshank's Infant School
my friend published his first ep of his web comic today. its a retelling of the shawshank redemption set in an infants school. its child friendly good fun. he asked my to post the link incase anybody fancies checking it out.

ZOOOOOOOOOM!

Nice! Well done.

brag time.

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boom-fucking-yeah bro!! cash in for another hour or two of coaching from bikes imo. When you moving to da fiddy?

First 1k is the hardest. All down hill from here bro ;)

First 10k is the hardest.

Grats mate.

kick ass!

second thousand is the easiest

err, easier.

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Oh, you had no problem doom switch jynxing my ass but nothing but love for kickass :P

Nice work kick.

thanks chaps, moar coaching before the fiddies fo sho. i think I owe much of this to the coaching ive already had, so its money well spent

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Oh, you had no problem doom switch jynxing my ass but nothing but love for kickass :P

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Haha, had to think for a second but I remember now. Runbadmuch? lol

I really need to get back into learning. my game is deteriorating rapidly. gotta book some moarr coachings when I get paid. I dont beleive how terrible I am somedays.
meh!!!

Keep up the good work kickass, great to see your improvement over time.

too kind sir.
back to playing few tables of standard poker (not zoom) trying to ready myself for the next step up. I really wanted to get some more coaching and purchase the full version of PT but real life money is tight this month, no bonus from work=no fucking around monies. still if I can sort stuff for next month and have my roll at 1500+ ill be happy to move up, on 1350 now. I hope bikes doesnt retire from coaching before I get a chance to purchase his services.

struggling making myself play these last 2 weeks, lots of bad play when I do, surprising im not losing money other peeps must be worse than me. got harrington online book to read gonna start with that today hopefuly it will inspire me to hit the tables. sad face. I may choose to dabble in some 6 max to help with my 3 betting reacting to 3 bets and blind play, cant afford to be lazy in these areas at 6 max, just a thought.

wont be at 50nl any time soon. sadface. over the month ive barely made 100$ at 25 only bout 10000 hands. Im gonna get my own PC next month and try and set up a bit of routine around my playing instead of monging infront of the TV with the laptop with all the distractions of my family all round me. Ive booked 10hrs with bikes so ill prolly get a session in with him soon see if he can put me back on track. considering getting HEM2 over PT when I get the new machine, dunno i'll have to look into it. Im fucking restless.

new pc is badass, PT4 seems good seems like a huge step forward. havent played much of late cos i had trouble building this machine and I didnt feel like going back to my shitty macbook, so the grind is on when I get 10/15k hands ima use up some of my hrs with brett and start thinking bout taking a shot at 50. same olde same olde.

Day 1 plenty for review

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okay now im tilting, no idea what im doing wrong but ima be broke before i get to 10000 hands

Good luck, kick - I know it sucks and the fact we've all been there doesn't make any better for you. Hopefully you can grind it out.

I'll be following along, expecting to see you winning at the two-five nl's soon!!

thanks fo the support. morning tilt is lol dumb but Ima mardy bastard what can I say. Played a bit of 10nl to avoid killing my roll whilst shit aint working....guess what, I lost another couple of BIs..........5nl? lol

lucky to came out only a BI down today...miss-click called an overbet Jam on river with 2nd pair on 5TAKJccc woops then tilting after caused me to jam AK on a 456tt flop. sad face. I actually feel Ive played ok since this downswonging started but not so much today. erggh

have I ever called on the river without the nuts and been good? blegghhh

A few goals for next week. No drinking! No junk food! 5000 hands! Get a session with bikes. Good goalzz

yup looked over them. lmk when you want to session.

[ ] no drinking
[ ] no junk food
[ ] 1.8k played
see above for coaching prolly friday

played a bit fishy today did get to stack a reg AK vs AQ in a 3 bet pot didn't think that happened anymore.

FAIL too sunny; had to drink and BBQ didn't play cards.
life is more important anyhow

so I suck at poker. 5BI in 600 hands is taking the piss. This whole blog thing is pathetic again and Im fucking fed up with it.
I have some serious evaluation of poker to do dunno if I even like it anymore, Im fucking pissed off far to much. Im not gonna play till at least next month the weather is fucking beautiful for the first time in British history so Im gonna enjoy being alive for a while.
gonna stop writing in this op cos I have nothing to say of any value.

Right; England are out of the euros and I really want to get serious about poker again. I'm having a coaching session with bikes tomorrow and have alot to discuss. I feel that these games I'm in are easily beaten but I'm not winning cos I play bad on purpose alot. I'm seriously angry at myself. I've been playing 25nl for fucking ages now and I'm only breaking even maybe even slightly loosing. For fucks sake ravs pathetic nit style beats 25 this shit is really fucking easy. I'm making 1 goal for myself and that is to be at the 50s by the time this blog is a year old. It all starts tomorrow!

a day late but lovely job. i feel really good and I have shit to work on. refreshing. ill be posting some hands to see if im a doing this shit right, hone dem skillz!

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this should set you to thinking. How exactly does a 10-8-3 win at a few BB/100 in these games? what does this mean for how you should be approaching these games?

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I'm making 1 goal for myself and that is to be at the 50s by the time this blog is a year old. It all starts tomorrow!

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another goal you could set yourself is to play well. Manage that and you'll be easily rolled for 50nl. Perspective.

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yeah dead on, I think thats what I mean cos im rolled already if I want it I just dont feel like im playing well enough

also no offence was meant to Rav, hes found an approach that wins, each to there own on style.

im getting pretty fucking close to hanging up my mouse and walking away.

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remember when i said today you have to brush it off and keep playing good poker and good things will happen? yeah. you can see the fail thing we did today, it's the 2nd big drop.

lolzzz, after I finished talking to you I thought id have a go at some 6 max but id had a few drinks. im such a dickhead.

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prolly done for the month so... garps. i might get a few hands in tomorrow but prolly not many

6 max is going well I think. volume is lacking somewhat as im only playing 4 tables most of the time. my aggression seems to be falling as ive been playing longer, I really don't know what im scared of; folks have shown a incredible ability to call down with all sorts of shit. cant wait to have a big enough sample to make another coaching session worth while. piece!

back from mah vacationings and joined the gym to finally work on not looking like my old man. first session today went a bit ropy ended a BI down which is no big deal but felt like i played a bit bad.

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Play poker instead with your time - you're only delaying the inevitable..

Any targets for the gym, other than avoiding looking like your old man?

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delaying the inevitable can be +ev (at a minimum)

Lolz my dad is a lazy fat man I'm not gonna be lazy and therefore not fat. I'm gonna stick with being a man tho. No real goals as yet get buff be a sexy bastard.

i dont think i will ever get tilt under any kind of control.
need to rethunk this shit.

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what measures are you taking to do this?

The best non-monetary thing about poker is how it highlights the mental discipline related life leaks we have. That seems to be true of most people anyway, and I guess it's only a great thing if we do something to plug that leak...

truth ^

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good point, absolutly none.
i havent done anything studywise or been playing very much so its hardly surprising that i play bad. ima move down to regain some confidence and not cost me a bunch getting over this crushed feeling. also rewatch tommy angelos 8 fold path theyre really good, any other advice?

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Implement the things he says.

jared tendler's "mental game of poker" seems a really good resource on the topic from what i've read so far. as is the tommy angelo's material of course

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There is that.

had a big ole break where i didnt play a single hand or do anything poker related for family reasons. I played a short session 4 tabling and it was nice to be back but I certainly didnt play well. looking forward to the chaos of trying to beat the .25nls, we shall see.

couldnt find enuf tables at 25 today and nobody would sit down with me so i thought fuck it and mixed in 2 tables of 50. it went okay apart from this mess $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
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6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($58.09) 116bb
UTG+1 ($134.83) 270bb
kick (CO) ($65.80) 132bb
BTN ($52.49) 105bb
SB ($51.35) 103bb
BB ($40.89) 82bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 6 players) kick is CO :qh: :qc:
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $1.50, kick raises to $4.50, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls $3

Flop: :9d: :4s: :8d: ($9.75, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, kick bets $6.50, UTG+1 calls $6.50

Turn: :td: ($22.75, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, kick checks

River: :7h: ($22.75, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $11.50, kick calls $11.50

I got it in my head he OOP floated me on the flop to make moves on shitty turns. ....thats not how ranges work luke. B/F the turn, as played fold the river.
one day ill be good at this shit...today is not that day.

say tuesday wednesday?

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both good for me. thanks man

looks like next month is september and i failed in my mission so FUCK YOU POKER

LOL IMMATURE. ill be back with a new blog next month

i have decided not to start a new blog as i dont see much fucking point.
I think my bank roll could be better spent on my debts and or family. I dont have very much money in real life and giving away hundreds of dollars to shitty regs and fish is degrading to my soul. My wife and kids hate the fact I spend all my time playing poker, studying poker, mindlessly checking poker forums or am at fucking work. I cant create a good working relationship with this game, my job and my family.
I think that poker,for me, is either a distraction from the shittyness of my life of hope that it might one day be better, either way Im not sure its healthy.
I have always been one for the dramatic but on this I think im right, I would be better off if I walked away, my time would be better spent giving more attention to the people that care about me. I really dont know what to do; I fell like when you have AA vs a passive fish just got aggro, its obvious you should give up but you just dont want to.

In Sept '11 you were playing 2NL.
In March '12 you hit a $1k BR.
Not too shabby. I don't remember anyone doing that in a while.

What happened after March '12?

You think "I deserve to win now"?

Too much FPS?

Calling too much?

I hate to see you quit. It's nice to see someone really want to get better through studying, coaching, etc., especially since BF.

Somebody mentioned dropping down and playing ABC. Maybe you could try that. Definitely don't let poker affect family life. Especially if your sessions determine your mood.

When I moved up to 50NL I lost 8 BIs in 3 days.

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i have decided not to start a new blog as i dont see much fucking point.
I think my bank roll could be better spent on my debts and or family. I dont have very much money in real life and giving away hundreds of dollars to shitty regs and fish is degrading to my soul. My wife and kids hate the fact I spend all my time playing poker, studying poker, mindlessly checking poker forums or am at fucking work. I cant create a good working relationship with this game, my job and my family.
I think that poker,for me, is either a distraction from the shittyness of my life of hope that it might one day be better, either way Im not sure its healthy.
I have always been one for the dramatic but on this I think im right, I would be better off if I walked away, my time would be better spent giving more attention to the people that care about me. I really dont know what to do; I fell like when you have AA vs a passive fish just got aggro, its obvious you should give up but you just dont want to.

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regardless of your decision, the above is a great post - it's easy to forget to ask the question of whether or not poker is a net positive in your life. Introspection re the role of poker is really important. If it's not a net positive, then dump it, ez game.

online poker isn't becoming easier.

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thanks for the kind words. I really dont know what has gone wrong since march. lol @ the bikes coaching dig tho; I had most of my coaching before I made that first milestone 1k, and have unfortunately ignored the great resource, that is bikes' willingness to help me, since then.
I decided not to withdraw my BR as it really wouldnt make that much difference to my life and it doesnt seem worth all the time and effort ive put in thus far to waste it on boring real life shit. if I somehow drop another 20BI i will prolly take it out and start at 2nl again.
as much as I think finding a new hobby would be greatly beneficial to my life I dont think there is anything I care about enough. I swear to god though if I make 1 more post about quitting Im at least gonna go hide away in shame for a few months.
i do have to fix my real life/poker balance problems, fuck thats a hard one!
stay tuned for more stupid rants about running/playing bad and not alot of that constructive good shit. piece!

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lol @ the bikes coaching dig tho; I had most of my coaching before I made that first milestone 1k, and have unfortunately ignored the great resource, that is bikes' willingness to help me, since then.

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some advice, most definitely take advantage of this. Didn't brett say he would post feedback in hands posted on FTR by his students? post more hands. And, seriously, talk to him about them when you get the chance. Almost any time you spend talking about hands and alternatives with someone who understands poker too is time that is going to show a longer term profit than if you had spent that same time grinding some 10nl. The comment re coaching was in jest, it definitely wasn't supposed to be a genuine dig at bikes' coaching.

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what's your roll? is there merit in bringing some of it out and spending the $$ on something your family will/can enjoy? i dunno. Them seeing benefit from poker or something rather than purely the cost of your time being occupied?

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as much as I think finding a new hobby would be greatly beneficial to my life I dont think there is anything I care about enough.

i do have to fix my real life/poker balance problems, fuck thats a hard one!
stay tuned for more stupid rants about running/playing bad and not alot of that constructive good shit. piece!

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how about checking in on FTR once (and only once) per day? or twice - like before a grind, and then after session review (when you could post some hands). But not in and out constantly? Look at posted hands and give your initial thoughts, then think about them for a while offline before going back to the thread to see what other people have posted. How about discussing some scheduling re poker with those close to you? i mean, if you were a beer guzzling darts player you would be out of the house when pursuing your hobby, it's differently for the people around you when you're in their presence but still absent. Hope that makes sense.
Keep thinking.

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I did this a couple of years ago. I withdrew about $500 and used it on vacation with the family. Later I withdrew about $200 and gave it to the wife and said "thanks, you earned this". She had told me to stop trying so hard.

BTW, I don't play near as much as I use to. I use to feel like I had to play at least 2 hrs per day. Now I might play 2 hrs every 3 or 4 days. Sometimes I go a week without playing. BF kinda dampered playing for me.

Since BF, I've played on Bodog (now Bovado) and on Carbon. I'm was never going to play fulltime anyway as I have a good day job.

For some reason I enjoy SNGs more than cash games now. I had $11 left on Bovado and tried to lose it. Now I have about $250...all from SNGs. /brag ;)

GL whatever you do.

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thanks for the kind words. I really dont know what has gone wrong since march. lol @ the bikes coaching dig tho; I had most of my coaching before I made that first milestone 1k, and have unfortunately ignored the great resource, that is bikes' willingness to help me, since then.
I decided not to withdraw my BR as it really wouldnt make that much difference to my life and it doesnt seem worth all the time and effort ive put in thus far to waste it on boring real life shit. if I somehow drop another 20BI i will prolly take it out and start at 2nl again.
as much as I think finding a new hobby would be greatly beneficial to my life I dont think there is anything I care about enough. I swear to god though if I make 1 more post about quitting Im at least gonna go hide away in shame for a few months.
i do have to fix my real life/poker balance problems, fuck thats a hard one!
stay tuned for more stupid rants about running/playing bad and not alot of that constructive good shit. piece!

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Your recent posts hit home with me. My family/girlfriend hate it.

But I'm really confused on you quitting as well as playing bad? You're a really good player and have a ton of potential imo. Keep at it.

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FWIW, i joined up here round about the same time as you, Kick, and i've really been inspired by the way your game's developed.

plus you're an entertaining poster too. :)

and if u do jack it in, don't forget that the game'll still be here waiting for you - a rest being as good as a change 'n' all that

ahhhh you guys. im all bashful.

Had another sucky day today. Moved down to 10nl and I feel okay about that my roll is not in danger or anything I'm just not happy with my game at all. Better than quitting tho eh. Also got up really early and kept family and shit in order and bought a new (to me) car. Yeah I'm doing alright bitches

What am I missing? Is this shit really that bad just cos America isn't allowing its fish to play! The whole world seems to be made up of bad bad redlly fuckinv bad regs as far as I can see. WHEre de fuck my edge at?

play better than everyone at your table - boom - edge.

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Originally Posted by kickass

What am I missing? Is this shit really that bad just cos America isn't allowing its fish to play! The whole world seems to be made up of bad bad redlly fuckinv bad regs as far as I can see. WHEre de fuck my edge at?

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Bikes says it all. Cash tables are still soft and there's plenty of winners. Sure, lots of fish disappeared when US online poker got shut down and some regs moved to other countries but none of them play low stakes cash and there's plenty of European/Oceanic/Canadian/South American/Russian/Asian fish left, it's not like poker is dead.

poker is more difficult than it was 3 years ago, but you can still make a lot of money at it if you learn how to beat the "bad regs" (most of whom are fish)