get it done

not 2013 anymore toto
guess i should start a new thread, cheers to the observant

Originally Posted by ImSavy

Daven, it is 2014 pal.

this is how my big pot game looks sometimes vs regs
'nuff said.

$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
8 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($47.50) 95bb
UTG+1 ($49.95) 100bb
MP1 ($20) 40bb
MP2 ($50) 100bb
CO ($103.90) 208bb
BTN ($94.05) 188bb
SB ($68.25) 137bb
daven (BB) ($50) 100bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 8 players) daven is BB
3 folds, MP2 raises to $1.50, CO calls $1.50, 1 fold, SB calls $1.25, daven raises to $5.75, MP2 calls $4.25, CO folds, SB calls $4.25

Flop: ($18.75, 3 players)
SB checks, daven checks, MP2 checks

Turn: ($18.75, 3 players)
SB checks, daven bets $9, MP2 calls $9, SB folds

River: ($36.75, 2 players)
daven checks, MP2 goes all-in $35.25, daven goes all-in $35.25

Final Pot: $107.25
daven shows a pair of Aces

MP2 shows


daven wins $104.25 (net +$54.25)

SB lost $5.75
MP2 lost $50
CO lost $1.50


$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
8 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($17.50) 35bb
UTG+1 ($47.25) 95bb
MP1 ($52.10) 104bb
daven (MP2) ($65.10) 130bb
CO ($66.95) 134bb
BTN ($50.35) 101bb
SB ($73.05) 146bb
BB ($77.20) 154bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 8 players) daven is MP2
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $1.50, 1 fold, daven raises to $4.75, CO calls $4.75, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls $3.25

Flop: ($15, 3 players)
UTG+1 checks, daven checks, CO bets $5.25, UTG+1 calls $5.25, daven raises to $25.50, CO calls $20.25, UTG+1 folds

Turn: ($71.25, 2 players)
daven goes all-in $34.85, CO calls $34.85

River: ($140.95, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $140.95
CO shows a pair of Aces

daven shows a pair of Aces


daven wins $137.95 (net +$72.85)

CO lost $65.10
UTG+1 lost $10


$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
9 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($20.75) 42bb
UTG+1 ($52.40) 105bb
MP1 ($100.15) 200bb
MP2 ($102.30) 205bb
MP3 ($54.15) 108bb
CO ($64) 128bb
daven (BTN) ($147.75) 296bb
SB ($47.75) 96bb
BB ($24.40) 49bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 9 players) daven is BTN
2 folds, MP1 raises to $1.50, 2 folds, CO raises to $4, daven calls $4, 1 fold, BB goes all-in $24.40, MP1 folds, CO calls $20.40, daven raises to $99.35, CO goes all-in $39.60

Flop: ($154.15, 3 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($154.15, 3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($154.15, 3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $154.15
CO shows a pair of Jacks

daven shows Ace King high

BB shows a pair of Tens


CO wins $151.15 (net +$87.15)

daven collects $35.35 (net -$64)
BB lost $24.40
MP1 lost $1.50

$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
9 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($48.35) 97bb
UTG+1 ($20) 40bb
MP1 ($56.10) 112bb
MP2 ($71.25) 143bb
MP3 ($50) 100bb
CO ($53) 106bb
daven (BTN) ($50) 100bb
SB ($64.65) 129bb
BB ($26.25) 53bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 9 players) daven is BTN
UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 raises to $2, 1 fold, MP2 calls $2, 2 folds, daven raises to $7.25, 2 folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP2 calls $5.25

Flop: ($17.75, 2 players)
MP2 checks, daven bets $9, MP2 calls $9

Turn: ($35.75, 2 players)
MP2 checks, daven goes all-in $33.75, MP2 calls $33.75

River: ($103.25, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $103.25
MP2 shows a flush, Ace high

daven shows a pair of Kings


MP2 wins $100.25 (net +$50.25)

daven lost $50
UTG lost $0.50
UTG+1 lost $2

didn't play so great in jan
bunch of volume though
and got away with it

In any random month how much time do you spend working on your game as opposed to playing? Are you mostly just getting by on rakeback w/low winrates? If so I don't understand why you don't just drop a little volume for the sake of studying and jack your winrate up.

Also yearly graphs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by ImSavy

In any random month how much time do you spend working on your game as opposed to playing?

varies a lot, i don't study enough.

Originally Posted by ImSavy

IAre you mostly just getting by on rakeback w/low winrates? If so I don't understand why you don't just drop a little volume for the sake of studying and jack your winrate up.

mostly, last month i was up 75 stacks over 120k. But, yep, rakeback yo. Which ain't ideal.

Originally Posted by ImSavy

IAlso yearly graphs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

went to do that, but i need to upgrade imageshack?

blue-tabling right now (ahh, tournies), will not neglect this blog!

Originally Posted by daven

blue-tabling right now (ahh, tournies)

meh, two blues in two days, 7th and 6th, 99<KK, and now this
$1.5k/$3k Ante $400 No Limit Holdem
7 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($97k) 32bb
UTG+1 ($43k) 14bb
MP ($63k) 21bb
CO ($47k) 16bb
BTN ($272k) 91bb
SB ($202k) 67bb
daven (BB) ($18k) 6bb

Pre-Flop: ($7.3k, 7 players) daven is BB
5 folds, SB raises to $12k, daven goes all-in $17k, SB calls $5.6k

Flop: ($38k, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($38k, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($38k, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $38k
SB shows

daven shows


SB wins $38k (net +$20k)

daven lost $18k

Originally Posted by daven

varies a lot, i don't study enough.

mostly, last month i was up 75 stacks over 120k. But, yep, rakeback yo. Which ain't ideal.


went to do that, but i need to upgrade imageshack?

blue-tabling right now (ahh, tournies), will not neglect this blog!

Study more then!!!

No idea about the imageshack thing, try tinypic unless there's any reason you need to use imageshack in particular. Also no idea about wtf bluetabling is lol.

But good luck with the year, enjoyed reading through your blog last year.

Originally Posted by ImSavy

Study more then!!!

on it, six years in and i'm finally feeling like i'm starting to comprehend some shit

Originally Posted by ImSavy

No idea about the imageshack thing, try tinypic unless there's any reason you need to use imageshack in particular.

chur, done. May I present: January...

Originally Posted by ImSavy

Also no idea about wtf bluetabling is lol.

final tabling a tourney, on ftp the table turns blue when you hit the final table, it's a term i picked up there...

Originally Posted by ImSavy

But good luck with the year, enjoyed reading through your blog last year.

chur

i have a few beehives in the garden
i don't use a veil or beesuit when i do hive inspections or manipulations. Maybe i should

today a bee crawled up my nostril and stung me. Now i look like i have bells palsy.

funny.
that is all.

played a few tournies.
a bit ahead of breakeven, couple of baby-deep runs. fun.
39/703 in the $26 $12k guarantee
182/3794 in the double deuce ($22 $75k guarantee)
4/134 in some the $11 $1k

Originally Posted by daven

played a few tournies.
a bit ahead of breakeven, couple of baby-deep runs. fun.
39/703 in the $26 $12k guarantee
182/3794 in the double deuce ($22 $75k guarantee)
4/134 in some the $11 $1k

Nice, those are good runs!

Originally Posted by griffey24

Nice, those are good runs!

cheers
today i got up and ventured out into the sleet and rain before breakfast. Quick 10km on my bike then ran a slow half marathon. Another good run, feels good to be fit again...

i'm surprised my new black card hasn't been fed-exed out yet. Looking forward to having two of them - the old and the new. Lame things that make me smile.

also. Poker. I've been mixing in more tourney play and it is sometimes resulting in long poker sessions - so far they've been the $3-$26 buyin range, mostly the $5.50/$11/$22 ones. The last week i didn't play many and broke even - had a 33/1060, a 24/526, and a 35/233. I'm putting myself in good spots and i like that. Winning tourneys seem to come down to playing well, getting deepish sometimes, and then continuing to play well + running good when you get there. I'm playing tourneys way better than ever in the past, i'm getting deepish sometimes, and i'm getting better at late-stage play. Now to run good and take one down!

oh, and cash games. Meh. Withdrew some more money. Playing erratically. Need to stick to a-game. Need to stop the old distracted/tired/hyped pre-flop range creep and post-flop ridiculousness. That's about it.

another double deuce, another min cash, 315/3725, out reshoving AJ and the big blind waking up with TT, i'm alright with that - first paid $14k. Maybe next time...
played the stars micro millions storm to remind me of the stars interface. Came about last.
only live in one tourney now
i'm really enjoying playing the occasional donkament alongside the cash grind

Nice daven , Ive started to enjoy the game more since integrated mtts and cash together . The mtts give ya shots to move up in one swoop and cash keeps the roll steadily replenished . Nice read you got going here , keep it up .

Every couple of months I have to check blogs and operations if there's an active daven blog. As long as there is, I know the world is just fine. Except for north korea. Or most of the world actually. Let me rephrase that: as long as there's a daven blog I know daven is just fine, and that's good enough for me.
Have a good 2014!

a friend wants to cash in the christchurch marathon in a couple of months, top five pay. I've been enlisted to help on the training front, specifically with motivation on the weekly 30k(m). Guess that means i'm in marathon training mode too. So far it seems to involve two things:
1 - tired legs
2 - much appetite

in other news, i'm feeling pretty fit... Some decent mileage out running, riding a bunch, a little bit of time in the water surfing or diving, training at the boulder wall three times a week = that's my cross-training under control i reckon.
playing some occasional poker too.
here's a couple of tracks that i still love to listen to from time to time, keeping it local
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZbPlc06Dq8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HU83XckOeM

Originally Posted by oskar

as long as there's a daven blog I know daven is just fine, and that's good enough for me.
Have a good 2014!

chur

still playing the occasional hand of nlhe
$0.10/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
3 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
BTN ($23.63) 95bb
daven (SB) ($33.20) 133bb
BB ($33.47) 134bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.35, 3 players) daven is SB
BTN calls $0.25, daven raises to $1, BB raises to $2, BTN calls $1.75, daven calls $1

Flop: ($6, 3 players)
daven checks, BB checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($6, 3 players)
daven bets $4.20, BB calls $4.20, BTN folds

River: ($14.40, 2 players)
daven checks, BB goes all-in $27.27, daven goes all-in $27

Final Pot: $68.40
daven shows two pair, Aces and Sevens

BB shows


daven wins $67.40 (net +$34.20)

BB collects $0.27 (net -$33.20)
BTN lost $2


$0.10/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
9 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($26.89) 108bb
UTG+1 ($9.06) 36bb
MP1 ($10.52) 42bb
MP2 ($25) 100bb
MP3 ($25) 100bb
CO ($21.40) 86bb
daven (BTN) ($31.15) 125bb
SB ($34.91) 140bb
BB ($23.29) 93bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.35, 9 players) daven is BTN
UTG raises to $0.52, 5 folds, daven raises to $2.60, SB calls $2.50, 1 fold, UTG calls $2.08

Flop: ($8.05, 3 players)
SB bets $8.05, UTG folds, daven raises to $16.10, SB calls $8.05

Turn: ($40.25, 2 players)
SB checks, daven goes all-in $12.45, SB calls $12.45

River: ($65.15, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $65.15
daven shows three of a kind, Kings

SB shows a pair of Kings


daven wins $62.15 (net +$31.00)

SB lost $31.15
UTG lost $2.60


etc

A7 hand - I think river should be a bet almost always. He really doesn't have any air on this runout so it's hard to expect a bet here. You happened to get a shove from a hand that in NO WAY should ever be betting/shoving cause there is just no reason. I think mostly you'll get checks though.

Originally Posted by griffey24

A7 hand - I think river should be a bet almost always. He really doesn't have any air on this runout so it's hard to expect a bet here. You happened to get a shove from a hand that in NO WAY should ever be betting/shoving cause there is just no reason. I think mostly you'll get checks though.

I think you're right. Sizing though? I guess we're targeting the Qx/TT stuff he can have right?

In other news there was dodgy shit going on at the tables i was at, and i was finding it annoying cos i don't like cheats in my games, so:

Originally Posted by FTP Support

Hello xxx,

First allow me to apologize for the delay in responding to your report. This particular case was quite involved and more time than usual was required for the review.

We have concluded that the play of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx violated the integrity of our games. They have been informed that they are no longer welcome to play on our site.

The integrity of our games is of utmost importance as is fair resolution of situations such as this. Our primary concern is to assure our players of a fair and secure environment in which to enjoy online poker. Your vigilance in noticing the situation and reporting your concerns are appreciated. Please don't hesitate to let us know anytime you have questions or concerns.

Thank you for your continued play here on Full Tilt Poker. Please do not hesitate to let us know any time we can be of help.

Regards,

xxx
Full Tilt Poker Game Integrity

Originally Posted by daven

In other news there was dodgy shit going on at the tables

Very astute of you. Can you describe, at least in vague terms, the dodgy shit? It sounds interesting.

Originally Posted by PlayToWin

Very astute of you. Can you describe, at least in vague terms, the dodgy shit? It sounds interesting.

nah. Over the years i've identified a few players i have suspected of cheating in my games, then collated a little bit of info to basically make myself confident that they are in fact cheating. When i have been convinced I have then flicked the info to support to let security do the rest. About 80% of the time I have been correct. Better way to word that is that 80% of the time the accounts of the players in question have been closed. I suspect i have been correct every time. Definitely not going into any further detail.

Is there anything in particular others should look into, to avoid said dodgy situation themselves?

This is one thing that really scares me about Bovada. No way in hell you can detect cheating with anonymous tables. But everyone tells me, "You can make lots of money on Bovada".

wow, it's been a while. Haven't played a hand of poker the last two weeks. I'm about ready to move out of poker and on to something else. 5 years since i last had a job! wow. So i started looking for contract work a little while back. Two weeks of contract data work has been heaps fun and it's pretty cool that the hourly is fixed, guaranteed. Not an ounce of variance in sight. I expect another couple of weeks on this project, and then i'll decide what next. I suspect i'll end up doing the occasional data contract and in between just cruising rather than playing poker - see what happens. Not sure whether i should be looking for a permanent job, pros and cons....

running is going well. I'm faster and fitter than ever before. There's a local 10km hill loop that i occasionally time trial. Two big hills. My goal is to do it in sub-40mins. I'm inching slowly closer, but it's still going to be a tough ask. I've moved from 50minutes down to sub 44 over the last few months. The finish is a bit wrong = the last hill is a tiny bit bigger than i've mapped, but it's about right.



I ran a long run a few weeks ago too. about 75% of trail and unsealed road, 25% tarmac. Was good to see that i could comfortably run the distance without stopping. It got a bit heavy towards the end, but i was fine to run again next day. Haven't hit 300km in a month yet, but i'm always doing 200+ and i'm still on the improve. Racing a five km on a hill course next weekend, it's going to be interesting.... and a half marathon in a few weeks.
here's the long run.

Originally Posted by griffey24

Is there anything in particular others should look into, to avoid said dodgy situation themselves?

gut is a good start. Things don't feel right. Then do some database research looking for the sort of things you would imagine colluders would do if they were soft-playing etc

May 2014. A few hands at the start of the month, and then four weeks of zero poker. Interesting. And a net losing poker month too!
It's funny viewing poker from this new perspective, and looking back on my poker journey since first encountering it in Mendoza back in late 2006...
It's manic and magic that I managed to make (eke?!) a living from poker as my sole source of income for five whole years.
Adjusting into a suited life hasn't been as difficult as anticipated, I've completed the original project brief and now they want me to do some more data stuff. Another few weeks perhaps.
anyway, my three poker sessions in May 2014:

You typically play Full Tilt $50NL FR? How many tables?

six weeks since i played any poker... And it's a sunday, so it's now two days since I wrote any code... I completed the data project i was brought in for far more quickly than the company had anticipated, and they decided to set me loose on a few other things they wanted done. On Thursday afternoon a project manager/business analyst role came up via an associated company, the owner of the company i'm working for called me into a meeting a few minutes later. He wants me to stay on in a BAU capacity for a while, basically on my terms (his words, not mine).

Now i'm in debate mode - go to PM/BA fixed term contracting in a big change project for one of NZ's bigger companies (and likely end up working a fascinating project but with the downside of huge hours), or stay where i'm at for a while working something like Tue-Fri 28hrs a week and having heaps of time to do cool stuff as the days start getting longer.... Nice debate to be having

I'm enjoying the work-buzz, and after a few weeks i got used to the structure and routine enough to be able to start fitting life in around it more effectively.

Last weekend I raced a 3km run-20km bike-6km run sprint distance duathlon. Kinda. I'd been talking smack with some friends beforehand and made the claim that with a forty five minute head start I could run the whole distance (i.e. run the bike leg) and beat them over the course. Race director loved the idea... I started out quick and slowed down. Unfortunately the race start got delayed so there was no chance of them catching me over the distance. Longest run i've ever done at race pace and it felt good!

Enjoying life right now, even if it's a bit tight squeezing everything in.

Originally Posted by Jason

You typically play Full Tilt $50NL FR? How many tables?

mostly 25nl and 50nl, some 10nl, some 100nl depending on all sorts of things. More FR than 6-max, but i've played a lot of both now. Number of tables has varied a lot. Anywhere from four to sixteen. Most often the 8-10 range.

raced a fun half marathon last weekend. Cut seven minutes off my old pb. Still pretty slow by hardcore runner standards, but good for a plodder and i'm stoked with how fit i'm feeling.

On the work buzz as per my last post -> After a lot of soul-searching it became apparent that business-as-usual stuff at the company I was contracting to isn't likely to be a good idea for either party. It's not what I want to do medium or long-term so i'd find it pretty hard to be psyched and i'd be looking elsewhere from the get-go. I also decided not to throw my hat in the ring for the fixed term project role for two reasons: 1= i don't really like working huge hours, and 2 = they're looking at the role starting pronto and i feel like a few weeks of chilling out I wonder how i'll feel about those decisions a few weeks from now.

so.. upshot is that I'm back to being a free agent, with an expectation of occasional report writing and database work for the people i was working for whenever they go into planning or strategy mode. I guess i'll play some poker as well? maybe, it's hard to predict the future at the moment.

p.s. zero hands of poker thus far in June. It's turning into quite a long break from the grind!

hmmm, i threw some feelers out the last couple of weeks...
at current glance the options appear to be:
a) postdoc with supersolid salary in a place i wouldn't mind spending a few years for warmwater surf/climb/party reasons, but not here
b) data contract work, but not here
c) wait a bit for something to come up here, and in the meantime coldwater surf and enjoy the bumlife

decisions...

in other news.. journos are funny sometimes. So, i'd done a pretty good job going on and off record as appropriate for a piece that is being written, but the journo involved hadn't even thought of discussing that sort of thing in reverse. She got pretty stressed when i suggested that i might mention some of the intel she had given to me to an interested party i told her not to worry her pretty lil' head, and i think i've got yet another industry/politico journo to be somewhat biased in my favour. Ahh, the games we play. Poker helped on that front. Poker forum politics probably helped even more. And werewolf has sharpened my claws...

Originally Posted by daven

...the journo involved hadn't even thought of discussing that sort of thing in reverse.

You're an inspiration! LOL.

Originally Posted by daven

hmmm, i threw some feelers out the last couple of weeks...
at current glance the options appear to be:
a) postdoc with supersolid salary in a place i wouldn't mind spending a few years for warmwater surf/climb/party reasons, but not here
b) data contract work, but not here
c) wait a bit for something to come up here, and in the meantime coldwater surf and enjoy the bumlife

Interesting choices, how do you like where you're living? Idk how much financial stuff plays a role for you.

Would you aim for an academic career if you took the postdoc role?

DAVEN IS THE WOLF!

[20:36] == daven [xx] has joined #flopturnriver

[20:37] <daven> averaged 5hrs poker per month the last four months. Time to learn how to play cards again..
[20:39] <daven> does fr nlhe even run these days?

Originally Posted by Hoopy

Interesting choices, how do you like where you're living? Idk how much financial stuff plays a role for you.
Would you aim for an academic career if you took the postdoc role?

huge fan of where i live, i'm glad - given that i bought a house here a couple of years ago. Re financial stuff, $$ are far from being my primary motivation. I can live well cheaply, one of the upsides of loads of travel and climbing dirtbagging over the years I guess? Still dunno re academia, i was at the pub talking about just that with a recently confirmed (=tenured) friend of mine on Friday - pros and cons...

note to self, when nits rep the nuts they got the nuts

also

Originally Posted by daven

[20:39] <daven> does fr nlhe even run these days?

barely

thoughts on the first 6k hands of 6-max? (filtered to tables with between 4 and 6 players only)
anything stand out?


also, ran yet another half marathon ten days ago. Cut another 2 minutes. Went out far too fast and was dead after three km (around 11 minutes ooops), spent the next ten km trying to recover and eventually reached the finish line in one piece.

it's sunny
it's a good day to spend outside
fuck poker, i'm going fishing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpBl-m77rzY

a week in the gamble:

dumped a few stacks last day i played. had to happen eventually i guess. zzzzzzzzz

one pro of 6-max, i can get it all in pre with KJs and be flipping
one con of 6-max, i can get it allin pre against KJs and be flipping

what are you limping UTG ?

Originally Posted by Keith

what are you limping UTG ?

i went back and checked. In each of the three occasions it was small pocket pairs with super passive calling fish in mp and lp

surely they should be able to catch them without my help.
anyway, don't cheat in my games etc
once i was certain they were cheating i started freerolling hands with them, nothing to lose so i put all my chips in more than i normally would have

Originally Posted by fulltiltpokersecurity

Hello ,

First allow me to apologize for the delay in responding to your report. This particular case was quite involved and more time than usual was required for the review.

We have concluded that the play of 'xxx', 'xxx' and 'xxx' violated the integrity of our games. They have been informed that they are no longer welcome to play on our site.

In addition, we have 'rolled back' hands in which they won money unfairly and redistributed the funds to the players who were affected.Overall, you lost $xxx to these players at the table that you might not have ordinarily lost if they had been playing fairly. I have credited this amount to your account, so that you will not have been financially disadvantaged by playing at the same table as them.

The integrity of the games at Full Tilt is of paramount importance to us and we will not abide unfair play in our games. We work hard to police our games to assure our players of a fair, secure place to play. In the rare cases where violations of our Terms of Service have occurred we make sure that any players affected are compensated appropriately.

Thank you for your continued play here on Full Tilt. Please do not hesitate to let us know any time we can be of help.

Regards,


Full Tilt Game Integrity

seems that i'm beating the rake.
doesn't mean the rakeback ain't beating the table winnings though...

and definitely noticing a difference between my a-game and my c-game

it's three letter acronym time
gto
abc
etc

i wanna be a poker star. or to at least have some game selection. back to the big site for me.

Originally Posted by daven

one pro of 6-max, i can get it all in pre with KJs and be flipping
one con of 6-max, i can get it allin pre against KJs and be flipping

so sick isn't it? lol

Lawn a sea of clover
clover rich with bees
no longer safe to wander
barefoot through the grass.

Everything is hunny.

happy 2015 y'all

two days, two hot runs.
Yesterday 15km of hills in a sweltering summer day with a woman i love to run with.
Today 5k hands of the 6max nlhe for + 10 stacks.

I'll take both.

new year, new agenda, starting over from the bottom

$2NL?

Originally Posted by Jason

$2NL?

about $50 and 5nl initially.

2014 was a pretty tough year on the poker front - struggled to make enough to live like I want to live without dipping into life-roll, i worked a two month data contract somewhere in the middle and it was relaxing.
2015 and not psyched so i pulled my roll to start over. Well, kinda. I struggled to stick to starting over at $50 and 5nl but, meh, whatever. Stakes are what they are, just gotta make sure you got the roll for it.

anyway, i started looking somewhat more seriously at alternatives.
now it's time to pull the pin.
Boom. I'm back in the game.

hey man, best of luck with crushin' poker or whatever else it may become this year. i don't play any more than recreationally these days but i still suss out a few folks' operations and the commune. always enjoyed following your blogs, seeing what you'd been up to, taking in your perspective on poker and things in general. so, cheers. all the best.

a couple of months ago i returned to the suited data analysis and strategic policy fold.
it had been six years since i'd left that game to switch to poker as my only income. And now it's been two months without a single hand and i'm easy about how that feels.

it's been an interesting journey and along the way i've learnt a lot
and now i'm in a very different game.

what i've gained the last six years will stand me in good stead
i'll be back on here to wrap things up properly with an ama or something once i've got some time to spend online, right now i'm barely at a screen outside of work and that feels like a healthy way to spend winter with its limited daylight hours.

life is good.
thanks FTR

Originally Posted by rpm

hey man, best of luck with crushin' poker or whatever else it may become this year. i don't play any more than recreationally these days but i still suss out a few folks' operations and the commune. always enjoyed following your blogs, seeing what you'd been up to, taking in your perspective on poker and things in general. so, cheers. all the best.

cheers

i've spent the last four months without using internet at home, and only rarely outside of work related stuff at work. And living sans smartphone. It's been a good experiment/journey.

changing cities has been interesting and fun. friends are living in my house in dunedin and i fly down there a bit to check in on that life. work has been busy - stimulating and interesting luckily. work looks like sending me to europe to do some negotiating at the UN early next year. good times.

still haven't touched poker since i started this new work gig. sometime.
hope life is doin' ya all well

Good to hear. I haven't played in 'bout 3 years now. I don't miss the game, but I do miss the challenge. No strike that, I do miss how fucking easy it was.

Originally Posted by daven

i've spent the last four months without using internet at home, and only rarely outside of work related stuff at work. And living sans smartphone. It's been a good experiment/journey.

changing cities has been interesting and fun. friends are living in my house in dunedin and i fly down there a bit to check in on that life. work has been busy - stimulating and interesting luckily. work looks like sending me to europe to do some negotiating at the UN early next year. good times.

still haven't touched poker since i started this new work gig. sometime.
hope life is doin' ya all well

Would love to hear more on this experiment.

farewell davenigma - it's been a blast! millions of hands since 2006, you've done me well. Closing off of yet another part of my 'daven' poker persona, it's been in hibernation a year now - back to my irl dave... funny looking back at that year where i touched some poker sanity void space for a bit and that daven persona became fairly front and centre a lot of the time!

yeah, so this is about what is new news to me (only a month out of date!) = full tilt and stars merging platforms.
And my ftp account will be retired/merged into my stars account.

Originally Posted by bigred

Would love to hear more on this experiment.

super healthy, got heaps done. It's nice not to be connected all the time. We don't need to be, and it's easy to forget that. Weekends in the mountains with no cell signal are good for that. Especially now that i'm working full-time in an office situation again.

Originally Posted by daven

super healthy, got heaps done. It's nice not to be connected all the time. We don't need to be, and it's easy to forget that. Weekends in the mountains with no cell signal are good for that. Especially now that i'm working full-time in an office situation again.

How long you been going out into the mountains? I know you're quite an outdoorsy person in general. Climbed/walked anywhere good? I can only imagine NZ is great for it.

Me and a mate of mine have been going on a few long walks and shit recently as a better way to spend the day than in a pub drinking. Recently did a slightly longer version of this http://www.walkingenglishman.com/peakdistrict07.htm was a good day out. Obviously more hills than mountains lol but some of the views were great, got quite foggy at one point too looked really cool.

Sup daven?

Originally Posted by ImSavy

How long you been going out into the mountains? I know you're quite an outdoorsy person in general. Climbed/walked anywhere good? I can only imagine NZ is great for it.

about since i could walk. been plenty of good places. Some of my more interesting trips have been soloing little mountains in the Cordon del Plata in the Argentinian Andes, big transalpine trips ith solid crew in the New Zealand southern alps, a 40 day autumn/winter hermit trip from the atlantic to the med through the pyrennees - no phone, no etc, good writing/thinking/exploration of self time back in 2003, um, others, plenty.
did this as a fun daytrip with some mates last summer -mixture of running fast and less fast: http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-rec...-pass-circuit/

Originally Posted by ImSavy

Me and a mate of mine have been going on a few long walks and shit recently as a better way to spend the day than in a pub drinking. Recently did a slightly longer version of this http://www.walkingenglishman.com/peakdistrict07.htm was a good day out. Obviously more hills than mountains lol but some of the views were great, got quite foggy at one point too looked really cool.

awesome! keep getting out and having fun - and you can still end it in a pub drinking...

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Sup daven?

driving a desk in an inspiring and challenging job. Haven't played poker in over a year. missing the grind sometimes, more specifically the learning improving moving up exciting grind of 2008-2010-ish, and the sorta briefly arrived time soon after. Life's smiling. you?

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
earthquakes
i live on a shaky island and all that
alive and well, the central business district was closed today so no work for me, more of the same tomorrow..

Care to elaborate on the inspiring job? I've started to ponder what (and if) my next job will be as my past ones certainly were not inspiring.

Originally Posted by bigred

Care to elaborate on the inspiring job? I've started to ponder what (and if) my next job will be as my past ones certainly were not inspiring.

Any job can be inspiring, it's all about the right mindset. Money inspires me, so that is my motivation.

Originally Posted by bigred

Care to elaborate on the inspiring job? I've started to ponder what (and if) my next job will be as my past ones certainly were not inspiring.

i'm working in a sector (climate change response etc) that i'm interested in and feel like i have some skin in the outcome
about 20% of my role is figuring out how to create difficult datasets in SSRS off a variety of data source types and then building stuff, which is about the right amount of that type of thinking - i don't want to work for an IT shop, but it's nice to utilise some of that type of skill/thinking sometimes
i've got a decent amount of autonomy
not *too* much of my job is monotonous - it's hard to avoid even interesting stuff feeling that way sometimes though
key for me in the role now is that i've got decent sector experience and am somehow among the go-to people on a bunch of topics.
I was at a UN thing for a week a few months back and really enjoyed training people from around the place in some stuff, and then drinking with them afterwards. Even better, the week was based in that small town in germany that i moved to the month i finished up working in nz and went fulltime on the poker buzz in 2009...

my glasses are a bit less rose-tinted now though. It's just under 2+1/2 years that i've been there now and a lot of the learning phase/buzz that i enjoy in new roles is played. I think key for me comes down to a few things:
good people
caring about the result of the work i do
believing in the possibility of the work i do delivering results i believe in.

part of me sometimes feels like upping sticks again, hitting the road, seeing what happens. Likely off to south america in april for a month long binge of hiking/mountaineering/coke. Guess i'll make some decisions after that