Operation Learn How to Do Things

[Ravageur]

Awesome start! In on ground floor imo. . Also, your Thailand Muay-Thai idea has always interested me as well. There just seems to be something so liberating about the idea of going to a foreign language country and putting all your energy into a physical grind.

I'll be going skiing this week as well, we'll have to do a ski trip together at some point in the future when we don't suck.

Oh and ship some stand pat bluffs plz

[andy-akb]

Awesome start! In on ground floor imo. . Also, your Thailand Muay-Thai idea has always interested me as well. There just seems to be something so liberating about the idea of going to a foreign language country and putting all your energy into a physical grind.

I'll be going skiing this week as well, we'll have to do a ski trip together at some point in the future when we don't suck.

Oh and ship some stand pat bluffs plz

haha i lost my db with all of my hands so i cant really dig anything up, but the cooler hands imo are the really thin value bets or when you call a bluff really a lightly.

and yea, going to thailand before was definitely an experience and i really think going somewhere like that to focus on something is the best way to do it simply because you wont have much else to do. if i end up doing it, you are more than welcome to come.

Did you live in a 'sick house in Thailand'?

hadnt heard this cliche until Mark, the king of internet memes [even though he hadnt seen the cool starry bra before] brought it up. but yes, we did live in a pretty sick house.

Good post andy, good luck with the ski grind!

What are your gf's thoughts on this whole poker scene/freedom to move around easily etc? My gf has mixed feelings for sure, though she likes the money clearly.

I’m having a hard time really articulating how she feels about it, and I guess it’s because I’m not entirely sure. When we were dating casually, it wasn’t really an issue and more of a laughing it off, “there he goes again” kind of thing. Since getting more serious, I know spending the summer in Vegas bothered her a bit, but I mean after that we have been long distance since she started her job in Philadelphia so my traveling hasn’t been too much of an inconvenience and usually makes it easier for me to see her as I try to make sure my flights go through Philly with a day or two layover on each end.

She is somebody that enjoys going out to eat at nice places but doesn’t expect it at all and definitely doesn’t take the attitude that it should be easy for me to spend my money because I didn’t “earn” it, so I am lucky to have found somebody like that. At the same time, I’m not entirely sure if she understands how much time and effort I do need to put into the game, so that can get frustrating at points when I’m working on a problem or even just playing and can’t easily take a break.

I really think the biggest difference is going to be when we are actually living together. It’s definitely going to be a balancing act between dental school for her and full time poker for me, but once I get the idea of her schedule I can do my best to make it work. The big issue is that I still have some desire to travel around and do different things, and while she says she doesn’t want to stop me from doing that, I think it will be interesting to see how it all works out. Hopefully for the best, but regardless it will be an adjustment period.

I guess that’s more of an answer to “how does she feel about poker,” but hopefully it gave some insight.