Omaha Journey to High Stakes
Hi,
I had previously created a pb&c thread, but since I achieved most of my short and mid term goals I figured a new one was in order.
I have played Omaha for roughly 1.5 years.
Currently in an Omaha stable playing 1/2 PLO online.
Gym, school, poker is my life right now 😀
I want to grind up to high stakes PLO and play against some of the toughest competition.
After I grind a roll with the stable I want to transition primarily to live PLO and maybe also travel for good PLO games.
Primarily things I want to work on are eating more healthy, and not losing confidence in my plays when I am losing.
graph of January so far!
.... wait.
....Spork is your coach.....??????
this rules
..yes. I see it is true. You are being coached by Spork..
You may want to just ignore all my previous advice.. it prolly don't apply to you.
They apply to people who want to be happy more than they just want money.
I hope you get what you want out of poker.
..yes. I see it is true. You are being coached by Spork..
You may want to just ignore all my previous advice.. it prolly don't apply to you.
They apply to people who want to be happy more than they just want money.
I hope you get what you want out of poker.
Not being coached by him anymore. No clue why you’d jump to these conclusions, made it pretty clear that I don’t think he cheats anymore and wouldn’t work with him if I did think that.
no jump, just read the posts.
must have missed the part where you say you stopped working with him, my bad.
even so.. you worked with him for at least a bit after knowing..?
anyone who cheats a game brings down the entire sport.
especially important with poker because.. yaayayayaya. you know.
no jump, just read the posts.
must have missed the part where you say you stopped working with him, my bad.
even so.. you worked with him for at least a bit after knowing..?
anyone who cheats a game brings down the entire sport.
especially important with poker because.. yaayayayaya. you know.
Yeah I agree it’s a huge issue. Had an agreement to work together for a set period of time. I don’t fault people for holding a grudge against spork. But at the same time, aren’t people capable of change?
Anyone else want to set the line on when OP would go broke? I will set it at November this year.
Sorry to disappoint but it’s not happening. Have money set aside for if I need to find staking or whatever if I lose too much more.
You'd have to really hate money to stake this dude. Gl on your endeavors though. Hope you don't go bust and grind out of what youre down this past month or so. Also, I give it to the end of May.
yes, i totally believe spork could and maybe has changed. dunno.
but he cheated and soiled a sport.
if he continues to play the sport, even if he has changed, he is still damaging the sport because people will always have to be suspicious.
so, if he has true remorse for his actions, he would give up trying to play poker, imho.
if cheats were perma-banned and disappeared, it would be better for the game.
if they linger around, coaching and playing, they bring the whole credibility of the game down.
one of the hardest parts of playing poker are the social stigmas.. guys like spork are exactly the problem.
magnus carlsen, world champion of chess refuses to play hans neimann, because he previous was caught cheating.
knowing someone you are playing is capable of cheating, and has cheated in the past is a pyschological edge, gained by unethical behavior.
P.s.- i don't even play against you because i know who you are and you don't know who i am. it would be an unfair advantage.
yes, i totally believe spork could and maybe has changed. dunno.
but he cheated and soiled a sport.
if he continues to play the sport, even if he has changed, he is still damaging the sport because people will always have to be suspicious.
so, if he has true remorse for his actions, he would give up trying to play poker, imho.
if cheats were perma-banned and disappeared, it would be better for the game.
if they linger around, coaching and playi
I agree with most of what you’re saying. I actually think Spork should have been perma banned from Global. I agree that it’s a psychological edge. But Global didn’t ban him, and is also the softest US site that’s non segregated. Can’t exactly blame him for continuing to play there while able.
I wouldn’t find it unfair if you played against me without me knowing your SN - part of the deal when keeping a blog.
The main part that I disagree with is that someone has to quit poker in order to make amends. Bleznick, Koon, jungle man off the top of my head have had history with cheating. But still manage to be a part of the community.
You'd have to really hate money to stake this dude. Gl on your endeavors though. Hope you don't go bust and grind out of what youre down this past month or so. Also, I give it to the end of May.
Actually it’s the opposite. The reason I’m such a profitable horse is because I’m honest, I work hard, and the biggest thing that holds me down is handling the stress of losing my own money.
You're literally saying the guy who stakes you/ your coach should be banned yet you still sometimes play on the same table as him. Very funny you'll call out imaginary cheaters but not your coach. Your reputation has turned so quickly on here with people wanting you to succeed to now lmao you have embarrassed yourself
maybe not banned from all of poker.. but at least the site he cheated on.
character also has something to do with it.
last time i unmuted spork he was still spewing entitled toxic crap, albeit on a more disciplined level.
based on his tone toward the poker community in general, i do not see any real change.
i hope him well in his success as far as being happy in life.
but i wish he would stay away from those he took advantage of.
won about 10BI today, would have been a lot more but lost like 7 bi to this guy
Just kept minclicking me when I didn't have ****, stacking off bad and hitting, and then left pretty quickly. Extremely frustrating to play vs. Hand we bet in iso pot 3 ways so 25% flop, get clicked, call, turn x we bet get clicked again and fold.
maybe not banned from all of poker.. but at least the site he cheated on.
character also has something to do with it.
last time i unmuted spork he was still spewing entitled toxic crap, albeit on a more disciplined level.
based on his tone toward the poker community in general, i do not see any real change.
i hope him well in his success as far as being happy in life.
but i wish he would stay away from those he took advantage of.
Yes I was extremely disappointed when I heard that Spork was being toxic in chat again. I don't tolerate that kind of behavior from my close friends. But in Sporks positions we aren't that close, and I'm not sure exactly what he said etc. etc. IDK why he feels the need to act that way, but he tilts probably harder than I do.
Keeping bankroll and liferoll separate, in an attempt to not hold so much weight to downswings and what stakes I’m playing. Keeping them in separate bank accounts, will replenish life roll monthly.
Dropping to 4 max tables from 6 max tables. Feel like my game has stagnated a bit, and could be a result of turning on autopilot when multitabling. Basically I always had the impression more tables = more money, up to a point. HOWEVER, new thought is that the worst couple tables when i am playing 6 aren’t netting me anywhere near as much as the best couple tables. Therefore, I can’t just divide my hourly by 6 and use that to figure out how much each table is worth. This isn’t a hard rule or anything, if theres 8 amazing tables I’m gonna be playing 8 tables. Also when training, I often have to stop and think through my decisions to prevent significant EV loss. But when playing 6x tables I have to just use my intuition. While I’ve studied enough at this point that I’m not blundering constantly playing with intuition - I think this new approach will have some effect on my results.
Basically just trying a bunch of new stuff rn to see what sticks and what doesn’t, since I’m not quite where I need to be for high stakes / nosebleeds.
Dont you like to start with 2-3 tables, then slowly go up to 6 or 8 or whatever, and only keep the best 2-3 tables for an hour to cool down at the end of the session?
These last hours at good tables being deep have always been really profitable for me, and especially good for my game, because i was able to think through every spot, and try new things i wanted to implement.
Dont you like to start with 2-3 tables, then slowly go up to 6 or 8 or whatever, and only keep the best 2-3 tables for an hour to cool down at the end of the session?
These last hours at good tables being deep have always been really profitable for me, and especially good for my game, because i was able to think through every spot, and try new things i wanted to implement.
That’s an interesting approach. I agree the last hours at good tables when 300+bb deep are probably the most profitable.
Being able to think through spots is key for me as well. I can’t use all the studying I’ve been doing when my autopilot is stuck on skills from months ago.
I’d be interested to see my winrate associated with number of tables. While HM3 does have this feature, it appears to be bugged or at least inaccurate.
Back at 200s for now, won a sizable chunk so far today so hopefully can play those for a while at least.
17672 hands played since posting my 300k milestone. So I think on good pace to break 50k this month, but progress will slow down as I'm dropping table count.
Massive difference today in quality of my play. Will likely make this a harder rule going forward, with exceptions for the most unusual nights. In order to keep myself implementing this rule, it involves reframing my perception of the relationship of table count and hourly. Remembering that the 2 worst tables when playing 6 are not making up 2/6ths of my hourly is key imo.
Lose 700bb pot at 1/2 QQAJ vs KQT9 with fd on 38TQ river flush I really cant run like this forever right? Just constantly losing these spots for the past 100k hands honestly so ****ing stupid.
