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I Quit My Job To Play Poker AMA (1 Viewer)

shorticus said:
Question for you. How many hours do you put into perfecting your craft away from the table? I apologize if someone already asked this question, but I didn't read through everything.
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I spend a few hours each week in my off days to restudy the books I've read, review hands I played and read strat posts from others
 
I'm looking forward to meeting you at SQM!

It's early now but have you thought about there being a time when you no longer "enjoy" the poker and it becomes a grind like a day job?

Also, what are your thoughts on growth? You are playing certain stakes now and have a required runrate but at some point your earning will flatline so the only growth potential will be up your stakes. Are you going to just see what happens or do you have a plan?
 
Darson said:
I'm looking forward to meeting you at SQM!

It's early now but have you thought about there being a time when you no longer "enjoy" the poker and it becomes a grind like a day job?

Also, what are your thoughts on growth? You are playing certain stakes now and have a required runrate but at some point your earning will flatline so the only growth potential will be up your stakes. Are you going to just see what happens or do you have a plan?
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I do want to get to the point where I have a strong passive income source and can play strictly for fun

As far as higher stakes, we get them sometimes but I feel I can make a comfortable living at 2/5/10 PLO and 30/60 mixed and the games have been very regular and consistant
 
Ooch, this was a rough session today. 2/5/10 PLO I'm in for 1500 planning to play a few hours until mixed starts at 330pm, so saving the other 1500 for that

Hero in cutoff, rock is Hijack

Hero ($1,900)
Button ($2,300)

Hero raises to $25. This is my standard open and I do it with a variety of holdings. Button is best PLO player in the game and reraises to $90

Folds to Hero who calls. We are too deep for me to reraise without giving away the strength of my hand

I check-call his flop bet of $225. Only real draw on the flop I have covered, I expect to be ahead and want to give him rope to bluff

Turn is a brick, but brings a 2nd flush draw. I check, he bets $450

If I just call I have roughly 1100 behind going to the river and if he happens to have picked up a draw I don't intend to let him hit it free of charge. I shove, since the only hand I'm worried about is KKxx and of course he's got it and stacks me

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I rebuy for $400 and spin it up to 1k. Rock on the button, I limp for $10 in SB, same player raises to $70 from BB. Girl who is in LP calls, I call

I bet pot on the flop (something like $240) and he calls

Turn is a brick, I get the rest of my stack in, he calls and you know he spikes the 9 on the river

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Moral of this story is some days you're the fist, some days you're the face, lol

We'll just spin it back up in the mixed game :)
 
Anthony Martino said:
Ooch, this was a rough session today. 2/5/10 PLO I'm in for 1500 planning to play a few hours until mixed starts at 330pm, so saving the other 1500 for that

Hero in cutoff, rock is Hijack

Hero ($1,900)
Button ($2,300)

Hero raises to $25. This is my standard open and I do it with a variety of holdings. Button is best PLO player in the game and reraises to $90

Folds to Hero who calls. We are too deep for me to reraise without giving away the strength of my hand

I check-call his flop bet of $225. Only real draw on the flop I have covered, I expect to be ahead and want to give him rope to bluff

Turn is a brick, but brings a 2nd flush draw. I check, he bets $450

If I just call I have roughly 1100 behind going to the river and if he happens to have picked up a draw I don't intend to let him hit it free of charge. I shove, since the only hand I'm worried about is KKxx and of course he's got it and stacks me

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I rebuy for $400 and spin it up to 1k. Rock on the button, I limp for $10 in SB, same player raises to $70 from BB. Girl who is in LP calls, I call

I bet pot on the flop (something like $240) and he calls

Turn is a brick, I get the rest of my stack in, he calls and you know he spikes the 9 on the river

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Moral of this story is some days you're the fist, some days you're the face, lol

We'll just spin it back up in the mixed game :)
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Is it normal to buy in that short for plo and spin it up? I imagine this is waiting for a nutty hand and just getting it aipf.
 
Anthony Martino said:
Ooch, this was a rough session today. 2/5/10 PLO I'm in for 1500 planning to play a few hours until mixed starts at 330pm, so saving the other 1500 for that

Hero in cutoff, rock is Hijack

Hero ($1,900)
Button ($2,300)

Hero raises to $25. This is my standard open and I do it with a variety of holdings. Button is best PLO player in the game and reraises to $90

Folds to Hero who calls. We are too deep for me to reraise without giving away the strength of my hand

I check-call his flop bet of $225. Only real draw on the flop I have covered, I expect to be ahead and want to give him rope to bluff

Turn is a brick, but brings a 2nd flush draw. I check, he bets $450

If I just call I have roughly 1100 behind going to the river and if he happens to have picked up a draw I don't intend to let him hit it free of charge. I shove, since the only hand I'm worried about is KKxx and of course he's got it and stacks me

View attachment 382475




I rebuy for $400 and spin it up to 1k. Rock on the button, I limp for $10 in SB, same player raises to $70 from BB. Girl who is in LP calls, I call

I bet pot on the flop (something like $240) and he calls

Turn is a brick, I get the rest of my stack in, he calls and you know he spikes the 9 on the river

View attachment 382476

Moral of this story is some days you're the fist, some days you're the face, lol

We'll just spin it back up in the mixed game :)
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That’s an awesome attitude. So much of poker is mental and you seem rock solid on that part.
 
Kidsthesedays said:
Is it normal to buy in that short for plo and spin it up? I imagine this is waiting for a nutty hand and just getting it aipf.
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Buyins are 200-2k

Rolf slotbooms book has a great section on short stacking PLO

Essentially you sit to the right of aggressive players and try to limp jam because you can get dead money in the middle and give yourself a shot to triple or quadruple up while only having to beat one hand (because the big stacks push each other out)

Hornet said:
That’s an awesome attitude. So much of poker is mental and you seem rock solid on that part.
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I actually went on monkey tilt but left the table to calm down lol
 
First and foremost Anthony, I want to wish you all the best in your endeavor. I’m truly routing for you and hope that your new life is GOOD to you for a long time.
My questions are...
Do you have any “leaks” or do you keep it just to poker? IE sports betting, craps, blackjack, etc?
If you were to hit a real bad streak and go through your roll, do you look for a job that requires you working for the “MAN” again or would you barrow $ to try and stay in poker?
 
Lil Tuna said:
Do you have any “leaks” or do you keep it just to poker? IE sports betting, craps, blackjack, etc?
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Asian triplets in schoolgirl uniforms with a penchant for violence, we all have our vices

But aside from that, I don't gamble on slots, table games or sports



If you were to hit a real bad streak and go through your roll, do you look for a job that requires you working for the “MAN” again or would you barrow $ to try and stay in poker?
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I would return to working for "the man" or work some side job and do poker as supplemental in that situation

I was looking at the top twitch streamer incomes and they make stupid money playing video games

But it's a very competitive market, although I do enjoy playing pc games. I would need to be VERY good at the games (which is difficult as I'm older) or be very entertaining (which I think is possible)

I used to play a lot of Battlefield 3 and 4. 64-player large conquest maps. I'm not the best shot, although my kill/death ratio was respectable

But my win/loss ratio was the top 1% in the world, because I learned the maps and knew which points were crucial to hold, what was unlikely to be defended, etc
 
Anthony Martino said:
Asian triplets in schoolgirl uniforms with a penchant for violence, we all have our vices

But aside from that, I don't gamble on slots, table games or sports





I would return to working for "the man" or work some side job and do poker as supplemental in that situation

I was looking at the top twitch streamer incomes and they make stupid money playing video games

But it's a very competitive market, although I do enjoy playing pc games. I would need to be VERY good at the games (which is difficult as I'm older) or be very entertaining (which I think is possible)

I used to play a lot of Battlefield 3 and 4. 64-player large conquest maps. I'm not the best shot, although my kill/death ratio was respectable

But my win/loss ratio was the top 1% in the world, because I learned the maps and knew which points were crucial to hold, what was unlikely to be defended, etc
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Very interesting about the video games. My younger half brother just moved to South Korea last week to seek a career in gaming.
I believe he has some sort of commentating gig lined up.
At one time he was ranked second in the world in Star Craft. Don’t know much about all that stuff, I got burnt out on Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man growing up in the 80s, so the newer video game culture has never appealed to me.
Sounds like you have some avenues you could venture off to if you choose.
You should start a thread about your new career and keep us updated as you proceed forward.
I’d be a huge fan and follower.
 
Was down to 20k but built back up to over starting stack at first break

Last hand before break, one limper for 300, I raise to 1500 in CO with :jh::jd:

SB, BB and MP limper all call

Flop :ah::qh::3s:

Checked to me, bet 2500, only MP limper calls

Turn :8s:

He checks, I fire 6k, he folds and I flip em over and exclaim THAT'S HOW YOU WIN WITH JACKS BOYS!!

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Anthony Martino said:
Was down to 20k but built back up to over starting stack at first break

Last hand before break, one limper for 300, I raise to 1500 in CO with :jh::jd:

SB, BB and MP limper all call

Flop :ah::qh::3s:

Checked to me, bet 2500, only MP limper calls

Turn :8s:

He checks, I fire 6k, he folds and I flip em over and exclaim THAT'S HOW YOU WIN WITH JACKS BOYS!!

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No USA chant???
 
Out of tourney. Blinds 300/600/600 we have 11k, shove KJ off from LP after MP limper

Chip leader on my left calls with KQ, limper calls with A3 and we whiff

In the 2/5/10 PLO for 1k and up $600 early. Had 7665 on a 467 two spade flop. Got it in against the K8 of spades and held

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Are they the same terrible regs that fund this game or do a lot of bad players rotate in? I hope that the fish have really deep pockets.
 
Hornet said:
Are they the same terrible regs that fund this game or do a lot of bad players rotate in? I hope that the fish have really deep pockets.
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We have a cast of weak regs and whales, plus we get non regulars all the time too

Last sunday they had three 2/5/10 games, a 5/10/25 and a 25/25 running (of course I was home sick)
 
Lil Tuna said:
Very interesting about the video games. My younger half brother just moved to South Korea last week to seek a career in gaming.
I believe he has some sort of commentating gig lined up.
At one time he was ranked second in the world in Star Craft. Don’t know much about all that stuff, I got burnt out on Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man growing up in the 80s, so the newer video game culture has never appealed to me.
Sounds like you have some avenues you could venture off to if you choose.
You should start a thread about your new career and keep us updated as you proceed forward.
I’d be a huge fan and follower.
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Is your brother Reynor? Or Serral?
 

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