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My Journey As A Professional Poker Player (22 Viewers)
- Thread starter Anthony Martino
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WedgeRock
Royal Flush
At some point in the future, @Anthony Martino is actually gonna befriend these Cuban fellows... And eventually, they are going to invite @Anthony Martino down to Little Havana for some Cuban hospitality... They are going to walk into Versailles and the Cubans, wanting to make @Anthony Martino feel at home, are gonna say to everyone in the restaurant, "Say hello to my little friend."
moose
4 of a Kind
Ok out of all the short jokes Anthony has had to endure this one is the all time greatest. Well done sir!
Side note: 2nd best is the photo of Ben leaning overtop Anthony.
HeresyReznor
Pair
Good job on making it as a poker player! From personal experience I find the PLO games have the biggest degens/rich old guys who couldn't give a shit about money. It's also not solved to the same degree as holdem and more difficult to play, so the edges are higher. Livin the dream!
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
Ben/Anthony photo is still #1
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Anthony Martino
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I definitely find it's far easier to get unstuck on most PLO games than in a Hold Em game. Attracts the gamblers for sure
Kain8
Flush
This +1. Unless you're playing deep stacked (250bb+) with a loose lineup, NLH is almost a fools' errand to try and go pro with.
TheDuke
Full House
So maybe it's my tilt talking, maybe I'm just paranoid. But I'm going to start keeping track of who is dealing when these Cubans hit their miracles, which include but are not limited to:
Gets it in three-ways preflop withfor $1500, goes once and wins
Gets it in withagainst
on a flop of
and magically turns the
and fades the river flush and full house outs to chop
Gets it in preflop withfor $1500 three-ways, flops set of 6's, turns flush and rivers straight to beat KKxx and AAxx
Raises OOP in a $10 straddled pot to $75 withand after two callers I limp-repot and he just calls leaving himself $130 behind, flops QJ3 against my KK54 and spikes the Q on the turn to win that one.
Called off half his stack preflop (a raise to $450 out of his $900) withagainst my
and flops Q9x and turns the 9 after we get it in on the flop.
Calls off $1,200 as the FOURTH all-in player preflop withand goes twice (this was pre-Covid) and wins BOTH BOARDS up against AAxx, KKxx and AKQT suited.
I mean, it's just fucking uncanny some of the monster pots and absolute setups where their opponents are NEVER folding these guys put their chips into with absolutely nothing. And it's starting to make me wonder if there's more going on than meets the eye here. These two drive to Tampa from fucking Miami to play this game, which only adds further to the suspicion (it's a 4 hour drive)
So yeah, going to start keeping track of the big pots they win with garbage and who was dealing and the action, see if I can't find something nefarious going on.
This is just unfortunate variance.
Tables have auto shufflers right? And the dealer must have cut cards.
There's no way a dealer can set up these random scenarios with perfect flops, turns, rivers, double boards... I could imagine dealing a player a strong hand (bottom dealing if there wasn't a cut card)... but these hands are way too random.
These guys are just straight gambling... as evidenced by their willingness to committing their stacks preflop.
If over the course of 50k-75k hands or so these players continue to win while continuously behind I'd think something is fishy. There's just no way their play is sustainable over the long term. Short term yes - and with the slow play of live (~20 hands per hour or so) it could be months of luck boxing their way to big pots.
I always kind of pictured Anthony as Barney Stinson from this clip:
Years later and I still snort like an elephant watching this scene.
Is he standing on a phone book or six? Because you lost me on one big thing....
I should mention that if you're watching that particular video, you can skip to the last twenty seconds, but the previous two minutes are totally hilarious too!
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Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
No auto shufflers at TGT, only hard rock
My Dad was a Danny Devito look-alike in the 80's. As Barney would say....true story
WedgeRock
Royal Flush
Cubans also play NLHE online, apparently.
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Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
In for 500 in a private 1/2/5 game
Ugh. Bring back the hooker juice. At least they are real....
TheDuke
Full House
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Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
Nothing too exciting, most bought 300-500
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Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
Ty Poker Jeezus!
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Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
Wheee!
MORE BLACK STARS. FOUR MORE AND YOU'LL HAVE NINE BLACK ONES WITH STARS....
You may not get invited back 
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Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
Who wants me to harvest chips?
I need 10 blacks to mill, then throw away.
WedgeRock
Royal Flush
TheDuke
Full House
Is that star a hotstamp or just a sticker?
Talk about high end security.
Talk about high end security.
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Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
A sticker lol
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Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
Got it in 3 ways with pair and flush draw
Went twice, made two pair and nut straight to scoop
Went twice, made two pair and nut straight to scoop
TheDuke
Full House
LOL - at this rate you're definitely not being invited back!
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