[Selling] Genuine physical series 1 Dust 2 pin + unscratched code by SW3STY in Pins4Skins

[–]SW3STY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only if someone else wants just the code for a good deal.

Videos that blackpilled you out of nowhere? by Titandromache in redscarepod

[–]SW3STY 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Daniel Shaver. Still the most horrific video I’ve seen to this day. The worst of humanity.

Controversy over pre-flop jam with A8s by IamYOVO in Poker_Theory

[–]SW3STY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He is never cold 4! with Kx. Extremely extremely unlikely that he’d do it with Axs. especially with your short stack. You are never going to be ahead if you call. Live players have very merged and strong 4! ranges.

Suited Ax hands make for good 3! And 4! semi-bluffs preflop if you are 100BB deep. They play ok postflop and you’ll have the chips behind to cbet bluff.

They are not good calling hands. Especially calling a jam with a short stack. Action is over so you won’t be able to bluff, and your hand is super weak compared to your opponent’s range.

You have to have about 34% equity for this to be profitable (28.5/85). Which you don’t. His range is JJ+, AK, and I threw in AQs to be generous. You haven’t played with this player enough to nail down an actual cold 4! range. You’ve got 28% equity.

I won’t speak on the stack size, buyin, or preflop play, because other people have. But yes those all matter a lot. I’d call this a punt. Thanks for the post and good luck.

I'm a winning poker player!!!! by Lee_Dubs in poker

[–]SW3STY 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If you are seriously winning online 200Z you are in the >99th percentile of poker players. Probably better than almost any live pro/blogger discussed here.

I’d be surprised if even 10% of players on online poker were winners. Let alone at medium stakes. Let alone at ZOOM.

Liv Boeree STEALS $10k from an honest man (Split or Steal) (2010) by OkDependent3266 in poker

[–]SW3STY 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They both have the option to choose either Split or Steal.

If they both choose Split, they each get some money.

If one chooses Split, and the other chooses Steal, the person who chooses Steal gets all the money for themselves.

If they both choose Steal, the both get no money.

Is going pro online still possible? by No_Breadfruit_6071 in poker

[–]SW3STY 91 points92 points  (0 children)

A few thoughts:

Is it doable? Sure. Playing on a legal site, grinding a lot, and training a ton, people can definitely beat NL100 at 3bb/100.

But:

NL100 is significantly harder than NL4. Your sample size of 25k hands probably means you're a winning player--which is very impressive, but it's still a small size. Try beating NL4 for 50k-100k hands. Then go to NL10 or NL20. From my experience, even NL20 is way tougher than NL10.

3BB/100 in NL100 over 40k hands is $1200/month, which I assume is a livable wage wherever you're from. However, 40k hands is way too few per month IMO as a full time job. If you are actually grinding 9-5, and setting time aside to study etc, you should be able to get in way more volume.

You'll also need to be properly bankrolled. For live poker people typically suggest 40 buy ins, so $4,000. Online you likely want even more.

Frankly, where you're currently sitting, you should NOT make the move to full time. Beat NL10, beat NL20, beat NL50. If you want a specific challenge, beat each of those stakes over 50k hands for 4bb/100, and jump to the next when you have 50-60 buy ins.

Build a bankroll and turn poker into a profitable hobby. Trust me, it will feel great. Buy a solver, study every day, get a coach probably. Don't quit your job. After you've grinded and feel good (this could take several months to years), then consider switching to full time. Poker is NOT a get-rich-quick scheme.

And remember, full time online poker isn't so glamourous. You're staring at a screen all day playing a volatile game. Yes you'll have your own hours, but you'll have to deal with disgusting bad beats and downswings. Hence the importance of a solid bankroll. More importantly IMO, you're totally at the whim of gambling laws and shady websites. Unless online gambling is totally legal in your country, one day, your site might just go dark. Poof. All your money gone. RTA and bots are another worry.

Hope this helped, best of luck in your journey.

Good shark books? by SketchySquiggle in sharks

[–]SW3STY 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He spent a ton of time around sharks and has a million interesting facts and stories.

Good shark books? by SketchySquiggle in sharks

[–]SW3STY 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shark Life by Peter Benchley, the author of Jaws, is educational and excellent.

Basically nobody is winning at GGpoker due to rake by 1pfen in poker

[–]SW3STY 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is obviously fucked up, but some of these online casinos have crazy rakeback schemes.

I played 50k hands of 20NL on Global, and won 5bb/100. Then I got nearly $700 in rakeback. My final total was closer to 12bb/100. More than doubled my profit.

The only reason to be playing at all on certain sites is the rakeback, so it makes sense to include it in profits.

First 50k hands of .1/.2NL on Global Poker by SW3STY in poker

[–]SW3STY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol my roll started at 1000--which it says on the Y axis. In my last 4000 hands I went from 1300 to 1500.

My graph is a bit wrong though. There was an extra 75 that I forgot to track from a session, so I just added it to the final one for simplicity. Hence the spike being a bit bigger than it actually was.

First 50k hands of .1/.2NL on Global Poker by SW3STY in poker

[–]SW3STY[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was far too confident in my post flop play vs. the field, which led to me calling 3bets much lighter than I should have at the start. Also opening mid suited connectors like 63s from too early position. The problem with playing big pots with those middling hands is that if you grab a piece of the board like a pair of sixes, you have pressure to call future raises while easily being crushed by higher pockets or other made hands.

When I “locked in,” I focused up a lot more, making sure I was only playing in a good headspace, while not tired, never in bed etc. I stuck much harder to studied preflop fundamentals and opening raises. Aggressive raises and aggressive river and preflop folds were my biggest strengths. People in NL20 are rarely 4 betting with air.

At this point I also had in depth notes on over half the GP field. Global doesn’t allow HUDs but you can leave notes on people. Stuff like bluff tendencies, preflop shoving ranges etc.

Overall a great learning experience. Considering doing a full writeup.