Black Belt Poker

[DaveShoelace]

So what exactly do they have to do?

Paint Neil Channings fence and clean his cars until they get in a fight with the guys from Cobra Kai.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, my gag got a mention on the Poker Show, shout out by Dino1980.

[dino1980]

So what exactly do they have to do?

Paint Neil Channings fence and clean his cars until they get in a fight with the guys from Cobra Kai.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, my gag got a mention on the Poker Show, shout out by Dino1980.

$10 on full tilt plz!

[snoopy1239]

it'll be interesting to see if there is gdt places for certain people coz i cant imagine Sunny not getting a place

I can reassure you that no one is "guaranteed" a place in the top eight. I wouldn't be a part of it if they were, and I was hoping peeps would see it the same. If they're not up to scratch over the four-week period, it doesn't matter who they are, they're not getting a ticket to Vegas. Simple as. Like I said, a few dark horses imo, and I wouldn't be surprised to see some of the lesser known names excel during the next few weeks.

[nohome]

shame imo

[DaveShoelace]

it'll be interesting to see if there is gdt places for certain people coz i cant imagine Sunny not getting a place

I can reassure you that no one is "guaranteed" a place in the top eight. I wouldn't be a part of it if they were, and I was hoping peeps would see it the same. If they're not up to scratch over the four-week period, it doesn't matter who they are, they're not getting a ticket to Vegas. Simple as. Like I said, a few dark horses imo, and I wouldn't be surprised to see some of the lesser known names excel during the next few weeks.

I actually think, if what Snoops says is true, then people like Dino and Alex have a big advantage over some of the names. They will show willingness to learn, enthusiasm, know the levels and work their asses of to promote BlackBelt, whereas some of the name players could lose interest with the low stakes.

Mind you, Dino is $50 down right now.

I think the favourite is Penly (BOK) - he knows his shit at high stakes and hows to grind too.

[dino1980]

it'll be interesting to see if there is gdt places for certain people coz i cant imagine Sunny not getting a place

I can reassure you that no one is "guaranteed" a place in the top eight. I wouldn't be a part of it if they were, and I was hoping peeps would see it the same. If they're not up to scratch over the four-week period, it doesn't matter who they are, they're not getting a ticket to Vegas. Simple as. Like I said, a few dark horses imo, and I wouldn't be surprised to see some of the lesser known names excel during the next few weeks.

I actually think, if what Snoops says is true, then people like Dino and Alex have a big advantage over some of the names. They will show willingness to learn, enthusiasm, know the levels and work their asses of to promote BlackBelt, whereas some of the name players could lose interest with the low stakes.

Mind you, Dino is $79 up right now.

I think the favourite is Penly (BOK) - he knows his shit at high stakes and hows to grind too.

FYP

To be honest for every edge i have there's something else that counts against me. Don't want to share them all on a public forum, but the most blindingly obvious one is that i don't play full time. This means that my window each day to put in six hours  is significantly smaller than most others, for instance i'm having to pull around eight hour sessions this week due to attending a wedding from Thurs to Sun meaning i can't put in the hours that i should on Thurs/Fri. So every lunchtime + every working hour when i'm not working, sleeping or travelling to work is going to be spent playing poker, taking a break is not an option. How this impacts on results will remain to be seen. Also going forward this also impacts the number of hours i could put in post-grading on the black belt poker skin.

[Dewi_cool]

Good Luck to everyone imo

[DaveShoelace]

it'll be interesting to see if there is gdt places for certain people coz i cant imagine Sunny not getting a place

I can reassure you that no one is "guaranteed" a place in the top eight. I wouldn't be a part of it if they were, and I was hoping peeps would see it the same. If they're not up to scratch over the four-week period, it doesn't matter who they are, they're not getting a ticket to Vegas. Simple as. Like I said, a few dark horses imo, and I wouldn't be surprised to see some of the lesser known names excel during the next few weeks.

I actually think, if what Snoops says is true, then people like Dino and Alex have a big advantage over some of the names. They will show willingness to learn, enthusiasm, know the levels and work their asses of to promote BlackBelt, whereas some of the name players could lose interest with the low stakes.

Mind you, Dino is $79 up right now.

I think the favourite is Penly (BOK) - he knows his shit at high stakes and hows to grind too.

FYP

To be honest for every edge i have there's something else that counts against me. Don't want to share them all on a public forum, but the most blindingly obvious one is that i don't play full time. This means that my window each day to put in six hours  is significantly smaller than most others, for instance i'm having to pull around eight hour sessions this week due to attending a wedding from Thurs to Sun meaning i can't put in the hours that i should on Thurs/Fri. So every lunchtime + every working hour when i'm not working, sleeping or travelling to work is going to be spent playing poker, taking a break is not an option. How this impacts on results will remain to be seen. Also going forward this also impacts the number of hours i could put in post-grading on the black belt poker skin.

Ship the $79.

I think the struggle to manage your time will be taken into consideration, might even be an ace up your sleeve if you can keep up with everyone else, if you can do well AND do a job (albeit not a proper job  ) then its a good sign. Just like in that Will Smith film where he gets a good job and it makes him happy.

I'm routing for ya

[thetank]

it'll be interesting to see if there is gdt places for certain people coz i cant imagine Sunny not getting a place

I can reassure you that no one is "guaranteed" a place in the top eight. I wouldn't be a part of it if they were, and I was hoping peeps would see it the same. If they're not up to scratch over the four-week period, it doesn't matter who they are, they're not getting a ticket to Vegas. Simple as. Like I said, a few dark horses imo, and I wouldn't be surprised to see some of the lesser known names excel during the next few weeks.

I actually think, if what Snoops says is true, then people like Dino and Alex have a big advantage over some of the names. They will show willingness to learn, enthusiasm, know the levels and work their asses of to promote BlackBelt, whereas some of the name players could lose interest with the low stakes.

Mind you, Dino is $79 up right now.

I think the favourite is Penly (BOK) - he knows his shit at high stakes and hows to grind too.

FYP

To be honest for every edge i have there's something else that counts against me. Don't want to share them all on a public forum, but the most blindingly obvious one is that i don't play full time. This means that my window each day to put in six hours  is significantly smaller than most others, for instance i'm having to pull around eight hour sessions this week due to attending a wedding from Thurs to Sun meaning i can't put in the hours that i should on Thurs/Fri. So every lunchtime + every working hour when i'm not working, sleeping or travelling to work is going to be spent playing poker, taking a break is not an option. How this impacts on results will remain to be seen. Also going forward this also impacts the number of hours i could put in post-grading on the black belt poker skin.

Save the excuses for after the grading period is finished.

Head down, get it done as best you can & good luck.

[riverdave]

Meanwhile there is some quality bokking going on in this thread. I was fairly sure my style wasn't going to suit 25c 50c games and i managed to prove that on day 1 by doing about $750 although to be fair that was mainly down to playing some sick hu plo match where we both had over $500 in front of us at one time and i lost a 1200BB pot. My original plan and what i've now reverted back to is just playing a huge volume of $10 PLO HU sit and go's which im beating for an extremely comfortable 15% and clawed about $270 back so far. At this stage i don't want to put any more cash into it so i'm going to stick to this sick grind for a while and maybe look to play cash when we reach the $1/$2 limits in the last week that i have experience with beating.
Strike Ginger Tony anyone that had a bet.

[JaffaCake]

there should be a runners and riders list with progess, channing could be makin a killing on the betting. I heard riverdave, sunny and jerome are locks for a spot, still five more to take, esp as Evans lost his bottle when u saw the competition

[cod meharly]

there should be a runners and riders list with progess, channing could be makin a killing on the betting. I heard riverdave, sunny and jerome are locks for a spot, still five more to take, esp as Evans lost his bottle when u saw the competition

burn.....

[AlexMartin]

there should be a runners and riders list with progess, channing could be makin a killing on the betting. I heard riverdave, sunny and jerome are locks for a spot, still five more to take, esp as Evans lost his bottle when u saw the competition anal virginity when flushy thought one of his prize horses might defect

fyp m8

[Simon Galloway]

Meanwhile there is some quality bokking going on in this thread. I was fairly sure my style wasn't going to suit 25c 50c games and i managed to prove that on day 1 by doing about $750 although to be fair that was mainly down to playing some sick hu plo match where we both had over $500 in front of us at one time and i lost a 1200BB pot. My original plan and what i've now reverted back to is just playing a huge volume of $10 PLO HU sit and go's which im beating for an extremely comfortable 15% and clawed about $270 back so far. At this stage i don't want to put any more cash into it so i'm going to stick to this sick grind for a while and maybe look to play cash when we reach the $1/$2 limits in the last week that i have experience with beating.
Strike Ginger Tony anyone that had a bet.

Fair do's for turning it around with a grind-a-thon.  Don't take this the wrong way, but as I have only suffered from moderate sickness and therefore don't truly understand, I wondered if you have had a change of heart?  Or is this the influence of the grading? You used to give the impression that 'no money was ever enough not to spin up some more' so I can see you at some point in the future going on one of your sick $30k heaters and having the choice of a)not grinding $10 sngs ever again or b)finding a game to shortstack $30k in ~ which way do you think it will go?

[cod meharly]

there should be a runners and riders list with progess, channing could be makin a killing on the betting. I heard riverdave, sunny and jerome are locks for a spot, still five more to take, esp as Evans lost his bottle when u saw the competition anal virginity when flushy thought one of his prize horses might defect

fyp m8

ffs the truth is finally out there.....