It's late and I have to get up early so I will make this blog brief. I am taking on 6 new trainees from the UK and one new one from Pennsylvania. After the success of my first 3 trainees, and in lieu of a great website the Hendon Mob, I have decided to train people at random that have asked me to help them with memory techniques for the game of poker. I will be posting their stories on this site, but I have also posted on Hendon Mob, so be sure to check it out. It also is one of the most comprehensive poker databases on players and have been very good to me over the years. http://www.thehendonmob.com/bennett_onika/unleash_your_hidden_poker_memory_excerpt Enjoy! I am of course looking very forward to possibly changing a few lives. They of course have said all the same things Damien, mike and Mary have said. My memory sucks! Lol. We all know better now don't we? Bennett Onika
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Sunday, 25 March 2012
ECM Charts, Family, Kids, Work, and oh yes POKER!!!
It has been extremely busy for me over the last few weeks. I have completed the training for Damien and Mike and mid way thru training for Mary. We are meeting today at 2 my time to do session 4 of an approximately 6 sessions order to get my third trainee up to speed, and complete her training.
Mary amazed some of her classmates by reciting 60 of the 84 best pictures any year they wanted. She had never done anything like this before.
Mike had tweeted about his success in memorizing a full deck of cards in order in less time than his 2 nd attempt and is currently trying to break the 10 minute mark.
Damien has had an ROI online over 30 percent in sit n gos partially from memorizing the 60 percent charts I gave him, and of course it's mainly from his awesome play.
I have also been asked to do be a featured writer for pokergob, another blogging site in the UK. I can't tell you how honored I am to have been asked and I said yes but it would have to start in May as I have been swamped with life over the last 6 weeks.
Ah if I only didn't have to sleep! I wish to work in students on a regular basis but now am wondering if I have the time to do so. I am up every day at 530 during the week and get home at 9 sometimes just wrecked.
Enough of my whining! Let us move on to memory development. During my training with Mike and Damien, I (embarrassingly) was introduced to push fold charts. I pride myself on knowledge of poker mathematics and the latest in tournament or cash game play. After all I have been playing for over 12 years and when this was brought to my attention it just shows that you really do learn everyday.
So for those of you who don't know what push fold charts are, a few extremely smart propeller heads in poker decided to deduce mathematically what your chips were worth in relation to the cards you were dealt and give you optimal charts on where you should push or fold for optimum value against x number of opponents left to act, y value of your stack, and z blind levels.
Damien and I have already devised a method to combat this chart, which of course is still a trade secret for now. But rest assured you need memory training in order to do it. After my training session today with Mary, I will be putting in some solid work to organize the push fold charts into easy information to memorize and also this week putting in the work to combat the charts. These of course will be extra tools I will be bringing with me to Vegas this year, and I will also be using them to destroy my poker league in the final 2 tourneys. I have won four out of the 8 tourneys played with 2 tourneys left. Surely a magical year.
I also want to put a lot of work into committing some of the best books in poker to memory so I can maximize the library of information in my head and finally win a bracelet - my ultimate goal.
I have probably 2 months to do this maybe 10 weeks in my busy schedule to prepare for WSOP, most of the work is in the imagery, if I had that all complete, I could memorize all that information in days!
All and all, I am exited for my schedule to open up and put real work into my game and bring it to the next level. The real challenge is balancing a home and work life with it of course.
Until next time
Bennett Onika
Mary amazed some of her classmates by reciting 60 of the 84 best pictures any year they wanted. She had never done anything like this before.
Mike had tweeted about his success in memorizing a full deck of cards in order in less time than his 2 nd attempt and is currently trying to break the 10 minute mark.
Damien has had an ROI online over 30 percent in sit n gos partially from memorizing the 60 percent charts I gave him, and of course it's mainly from his awesome play.
I have also been asked to do be a featured writer for pokergob, another blogging site in the UK. I can't tell you how honored I am to have been asked and I said yes but it would have to start in May as I have been swamped with life over the last 6 weeks.
Ah if I only didn't have to sleep! I wish to work in students on a regular basis but now am wondering if I have the time to do so. I am up every day at 530 during the week and get home at 9 sometimes just wrecked.
Enough of my whining! Let us move on to memory development. During my training with Mike and Damien, I (embarrassingly) was introduced to push fold charts. I pride myself on knowledge of poker mathematics and the latest in tournament or cash game play. After all I have been playing for over 12 years and when this was brought to my attention it just shows that you really do learn everyday.
So for those of you who don't know what push fold charts are, a few extremely smart propeller heads in poker decided to deduce mathematically what your chips were worth in relation to the cards you were dealt and give you optimal charts on where you should push or fold for optimum value against x number of opponents left to act, y value of your stack, and z blind levels.
Damien and I have already devised a method to combat this chart, which of course is still a trade secret for now. But rest assured you need memory training in order to do it. After my training session today with Mary, I will be putting in some solid work to organize the push fold charts into easy information to memorize and also this week putting in the work to combat the charts. These of course will be extra tools I will be bringing with me to Vegas this year, and I will also be using them to destroy my poker league in the final 2 tourneys. I have won four out of the 8 tourneys played with 2 tourneys left. Surely a magical year.
I also want to put a lot of work into committing some of the best books in poker to memory so I can maximize the library of information in my head and finally win a bracelet - my ultimate goal.
I have probably 2 months to do this maybe 10 weeks in my busy schedule to prepare for WSOP, most of the work is in the imagery, if I had that all complete, I could memorize all that information in days!
All and all, I am exited for my schedule to open up and put real work into my game and bring it to the next level. The real challenge is balancing a home and work life with it of course.
Until next time
Bennett Onika
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
@damienvince finishes his training, and loves it!!!
Final session last week with Bennett
well our time came to an end last week with Bennett... a six week crash course in increasing the memory skills as it applies to the game of poker.
A lot of information was absorbed and I really feel confident that I have the tools to continue the training and apply the techniques learned to gaining the edge over my opponents in the live arena. I've seen great improvements in my poker abilities in the last couple of weeks and am eager to have all the information at my fingertips to keep growing and get to crushing the game.
Bennett's techniques are likely to change the world of poker for a new generation. Taking information that was speculated at the table and giving exact numbers and ranges like you would have at the online environment. I went through a bit of a conversation with a Facebook friend of mine who said she played by feel... I get that, feel is that, a feel for what an opponent would do, a feel that if you caught the card you needed you'd stack him, or feel that there is no way the opponent would ever fold a hand, you adjust accordingly... but with this information, the feel is much more, the feel is educated, you have the proof that your read and feel is right because you know the range and you know the hands their playing.
During our last training session, @davidsmith23 was recanting 4 tournaments he had played that week, all of which he crushed. His comment was the funniest but so close to the truth that it will never be forgotten "Its almost like I'm cheating!". Its just that, the information that Bennett has easily put into our heads gives us such an edge at the live game, that anyone who wants to become a winning player would be crazy not to look up this book and learn the techniques.
good luck all, and follow along, I'll be continuing my blog as I progress.
A lot of information was absorbed and I really feel confident that I have the tools to continue the training and apply the techniques learned to gaining the edge over my opponents in the live arena. I've seen great improvements in my poker abilities in the last couple of weeks and am eager to have all the information at my fingertips to keep growing and get to crushing the game.
Bennett's techniques are likely to change the world of poker for a new generation. Taking information that was speculated at the table and giving exact numbers and ranges like you would have at the online environment. I went through a bit of a conversation with a Facebook friend of mine who said she played by feel... I get that, feel is that, a feel for what an opponent would do, a feel that if you caught the card you needed you'd stack him, or feel that there is no way the opponent would ever fold a hand, you adjust accordingly... but with this information, the feel is much more, the feel is educated, you have the proof that your read and feel is right because you know the range and you know the hands their playing.
During our last training session, @davidsmith23 was recanting 4 tournaments he had played that week, all of which he crushed. His comment was the funniest but so close to the truth that it will never be forgotten "Its almost like I'm cheating!". Its just that, the information that Bennett has easily put into our heads gives us such an edge at the live game, that anyone who wants to become a winning player would be crazy not to look up this book and learn the techniques.
good luck all, and follow along, I'll be continuing my blog as I progress.
Sunday, 4 March 2012
The Beginning of the end ....@davidsmith23
Well, the end of the road has finally arrived and now I'm facing an ocean. I've been given the tools the make a boat, now its time for me to build that boat and explore what lies pass the ocean's horizon. Master Yoda aka Bennett Onika has worked with @Damienvince and I over the past month and a half and our poker skills have grown to another level. We both understand why the techniques taught to us are necessary to becoming great at poker player. The techniques are no cake walk though, you have to work to fully understand it.
Personally, the month of March is important to me because I am only a few weeks away from participating in the World Poker Tour Amateur Championship and Heartland Poker Tour Main Event Qualifier, which are being held in Vegas on the first week of April. The knowledge I've obtain thus far will give me a better chance at winning, but I have to put in the work to gain that advantage. In my previous post, I mentioned that my father wanted me to become the "Muhammad Ali, the Joe Frazier, the Floyd Mayweather Jr" of poker. Well, I've been putting in long nights and waking up early to perfect this craft.
I see poker as a sport, and with all sports, in order for you to become the best at it, you have to practice. Reputation, after reputation, review after review, sit up after sit up, the elite in all sports understand this underlining aspect of being the best. From what I've seen though, there aren't a lot of healthy poker players out there so if can become a symbol of health in my journey of becoming the best then so be it. In the end, my goal is to live the life I was destined to live since I took my first breathe in the world. Debt free, worry free, prosperous, and plentiful. I truly believe poker will help me get there and I only have one way to go, and that's up. I want to thank Bennett Onika again for this eye-opening opportunity, I've become more attentive and my poker knowledge has increased tremendously. I'm close to reaching my goal in becoming the best at the game of poker, I just need to continue my training and keep focus.
Michael Smith
Personally, the month of March is important to me because I am only a few weeks away from participating in the World Poker Tour Amateur Championship and Heartland Poker Tour Main Event Qualifier, which are being held in Vegas on the first week of April. The knowledge I've obtain thus far will give me a better chance at winning, but I have to put in the work to gain that advantage. In my previous post, I mentioned that my father wanted me to become the "Muhammad Ali, the Joe Frazier, the Floyd Mayweather Jr" of poker. Well, I've been putting in long nights and waking up early to perfect this craft.
I see poker as a sport, and with all sports, in order for you to become the best at it, you have to practice. Reputation, after reputation, review after review, sit up after sit up, the elite in all sports understand this underlining aspect of being the best. From what I've seen though, there aren't a lot of healthy poker players out there so if can become a symbol of health in my journey of becoming the best then so be it. In the end, my goal is to live the life I was destined to live since I took my first breathe in the world. Debt free, worry free, prosperous, and plentiful. I truly believe poker will help me get there and I only have one way to go, and that's up. I want to thank Bennett Onika again for this eye-opening opportunity, I've become more attentive and my poker knowledge has increased tremendously. I'm close to reaching my goal in becoming the best at the game of poker, I just need to continue my training and keep focus.
Michael Smith
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Damien tracks more players...
Poker Frustration grows; First real rant of 2012
Well today I feel like the same old story is happening. I have been playing some of the best poker I've played in a long long time, and its even the best I've ever played because I know more about whats going on and more importantly why things work. I'm no expert by any means, but the level of thinking I have at the game far exceeds 60-90% of the players I play against live and probably more than 50% of the players I play against online.
Tonight is a regular tournament I play at the local casino, $60 entry, so nothing big, and I expect the players there to range between below average to slightly above average. Whats fun is, I see some of the same players I've played against in previous years when I used to spend a lot of time at the casino.
So anyway...
Tonight was no different, Seat 1 was a rock, played less hands then I did, sitting around 14% of hands, seat 2 was slightly more at 30% yet folded to most CB post flop he exited before the break shoving K7 on a 357 board against a made straight of 64o from Seat 4 at 44%. Seat 3 is a regular, playing there before me, he knows what hes doing and before the break had been around 22%, he makes a questionable call, there was a raise from Seat 9 UTG 19%VPIP to 3x Seat 3 calls, Seat 6 on the button 34% jams, Seat 9 rejams, and Seat 3 hums and hahs for a minute or so, and calls, Button shoved 55, UTG shoved AQo, and seat 3 has 99. This is a fold for me, I know 99 doesn't play well against 2 shoves, but more over, I'm likely racing and I don't need the race, but more likely, UTG has me crushed, he's playing TT or better, AK or AQ. So hand is finished and 99 holds, and he blurts out "I had him exactly on AQ, should have snap called, I knew I was ahead"... and most of the table told him, good call, you were ahead, had to call.
Anyway, Seat 4 was a loose cannon, but was hitting everything, before the break was playing 44% of hands, crazy amount, but hit most everything, flopped 3 straights and got paid a lot. Seat 5 had to be 90 years old, local regular, I know him from years ago... basically if he's raising GTFO, he was playing 12%. I was in seat 6, and playing standard 16% tight, but the table was loose, and couldn't get much going, did jam KK over a JJ shove and held so I had about 13K in chips going into the break. Seat 7 was loose as well, 49% of hands. Seat 8 was a revolving door, as was Seat 9.
Seat 10 I played with last week, a very loose player before the break, tightens up after the break, and basically if he catches any piece of the flop, he's willing to jam it all the way, he was playing 28%.
So anyway, into the break we go, and now its time for me to pick up steam, blinds are 300/600 and I have 13K in chips. we fill all the seats 4 hands into the level, and 7 hands in, I get 88, seat 10 calls, BB new player, calls. flop QQT, BB checks, I check, Seat 10 is the button, he bets, I lay it down, no raise here will let me win and if he has any piece of the board, I have 2 outs... he shows a T.
Next hand, I have AK, I raise again, this time, SB new player and BB regular seat 3 calls. Flop J82r, they check, I bet, and they both fold. I took this line here as the previous hand I was happy to fold this time it looks like i have something.
Next hand, I have TT, I raise again, new player seat 8, I've seen him before, but hadn't played a hand in 9 hands, he jams, I read his stack somehow around 7K I have 15Kish, I call, he has AA, unfortunately in my haste, I should have checked, he has 12K and now I'm left with 3900.
next hand UTG i fold, on the BB I get A8o, 3 limpers Seat8, Seat 4, and the SB Seat 5, I check, I was going to Jam, but instead I was shipping the flop no matter what. Flop comes 823ss, SB checks, I jam, the Button calls, and SB folds, he has A3ss, of course river is the Js and I'm out.
Now I'm not complaining about the beats, I'm frustrated at my misread of the stack, that hand I probably could have and should have folded, I raised enough that if I did get jammed on from a tighter player I could. now really there was only 3 people I wouldn't have folded that to, but anyway, I should have folded. The problem I'm having is the amount of times, these guys gamble with pretty hands and walk ass backwards into hands that get paid by worse players. Then when I'm stuck and need to hold up, there's no way in hell.
so 11 hands after the first break, I'm out. I'm frustrated past where I've been in a long time and need a break, this I know. to top it all off, I had a bad day playing poker as well... first big loss on line in the new year 3 buyins... now wouldn't have been so bad, except, AA cracked by 8T he made a straight, KK to QJ he made a straight and I flopped a set, then 44 flopped a set and he rivered a flush, KK lost again to QT I turned a set and made him his straight, and lastly, TT lost when I turned a set to his flopped flush... It killed me today, I played well, and I know variance is just kicking in, I'm still up 2 buyins for the year in 26 sessions, 5000 hands.
I'm committed this year to putting in some volume as a casual player. so far in 2 months I have 24 hours in, a lot less than I put in in previous years, but I spend more time studying then I do playing... so all in all I'm feeling better...
tonight I just feel unlucky... needing to catch big hands that never seem to come, and when they do, they just get run over or, they don't play past the flop...
I'm out for now, need a serious break for a few days. Its unlikely I'm going to get any of the work I've committed to with Bennett as my mental state is pretty shitty. I'll refocus after tonight and try to memorize all superbowl winners, and hand ranges 2 lists that are very valuable in poker and bar situations ;)
D
Tonight is a regular tournament I play at the local casino, $60 entry, so nothing big, and I expect the players there to range between below average to slightly above average. Whats fun is, I see some of the same players I've played against in previous years when I used to spend a lot of time at the casino.
So anyway...
Tonight was no different, Seat 1 was a rock, played less hands then I did, sitting around 14% of hands, seat 2 was slightly more at 30% yet folded to most CB post flop he exited before the break shoving K7 on a 357 board against a made straight of 64o from Seat 4 at 44%. Seat 3 is a regular, playing there before me, he knows what hes doing and before the break had been around 22%, he makes a questionable call, there was a raise from Seat 9 UTG 19%VPIP to 3x Seat 3 calls, Seat 6 on the button 34% jams, Seat 9 rejams, and Seat 3 hums and hahs for a minute or so, and calls, Button shoved 55, UTG shoved AQo, and seat 3 has 99. This is a fold for me, I know 99 doesn't play well against 2 shoves, but more over, I'm likely racing and I don't need the race, but more likely, UTG has me crushed, he's playing TT or better, AK or AQ. So hand is finished and 99 holds, and he blurts out "I had him exactly on AQ, should have snap called, I knew I was ahead"... and most of the table told him, good call, you were ahead, had to call.
Anyway, Seat 4 was a loose cannon, but was hitting everything, before the break was playing 44% of hands, crazy amount, but hit most everything, flopped 3 straights and got paid a lot. Seat 5 had to be 90 years old, local regular, I know him from years ago... basically if he's raising GTFO, he was playing 12%. I was in seat 6, and playing standard 16% tight, but the table was loose, and couldn't get much going, did jam KK over a JJ shove and held so I had about 13K in chips going into the break. Seat 7 was loose as well, 49% of hands. Seat 8 was a revolving door, as was Seat 9.
Seat 10 I played with last week, a very loose player before the break, tightens up after the break, and basically if he catches any piece of the flop, he's willing to jam it all the way, he was playing 28%.
So anyway, into the break we go, and now its time for me to pick up steam, blinds are 300/600 and I have 13K in chips. we fill all the seats 4 hands into the level, and 7 hands in, I get 88, seat 10 calls, BB new player, calls. flop QQT, BB checks, I check, Seat 10 is the button, he bets, I lay it down, no raise here will let me win and if he has any piece of the board, I have 2 outs... he shows a T.
Next hand, I have AK, I raise again, this time, SB new player and BB regular seat 3 calls. Flop J82r, they check, I bet, and they both fold. I took this line here as the previous hand I was happy to fold this time it looks like i have something.
Next hand, I have TT, I raise again, new player seat 8, I've seen him before, but hadn't played a hand in 9 hands, he jams, I read his stack somehow around 7K I have 15Kish, I call, he has AA, unfortunately in my haste, I should have checked, he has 12K and now I'm left with 3900.
next hand UTG i fold, on the BB I get A8o, 3 limpers Seat8, Seat 4, and the SB Seat 5, I check, I was going to Jam, but instead I was shipping the flop no matter what. Flop comes 823ss, SB checks, I jam, the Button calls, and SB folds, he has A3ss, of course river is the Js and I'm out.
Now I'm not complaining about the beats, I'm frustrated at my misread of the stack, that hand I probably could have and should have folded, I raised enough that if I did get jammed on from a tighter player I could. now really there was only 3 people I wouldn't have folded that to, but anyway, I should have folded. The problem I'm having is the amount of times, these guys gamble with pretty hands and walk ass backwards into hands that get paid by worse players. Then when I'm stuck and need to hold up, there's no way in hell.
so 11 hands after the first break, I'm out. I'm frustrated past where I've been in a long time and need a break, this I know. to top it all off, I had a bad day playing poker as well... first big loss on line in the new year 3 buyins... now wouldn't have been so bad, except, AA cracked by 8T he made a straight, KK to QJ he made a straight and I flopped a set, then 44 flopped a set and he rivered a flush, KK lost again to QT I turned a set and made him his straight, and lastly, TT lost when I turned a set to his flopped flush... It killed me today, I played well, and I know variance is just kicking in, I'm still up 2 buyins for the year in 26 sessions, 5000 hands.
I'm committed this year to putting in some volume as a casual player. so far in 2 months I have 24 hours in, a lot less than I put in in previous years, but I spend more time studying then I do playing... so all in all I'm feeling better...
tonight I just feel unlucky... needing to catch big hands that never seem to come, and when they do, they just get run over or, they don't play past the flop...
I'm out for now, need a serious break for a few days. Its unlikely I'm going to get any of the work I've committed to with Bennett as my mental state is pretty shitty. I'll refocus after tonight and try to memorize all superbowl winners, and hand ranges 2 lists that are very valuable in poker and bar situations ;)
D
Monday, 27 February 2012
@damienvince tracks 7 players at online speed, surprises himself with 60 obscure items, and feels great about his progress...
Memory training update
Well its been a rollercoaster of a week since my last update. Work has taken priority for me, a lot more billable hours than in the beginning of the month and as such, the training has been a lot slower than originally started.
I had a pretty spectacular revelation over this past week though. Last Thursday Bennett had said it would only take about an hour to learn 60 of the Oscar best pictures, my response to him was something like "that's not going to happen". Well with all the techniques that we've been given, in less than an hour, I had the majority memorized. That said, as I continue to work at these new learning techniques, it gets easier and easier. I see the potential in everyday life, and I really would like to attempt some university courses to see how much I'd improve there from the last time.
That said, I need more time, between Kate and Lisa, poker, work, and sheer laziness, I need a couple more hours in my days that I can just dedicate to studying. I've played a lot less poker in the last month, spending more time working on Memory and studying the techniques as it applies to poker.
The few times I have played, I'm much more on my game. Understanding more inflection points and having more knowledge to avoid getting into spots I can't get out of.
I played the Micros Destiny tournament today and decided to apply the use of VPIP to most of the tournament, I then compared my numbers to Holdem manager at every break. I am happy to say, that my numbers for 7 players were within 2 hands of each one. My guess there is I just missed them playing a hand, or I'm calculating walks in when I shouldn't. Either way, being that far off is still more information than anyone would have at a live table.
I am learning so much, and am very eager to work with Bennett on applying a whole lot more poker math to his techniques so that I can have all that info at my beck and call!
This week, well, reviewing everything I've learned, as well as being able to track 9 players at the live table. that with some ranking of all 91 available hands and some calling charts, I'll be a math machine in a week or so.
Take care all, and big thanks to Bennett!
D
I had a pretty spectacular revelation over this past week though. Last Thursday Bennett had said it would only take about an hour to learn 60 of the Oscar best pictures, my response to him was something like "that's not going to happen". Well with all the techniques that we've been given, in less than an hour, I had the majority memorized. That said, as I continue to work at these new learning techniques, it gets easier and easier. I see the potential in everyday life, and I really would like to attempt some university courses to see how much I'd improve there from the last time.
That said, I need more time, between Kate and Lisa, poker, work, and sheer laziness, I need a couple more hours in my days that I can just dedicate to studying. I've played a lot less poker in the last month, spending more time working on Memory and studying the techniques as it applies to poker.
The few times I have played, I'm much more on my game. Understanding more inflection points and having more knowledge to avoid getting into spots I can't get out of.
I played the Micros Destiny tournament today and decided to apply the use of VPIP to most of the tournament, I then compared my numbers to Holdem manager at every break. I am happy to say, that my numbers for 7 players were within 2 hands of each one. My guess there is I just missed them playing a hand, or I'm calculating walks in when I shouldn't. Either way, being that far off is still more information than anyone would have at a live table.
I am learning so much, and am very eager to work with Bennett on applying a whole lot more poker math to his techniques so that I can have all that info at my beck and call!
This week, well, reviewing everything I've learned, as well as being able to track 9 players at the live table. that with some ranking of all 91 available hands and some calling charts, I'll be a math machine in a week or so.
Take care all, and big thanks to Bennett!
D
Saturday, 25 February 2012
@davidsmith23 has a new nickname for me and is determined
Another great week in the world of poker and memorization. In the previous post I mentioned that I would write a post on Tuesday. Well, I wanted to wait now so I could sum up this week in poker training. This week and last week in the poker tournaments were quite successfull. I am currently ranked 14th in the region for the World Poker Tour Amateur league and a lot of my thanks goes to Bennett aka Yoda. Due to the high action at the tables in the league I play in, I've been very successful at focusing on the percentages, but Bennett mentioned, in order for me to become the best at poker I have to implement the Techniques we've been studying for the past six weeks.
After thinking about what Yoda said, it only made more sense. If I were at a real life poker tournament playing for cash, I would be crushed because 1) I wouldn't have no idea what my opponent may hold in his hand. 2) Playing my cards are like a shot in the dark: Yes I may hold QQ in my hand but if A23 unsuited comes out on the flop I may be at a disadvantage. Going all in at this point would only be foolish and my demise would come quicker then I wanted too. Using Yoda's force like techniques would ultimately put me at a 30% and up advantage over those playing at my table, because I would know everything that is going on at the table. I wouldn't be bluffed, robbed, chased out of a hand, nothing because I run the table. I will become a poker player tracking system. Sounds a bit farfecthed but believe me, from what @Damienvince @Ponderingpoker and myself have witnessed, It is possible.
I recently expressed my views to my mother and father about poker and why I want to do it. My mother was not comfortable with the idea or being a pro because she's heard the stories of people gambling their lives away and becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol. She is just concerned for her baby boy, but she taught me self-control, awareness, the basics of life so I will be okay. My father though, he had a different view from what my mother had. He said, "son, if you do this, you have to become the Muhammad Ali, the Floyd Mayweather, the Joe Frazier, the absolute best at this. If you know you're are going to half ass this, don't do it." When he said that, it touched my soul because it feels great to have a parent that believes in me and my ability. My mother eventually agreed with my father and they said they will make sure to make it to Las Vegas to watch me play. So, I have no choice but to be the best and I have to put in the work to reach my goal. My first true test comes on April 2nd in Las Vegas, NV at the World Poker Tour Amateur Championship held at the Tropicana Resort. I have about one month and one week to prepare, by that time my skills will be superior to what my level is now and I will win the championship.
I'll make sure to post another blog on Wednesday. I'll be testing out the latest techniques Yoda have giving me and will let you know my progress.
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Michael D. Smith
After thinking about what Yoda said, it only made more sense. If I were at a real life poker tournament playing for cash, I would be crushed because 1) I wouldn't have no idea what my opponent may hold in his hand. 2) Playing my cards are like a shot in the dark: Yes I may hold QQ in my hand but if A23 unsuited comes out on the flop I may be at a disadvantage. Going all in at this point would only be foolish and my demise would come quicker then I wanted too. Using Yoda's force like techniques would ultimately put me at a 30% and up advantage over those playing at my table, because I would know everything that is going on at the table. I wouldn't be bluffed, robbed, chased out of a hand, nothing because I run the table. I will become a poker player tracking system. Sounds a bit farfecthed but believe me, from what @Damienvince @Ponderingpoker and myself have witnessed, It is possible.
I recently expressed my views to my mother and father about poker and why I want to do it. My mother was not comfortable with the idea or being a pro because she's heard the stories of people gambling their lives away and becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol. She is just concerned for her baby boy, but she taught me self-control, awareness, the basics of life so I will be okay. My father though, he had a different view from what my mother had. He said, "son, if you do this, you have to become the Muhammad Ali, the Floyd Mayweather, the Joe Frazier, the absolute best at this. If you know you're are going to half ass this, don't do it." When he said that, it touched my soul because it feels great to have a parent that believes in me and my ability. My mother eventually agreed with my father and they said they will make sure to make it to Las Vegas to watch me play. So, I have no choice but to be the best and I have to put in the work to reach my goal. My first true test comes on April 2nd in Las Vegas, NV at the World Poker Tour Amateur Championship held at the Tropicana Resort. I have about one month and one week to prepare, by that time my skills will be superior to what my level is now and I will win the championship.
I'll make sure to post another blog on Wednesday. I'll be testing out the latest techniques Yoda have giving me and will let you know my progress.
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Michael D. Smith
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