UPAY4DINNER – Weight Loss and Poker

UPAY4DINNER · 2018-10-03T14:33:42Z

Hello forum! Introduction: At this stage most of you will know me to some degree but let's start with a brief introduction! My name is Gary, I am 34 from the Rep. of Ireland. I am a part-time poker player, I have a full-time job as a retailer and I have just completed a degree in Retail Management through my workplace. It took me three years in which I let my poker stuff take a back seat but now I am back and back with a bang! History I've been playing poker since 2006, I started by playing home games with friends (won my first one and became instantly hooked. From then I've played most varieties of poker, SNG, MTTs, Cash, mixed games. You name it, I've played it! I worked for PokerStrategy.com for many years, to begin as a voluntary moderator before being paid as a SuperModerator and at one stage I was HeadAdmin in the English community. My username then was HollyMichelle13 but after I finished up I changed it to UPAY4DINNER which was my poker alias at most sites. I've had decent successes both offline and online. Offline I won a seat to the Betfair Live Poker Event in Cork worth $650 for $5.50. I didn't win the Main Event or cash but I did take down a side event (Chopped for €1,100). I haven't played any offline since mind you, haven't had time or bankroll but maybe I will in the near future. Online, I've had some decent scores, the pick of the bunch being a 2nd place finish in the $11 MicroMillions for $5.2K. Have had lots of FTs since for $1.8K, $1.2K and a $2K third place on partypoker. 2018 I've returned to the game in recent months/weeks and I've begun streaming on Twitch and I am now taking on a bankroll challenge that is hopefully going to consume my life for the next 365 days! Challenge: I am taking a tiered approach to my challenge but the headline factor is turning $22 into $2,000 playing SNGs and MTSNGs. Tier 1: $22 to $220 playing $1.10 SNGs on party to begin, adding $2.20s when bankroll is north of $125 Tier 2: $220 to $550 playing $2.20 SNGs on party to begin, adding $5.50s when bankroll is north of $400 Tier 3: $550 to $2,000+ playing $5.50 SNGs on party to begin, adding $2.50 180s when bankroll is north of $800 Why the challenge? Having been away from the game properly for three years my game has suffered. Don't get me wrong I was never perfect or close to being perfect but this is an opportunity for me to go back to basics, learn the crush the game properly, study hard and become a better poker player. Before my degree I was a solid winner in the $2.50 180s but I spent most of that roll on family life, buying bits and pieces for the house we bought and stuff like that. This is time to start afresh with a new bankroll and I have no plans to use winnings for anything else other than my poker games! What happens if I go broke? Legit question as I'm only starting with 20 buyins. It shouldn't happen but you never know with poker variance. If it does though, I will reset bankroll to $22 and will start again! Schedule: I am going into this with minimal expectations. Volume on party maybe an issue as SNG traffic isn't super hectic. Maybe it will explode when players notice a new Irish FISH at the tables! Initially, my focus will be getting my strategy right, TAG poker with strong emphasis on push/fold ranges. My hope is to play a minimum of 60 games a week for the first month and then I hope to add more tables as things progress although that will remain to be seen depending on how things go. Updates and streams: Ideally, I will update with weekly results (most likely on Monday mornings) Streaming in the beginning will be minimal as my focus will be getting my strategy right and the pressures of streaming will take away some of the concentration levels required to play the game optimally. I do hope to stream games every Thursday, this will also incorporate other games (Thursday UK/Ire bounty freeroll on party; GG Poker Freeroll and then my SNGs) Launch: My journey will begin tomorrow live on Twitch from 8pm Irish time. I will also be choosing the winner of my birthday giveaway during this stream so if you have entered do pop in to see if it's your lucky day! Apologies for the looooooooooong post but I felt it was necessary and I hope to see you all soon around the forum and in my Twitch chat! Peace, love, empathy UPAY4DINNER

UPAY4DINNER

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20.03.2019, 09:46 +3

Thanks guys, looking forward to the weekend and hoping not to travel 200km to bust in the first hour ♦

I agree with Prim here as well, there's literally no point in grinding something that a) doesn't fit into your life schedule b) just for the sake of it c) something that doesn't totally fulfill your needs.

That's the biggest lesson that I've learned in the past year - stop doing something just because that's what others are doing - do something that you enjoy and do it for the right reasons. Just because the masses are grinding Stars or party doesn't mean we should/have to. Haven't played Stars or partypoker since the turn of the year and not missing them one bit!

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Primrose6789

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20.03.2019, 17:11 0

That´s exactly it, UPAY! Haven´t played on Stars for ages but went back to Partypoker for the SnGs and DONs (and some PLO-CG) and fortunately there is also some little traffic at the DONs on TitanPoker. You gotta choose what you like best, what you enjoy and what fits into your personal schedule. It all started when I had a big and really nasty downswing in MTTs. That´s already absolutely ugly but then I found a variance-calclulator and calculated how many MTTs I have to play until there´s only little variance left. When I saw the result - it hit me like a truck!!! :f_o: With my schedule this will take like at least 5 years or so! :f_o: The volume you gotta put in is so HUGE and this means also that downswings (but also upswings) can take really long! :facepalm: :rage:

In that moment I knew: I will never make it! I can´t invest SO MANY hours to play SO MUCH! :f_o: And you cannot play just 2 hours MTT :mdr:. An MTT takes 4,5,6 or even more hours for a deep run. You cannot sit down a bit and play for 2 hours and then go and do something else. So, THAT was the moment. I realized: I have to play something else, I cannot just "hope for getting lucky" because that´s what I would have done if I had continued MTT-grind. That may be "just for fun" which it will be for me - of course I will play some MTT-events or so but this is not going to be my main format!

As the title for my blog says: Sit and go, girl! ♠_drink:

Cash Game Blog: Cash is QUEEN: Prim´s little Cash Game corner
Shared Blog with Harrier88: Double Trouble with Prim and Harrier!

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UPAY4DINNER

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24.03.2019, 15:01 0

Sorry all for the no updates yesterday.

Played zero hands for about 4 and a half hours! Pick up AA with 25 BBs raise and get jammed on by KQo.

Flop QQ3 with no help on the turn and river!

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UPAY4DINNER

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27.03.2019, 16:58 +1

Hey guys!

#Stream100 is all but a few hours away on twitch.tv/UPAY4DINNER

Kick-off at 8pm UTC (4 hours from now)

- $10 Giveaway ongoing on Twitter
- $100 freeroll on GGPoker, password protected (released at 7pm on Twitch)
- $10 for the person who knocks me out of the freeroll after late registration
- 1 copy of Poker Satellite Strategy co-written by PokerStrategy.com editor Barry Carter!
- Lot's of fun and frolics guaranteed!

See you soon <3

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deralte71

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27.03.2019, 17:09 +2

100 streams, that’s such an effort GG

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UPAY4DINNER

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27.03.2019, 20:55 0

LIVE NOW!

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UPAY4DINNER

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28.03.2019, 03:37 +1

https://clips.twitch.tv/LovelyEagerDragonPanicBasket

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tonypmm

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28.03.2019, 03:50 0

Magic like winning your own freeroll can easily happen as soon as you rub a genie the right way :yaoming:

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deralte71

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28.03.2019, 08:14 +1

So rigged! :-)

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UPAY4DINNER

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08.04.2019, 10:00 0

ANNOUNCEMENT!

#CharityStream raising funds for @PietaHouse will take place on 27th April

I will be playing and streaming lots of tournaments @GGPokerOfficial
All markup, 20% of tournament winnings and donations will be going to the charity on the day

http://twitch.tv/UPAY4DINNER

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UPAY4DINNER

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25.04.2019, 19:22 +2

Hey guys

Just a polite reminder of my Charity Stream on Saturday starting at 10am UTC+1

Raising funds for Pieta House (Suicide Prevention charity)

Hope you can join and donate a small amount for a great cause!

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UPAY4DINNER

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27.04.2019, 09:51 +2

Hey guys and grills of PokerStrategy

I'm about to go live for a huge charity stream grind on https://twitch.tv/UPAY4DINNER

I am raising funds for a suicide prevention charity called Pieta House

A small donation today can help save someone's life #BeAHero

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UPAY4DINNER

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28.04.2019, 14:46 +2

Hey

Would like to express a huge thank you to you all for contributing so kindly in yesterday's charity stream.

At present the total funds raised exceeded the targeted goal!

With respect to conversion rates and fees taken from Streamlabs and PayPal the figure raised is €736.78!

If you haven't already contributed and your feeling generous you can either reply or DM me here or on Twitter or whisper me on Twitch.

I'll "keep the lines open" until tomorrow evening and send the final amount on Wednesday.

Thanks again for all the love and support!

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UPAY4DINNER

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04.05.2019, 10:06 +1

Streamer BATTLE tonight at 19:45!

$10 buyin with a minimum of 6 $50 bounties up for grabs. If all streamers reenter then it's a maximum of 12 $50 bounties!

Sick value for everyone here!

Will be starting the stream at 8pm Irish time.

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metalmonkey80

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04.05.2019, 15:08 +1

See you then :f_thumbsup:

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UPAY4DINNER

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04.05.2019, 19:34 0

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!

@GGPokerOfficial Team GG vs Discord Rumble!

LIVE on STREAM in 25 minutes!

https://www.twitch.tv/UPAY4DINNER

Knock me out to win T$50! Same applies for @atardisnafu @twosneverlose @Karlencho @ShroomTheRiver @scrimitzu

💵💰💲💸💵💰💲💸

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UPAY4DINNER

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05.05.2019, 02:20 0

4th in the rumble for $36
3rd in the Red $5 for $43
5th in the Yellow $15 for $127
11th in the Blue $10 for $19.25

We are on a roll and thats €1,000 profit on GG

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UPAY4DINNER

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15.05.2019, 13:37 0

$100 stream freeroll starting at 9pm with no late registration!

Password available on my Twitch page 3 hours before so plenty of time for everyone to get involved!!!

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UPAY4DINNER

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29.05.2019, 17:52 +2

$100 to $2,000 complete!

https://www.twitch.tv/upay4dinner/clip/FineCrunchyLemurPicoMause?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time

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deralte71

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29.05.2019, 18:07 +1

cool Gary, GL in the future, allthough you don't seem to need it :f_biggrin:

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