Mind Games

Originally posted by Harrier88
Best to ditch Netflix altogether, honestly. They don't have much to offer that can't be found elsewhere. Or rather, the exclusive stuff that they do offer tends to be not very good at all.

Do you like documentaries? I had to cancel my Netflix subscription due to financial problems, and I miss the documentaries the most. One of my personal favourites is the "72 dangerous animals in <continent>" series, I feel like all the hours I invested in watching them was time well spent.

Originally posted by Tamaseger

Originally posted by Harrier88
Best to ditch Netflix altogether, honestly. They don't have much to offer that can't be found elsewhere. Or rather, the exclusive stuff that they do offer tends to be not very good at all.

Do you like documentaries? I had to cancel my Netflix subscription due to financial problems, and I miss the documentaries the most. One of my personal favourites is the "72 dangerous animals in <continent>" series, I feel like all the hours I invested in watching them was time well spent.

I used to use the phrase "time well wasted"
I'll check those out — thanks!
It all comes down to my time budget.

I'm sure those documentaries are nice, but I'd be very surprised if things like these were not available elsewhere. Maybe not the exact same documentaries, but there should be other good ones.

Originally posted by Harrier88
I'm sure those documentaries are nice, but I'd be very surprised if things like these were not available elsewhere. Maybe not the exact same documentaries, but there should be other good ones.

"Available elsewhere" means you need to go looking for them.
If you've been following https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=513623&page=1 there are a ton of fascinating animal videos on YouTube, but most are very short.

We're heading for Australia
We leave September 20 for a 29-day cruise to Sydney
We then have 10 days around the Southeast part of the country.

It is all booked and confirmed.

Awesome! Enjoy and soak in all this anticipation. I'm sure it will be great.

Originally posted by Rhodriguez
Awesome! Enjoy and soak in all this anticipation. I'm sure it will be great.

Thanks!
Both Mrs Vorpal and I had always wanted to go there — even before I met her I wanted to go.
She was the same.

When I graduated from high school, I had $1500 saved up and was going to go then — and yes, it would have been enough.
However, I had won two scholarships to university, and they had to be used in that year, or I would forfeit them.

No problem — I'll take the year, then go.

Problem. I got interested in Geology, and met some cool people (including the future Mrs Vorpal — but that's another story).
I had a sure job at the mine where I grew up, so I decided to get my BSc in Geology and work in the mine until I retired.

The mine closed in my 3rd year.

Australia? By then I was pretty much living paycheck to paycheck and enjoying life.
Finally, more than 50 years since I graduated, I'm going

Cool story, enjoy.

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Review the cruise itinerary

           Port           Arr        Depart 
      Vancouver                Sep 20 22:00 
       Victoria  Sep 21 07:00  Sep 21 14:00 
    Los Angeles  Sep 24 06:15  Sep 24 16:00 
       Honolulu  Sep 29 12:00  Sep 30 23:00 
         Tahiti  Oct 06 08:00  Oct 07 18:00 
      Pago Pago  Oct 11 08:00  Oct 11 17:00 
      Date Line  Oct 13 12:00  Oct 14 13:00 
        Aukland  Oct 16 07:00  Oct 16 20:00 
 Bay of Islands  Oct 17 07:00  Oct 17 16:00 
         Sydney  Oct 20 06:00               

We plan to make the most of the trip.
We still don't have data on what shore excursions are offered, but Mrs Vorpal is supremely eager to visit Universal Studios in LA.

If anyone knows anything about any of the places listed, I'm open to any suggestions.
We have been to Honolulu twice, so we more-or-less know what to expect there, but all the rest is unknown territory.

It's very early in a freeroll, and with less than 10BB I may as well get it in — people will often call with way worse
They don't, but that Ace on the River comes through

Pacific Poker - 200/400 Ante 40 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG+1: 2,887
MP: 5,512
MP+1: 5,819
CO: 2,242
BTN: 2,434
SB: 2,617
BB: 5,039
Hero (UTG): 2,917

8 players post ante of 40, SB posts SB 200, BB posts BB 400

Pre Flop: (pot: 920) Hero has A♥:8♥:

Hero raises to 2,877 and is all-in, fold, MP calls 2,877, fold, CO calls 2,202 and is all-in, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (8,876, 3 players) 7♠:2♣:4♠:

Turn: (8,876, 3 players) T♥:

River: (8,876, 3 players) A♠:

MP shows 6♦:6♣: (One Pair, Sixes)

Main Pot [7,526]: (Pre 19%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot#1 [1,350]: (Pre 54%, Flop 76%, Turn 86%)

CO shows J♥:J♠: (One Pair, Jacks)

Main Pot [7,526]: (Pre 100%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)

Hero shows A♥:8♥: (One Pair, Aces)

Main Pot [7,526]: (Pre 46%, Flop 24%, Turn 14%)
Side Pot#1 [1,350]: (Pre 46%, Flop 24%, Turn 14%)

Hero wins 7,526
Hero wins 1,350

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PokerStars, $2.94 + $0.36 - 2-7 Single Draw No Limit - 30/60 (15 ante) - 7 players
Hand delivered by Pokeit

UTG: 2,969 (49 bb)
MP: 5,831 (97 bb)
MP+1: 3,233 (54 bb)
CO: 3,282 (55 bb)
BU: 10,392 (173 bb)
SB (Hero): 4,203 (70 bb)
BB: 2,580 (43 bb)

Deal: (195) Hero is SB with 4♥:6♣:7♠:9♥:3♣:
3 players fold, CO calls 60, BTN raises to 300, Hero calls 270, 1 fold, CO calls 240

Draw One: (1,065) 4♥:6♣:7♠:9♥:3♣: (3 players)
SB (Hero) stands pat, CO draws 1, BU draws 1
Hero bets 373, CO folds, BTN raises to 10,077 (all-in), Hero calls 3,515 (all-in)

Total pot: 8,841

Showdown:
BU shows 3♥:2♥:7♥:8♠:7♣: (a pair of Sevens)
SB (Hero) shows 4♥:6♣:7♠:9♥:3♣: (9-7-6-4-3)
SB (Hero) wins 8,841

I forgot I had no bankroll, and lost a stack playing NL5 when I ran into Aces
       Date    Amt    Bal  Pos  Field   Rank             Comment 
 Fri Jul 01   2.07   9.78   17   4117   0.4%  Daily Freebie $450 
 Fri Jul 01   0.35  10.13  483   3261  14.8%               Noble 
 Fri Jul 01   0.50  10.63  212   2907   7.3%               Noble 
 Fri Jul 01   0.50  11.13  403   2205  18.3%               Noble 
 Fri Jul 01  -5.19   5.94                                   NL 5 
 Fri Jul 01   0.72   6.66                                 PLO8 5 
 Fri Jul 01  -0.05   6.61                             Adjustment 
             -1.10                                         Total 

We're not done yet either — there is a special 🇨🇦"Canada Day"🇨🇦 Freeroll starting in a couple of minutes. $1,550 prize pool and 450 runners so far.

The ship — Majestic Princess — that we will be sailing on in September will be in Vancouver tomorrow
On board is a couple we knew 35 years ago when we lived up country — they're returning from a 14-day Alaska cruise.
They will be getting a shuttle from the ship to the airport, where we'll meet them for coffee and conversation for a few hours before they fly home.

This is the ship:

Wauws looks like you could get lost

Originally posted by Fredjen
Wauws looks like you could get lost

Not that I would mind. There are so many interesting things to see and do on these ships that even if one was to get lost it would not matter.
The first thing to do on board after boarding is to explore the ship.
Luggage is delivered to the cabin.
So step #1 is to eat — since the queues are long when boarding, and typically one is finally on the ship around 14:00
Next is the safety lecture — which is now a video on a mobile device — and a check-in at the proper muster point.
After that go walkabout for a few hours and learn the location of the restaurants, bars and other amenities.

What? Nobody wants it?

Pacific Poker - 25/50 Ante 5 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 2,897
SB: 7,128
Hero (BB): 2,941
UTG: 2,927
UTG+1: 2,927
MP: 3,117
MP+1: 2,940
MP+2: 1,902
CO: 3,221

9 players post ante of 5, SB posts SB 25, Hero posts BB 50

Pre Flop: (pot: 120) Hero has 5♦:J♦:

fold, fold, fold, fold, MP+2 calls 50, CO calls 50, fold, SB calls 25, Hero checks

Flop: (245, 4 players) Q♥:K♥:8♦:
SB checks, Hero checks, MP+2 checks, CO checks

Turn: (245, 4 players) A♦:
SB checks, Hero checks, MP+2 checks, CO checks

River: (245, 4 players) 3♠:
SB checks, Hero checks, MP+2 checks, CO checks

SB shows 7♥:9♣: (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 25%, Flop 19%, Turn 9%)
Hero shows 5♦:J♦: (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 31%, Flop 29%, Turn 54%)
MP+2 mucks 4♥:5♥: (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 20%, Flop 42%, Turn 29%)
CO shows T♣:2♣: (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 24%, Flop 10%, Turn 9%)
Hero wins 245

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
What? Nobody wants it?

I had a tournament today with a sitout BB, I was SB, just completed with a K9o after 2 limps. The board was pretty dry, so everyone checked it down, to river. I didn't want to bluff a 4-way (3-way actually, but still) pot with my K high, the other two checked too, so the sitout guy won the showdown with a mere pair of 4s with his A4o, it was really funny.

I started today with $9.01 on 888, lost it all — one stupid play, one cooler — but I won $0.20 in a freeroll.
So today, almost 4 years to the day since I started keeping track, I am back to exactly where I was when I started.
Oh yeah — I withdrew $900 at the end of June — so $900 profit in 4 years. I'll take it.

The time span is quite big, but IMO making $900 with a $10k bankroll is not that big achievement, but making $900 from $0.20 is quite impressive even if it took that much time.

Originally posted by Tamaseger
The time span is quite big, but IMO making $900 with a $10k bankroll is not that big achievement, but making $900 from $0.20 is quite impressive even if it took that much time.

Thanks!
My withdrawal came through to my bank today, and although I withdrew $900 that is not what showed up in my bank account.