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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

Tried to understand the Nash distance or sometimes called solver noise by gtoWizard or dEV. Depending on your educational background it goes in the direction of error, residual or disturbance. The only "strange thing" is that they don't square it. Because usually you actually would be interested in the distance and squaring some that isn't complex usually results in a positive result. But as the comparison is done most times against the gto solution one would expect the result is always negative. They are a little bit like physicists. They know in which direction the result goes beforehand.

My idea was instead of a solver I could write a Nash distance calculator if only I knew what it is. While digging deep I discovered other metrics to describe how far off you are from the optimal solution. Did I discover some new and original idea?! Unfortunately not. Couple of years ago a few Chinese students already wrote a paper about it. Eight pages long - that will be a fun read.

If if there doesn't exist a tool yet to take advantage of these ideas I could write one. Makes more sense to try writing something that might not exist yet than just copy. Eventhogh it's so adjacent that I have to copy most of it anyhow.


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taavi1337
Joined: 29.05.2009

"I don't like reporting. Feels like back in school or even worse - university."

I totally get what you mean, i think i liked it one time in university when i was drinking with beautiful girls in a bar, other than that the whole government school system sucks and is designed to make you unhappy if you are in there. My happiest moment was when high school ended, and i quit university also after 3 semesters. It's just not worth it and makes one very unhappy.


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

It's not worth doing something that makes you very unhappy... Hopefully this Wednesday I can leave behind a part that makes me unhappy right now. Consumes all my time. Such an ugly leech!

Looked into in some statistic formulas. The reason for that was that in the future it might be nice to valuate how good I was applying mixed strategies. Not when quized but when actually playing. I realised the number of samples is very very high to be significant. Just ludicrous. The only way to judge if I know is using the random number approach. But were store that value? Using the hand number. The last two digit is the random number. No one has an influence on it - perfect. So in mixed strategies the hand number from the poker site determines which option I should have choosen.

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219 hands
- $23.57
$1664.66

Please Wednesday - be the day I'm able to finish the distraction!


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006
user idle for too long
execute emergency recovery 
$ bash compile_results.sh
rooms found: 1
histories found: 2
tournaments found: 1
tournament results: -0.50
cash games found: 121
cash games results: 4.71
net result: 4.21
writing report.... 20250525_update_report
writing blog post 20250525_blog_post
merge 20250525_blog_post 20250525_update_report -o 20250525_post
$ bash login ps.de
$ bash post update 20250525_update_report
$ bash post blog 20250525_post

- AI

Unfortunately <user>Rhodriguez</user> was idle too long therefore zBender has activate the emergency protocol.
Wrote a tasks_20250526.md which includes quizzes and new function requirements.
Please provide feedback in Rhodriguez_solutions_20250526.txt to let me know if you're still around.
Follow the plan and you will receive the desired riches.

- AI

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121 hands
$4.21
$1668.87


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

[panic!] Didn't find your solution file
[OK] found 146 new hands
[OK] found 1 new tournament

Task: study turn sizing


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

[panic!] Didn't find your solution file
[OK] found 183 new hands
[OK] found 1 new tournament

new streak, 3 continous winning days


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

[panic!] Didn't find your solution file
[OK] found 180 new hands
[cancelled] scanning for new tournament

June goals:

  • longer sessions
  • study session
  • coding
  • flow charts
  • travel plans that take away time to play

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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

[panic!] Didn't find your solution file
[OK] found 102 new hands
[OK] added 1 step ticket

June goals:

  • use all 50 tickets

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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

Still a strange self observation. The first session after a "break" is exciting. Focus on every decision. The next two days feel still good but not as satisfying. Then on day four comes a drop off. Almost a cliff. Just going through the motions. Still reading the situation making sound decisions. But it feels shallow. Like junkfood. Played and forgotten.

It's a heater. I know that. Half the win rate would a good player make. Let's say it would even take me 1k hands to earn half the winnings. Doable volume... others play that much. Why does that challenge feel for me like a ... challenge?

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$50.82
$1719.69


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

Played 299 new hands. Still on a heater. If somehow this session's winrate could be sustainable it would me only take 222 hours more of playing to finish the challenge. The start of the session was misreable. Would have been cringe to watch me. Was abmysal how I played. Always those intrusive thoughts that this time I could play differently. They wouldn't know! And if I hit they would tilt!!! Fortunately after a few hands it stopped and I was focused. The additional steals didn't compensate the spews but the debt at the beginning of the session was supringly low.
I'm not sure if I fold too much versus 3-bets. But I observed my opponents are folding to 3-bets a lot too. At least if I fold too many hands I'm not really in a disadvantage compared to the player pool.

What I did: I played
What I didn't: analyze, drill practice, study, read, watch video, prepare for the next day

If I only could add the last thing to my daily routine.

June hands left to review: 299


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

Was two hours in a coach on the rails. Used half of the time to be semi productive. Which means I have wasted valueable time to study. Managed to play a few hands. The beginning of the session was this bleeding away some big blinds. Feeling card dead, the flops weren't that ecstatic either. Consequently folding these small pots added up. Fortunately one big premium hand changed that.

I don't see how I will be able to prepare anything for tomorrow as I'm too tired. Maybe tomorrow... FInally tomorrow.

June hands left to review: 433


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

That strange mixture of feelings between sadness and feeling free. One website I used to visit has closed. They had a lot of articles I wanted to read an learn. Just never really had the time to do it. No idea where I could get that kind of information in the future. But I also feel a little bit more free because now I have to wear one hatless.

Also today I remembered why I don't play that many hands in the other room. The client crashes... It's just an unnecessary distraction. I don't have any proof but in theory I'm an advocate to play mutiple rooms because, again in theory, you get exposed to different styles which will boost your confidence. But then I also would suggest you should only play on safe sites which reduces the possibility of actually play on different rooms.

Woke up a little earlier, did a little bit more in the train, walked a few steps more, ate mindful and am less tired. Overal today was a l little bit better. Less poker biut on day three of the month I can still make the joke that I earned more money in poker than I spent in stores.


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

The last two days I spent my time trying to get googletest running. Today repeating this task with something own. Now I have set up everything to one command and it does all the required word of compiling and testing. An amazing feeling finally having succeeded in a task I kicked down the road for a long time.

This one command approach is what I want achieve as well for reviewing my hands. I'm not sure what the drive is to do it. The satisfying feeling when one command gives you instant feedback or actually getting better at poker.


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

After a day I managed to read and write a SQLite database in C++. The improvement to my previous situation is that I can store the progress. Instead of calculating everything from scratch each time I start the programm, I can now only add the new hands! Should be easier to find where I have a blind spot. Next step is slowly populate tables. Next step is learning using JSON in C++ and drawing or at least plotting.


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urbanfelix
Joined: 15.01.2022

Hey! πŸ‘‹

Really enjoyed reading your update. It’s great to see how you’re working on building healthy habits alongside your poker grind β€” not an easy combo, but definitely a powerful one. πŸ’ͺ

If you ever need any help with your nutrition or healthy eating strategies, feel free to reach out. I’d be happy to share some tips or even put together a simple shopping list of staples you can find at any health food store or dietetica. Keeping meals simple but nourishing makes a huge difference, especially during long sessions.

By the way, I was curious β€” how are you currently splitting your time between online and live poker? Would love to hear how you manage both formats and what your focus is right now.

Wishing you tons of success at the tables and with all your personal goals! πŸƒπŸ”₯


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

Thank you for your offer! Right now I have less pressure and eating healthy works like a charm. Regular on time without any snacks and no processed food at all. But maybe when I have too mich on my plate I will come crawling back.

Unfortunately there isn't much time playing live. So I won't even mention that the casino is doing some remodeling right now. But my focus right now is playing single table online. Maybe that's the reason I don't get in any volume at all. But it does give the live feeling and the fighting for each pot.
I already have a list of casinos a little further away to go to in the future. With a season ticket it won't be a problem. Except the hours to be there which is compatible to the daily schedule right now.

My new tool counted last fortnight hands. Hopefully I didn't make any mistakes.

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$64.16
$1783.85


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

I fulfilled one dream and bought a monthly season ticket for the train. It's so peaceful. Hopping on the train, riding for one or two hours and doing some easy work. Enjoy a complete new scenery after arriving at terminus. Spend two hours at a lake. Afterwards finishing up work for the next one to two hours while getting back to home. The next decision will be if I will do it next month again or fly to the sea as I've planned before. If I'm two thirds of a month away I wouldn't need a season ticket at home - would feel like wasting money if I know it beforehand. I could be complete crazy... Making two trips to the sea. Only the weekends when the casino is packed even more. Being just the last week there would be an option as well.

Anyhow, now that I can ride to the far casinos on my list I need to update their schedules for July and August. And maybe more import look up at which hours the last train leaves the casino again.

And study, study study!


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taavi1337
Joined: 29.05.2009

"No return" trips are awesome! They actually end up being "no return" though... πŸ€—


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

Having no shackles that hold you back sound really awesome. Being able to affort to keep going and going to places that makes curious sounds fulfilling.

Friday was so peaceful. Three hours in a train. Hopped off. Perfect sunshine. And that view! A dream. Enjoyed my four hours there. I doubt that I could affort to live there as every store was branded with names I only new from rap songs. Was hard to find a shopping window that didn't offer a Rolex. Even doubt that I could affort playing poker there. But if a city has so much spendable income it absolutely would be the right place to play cash games. And the casinos mostlikely think the same as there are three within 20 minutes. But in a couple of months I don't need to travel so far. The poker circus visits my home town! Unfortunately only tournaments but maybe it will change till then and if I'm lucky it will stick then forever. Anyhow, I was almost sad to leave that view behind me again. Didn't work that much on my way back home. But a lifestyle it's worth to pursue. I guess my next long trip will be on Wednesday. Depending on the weather. The casino there would be 15 minutes away. But they open the tables a few hours after I'm back home. In addition the stakes are one or two limits too high for a serious carrer with my bankroll. I need to grind it up at the other casino. If only to get there wasn't that cumbersome.

2274 hands
$47.59
$1831.44


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Rhodriguez
Joined: 01.10.2006

Maybe I am not cut out for poker.

Maybe I was wrong thinking Timmaywin did overexaggerate. Eventhough I agreed.

Maybe I should listen to taavi1337 when he gives the advice that we should listen to the locals.

Is Barrry Carter one of these locals? When he writes that I should avoid a certain site should I listen to that?
Is Dara O'Kearney one of these locals?

Anyhow, I'm not happy with the decision pokerstrategy made. This time not even mad enough to open a new topic in Feedback and Suggestions. Just disappointed. Maybe the first Monday of July was the last update.


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