@WrathOfRam

ram_siva1

A couple days ago I had my first post in a very long time and it was to sell action for WSOPC taking place in Vancouver, BC. I normally don't post on here, infact I dont post anywhere as I'm way too lazy to do any writing in my free time. My Grade 8 teacher used to say I had a "mental shut down" when it came to writing.

After the BAP thread, I started exploring the threads on this site and when doing so I thought I should start my own thread tracking my progress in poker. There was another poker player that tried to do the same, but it felt like he missed out on a lot of the components that players were looking for such as graphs, poker theory, HHs etc.

I wanted to start a Poker Goals and Challenges thread on twoplustwo, but I feel the market for that there is way too saturated and didn't see one being done effectively on this site, so I thought why not make one here?

I am currently in my final semester in Economics with a Finance Speciaization at the University of Waterloo (Only 2 courses left!). I have been playing poker for about 3 years, but I would say I started taking it seriously and working on my game about 2 years ago when I met Vekked at "Buzzards".

Im 22 years old and in the past 2 years, playing part time I have made over 60k in profits (Online + Live), but I do not have much to show for it. Tuition, schooling expenses and partying have taken the bulk of my poker profits, forcing me to be stationed at midstakes for a while now.

I do plan on playing for a living once this semester is over and will take you guys along the ride with me. I will post my goals and challenges on this thread along with all relevant poker stuff. Currently I play/study poker 3 days a week (2 Days Grizinding- Mixture of Online or Live, 1 Day- Reflection/ Review HHs/ Watch training videos) and I grind low-midstakes tourneys. I usually slack on the study days, spending 3hours studying and the rest of the day youtubing cat videos. Hopefully this thread can motivate me to study more. The days I grind, I will share interesting stories about my life or poker related content, if there is something you guys want me to speak about. Let me know.

I am currently on my 2nd biggest downswing and it's been a bit rough.
~11k= ~3k online + ~8k live, mainly due to the fact that I took a shot at 10/20 and ran pretty poorly. Hopefully my run good will start now and you guys can be a part of it.

I will stop my ramblings at this point because there will be lots to speak about as this thread continues.

If you guys have any questions about poker or my life in general, please feel free to ask away.

Finally here are all my contact infos:

TWITTER: @WRATHOFRAM
Pokerstars: Ram_siva1 (I will always show when I'm at the tables, so you guys can sweat whenever you want)
Gmail: WrathofRam@gmail.com

piggypie123

Good luck with this :)

Buzzzardd

[x] Real pro itt.

Good luck ram. Hope you can still make it out to the odd HPT.

jdAA88

awesome dude gl hope you get out of ur dswing

Hobbes

Buzzzardd;335244 wrote[x] Real pro itt.

Good luck ram. Hope you can still make it out to the odd HPT.

JimmyHo

ram_siva1;335241 wroteI do plan on playing for a living once this semester is over and will take you guys along the ride with me.

know of a sick 10/20 game in Richmond Hill..sick...better bring the entire remaining bankroll...

JohnnieH

Buzzzardd;335244 wrote[x] Real pro itt.

Good luck ram. Hope you can still make it out to the odd HPT.

+2.

GTA Poker

[+] pro

compuease

Right approach, gl and keep us in the loop.. If you have been using your profits to fund schooling, that's a win.. Nice to see..

trigs

gl ram. definitely a bit jealous i must admit. don't forget about our little poker forum when you hit it big time.

Milo

Okay, giraffes or not, I am looking forward to this.

Buzzzardd

I find it heartwarming that the members of this Forum can get behind a young guy who wants to turn pro.

Milo

Don't act so surprised . . .

ram_siva1

Hey Guys, after my session yesterday I got on my bed to watch "the office" and passed out within the first 5 mins. About 5 hours later, I am now wide awake. One of the worst things about poker is it completely messes up your sleeping schedule and I've had the hardest time getting it back on track. When I do get it back on track, I'll go to the casino and have a long session bringing me back to the state where I can't fall asleep until 6 in the morning. Hopefully after writing this response, I can somehow fall back asleep.

I have this weird notion that when you say a "pro", you are this awesome player that makes a crap load of money. As much as I would like to be considered a "pro", under my definition of it, I got a long way to go.

It feels extremely good to have this kind of support from the forum. To be honest, I was a bit nervous when I thought about starting this thread only because of the general atmosphere of this forum, trolling in particular. But in the back of my mind, I felt that if I provided you guys with good material and what you guys asked for. Then I thought it wouldn't be too difficult to get your support.

Session 1:

Notable finishes:

$22 R/A (13 of 661) - $251
$10 KO (15 of 807) - $ 30
$10 R/A (3 of 475) - $1172
$2R 2x Turbo (51 of 2454) - $41

Giraffe:

ram_siva1

pokerJAH;335250 wroteknow of a sick 10/20 game in Richmond Hill..sick...better bring the entire remaining bankroll...

I have no idea where cash games are located in the GTA. I primarily play online and only go to the casino when I feel like I want a change of scenario and to socialize. That being said, fallsview has a very good 10/20 cash game and if you go there and ask around, I'm sure there will be a couple guys that will tell you about home games.

GTA Poker

ram_siva1;335355 wroteHey Guys, after my session yesterday I got on my bed to watch "the office" and passed out within the first 5 mins. About 5 hours later, I am now wide awake. One of the worst things about poker is it completely messes up your sleeping schedule and I've had the hardest time getting it back on track. When I do get it back on track, I'll go to the casino and have long session bringing me back to the state where I can't fall asleep until 6 in the morning. Hopefully after writing this response, I can somehow fall back asleep.

I have this weird notion that when you say a "pro", you are this awesome player that makes a crap load of money. As much as I would like to be considered a "pro", under my definition of it, I got a long way to go.

It feels extremely good to have this kind of support from the forum. To be honest, I was a bit nervous when I thought about starting this thread only because of the general atmosphere of this forum, trolling in particular. But in the back of my mind, I felt that if I provided you guys with good material and what you guys asked for. Then I thought it wouldn't be too difficult to get your support.

Session 1:

Notable finishes:

$22 R/A (13 of 661) - $251
$10 KO (15 of 807) - $ 30
$10 R/A (3 of 475) - $1172
$2R 2x Turbo (51 of 2454) - $41

Giraffe:

May want to use green or black for profit and red for losses.

I don't think anyone will be negative towards any member that is trying to improve as a player and make money at the game. You probably came around at a terrible time to get an impression of people on here...gl with your endeavor and post some notable hands or any questions you may have.

As for the sleeping, it all depends on what you want to do. Many successful cash game players and online MTT players forego some $$EV and miss some softer games to gain some lifeEV and remain on a fairly regimented schedule. If you are a good player you have the flexibility to maintain whatever schedule fits your needs.

ram_siva1

Since the last post a couple hrs ago, I still havent been able to go back to sleep. Maybe its because I have a laptop so close to my bed. So I started watching the WSOP main event on youtube and got the itch to play some live. Is it just me or are there other people who want to play live mainly because they like rifling CHIPS? Im going to catch the 8:00am Safeway tour bus to fallsview and play some 2/5 and move to 5/10 if I feel good about my game.

JohnnieH

GTA Poker;335357 wrote I don't think anyone will be negative towards any member that is trying to improve as a player and make money at the game. You probably came around at a terrible time to get an impression of people on here...gl with your endeavor and post some notable hands or any questions you may have.

Ram is a reg in the KW poker scene. I've watched his game improve over the last few years. (Although not lately, it's been awhile dude!)

This will be a success story.

actyper

GTA Poker;335357 wrote As for the sleeping, it all depends on what you want to do. Many successful cash game players and online MTT players forego some $$EV and miss some softer games to gain some lifeEV and remain on a fairly regimented schedule. If you are a good player you have the flexibility to maintain whatever schedule fits your needs.

Yup that's how I feel. Some guys here for instance start Sunday early catching the soft Euro crowd. I personally pass on that EV just to my usual routine and relax before the grind.

ram_siva1

I just finished with the casino. All in all, I think I might be a better 5/10 player than a 2/5. 2/5 at fallsview is either too tight or way too loose. It's pretty tilting to not get any action when you're playing live because the game moves at such a slow rate. I was playing hyper Lag where I think I opened 50% of pots, I just was a bit frustrated at how slow the game was for me. I was up around $700 about 1hr into the session then I lost the profits another $145.

Hand:

CO opens for $35 (brown middle aged guy who seems to be pretty aggro pre and has been pretty much winning every pot in the past 3hrs)

Hero: 9To OTB and I flat with no other callers and the flop comes K78r
He cbets $60 and I flat.

Turn comes 2 and he bets $125 and I ship it for about $430 and miss the river.

So I lost $145 in the 2/5 session and went to 5/10 after dinner. I feel that I play a bit better at these stakes and booked $1175 session.

Oct 20, 2012 - Live Session

2/5, 6 Hrs, -$145
5/10, 6Hrs, $1175