<![CDATA[Daniel Chan's Blog]]> http://geocities.com/azn_innovation/blog.html?cq=1 en-us Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:57:51 GMT <![CDATA[Entry for June 11, 2007]]> http://geocities.com/azn_innovation/blog.html?cq=1&p=7 These past 4 days have grounded me back to the Earth. I have had 3 4 figure swings.


Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer for the 3rd year in a row for his 3rd consecutive French Open title.

]]> Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:57:51 GMT <![CDATA[Entry for June 9, 2007]]> http://geocities.com/azn_innovation/blog.html?cq=1&p=6


Nick is the king of shit talking. Zing. He is an automatic rebuttal catalogue. I need to give that man his props and step up my game.



Hoodies are awesome.



We are all adults. Adults have conversations with other adults. That is what it is.



Cut down on amount of pit stops to Miyozen, Sui Sui K, Elephant Bar.

Go to the strip club instead.








]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:39:28 GMT <![CDATA[Entry for June 5, 2007]]> http://geocities.com/azn_innovation/blog.html?cq=1&p=5


I am a degenerate gambler. I've never had a proper bankroll of 500 big bets or 25-30 buy ins for the NL games. One buy-in was all I ever wanted. One buy-in was all I ever wanted. Let it ride. My belief was that if you play absolutely perfect, with the exception of the inevitable cooler, you'd never lose.



Three years later, I the results tell me otherwise. Variance is inevitable. It is something that is just accepted. You keep playing, making the absolute best/optimal decisions possible. The results will speak for themselves.



Three years later, my two idols, notorious gamblers themselves, Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu are broke. Patrick Antonious and Brian Townsend are making millions. This is not to validate one school while vindicating the other. But, you gotta give credit where credit is due.



My plan is a 20-25 buy in NL plan. $2500. Dedicated solely for the purpose of playing .5/1 NL games. Move up once I read 25 buy ins for 1/2 = $2500. Move down to .25/.50 NL if I get down to $1500. It's going to be hard to remove my ego/pride to play properly, but this is the only way to go.
]]> Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:12:44 GMT <![CDATA[Entry for April 8, 2007]]> http://geocities.com/azn_innovation/blog.html?cq=1&p=4


There is one scene in the Matrix Revolutions that frames this perfectly. In the movie, the atmosphere of the Earth was 'torched' so no sunlight would penetrate to the ground. In Revolutions, for just one brief second, Neo and Trinity are launched above the darkened sky and witness the beauty of daylight. It's that sense of hope that gives them something to live for. Me turning something of value into something gives me something to live for.



How sick is that...
]]> Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:04:29 GMT <![CDATA[Entry for April 5, 2007]]> http://geocities.com/azn_innovation/blog.html?cq=1&p=3


I withdrew from UC Berkeley for the 2nd time a few weeks ago. Here's what happened. I didn't do any homework outside of class. Since there is no homework in polisci classes, that means there are tests and papers. Since I didn't do any work outside of class, put 1 + 1 together and you get a real recipe for disaster.



When I went to my college adviser, I wasn't sure what to expect. I fucked up, what's the plan now was my line. I told this nice lady about my gambling problem and she asked if I ever sought professional help. I said no, and we both agreed it was worth a try at least.



I was really nervous about doing it at first. Am I going to say something I never intended to say? Do I hate my parent's? Am I so in denial I can't even formulate meaningful sentences without weird utterances? I swear this happens every now and then!



The first session was awful. IMO I thought I came out as a complete whack job who only thought about gambling 24/7. Personally, I don't know what the function of therapy is or how therapy sessions are supposed to work. I only know what I've seen from movies like Good Will Hunting, What About Bob? and those 20/20 specials.
]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:15:03 GMT <![CDATA[Entry for December 31, 2006]]> http://geocities.com/azn_innovation/blog.html?cq=1&p=2


Poker related news .



Went to Oaks and staked John to play 6-12 around noon. We left at 2. John went busto. I came up 200 playing the 15-30. Pretty uneventful day to say the least. The 6-12 table was soft as hell. $$$ . Passive loose players coldcalling weak holdings preflop and chasing but never aggressively attacking the pot.



Lamont Jordan plays at the Oaks. He's a fucking maniac. Great for all the other players. Friday, he played an entire orbit BLIND betting/calling/raising but not folding. It was something to watch.






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