Thursday, September 20, 2007

::singaporean girls, are simply cmi::

i jus thought this is pretty funny, and kinda crude. not meant for girls. lol . my conversation with my swedish mate as i intend to go there for holidaying for a few weeks. :)

"Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
well, i dont htink i will be shopping, but perhaps like those fun things
Amin..* says:
clubbing is a bit more expensive
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
and accomodation
Amin..* says:
what fun things?
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
how expensive is the clubbing?
Amin..* says:
lol, there arent many fun things to do here
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
N whts there to do
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
lol
Amin..* says:
no btw, clubbing isnt more expensive
Amin..* says:
one drink.. 20 sing
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
thats slightly more expensive, but if i pay for myself, shouldnt be a problem
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
lol
Amin..* says:
thats on saturdays
Amin..* says:
one thursdays its 10 sing
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
i meant myself only........ normally i pay for my frens in singapore
Amin..* says:
less
Amin..* says:
im exagurating a bit now
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
okies.....
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
but how about the clubbing scene there
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
any fun?
Amin..* says:
its ok
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
and u will have ur nicotine shit?
Amin..* says:
i mean im used to it
Amin..* says:
so its not all that fun
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
more chicks than singapore?
Amin..* says:
but for u perhaps
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
for me, it'd be interesting
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
with all the blondes
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
and different music and culture
Amin..* says:
i dont remember how many chicks there were in singapore
Amin..* says:
they were so ugly
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
singapore, there isnt any fucking chicks
Amin..* says:
all of them.. except for bianca
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
haha.. dude, trust me, i know that... i give up on singapore girls long ago
Amin..* says:
lol "
Andry at 7:27 AM

Monday, September 17, 2007

::being a full fledge professional gambler::

yeah, thats basically is what i am trying to attain now. but till now, there is some element of success, but let me tell u, its so darn difficult.

let me say what i'm trying to accomplish first. Now that i am a professional poker player, and yes, that i have achieved. But have u heard of full time professional soccer punter(psp)? it sounds perhaps alittle crazy, but in my life i have met jus 1 PSP. and yeah, he is pretty well off.

the benefit of being a PSP is far greater than being a PPP(professional poker player). simply because u can bet hugh amt for minimal work, whereas for poker, u can only play stakes that u can beat. the higher u go, the better the players. it reach a point that, to earn outrageous amt of money in poker, u have to be really reallly one of the best in the world. something along that line.

In every bet we make, we look in terms of positive expectations irregardless of results. Some things are easy to quantify. lets say u do a coin flip, u know the chance of a coin flip is 50% chance coming heads, if someone offer u 1 dollar pay 3 dollar everytime heads flip, u take the bet, because over a large sample of tries, u will make money and u know the flip up probability is 50%...... now, move over to poker, pocket aces, i know that AA preflop, the chance of winning against most hand is 81%, this is harder to quantify, cause not every1 study poker like me.. or even QQ, its perhaps 75% favourite most of the time? all these calcultions are already done and jus a little study and u will know the odds......... but when it comes to soccer betting.... LOL.... how do u quantify if assuming u are running well(winning), is it because ur stragtegy is working or is it because u are riding on variance, but u are at a winning variance curve and doing well yet what u analyse is actually negative expectation, vice versa when u are losing but perhaps ur decisions are positive expectations.

in short, its very very hard to quantify soccer. and trust me, its driving me nuts... by mid week, i was down 6k sgd, and by the weekend, i am up a little over 1k sgd. and my per bet is 1250 sgd. today, i lost 5 matches stright for my last 5 bets for the night... yeah, i was up 6-8k then the last 4-5 matches i lost, so i am sitting with a 2k sgd profit for this week.

i feel dejected man. it really take balls of steel to get it right in soccer. on moment, u are on cloud 9, next thing u know, u backside tear. haha...

we'll see how it goes in time to come....

::poker::

havent been blogging about poker for the longgestttttttttttttt time....... oh well, nothing much to blog, except thaat this month's poker is fantasticaaaaa.... currently up 27k sgd for this month, and its only the 15th. been playing alot of 10-20 NL HU shortstacked... and not bad, been making quite abit..... 10-20FL wise, the game is very beatable, i feel quite world-class on that limit, but whether to move up to 20-40 FL is another thing....... kinda caught up with many things. with the launch of theasiapoker.com coming up its been a super hectic month for me.

jus had a conversation with my poker student. here it goes, i feel its pretty funny.

"
Jaul says:
wah y u play so big now
Jaul says:
n no more FL?
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
got la
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
now i building my bankroll
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
got win
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
so can play bigger
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
this month, i up 26k sgd from poker
Jaul says:
omg
Jaul says:
26k
Jaul says:
how do u feel
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
NORMAL
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
lol
Jaul says:
26k can change my life leh
Jaul says:
its so scary
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
ya, but 26k cannot change my life
Andry:TheAsiaPoker.com - Launching in Oct 1st! Confirmed! says:
thts why i feel normaaaaaaaaaal
Jaul says:
26000
Jaul says:
i will quit sch
Jaul says:
hahaha"
Andry at 4:58 AM

Saturday, September 15, 2007

::Confidence::

ive met a few gorgeous people in my life. but as i get to know them more in person, they lack of self confidence.....

i jus came back from clubbing, and along the way, my brother told me this supposely world class guy. apparently, he dated one of the hottest girl from ntu, and went to stanford. and he said to me, u know how world class he is...............

i immediately rebuked him and said, yes, he studied in stanford and perhaps he has maybe iq of 210, and he is good looking...... BUT what has he achieved in life? nothing YET.

it important to find ur edge in life, i dont care how good looking he is, and how smart he is. but 1 thing is for sure,. he has not accomplish anything. yes, the potential is there, i will not deny that, but for now, simply, he has not achieved anything. and with this, this is the edge my brother has to find. he has to think he is the better than him in this aspect, and also the fact that having confidence is also an edge. - u'd be suprise how many beautiful people out tehre, doesnt have the confidence in themselves. well, it can be sad, but yet, i draw strength from this, simply becuse they do not feel confident, but i do feel ever 99% confident about myself, there i gain an additional edge over them. yes, they're still better looking than me, and etc, i wont deny tht, but with me being confident of myself, i have reduced their edge by 1 point.

of course, in terms of edge(points), the more points u have, the better it is, but being confident, u have 1 edge. being better than them in other things, u will also gain an edge.... but of course if the difference is too much. its also useless.. example, u are only confident, but u are poorer, lousy character, ugly, not sincere, etc etc.. these things will not help....

but confident itself will increase ur point by 1 point..... but i would like to think that it is worth more than 1 point itself. being confident, u will hve the morale to do many things in life that u think its not possible. and with tht, u will gain more points than ever.

but there is a fine line between knowing u haave the edge and the reality....... u cant think tht, i think i am better than him, cause he is lazier than me, aand i am more hard working than him.....e.g even though u are more hardworking than him, u do not yield more results than him, or even if u do, ur results cannot be seen cause its minimal... thats lieing to urself..... results is all that matters..... i met people who told me that, they wanna do this in life, etc etc etc..... yes, i wont say its impossible as it takes time, but 1 thing these people must understand is that they STILL have not achieved anything in life, and because of that, they have to respect people who have acheived more than them in life. they must not think that, we'll i am better than them, thats why i dont respect them, so wht if they achieved more in life, its because they are longer in the field....... i think u can think that, u feel u are able to beat them in the field, but until u actually outdo them, u must give them the respect, simply becaaause u are still nobody yet.

u'd be surprised with the amt of egoistic people out there, that think that they are the best, yet have not achieved anything in life yet...... these are the so called inflated ego people. over confident people i must say.

as for me, i know i might not be the most good looking or perhaps the most cultured person around...... but i believe i have a world class business mind. and that is my edge. mind is the most powerful thing. more than anything....... perhaps people can debate with me, whether mind is the most powerful, but let me say, something, i will not LET any1 bring me down. i will shut them off, simply because i will not let any1 bring me down and i have enough grounds to feel this way, unless they have achieved more in my life, then PERHAPS i will listen to him.

lets put it this way, napolean is small sized too, but many feared him... why cant i be another napolean? give me 1 good reason.

this is not not being over confidence, but its being confidence, simply because i have achieved alot in life to feel tht, i am entilted to feel that i have enough grounds to feel that i can be the next "napolean".

at the same time, one must be able to take humble opinions too. but there is a fine line being somone giving u a genuine opinion and insulting u. :)


"Owen said: 'Did I ever doubt I would come back? No, never. I'm very strong mentally. There might be a lot of people who've got a lot more skill than me - but not many people who are as mentally as strong as me.
'When it comes to beating long-term injuries or lack of form or criticism, I've got a thicker skin than anyone. I never doubted I'd be back.
'I went to see the best surgeon in the world (Colorado-based Dr Richard Steadman). I had the best rehabilitation you could ever ask for and between my ears is the willpower and a strong mind to come back better than ever.
'I don't think anyone can say I've come back worse than before.' "


have confidence in urself, it'd do wonders.
Andry at 7:29 AM