David kumar

@TateTheTalisman I’m here to learn anything you teach me. TBH I have the most street smarts out of most. I want to be the best that you can make me

I’m hiring. Won’t give the job description. Post underneath why you think you’re qualified to work for me. 2 positions available.

@bencb789 @7amXAN I read it because he’s giving you information that is really valuable. I truly believe Ben wants people to succeed in poker and life.

@7amXAN Dont worry. Nobody expects it from you. Keep grinding the shortform dopamine hits.

2025 Results (First, WITHOUT my WSOP win and I explain further down why removing your biggest score can be helpful): CoinPoker: -$100k PokerStars: +$144k GG Poker: +$409k GG Rake: -$70k GG Rakeback: +$40k —————————— Total Profit: $423k Hours played: ~200 Full 8–12h sessions: 20 Day 2 / Day 3 / FT sessions (2–4h): 10 Total sessions: 30 Hourly: $2,150 —————————— Now INCLUDING the WSOP Main: Total Profit: $4,323,000 Hourly: $21,615 —————————— I play 20–24 tables. That’s my sweet spot. I often stream on Twitch → extra distraction + people seeing my game. Yes, I could play fewer tables. But 20–24 maximizes my hourly. With 10–15 tables I’d have higher ROI. But significantly lower hourly. —————————— Yes, my yearly sample size is smaller. Usually 700 – 1,200 tournaments/year. I mostly play Sundays. 2–3 sessions per month (more during big series). I have similar results for the past 10+ years (of course not as big as winning the WSOP main). A lot of my time goes into my two businesses: @raiseyouredge and @AcendClub . Fewer sessions = more focus. More excitement. Better preparation. And that reflects in my results every single year. And I want to show you something important: You don’t need to be a slave to poker. Even at midstakes, you can earn very well playing only a few sessions per week - depending on your goals and life outside poker. —————————— I also spend a lot of time on: • content creation • studying • researching • updating material for our students That keeps me sharp. I spot new things and exploits fast. I like systems. Simple systems. Extremely effective. I don’t follow many of the pushed GTO concepts. I believe many of them hurt winrates more than they help. I focus on: • spots that are massively underbluffed • spots where I can fold my entire bluffcatcher range • spots where I don’t need to bluff at all I train to identify those spots. Result? I need 1 second to decide. Others tank 20 - 30 seconds, think about blockers, balance, GTO… and still make a losing decision because they don’t realize the spot is under-bluffed. That speed lets me: • add tables • reduce mental load • increase profit Example: I created Postflop Rocket → one of the #12 most profitable postflop exploits for our Champions students. It’s a checklist. Easy to apply. Extremely effective. Especially if you don’t want to waste hours in solvers learning strategies that don’t move the needle anyway. People still laugh and say: “Your game is unbalanced. Easily exploitable.” Okay. Sure. —————————— Why remove the biggest score? To identify trends. In tournament poker, big scores often carry an entire year. They can also completely distort reality. Example: You’re down $100k. Then boom - $130k score. Now you’re +$30k on the year. Add rakeback → maybe +$35–40k. BUT… If your graph goes straight down for thousands of games and one score saves the year, chances are high you’re a losing player with one lucky run. Yes, we need big scores in MTTs. But be brutally honest with yourself without your biggest score: • Break-even? → Not bad • Slightly up? → Good • Decently up? → Amazing • Decently down? → HIT THE LAB! Review with friends/coaches. Find the Leaks ASAP! This is about probabilities. Are you truly winning - or just lucky? Many players overvalue their biggest score. They move up in stakes. And their bankroll disappears faster than they can react. —————————— “WOW, if I made this money, I’d quit and enjoy life.” Reality check. This mindset is exactly why you won’t succeed. Yes, money matters. Making alot of money matters to me too. But its not everything. You lack: • Passion (NOT the Passion to make money with Poker), but REAL passion for the GRIND • Fire. Fire to also get up after brutal sessions. Fire to be excited about fixing leaks and improving. • Respect for the lessons this game teaches Without the above? It puts you at a huge disadvantage. For people like me, I dont mind ... • Getting up after downswings • Studying with zero paycheck • Grinding for years without results • Appreciating the growth and learnings without seeing the $ results. Yeah its not nice. But we accept those things as part of the journey. It took me 2 years to withdraw my first dollars. Are you willing to do that? 2-4 years of serious effort with no results? To grind your way up in Poker whilst working a job? You only see the highlights. The big scores. The Instagram moments. That’s not reality. That’s not the grind. This delusion will hold you back. You won’t last. You can’t handle effort without immediate reward. Welcome to life. We can do everything right and still lose. Results are often not in our control. Only consistent effort over years makes success likely - not guaranteed. But not trying guarantees failure. If you think you’d “retire” after making X millions, you haven’t understood what it takes to win. Why quit if you love the game? If it’s your fire? That’s the difference between: • players winning for 10+ years • and those with one good year who disappear Everything has a price. Poker millions cost: • sacrifice • downswings • self-doubt • people laughing at you • pushing through anyway Most people want the millions. Not the price. That’s why I’ve never thought about quitting. Maybe one day - because something else excites me more or I don’t enjoy the grind anymore. But never because I made X dollars. —————————— If you made it this far - good sign. Most only care about the money. They look for shortcuts. The value of this post isn’t the results. It’s the messages. That’s the stuff that actually moves you forward. I wish you a STRONG 2026 CHAMP! Lets Crush!

@globalkennyp I think with this line qq is the best hand you could outside of slow played aces think you have to call and be sick about it

Saw one of the sicker hands i’ve witnessed playing a graveyard shift at the $20/40 public commerce game last night. euro open utg 100, utg1(rec)c, reg btn 3b 460, euro 4b 1400, utg1 f, reg 5b 2900, utg c. (5960) AQ9ddx xx (5960) 6x xx (5960) 9x euro bet 3k, reg jam 11k total, euro tanks forever and folds qq. sick sick hand. is it better to have a hand like AQs or AKs as the OOP player then QQ? value is literally only AA from IP. I mean this line is never QQ. so it does seem like having AK or AQ might be even better than QQ. (Not sure if these are even in range in this config…) IP can bluff with any suited Ax pre that he 5b bluffs with. If hes constructing this line with bluffs, thats actually sick lol. What hands would you bet/call with as OOP? What hands would you play this way with as IP (as a bluff)?

@elonmuskTN 1

@thevenividi1993 @CoinPoker_OFF 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Today is the first day of the PLO Cash Game Championship on @CoinPoker_OFF. I'll be streaming a couple off hours at around 13:00 CET (in 3 hours) and giving away $500 to one person that: likes, retweets and comments on this post. It will be 4 hours of playing cash games and then one hour of reviewing some spots, should be a good one!

@thesamparr Yes

It’s hard to have the best conversations on zoom. They happen irl. So Hampton’s going all in-person in Vancouver. Groups of 7-8 founders meeting monthly. I’ve been with my group for 3 years. They get the stuff no one else does. Totally life changing. Wanna join?

@Benaskren Good to hear champ love from Canada 🇨🇦

I am walking way better than this now

@DougPolkVids When is WPT gold coming to Canada 🇨🇦? @DougPolkVids

Why does every poker business I’m involved in constantly have overlays? First, it was at The Lodge for like 500K. Now it’s at the 14,000,000 KO series on ClubWPT Gold To celebrate our failure, I've got 10,000SC worth of seats up for grabs. Comment your ClubWPT Gold username to have a shot at getting one added to your account.

@Zuffa_Boxing @SHAQ

YOU can sit in Dana's section for #CaneloCrawford 🥊🫵 Tag a celebrity you would want to sit with and use #ZuffaBoxing, in our replies for your chance to win!

@padspoker 77+ ajsuited + wth 40 bb effective close to that atleast

First online FT since SCOOP. $1k stars Open BTN, chipleader SB jams.. What is the worst pair you call?

@GGPoker 108 mystery bounty main event Tiger604

There is a tournament on today which costs $108, and has a mind boggling $5,000,000 guaranteed prizepool. So, here's the question: What is the name of the tournament? TWO random correct answer will win a ticket to this unique tournament! Reply with your nickname and hashtags #GGPoker #BountyHuntersSeries

@abbypoker_ Take a break and study watch videos on YouTube about downswings remember it happens to all of us.

serious question- anyone have tips for navigating a downswing?? what helped u navigate these swings? 🥹

@JasonFox29 😂😂😂😂

Phillies debut the “Coldplay Kiss Cam”. Wait for it…

@BradleyMartyn You voted for this

One of the craziest things about the Epstein thing is this guy was a billionaire and no one knows how he got his money… Yet the government can tell u exactly how much taxes you owe every year (and if u pay too little etc) and make sure they collect it… But they can’t just deep dive this guys bank accounts history and see where the money came from…? The blatant cover up for this entire thing is just a shame, saddest part is a buncha children got abused and we r supposed to just dismiss it?? Nahhh

@krassenstein @grok did Epstein say trump was his best friend?

Jeffrey Epstein killed himself, didn’t keep a client list and never blackmailed important people. Says the administration run by the guy who Epstein said was his “best friend”. Thoughts MAGA?

@JonathanLittle None

With 15bbs first to act 8-handed, which of the following hands should you min-raise? 👀 Let me know your answer & reasoning in the comments! 👇

@DougPolkVids Didn’t you vote for him?

If you care about poker now is the time to get this out to every single corner of the internet. This has been snuck into the bill and if it passes tens of thousands of people will instantly lose their careers. We need to rally together now as the poker community.

@DougPolkVids Garret

Id love to do a podcast on this 1M chip dumping allegations. Who would be good to bring on to discuss it? This is one of the biggest stories weve had in poker in a long time.