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longple  Sweden. Oct 17 2014 08:57. Posts 4472 | | |
Hello guys.
Long time no see, 1 whole year to be specifik.
Im gonna try to keep this update short, but knowing myself it will prolly end up in some huge ranty sea of text. Ive mostly been "blogging" on this swedish forum pokerforum.nu, u can find my blog (its more like a mixx of a well+blog+thread) there (in swedish), its called "longple". And i thought its about time to make an update over here on whats been up in longplelife the past time 
SNE 2013
So i made SNE 2013, and tryed to make it again 2014, but found myself ~mid2014 around june or so very fucking tired and unmotivated with NL, despite haveing a pretty good ~recent year 18-24 tableing midstakes NL on stars.
These arent completely accurate tho, its taken from the swedish forum, where i scrapped together the different databases i could get a hold on (hands from november/december 2013 til august 2014 somewhere), but theres alot of hands missing from other sites and higher stakes.
I def lost alot on 5/10 ring wich isnt there, aswell as some 10/20 and 25/50 shots that backfired.
On another note ive won in somewhat big games on the swedish site, wich isnt added in this sample either. So im not entirely sure of how my results are this year, but they are probably somewhat accurate, def not up more then 100k at the tables tho.
What ever, moveing on.
Quitting SNE / NLrant
So in july or so i just woke up, tryed to get my 4 hours of 18+ grind on, 1/2 fine, 500+400 fine, what ever was running i just wanted to get on the fucking waitlists and get done with the VPPs so i could do something else and had no passion wanting to move up or doing anything else then getting my safe hourly in.
And i realised how fucking miserable i felt about poker, and what type of player i had become compared to the type of player i used to be. The motivated hard working shottakeing dreamer of a pokerplayer that would sit up all night 3 tableing with some regs hu/3 handed/4 handed w/e just for the competition and the love for the game with goals of being the best in the world.
Wtf happened, Im not even that good at the game anymore.
Honestly i feel like 50% of the regs playing 5/10 today on stars, probably are better players then i am. And i dont see how i could find enough motivation to break into the 10/20+ starsgames anymore, every reg is fucking seatscripting GTO-yogis nowadays and they are really fucking good.
No one battles anyone and theres just so little room for a 26 year old dude who isnt that passionated about the game anymore to ever break into that enviorment.
Basically i gave up, and that has scared me a long time unconsciously i think. Thats where my spirit and success has always rooted from as a pokerplayer. The mentality of IF U CAN I FUCKING I CAN TO, AND I WILL SUCCEED.
Realiseing that i just didnt see any future in NL.
So i decided to drop SNE 50% in, and try something new.
PLOOOOOO
Ok, ive wanted/and tryed to move over to PLO for many years, but i always shamefully came back to NL again and again to make money. But now is the fucking time for the real change.
In the beginning of august i started playing 1/2$ PLO and have been doing so pretty much most sessions since then.
As ive said in my swedish "diaryblogg" many times, poker is fucking fun again. People are battleing, people play different, people suck and theres no fucking seatscripts (atleast on the stakes im playing now)
PLO is the shit, the fact that the game is soooo much bigger then NL makes it alot more interesting imo. Theres no clearcut answers in this game and people are all over the place, i mean, NL has 1300 combos, and theres fucking 7000 combos of AAxx in PLO. GG
PLO results so far?
Who cares? Being a noob of the game, and being a student of the game, improveing every day i dont really care about the results as much as ive done in NL. Its just fun to play and i just want to get good, and i dont really have any expectations of winning anything in this game for some time, atleast not in 2014. My real goals are to set myself up for 2015 and just play as much as i want to play, wich so far has been quite alot of hours.
Its fun to drop down playing 2-6 tables again instead of 18+ every session. Its fun to have things to think about, and find out stuff along the way. And people fucking battle in this game, all the time. Its so much easier to start games and get into these oldschool battles that i used to be in NL a few years ago.
anyways, heres the plograph so far
Special shoutout to Joeingram
I gotta thank Joey alot for his podcast, it defenetely helped me to get more inspired and motivated to play PLO, and i think its great for PLO and poker that ur doing what ur doing joey. I must admit i was kinda annoyed by u and made some judgements about u when u first came around with ur Vlogs and popbets and ur blog over here on LP. But with time, hands down i think ur awesome, GW AND KEEP IT UP!
link to his youtubechannel here for those of u who live under a rock: https://www.youtube.com/user/joeingram1/videos
Future
Im excited for the future. I think i can get good at this game, maybe its a breeze of hope, who knows but i feel overall alot more motivated about playing poker and talking poker. PLO has set me back in time. The game is alot softer relative to NL, i can tell u that much right from the getgo. The spectrum of players is alot bigger and i just like the PLOworld more overall and its given me hope when it comes to my motivation.
If ur bored with NL, and find my story similair. Just switch, give it a few months like ive done and see if u can get as excited as i am.
GL <3
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ggplz Sweden. Oct 17 2014 09:07. Posts 16784 | | |
Sick read! I didn't know you made SNE actually, gz. I can see why you didn't enjoy that lifestyle though.. gl with PLO in the future :D |
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Gnarly United States. Oct 17 2014 09:23. Posts 1723 | | |
i like playing plo then playing nl
roe is pretty fun
i just wish there was more stud action |
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ggplz Sweden. Oct 17 2014 10:04. Posts 16784 | | | |
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Inspiring shit man. Seriously. Thanks for the blog entry. I'm with you on the 'fuck nl train' mentality. Hard breaking habits though.
Cheers |
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Balzamon Sweden. Oct 17 2014 11:15. Posts 2868 | | |
Nice blog, didnt know you posted on pokerforum.nu, will give that a read as well
Also started to listen to Joey's PLO-cast and eventhough i know shit about PLO find it interesting. Isildroon talked about these soft PLO-games on svenskaspel, but when i check the lobby these days they seem kinda dried up? Was just thinking about playing a little PLO on the side on lower stakes, like 2/4 SEK maybe little higher, worth it without knowing the game that well you think? |
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bigredhoss Cook Islands. Oct 17 2014 11:57. Posts 8648 | | | |
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drone666 Brasil. Oct 17 2014 13:20. Posts 1821 | | | |
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GoTuNk Chile. Oct 17 2014 14:17. Posts 2860 | | |
Man you are so sick, and I can see why you got tired but...
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I hope you are/were financially responsible and saved a huge chunk of your money.
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Ryan Neilly United States. Oct 17 2014 16:41. Posts 1631 | | |
lol very nice keep it up sir |
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NewbSaibot United States. Oct 17 2014 20:21. Posts 4943 | | |
Yeah Joey is definitely good for poker overall, we need more people like him. Everyone he interviews should start vlogs just to keep the scene alive and fish like me interested. Like, I really want to play some micro PLO now just thinking about it. |
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iop Sweden. Oct 18 2014 03:52. Posts 4951 | | |
Good to hear you're doing well! |
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longple Sweden. Oct 18 2014 05:15. Posts 4472 | | |
ty for the cheers guys!
| | On October 17 2014 10:15 Balzamon wrote:
Nice blog, didnt know you posted on pokerforum.nu, will give that a read as well
Also started to listen to Joey's PLO-cast and eventhough i know shit about PLO find it interesting. Isildroon talked about these soft PLO-games on svenskaspel, but when i check the lobby these days they seem kinda dried up? Was just thinking about playing a little PLO on the side on lower stakes, like 2/4 SEK maybe little higher, worth it without knowing the game that well you think? |
thx bruv! I think isildroon means the 100/200 games that are running alot, they seem pretty soft compared to say 10/20 25/50 on stars.
2/4sek plo is guaranteed supersoft games tho on svs, give it a shot.
| | On October 17 2014 13:17 GoTuNk wrote:
Man you are so sick, and I can see why you got tired but...
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I hope you are/were financially responsible and saved a huge chunk of your money.
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Well, i dont have alot of money  . most of money ive made with SNE and after has gone to huge depts (great to be clean btw), travels and stupid shots in big games/big tournaments and such. I dont have more then 100k to my name at this point, so no ive been neither financially responsible or saved anything.
But its enough to play midstakes
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cariadon Estonia. Oct 18 2014 06:38. Posts 4019 | | |
Hey longple, glad to hear all is well.
I believe you are inherently cut out for PLO, you got what it takes. Best of luck, crush the opposition!
Thanks for taking the time to blog. |
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whamm! Albania. Oct 18 2014 12:30. Posts 11625 | | |
Longple will still be around in 5 years |
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longple wins,
wtf happened to fazi and his purses? |
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edit - agree w/ cariadon. As successful as you were at nl, I think plo is more your type of game. I see you getting rich off this devil game.
Agreed w/ others, thanks for blogging!
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k4ir0s Canada. Oct 21 2014 03:55. Posts 3476 | | |
As always, longple, an inspiration! I think i'll give PLO a try, nlhe is such a drag... I have to push myself hard to get sessions in.
Which RIO plo coaches would recommend ? I noticed you posting there |
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