Babygrand's Blog: Getting Connected

Back to the Grind

Babygrand — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:56:31 +0000

Well for the hopefuls like myself, positive energy thoughts do not always work. The other day as tournament went on break entering the FT of the 100r I went outside, took a deep breath, and was never as confident and positive I was going to win as this. First hand KK < AJ for 2nd place stack. FML. But that is fine. I am still remaining positive. But channeling positive energy wont change the...

Positive Energy... Does it really #$%@ing work?!?

Babygrand — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:09:30 +0000

This past month has been the biggest roller coaster of my life/ poker career. I am a full time cash game player, but i am down like 25 out of my last 30 sessions. (Maybe even worse, I dont want to check PT cuz it is so bad) Every single time I sit I just know I am going to lose. I got perfect runner runnered by PoorUser and coolered a buncha times. But I just know it's going to happen. I know I...

Poker $$ Investments

Babygrand — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:26:17 +0000

Last Quarter I met a famous European actor who runs a hedge fund firm in Hong Kong. He receives free advisement from Suneil Mahindru, one of the best advisers on the globe. These guys got me 22% return on my money last quarter and are the real deal. So why does this matter to you? Well, I set up a direct transfer from my poker account to my investment account. The principal is 98.5% guarant...

Rough Start to Feb. Ends

Babygrand — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:49:08 +0000

WOW it was a rough start to the month. Started down almost 20k between cash games and tourneys. Just can't catch a break, whether the money gets in good or bad. I know when I am running bad when every time I shove a FD I get called by the over fush draw. But anyways, I cashed in the $215 Sunday HU Match tourney for $10,752. I chopped 1st with Kenny Rap, obviously one of the top online pros. ...

Weekly Update

Babygrand — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:43:31 +0000

Had another fantastic week and just wrapped up a good 16 hour round the world session (I was all over the place with game selection). Took some more late tourney beats this week, but pwned the cash games. Cashed out about 20k this week and 50k all of January. This month we are going to really push with tourneys and try to get a couple big scores. We are trying to get some money on FTP, so if an...

Heads Up Tilt Control

Babygrand — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:15:31 +0000

Anyone who knows poker knows that HU is truly the purest form of poker. The person who can combine all of the arts of poker (grinding, value betting, bluffing, aggression, acting weak) is the most dangerous person, every single hand. There are some very fierce HU competitors on Pokerstars. I consider myself among the top, but there are still those that I won't play. Not because they are profita...

Decent Weekend

Babygrand — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:18:20 +0000

Minus being sick as a dog, we had a pretty good weekend here at Michigan State. I got diced in some cash games late in a session friday night, but other than that, fun weekend. I do have one thing I want to complain about, and all you tourney players should be on board with me here and writing PS support. I got involved in a hand late in a tourney on Friday in the 100 rebuy at the FT. There ...

Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch

Babygrand — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:35:30 +0000

The East Lansing crew has taken quite a few late tourney bad beats this week. Almost all of them were KK. Let's hope last night was the final one. Pykesgoinpro reached the final table of the nightly hundred on stars and lost KK to JJ for right about the chip lead with 8 to go. That was the toughest one, but we have had quite a few. We r just waitin to break loose and win one of these. Until ...

Lessons of the Week

Babygrand — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:25:47 +0000

Tuan Lam is really really really really really bad. Elky is the man. The 25/50 NL game is very boring. Limit holdem on stars is pure donkaments and might be my new game. In live poker it is wayyyyy easier to make a bluff if you tell the other player what they have. Made a deep stack bluff against a kid this week, set when river flushed, all-in. Most important lesson... Don't p...

The High Stakes Learning Process

Babygrand — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:09:45 +0000

This last two weeks has been quite the poker camp for my buddies and I in East Lansing, MI. We have played so much poker I can't even see straight. We have pretty much learned every lesson in the book. How to create a bankroll from nothing. How to lose a bankroll from the top. How to win at full ring games. How to tilt off winnings. How to win heads up. How weak limit hold'em is on Stars. Overa...

Fun week

Babygrand — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:57:14 +0000

Running good

Babygrand — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:13:47 +0000

Guess I didn't need BR management afterall. Just needed a good ole' fashion run of cards. Started chopping with my buddy (pykesgoinpro) and we are up like 40k in 3 days. If it wasn't for a coin flip against Raszi and a few really tough spots, we were up 50 in 3 days. This one of the tough spots against Raszi: [HAND=348852] It could have been bluff, but I highly doubt it. Draws filled and...

Fun Live Session

Babygrand — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:36:00 +0000

Last night I had a fun live session. Made 5 buy-ins at a 5/10 game. It is actually quite fun. Me and a couple buddies of mine play in windsor, canada a couple times a week and take some rich canadians' money. They are really cool guys so it is a good break from the online scene. There is one guy there that plays good hole cards and he will make money at the game, but just not that much. He ...

Running Bad

Babygrand — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:54:45 +0000

I have been playing poker for like 5 years now, but I am so out of the loop on "getting connected." I think I am reducing my overall profits and increasing my variance by not learning what other players are going through and getting in their minds. So I joined this forum to learn what things like 23/17 mean and find out how my professional counterparts are doing. First off, I play...