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so i started today on a sick heater of half good cards and half idiots donking off their chips to me without hands, and then.. to quote TRAINSPOTTING... the good times couldnt last forever..

this happened over about 150 hands.

its probably not over yet :O



Submitted by : rockman255

PokerStars Game #17453437198: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/05/15 - 17:29:01 (ET)
Table 'Nissen II' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: CrazyTltD ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 2: rockman255 ($24.95 in chips)
Seat 3: doovz ($17.80 in chips)
Seat 5: Mamat1982 ($10.20 in chips)
Seat 6: WTFotulP ($28.55 in chips)
Mamat1982: posts small blind $0.10
WTFotulP: posts big blind $0.25

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to rockman255
CrazyTltD: folds
rockman255 : raises $0.75 to $1
doovz: folds
Mamat1982: calls $0.90
WTFotulP: folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $2.25)

   
Mamat1982: checks
rockman255 : bets $2
Mamat1982: calls $2

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $6.25)

   
Mamat1982: checks
rockman255 : bets $7.25
Mamat1982: calls $7.20 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.05) returned to rockman255

River (Pot : $20.65)

   

Showdown
Mamat1982: shows (a straight, Eight to Queen)
rockman255 : mucks hand
Mamat1982 collected $19.65 from pot

Summary
Total pot $20.65 | Rake $1
Board  
Seat 1: CrazyTltD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: rockman255 mucked
Seat 3: doovz (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Mamat1982 (small blind) showed and won ($19.65) with a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 6: WTFotulP (big blind) folded before Flop

PokerStars Game #17453267006: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/05/15 - 17:21:21 (ET)
Table 'Romilda II' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: gtojudge69 ($37.35 in chips)
Seat 2: TPgerG ($34.95 in chips)
Seat 4: eggowar ($23.20 in chips)
Seat 5: rockman255 ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: Pauli-calls ($16.20 in chips)
mckaax was removed from the table for failing to post
eggowar: posts small blind $0.10
rockman255 : posts big blind $0.25

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to rockman255
Pauli-calls: folds
gtojudge69: calls $0.25
TPgerG: folds
eggowar: calls $0.15
rockman255 : checks

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $0.75)

   
eggowar: checks
rockman255 : bets $1
gtojudge69: folds
eggowar: calls $1

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $2.75)

   
eggowar: bets $1
rockman255 : raises $3.50 to $4.50
eggowar: raises $4.50 to $9
rockman255 : raises $14.75 to $23.75 and is all-in
eggowar: calls $12.95 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($1.80) returned to rockman255

River (Pot : $46.65)

   

Showdown
eggowar: shows (a Royal Flush)
rockman255 : mucks hand
absolute100 joins the table at seat #3
eggowar collected $44.65 from pot

Summary
Total pot $46.65 | Rake $2
Board  
Seat 1: gtojudge69 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: TPgerG (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: eggowar (small blind) showed and won ($44.65) with a Royal Flush
Seat 5: rockman255 (big blind) mucked
Seat 6: Pauli-calls folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #17453017327: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/05/15 - 17:10:12 (ET)
Table 'Ragazza II' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: JoTTa ($61.20 in chips)
Seat 3: FrlWunder ($23.45 in chips)
Seat 5: mogly68 ($27.65 in chips)
Seat 6: rockman255 ($23.05 in chips)
rockman255 : posts small blind $0.10
JoTTa: posts big blind $0.25
Wally 77: sits out
lmpwynner: sits out

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to rockman255
FrlWunder: raises $0.50 to $0.75
mogly68: calls $0.75
rockman255 : raises $2.75 to $3.50
JoTTa: folds
FrlWunder: raises $4.50 to $8
mogly68: folds
rockman255 : raises $15.05 to $23.05 and is all-in
FrlWunder: calls $15.05

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $47.10)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $47.10)

   

River (Pot : $47.10)

   

Showdown
rockman255 : shows (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
FrlWunder: shows (a straight, Four to Eight)
FrlWunder collected $45.10 from pot

Summary
Total pot $47.10 | Rake $2
Board  
Seat 1: JoTTa (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: FrlWunder showed and won ($45.10) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 5: mogly68 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 6: rockman255 (small blind) showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Sevens

PokerStars Game #17452972943: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/05/15 - 17:08:13 (ET)
Table 'Romilda II' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: gtojudge69 ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: TPgerG ($13.85 in chips)
Seat 3: mckaax ($27.75 in chips)
Seat 4: eggowar ($27.10 in chips)
Seat 5: rockman255 ($24.05 in chips)
Seat 6: Pauli-calls ($20 in chips)
rockman255 : posts small blind $0.10
Pauli-calls: posts big blind $0.25

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to rockman255
gtojudge69: calls $0.25
TPgerG: raises $0.75 to $1
mckaax: folds
eggowar: folds
rockman255 : calls $0.90
Pauli-calls: calls $0.75
gtojudge69: calls $0.75

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $4.00)

   
rockman255 : bets $2.25
Pauli-calls: folds
gtojudge69: folds
TPgerG: raises $2.75 to $5
rockman255 : raises $10 to $15
TPgerG: calls $7.85 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($2.15) returned to rockman255

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $29.70)

   

River (Pot : $29.70)

   

Showdown
rockman255 : shows (three of a kind, Threes)
TPgerG: shows (three of a kind, Aces)
TPgerG collected $28.25 from pot

Summary
Total pot $29.70 | Rake $1.45
Board  
Seat 1: gtojudge69 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: TPgerG showed and won ($28.25) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 3: mckaax folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: eggowar (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: rockman255 (small blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 6: Pauli-calls (big blind) folded on the Flop

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so as i blogged earlier, i am still way down. having peaked just under $1k around maybe april 20, since then i have dropped about 1.5 buyins a day at nl25 and nl10 respectively depending on my br.

today i finally had a winning day, going up about 3.5 buyins (some hands were lost with that new pstars software glitch)

this was good. and i ran beautifully on hitting hands when other people had somewhat of a hand. (although i think once a guy calls my fh with a low underpair for 200bb pot..)

except, i ran really really bad in the sense that once the money got in, it didnt stick. i guess i should be happy that i can beat the cards, but having been loser for so long i am just depressed in general when it comes to poker, and life too i guess.

i was hoping this would be *the* day to really catch some cards. i'll have to wait for another, i think.

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i *think* this means i might still have hope and that i did get unlucky.

this is the luckometers readings for the month of april and beginninng of may.

im trying to start playing 9 tables in tight 1-2 hour sessions in nl10 on stars. i havent played much in the past week.

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i dont know what to do.

i have been on such a long downward spiral that i am constantly questioning my play, unsure of myself and to make matters worse i still truly believe i am getting below average cards.

i went essentially from $930-->$410 in the last 10 days on NL25.

i have assessed that a leak i have is definitely losing alot of money on my medium strength hands, or maybe thats not even a leak because im supposed to bet my pairs and thesee donks call anything. but every single time i have a pair with a good kicker the guy limp calls to the river with the absolute fucking nuts.

here are some hands from today, which i believe half are coolers and bad beats and just unlucky, and the other half are bad plays. so i guess i shouldnt have even finished up. down less though?

i only played 2000 hands today and i am down 3.6 buyins.

i dont think i have hit a single top pair with ak out of like 50 times, and any time i have had a set it instantly folded around to me.

add to that i seem to get repopped massively anytime i raise utg with 99-JJ or some other medium strength hand..


first hand of the day. nut flush flush over straight flush.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436201

next: guy limps ak against my aq. i terribly misplay it, of course

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436209

tpgk against flopped straight passive motherfuck, misplayed again

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436224

tpgk against monster draw, who hits draw, i play perfectly lose the minimum .. i am happy?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436225

i misplay this one, again tpgk against a guy who basically limps his way to the river with a set of queens. yay (case queen hits, by the way)

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436226

i am a payoff wizard with 77 on straight board

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436228

i misplay this 88 overpair on the board, try to get fancy and get raped by aces, however i lose fairly small all things considered?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436234

i flop the monster draw, 2 overcards and flush draw against a guy who tries to slowplay his queens. they hold up, obviously

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436236

i am a payoff wizard again, 2nd pair against full house

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436239

kk v aa, i misplayed it but who gives a shit because i was destined to lose it?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436248

ka v qq, qq holds. duh

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436262

top 2 pair vs top pair ace kicker, he rivers the ace. played properly

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436263

last hand of the day: kk vs short stack who obviously flops a straight

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436274


so, where does it all stop? i am probably playing terribly and these beats are what i perceive as leaks but are actually just completely normal variance?

how the fuck do i deal with a downswing that sets me back this far? i am supposed to go back to nl10 now?

what do i do now?

i realize this is only 2000 hands of recap today, but i have been experiencing this for excess of a week now. i want to slit my wrists every time i play a hand of poker.

i try to be positive. i try. especially with everyone irl telling me poker is non profitable and i am an idiot for trying it.

*sighhhhhhhhhhh*

yes. this is a bad beat post. flame me?

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well, march definitely went worse, so i guess i have that to look up with.

a bit of background is that i played over 200 hours in march and went around $45-->$135 in nl2, nl5 and nl10 with very little information on how to play and no real idea what i was doing. i finished March with SilverStar status.



at the very end of march i met up with Reload on LP who was kind enough to introduce me to the website. for all of April i feel that i improved and played a better game . i did some nl5, nl10, nl25. i was rolled around 135 originally and now i am around 550.

my peak was around 930 at nl25 and for the last 5 or 6 days i have been on a major downward swing, losing about 10 buyins in total. i am sort of on life tilt but to make matters worse i do feel that i am getting a higher than average amount of draw outs / coolers.



of course, i guess every cloud has a silver lining and i pushed a little bit over the top to hit platinumstar for the first time. note that i really have not been playing a lot ever since ive been on a tough swing. because i have been running bad i try not to play too long if i feel i am making bad decisions and etc, so a lot of this came while i was still on a half decent run. maybe i need to play less.



-rocko

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seems painful so far. i think i still have a lot of things to work on, the main leak i have is calling off my chips too often i think, *shrug*

nl25 has been like, up 100 one day, down 200 the next, up 250 the next day.. down 150 the next.. i havent had a string of good days, or a string of bad days.

is this winrate very low, or like below average, or above average, or what? i dont really know. >.<

i hope to hit $1000 and PlatinumStar before the end of April.. hopefully sooner than that. after that, i guess NL50 awaits.

i am still consciously trying to improve my game and i do feel the more practice i get the more stable my gameplay will get; part of being good at poker must be knowing to stop when you're down though, huh.

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so, although right now i seem to be focusing way too much on poker, i actually do have a great interest in all types of music. i taught myself all of the basics of guitar over the last couple years but i really dont have too much creativitity.. that all went to my brother. i dont like to create my own, but i have a savant-like talent for recognizing song artists and titles, and in some way i think that applies to dj'ing since it is a very good thing to know your genre well.

anyway, i have something like 7 mixsets online all in the house music genre, i would say they are all mostly electro, progressive and tech house, with some minimal and trance.

i am not sure how popular this stuff is but since the website has members from all over the world perhaps some of you guys would enjoy listening to it. i really dont know.

anyway, in preparation for another trip to Guvernment in toronto tomorrow i made a double disc mix of a lot of recent tracks, and you guys are welcome to download it.

i split it into two pieces that are less than 80 minutes so that it can be burned to cd. unfortunately i cannot provide single mixed tracks because that would be far too much effort.

i dont really stray too far from the mainstream when it comes to house.. the stuff i choose is the same type of thing you would hear in a Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren type deal.

i was going by the nickname "dj avianflu" after my wow character avianflu. har har

my Spring ELECTRO/PROGRESSIVE house mix download:

part 1 : 60ish mb, 72ish minutes

http://www.musicv2.com/direct.php?id=47189

part 2 : 60ish mb, 72ish minutes again

http://www.musicv2.com/direct.php?id=47193

if you want to check out anything else, just click listen and a download link will also appear.

http://www.musicv2.com/artist/avianflu

as an additional aside i thought i would choose this time to also share that my brother is a somewhat well known graphic novelist. he produces a series of graphic novels called Scott Pilgrim; i think there is also a movie in the making produced by universal studios starring michael cera and directed by edgar wright.

these are his websites. i think his books have been published in at least a few different languages, polish i know for sure.

http://www.radiomaru.com/

http://www.scottpilgrim.com/

oh. and im at an all time high at around $763 bankroll on pstars. i wanted to quit while im ahead since im spending the weekend in toronto. sort of.

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my 2nd stab at nl25 has me now comfortably within a 25-30bi range.

i had some quirky hands today but by far this one took the cake.

i obviously should have put my last 90 cents in, but.. this is so awesome. :O

i shouldnt have said lol out loud. i was tired and i couldnt help it.

Submitted by : rockman255

PokerStars Game #16789342297: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/04/17 - 04:32:59 (ET)
Table 'Geometria III' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: KillingAce ($22.55 in chips)
Seat 2: hubmaster ($23.10 in chips)
Seat 3: rockman255 ($24.60 in chips)
Seat 4: Mr_Snitch ($40.70 in chips)
Seat 5: VegasRisen ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 7: Wiatr ($16.25 in chips)
Seat 8: demandred_23 ($16.15 in chips)
Seat 9: regardfuyant ($28.05 in chips)
Wiatr: posts small blind $0.10
demandred_23: posts big blind $0.25

Holecards
Dealt to rockman255
regardfuyant: raises $0.25 to $0.50
KillingAce: folds
hubmaster: folds
rockman255 : raises $1 to $1.50
Mr_Snitch: folds
VegasRisen: folds
Wiatr: folds
demandred_23: folds
regardfuyant: calls $1

Flop (Pot : $3.35)

   
regardfuyant: checks
rockman255 : bets $3.25
regardfuyant: calls $3.25

Turn (Pot : $9.85)

   
regardfuyant: checks
rockman255 : bets $9.50
regardfuyant: raises $9.50 to $19
rockman255 : calls $9.50

River (Pot : $47.85)

   
regardfuyant: checks
rockman255 : bets $0.85 and is all-in
regardfuyant: folds
rockman255 collected $45.50 from pot
rockman255 said, "lol"

Summary
Total pot $47.85 | Rake $2.35
Board  
Seat 1: KillingAce folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: hubmaster folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: rockman255 collected ($45.50)
Seat 4: Mr_Snitch folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: VegasRisen (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Wiatr (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: demandred_23 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: regardfuyant folded on the River

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i started out today really feeling that i was definitely playing my a game and getting drawn out on alot and despite losing a few buyins i was in relatively good spirits.

later on i was playing a similar game and started to pick up some cards..

and then i trickled back down to where i started.

and the confidence i worked so hard to build up has vanished again.

so i really don't know anymore. days like this make me want valium and stuff.

i want to say i had bad cards today, because i made an extra effort to fold where i knew i was beat, i think my biggest leak is paying off big hands..

i do feel that i got sucked out on a lot today, but i think most people still bank when that happens, right?

i try to link stuff on forums and get advice when i know i terribly misplay hands and try to improve and stuff, i think

i don't know. once again, i feel like maybe i just dont have what it takes, because 6500 hands have got me nowhere, once again.



i just want to know if its to blame on me, or the cards. although its probably a combination of both.

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so.. i went up to nl25 a few days ago and lost a few buyins there over a few thousand hands, then i went back to nl10 and tilted off about another ten buyins. this was all very sad overall i went about $580-->$400.

anyway, i worked saturday, came home and played and went up about $15 over like 5k hands. which was annoying. worked again today, came home, ate a nice dinner :-) and then played some more nl10 and today happened to catch a lot of cards i guess.. and i think because ive been catching cards ive been able to make laydowns that were killing me in previous days a lot easier knowing im still way up.

i upgraded my software somewhere in there, maybe around $450. i paid full price to buy poker tracker 2 and poker ace hud which are both fantastic and i am very happy to support the creators.

heres the chart for this sunday, and ill link the two highlights of my day, one massive 3-way heater: nut straight vs middle set vs bottom set off the flop, and a cooler hand where a guy felts me with a gut shot higher straight over my nut flop straight.

heater: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/424794

cooler: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/424816

i apologize for whining on my earlier blog post. i really dont know where im at, at all. so i don't want to come across as melodramatic or conceited or anything like that. anyway, if 1 bi / 1k hands is a good winrate, then i should have just posted that i was very happy.

hopefully i can just get back on track and continue my nl10 grind. i don't want to go back to nl25 until at least 800 if not 1000 on my bankroll mainly because i am mentally not prepared; with the loss on my mind i will really be playing on scared money if i dont have that many bi's.

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