The Poker Life

Edit: Sorry Editing this before bed, its actually +63 BI now


Well since my last post on here thinks have been going much better. There was alot of comments on my last blog and I don't know where to even begin to address most of them but I know one guy said obviously I suck at poker, cant win, need to play less tables, etc etc. I guess I would say to that is I really don't think I am that terrible at poker, I have won 24 tabling for 12/13 months. I still have hopes for SuperNova Elite also and that is achieved by 24 tabling. I guess I could play a few tables and be able to have a better read on situations but I feel the biggest reason I have these huge sessions is simply 3betting way way to much, tilt calling way to many 3bet/4bets and just getting it all in preflop with any random cards because i Just say fuck it. Also I obviously don't know when to quit a session down which is a pretty big problem as well and leads to this epic losing sessions. Some people are just going to think I suck and I am fine with that, as long as I am making money and happy then that is all that matters. I must say there does seem to be alot of support for me on the 2+2 threads I have right now, I'm not sure if any of it is deserving but it is appreciated. I don't mind really sharing my ups and downs, hopefully someone can learn something from it and not lose 52 fkn BI in a session.

My friend Kris (Dashornman on PS) came up to visit for a few days and it was very +++EV for my grinding/profitability. He is an up and comer still at the micro stakes but is starting to improve his work ethic for the better. While he was here, I decided to started 24 tabling 6 max the last few days with really great results the first 15 or so sessions. I feel like I play way way better at 6 max and spew way way less. I love how they don't always have AA, KK vs me which seems to always be the case at full ring lol. I do get pretty bored playing so nittish and non spewy though, once in awhile i still try to get it in preflop with a 106o type hand. I have probably played about 50k hands at nl50 6 max before this month and had great results there also so hopefully I can have continued success.

Here are my stats so far, I have still been playing short sessions and booking the 3-5 BI but got stuck alot one session so had to grind it back lol. To be honest I really don't know to much about ideal 6max stats yet so will need to start learning some more about them.



Here area all my sessions so far from this month. I am missing the very last session I played on it so the numbers are a little off

Obviously I am having a hard time beating the games 24 tabling as many say




I am so close to my overall goal for the month that I can feel it, I just have to avoid any big losing sessions and I will be fine. Plenty of time remaining!!




Took a new avatar picture for me as well, showing my love for poker stars while driving my M3, Thanks for reading the blog!

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Okay well I am a fucking idiot so I did it again. Was up 5.4k on the month before yesterday and after yesterday was down -80 dollars. How it is possible to do twice in the matter of weeks I do not know.



Words can't really describe how I felt after these 2 separate sessions. I basically played like 7k hands in the afternoon and lost 3k and was sad, hung out with a girl and then decided to give it another go and lost 2.5k more. After I finally quit I just layed in bed and contemplated what to do next. If there was ever a chance I was going to do suicide in my life, this was as close as I could have been. Luckily I didn't leave my apartment, didn't leave the bed, instead just loaded up a movie and tried to fall asleep. The feeling in my stomach was just an aching one and in my head was a feeling of doubt/wonder. Wondering if I could still win at poker again, wondering if poker was for me still, wondering if I should just quit and get a job and say fuck it. I really don't know If i can put myself through that again to be honest, and I am trying to figure out a way to fix this in the future. I have a bunch of bets still this month on me getting to 10k made at nl100 and I am still confident I can make it. After today I am up around 500 dollars total. The climb up will be harder now but it is one I think I can make and succeed at and ultimatly accomplish. I appreciate the many people posting kind words towards me through 2p2 and friends calling me to make sure I am okay. Defintly makes me feel better about the whole situation. I do thank the people that read and comment on my blog also! Until next time

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Lets get the poker update done here. Currently am ridiculously crushing NL100 this month, just finished up a 998 hand +811 session. Bringing my monthly total so far to +$4,600





Still have been putting in 3 short sessions each day with amazing results so far. I have talked with a few friends and we came up with some reasons why I have been able to be so effective doing this but they said I probably should not post them anywhere incase other nl100 pros read anything I write. I am hoping to hit my 10k goal and win my prop bets within the next week and with the pace that I am on I feel like it shouldn't be a problem at all.

The last few months I have really been trying to stay 100% focused on playing poker/ getting better/ winning money/ etc etc. Me and a good friend of mine have been talking about moving out to the San Diego area and crush pokers out there/get away and meet some new people. This month will be a huge deciding factor on if and when things happen and I wanted to not let anything get in the way. So of course I decide to go out with a bunch of family to a town fest in this area and end up meeting someone. Then instead of spending later that night playing poker/ winning my prop bet, I decide to talk to her on the phone all night and not go to sleep until early AM therefore fucking up my schedule for the next day. Then yesterday on the 4th I played a morning session and a little afternoon session and then decide to go hang out with her the rest of the night till like 4AM. So much for staying focused.

I suppose things like this make your overall life more +ev but it is very very -ev to my overall poker. It gets me very distracted and I lose focus on playing/my goals. I've been trying to find some sort of balance with an obsession over a girl/girls and playing poker/studying poker all the time but have been unsuccessful so far in this. Maybe someone has some tips how to better manage this. Luckily I am very very far ahead on my prop bet so I'm not worried about it that much but am worried about how it could potentially affect me in the future as my big downswing last month was directly coorlated with issues with some hoe/girl. (as my other 2 downswings in the past have been as well)

I told her parents that I played online poker and I think told them my screen name so if they decide to google me and find this then hello to them. Now for some pics of girl I am enamored with, she is 18 iirc

Took last night



Pic she sent me

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So far my 10K at NL100 challenge is going really well.



So far I have been limiting myself to shorter +3-6 BI sessions and then stopping to play again later. It has gone really well doing this so far as I have been playing a morning/afternoon/night session. Here are the results for that so far.



As you can see most of the sessions are super super short with the exception of the one where i got stuck alot right away and had to grind back up to even. I have done this in the past before with awesome results each time so hopefully I can continue with it this month. I somehow booked about 2.5k more in action against me hitting 10k but I am pretty sure I will not be getting anymore action. Total I have around 8k in Props now so hopefully I can take them all down.

I have a few volume prop bets also this month but at this rate I feel like i wont hit them playing nl100 because I really don't want to potentially have a big bad session so I will most likely put in the hands at nl50 6max or nl200 FR.

I really don't know how/why I am winning so much right away at the start of my sessions. Usually I will just load up 10+ empty tables and then join other tables when I start my session and the players that sit with me to start tables are super bad and I win alot right away. I see how jrockhaf has been able to win so much at his sick winrate by doing this. I have been working on my HU/shorthanded game alot lately and feel my progress is going really well. Hopefully can keep studying my game/watching videos and get better.

Will update later, thanks for reading!

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Played 3 sessions today, first 2 were short and sweet and went well, was up 6 BI. last session tonight games were super good but just couldn't get anything going and was down 6-7 BI seemed for hours. Low point was 1.3k down but ended up the session after 13k hands +77 and total for the day 733 with around 7k vpp

Feeling pretty confident so far that I will be able to get to 10k profit pretty easy, as long as I can avoid the -2k sessions which I know are going to happen. Was playing like a fucking psycho tonight with crazy 3bet, I have been able to calm it down lately and win every session but tonight just couldn't contain myself. Need to really work on that hard for this month.

graph of last session 12k hands fml


total for day




I also ended up booking 2k more against me making it to 10k at nl100 so i have 5k+ extra incentive to get there and not let anything get in the way. So sore right now, my first long session in awhile!

bonus hand of the day

Submitted by : Joeingram1

PokerStars Game #29994715648: Holdem No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2009/07/01 17:09:33 CT [2009/07/01 18:09:33 ET]
Table Gehrels V 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: ren4444 ($101.05 in chips)
Seat 2: liadmo ($108.70 in chips)
Seat 3: Maciek K ($98 in chips)
Seat 4: nitzan123 ($159.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($216.05 in chips)
Seat 6: crafty thrak ($105.95 in chips)
Seat 7: ryang421 ($124.10 in chips)
Seat 8: Chiren80 ($101.50 in chips)
Seat 9: royal_ja ($88.50 in chips)
nitzan123: posts small blind $0.50
Hero: posts big blind $1

Holecards
Dealt to Hero
crafty thrak: folds
ryang421: folds
Chiren80: folds
royal_ja: folds
ren4444: folds
liadmo: folds
Maciek K: folds
nitzan123: raises $2 to $3
Hero: calls $2

Flop (Pot : $6.00)

   
nitzan123: bets $4
Hero: raises $10 to $14
nitzan123: raises $21 to $35
Hero: calls $21

Turn (Pot : $76.00)

   
nitzan123: bets $38
Hero: raises $140.05 to $178.05 and is all-in
nitzan123: folds
Uncalled bet ($140.05) returned to Hero
Hero collected $149 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand

Summary
Total pot $152 | Rake $3
Board  
Seat 1: ren4444 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: liadmo folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: Maciek K (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: nitzan123 (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 5: Hero (big blind) collected ($149)
Seat 6: crafty thrak folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: ryang421 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: Chiren80 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: royal_ja folded before Flop (didnt bet)

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Okay so June actually didn't end that badly considering i was down like 15k at one point. Ended up +1k in mtt and +2k in fpp so overall was only down around 4.3kish which I am very happy with.




I obv regret playing 5/10 and 3/6 6max when I really didnt play higher then nl100 6 max ever before. Probably won't make this same mistake again but who knows. I can't play higher then nl200 b4 I make 10k since my 52 BI downswing so I think I'm around halfway there. I am still also way behind SNE pace but still think I can make it with some sicko grinding.

For July I have a few prop bets. I found action on me making it to 10k profit at NL100 FR and I might play some 6max which counts also but I doubt I will play much if any. Also have some bets with 3J55 and PHIDELT799 where I have to make more then either of them or they win so basically who makes more bet. Petteytheft also says he will make 16k at nl200 this month so we bet 2k on that if he does and I dont make 10k then he wins and viceversa. If we both do it then its a push. Also made some volume prop bets with a few different people so I am going to need to play 200k hands min. Should be an exciting month and I plan to make around 100k+ VPP and hopefully 20k in profit from playing/fpp/milestone.

Go Dashornman at NL25, have money on him doing well this month lol

Thanks for reading, will be updating my quest this month!

Also for those who are curious what someone who enjoys playing millions of hands looks like, this is muah

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Hello all, last few days have been going well, am at about 20 winning sessions in a row right now and feeling pretty good. Have some team full ring challenge from 2p2 coming up next month so kinda excited to see if our team can win it, basically they did some forumla that combines hands played+winrate with some weird multiplier and best overall team average of like 7 people on each wins.

Also trying to get a few more prop bets for next month, (I am currently up 100 dollars at nl100 this month) I offered to any ps/ftp player to prop me who makes more total profit (non fpp/milestone) next month at nl100 but got no takers so now

I want to see if I can get action that I make 10k next month at NL100. I have never made more then 6k in a month before there so should be pretty easy money for most.

I think going to have the line at 2-1 as already have some interest from 2p2 people

Current #1 person on tableratings is only at 10.3k and those guys are awesome and I suck. If anyone wants to bet this with me let me know thanks.

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Just got done 24 tabling some PLO25 and played about 8k hands today and about 5k hands yesterday. Session today was much easier to handle but ran fucking awful lol, i never suggest anyone do this in there life, insane shit.

Also want to say Raszi is my hero

This was biggest pot I lost

This guy ran like god vs me in about 15 pots, I 3bet him 100 percent of hands for about 200 hands also, hence how stacks are so deep on table.


PokerStars Game #29764872261: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/06/25 9:53:13 CT [2009/06/25 10:53:13 ET]
Table 'Lutetia III' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: IMD89 ($5 in chips)
Seat 2: TILTAMAJINTE ($196.80 in chips)
Seat 3: JoeIngram1 ($120.95 in chips)
Seat 4: metelitsa ($67 in chips)
Seat 5: vasilich ($296.85 in chips)
Seat 6: Outplayzz85 ($72.25 in chips)
metelitsa: posts small blind $0.10
vasilich: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to JoeIngram1 [Ah 3h Ac 2s]
Outplayzz85: folds
IMD89: folds
TILTAMAJINTE: raises $0.60 to $0.85
JoeIngram1: raises $2.05 to $2.90
metelitsa: folds
vasilich: calls $2.65
TILTAMAJINTE: calls $2.05
*** FLOP *** [8h 4d Ad]
vasilich: checks
TILTAMAJINTE: checks
JoeIngram1: bets $6.90
vasilich: folds
TILTAMAJINTE: raises $22.20 to $29.10
JoeIngram1: raises $38.90 to $68
TILTAMAJINTE: raises $38.90 to $106.90
JoeIngram1: raises $11.15 to $118.05 and is all-in
TILTAMAJINTE: calls $11.15
*** TURN *** [8h 4d Ad]
*** RIVER *** [8h 4d Ad 6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TILTAMAJINTE: shows [8d 7d As 9d] (a flush, Ace high)
JoeIngram1: mucks hand
TILTAMAJINTE collected $241.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $244.90 | Rake $3
Board [8h 4d Ad 6h 5d]
Seat 1: IMD89 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TILTAMAJINTE showed [8d 7d As 9d] and won ($241.90) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: JoeIngram1 (button) mucked [Ah 3h Ac 2s]
Seat 4: metelitsa (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: vasilich (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Outplayzz85 folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Does anyone have any PLO program that could import the hands for me and send me the results/graph???? Would mucho appreciate

Shoutout to LVJARRET who I saw at the tables playing and said really likes my blog lol ty

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Before I get into my new prop bet I am trying to come up with I will update my day for those who have started reading my blog again. I will answer some of my comments from yesterday at the end also. I started yesterday with about 4.3k online after this awful month/-52 BI session so far and the graph I posted early yesterday I had been 24 tabling nl50 6 max and nl200 6max/fr. I put in a nl100 Fr session later after i woke up from nap and towards the end played some more nl50 6 max. I will say the day went very well


At the end I decided to play some nl50 fr and start a buncha tables and play like 9 HU at once lol tilted like a mother fucker though but overall am very happy with the day and my recovery.

Onto my newest prop bet idea and really would like some suggestions from you guys. The original idea a friend proposed was 50k hands nonstop at full-ring with positive winrate. With my really good results I have been having at 6 max the past few months 24 tabling I thought why not 50k hands in 1 day/24 hours at 6 max. I haven't really crunched the numbers to hard yet but it would be about 29 hours 24 tabling fast tables at full ring and 6 max I believe i get about 2100ish hands playing a mix of normal/fast tables but I am positive I could do all 6 max fast tables very easily so need to find out an exact hourly number but it should end up being 23 hours straight 24 tabling fast 6 max. I am pretty sure 50k 1 day sounds more impressive but what do you guys think would be best to try out. Obv would use webcam, stars verification and all the same things from my last prop. Am pretty sure I would do it at a combination of nl25-nl100 also. Would be aiming to do this late July/early August depending on my bankroll online and probably would look for 3-1/4-1 in odds but am not really sure about this number, hopefully you guys will have some good suggestions on this. I def think with my recent graph of me losing 52 BI i could get action on this lol.



Some answers to comments I have gotten recently, my stats for 24 tabling 6 max started out at 19/16 but have gotten it up to 23/19/8 percent 3bet which I'm not really sure if this is nitty/tag or what it would be considered but hopefully will be able to open my game up a little bit more.

I'm not positive my ptbb/100 at nl50 6 max because I have fr/6m hands combined in my database but I'm pretty sure its around 8ptbb/100 over 80kish hands so far.

As far as what my setup i currently play on its 2 24's and 1 other monitor thats hooked up to other computer for music/movies/tv shows and can just dedicate my living room computer to poker. Going to be upgrading my chair asap for my upcoming volume prop bets. Sorry crappy pic



Obv I am a fish also with 78o and losing BIs with it lol

Looking foward to hearing some suggestions though, thanks for reading!

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Just finished up an 8k hand session with 4.5k hands at nl50 6max and 4k hands at nl200 6max/fullring. I booked a good 7 BI session at nl50 and was looking at the nl200 tables and decided to sit at 7 at fr and 6 max by myself to try to play some HU/shorthanded. Probably not the smartest idea to do with only having 4.5k online but figured I would try to use a 4 BI stop loss but luckily didn't need to. I always try not to 24 table when I play 6 max but I always end up doing it anyway because I tell myself all the tables are good lol. My winrate at nl50 6 max 24 tabling has been about 10ptbb/100 so i guess things are going well there.

Had a real nice balance of redline today, have been really working hard on trying to improve this lately and seems to be going well.



Have increaded my online roll up to 6.5k now with enough fpps to get another 650 bonus. Just want to get back up to 10k online as soon as possible so I dont feel busto anymore, things are going well though. A friend from 2p2 is trying to get me to try this prop out to see how much action I could get, he says 50k hands nonstop at FullRing with a positive winrate, I suggested 50k hands in 1 day at 6 max lol. Am going to run some numbers and see how I feel about trying it. Still aiming to do a 1 million hand in a month prop bet sometime later in the year.

Thanks for reading

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