The Poker Life

Just put together a 4k hand session at nl100. Normally when I play that limit I will only play all fast tables in order to be able to see more hands/get more vpps. That worked out fine before when I had a big roll online but now the goal is to make the most money/play the best tables. So this session I played fast/slow regular tables and a few good pot limit tables that were running at times. Overall things went really well and I was able to adjust my preflop game and not be so LAG and less 3betting which then allowed me to change my postflop game to a normal person. The affect this had was redline was right at breakeven for the first time that I can remember.



Once again the majority of my money made this session was from 2 and 3 handed play when starting tables. At one point I was playing about 6 HU and 3 other 3 handed games while doing the rest full ring. Still was able to crush and made 7 of my BI from 2-3 handed play. Ran a very modest 14/11 game when the table was full and I was very happy with that adjustment. Just need to contiune to grind a lot this week and get that roll back up to 10k in no time.

Happy Fathers Day to all out there

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So back on the grind today. At the start of the day I only had about 2.4k online (I've had 15k+ for the last few months, cashed out a bunch before this month because who knew I would go nuts and lose 11k) still and thought about playing nl25 but it is really hard to lose money at nl50 so played my session there. Bought a $650 bonus at the beginning of the session and my goal was to clear it, which is 4.5k VPP. Eventually I achieved my goal and after starting the session down 750 (15BI). I rebounded to be up 10.5 BI



As you can see at the beginning the redline was going out of control and when I started winning money is when my redline evened out and I stopped going crazy with the betting and was pot controlling alot more with medium strength hands. I dont really know how I do it but recovering back to even is a great feeling and then making money on top of it is just a bonus for me.

I usually start a ton of tables throughout my session so alot of my play ends up being shorthanded and HU while I'm 24 tabling fast tables. Today I played 1k hands HU in my session and about 3k hands with 6 or less. Basically all my money I made today (and usually most sessions) was with 6 or less players. I'm not sure how I am able to play like 4 HU, 4 shorthanded tables and then 16 full ring tables but I'm sure it cant be good. Somehow I win though lol odd.

I also keep ending up on the top popular searches on table ratings, it makes me laugh when i see it lol. Usually for the past few months I have always been in the top 50, not really sure who checks me out so much on there but apparently people do. Although tableratings has missed alot of hands for me, I still enjoy being a top 5 search haha.


Time to get some sleep then back up to grind another 15k-20k hands tomorrow and rebuild that bankroll. Have about 3.6k online so might play nl100 or just grind another nl50 session, games are so so good on weekends at either stake.

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Note: This is all full ring play basically

Well figured now is as good as time as any to update my blog after my recent month. Year has been going good so far but took a shot at higher stakes this month while on vacation and lost 10k, then the other day had a -52 BI session at nl100, this is fast becoming a popular 2p2 thread lol



I must admit after this session I was as close to ready to die as one can be, even a few 2p2 people were getting worried about me from the posts I was making but luckily have some good friends at home that talked me out of my current state and then I played another 10k hand session at nl50 and lost 200 total. But now I feel like I am getting back in good mindset and had a nice 10k hand session at nl50 today whre I made a few BI so feeling happy.

Here is this month total




Lets give some yearly updates with graphs, have not been in the crazy volume yet that I have become known to do but I WILL make Supernove Elite so believe me it is coming. I dont know how my redline is so fucking sick also but it is.

This is year to date was cruising at a good pace to make 100k+ this year after bonuses and then this month happened



With redline, sickooo



NL 100 year to date still winning



Going to start coming back to my blog as I whip into rebuild mode. Only have 4k left online at the moment and am currently at 260k VPP but supernova Elite will be achieved!![

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Forgot about my blog on here after I got done with the 600k prop bet but will start updating this more as I enjoyed the comments from people and met some new people thru my blogging, plus it feels good to write sometimes about poker things. I'll write an update of what I've been blowing my 27k from November in a month within the next few days.

I'm going for Supernova Elite on Stars this year, as many many others are for now, but have really had 0 motivation so far. I always grinded alot before because I was usually broke and needed to make money to pay the bills. Now that I have a good sized bankroll and my monthly bills are around 1kish and I dont really spend money on anything to often which means I dont really need to grind that much poker.

But I will send an open challenge to people that are going for SNE that play similar stakes to me, I play Full-Ring 100nl and some 200nl at the moment, on who can get there first and will bet any amount within reason to me on it. I currently am only at 41k VPP for the year. So if you or someone you know is interested in this PM me on here and we can book it. Idk how many people going for it at 100nl-400nl are trying to achieve it quickly as most I know are trying to stretch it out over the year but I'm sure some people would be interested in this as some extra motivation for themselves as well.

Also will prop bet with anyone on ps (even the asian bots) on any sorta most hands in a certain time (week, month, 2 month, 3 weeks, 5 days). Don't let my month of november fool you, I cant grind like that anymore . If you know anyone interested in this also let them know or let me know. Would probably only be open to Full Ringers at the moment since that is my main game but I have started dabbling in 6 max in preparation for something epic later on in the year.

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After my unsuccessful short attempt at playing 400nl/600nl I have decided to stop playing there so I dont lose it all lol. Back to 100nl/200nl to grind it all back now.







Also I hope they let me play in the Pokerstars blog championshipssssssssss! and I can shipppp it

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Hey all, i was on the 2+2 Pokercast the other day as the second guest after some old 7 card stud pro Danny Robison

You can check it out here.

http://pokercast.twoplustwo.com/index_plus.php

My interview starts around the 1 Hour 33 Minute Mark of the podcast, although they do call me a nutjob towards the beginning of it lol.

I haven't played any poker in the past like week. Just been getting things set up to move into my new apartment. I ended up getting a new car 2 days ago. I probably spent to much but I still have good bankroll + I am staked for my regular limits + I always wanted a nice car so I was like fuck it and decided to get one. I ended up buying a 2004 Mercedes C230 Kompressor Sport. They were surprised that I walked in with like 20k in 100s to buy a car but luckily I didn't spend anything close to that. I haven't had a car in like 2 years but before that I was driving Ford Tempos or Dodge Neons so this is a solid step up. Hopefully I do well in the upcoming few months so I can ship the M3 for summer lol.

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Sorry for the delayed update on my blog and my 600k hand prop bet. A few people were asking me to let them know how things ended up. I wrote this a few days ago but my computer had to restart and I lost like 7 paragraphs I wrote on here, then I took a went back home for a few days.

I did complete and win my prop bet!! I ended up playing 24 hours straight and a 37k hand session and ended at 603k Total Hands Last month.



This is my toal graph, it is missing some hands but I started being staked for 100nl about a week into the prop bet so I actually ended up about 1.5k more of my own money as I was down a throughout the month at 100nl when I was playing on the stake.








Here are some totals for last month

VPP- 169,323
Hours Played-359 (89 hrs a week)
FPP Profit- 14.5k
Profit Playing 4.5k
Prop Bet Profit- 6.1k
Total Profit- 25.1k





I am having an article in the paper here in Chicago written about Me and the prop bet+uiega, an interview on a poker website that I should be doing this week and I just got a PM about doing like a 10 minute interview tonight for the 2+2 Pokercast with Mike Johnson & Adam Schwartz which is crazy since I listen to that every week it comes out lol.

(edited this in) Some people were saying how I had an awful winrate playing throughout the month which is true I did but before last i was playing really LAG game and I had to basically tighten it up completley because I realized I couldnt do it all day every day, all month. So the first week I played normal and made a ton, then the last 3 I was watching movies/tv/internet while I was playing which killed my winrate. This month I have been able to get back to my old game and am doing really well and have a good winrate going so far.

Why did I do it? Some people were saying how I must have not have any friends/family/life anything like that. But last month I was still talking to my friends on the phone everyday, and got to see my gf a few times and family on thanksgiving while maintaining 12-13 hours a day 24 tabling. They all understood what I was doing and were pretty excited of the chance that I would be able to make that much money playing a game online. I basically chose to do it not really having any idea how hard it would be but was extremely motivated by the prospect of making 20k+. My biggest month before last was about 4k and my bankroll at the time I started last month was around 6k total so the chance that I could set myself up for a long time and make a crazy amount of money was really the motivation I needed to get it done. It is really still a surreal feeling that I made that much money in a month and honestly never thought I would be able to from playing poker/working in my life.

Some people were asking me what I played before the bet? I started playing 25nl online in June of this year, just like many other people out there I was dreaming that one day I could make 5k-10k in one month eventually from playing poker. I didn't actually think it was possible but I still worked on my game with aspirations of moving up. In late september/october I was a 50nl reg and I think i made about 4k in September because of a successful 100nl shot at the end of month and then this bet was formed and at about 11 PM the night before November 1st I decided to do it.

The original bet was 4 of us in the Micro Stakes Forum (on 2+2) on who could play the most hands but then I tried to get action at 2.8-1 odds that I could play 600k hands and was able to and then it began. I pretty much played 12-13 hours a day, 30 days straight last month, slept horrible, ate awful, but was able to get it done.

Was it worth it? I realize that I basically sacrificed a month of my life, sacrificed my realtionship with my gf (which now is over but there are always more cute girls out ther), set my phsycal condition back awhile (i worked out everyday forever before last month) but overall knowing that I can live comfortable for awhile, move out of my crappy apartment and finally have a nice place on my own and get myself a nice car on my own for the first time ever defintly made it all worth it.


Whats next? This month so far I've been 24 tabling 1/2 and playing some 400nl-600nl when good games start up and its going pretty well so far. Im still being staked for 100nl, 200nl so it is very good to know that I cant actually lose any of my bankroll unless I lose money playing higher limits lol. I signed a lease for a new apartment back in Northwest Indiana and wont be living downtown in Chicago anymore which is sad in some ways since Im right by the lake and beach but am excited to move back home where all my old friends/parents live and I will finally be able to not walk everywhere again. Im going car shopping next week too so will keep the blog updated on what I spend the winnings on plus how my progress is going in moving up limits.


Some parts of this post arent in order but I had it written well before and then deleted so I am pretty sure I covered everything in here. Thanks to all who read my blog throughout the bet and for the positive comments, defintly kept me motivated to succeed and I appreciate everyone reading. If anyone has any questions or comments you can pm me or post them here!! Next step is Supernova Elite Pursuit next year!!! Should be fun

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Yes have a life for the people that will just read this one blog and assume I do not have a life/friends/ne thing else in the world lol. You can read some of the other blog posts that have pics of me/gf and where i talk about my prop bet.

Such a sick awful last like 2 days, finally ran decent and went up 2.4k in 2 days then next 2 days lose 3k by just winning every single pot and getting it in with the nuts and never holding, most frustrating thing ever and I wanted to quit playing so many times but couldnt do so. My game has suffered this month but I think next month it wont be to hard to get it back to my old lag self rather then playing like a nit. Going to sleep now to wake up at 8 am and finish this thing, not going to sleep until I do it.

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At 563k total hands and have cleared 14.5k in fpp bonuses so far. Have 161,222 VPP for the month. My HEM is missing lk 6.8k hands but here is the graph, obv the last few 100k hands have sucked for me . Almost over though.

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Been a few days since I updated the blog but things have been going along well. Had a pretty good past couple days and up a few K.



This was my session from the other night where I got ahead of pace and made a good amount along the way, i had to quit at the end though because I took 2 sick beats and lost like 350 and was sad because i was almost up 2k.





Decided to go back home to my parents house in the who live in the suburbs of Chicago so played like 16k session yesterday on my laptop and hated it, so small to look at lol. I love the setup at my apartment so so much more. But I did clear another 4k fpp bonus yesterday and am about 6k vpp away from getting my 3k milestone. Will hopefully clear a 1.5k fpp bonuses too before the end of the month so I can include it in the monthly profit.

I ended last night at 539k Total hands and was planning on waking up today early to get started again and play a marathon session so I can finish up tomorrow a day early. Im very excited for this month to be over so I can fix my game again and get back to the style I have been playing previously, rather then my tight style I have now adapted to playing. Has affected my win rate a ton and hopefully I can get it back up in the upcoming months. Going to go get to work and try to win this!!!!

Here is the graph, missing 6.5k hands, this was from 2 days ago so dont have yesterdays session in it.

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8 more days of this and then it is over, I cannot wait. Slept like 5 hours and now up and ready to grind another 20k+ hand session out. I dont even know when I eat food anymore, I never seem to be hungry and the only thing I eat is like chips/candy or Mcdonalds, I need to get this back on track next month and get some sort of normalcy again. But it keeps me super motivated seeing all the positive comments on here and on 2+2 from other people, hopefully I really can influence some others out there to grind some more and make more money for themselves also!!

Some people asked me on here and 2+2 like what was my poker story and basically I started playing online in June at 25nl 9 tabling. I played live poker before that so didnt have a job at the time and was making just playing 25nl and learning the game. At the end of june I started 24 tabling one day when I found out you could play that many and grinded 25nl till like August when I built up my 100 deposit to like 2k before after a bunch of cashouts to pay for things and i took a 50nl shot. I had my ups and downs along the way but always beat 25nl for a really good winrate along the way. I played being a 50nl reg at the beginning of September and into October with a few 100nl shots in the mix throughout all this but never could get my online roll past like 3.2k.

Finally in October I put in a 17k hand session at nl100 one day and made like 1.1k and that boosted my roll to like 5k. At the end of September I got a stake to play 100nl/200nl so did that and made me and my staker 2k before we decided to do this prop bet in the forums, which I wasnt even going to do until the last second I changed my mind and probably my life and decided to. I remember playing 25nl like 3 months ago wondering if poker was for me and if you could actually make this money that you see other people making in the forums and was dreaming that one day I could have more then 5k to my name. Now here I am with 17k on stars, clearing another 4k bonus, about to hit a 2k milestone, and will win about 8.3k in the prop bet and it is a very surreal feeling.

Someone asked what I will make in fpps/prop bet this month by itself and I will have 2 $4k fpp bonuses, a $2k and $3k milestone and 2 $1.5k bonuses. From both prop bets if I win them I will get back about 8.3k, I put up about 2k of it thats in escrow so will make like 6.3k from that. Thats about 22k from that I stand to make.

Also I was asked what my goals are for next month and really am not sure as to pertaining to poker, I am moving into a new place at the beginning of the month so I can get out of this room I have been in lol but I've never had more like 2k on me ever in my life so I defintly am going to go on a shopping spree and buy myself alot of nice things. Probably going to get a car also as I havent had one for the last 2 years living in the city in Chicago. I'll probably grind nl100 next month and make a few thousand from that and clear a 4k milestone along the way.

Basically just take it easy as I prepare to go for Supernova Elite starting in January. I am setting my goal to become the first player on Pokerstars to achieve this next year but there are some high stakes sickos who play a ton so it will be a tough challenge, but one I think i can accomplish. How sick would it be to be the first person to achieve this of everyone that plays on stars.

If anyone has any questions or anything they want to know just ask in the comments and i will answer them.

Here is my day yesterday though, i was down like 1.8k at one point but managed to only end the 24k hand session down 1.1k lol go me. Just running super bad and almost chased losses but finally had to stop and pass out. I really wanted to keep playing but couldnt keep my eyes open anymore.



At the month I am at 442k hands, 2k ahead of the pace and feel great about making it now and hopefully will make it a few days early.




As to the hands from the last 2 days I guess these 2 would some up my days well. Its just frustrating grinding for hours and having this happen consistently.



Standard Limp min raise from super fish and the one time they dont have AA or KK

Submitted by : Joeingram1

PokerStars Game #22281003788: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/11/22 22:48:42 ET
Table 'Valda II' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: eiknesholmen ($87 in chips)
Seat 2: Pokamon06 ($100 in chips)
Seat 4: wjstead ($80.25 in chips)
Seat 5: AllTheWay33 ($103.95 in chips)
Seat 6: Asim0s ($148.10 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero ($224.15 in chips)
Seat 8: Artielpc ($127.80 in chips)
Seat 9: xrocket16x ($100 in chips)
eiknesholmen: posts small blind $0.50
Pokamon06: posts big blind $1
Broseph Dan: sits out

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
wjstead: folds
AllTheWay33: folds
Asim0s: calls $1
Hero : raises $4 to $5
Artielpc: folds
xrocket16x: folds
eiknesholmen: calls $4.50
Pokamon06: folds
Asim0s: raises $4 to $9
Hero : calls $4
eiknesholmen: calls $4

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $28.00)

   
eiknesholmen: checks
Asim0s: checks
Hero : checks

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $28.00)

   
eiknesholmen: bets $2
Asim0s: raises $8 to $10
Hero : raises $43 to $53
eiknesholmen: folds
Asim0s: calls $43

River (Pot : $136.00)

   
Asim0s: bets $86.10 and is all-in
Hero : calls $86.10

Showdown
Asim0s: shows (a straight, Nine to King)
Hero : mucks hand
Asim0s collected $305.20 from pot

Summary
Total pot $308.20 | Rake $3
Board  
Seat 1: eiknesholmen (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: Pokamon06 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: wjstead folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: AllTheWay33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Asim0s showed and won ($305.20) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 7: Hero mucked
Seat 8: Artielpc folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: xrocket16x (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #22284859170: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/11/23 2:30:51 ET
Table 'Hus IV' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Sgt.pepper73 ($105.15 in chips)
Seat 2: torc878 ($107.35 in chips)
Seat 3: john1226 ($100 in chips)
Seat 5: ih8money ($21.50 in chips)
Seat 6: gototable06 ($20.90 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero ($114.10 in chips)
Seat 8: Shambolic ($101.70 in chips)
Seat 9: freepokerand ($127.20 in chips)
torc878: posts small blind $0.50
john1226: posts big blind $1

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
ih8money: folds
gototable06: folds
Hero : raises $2.90 to $3.90
Shambolic: folds
freepokerand: folds
Sgt.pepper73: raises $8.10 to $12
torc878: folds
john1226: folds
Hero : calls $8.10

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $25.50)

   
Hero : checks
Sgt.pepper73: bets $17
Hero : calls $17

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $59.50)

   
Hero : checks
Sgt.pepper73: bets $40
Hero : raises $45.10 to $85.10 and is all-in
Sgt.pepper73: calls $36.15 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($8.95) returned to Hero

River (Pot : $211.80)

   

Showdown
Hero : shows (three of a kind, Sevens)
Sgt.pepper73: shows (three of a kind, Kings)
Sgt.pepper73 collected $208.80 from pot

Summary
Total pot $211.80 | Rake $3
Board  
Seat 1: Sgt.pepper73 (button) showed and won ($208.80) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 2: torc878 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: john1226 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: ih8money folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: gototable06 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Hero showed and lost with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 8: Shambolic folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: freepokerand folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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