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So i just completed my first 10k hands of nl100.

here is a graph.

i'm pretty satisfied with my Laggyesque play, its been pretty volatile, and i've gotten some bad beats, but generally its been good.

any comments would be nice.

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break even poker sucks, especially when you're getting sucked out on...

gotta keep chugging...losing motivation but gotta keep chugging...

win rate at 2.5ptbb/100...dang..

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had a pretty good party last night.

decided to play some 9 table of nl100 and get used to it. ran pretty well, made a really bad spew, and I can tell that I'm definitely worse than some of the players here. I missed out on tonnes of value bets and I need to work on that, but overall +200 so far, so no complaints.

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My first hand:

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Today is the first day of april, and after using 4k fpps to get 64 bucks, I began my first adventure into nl100. My first hand was complete spew, but I wanted to see if these people would crack under aggression.

Anyways, the rest of the hands I played were pretty good, I coolered a few people and ran like god. So far so good, but it's only been 600 hands, and nothing indicative of anything, only that I run good.

Also, it's been real fun to play nl100 as i've been only 4 tabling, but definitely am looking towards 9 tabling and then 12 tabling as i get more and more comfortable with the limit. Still taking things slowly, but so far so good.

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Like everyone else i am posting a march post. My original goal for march was to get to nl50, and beat it and get ready for nl100. In every sense of that I have accomplished my goal.

I'm up 3.1k for the month, which is good. I cashed out 1k out of my roll, and dropped 2 BI yesterday so I am at 2.8 in my BR now. I have fixed my red line towards the end as well. I did miss my goal of hitting 100k hands of nl50, but seeing as how i'm only 3k hands away, I could either play that today or just be like wtv. It's only 3k hands. I was really hoping to hit 100k hands of nl50 and I feel that i'm pretty much there. Running at around 3ptbb/100 overall is good, and in my last 70k hands it been around 4ptbb and last 10k its like 10ptbb or something. But anyways, it's been a really good month. Lots of hard work and effort definitely, and NO ROLL TILTING!!!

Recently I've opened my game to a 24/20 style which in my opinion is much more profitable, definitely better than the nit style i used to play.

I hit platnum star, lolz and I'm 63k VPP from Supernova. I earned like 25k VPPs or more last month, and by playing nl100, I'll prob. make Supernova in april or late may.

I would definitely like to say thank you to mikeymoo who's been supporting me throughout and thank you to everyone who's helped me here and there. I won't let any of you down and will continue to chug along!

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i went through and looked at my old posts...

i realized that its only been 1.5 months since i last went bust. I feel like its been AGES since i last went bust... but i guess not. Wow... only 1.5 months... reminiscing about the old me, talking to mikeymoo about how he pounded on me cuz i was a fish at nl10.. dang it feels like years ago but it was only a few months ago at best.

i remembered that over winter break i was trying to break through grinding, but ended up not getting anywhere, but I finally feel like I am going to break through. Looking back on everything though, I definitely feel that all those tilt times and everything definitely improved my game play. Not in a direct sense ofcourse, but I have a good mastery of tilt control (esp. with mikey telling me about limit restrictions) and self mind control. All those times that I tilted and lost all my money was just preparation for the new rollercoasters to come. I always knew that I could beat this game, but I didn't know that it was about beating myself.

Of course I'm still nowhere near the top. I'm actually still at base camp and theres still everest in front of me to climb. But looking back at the road that it took to get here to base camp, it's definitely been a long and rocky road. I encourage everyone who is struggling to look at my old blog posts of like "shit, tilt" and "shit, tilt again" and "fuck, tilt" to laugh with me.

I'm really glad that I have this blog, as looking back on it, i started my poker journey around 5 months ago, getting that first 50+50 from FTP. Ofcourse, all i did was read the poker articles from LP and somehow went from that 50 -> 400 from playing $10 SnGs.

of course i busted that, and all i have left from that is 20 cents on FTP. I busted many a times actually, but god... I realized from early that i had no respect for grinding. In fact, i started those SnGs whne my BR was 40 and i was playing $11 SnGs.

I would bust then, and again and again... I deposited 200 on stars and tried to grind nl10, and I was actually pretty successful from the beginning, but couldn't move up to nl25, no matter how hard i tried. I eventually got frustrated and just tilted and played limits too high for me. I busted then, and I busted every single time by tilting and playing some incredible limits (5/10 razz anyone?) and eventually getting my ass raped.

But on the last time, I deposited 500 on stars with the reload bonus ( i already busted my 200 deposit earlier...) with that being my final determined push to win at poker. I set the limit restrictions and studied poker to no end. I watched stox poker videos, and any poker videos that my friend would give me. I listened, read everything on LP (but not 2p2) but the most important was the limit restrictions on what to play. I grinded nl25 with the mindset of play calm, it is ok to be at 0. I was worried that if i lost this 500, i would be in financial trouble (not really, but it would be annoying.) But I played with a good mindset, and the rest is history... well, not really. just look at my old blog posts.

anyways, i wanted to cement today as my first +700 day ever. This marks the first time i made more in 1 day than i lost in 1 day. Of course I was on a ridiculous heater, but as i look forward, i don't see "tilt, fuck my BR". But a steep harsh, but controlled ascent up the mountain.

Watch out world. and always, best of luck.

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today was again another great day for me in poker. +9 BIs. i cashed out 1k since i bought a new car, and i'm going to try to reroll myself for nl100. I'm being pretty nitty in terms of moving up because i'm running well at nl50 and i dont want to ruin the stuff while its good.

anyways, here is a graph for this week so far. I'm going to play another 1-5k more hands and call it a month.

my redline has been steady, and even positive recently, and i've been running good. Not only that, i feel comfortable with my plays, and it just feels normal when i play now. =) So after this week, i should be playing nl100. Wish me Luck!

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they happen, and they happen all the time. but never let it get you down. don't tilt and pick yourself back up.

today i ran into some pretty bad beats and some coolers, but overall i'm very satisfied with my nl50 game. I feel like i'm plowing people, and even if they luck out against me, I'm still up.

Anyways, i logged a 4k session today, +3BI. But what most intrigues me is that my redline is finally flattening out and even going up. This makes me very happy =).

I'll be taking some shots at nl100 beginning april, and hopefully will have around 40BIs around then. In the mean time, if anyone wants to msn me and talk about the game or anything else, pm me. =)

I wish i was hardcore like i was before spring break, playing 10k hands a day.
Oh! Life lesson. DONT EAT AT BUFFETS. I ate a buffet for lunch today, and could not function for the rest of the day. I really couldn't even play my A-game in poker, and waited 12 hours (until midnight) before starting my session. Good thing too, because i would've played like shit. So in lesson: don't eat buffets.

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i decided that i would put in a good session tonight after i showered and watched tv.

damn was that a good idea.

i ran at 11ptbb/100 for 6k hands and am up 10BIs.

overall i'm up only 250 for this weekend, and even am in the negative if you factor in money lost from playing in the sunday majors...

but this i hope i can continue this domination of the game into the coming days!

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-8BI today.


wuttttt, i ran totally bad, tilted some but honestly
QQ vs KK
KK vs AA x4
AK vs KK x4

set of Aces vs Flush x3

like, ahhhhhh

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