Kick, Push

I can now post my may graph now that I am not suffering from a mental breakdown.

Seeing as how yesterday was my last day of May, a pretty good month, I wanted to make the best of it. End with a bang, etc! Was going fine, then saw myself losing, no problem. Skipped class that night to play more. Kept playing, and playing, and playing. Played 4000 hands yesterday, which I think is like my second largest single session ever. Some typical stuff included KK vs AA three times for ~275bb total, AA vs sets twice for about 200bb (one situation was avoidable though, imo), etc etc. Some graphs for you guys to laugh at:

Yesterday's marathon:


May (32 days because I had to add the 2 hours I played into June 1st):


That big ass drop at the very end of my session was probably one of the more ridiculous coolers ever. I mean, he was ahead on every street, but considering I could've saved quite a bunch of money had I not 2 outered myself, I consider it pretty brutal (deep stack too!)

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/204222

Played a bit today, looking to recuperate. Got a bunch of my loss moneys back, mostly because of this gem here. He could've totally gotten away. Quads vs weak overpair :o

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/204597

So concludes my May! I think I'll be staying at 100nl for another month or so, because I want to be able to just start withdrawing without caring for my bankroll size. I do want to be multitabling 400nl by the time summer ends though.

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My May thus far:



Today might've been the worst session I've ever had in my life. I was literally going berserk after dropping (eventually) a total of ~7 buy ins at one point. I think we all often like to say "well when I'm having a tough session, I'll go take a jog." I found it extremely difficult for myself to leave the session, with the words "MUST CHASE LOSSES" firmly imprinted into my skull. It took a very good friend to drag me out of my chair and take me to go eat dinner at the school cafeteria, then some starcraft games, etc. to help me recollect myself and play solid again.

Here are some sample hands. I do not play well. If you guys wanna rip some hands apart, feel free to do so . I'm glad I recovered a good portion back, we'll see if I can get it all back tomorrow .

Not in chronological order, so some hands are the result of semi-tilt while some other aren't.

1. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/197000
AA vs QQQ, I try to trap and get trapped instead.

2. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/196349
AA vs AKs ai pf, runner runner kings.

3. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/197002
KK vs 77, turned set.

4. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/196354
KK vs AKs ai pf, flushed (though it was a coinflip by the flop)

5. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/197003
KK vs QJs, hits 2 outer on river.

6. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/197004
QQ vs 7777, I could've gotten away from this very easily.

7. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/197005
QQ vs AA ai pf, I thought I had a read looooool. I cringed looking back at this one.

8. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/197007
JJJ vs QQQ, bleh.

9. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/197008
87s vs 88, attempted a master ai with what I thought was good FE. I'd actually like comments on this. I cried inside when the river blanked =[.

So those are the bad ones. The good ones are usually me luckboxing with a set vs an overpair or something, nothing special.

Here's hoping that it was only a quick couple thousand hand speedbump!

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Hi everyone (though I doubt not many will read this)

I post regularly at TL.net as PanoRaMa. I used to go to this site often, in fact I'm probably within the first couple hundred registered on this site? Regardless, I stopped coming when I realized the sad fact that I was the only fixed limit player here. I was playing 2/4 and 3/6 limit at the time, then moved onto 2p2 where I found a plethora of information.

For the next year and a half, I have followed the teachings of 2p2 rigorously. After the legislation, I switched to NL and started trying to accumulate as much info as I could. I don't post that much, but I ate up all the threads, realized what advice was good, what was not, etc. BBV is probably the greatest thing I've ever come across in my life, etc.

A few weeks ago, I came to the understanding that the style of play advocated by many "winning" posters in the small stakes forums and whatnot was indeed exploitable. To be honest, my play is pretty nitty and weak/tight. I can crush those who are inferior to me at my stakes (100nl), but there's a reason why it's been months and I've only progressed to 100nl. There are extremely skilled players at 2p2 though, but there's also a reason why they're at the higher stakes and no longer at the small stakes - they've surpassed the limitations of the 2p2 nit standards.

Which led me back here. Names I've recognized from a WHILE ago are now successful winners at high stakes. It's funny to see that the lives of some of these posters have been completely changed, all as a result of learning via LP.net (though I guess some may go to 2p2 as well).

Apparently, there's something you guys are doing right. I think a lot of people see 2p2 as the end-all when it comes to good poker advice, which I now see as an untruth. My goal now is to be able to assimilate the best information from both sites. I do have to admit that LP.net is a bit more warm and familiar than 2p2 as well.

So here I am. My aim is to be at 200nl at least by the end of summer. I hope to contribute a lot of info at least to the Medium Stakes forum for the time being, and I'm glad to be back

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