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A week ago I was bragging about my success in facebook poker, how I got myself 100 million chips and sold them for real money.

Well, times have changed. I have sold off maybe 60 million chips for like $3k. The remaining chips......I lost everything. Well, almost. I still have 1 million left. Yup. 1 million.

The "high stakes" games were set up so that most players only buy in with 10 big blinds so basically for me it was a preflop all-in fest w/ a range of like A5+, any PP and KQ.

When I first emerged from the scene people were unable to cope with my style and called my PFAIs w/ trailing hands like A-rag and small broadways. However as people started to know me better they adjust, they trap, and they bank their winnings (hit and run and rebuy for the minimum).

Those, coupled by tilty plays, bad luck and me playing underrolled, lead to me falling off the chart in a hurry.

I've enjoyed the moments of glory and fame. Now it's back to business. I can't foresee myself spending any more significant time at facebook poker.

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Sunday at pokerstars has been productive, as I recorded 2 winning sessions in 6max NL100. There were many circumstances where I could play tidier, especially preflop. Nevertheless, I can live with ~$800 in winnings.

Session stats
PM 1332 hands 22/14/2.4 $284.30 10.67 PTBB/100
Eve 2012 hands 20/11/2.9 $678.85 16.87 PTBB/100

Afternoon hands:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371412 AKc Opponent limp-4bet preflop, but I flopped the King, so I was all-in.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371413 65c Can I just shrug it off?......
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371414 AA I thought my preflop 4-bet was big enough
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371415 JJ Good flop but I lost my discipline when I needed to have it
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371416 TT I probably had more suckouts for than against on this day
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371417 AQc Feeble play turned out to be correct
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371418 86c Check flop behind?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371419 A8s The stars aligned during this hand
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371420 75s Semi-hero call

Evening hands:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371591 42h Why bother why bother why bother
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371592 55 He sent me on tilt just by playing solid
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371596 44 Blind vs aggro button, he thought briefly and called. Wish I didn't need help =/
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371597 44 Another blind vs button confrontation. My initial reraise was way too big, and I was lucky to successfully make my aggro opponent fold after he stuck in almost half his stack.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371598 97s stone-cold bluff
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371599 A7d Correct read allowed me to get it in with a weak pair.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371600 64d Okay to call the small preflop reraise?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371606 T9s SHIIIIIIIIIIIP
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371607 AA The entire table was trying to destroy this megadonk
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371608 AK I think he put me on AA and tried to represent a King himself
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371610 AT Nice pot
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/371611 AK So I trapped the guy who was really aggro......or did I?

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On December 30 2007 01:12 T8Suited wrote: ......Just when I thought I was God's gift to poker I played one of the worst sessions ever on Friday. Detailed stats are missing coz I was playing at my work PC and left the office in disgust after my last debacle without emailing those history files to myself. But I promise I'll eventually post those hands, so that you can either 1) laugh at me or 2) offer me advices if you're kind enough, and I can revisit those hands and try to learn from the mistakes.......

Here they are:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368149 QQ Unnecessary crying call
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368148 KJh Trapped
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368147 AK Successfully bluffing off my stack
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368146 99 I really don't know about this one
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368145 65h Bvb Nightmare on a good-looking flop
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368144 K9s Coolered
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368143 63h Why even bother preflop

Diamonds in the rough:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368152 KK Did my flop min-c/r make me look like I was FOS?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368151 99 Unsuccessful trapper
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368152 K9h Good flop against a fish

Hands from the past 2 days
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368134 77 Against a really aggro opponent
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368136 76c I think this is the 1st time EVER that I pull an overbet bluff
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368137 88 Set, bad turn against enthusiastic donk, couldn't fold, not thrilled
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368132 J9s Correct read on my part. His c/r was on the big side, I decided he was on a draw, so I time-called flop and snap-called turn. Unfortunately I wasn't rewarded.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368131 TT Didn't know where things went wrong, comments appreciated
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368128 AA I haven't done squat at the table and this monkey still decided to make a move.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368126 88 Bvb vs aggro opponent
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/368089 83 LOL I was sick and tired of Marshall reraising me every single time, so I decided to make a move. And then things took a really weird twist......

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......because I just destroyed another session of casino blackjack.



None of those $100 and only 2 of the $50s were in my wallet yesterday afternoon.

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I passed my thesis defense on Friday. It was surprisingly easy. Best day of my life.

For those interested in my work, please refer to this wikipedia entry. Some random people wrote an article regarding my research field and cited my publication as an example (Reference 3)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH_activation

So how did I celebrate?

Answer: By moving up multiple levels in stakes

I lost like $700 playing 2/4 and 3/6 (full ring) on Friday. But it was still the best day in my life.

Recovered like 400 tonight playing 2/4

I swear these high stake tables are anything but rock gardens. Every session I recognize at least 1 fish per table.

Somehow I didn't feel too focused, either. I couldn't take full advantage on either day.

I also played some casino blackjack earlier today. Bought in for $100, mostly $10 per hand, counting cards attentively, adjusting bet-sizes and deviating from basic strategy when necessary. I was up $1300 at one point. Eventually lost a bunch at craps, left with $850.

Can't complain too much.

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To all who think I am a bankroll nit. Yes I am. I've tried move up before and can't help but feel like I'm playing with scared money.

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Just when I thought I was God's gift to poker I played one of the worst sessions ever on Friday. Detailed stats are missing coz I was playing at my work PC and left the office in disgust after my last debacle without emailing those history files to myself. But I promise I'll eventually post those hands, so that you can either 1) laugh at me or 2) offer me advices if you're kind enough, and I can revisit those hands and try to learn from the mistakes.

I did more than recover those monies today, played all right -- just slightly better than opponents.

Fri pm 3700+ hands ??/?? -$600+
Sat pm 825 hands 16/10 $420.85 +25.51 PTBB/100
Sat eve 843 hands 18/10 $417.95 +24.79 PTBB/100

My 100NL 6-max PT Stats now looks like this: 18k hands, +$4072, +11.2 PTBB/100. Don't know how much the Friday disasters will affect those glorious numbers.

Afternoon hands, sorted by entertainment value:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/347776 88 Villain thought he caught his 2-outer
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/347766 93d BB special every street played perfectly
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/347768 TT I thought opponent was a good TAG. Until this.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/347761 AQh Villain made the same move w/ JTs and 97 before, so I thought my call was automatic
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/347762 55 Can't see another way to play this
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/347764 99 Poorly played; I can't see myself calling that extra 56 if I was villain
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/347770 KK Standard

Evening hands are more entertaining:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/348027 A8h Pwned. Opponent was rather loose preflop, and it's not unlikely he has a 5 (or even a 2) here. I can't see an unimproved PP lead this strong after I bet two streets.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/348026 AK I just want to throw up
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/348024 A7 Against a scared or trappy opponent?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/348025 74 Trying to get opponent to fold what could be an overpair to the flop
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/348017 QQ Why not CRAI on flop T_T
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/348018 QQ Fuck it
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/348016 QQ ......
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/348021 A8d This opponent has made this move a few times (w/ 50+ BBs) so I looked him up with an excellent draw.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/348019 53s I called PF because SB was really bad

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2 6max sessions
Afternoon 1178 hands 18/12 +$387.05 +16.43 PTBB/100
Night 1910 hands 19/13 -$10.10 -0.26 PTBB/100
Overall 'roll 196xx

Afternoon session. Started out like crap and then took off. Hands:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346278 AQs missed flop reraised pot, "WTF I don't care" call
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346281 A9h Even though villain only had $35ish behind would check-call turn be the superior line?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346277 A5d Trying to represent AK myself. I thought villain would fold his strong underpairs on the turn for sure. But then he might not have called flop with those hands at first place.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346283 66 Got a stack back soon after the A5d disaster. Don't think villain would have stacked off without seeing that hand.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346284 KQh Everything worked out so beautifully
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346282 87h I had no idea what SB had. But I was sure SB was steaming trying to get to button who sucked out on him earlier. And that I've the nuts if I can beat AA in a raised pot.

Evening. A bit of everything. Played well at times, but good results were negated by some boneheaded plays which happened too frequently tonight. Hands are highly entertaining:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346578 87 Meh time to defend blinds; at least I improved from a trailing to a racing situation
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346580 75h Raised AI on sexy turn, can't fold. Wow.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346572 AK Villain was sick of all the preflop raising
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346582 JT Not my proudest moment -- 1st level thinking being my downfall. The moment I saw the flop against this loose player I decided I will try to go all-in no matter what.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346583 KK Hideous flop call by donkey
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346584 AQ gg me
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346587 AJ Sick value bet
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346586 A2d Kind of like the A5d hand in the afternoon -- trying to represent what my opponent actually had. But here I had a few real outs.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346585 55 Totally butchered this
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346588 AK Cluuuuuuuuuuuuuuub
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/346590 AA Against a limp-reraiser

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After 2 sessions of uninspiring full ring play, especially on Tuesday when I loss countless small-medium pots getting trapped by nits, I got back to 6 max today. I had a monstrous day.

Results
Mon late night FR 372 hands 15/8 +$160.15 +21.53 PTBB/100
Tue late night FR 1785 hands 19/10 -$236.95 -6.64 PTBB/100
Wed pm 6-max 861 hands 18/13 +$766.35 +44.50 PTBB/100

FR Hands
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344252 KK Stacking superfish #1
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/345365 QQ Suboptimal flop, stacking superfish #2

6-max hands. Excellent opponent selection on this day.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/345317 85 Flopped deceptive draw in BB vs fish. Didn't get there, and I decided to give up even though I've shown some strength on earlier streets. He called flop with Q8o. WTF
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/345318 J5 Flop TP turned top-2. Value-towning another loose villain who called with 54 (worse 2-pairs).
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/345323 A4h Probably not a very good semibluff despite my tight image at the table. I probably would've bet any big pair on the flop myself. Non-donk villain thought for a while and called w/ QQ, but I rivered the flush (Th) for his stack.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/345325 KQ Playing TP2K for stacks (villain called w/ KJ). Not sure whether my turn check was good.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/345352 AK Committing myself on flop w/ TPTK against donk
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/345330 AQ Same villain as in the 85 hand. He called down w/ K9o. WTF?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/345327 TT Set against trapper dodging his million outs.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/345331 AKd Good flop. In retrospect I had no idea how to respond if he 3-bet preflop.

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Curiously I ran @ 20/13 for all of them. Moneywise not much happened

Sat eve 1179 hands +$62.4 +2.64 PTBB/100
Sun eve 865 hands -$89.2 -5.15 PTBB/100
Mon eve 806 hands +$249.4 +15.47 PTBB/100

Sat hands
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344089 KK Couldn't avoid the inevitable
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/342962 TT Loose semibad player made a move on me
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344094 85d I had to request time on the river against this ABC opponent

Sun hands
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344083 AJd Board got better each street, but I had to hesitate before shoving over his river raise (he called w/ A3o)
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344084 A8 Obviously opponent is reckless
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344085 AJd Probably should've shoved flop myself

Mon hands
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344093 88 After getting rag-dolled at this table a few times I exploded against this shortie =(
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344078 77 Pokerstars didn't like me play this too fast
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344072 JJ Flop flat worked out beautifully
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344074 55 Standard set vs overpair
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344077 T8s Somewhat baffled by his raise, but since "when in doubt push" I did just that. Opponent timed and called with 64dd, turn 9 river 9 gg.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344080 Big bluff #1. Stack size / flop bet size perfect for this.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/344076 Big Bluff #2. Against a good in-line reg. There's no way he'd call flop with AK while it's entirely possible that I have AK here. Opponent instant-folded, so while result was awesome a 200BB push was probably excessive. Didn't know whether he would call with a set (TT/QQ).

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So I realize that I'm not that good. No problem; I can still run good, which is what happened the past 3 sessions, allowing me to win at 6-max.

Gaudy stats:
Thurs pm 818 hands, 21/13, +$310, 18.93 PTBB/100
Thurs eve 950 hands, 15/9, +$438, 23.05 PTBB/100
Fri pm 2577 hands, 20/13, +$473, 9.18 PTBB/100

Keys to success
-tidy up my preflop play
-find fishes
-avoid marginal situations
-get poker God's help from time to time

Sexy hands:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/342177 AQ thin value bet against a so-so player who called w/ AT. pot $200+

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/342179 66 I think this was well executed. After he called my flop check-raise I put him on a good overpair like QQ. I assumed he checked turn for pot control, which meant he would flat-call any reasonable river bet, so I tried the scarier instant check-raise shove bluff. Villain thought for a while and then folded, probably putting me on a set, which was not inconsistent with my line.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/342181 88 Poker God saved me here. Opponent called all-in w/ AQd (flush) but river was a King giving me a full house. Probably inevitable coz I can't afford to lose value vs AA with a diamond, AdKx, AQ w/ one diamond or even QQ w/ a diamond.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/342188 QQ One of many moderate suckouts that I encountered.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/342191 AQd Didn't like turn board-pair, but regardless I got this overzealous villain to hang himself.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/342235 AA I was befuddled by his flop lead, which was actually not that strong ($20 into $45 pot). In any event turn was a T, he shoved I called, he had AQ, split-pot. Feels like I was robbed.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/342180 65s I followed up turn because I thought it's much more likely he called flop with an overpair and now feared the Ace.

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Been playing mostly SNGs lately. Hit a cold streak of 7 straight out of money. So I decided to try something that I haven't done in a long time.

Results were good. Pounced on random fish and made ~$700 on this day over 2k hands or so.

Let's face it -- it doesn't matter what game I play -- SNG, MTT, full ring or 6max. The key to winning -- opponent selection. Which I practised successfully on this day.

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