After the LP hack thing, I could not see lp.net via my usual DNS server, so I managed to get it changed and I can see liquidpoker.net. Its good to be back!
Regarding poker, been insanely busy in work and not played anything this week, hopefully play some tomorrow if I can manage to get it off, or tonight if I find out im not working tonight!
Finally made my first FT in a big MTT. And to be quite honest i thought I played well. Considering i dumped off like 1 million in chips in a typo mis-bet when down to 2 tables, I so easily could have busted quickly after that, but kept my focus and built my chips up. The players were soooo bad. So tight, I was stealing blinds left right and centre, with no problems.
At Final table, big hand that set me back was 99 vs KK. I opened 2.75 bb and he shoves over top and i have him covered by about twice, and insta call. Maybe a little too hastey, but cant see how I can fold that vs short stack. Lessons learned.
I have been getting back into Poker as much as I can these days. I have a very much so full time job, that has odd and long hours, and times when I am away from home for a week or more with no access to playing online poker. I love my job, and am really happy even though the hours are mad sometimes, Its something I have always wanted to do. However I do wish sometimes I had a little bit more free time to play more Poker! Because right now I have got a huge drive within me to play lots of Poker and improve, improve and improve!
Last week I was off two days there in a row (which can be pretty rare for me lol), and played alot of MTT poker. Finished 215th/9760 and 20th/2500, it was good but also hugely disappointing. I have been reading up on improving my late game play, and checking out videos. This has helped alot. I also have had great input from fellow LPers, and I do appreciate the comments. This weekend I was off again, (really rare, but its calm before the storm of being busy..), and played a few yesterday. It just wasn't meant to be, and although I managed to bounce back after a few suckouts, I ended up busting in 140th/2400. So no final table yet. But I am working on it!
As I do not have as much time to put in epic 10 hour sessions every day, on most evenings, I have been playing small multi table sit+gos. The 27man ones are decent, as they only take around 1hour 30mins - 2 hours to complete. Very soft. I have not an amazing ROI in them, but I have not played enough of them yet to get a realistic ROI. I would ideally play the 180man sit and gos, because I do feel I got a good edge over most players, as they are all generally really bad and have no concept of pushing ranges, but 4 hour sessions are just too long for me on workdays. I have to try and satisfy everyone, which includes my friends and my fiancee!
So it brings me back to my blog topic and video at the start of this blog. This song is practically on repeat at the moment. Such a tune. But its meaning is also interesting. "All things to all men". It is a quote from the bible I believe. I am no religious person, but do find these words really thought provoking. It pretty much means, to satisfy everyone. Which I feel is really important, especially for poker players. Because even after you have grinded for hours and hours a day, there is a point where you have to step back and do other things other than poker. You have to have a healthy balance, and you have to satisfy and give your time to other people just as much as Poker itself. I really think it is one of the most overlooked criteria for being good at this game, or any game even.
Because ever since I have not had as much time, and do other things in my life, I have actually seen my Poker improve by leaps and bounds. I seem to be way more focused when it comes to Poker and I have a much clearer head with loads of determination. I put in way more effort because I do not have all the time in the world.
Thought I would share those thoughts with you, and hopefully some of you can take them onboard and make something of them.
I know there are quite a few successful MTT players at LP, and I am searching for some help with my MTT play. Are there any videos showing how to play the more deeper stages of a tournament from any fellow LPers? I also have an account at 'decuescracked', can you recommend any series of videos there? I really find the search facilities on that site horrible to find anything regarding MTTs.
Think I got a CR login too, so any videos there too that you could recommend would be appreciated.
Not posted in a while here, simply because I have played hardly any poker at all. Working full time in a job I love is awesome. Its hard work and hours can be very long, but its completely rewarding. The drawback is, I come back from working all day and find myself shattered, and even though I really want to play Poker there is just nothing in me to play poker on my A game. I know if I start I will not be playing my best.
I was on holiday for a couple of weeks in Spain at end of August and in that time it really made me think of the future and what I want, and things I need to remove from my life to make it happen. Games like DotA and shit just are such a waste of time, and really eat up into my day when I could be doing far more productive things. It also really re-energised me after all the shit I had with my previous job and the worries of finding another job.
When on Holiday I also read the Poker Mindset book - which is such a fantastic book. I highly recommend it for any poker player at whatever level. It made me look at some aspects of poker in a whole different way, for example Tilt and what it really is, or what a "downswing" really is (or isnt!). At times in the book it does repeat it self a bit, but then it throws a whole different angle on things. So after reading it, I was all ready and focused to play some poker, and when I got back I played some sessions and felt I played my A game, but ended up 4 buy ins down, which was kinda weird. But I wasnt worried. Just ran into sets etc or AA with KK, all so standard.
So havent played in weeks now. due to it being really busy in work. We have been doing alot of big gigs all over UK at the moment. Status Quo gig in Ireland with Jools Holland, big music festival in Belfast called Belsonic, Electric Picnic festival in Ireland, Blackpool Illuminations in England, BBC Proms (this weekend), and loads of other smaller gigs around Ireland at the same time. Its been mega busy and such hard work and crazy crazy hours (25 hour day last wknd), but its all good, cuz i love it lol.
Anyway hoping to get some sessions in today. Music wise I cannot stop playing Deadmau5's new tune with Rob Swire (pendulum singer) in it. Its awesome, love all the harmonies in it. Check it out!
Oh and I am hoping to play some Live Poker soon, possible this week! Can't wait WIll let you know how it goes
Last September I started work for a Kitchen design company, full time. Kitchen design was just something I got into because of the jobs I had done before. I never loved it, but I didn't hate it, I thought it was ok, and could be good to make a career in. After some time working in this new job, I soon to begin to realize how bad the company was managed and how much of a mess it was in. Coming from a larger multi-outlet retailer to a local but large single outlet business, it was like going back in time 10 years ago. Because everything was really backwards. Nothing was computerized (except the actual designing of the kitchen software), all the accounts, orders and everything was on paper. And then there was the accounts. lol. I found this out after a few months, that apparently there was no accountant for the past year and a half, and the owners had been doing it. Now you might think there isn't much wrong with that, but when you realize that the two owners are complete idiots and only bought the business a few years ago and had no experience of running one, this was so bad.
It soon became apparent, that the business owed thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of pounds to other companies. Every week we (the designers) were told to use different suppliers, and were fobbed off with some bullshit excuse that quality wasn't good, when we all knew why. They owed them money. Then there was the customer service, that was non-existent from the owners. They simply did not care one bit about them. It really became so bad, that I found myself having to cover for them and constantly lying to customers when I knew full well the truth. But I was simply doing what I was told as an employee. However I hated it, and it was happening every day. I actually felt sick going into work, and dreaded it each night. It was then that I knew, things had to change.
I started applying for all these other shitty jobs, which I knew I wouldn't like, but it had to be better than where I was. It was then after about the 20th application sent off, that I realized why am I wasting my time with this. I had spent 3 years in college studying music technology, and it was the music industry, in some shape or form, that I wanted to get involved with. I never just got my ass into gear to pursue it. I started asking around, and perhaps the luckiest encounter happened.
Just two days after me explaining how my life was so shit to my girlfriend in my current job and how I wanted to get into the music industry, a fantastic thing happened. My girlfriends dad works for the council and does events and things, and had some connections with some companies. My girl had spoken to my dad the following day and asked if there was anything available. There was nothing at the moment. Then an old friend of his just dropped into the office. This friend was the owner of one of the largest P.A hire (live sound systems) companies in the UK. Wow? They had not talked in years and he wanted to catch up. So he mentioned that I was looking work, and he said to give him an e-mail to arrange something. So i obviously e-mailed him, and we arranged a meeting, and he was able to start me working. I quit my job in the shithole I was in before. And 2 days after I finished, they shut the doors and it went into administration. It was in the papers, that they owned over 200,000 pounds to companies and customers. It was really crazy.
So lately I have been doing freelance work for the production company. He couldn't give me a permanent job, but said he could give me work, but variable hours per week. It is what I have always wanted to do, and I have been loving it. The work is very hard. Hard work, long hours, and shitty pay. But it is really good fun. The only problem is that the amount of hours I have been getting has not been enough to live on. I had been playing alot of Poker in the spare time because of the odd hours, it actually suited me playing Poker. I am just not at a limit that I can withdraw from on a regular basis.
After several gigs, I get a call from him, asking me if I can work full time for him up untill mid August (going on holiday then), as a trial to see how I get on. I seriously couldn't believe it. I had only worked for about a month, and this was only a handful of gigs, I must have done something right!
So tomorrow I start full time with them. I am excited that maybe this will be a my start of the career I always wanted. I really love playing Poker too, but it is not stable enough at the moment for the limit I play on to live on. I am certainly going to still play alot, but probably not the same volume anymore.
I go away on Wednesday for 5 days, as I am working at a big festival in ireland - http://www.oxegen.ie/2009/ - We are doing 4 stages there so its gonna be pretty busy! I am really excited and at same time a little sad to be away from home for so long and miss the missus! I just hope it works out and I can get a permanent offer after this trial period.
This kind of messes up my plans to grind mass sngs, because I don't have the time to. So I will probably grind back at NL25. I have been playing last few days and I feel I am playing really nice. My non-showdown line is a nice steady positive line, and my showdown has been going down a bit. But looking back, I have lost alot of coolers at showdown, so I think I am just running bad in the big pots.
Well anyway, If you have came this far, I would like to thank you for reading
Played some cash games today and on the wrong side of variance. So, this made me quite happy. Its not much, but it is one hella cheap way into the tourney and for a guy like me with $1400 bankroll, I am quite excited
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