So, the semester is coming to an end. Not sure if I am more excited or depressed. I like when school is in session, it keeps me occupied and is much easier to socialize. The summer shouldn't be too bad though. I am staying in the fraternity house, so I am sure we'll manage to stir up some trouble throughout the summer. For now I need to do well on my finals to get a 3.4 this year.
I am considering going for my B.S/M.S in 4 years for Biotechnology (bio-chem pharmaceutical r&d/sales type shit). Itll be tough and I need to maintain ~3.3 throughout, but if I actually apply myself I should be able to manage.
As far as girls go, I stopped talking to the girl for the most part. I didn't feel like dealing with her ex-bf drama, so she is on hold for the time being. Few other girls I could/may pursue, but I think I might just focus on making money this summer and not worry about the girl situation till fall semester. I have a few lined up to keep me "occupied" but nothing serious for awhile.
Poker has sucked lately, I had to cash out another large portion of my roll. I am literally playing micro-stakes again. Good news is, I am debt free. Bad news, I am going to have to regrind at micro-stakes for awhile which is a bit disheartening. Hopefully by the summer I am at 1/2 with a somewhat solid/very comfortable roll for it ~10k+. I will be working construction, and hopefully at a bar here in Kent during the summer. I want to bring in enough money from those jobs to pay off my tuition and rent for all of next year so I don't have to dip into my poker roll anymore, as thats what has always been holding me back. Hopefully all goes well.
So, this month I intended on making ironman on ftp, platinum star on stars, and ultimately playing a ton. Well, 24 days into the month, I haven't even played 7k hands. I wont be making ironman, and I will prob only hit goldstar. Ive played 5206 hands at 50NL for a profit of $345, and 1723 hands at 100NL for a profit of $280. I am satisfied with my results, and have really only been playing when I want to. Needless to say, I have definitely been slacking.
In other news, I have finally found a girl that really peaks my interest. She is really cute, awesome personality, very intelligent, and all in all a pretty amazing girl. We've been "talking" for about a month now. I doubt we will be officially "together" any time soon, but I am content with that. Here are a few pics..
Me and her
her and the guys
one of my fav's
As far as the rest of my life goes.. I am actually doing well in school which is nice. I will most likely be living in the fraternity house next year(not terribly happy about it, but its whatever), and will most likely be running for vice president of my fraternity(requires me to live in the house ). I have been working construction for my dad, and will probably continue to do that throughout the summer. ~$25/hr isnt too bad for a side income, and it keeps me fairly fit. I am also trying to get a job at the oldest, classiest bar here in town. The pay wont be anything spectacular, but I am hoping to be bar tending by the end of the summer. It'll be something to occupy my nights and keep me out and about socializing.
I guess all in all, life is good right now. Not going to set any goals for next month considering I have no idea whats to come. I have finals the first week of May, then I am done for the summer. Until then..
peace out girl scouts
Pat
Also, I have ~$350 on PartyPoker I am still trying to get rid of. Ill give 5% of the amount to whoever can help me get it off of there and on Stars/FTP.
Its been awhile since ive blogged, so this one should be pretty lengthy. Not even sure where to start so ill just start rambling considering I am all jacked up on adderol/oxycodine/mountain dew mdx/parliament lights.
Poker has been extremely shitty for the most part. I ended up starting march out -1k over my first 13k hands. That, along with having to make some large cash outs, have caused me to drop to busto stakes. This past week i've been grinding 50NL, with some 100NL mixed in when I feel I am playing well. Ive been playing 6max for the most part with some FR mixed in occasionally. Every time I attempted to play HU sessions, I run god awful. I don't feel like dealing with the swings of HU with my bankroll being as vulnerable as it is right now, so I am going to put HU on hold for awhile.
I recently switched user names on Stars and FTP to help resolve my negative emotions towards my current screen names(I know its dumb, but it does help me psychologically). I played roughly 3300 hands last night on the new user names, and it actually went well...towards the end at least. I still feel I am spewing in some spots, and am having difficulty adjusting to the players at these stakes. I am experimenting with a few things, trying to adapt to the current state of the games. I think I am getting the hang of it, and really working hard to try and fix my leaks. Hopefully i'll be back at 100NL by the end of March, and back at 200NL by May. Heres my PT screenshot, and graph of the session. If you do manage to figure out my new names, I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't publicly out me. Anyways, here they are. Small sample LDO
I have been getting absolutely raped in tournaments lately. I feel like I am playing well, but the way I have been running is just getting ridiculous. Its not a matter of losing flips or races. I can handle that. Its that none of my big hands will ever hold. Aces, Kings, etc AI pf never hold. Any big hand I flop, sets, etc etc, always find a way to lose. Its pretty insane how ungodly bad i've run the past few months. Check the hands I post for further proof. Hopefully it will turn around soon, but obviously I just got on a new Mtt staking deal, so I will most likely have a big score soon as that always seems to happen when I decide to get staked... Oh well.
As far as life in general goes, its been pretty meh. School is dumb, I am getting pretty decent grades (3.66 gpa). I am talking to my ex girlfriend again, which may or may not be a good thing. We dated for a long time, and are very compatible, but I am still uneasy about the whole thing. I did end up getting diagnosed as batshit crazy by the psychiatrist. Not sure what to think about it. They didn't prescribe me adderol which I am furious about to say the least. Instead they put me on this stupid Welbutrin shit which isn't doing anything for me. I go back soon, and hopefully he'll prescribe me some adderol as this medicine isn't working. I will be starting Gaelic Football training soon, which I am pretty pumped about. I cant wait for the season to start. We have nationals in Boston this year, so that should be pretty amazing to say the least. It should be a good summer.
Thats all I can think of for now. I guess this didn't end up being a terribly long post, oh well.
Peace
Pat
I am really digging this song lately, it pretty sick
Heres my current favorite Youtube clip. How can you not love laughing babies?
February wasn't to bad until Feb 29th. I was up 25 buy ins over about 18k hands, and obviously last day of the month I go on a nice little downswing of 13 buy ins in 3k hands(a few were spew do to frustrating). I think I played well for the most part, but I should not have played that day. I played because of the whole double points deal. ugh.
Anyways. So far march is going pretty well. I have only played about 1500 hands so far, but i'm up 5bi which isn't bad. I am hoping to play 40k hands this month(actually 50k would be nice due to spring break), and hoping to profit >50bi. This should allow me to move up next month. I am hoping to be back in the 2/4 games full time by June, but we'll see.
Regardless of the downswing last month, I really started improving, and understanding the game better. I recieved a great, and also somewhat depressing comment from a 5/10+HU regular, that said with my understanding of the game from the hands of his I looked over, I should be playing much much higher(higher than him, heh.) I guess thats good that I have a good understanding of the game, but maybe I am just not applying it? Who knows, either way this month will go much better than last month(I hope).
As far as everything else in my life goes, its all going fairly well. I should be getting my A.D.D. meds this Tuesday, which will help tremendously for poker. School is going really well, hopefully will have a gpa > 3.75 considering I am actually trying. I am still debating if I want to take classes this summer, I suppose it will depend on how poker goes and if I decide to head out to Vegas for a few weeks. I am also thinking of minoring in Philosophy. I really like Philosophy a lot. We'll see though.
Thats all for now, gl peace out girls scouts, holla etc etc
I need to get ~500$ off full tilt and on to pokerstars asap, very very important/urgent, if you can help pls pm me or im me. Might be willing to negotiate some sort of deal
also
this isnt quite as important, but I have $ on partypoker that I need to get off of there. Pm me if you can help with that too
again, the stars for my FTP is sick urgent in that I have bills that need to be dealt with asap
First, before I forget! I NEED someone to trade/dump my partypoker money to for FTP/Stars. I currently have about 500$ on there, and would like to keep playing for a bit if someone is able to take the $ off my hands. The reason I said dump is because I currently can't transfer the money. My buddy made an account for me, under his mom's name, and apparently now you need to fill out some preferred player form to transfer funds. Well this form contains a ton of personal info, and he is not sure his mom will fill it out for him(she was aware of the account as she was recieving my rakeback = ) So, if he can't get her to, I would need to dump the money somehow. Shoot me a PM if you can do this, and it if you are able to take a decent amount of money, I could give a small % of the total xfer(i.e 5-10% depending on how much)
Well, FTOP's is finally over for me. I managed to cash in 2 events for basically nothing. My backer got 1/3 of his $ back, but I still feel pretty shitty. I would say I ran bad, but its mtt's so you cant expect too much I guess. Oh wells, I am actually glad its over now though.
As far as cash games, they have been going fairly well. I am still playing 100NL 6m and 100NL HU. For some reason my sessions have been extremely swingy, more than usual I would say. I have been running fairly decent I would assume since I am up 5.5 buy ins at both 6M(over 2750 hands) and HU(over 1250 hands), so 11 BI in 4k hands is pretty good. I still think I am not playing as well as I should be. I think I am a bit of a calling station which I need to look into and work on if it needs fixing(could just be variance obv). I am getting a lot more comfortable in 3b pots I think. I am getting better at controlling my aggression on all streets, and finding more spots to take down pots. Overall I still think I really need to keep working on my game, especially because I am playing 100NL and should be crushing it. Sometime this week I am going to spend a day going through my pokertracker analyzing hands. I will post them all in my blog after.
I do plan on playing a minimum of 12,500 hands this week, and pretty much every week from here on out(if my schedule allows it obviously). I feel my biggest problem in the past is not playing enough(along with playing out of my comfort zone bankroll wise.) Hopefully I should be able to do this every week.
So, to reiterate my new years poker goals:
- Focus mainly on my NL HU and 6M games, as well as PLO
- 12,500 hands/week(or ultimately 50k/month)
- Dont tilt
- 50 buyins before moving up levels
- 2-4 Buy in Stop Loss (depending on how I feel about my play at that point)
- Analyzing my game more(hand review, watching cr vids, etc)
- Ultimately be playing mid-high stakes by 2k9(unless I find I am not good enough, or can not beat them for as much as lower stakes)
In other news, it seems my pneumonia is gone, finally. I should be able to start working out again which will help my mood tremendously. I am also going in for A.D.D. testing this tuesday, which hopefully will result in a prescription for adderol.
Heres my crib. Obv the room is wicked small, but its one of 2 single rooms in the fraternity house. Regardless, I think its done up reasonably well. Can anyone guess the theme?
Thats the door where you walk in from the house
This is like a chimney wall thing dunno w/e
Thats my bed, nightstand, etc
heres my fridge, microwave, soups, guitars and amps, sry its sideways :-
this is also sideways, sry, anyways thats the door that leads to MY back porch. shipithollalujah i can smoke weed right outside my room(obv not allowed inside ) <3 bob marley
Ok now for my semi-baller but in reality not-so-baller-at-all stuff
The TV, xbox 360, games, movies, empty liquor bottles
View of my place of business
Slightly better view
Infinite food(THX grandma! but stop complaining when I get fat bc I cant stop eating it)
I obv saved the best for last. This is the only true balla thing I own. I sip everything out of this obv
SO yeah thats my room. Just figured id show you guys.
Oh yeah I was addy-dietpepsimax trippin this morning, put in abt 3k hands, think I didnt play all that great tbh, felt pretty spewy in a lot of spots, gonna review tomorrow. Anyways, heres what PT says, and what the graph looks like. My HU stats are obv kinda wacky, had to really adjust my game vs this fish. TY for the $ btw. Ill prob post a bunch of hands this weekend.
Like I said in earlier blog posts, i've been sick and just recently started getting back in the swing of things. My results were pretty poor to start, so i've been reviewing my hands and re watching cardrunners videos. One video that really helped me was cts's 1/2 video he made playing extremely aggressive. I watched that 2 or 3 times between yesterday and today trying to really absorb the content. I played 1500 hands today 4 tabling, focusing on playing nutso, and using my image to exploit players. It worked! Id post my poker tracker stats but I cant figure out how to print screen on the windows OS im running on my mac. My stats for the session were 30/26/5.5.
I basically kept doing everything possible to annoy the regulars and get the fish to think im crazy. I kept 3betting any iso raises from regulars constantly. I did do this normally, but only with decent hands. Cts said to not be afraid to make aggressive plays like that etc, so I wasn't. It paid off. Some shitty hands got shown down, most didn't though. I did force my opponents to keep trying to adjust. For example, I would constantly 3bet a regular that would iso raise the loose passive fish that kept limping in EP. I did that 3-4 times until he 4bet me. Then I started cold calling all of his raises and started floating or check raising flops. Once it was obvious he was completely sick of me, I tightened up a bit vs him and got paid off.
Pretty simple I suppose, and I thought so before too, but I don't think I was aggressive enough. I also started 4betting fairly light very often vs regulars I knew were 3betting my iso raises. This worked way more often than not as well. All in all, I ended up getting paid off by the most absurd hands throughout the session, and am sure I had quite a few people tilted. This is similar to what straate would do(although his annoyingness was a bit more post flop than pre if I recall correctly), but it had a very similar effect. I did run pretty decent today, a ton better than I had been, but honestly most of my stacking came from sheer stupidity of players that were clearly annoyed with me. My big hands were getting paid off a lot more than they had been. I also held vs most of the draws I got it in vs, and I remember 5 outting a shortstack. I ended up making a bit over 8 buyins today which was sweet. I was just saying to a buddy yesterday that I couldnt remember the last time I had won more than 1-2 buyins in a session.
Over the past 2-3 months, granted I barely played, I seemed to break even. I made a good amount at HU, but lost it at 6m. Like I said, I believed my 6m game was no where near as strong as I thought it was. I knew how to adjust my HU game based on my image, but it seemed like whenever I played 6m I would just auto-pilot it. Hopefully I can continue to develop and maintain this thought process for 6m, and become a much better player.
Another problem I have always had is playing out of my comfort zone. I was not necessarily under rolled(although sometimes I definitely was..), I was still not comfortable with the amount of money being played for. Most likely because I did grow up fairly poor. I have found my comfort zone to be around 50 buyins for 200nl to 600nl. I intend on continuing to grind 100NL to 600NL playing on a 50BI roll. I am hoping to be rolled for and playing 600NL by June(the start of summer vaca for me). I am going to continue to play NL HU, NL 6M, and also keep learning PLO as I think it can be a very lucrative game(moreso than the current state of the NL games), and a good friend of mine has been willing to help me out a ton so i might as well take advantage of it. I will also continue to be backed for all major online tournaments as I certainly play better when backed as opposed to when playing on my own money. Yea I know I have probably said a lot of this stuff before, humor me. I did say I wouldnt tilt this year, and can not remember a single time since the start of the year that I have tilted in any sort of costly way(sure, a tilty play here and there, but no spewtarding at all). Hopefully I will be able to stick to these goals, and will really start to treat this game more like a job.
fwiw I am still all jacked up on energy drank and adderol so I know this is all insane incoherent rambling that probably no one will read and thats fine but it felt good to type it out so i can look back and see what i said.
if you did read this thanks <3 etc. if not, I dont blame you tbh. anyways...
gl at the tables, keep it real, dont listen to girls, always wear condoms(pls pls pls trust me on this, birth control does not necessarily matter!)
Finally getting back in the grind. Playing the ftops series, not going too well so far, but theres still a good amount of till going to keep working on my nl HU game. I still feel this is my strongest game, although I have barely been playing any HU lately as ive been focusing on these tournaments and PLO. Ill keep working on it in the future, and do hope to be a respected high stakes HU regular by the end of the year(wishful thinking but goals are always good).
I have come to realize my nl 6m game is probably not as strong as I was hoping it was. I play extremely loose, and the way the games are these days, it does not seem that profitable anymore. I have been tightening up a but lately and its been working pretty well, and changing up a few different aspects of my game to be less exploitable by regulars(granted these regulars are not all that great...) This is not going to be a huge focus of mine though. Just want to fix these leaks so I do have a game to fall back on if I need a break from the other games.
Other than poker, school is going pretty well. I really enjoy my classes, and most are really easy which should result in a great GPA this semester. I am taking a pretty challenging philosophy class right now which I enjoy a ton and am considering possibly minoring in philosophy now(Chemistry is my major)
I am all moved into my new baller room and its sick. Once I get my desktop fixed to have my duals running ill blog pics from the room. I feel a lot safer having my own room with all of the expensive things I have. Also, a lot of my stuff has been stolen this semester, so that was a big reason for wanting my own room. I had 600$ lost by someone in my poker account, my 600$ volcano vaporizer stolen last Friday(someone broke into my car, it was directed towards the drugs because money was left spread out on the seat...), and my 160$ calculator stolen the next day(a party at the fraternity house.) All in all though, the whole fraternity thing is great. If you absorb everything its about, and don't just be the douche bags that only show up for parties and socials, there is a lot to gain contrary to the common reputation of fraternities. Its like running a business. It betters you as a person, and really prepares you for the real world. Right now I am secretary(working directly under our vice president) to our administrative board, an honor board chairman, and pledge educator. It keeps me busy, but is well worth it. I am sure nolan can agree with this.
Anyways enough rambling, tldr etc etc dont blame you. Gl at the tables, and by all means hit me up if you play PLO or HU and want to talk strategy, I am always down for it.
Since I played pretty much no hands in january, I have no report on the month. I came down with pneumonia at the beginning of the month, missed the first 2 weeks of the semester, and spent the rest of the month playing catch up with my school work. I did manage to catch up on all of my work this week, 20 fucking study hours at the library this week. I might be turning asian . Pretty crappy month overall thought, but february should be better.
This month I plan on putting in a ton of hands. I am all caught up with my school work, and with other business(fraternity, finances, switching major, etc). I am also moving into a new room in the fraternity house, by myself. I was originally living with a buddy of mine, but decided it would be best to have my own room for a variety of reasons. I dont stay up as late, and he often has girls over and such, as well as being somewhat inconsiderate in a variety of ways. Also, I have well over 10k worth of electronics, as well as a decent amount of cash I keep handy. I would feel much safer about my possessions having my own room. Also, it will be better for me as far as focusing on school work and poker. All in all I think its a good choice. Oh yea, I have the back door in my room too, leading to the back porch, which is nice for bringing ladies to the house and not having to worry about being cock-blocked. I will be moving everything into my room tomorrow(finishing up painting it tonight, will post pics of my sick painting skills soon. So hopefully ill have my dual monitors setup this weekend. I should be getting my macbook pro fixed soon too which will be nice, Once I get all of this done and finally settle into my room I will be ready to hit the grind again.
As far as poker goes, again I am gonna be focusing on mostly HU, and play 6m when I need a change. I would like to play around 50k hands this month, but it depends on how busy I am with school. Ill probably continue to be staked for mtt's on sundays, but im not entirely sure considering last sunday :-P. I am fairly certain I am being staked for a good part of FTOPs. Again, if anyone is interested in backing me for the big weekly tournaments, just hit me up.
Im off to finish painting my room, TR and pics to come.
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