So lemme preface this by saying most HS regs would not post this type of shit.
I took a shot at the nosebleeds, and for the most part it went well except for today against Present, who soulcrushed me for 200k.
We started at 100/200, where i spotted NeverA sittout out vs this huge fish. I had to join the WL, and jump on several 100/200 tables to ensure I got this action. I had just listened to Phil Galfond, aka OMGClayAiken, aka the shit when it comes to HSNL, and heard him talk about how he took 2-4 shots before he stuck in the nosebleed NL stakes...well I figured this was my time as I am a huge fave against this massive fish...so it goes, he runs like God vs me and I lose 200k almost.
Oops I suck, the absolute value of my hand is too much to fold here but I know I'm beating basically nothing.
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FullTiltPoker Game #6160487933: Table Fantasy (heads up) - $100/$200 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:11:50 ET - 2008/04/24
Seat 1: Hero ($21,698.50)
Seat 2: present ($21,997.50)
present posts the small blind of $100
Hero posts the big blind of $200
The button is in seat #2
Holecards Dealt to Hero
present raises to $600
Hero calls $400
Flop (Pot : $1,200.00)
Hero checks
present bets $800
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero raises to $2,600
present has 15 seconds left to act
present calls $1,800
Turn (Pot : $6,400.00)
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero checks
present has 15 seconds left to act
present bets $3,600
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero calls $3,600
River (Pot : $13,600.00)
Hero checks
present has 15 seconds left to act
present bets $9,000
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero calls $9,000
Showdown present shows a straight, Ace high
Hero mucks
present wins the pot ($31,599.50) with a straight, Ace high
Summary Total pot $31,600 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) mucked - three of a kind, Aces
Seat 2: present (small blind) showed and won ($31,599.50) with a straight, Ace high
Again, I suck but I can't find a fold when this is the top of my range:
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FullTiltPoker Game #6160596622: Table Emery (heads up) - $100/$200 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:22:34 ET - 2008/04/24
Seat 1: Hero ($24,899)
Seat 2: present ($58,495)
present posts the small blind of $100
Hero posts the big blind of $200
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
present raises to $600
Hero raises to $2,100
present calls $1,500
Hero checks
present has 15 seconds left to act
present bets $6,800
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero raises to $19,799, and is all in
present calls $12,999
Hero shows
present shows
River (Pot : $49,798.00)
Hero shows two pair, Kings and Sevens
present shows a full house, Fours full of Sevens
present wins the pot ($49,797.50) with a full house, Fours full of Sevens
Hero adds $20,000
Summary Total pot $49,798 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 2: present (small blind) showed and won ($49,797.50) with a full house, Fours full of Sevens
Someone finally realized I always bluff:
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FullTiltPoker Game #6160548270: Table Emery (heads up) - $100/$200 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:17:49 ET - 2008/04/24
Seat 1: Hero ($20,299.50)
Seat 2: present ($43,096.50)
present posts the small blind of $100
Hero posts the big blind of $200
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
present raises to $600
Hero calls $400
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero checks
present has 15 seconds left to act
present bets $4,000
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero raises to $17,099.50, and is all in
present calls $13,099.50
Hero shows
present shows
River (Pot : $40,599.00)
Hero shows a pair of Eights
present shows a full house, Queens full of Eights
present wins the pot ($40,598.50) with a full house, Queens full of Eights
Hero adds $20,000
Summary Total pot $40,599 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 2: present (small blind) showed and won ($40,598.50) with a full house, Queens full of Eights
Biggest pot I've ever won, hero me:
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FullTiltPoker Game #6160762610: Table Emery (heads up) - $100/$200 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:38:47 ET - 2008/04/24
Seat 1: Hero ($27,898.50)
Seat 2: present ($83,191)
present posts the small blind of $100
Hero posts the big blind of $200
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
present raises to $600
Hero raises to $2,100
present has 15 seconds left to act
present calls $1,500
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero checks
present has 15 seconds left to act
present bets $6,800
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero calls $6,800
River (Pot : $23,800.00)
Hero checks
present has 15 seconds left to act
present bets $71,291, and is all in
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero calls $15,998.50, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $55,292.50 returned to present
Showdown present shows a pair of Sevens
Hero shows two pair, Nines and Sevens
Hero wins the pot ($55,796.50) with two pair, Nines and Sevens
Summary Total pot $55,797 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and won ($55,796.50) with two pair, Nines and Sevens
Seat 2: present (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Sevens
If I have the best hand I get the max out of it:
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FullTiltPoker Game #6161168463: Table Pimento (heads up) - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:16:56 ET - 2008/04/24
Seat 1: Hero ($49,498.50)
Seat 2: present ($63,595.50)
Hero posts the small blind of $200
present posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #1
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero raises to $1,200
present calls $800
present checks
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero bets $5,200
present calls $5,200
River (Pot : $16,600.00)
present checks
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero bets $12,400
present has 15 seconds left to act
present has requested TIME
present calls $12,400
Showdown Hero shows a pair of Jacks
present mucks
Hero wins the pot ($41,399.50) with a pair of Jacks
Summary Total pot $41,400 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (small blind) showed and won ($41,399.50) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: present (big blind) mucked - a pair of Fours
Dunno what to say bout this:
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FullTiltPoker Game #6161494832: Table Pimento (heads up) - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:46:52 ET - 2008/04/24
Seat 1: Hero ($44,796.50)
Seat 2: present ($92,794)
Hero posts the small blind of $200
present posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #1
Holecards Dealt to Hero
Hero raises to $1,200
present calls $800
Flop (Pot : $2,400.00)
present checks
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero bets $1,900
present calls $1,900
Turn (Pot : $6,200.00)
present checks
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero bets $5,200
present has 15 seconds left to act
present calls $5,200
River (Pot : $16,600.00)
present checks
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero bets $12,400
present has 15 seconds left to act
present raises to $84,494, and is all in
Hero calls $24,096.50, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $47,997.50 returned to present
Showdown present shows three of a kind, Fours
Hero mucks
present wins the pot ($89,592.50) with three of a kind, Fours
Hero adds $40,000
Summary Total pot $89,593 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (small blind) mucked - two pair, Jacks and Tens
Seat 2: present (big blind) showed and won ($89,592.50) with three of a kind, Fours
He goes on sprees. I don't like this but I don't hate it. I just ran very poor, now I am moreso:
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FullTiltPoker Game #6161296598: Table Pimento (heads up) - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:28:39 ET - 2008/04/24
Seat 1: Hero ($82,595.50)
Seat 2: present ($45,599)
present posts the small blind of $200
Hero posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
present raises to $1,200
Hero raises to $4,000
present has 15 seconds left to act
present raises to $10,800
Hero raises to $82,595.50, and is all in
present calls $34,799, and is all in
Hero shows
present shows
Uncalled bet of $36,996.50 returned to Hero
Hero shows two pair, Aces and Threes
present shows two pair, Aces and Threes
present wins the pot ($91,197.50) with two pair, Aces and Threes
Summary Total pot $91,198 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 2: present (small blind) showed and won ($91,197.50) with two pair, Aces and Threes
I can not win a hand vs him, GG:
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FullTiltPoker Game #6161600896: Table Pimento (heads up) - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:56:25 ET - 2008/04/24
Seat 1: Hero ($47,398)
Seat 2: present ($135,788)
Hero posts the small blind of $200
present posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #1
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero raises to $1,200
present has 15 seconds left to act
present raises to $4,000
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero raises to $11,200
present has 15 seconds left to act
present raises to $135,788, and is all in
Hero calls $36,198, and is all in
present shows
Hero shows
Uncalled bet of $88,390 returned to present
present shows two pair, Jacks and Sevens
Hero shows a pair of Sevens
present wins the pot ($94,795.50) with two pair, Jacks and Sevens
Hero adds $40,000
Summary Total pot $94,796 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 2: present (big blind) showed and won ($94,795.50) with two pair, Jacks and Sevens
The previous day I was playing a huge fish at 500/1000LHE where he beat me up decently, then left, then came back to 1000/2000 where I dreamcrushed him after a 500 hand battle. Props to him for being degen enough to come back, but props to me for picking my spots and running with them. There is no way in holy hell I am not 650% better than Present, and I didn't really lose much to him and never completely spewed. So I will prob play him again this weekend and hopefully book a huge win. I was hoping to use my next 1.5 months profit to use as my live roll while I'm in Vegas for 6 weeks during the WSOP. I wanted to keep a certain amount online so I wouldnt have to worry about it. That may change with what has just transpired. However, if I run decent vs this clown I will soulcrush and prob win more than 200k as my style tilts him to no end. Here's to hoping I can have a winner every now and then.
Also I briefly played LP's own demigod P33achy_keen aka Eric Liu before this. I had class but decided to skip so I could play poker. It ended up being costly. What do I tell my teachers, oops I lost 200k while I shouldve been in class but actually dont care?
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OK I think I've figured this out after hours of contemplation:
K now I want those shades that StaticX has in the vid, so if anybody can tell me I will ship you $25 on FTP plz believe me.
How balla is the stretch semi limo? Def getting this after both bracelet victories!
Also this is the #1 grindin song in America, both ways:
Easily the catchiest song ever. I wonder if this really works...trip report coming soon!
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I run incredabad at 50/100 it's sfsick, and at the worst times too, like when I know somebody is going to instaleave, or when the pot is huge.
Today I played Nowa1, a crazy Scandi, for about 550 hands at 50/100 so of course I ran about 60k below expectation:
Losing my favorite game:
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FullTiltPoker Game #6111634819: Table Janell (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:30:05 ET - 2008/04/20
Seat 1: nowa1 ($14,049.50)
Seat 2: Hero ($13,345.75)
nowa1 posts the small blind of $50
Hero posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #1
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
nowa1 raises to $300
Hero raises to $1,100
nowa1 calls $800
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero checks
nowa1 has 15 seconds left to act
nowa1 bets $3,100
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero raises to $10,845.75, and is all in
nowa1 has 15 seconds left to act
nowa1 calls $7,745.75
Hero shows
nowa1 shows
River (Pot : $26,691.50)
Hero shows two pair, Queens and Nines
nowa1 shows a full house, Nines full of Sixes
nowa1 wins the pot ($26,691) with a full house, Nines full of Sixes
Hero adds $10,000
Summary Total pot $26,691.50 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: nowa1 (small blind) showed and won ($26,691) with a full house, Nines full of Sixes
Seat 2: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Queens and Nines
Losing my mind again:
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FullTiltPoker Game #6112315906: Table Andi (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:24:06 ET - 2008/04/20
Seat 1: nowa1 ($15,517.50)
Seat 2: Hero ($42,325)
Hero posts the small blind of $50
nowa1 posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero raises to $300
nowa1 raises to $900
Hero calls $600
nowa1 has 15 seconds left to act
nowa1 bets $3,000
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero raises to $39,925, and is all in
nowa1 has 15 seconds left to act
nowa1 has requested TIME
nowa1 calls $10,117.50, and is all in
Hero shows
nowa1 shows
Uncalled bet of $26,807.50 returned to Hero
River (Pot : $31,035.00)
Hero shows a pair of Sevens
nowa1 shows two pair, Queens and Sevens
nowa1 wins the pot ($31,034.50) with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Summary Total pot $31,035 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: nowa1 (big blind) showed and won ($31,034.50) with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 2: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Sevens
I'm decent though:
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FullTiltPoker Game #6111609205: Table Andi (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:28:01 ET - 2008/04/20
Seat 1: nowa1 ($14,698.50)
Seat 2: Hero ($13,749)
Hero posts the small blind of $50
nowa1 posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero raises to $300
nowa1 calls $200
nowa1 has 15 seconds left to act
nowa1 bets $2,300
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero calls $2,300
River (Pot : $7,800.00)
nowa1 has 15 seconds left to act
nowa1 checks
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero bets $9,849, and is all in
nowa1 has 15 seconds left to act
nowa1 has requested TIME
nowa1 calls $9,849
Showdown Hero shows a pair of Nines
nowa1 mucks
Hero wins the pot ($27,497.50) with a pair of Nines
Summary Total pot $27,498 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: nowa1 (big blind) mucked - a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: Hero (small blind) showed and won ($27,497.50) with a pair of Nines
This was a recurring theme:
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FullTiltPoker Game #6112177279: Table Janell (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:13:07 ET - 2008/04/20
Seat 1: nowa1 ($30,554.25)
Seat 2: Hero ($17,826)
nowa1 posts the small blind of $50
Hero posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #1
Holecards Dealt to Hero
nowa1 raises to $300
Hero raises to $1,100
nowa1 has 15 seconds left to act
nowa1 calls $800
Flop (Pot : $2,200.00)
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero bets $1,400
nowa1 calls $1,400
Turn (Pot : $5,000.00)
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero bets $3,600
nowa1 has 15 seconds left to act
nowa1 has requested TIME
nowa1 calls $3,600
River (Pot : $12,200.00)
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero bets $11,726, and is all in
nowa1 has 15 seconds left to act
nowa1 has requested TIME
nowa1 folds
Uncalled bet of $11,726 returned to Hero
Hero mucks
Hero wins the pot ($12,199.50)
Summary Total pot $12,200 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: nowa1 (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: Hero (big blind) collected ($12,199.50), mucked
I still ended up on him but I'm still bitter as I thoroughly owned him all session long.
I guess I shouldn't be so bitter I'm still doing ok on the month:
This weekend I visited my parents; they are unsatisfiable...
Me: Check out how much I'm up on the year!
Dad: When are you graduating? You should try to get a finance minor, that way you'll get a good job when you graduate.
Me: Pretty sure I just made double your salary this month.
Both folks: STFU get a job or you fail life you bum.
From now on, if anyone asks, I run a capital management firm.
Related, I realized again how much I need to quit school. I'm no student, just balla.
That'll prob go over well with them.
We celebrated the holiday by going to the most legit restaurant in town tonight; I'm now a VIP there so ofc we get special menu from now on. The balla who drives a Maserati was so jealous of us.
Also, I can't talk about poker except in rant form. Fuck it.
And I promised 2 bracelets in the WSOP tonight also...I will take down the HU championship and also at least one 6max NL event. Also my stake swore upon his firstborn he will win the main event. I will retire after that on July 16th but will ball til I fall plz belive me.
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OK so its 7:32AM and I have been up for 21 hours straight. I've been drunk since midnite so wtf why am i not tired?
Today I skipped class (obv) and posted up from like 2PM-12midnite, i played exactly 588 hands of poker and won like 12k. Now two tangents:
1) Winning alot of money online gets old so fast. I used to not appreciate the money I would make in one day of concerted efforts while grinding online, but I think the best remedy for that is to play live alot. This is because it is harder to grasp losing (and i suppose winning) whatever live when you are actually paid in cash. And you realize it is harder for people to put that money in on the stone-bluff when they can look you in the eye. I personally love playing live and would say I'm way better live than online but that is a beat point to make imo, as live players are never as fundamentally solid as online players, and havn't played enough hands to really judge anything. Also, I feel like people are at a disadvantage because I am already thinking of how people will react to almost everything that I do, so I know when to look for signs of weakness/strength etc etc. Basically the point I am trying to make is that, as a seasoned internet player, I know how the game flows, to a certain extent, and understand the variables well enough to know when specific instances in which they are in action, and how to counterstrategize vs this. Anyways, /rant. The value of that new money when you're stuck in Vegas is different, it becomes more rational to spend that new money on exorbitant things or a huge-ballin night in the club. But when I win online it's just a minor % change of a number. Not so balla imo.
2) Ugh I only recently realized that I have gotten dumber since high school. I used to be a spectacular writer but now I feel like I am pulling teeth trying to find the right words. I guess there is value in going to a real school so your skills can be honed. Case-in-point, this Thursday morning a drunken me learns that I have a midterm in my 400-level Environmental Econ class. Now, I've been to class twice since the first midterm, but w/e. So ofc I'm like wow I should go to bed and wake up early and study. So ofc I wake up 1hr before the exam and basically take it cold turkey, and def got in the top quartile, prob the top decile. I can't help but abuse these gifts, it seems. Now I suppose my decision to quit school is probably best for me at this point in my life because I potentially am an incredible student, but right now I just don't care for it. I'm not even close to reaching my potential in this arena, which in a sense pisses me off greatly. I think I should just come back when I can put more than 20% into it. One thing I am considering is applying to an actual good school at some point in the relative near-future, and using my poker career as the bulk of my resume. How do yall think that will go?
This blog post reminds me of the movie Babel, which I just watched. At the end, I couldn't help but think that the movie was just a bunch of randomly strewn together events with no real meaningful connection or intended purpose, except to make you sad maybe?
Well I guess I can't really feel like him, but what I do feel is certain and it has exciting implications. I think my headsup game has elevated to officially "the best" meaning I don't think there are more than 5 people that can beat me longterm. I really think this applies to both NLHE and LHE, partly because the best LHE players generally don't play nosebleeds for long (hello TLK and Bryce, I'll be joining you shortly in retirement.) But really, I feel my understanding of the game combined with the style I play just fit together so well that I have few exploitable weaknesses. Whatever, I'm not going to be explaining any more of that in depth as I don't care to create a blueprint on how to beat me.
Today I played a session of 100/200NL vs a two fish, and I think I played exceptionally. To elaborate, I feel like I fired 2 and 3 barrels with precision, and when I was caught it only helped to bolster my image. Therefore of all the plays I ran I was at least 90% effective, which is deadly. Some hands:
Almost my biggest pot ever, he bought in for 12k and I think this busted his acct, GG:
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FullTiltPoker Game #5986313342: Table Emery (heads up) - $100/$200 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:52:02 ET - 2008/04/10
Seat 1: squeegeenh ($22,214.80)
Seat 2: Hero ($43,063.25)
squeegeenh posts the small blind of $100
Hero posts the big blind of $200
The button is in seat #1
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
squeegeenh raises to $600
Hero raises to $2,100
squeegeenh calls $1,500
squeegeenh shows a pair of Tens
Hero shows a pair of Queens
Hero wins the pot ($44,429.10) with a pair of Queens
squeegeenh is sitting out
Summary Total pot $44,429.60 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: squeegeenh (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: Hero (big blind) showed and won ($44,429.10) with a pair of Queens
This guy was waiting for me to spew, I was waiting to cooler him or win a flip. Note: I don't spew:
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FullTiltPoker Game #5986049176: Table Emery (heads up) - $100/$200 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:29:41 ET - 2008/04/10
Seat 1: Harlem41 ($15,625.65)
Seat 2: Hero ($36,595.50)
Harlem41 posts the small blind of $100
Hero posts the big blind of $200
The button is in seat #1
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Harlem41 raises to $400
Hero raises to $1,200
Harlem41 calls $800
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero checks
Harlem41 has 15 seconds left to act
Harlem41 bets $3,825
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero raises to $33,795.50, and is all in
Harlem41 calls $9,000.65, and is all in
Hero shows
Harlem41 shows
Uncalled bet of $20,969.85 returned to Hero
River (Pot : $31,251.30)
Hero shows a flush, King high
Harlem41 shows a flush, Jack high
Hero wins the pot ($31,250.80) with a flush, King high
Harlem41 adds $4,000
Summary Total pot $31,251.30 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Harlem41 (small blind) showed and lost with a flush, Jack high
Seat 2: Hero (big blind) showed and won ($31,250.80) with a flush, King high
I don't post limit hand because they are boring. Lets this be a lesson on how to win in LHE:
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FullTiltPoker Game #5968109879: Table Rudy (heads up) - $300/$600 - Limit Hold'em - 16:14:15 ET - 2008/04/09
Seat 1: Hero ($23,241)
Seat 2: Jigga100 ($12,730)
Jigga100 posts the small blind of $150
Hero posts the big blind of $300
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Jigga100 raises to $600
Hero calls $300
Hero bets $600
Jigga100 raises to $1,200
Hero raises to $1,800
Jigga100 calls $600
River (Pot : $6,000.00)
Hero bets $600
Jigga100 calls $600
Showdown Hero shows a straight, Jack high
Jigga100 mucks
Hero wins the pot ($7,199.50) with a straight, Jack high
Summary Total pot $7,200 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and won ($7,199.50) with a straight, Jack high
Seat 2: Jigga100 (small blind) mucked - a pair of Aces
Oh here's my biggest pot to date. I think I'm going to get the entire country of Canada to quit me
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FullTiltPoker Game #5892656345: Table Janell (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:34:36 ET - 2008/04/03
Seat 1: Hero ($29,595)
Seat 2: RolandThetrault ($22,427)
RolandThetrault posts the small blind of $50
Hero posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
RolandThetrault raises to $300
Hero raises to $1,100
RolandThetrault has 15 seconds left to act
RolandThetrault raises to $2,850
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero calls $1,750
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero bets $3,400
RolandThetrault has 15 seconds left to act
RolandThetrault calls $3,400
River (Pot : $12,500.00)
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero bets $23,345, and is all in
RolandThetrault has 15 seconds left to act
RolandThetrault has requested TIME
RolandThetrault calls $16,177, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $7,168 returned to Hero
Showdown Hero shows three of a kind, Fours
RolandThetrault mucks
Hero wins the pot ($44,853.50) with three of a kind, Fours
RolandThetrault adds $10,000
Summary Total pot $44,854 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and won ($44,853.50) with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 2: RolandThetrault (small blind) mucked - a pair of Queens
Anyhow, alluding to my title for this rant, I feel like my game is coming together with the precision that I saw when I watched PA vs Genius sometime in November, which was the best HU match I've ever seen. Unlike previous months where I've started strong and finished lackluster I am fully motivated to keep up my level of intensity during play and I can only hope the future is as bright as I'd like to believe.
Next time I will post about some milestones in the not-so-distant future.
GL at the tables,
Franchise
After vowing last post to get into shape I have been eating 2x food/day (mostly unhealthy), not working out, and drinking lots of Guinness. Oops.
I don't normally give advice on here but here is a gem: A7os is the worst hand in poker. Just fold. This hand tilts me only a little bit:
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FullTiltPoker Game #5506152903: Table Janell (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:58:52 ET - 2008/03/04
Seat 1: Hero ($11,099)
Seat 2: EURO32PLYR ($10,000)
EURO32PLYR posts the small blind of $50
Hero posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
EURO32PLYR has 15 seconds left to act
EURO32PLYR raises to $300
Hero raises to $1,100
EURO32PLYR has 15 seconds left to act
EURO32PLYR raises to $2,200
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero calls $1,100
Hero checks
EURO32PLYR bets $2,300
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero raises to $4,600
EURO32PLYR has 15 seconds left to act
EURO32PLYR raises to $7,800, and is all in
Hero calls $3,200
EURO32PLYR shows
Hero shows
EURO32PLYR shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
Hero shows a pair of Aces
EURO32PLYR wins the pot ($19,999.50) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Summary Total pot $20,000 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: EURO32PLYR (small blind) showed and won ($19,999.50) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
For the record I've never won an allin pot vs this guy ever.
I don't know why I always start off the month so well but I'm not complaining. Lets hope the doomswitch can be lifted off me as I feel like I'm running awful right now. I must add it's nice to be up so much while this is the case, I wonder what this graph will look like when I string together consecutive winning days for the first time in too long.
Also I'm stoked bc we're going to Vegas for Spring Break during tourney time and there are going to be tons(??) of sports bettor donks up in Bellagio. Also there is talk of living in Barcalona for a month after the semester ends, and then living in Vegas during the WSOP. And also there is talk of getting some beachfront property in Hawaii after that which is exciting. My tentative plan is to quit school after this semester. I will have like 18 credits left to graduate and only 3 in my major, the rest are nonsense classes like European History and Spanish, nothing I really care to bother with at this time. So basically if i ever needed my degree I could get it within 6 months, but I don't want to waste any more time right now as I am not a good dutiful student right now so why should I even bother...I am not one to do things half-assed (generally) and that definetly describes how I go about classes now. I've been landlocked all my life and really would love to live on the ocean at this point in my life, so why not? Anyways, this is all stuff I have to consider, and hopefully make a wise choice. I am still young. School is lame. Future...what is that? God send me a sign in the form of a massive heater!!
OK so this past month I was insta up 200k+, then decided I had no motivation to play poker, then "refocussed" then apparently not as I am down multiple buyins and generally unhappy with my play. Here's a real disappointing graph of Feb:
Technically since i'm up 10k on stars which is not reflected in this graph, I made my first 100k month. It is now what i expect out of my next few months until I make a run at the nosebleeds.
I am not the type to be complaining about making such money in one month, but I am the type to be overly critical of my play and pissed when I am not winning. I effectively had a 15k hand breakeven streak which is super super I can't even describe how frustrating, and of course I'm thinking of ways to improve some aspect of my life that will hopefully help my poker game. So, I've come up with getting into better shape. Technically cliche, because every internet poker stud reps this, but I am beginning to realize the importance of this. So this month I am going to try to get back into shape for the first time in 3 years. This hopefully will a) get me on a semi-routine schedule as I have been going to bed between 4-8am and waking up at 1-5pm the past week or 2, and b) help my focus during long, difficult sessions. Outwardly I don't appear to be in bad shape but it's getting close. Time to choose life, I suppose.
I haven't posted any hand recently, because I'm lazy or havn't had any noteworthy sessions...so here are some selects:
New biggest pot ever:
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FullTiltPoker Game #5428939633: Table Janell (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:05:00 ET - 2008/02/28
Seat 1: Hero ($18,899.50)
Seat 2: Michael Caffee ($29,267.75)
Hero posts the small blind of $50
Michael Caffee posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #1
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero raises to $300
Michael Caffee raises to $900
Hero calls $600
Michael Caffee has 15 seconds left to act
Michael Caffee checks
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero bets $1,200
Michael Caffee has 15 seconds left to act
Michael Caffee raises to $3,850
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero calls $2,650
Michael Caffee has 15 seconds left to act
Michael Caffee bets $4,600
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero raises to $14,149.50, and is all in
Michael Caffee has 15 seconds left to act
Michael Caffee has requested TIME
Michael Caffee calls $9,549.50
Hero shows
Michael Caffee shows
River (Pot : $37,799.00)
Hero shows two pair, Jacks and Fours
Michael Caffee shows a pair of Fours
Hero wins the pot ($37,798.50) with two pair, Jacks and Fours
Summary Total pot $37,799 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (small blind) showed and won ($37,798.50) with two pair, Jacks and Fours
Seat 2: Michael Caffee (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Fours
When optimal lines go wrong:
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FullTiltPoker Game #5428951101: Table Masters (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:06:00 ET - 2008/02/28
Seat 1: Hero ($13,028.50)
Seat 2: Michael Caffee ($19,764.50)
Hero posts the small blind of $50
Michael Caffee posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #1
Holecards Dealt to Hero
Hero raises to $300
Michael Caffee calls $200
Flop (Pot : $600.00)
Michael Caffee has 15 seconds left to act
Michael Caffee bets $500
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero calls $500
Turn (Pot : $1,600.00)
Michael Caffee bets $1,000
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero calls $1,000
River (Pot : $3,600.00)
Michael Caffee checks
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero bets $2,975
Michael Caffee has 15 seconds left to act
Michael Caffee raises to $17,964.50, and is all in
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero calls $8,253.50, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $6,736 returned to Michael Caffee
Showdown Michael Caffee shows a full house, Sevens full of Kings
Hero mucks
Michael Caffee wins the pot ($26,056.50) with a full house, Sevens full of Kings
Hero adds $10,000
Summary Total pot $26,057 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (small blind) mucked - two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 2: Michael Caffee (big blind) showed and won ($26,056.50) with a full house, Sevens full of Kings
He calls 12k more, how do they know when it will hit??:
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FullTiltPoker Game #5446251814: Table Andi (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:03:51 ET - 2008/02/29
Seat 1: Hero ($17,337)
Seat 2: EURO32PLYR ($20,849)
EURO32PLYR posts the small blind of $50
Hero posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
EURO32PLYR raises to $300
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero raises to $1,100
EURO32PLYR calls $800
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero bets $1,400
EURO32PLYR has 15 seconds left to act
EURO32PLYR raises to $4,000
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero has requested TIME
Hero raises to $16,237, and is all in
EURO32PLYR calls $12,237
Hero shows
EURO32PLYR shows
Hero shows a pair of Queens
EURO32PLYR shows a flush, Ace high
EURO32PLYR wins the pot ($34,673.50) with a flush, Ace high
Hero adds $10,000
Summary Total pot $34,674 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: EURO32PLYR (small blind) showed and won ($34,673.50) with a flush, Ace high
Seriously how the f do they know:
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FullTiltPoker Game #5446784838: Table Janell (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:48:11 ET - 2008/02/29
Seat 1: haemaelainen ($13,591.50)
Seat 2: Hero ($31,688)
haemaelainen posts the small blind of $50
Hero posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #1
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
haemaelainen raises to $200
Hero raises to $700
haemaelainen raises to $13,591.50, and is all in
Hero calls $12,891.50
haemaelainen shows
Hero shows
haemaelainen shows a pair of Threes
Hero shows Ace Queen high
haemaelainen wins the pot ($27,182.50) with a pair of Threes
Summary Total pot $27,183 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: haemaelainen (small blind) showed and won ($27,182.50) with a pair of Threes
Seat 2: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with Ace Queen high
Ok so taking a break is for sure beneficial, I'm really glad I did because now I'm really refocused and ready to go. This is my results ever since I've started back:
This was HU limit with Boosted J, Big Grapes and Kenny Tran, and 25/50NL HU with Pr1nnyraid, very solid opponents. I'm really playing well and I think I can keep it up. This has been my best month ever and I'm going to try to grind a bit more before I head to LA for the weekend to play at Commerce. There should be some interesting hands this weekend as there are ton's of people in town for the LAPC main event...
GL,
Franchise
No, I'm not about to retire, but the subject has been on my mind for the last few days...why do people who go on sick sick runs (e.g. TexasLimitKing and Freedom25) just flat-out quit playing after a prolonged winning streak?
I have been playing HU limit holdem lately, and as you can see I've been having excellent results, even without that much experience. I think HU LHE is a facinating, non-stop action game where a strong fundamental and mathematical background are the key elements to a winning game. That certainly caters to my strengths as a poker player so I suppose it wasn't really surprising that I'd make a smooth transition from HU NLHE, but still I think my results are even too good to ignore. Back on point - the past couple of days I've felt for some reason that I was about to face an impending huge downswing for some reason, and thus have been playing a bit passive and gunshy...I dunno, it's hard to explain, but I really don't feel motivated to play. Yesterday I definetly noticed I wasn't playing well, and since I could see this coming in a sense, I did the smart thing: cashed a bunch of my money out and resolved not to play any limits of consequence for a while until my head is back in the game. Which is kind of like retirement. So ya, even though I've been playing incredible poker, the waiting for hours at high limits awaiting challengers, the stress of the actual playing, and the anxiety associated with keeping up that high level of play all wear on people, myself included, and it's easy to understand why people quit after beating up their opponents for a short while. Once they proved to themselves that they were able to play like that, they became content; the money was merely a side-product of their efforts.
I'm going to play low, meaningless stakes for a while until I get hungry enough to play my best, then go back at it at the nosebleed limit and HSNL games. Wish me luck.
a straight, Ace high
