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Well, tonight was freakin awesome

I sat down and grinded NL10 for a few hrs during the day today, then realized NL10 just sucks. (won 7bi in 3 hrs)

So I opened 12 tables of NL25 and got my ass kicked for 5 minutes. I was like, wtf am I doing? Had a drink and started tryin hard.

So, now I can start playing seriously and pwning my way back up the limits like I intended. I started the session out playing really lag on NL10 since the players were playing so weak and believing pretty much every bluff I made.

During this insane LAG session I created (pretty much started for shits n giggles, but was working so well I never stopped) my stats were like this:

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 3215 hands and saw flop:
- 274 out of 475 times while in big blind (57%)
- 168 out of 453 times while in small blind (37%)
- 385 out of 2287 times in other positions (16%)
- a total of 827 out of 3215 (25%)
Pots won at showdown - 89 of 190 (46%)
Pots won without showdown - 505

My normal stats while playing TAG hangs between 14-16% pots seen, 40-55% won, and 2/1 ratio of pots won without showdown, not 2.5/1

I'd like to also mention I won 2 pots w/ 27os today, and 1 pot with 24os (all hands I would never play in my life). This brought on such a sense of accomplishment which I think made my reads extremely prestine, which is why I was able to execute this st<x>yle without flaw.

Theres really no great hand analysis for tonight, since most of it was me building a huge lag image, then shoving everytime I hit a monster;

Here are a few of the hands I played;

vs shockwave52 - I was opening a ridiculous amount of hands at this table and had no respect. Too bad I kept flopping like this lol
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218040

vs ALHARROUK - This hand played itself out. I figure with an OESD & FD on board I could sell a monster draw with this play. Suprise, it worked
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218039

vs Detonate - I planned to win with this hand PF no matter what. with all the draws that came out on the turn, I figured it was a great time to represent a J9/JQish hand and get a bet out there. Then boom, GIN! SHIP SHIP
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218038

vs infamous - I had an EXTREMELY lag image at this table, and had pushed alot of draws. I figure with a FD out there why not just shove and see if I could get paid by a weaker king or PP 88-QQ. Worked again, oh yeah
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218034

vs kpmaxpo - another instance of my image, I was getting no respect with my raises (with good reason, I was raising any two where I felt I could outplay the villian/outflop the villian/get paid off by the villian.) He snap called me in like 2 seconds only to see his JJ go into the muck faster than his stack disapeared.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218032

vs Dupli Lav - LOL....IDK what the heck this guy was thinking..purely my image getting me paid here.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218031

vs option85 - I flat in MP with my sevens intending to set up. Miss that but hit a 3 straight on the flop, and still not sure if hes cont betting or with an overpair, I peel one off for his cheap price. Turn brings me an ISD with my pair, as well as my set odds, and a flushdraw I can represent on the river if it makes it. He donks out a blockerbet on the river, BLOCK THIS. nanana
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218030

24os 4TW
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218025

this hand was fun to be a part of
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218021

vs hobbithunter - same ol story
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218019

vs Corina432 - I had just finished telling the table how I'm wasted and just havin fun. That totally made the this $25.
I wouldn't have made $1 if I never said that. I tried to make my bets look "tricky" since I said that, hoping he would pay me off. Couldn't believe it when I saw how lightly he called me down, oh well, free monies, weeee
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218018

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YO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT WH00ZEL RULEZ.

nolan (3:30:47 AM): POKERSTARS GAME #10607577265: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2007/06/25 - 00:51:29 (ET)
Table 'Baillauda' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Cuzco ($46.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Schwallie4 ($197 in chips)
Seat 3: KIFFF ($197 in chips)
Seat 4: whaaatever ($391 in chips)
Seat 5: Beteigeuze ($124.25 in chips)
Seat 6: seannolan ($199 in chips)
Seat 7: knecht_poker ($200 in chips)
Seat 8: treysfull21 ($200 in chips)
Seat 9: pkb6786 ($257 in chips)
knecht_poker: posts small blind $1
treysfull21: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to seannolan [7s 4s]
pkb6786: folds
Cuzco: folds
Schwallie4: folds
KIFFF: folds
whaaatever: folds
Beteigeuze: calls $2
seannolan: raises $8 to $10
knecht_poker: folds
treysfull21: folds
Beteigeuze: calls $8
*** FLOP *** [4d Kc As]
Beteigeuze: checks
seannolan: bets $16
Beteigeuze: calls $16
*** TURN *** [4d Kc As]
Beteigeuze: checks
seannolan: checks
*** RIVER *** [4d Kc As Kh]
Beteigeuze: bets $82
wh00sel (3:31:08 AM): ez call
nolan (3:31:31 AM): hahaha
nolan (3:31:33 AM): i showed 5 people
nolan (3:31:36 AM): youre the only one who says call
wh00sel (3:31:28 AM): he probably has some busted gutter or something
nolan (3:31:42 AM): seannolan: calls $82
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Beteigeuze: shows [5h 2c] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
seannolan: shows [7s 4s] (a full house, Fours full of Kings)
seannolan collected $216 from pot
nolan (3:31:43 AM): ahahaahah
nolan (3:31:45 AM): for the fuckin win
wh00sel (3:31:45 AM): i was thinking more like QJ, but whatever



HOLY SHIT. I THINK I'M AFRAID TO PLAY WITH THAT MOTHAFUCKA.

CHECK THIS TAT:

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After restarting online poker, I've found a new found pride for being an online pla<x>yer opposed to being a live pla<x>yer.

Been running well and playing my best on NL10, and hope to be on NL25 tomorrow~

Not too many interesting hands played today, mostly just me flopping monsters and getting paid (NL10 anyone? =))

Quitting smoking pot has really helped my game, I must admit.

Ryan (DReaMe)

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wtf, besides winning the $20 deepstack MTT earlier this week I can't win in poker. It's been like this for like 3 weeks. seriously, 500 sngs, 50mtt, and 5k hands of cash later im -300 or more, this is so gay.

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First off, let me state how much more I prefer online poker than live now, it had been a couple months, but now its blatently obvious how much better online is than live. Having the chance to play 800-1200 hands per hour is just so much better for learning and winning.

Heres my first days stats back online too, my session didn't last long because it was very late when I arrived back home;

NL10 - was running fairly good, can't believe I played 21% though lol, I'm usually 15-17%, but small sample size
During current Hold'em session you were dealt 1039 hands and saw flop:
- 80 out of 144 times while in big blind (55%)
- 38 out of 144 times while in small blind (26%)
- 103 out of 751 times in other positions (13%)
- a total of 221 out of 1039 (21%)
Pots won at showdown - 26 of 50 (52%)
Pots won without showdown - 113

went 1/1 FTbling the $4 180 man SnG today, had chiplead for a while...we grinded final 3 for an hour and I busted QK vs A2, followed by AQ vs K5 (Ryan Daut anyone?) ^^
That being said, heres how my trip went;

Day one was pretty fun, the night started off slow, and ended pretty fast after a couple key hands.

on 1/2
Hand one, two pla<x>yers limp in MP, and I raise KJos on the button, pick up two callers, one in the sb, other in MP.

Flop comes out TJ2, MP fires out 15, I shove for 80. SB goes allin, MP calls. The MP pla<x>yer was one of the only pla<x>yers at the table that I gave respect too, the rest of the table was extremely lag & trying to get lucky on every hand. So the SB flips Q9s, for an open ender, MP flips QKs for the other open ender. Turn blanks and river hits an 8 to send me to the cashier for more chips. I decide to get away from this game and try out the 2/5 dynamic.

2/5
After I sit in for a few minutes, I notice most of the table is drunk and playing pretty LAG.
Key hand #2 -
Button comes out firin 15 to open the pot, my initial instinct is he's just buildin a pot on a strong drawing hand, so I pop it to 60 with my AA from the SB. He instantly calls me, flop comes KT7, I check trying to set up a trap, hoping he will push me in with AK. He checks behind. Turn is a 6, bringing out a flush draw. I drop a PSB out n he folds. After this, I sit for another 30-40 minutes card dead and leave since I got there at 2am and planned on playing all day friday.

Friday comes, I get to the casino as fast as I can after I wake up, only to get totally annihialted in the 1/2 game.
Pretty much went like this - no matter what the odds were, I was sucked out on. I've pretty much blocked this day out of my psyche since the beats were so brutal. I was carddead for a good few hours before getting stacked KK vs AJ, and JJ on a 89Th flop, I had the Jh. Villian had QQ w/ the Qh. whoops? ;-)

Day 3 was really fun.
I came in, sat 1/2 to get warmed up.

First hand of the night I pick up a T6s in the SB, complete and here we go. Flop comes AAk, checks around. right now the pots small, but still worth winning. Turn brings another King, the button fires out 12, I flat with a flush draw I picked up on the turn and fire a 1/2 psb on the river to take it down. His play was a very transparent steal.

A few hands later, a lag girl on the button opens the pot for 12. She had raised 6 of the past 15-18 pots, and right before this hand was dealt, I say to her, "thats a wide raising range you got." I look down and see TT in the SB. I repop to 40. She thinks for a minute or two and shoves..At this point I had no read really, other than she was raising a ton and never getting called. I think for a few minutes and flat like a retard and watch her flip AA. I miss a gutterball and I'm down more, yah!

After this, I pick up QQ in the SB after a MP guy comes out for 12 (the standard opening raise at the table). I pop to 40 again, he thinks for a minute, and shoves. At this point, I have to admit I was steaming from the TT vs AA, and make a retarded call. (After thinking about it, the only hands this guy is shoving is KK/AA/AK..well, he flips over AKo, A comes in the door and I'm out.

Ended up losing a cool 550 during the trip, but had alot of learning experiences. I wasn't giving the pla<x>yers at the 1/2 close to enough respect during the games, and got crushed for doing so. This is my first losing trip to the casino in my last 5-6 trips, so its all good. Was averaging $600-$2,500 per trip, so just kinda gave one of the smaller winning trips back to the playas.

Had thought alot about what I'm going to be doing in my near future with poker, and came to the decision that I'll stay in my house in Pittsburgh during the remainder of my lease (til august 28th), then move to vegas to deal and play. I'll be working part-time here in Pittsburgh while grinding pokerstars and hopefully continuing my learning experiences day in and day out, so I'll be ready for Vegas.

Lost, but had fun, got to see alot of my family and some friends from back home, and got to learn some things about myself that I don't really care to post, but I'll just say it was a very important trip.

So be expecting to see alot from me and my online hands in the future, I hope to grind my way back up the limits like I did before, hopefully this time with more success and better BR management.

GL & HF everyone,
DReaMe (Ryan)

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I've been seriously considering moving to vegas and dealing at a casino 40-60 hours a week while playing part time on the weekends (Friday and Saturday nights seem most lucrative), what do you guys think about pursuing this for 1-2 years?

I figure I could still play a few good sessions per week, while being able to observe the best live pla<x>yers daily. I'd also have the means to be able to handle long-term variance in a city of the magnitude of Las Vegas.

I'm gonna think about this for the next couple weeks, lemme know what you think, pro's and con's.

Would you do it?

I have $2,500 right now

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leavin June 25th staying til the begining of the main event...
im stoaked im not 21 yet but i got a few really good fakes im bringing out so i should be able 2 play some cash games probably jus 1/2 or 1/3. Stayin at a buddy of mine's place for the time ima be out there, should get in round 1-2pm WST

anyone thats out there n wants 2 chill PM me for my cell

im so excited!!!

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YO I GOTZ A NEW CPU AND IT'S LEGIT
CHECK IT





OTHER THAN THAT EVERYTHING COOL.

SUMMA SUMMA TIME. EXPECT TO SEE ME PWNING TABLES MAD SOON.

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I think im loosing focus now, I dont feel on top of my game anymore. I hate breaks...

bitch, whine, wah....



this blog is useful.

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I'm moving to Salamanca, NY to play in the casino full time and work for my father, if your ever around the area just post a msg on my blog!

I'll still be playin some donkaments here and there online.

I prefer live cash a lot more than online, for reading players and to play each and every hand to the best of my ability, instead of focusing on so many hands.

Have fun everyone,
and best of luck

Ryan (DReaMe)

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so, the live card club in boston was sick as i was foretold. there's only two tabls but they seat 11 or so and they're really sick tables. they don't have electric card shufflers like foxwoods but they were really nice felt and wood grain i liked them better to be honest. they were also alot larger and just generally more comfortable. there was leather couches spotted all around and 3 huge flatscreen tv's with poker channels and scorcese movies on, it was pretty fuckin' cool to say the least.

security was real tight though, and i got the 3rd degree at the door, which was interesting. thing is if you drove up to the place you'd really never have a clue what it was like inside. it was pretty surreal. they also had free drinks/food which included sandwiches made to order haha, i was pretty floored at how proffesional the place was run.

anyways, on to the poker.

the pla<x>yer pool consisted of 3 or 4 old timers, a few well known drug dealers, and a few middle-eastern guys who i'm pretty sure own a food business in town. there was also a guy who i think runs a local sub place. the skill level ranged from bad to fucking horrendous, and as per usual the preflop raises ranged from $10 to $25 to occasionally $100 at a 1/2 game with a 150bb max buyin.

one of my first hands at the table i was dealt AA on the button and UTG made it 7 and a pla<x>yer I know from another live game who's really aggressive and ballsy and pretty decent called from MP. I made it 35 to go and UTG called. The flop came T72 with two clubs and I bet 50 when checked to me. The guy thought for a bit and folded. The table seemed pretty upset that I didn't show my cards (I believe cards had been shown every hand up until then). A few hands later I was dealt TT on the button again and 3 or 4 choadbrono's limped so I raised it up to 15. The pla<x>yer in the big blind, one of the old timers who seemed to be the least bad out of everyone minraised... Great. I called for set value of course and the rest of the table folded. The flop was a pretty sketchy KQT. I felt really shitty about this because with the minraise and the guys apparent tight play up until this point it was pretty clear he had AA KK QQ maybe JJ. He led for 40 and I thought awhile and flatted deciding to see how he'd react on the turn. The turn was the 4d and he hesitantly bet 50 into me. At this point I had like 120 behind and I thought a call could be in order, as at this point I was really confident he was on either AA or JJ, he just seemed generally uneasy about his hand, but I couldn't decide whether or not he could fold Aces and thought maybe getting it in now would be best. He thought for quite awihle when I shoved and eventually mucked face up: AA. I was pretty impressed but he did say he was pretty sure I musta had two pair which I guess isn't a bad read as that board is awful for AA. I ran card dead for awhile, then picked up TT again in the cutoff. There were a few limps and I made it like 17 to go preflop and was met with one caller, a super old timer who seemed borderline senile, however he was only playing maybe 10% of hands at most so I didn't think he was a total dope. The flop landed KJ6 with two clubs and I cbet for 25 when checked to me. He reluctantly called and the turn came a wonderous Td. He checked to me again and I bet out 75 not really knowing what to put tightass on. He said "Not sure your hand is good but I got to respect the play" and mucked face down but later said he had a shitty flush draw which sounds about right. For the next hour I had abunch of semi-ok hands to call raises with but bricked out on most flops. Later I was dealt A3 clubs on the button and it limped around to the cut off (literally everyone limped) who made it $10, obviously I called but the semi-decent pla<x>yer who mucked AA earlier made it $35 from the BB. There were two other calls so I figured fuck it since I was at this point deep wtih all people involved and threw in the green guy to take a flop. The flop was AJJ and it checked around to me, but I figured WA/WB and checked it back. The turn came a 3 and it checked to the CO who bet $200 into a $125 or so pot. Obviously everyone turbo mucked and he tabled JJ. Brilliant. I picked up a few small pots with BS c-bets and was starting to get tired and hungry so I called my little bro to pick me up. The last hand I played was KQ hearts, making an EP raise and getting a few callers. The flop came a nice QT7 with two hearts. I led for ~PSB which was something like $25 and got one (hesitant) caller. The turn was an offsuit seven and I could tell by my opponent (who was one of the shittier weak/tight old timers) that he wasn't super pumped about his hand. I bet $50 hoping to squeeze value from what I presumed was QJ, Qx or maybe an AT type hand. I also considered a lower FD a possibility. Again he hesitantly called. the river came an offsuit four and I decided my hand was best and so bet $100 for value. The guy thought for like literally 2 minutes (I was about to call the clock on him) and he finally called, showing KQ spades. Son of a bitchhhh. I only netted just under a buyin but it was a pretty good time and I'll probably head back someday if I'm in town.

but to be honest, live poker with strangers really isn't that fun. I got bored quick and it's probably good that I left early. My buddy I went with was stuck like 400 when I left and he just txt msg'd me saying he was in for 600 but sitting on 500 so hopefully he pulls through a win by the time he leaves, which will probably be 6am. He's like a live grinder and hits up a different card club every day of the week on top of working a full time job. He is like totally fine putting in 8 hour live sessions and it's definitely something I can't do. I'm such an internet donk.

Oh also, I witnessed someone call a $350 bet on the river of a four flush board with a set... Yeah.. Live poker = 25ptbb/100 profitability.


Sorry for the mega long post, thought maybe people find these live reports interesting and if anyones in the boston area hell maybe they'd like to hit up the game.

Take it easy,

Sean.

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Hey all,

I just had two losing days in a row!!! Well, maybe two in a row if I don't play anymore today but I don't think I will so probably two in a row.

It's obviously because this loan computer is tilting me since my last one exploded. The parts for the one I'm going to build should be coming in next Tue-Thu and I really can't wait. Having dual monitor set up for the first time is going to be cool too and because of it I'll probably go back to full ring... we'll have to see. I played full ring today and it seemed really soft until the regulars got sick of me playing like 28/23 and turned off their fold buttons. I only ended down $50 but I kind of made one bonehead move on a guy I thought was getting frustrated with me. He probably was frustrated with me but you can't make people lay down nut full houses .

I'm heading down to Boston later tonight to play some 1/2 live most likely. It's at a card club I've never been to before but my buddies all say it's "nicer than foxwoods." My friends aren't the type to really exaggerate like that either so I'm really intrigued to see what it's like. Rake is also $1 for every $20 in the pot and capped at $5 which I think is pretty reasonable.

Other than that things have been going OK. I'm having trouble getting into contact with the people at PokerTracker about registering on my new computer. The guys from PAHUD said my e-mail is probably filtering them as spam but I don't believe this is the case as I have received emails from them in the past. I'm really confused about it. If anyone knows anyone working for PT or has a forum login that you could use to send them a PM on my behalf please PM me here or AIM/MSN me if you got the name; I'd really appreciate it.

Also, just a word on advice I give in some of the forums. Lately it gets really poorly received as I sometime advocate folds and minraises that people don't agree with. I hope this isn't frustrating or upsetting to anyone that I would like to play in a different fashion from what they perceive as "correct" but I do have a reason behind the suggestions I make and anyone is welcome to PM me and ask me to sort it out in detail if there are any questions. I'll try to post with a little more detail in the future.

SEE YA LATA KIDZ

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yesterday, mig won a bracelet in the 5k nl event in the biggest steamroll of a final table ive ever seen. with the exception of one hand, he won every single pot he voluntarily put a chip into the pot. he totally destroyed the entire ft.



what a hero.

its sad in a sense because i wont be backing him anymore, hes made enough to go out on his own, it would have been nice to have him through the main event cause he gonna destroy some more peoples, but i couldnt be happier for him.

2 of my friends have won bracelets now, i need to get my ass moving. at least ill get in a ton of bracelet winning pictures as my friends own the poker world.

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yesterday, mig won a bracelet in the 5k nl event in the biggest steamroll of a final table ive ever seen. with the exception of one hand, he won every single pot he voluntarily put a chip into the pot. he totally destroyed the entire ft.



what a hero.

its sad in a sense because i wont be backing him anymore, hes made enough to go out on his own, it would have been nice to have him through the main event cause he gonna destroy some more peoples, but i couldnt be happier for him.

2 of my friends have won bracelets now, i need to get my ass moving. at least ill get in a ton of bracelet winning pictures as my friends own the poker world.

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Getting prepped to head to the casino tomorrow, pretty excited, going up with a successful cash player from here in Pittsburgh, hopefully for a nice weekend trip, maybe into next week, who knows.

Theres some softer tournaments I'm going to enter, a $100 BI on saturday thats pretty weak, going to try to play in that as well.

Be back on TL soon with results and some interesting stories

cya soon,
Ryan (NeillyAA)

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I was bored so I thought I hit the blog with an update for all my poker fans... yes all 3 of you.



Its beautiful, I am making 7$/day and I am running terrible.
Sure I might have some small leaks here and there but I am just ignore that.
My goal for the rest of the month is to improve my luck factor so I can win atleast 3/5 times when I am 80% fav. to win.
Right now its 1 I think.

I am going to read that article about luck which was posted here and see how I can improve.
This is why I love this website.

This is pla<x>yer Tilted Fish from pokerstars.
peace.

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Got a shitload of bad beats/coolers today and i was about to tilt so i left and went back 1H later after cooling a lil bit. Second session was fine and i made 3 bis overall, not fantastic but im pleased with that result.


Just bought this beauty:

Full options, V8 engine 340 HP i'm in fucking love with it. My wife and i also move to the new house at the end of this month so basically, life is good. Cheers lpers.

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Ugh, so after having over 1500 in sng winnings over the past month or so I'm essentially busto. Its the same old sob story, I cashed out too much and left myself with 120 or so which I knew was a bad idea (I had to pay my mom back for an insurance payment I missed on my truck and I had to pay for my next truck payment) I played a session of $6 sng with my whole roll out (like 15 tables or something) and I had a typical sng hiccup the short term variance can be kind of wild in them. Anyways I have 50 dollars left... I really need to get back to 250 or so, otherwise I can't afford my shit. I dunno I feel really sick right now just thinking about how bad this could be.

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So I made a nice cashout today, left myself with a couple bills, bought into alot of tournaments during this afternoon with $90..

30 minutes after im rolling in each tournament with huge stacks my internet goes out for 3 hrs, leaving me in one tournament (deepstacked $20 where I had doubled in start), but didnt have enough chips to manage a comeback. I bust 10 short of the money AK vs J8 allin PF

Wait 20 minutes, and start buying into alot of tournaments again, same shit happens, net goes out but only for 30 minutes this time. Leaving me short on most of my tables. After this frustration has finally set in, and some donkey plays come out.

Now I get set up KKsb vs button AA, AA vs TT, AK vs AQ in all the tournaments I care about.
Atleast I can FUCKING HATE online poker now while I stop instead of wanting to play again.

So, to wrap it up - unforseen circumstances took half of what I left online, and stars took made sure to take the rest.

$35 left online...unless I can win one of the remaining games going, lol
who cares i guess, only money

fucking retarded.

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Not saying I played all these perfectly, but it was definitely a rough day.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/211805
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/211810
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/211811
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/211812
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/211815
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/211816

Those KK v AA were all on the same table within about 150 hands

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