After not playing poker for sometime I deposited $50 on UB, just looking to kill sometime and play some MTTS, nothing serious.
Cashed in the 5 rebuy and last nighted FT the 7.5 grtd. So my roll was about 200 bucks
I was going to cash them out, because I dont really have what it takes to play poker for real, I just enjoy playing some MTTS for fun. But I had to wait 48 hours before I cashed out.
So I decided to 1 table at nl50 for a little because no good MTTS were going on and I played very tight and solid, making lots of notes. surprisingly I did good and now my bankroll is 500 bucks :D
going to play until I hit 525 so I can cash out 500 tomorrow =D
So I been realizing a lot of min raising from button in head up sngs at the higher stakes. I have been wondering is it a leak to be consistently raising 3x the bb from button and 4x bb from BB, if button limps.
I have played up to the 200+10 head up sngs with some of the best on stars, like ThePabloShow, who is a very good heads up player, I believe he only plays heads up, 200+10 sngs and higher at times. I have played him a handful of times and he beat me 3 of 5.
But back to the subject of the min raising from button, the most recent time I played him he had been min raising a lot, ocassionally 3x bb, he's one who cbets a lot of flops. But it has jus got be to thinking is this a much better idea for the later stages of blinds, like 50/100, so you don't commit yourself to one pot. Also if this is a good idea, what hands should I be min raising with, if not all? When playing ThePabloShow he was raising 3 times bb with premiums majority of time when we went to showdown, but I saw a 76o once, which threw me off. I would like anyone who has good knowledge on head up to post their thoughts, thanks a lot everyone and GL!
Why a bad run when everything go smooth and you get suddenly body slammed by this motherfucking capricious game ? It's funny to see actually it won't stop even if you keep playing good and not tilt, this is some weird shit i swear. So from now -3 bis stop loss is a new rule i add to my game, even if i feel relaxed and play ok, i'll just leave because when you're doomswitched, you just can't get away with it.
Good luck to Myth for his first bracelet, TAKE IT DOWN DUDE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I celebrated my first anniversary with my girlfriend, whom I'm currently living with. We've known each other for over six years now, and I couldn't be happier.
Yesterday, I was playing some tournaments, but I had a get-together to attend. I busted from all of my tournaments except the 8+0.8 I mentioned yesterday. I didn't want to be late, so I called a friend of mine who was also attending to get there early and play for me. It was pretty interesting, playing poker over the phone, and he mostly handled everything correctly (he plays himself as well). I couldn't really steal much because I didn't have a feeling for the gameflow, but I was at average for most of the time. With 60 players left, us in 30th, here is the hand that busted us:
Blinds: 500/1000/100
Hero stack: 22k
Villain stack: 25k in BB, UTG calls, all fold, we raise to 4k in BB, UTG calls 3k. Flop is We end up getting it all-in and villain shows K2cc... ship.
Pretty lame hand to bust on, but at least I have my first official cash. I haven't FT'ed anything yet, but I hope to soon.
I didn't play any poker today, but I spent the whole day between the pool and our place with friends of mine (we have a pool close by). I'll get on it tomorrow, though, for sure.
ok lets pretend day 1 didnt happen yet lolby whamm!, July 02
made 4bi yest playing 10k hands which is pretty sweet. today i lost 2.5 bi and still played 10k hands obv but i was getting the feeling i wasnt extracting value and bluff betting enough to make it profitable. made a shitton of points tho which is sweet for me coz i want to get that 2k milestone bonus this month. im planning to finish the stake by the 15th so i can proceed to 200nl with my own BR this time. ive got to try and plug a lot of leaks before i do move up finally. gonna sleep now coz gawd i think i fried my eyes with all the playing ive done today. haha. peace and gl to all.
tomorrow ill try to win 8bi and play around 12k hands coz i really wanna practice becoming a solid grinder with super stamina lol
June was a horrible month for me. In the last week of May, i lost ~1k /800 on my birthday - no i wasn't drunk that time, just after that /, and that tendency continued in June. I couldn't win, no matter what i did. After 2 weeks of losing in June, i realized i have to take a break from poker. So i did. On the last week i started to play again, but without motivation. I was feeling bad about my game, yet i still managed to get a breakeven month, which isnt so bad i guess. No graphs or stats, i played on 2 computers, 1 with PT and 1 without, whatever.
On Saturday /4 days ago/ i decided to get back to the grind with full strenght. ~2k hands/day, get back my platinumstar status /which i obv lost in June, fuck/, and the ultimate goal is to be at NL100 is July, with cashing out ~400 /i have to cash out cuz of living expences/. The Stars promo couldn't come better: it motivates me even more.
I played 6k hands in the last 3 days, and to my greatest surprise, i'm playing good! I didn't expect it, it makes me feel happy. I don't have to say anything, i let the pics talk:
i started this month w/ 6 tabling NL200 ( 6max) and then came down to NL100 ( 9 tabing 6max ) where last time i visited 2 years ago, i guess i cant win anywhere...
i have to start playing more cause omg, 4 months in a row of losing...
i cash out every month ~1,7k$, so i'm starting to feel a 'little' uncomfortable w/ this, i'm not sure what can help me, cause it's like when i'm playing alone w/ noone watching sometimes i'm not fully concentrated and i cant lay down a hand, and when i'm posting in hand forums it's obv. for me i should fold, and it's not about tilt, i make those kind of plays out of the blue. i had also some beats this month, but it's normal, i still can make much better.
and of course it's all my fault, which makes me feel 'great', cause i shouldn't go to NL400 till i have good winrate at N200, i thought i have BR for it -> i can go, and here i am now... playing NL100
I. amount of time spent playing poker > amount of time spent thinking about poker
II. 100NL
besides a monster day w/ 10k hands in mid june =O, i barely played this month. i was traveling with family most of the time so i couldn't get really into a decent sessioning mindset. played some while traveling in california and made 16 buyins at 25NL before dumping half of it at 50NL back at home =/
im staying in indianapolis right now and im thinking how much my life needs order right now. i figure poker has to become just more than some activity that i enjoy doing every once in a while like casual games of starcraft.
maybe if i dedicated a certain period of time during the day to play, as if i were scheduled to attend classes or something, i might approach my sessions with a different mindset to begin with. the sessions would then seem too important to dick/spew around in. idk if this analogy is sufficent though, since i suck hard at going to class/staying awake -_-a
idk... i just don't want to joke around with the game anymore. i've never practiced anything seriously to get better at it, so i don't know how this will work out, but if it doesn't, i'll just do a flip with whatever's left of my bankroll with anyone who'd be interested and be done with the game. i'll let you know when that happens.
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. thanks guys.
in BB, UTG calls, all fold, we raise to 4k in BB, UTG calls 3k. Flop is 
We end up getting it all-in and villain shows K2cc... ship.
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