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It is already the 1st of July, which now means 2 things for me:
1. I need to write a summary of how June went
2. Its my birthday today, so I am officially 24 now (oh my, am i really this old yet? )

The beginning of June

So to the summary of June. As those who follow my blog posts know, I wasnt doing exactly good in the 2 previous months, basically only breaking even or being up like 2k or something I dunno exactly anymore. So, at the beginning of June I wasnt particularly keen into playing lots of poker, maybe also because the weather was nice and all and I didnt feel like sitting at the computer all day, maybe also because I was playing Dota a little more than before recently

So anyway, I was slowly grinding my way up, making some profit and looking for brighter poker future and it looked quite ok 10 days into the month when I was up about 9k not really spending a lot of time playing. Sadly, in the next week I managed to lose most of it. So at the time I was really looking forward to finally leaving for Vegas and hoping things would change there.

The first week in Vegas

I left home for Vegas the 18th of June being just little over $4k up overall. I arrived to Vegas with no problems, the journey was good, but it still took a total of 24 hours, but oh well, not that bad considering how far it is. I got to my hotel, which was a small motor hotel called Todd's. I didnt expect it to be great or anything and it wasnt, but it was ok enough and the price was good. But it was way further from the main parts of the Strip than I originally thought and also the internet there worked like shit.

So, my first week in Vegas was basically exploring the Strip casinos and places a bit and mostly playing live cash games at the Wynn. I was mainly playing 2/5 because I didnt have a lot of cash here and also wanted to test it out first. Well the results were so so, not bad but not great, but I was winning. I was up about 4k after like 5 days of grinding mostly 2/5, which was ok, but then 2 pretty bad session came - first one I started it all good, bought in for $1k (2/5 at the wynn has unlimited max buyin) and soon getting up to 1.4k without really winning any big pots. But then I managed to lose AA vs JJ allin preflop (hi Myth! ), which started off the mess. After that I was pretty colddecked and because I felt pretty uncomfortable sitting there doing nothing to get my money back (bad attitude, i know, but what can you do), I started running some weird bluffs and simply doing random shit. Some of it worked but a lot of it didnt and after I lost another coinflip preflop I decided to call it a session, being down about 2.3k. But it wasnt over, the very next day I played again and sadly kept playing the same crap as before, which combined with colddeck ended up in blowing another 2.2k that day. Well, so after about a week of playing I was down to 0 from live cash games...

Fortunately I figured that my internet connection was quite ok during night hours, so I managed to put in a few hours of online poker too and luckily I ran pretty hot whenever I played, too bad I didnt get to play more I won about $5k online during the first week here in Vegas in those few hours I played, which was sweet.

The second week in Vegas

After the first week, I decided to move to some better hotel nearer to the main part of the Strip - so I moved to Circus Circus, which is in the north part of Strip. So far I am still staying there and its decent, internet is good and price is ok, at least compared to other hotels at the Strip.

Thanks to better internet connection I was able to put in more hours online, eventhough usually only 1 or 2 tabling, because I got a small portable laptop, which is not really good for playing poker. I am actually strongly considering buying a new big screen laptop while here, not decided yet but I think it might be +EV
So, I kept running quite ok online, not as hot as the first week, but I still made another 5k or so, maybe slightly less. I played somewhat less live poker because I didnt really feel like it, but still played enough, because I wanted to clear 50 hours of playtime at the Wynn to qualify for a $100k freeroll. Results live were still rather dissapointing, but at least I won some money - overall I am up about $1.1k for live cash games in Vegas, which sucks hard, but at least I am not down.

The live tournaments

Also, I played 2 live tournaments in the last week - the WSOP $5k NLHE 6-max event and a $1,000 NLHE DeepStack tournament at the Venetian. Both tournaments had quite a good structure. But being a tourney donk, who didnt polish his luckbox enough, I busted out of both of them far from the money. In the 6-max event I ran quite good from the beginning and kept having above average stack throughout the first 5 hours or so, at one point being even amongst the biggest stacks in the tourney. But then I got pretty colddecked for a longer period of time and then opted to make one bigger move, which seemed quite ok in the vacuum, just the guy I tried it against was absolutely oblivious to stuff like table image etc. and simply wasnt going to fold his KJo... oh well. The other tourney went bad from the very beginning, first I got AK vs JJ in rred pot and flop came KJ4, I being the nit somehow managed to get away from it for only 100bb (it was 300 bb deep). Then I had to fold Aces on some sick sick board and somewhat later I got aces again being about 80bb deep, but some guy decided that limp calling ATo utg and check calling with it on a QT2 flop is a good idea and it was - turn came another Ten and I didnt make the soul read to fold my aces again after putting 2/3 of my stack in already.

The final result

But oh well, all in all I managed to end up for June, everything summed up, my profit for the month is about $11,500 + I am about to get another like $1.3k from rakeback. $11.5 for a month is not that bad, but given how much time I played especially in the last 2 weeks, its not really a satisfying result. But yea, June is still my best month in the 2nd quarter of the 2008, so yay

The upcoming future

Thats about it for my June poker results, so lets have a look at what will be next:

Tommorow I am playing the $100k freroll tournament at the Wynn, its nothing big but if I luckbox it, it will be sweet

The day after tommorow there is a nice tournament at the Venetian - a $2,500 NHLE Deep Stack event. This tourney has a really good structure and there should be probably around 300 players in it, which is the field size I like the most. I am not sure yet whether or not I am gonna play it, depends on how I will do tommorow and on other things too, like for example whether Sean Nolan is gonna play it (because if yes, he might talk me into playing even if I wouldnt otherwise ).

Then of course there is the WSOP Main Event - the main reason why I am in Vegas Looking very much forward to it and hoping to make some cash there, will definately do my best to do so!!!

After ME I am coming back home. There is a bigger poker event in my country in the end of July and thats where the introduction of Unibet CZ/SK pro poker team is going to take place and I am trying to qualify to get to the pro team (which basically means playing a lot on unibet ). Hopefully I will make it, because it might be cool if it actually works out as planned - the Unibet pro team is prolly going to be sponsored for a lot of live tournaments and stuff like that and it would be cool if the whole team consisted of me and my 3 friends, which actually seems kinda possible now Of course still nothing is for granted and in the end Unibet representatives will decide how it will actually be.

Anyways, after this action, I am leaving for a big trip to Spain with a group of friends. We are going by 2 cars (group of prolly 7 people) and we intent to travel throughout the whole country and maybe Portugal too (like we did last year in the USA). Looking forward to it a lot. Btw if anyone has some recommendations on what to visit in Spain etc. let me know pls

I am not sure whats gonna be next, I am most likely returning to school for the fall semestr. But I definately plan on going to some EPT event during fall, would especially like to go to EPT London but dunno yet. Thats all still quite far now.

Uh, I wrote much more than I originally wanted to, but whatever. So thats it for now!


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can anyone translate this for me?

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following the tradition of posting results every month obv

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/8095dcac7fd21cd6bcb9f2bf6587ee2a.jpg

another 20k$+ month after standard ftp and fpp rakeback, and another +2k from 200vpp bonus w00t

im still such a sick nit

i dont wanna play much anything over 400nl even with a 94k online br

i dont play any donkament over 50$ buyin for some reason

used to cash out a lot, now dont want to cuz i still want financial aid for free college =].

year results updated

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i think i grind too much.....

other than makin $ i bought random stuff such as a herman miller aeron chair. which has good back support and makes u sit in the right posture unlike those standard leather ones. def recommend it.

goin to sleep


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what do you know, i get into a fight with my desk and i lose
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/8286ed6040f247e515807d0e067e6b40.jpg
crappy camera phone i know

ignore last post...thanks btw to those who commented...ive been considering getting cr/dc/leggo, but havent been too sure on them. proly have to look now. heres hoping for a better july! gl all!


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As the title says im busto both in WSOP and IRL. Wasted pretty much all my cash on stupid things and now the ATM-machines refused to accept my VISA... hm gg? 3 and half day left and like $250 left if my visa doesnt start working again! take a shot in the 1/3 NL game maybe? do or die ONE TIME PLEASE!!!

well at least ive seen both jonnycosmo and vitalmyth, my life is complete! over and out bustotown


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I just don't know what to fuckin do when everyone has a set and I've got an overpair. Granted there are times where I can get away from these sketchy situations, I just find it absolutely amazing that everyone mother fucking hits sets like the ice cream man's givin them out for free or something, fuck man.

Ok so I managed to make a decent amount of money (+4200 at 1/2, -2400 at 2/4), but I also lost 1200 ish on the Lakers this month, so I'm almost effectively broken even this month. It's fucking weird knowing I made more in the June of 2007 than I did this June. Retarded game.

Anyway, got a new desktop and I love how it doesn't lag at all. Gonna be easy for me to start robotic grinding. Going to absolutely destroy 200 and 400nl stars next month, and hopefully put in 50k hands or more. I wanted 40k hands this month but the last week of school (finals) + MGS4 just isn't good for the grinding mindset .

Some hands to end the month:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/474846 - 2pair vs 2 FDs ldo never win

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/472543 - Win a 3 way race? ME? HAH!

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/475404 - My AQ "sucks out" on QQ, I must run like god (hilarious)

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/475405 - GOD DAMN what is with my AQ sucking out on QQ all the time (equally hilarious)


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So I kinda fell short of the monetary goals set in my last blog post which was 2 weeks ago. But that's fine because I put in double the hands in half the amount of time since then. Reaching that goal is fine by me.

http://smiteam.net/uploads/6183June08.JPG
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First graph is FTP, second is PS.


So let me get this straight. You can be a 2-6bb/100 winner and still not beat the rake? My bankrolls this month have barely inched anywhere. Either microstakes rake really is atrocious or pokertracker is fooling me about my winnings/rake. I made almost 14 buyins at my limit this month and can't see anything lol. Someone explain this to me


in the meantime summer school is almost over for me so I will have all of July to play play play. My goal is to put in 50k hands this month 6-tabling 6max. If I don't build one of my rolls to $2k by August 1st I'm going to seriously rip out my pubes with bare knuckles and falcon punch the first person I see. Watch for me on the news




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loosefer on stars, loosefer88 on FTP

Deep in the nightly 150, a 2100 WSOP Sat, and the monday 1K

Come sweat!



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Had my best month so far playing cash games. I had a 20,000 hand stretch where i ran shitty but i just grinded through. On days when i start out stuck i usually take a break to refocus and resume playing until im back ahead for the day. Only had one losing day out of 25. Pretty fucking good month. Will finally be moving back up to 100nl this week.





I'll need to allot more time in July to work out and party with my friends. I didnt get out much this month besides a few nights. I need some Beam and my swimming trunks.

Id still like to get in 45,000 hands this month. We'll see how it goes.

Best wishes.

***EDIT***

DOUBLE VPPS THIS WEEK ON STARS!!! 100,000 hand month?!


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i dont know how to play, i know nothing...dont know wher i am ever, dont know how to play +ev and the rare occasion when i am i lose...fuck it..dont care if this is a pittance, dont care if this is crying from a low level retard...all i know is that im crushed right now and i have to restrain myself from lashing out at shit...what sucks is no one is going to give a shit, cus this is standard, esp since i suck, but fuck it all

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hi fellow lpers,

ok iam starting off with all the bad things this month:

life: -ive to find a flat in 3 weeks in a german area where its very hard to find a good cheap flat

Poker:- iam down 320 for the stake and the stake is now over

ok ending up with the good things:

-played most hands in one month lifetimewise

- made around 2.5k in bonuses

- going to paris to play life with some ballers

at the end june wasnt that bad huh?

ok to end it up sweet, this how u shouldnt run

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/851/juneoverallgj1.jpg
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/851/juneoverallgj1.ad880bfdee.jpg

bye bye

lucas


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end month at hand 900 obv

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6807/junewa8.png

/endlife

going to move to a new site for july, i just tilt so ez now agagagaga

hopefully july > june

oh and i failed 3 out of my 6 spring/summer modules at uni


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So I had this Stalker sending me wierd and creepy text messages (smses). It was weird stuff like:
“Stand up for yourself, stop being a pussy”
“Sometimes I’m happy, sometimes I’m sad. I take a lot of medicine to keep me going, tell me Chris what should I do?”
“A blank sms with my mothers name”
Then I would call the number, and I could hear his voice, I could hear him breathing for like 15 secs. After that, he would send a text message saying:
“Silence is more powerful than words”
“I’ve seen you around, I want to be like you”
“You stupid idiot, dance, just dance – do you hear me”

So, In Sweden we have this tradition called midsummer. So the day before this, I get like my 20th text message from him, so I respond saying: “You have one hour to tell me who this is otherwise I’m filing a complaint”.

So no answer from him, and of course I’m too lazy to file a complaint. So now midsummer approaches and I’m at a friend’s place, and he starts calling me. This is the first time I speak to him, and I do not recognize his voice, but he starts telling me how people are after me, he proceeds to tell me how I look, my address, my mother’s name etc.

I suddenly hear who this is, but he denies it, and then I am not sure anymore if it was the person who I thought it was. So he keeps calling me and talking in a weird voice telling me a bunch of shit. So I start getting tired of him, and I’m like: “So you know where I live, just call me next time you’re in the area and the two of us can have a chat”.
So basically he keeps calling me throughout the evening and he tells me how I hate black people, and foreigners and stuff. So I’m like wtf? And tell him that my first girlfriend was black and that I’m probably the person who hates other races/nationalities the least. And he was like “Yeah you told me that in Gränna” (Which was the town of my old boarding school). I suddenly put 2 and 2 together and figure out who this guy is (I was also right on my first assumption earlier on in the evening). So this guy and I lived in the same dorm in his first year of boarding school, he was sort of weird back then. He was only at my boarding school for one year, and vanished after that.
So I used to live in Stockholm, and about a year ago I get this weird phone call from a guy called “Danne” who is the same guy stalking me. I hadn’t spoken to him since boarding school, so a rough 4 years back then. He started to go on about “you me, and Lenny Kravitz, you hear that Chris, you me and Lenny Kravitz” – “I’m an artist right now – do you understand that”. Obv high on drugs then, I was like ok whatever and didn’t hear from him again till this incident.

So he goes on and tells me how he has lived in a mental institute, after I confromt him who he is, and he’s like “I’m a manic depressive and I don’t know what I’m doing” – “I take to 9 pills per day, and I’ve been in a mental institute for trying to commit suicide and it’s your fault, you bullied me at boarding school and its all your fault”. “Please shoot me, I need someone to shoot me in the head and it will be all over”,

So in a threatening voice and proceeds to tell me that it’s all my fault – and no I didn’t bully him at boarding school. So I haven’t talked to him since, but he has sent random text messages (ok just one) and he has tried calling me. I’ve actually tried contacting him but he won’t answer.

Other than that Poker is going beyond horrible, I can’t seem to win important hands like I should. I am putting in the hours, believe you me. So the day before yesterday I busted out of the warmup in a nice way:

+ Show Spoiler +

A couple of bad beats after that I decided to walk to the harbor in my area at 5 in the morning. It’s a 35 min walk there, and I sat looking over the ocean and listened to Coldplays lastest album and thought about various things. Got back and went to bed at like 8 in the morning. The walk was rather refreshing, something I’ll do again at a more civilized time of the day.

The long road to the harbour
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One of the nightclubs at 05:30 in the morning on a sunday
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A look over the ocean towards Germany/Denmark
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Random boats
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Anyways please please let me run good, and win my flips – Over and out,

Chris also known as iop (EYE OPE).



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variance is killing me...
...fu those mf swings...
...lossing 15 and winning 10bi a day isnt normal...

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And it was abandoned... Here are some pics.

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I got yelled at my the security so I only got 1 picture of the inside. It's actually a federal crime and the minimum sentence is 1 year in jail, so I thought it would be ironic to be thrown in jail by being in a jail. Anyways, didn't get in any trouble just told to leave.



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going to ac tomorrow afternoon. i've only been there twice since turning 21 in september, so i have to make up for a ton of lost time and ev this summer.

if anyone wants to stomp some fish at the borgata and hang with three infrequent lp posters, send me a pm/im/msn

shaw67193 on aim
shiporgtfo@hotmail.com on msn

take care
greg


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:-)

gl,

Ryan


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Won some money from grinding a bunch of tournaments here and there as well. All and all I am way too lazy is the only thing I really have to say about this month. I only put in 10k hands which is just pathetic. My goal for next month will be 100-150k hands and to become a solid reg at PLO50 FR/6-max. Right now for me playing PLO25 FR is like printing money so I feel very comfortable moving up. If anyone on here also plays PLO and doesn't already have my msn feel free to add me theomaholic@live.com and I have AIM as well just PM me with yours if you you want to discuss hands and such.

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