run good -> bad beat, bad beat. rebuild, run good -> bad beat, bad beat. i guess nothing more to say i'm happy i could finish in the green, but this was exhausting. i swear, NL100 has more donks than any limit.
So I'm starting a blog! I'm a 19 year old freshman from UCSB. Been playing poker since late junior year. Started out winning money at a freeroll on absolute, learned to play there and now have moved over to mainly pokerstars/full tilt poker.
In the past I have played mostly sngs & limit hold'em, but lately ive been switching to a lot of plo and nl cash games. So far this month has been going fine. I'm playing the super low stakes to really gain confidence and learn from the ground up.
From being an avid Starcraft freak when I was younger to an avid poker player. I came in contact with Starcraft in 1998 whilst visiting my cousins in Huntington Beach in Ca. I don’t think I even played, I just watched him play against CPU’s. A year later, I was living in Germany at the time, a guy in my class was in a clan called ($). A couple of others from my school were in the same clan and I got to play a couple of matches with them. Some of you might recognize iD.GioM, he was one of the guys that went to my school in Munich. I played a couple of games at home, but nothing too serious. I moved back to Sweden in 2000-2001 and found out that a guy in my class also played Starcraft. So being the cocky guy, I decided to challenge him to a 1v1 and proceeded to get my ass kicked in a way that was very embarrassing. This guy was [xxx]Dxxfe or Txxx)1337(xxxx for the old sc (not bw) Swedish guys. He tought me a lot, and for a full year I played daily. My days consisted of my going to high school to a class where I did not fit in, I was “majoring” in science in high school, and the people and I were from two different worlds. I couldn’t give a shit about school. I however got together with my first girlfriend at the age of 15-16 and when I wasn’t playing I was either with her or talking to her on the phone. We still had a 56k modem back then, so the line was busy basically 24/7 since I was either talking to her or other friends or playing sc. I even managed to set up a HotlineSW server on there (if anyone remembers HotlineSW). I started getting pretty decent after a full year of just playing, and after the summer holidays my mother asked my if I wanted to change schools to a boarding school. All of my best friends were at a boarding school called Sigtuna in Sweden, so naturally I thought that was the place we were going to check out. Obviously it wasn’t, we went to the smallest of the “Three famous boarding schools” – which I had never heard about. I was pretty stoked whilst being up there, met a guy whom I partied with the previous summer, and a week went by and I started at the school moving into my new dorm called “The Volcano”.
The school had a wack 3mbit, which was like a dream come to compared to my 56k modem at home, but the only down fall was that they had a firewall so I could not continue playing Starcraft. I decided to become a StarcraftGamers (now GosuGamers) admin and writing news, I was at the WCG2004 for Sweden and I got to meet a bunch of BW people. At this boarding school, even though we had a firewall a bunch of people were playing CS at LAN. So I slowly started to play cs 2003-2004 but only on LAN. We even went to a LAN competition to compete against other teams, we however did not have the luxury of praccing against other teams. I didn’t get to play since I was pretty bad, but I wanted to play some starcraft whilst being there, naturally their firewall fucked the internet over, so I could only play LAN. I found a couple of guys who were playing and asked me if they wanted to play me. I played against the first guy and beat him, and then he and his friend played me 2v1 and I managed to beat them again. I found an oldschool Swedish player from the clan “Shaotung” and played him. We had an hour long game TvP on LT which I lost. It was fun playing a good guy again, and I remembered how much I used to like this game.
After 2004 when I graduated from high school I went into the army and I did not play any games for a full year. After getting dischared in may 2005, I took It easy that summer, and the fall of 2005 was when I started gaming again. A lot of people from LP were getting into poker, as was I. I remember playing shortstack NL50 and loosing. I didn’t take poker too seriously but I started getting into Counter-Strike. A good friend of mine whom I played with at boarding school had suddenly become pretty good and was playing with the Swedish elite scene. I was envious and vowed to become better than him. I played a lot, but I am a pretty slow learner, as I was with starcraft so I wasn’t getting better very quickly. Feb 2006 was the month that I moved upto Stockholm to work, a friend of mine from boarding school who is an old school Counter-Strike player moved with me and we became room mates. We played a lot of CS and some poker. He was better than me, and could grasp different aspects of the game, while I was trying to win every pot I entered. Our 2v2 skills were real good, and we’ve probably only lost about 5% of the games that we’ve played. I started working at an IT company doing SEO for Pokerlistings (one of our clients), and became friends with a Swedish poker player called Terrible Turk, and some other 5/10 regs that were working as editors. We started playing afterwork, and on fridays and I was getting my ass kicked by them. Nov 2006 I re-registered at LP and I didn’t want to post anything in the discussion forums because I was afraid of getting berated, I however went to the room next door at work to talk with these poker players about hands that I played, and I slowly progressed into a decent mtt player. My first big mtt win was Feb 2007 where I placed 3rd in the Daily Double on FTP for about $900. I thought I was on top of the world and started playing NL100, at $1500 I played NL200 and at $2000 I played NL400. I remember playing with ToTMidan at NL200, a week later I was busto and pissed off. I vowed myself to become a better mtt player and to only play mtts. I played in this team poker league with 6 other guys which we managed to win. After that I went on a mtt downswing til July where I had a decent month with another $1000 cash. I played on a Swedish site and was dominating HU sngs (low stakes). I even started playing some NL300 and NL700 live at the casino with moderate success. Homegames and mtts at work were going good. In June 2007 I changed positions from being a Site Manager at work (doing SEO for Pokerlistings) to becoming a Project Manager for an e-commerce project. After doing that for 6 months I got depressed for reasons only God knows, and I quit my job and moved back from Stockholm to Malmö where I hadn’t lived since before boarding school. Fall 2007 was good for poker, both mtt wise and cg wise. In December I gave cash games another shot, and deposited 1k and started playing NL50 on Crypto. Still had some tilt issues, but finished + overall. I was crushing mtts there, even though the structure sucked donkey balls. I withdrew the money I deposited, plus another 1k (roughly?). I finished 4th on Stars 20+2 mtt for $1.5k. I stopped playing cs competitively in November 2007 after almost daily gaming.
January 2008 – I was finally home in my home town and I started off the year by donking a 20+2 on ongame for $1.5k. Went on a downswing at NL50, and withdrew my money. I continued playing donkaments on stars but never really getting deep enough, I either bubbled or FT bubbled which was pretty aggrevating. Suddenly I started getting deep in everything I entered, and got some staking opportunities. And finally 2 weeks ago I got my biggest cash for 3.5k + running well at NL100 on ftp. The past months I started to see poker on a whole different level, my understanding of the game is well, and my tilt factor is gone. I haven’t tilted in the past 6 months. I feel my mtt game is very strong, and my cg is above average. I withdrew my roll after my win, because I wanted to party in Stockholm and do other stuff. I forgot to write that in Feb 2008 I started working for a market research company as a Supervisor in a call centre. So I get to deal with teenagers and being an office manager is always nice. I however quit my job a week ago, and I am on my 2 weeks notice (the company is pretty messed up I’m afraid). I however will continue working part time here just to take it easy, and I will start studying next fall in Lund or in Malmö. I will also donk a big mtt soon, I can feel it coming...
I forgot a lot of mtt scores, and I cant be bothered to look back and update where I missed them..
I hope you guys enjoyed the read, and I hope you run good!
So after my 15 buy ins ! downswing in just 4 K hands i am like + 56$ for may now overall ^^
guess there is a good chance i still hit 500$ profit for may
So i wanted to start out by talking about the recent Randy Couture situation. Looks like that he'll basically be able to fight Fedor after Fedor faces Tim Sylvia. Before I was hoping for a great fight between sylvia/fedor so people could see that sylvia isn't some weakling and he would give fedor a hard time.... but now i want fedor to crush him in round 1 without any issues so that we can hurry up and schedule the randy/fedor fight of the decade.
Ok so now on to UFC 84 discussions.
B.J. Penn Vs. Sean Sherk
I've said over and over again that I've wanted to see this fight more then randy/fedor. I still do. I love smaller fighters and it doesn't get any better then this. This is really a 50/50 fight on paper and i think most people assume that it's bj in the 1st/2nd round or Sherk by a Decision. I semi disagree with that. I think that sherk can actually finish BJ in the later rounds. If BJ gasses or gets injured then with sherk's tank he can mount him and finish him. What's very interesting to see is how well sherk's bjj does against bj. Yeah i mean we all agree that BJ has some serious jits but sherk against florian and franca his positioning (which to me is 85% of bjj) is incredible. His ability to achieve dominant position is so crazy and against someone like penn who has like a top 5 guard in mma that's gonna be so insane to see. I know keanu who's a BJJ practitioner is basically drooling at the mouth to see this ground game unfold.
My prediction is sherk by late round stoppage. I really think that he can push the pace and crack BJ and finish him late. This is a bold prediction since sherk never really finishes anyone but I think this is the day he will.
Wanderlei Silva Vs. Keith Jardine
This fight has KO written all over it. Jardine likes to sit in the pocket and land punches/kicks while Silva likes to get in the pocket and land hooks and clinch. I think that silva has a small flaw that he has major issues against counterpunchers who like to outbox and use wandy's desire to move forward against him. Crocop/Liddell. While that is true i don't think jardine is that type of fighter. He doesn't like to stay out or move in he likes to get into that comfort zone and is completely ok with slugging it out.
Wandy has lost his last 3 fights and people are like "he's over the hill!" ok listen people... the guy lost to Crocop, Dan Henderson, CHuck lidell. Two of those guys are not only the worst matchup for him but also two of the greatest fighters in history(say what you want about crocop but fedor himself said crocop was his toughest fight). Dan Henderson is the man who's given Rampage his hardest challenge since being in the UFC and he's also the guy who has held 2 belts and beaten guys like Big nog... Losing to those guys is no more shameful then say Matt Hughes losing to GSP.
Jardine on the other hand kos forrest beats chuck and now he has to fight wandy? God if this dude beats wandy he better get a title shot or the ufc is the gayest org of all time. I really wish wandy would use some of his ground skills more often in fights. He has really good bjj and great clinch... working with randy now he probably has improved wrestling... i don't see how he can't take jardine down and just beat him up. I'm ok with standing up and showing an exciting fight, but if you have the option take him down Wandy! I think wandy wins this fight by decision. I think that if he uses his ground game this is his fight to lose... however he doesn't like to do that... so it's hard to say. But i go with wandy because i think he has the toolset to win. I HOPE he wins by dominating Ko in the 2nd round to serve notice that he's back and he's waiting for rampage. Say wandy beats jardine then also possibly wins in a rematch with chuck or something he should be in line for a title shot. The 205 division is full of contenders to rampage's throne heck we have two others fighting on this card as well.
Wilson Gouveia Vs. Goran Reljic
Reljic has a sick ground game. Wilson is also got a nice ground game but trains with ATT. I think that if Wilson keeps it standing he should win this fight either by tko/sub/decision whatever. Problem is if he gets in a sticky situation he may try to go to his roots of jits and reljic would have an advantage there. This is Goran's first fight in the ufc but this might be a setup fight against another BJJ guy to give Goran an opening win. Look for Goran to get a takedown and Wilson allowing it because he's used to the ground but then getting out worked in the jits department. Goran by sub/decision.
Tito Ortiz Vs. Lyoto Machida
Machida is one of my fav fighters. The guy fights like no one else in the world. He's this elusive ninja who has weapons from all facets in mma. He's only finished one fight in his UFC career but he's like 4-0 against some good fighters. If you've seen his fight against hoger and nakamura that should tell you that his ground game is legit and against tito who is just 100% ground game and 0 standing I think he won't be able to dominate machida as much as he think he can. I think this fight comes down to who's able to fight there game. If tito can continue to get a hold of machida and take him down machida is losing a decision. If machida can stay away from tito and pick his spots then machida wins a UD. I think ths is machida's fight to lose and he's a perfect fighter to face tito. He's not agressive and tito will have to chase him across the ring. And even if he does get him down machida's good enough to not really have any issues. I think this is machida by UD. People think he's gonna finish tito. Tito is nearly impossible to finish and only Chuck has done so and chuck is like the perfect fighter to face Tito. Chuck is to Tito as Rampage is to Chuck... Machida though isn't far off. Also look for machida to get a title shot between forrest/rampage winner or get a fight against jardine possibly. I think if forrest beats rampage he'll get a fight against jardine. If Rampage beats forrest it will be machida.
Thiago Silva Vs. Antonio Mendes
rofl Thiago is gonna crush this guy. This is like can vs crusher and all they are doing is letting silva get more cage xp so he can be throw into the next teir of MMA fighters. Which should have happend already but whatever...
Ivan Salaverry Vs. Rousimar Palhares
wtf Ivan is still ALIVE!?!?!? he's like maurice smith.....'s FATHER. He's going against another fighter who's making his debut. Probably ivan by decision or submission because he's so experienced. I don't really know Palhares so i'm interested to see his game.
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
If this fight goes to the ground I really see it in favor of nakamura. Nakamura is one of those guys who's really tough and really good but just not good enough to take on the best of the division. Sokou i have no clue what he's made of. His 3 fights are all so quick that it's impossible to tell what he's really all about. Well if he kos nak we'll know! Based on the information i have i think nak wins by decision, taking it to the ground and controlling sokou.
Rich Clementi Vs. Terry Etim
Rich is really putting together some quality wins. I think that after a win or two he' ready to go against the elite of the division. Terry is a very long jits fighter who could give rich issues. I really am excited for this fight. I think it could go either way but i'm picking rich since he's on a roll and i love his balance.
Jon Koppenhaver Vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
This should be a good fight. I've seen yoshida fight before he's a pretty tough dude and that's exactly what war machine is. This is a hard fight to pick I'm going to go with yoshida on this. I've seen his ground and i think it's better then warmachine. It's really hard though because this looks like one of those fights setup to give warmachine a win so he can gain some steam. But i dunno yoshida is tough but maybe it's more that yoshida's previous opponents sucked..
Jason Tan Vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Dong Hyun Kim i do watch deep events.. but i don't recall him... but anyone who wins a lot in deep has to have some skills. I really can't pick this fight without information but since i'm a deep fan i'm going with Kim.
Christian Wellisch Vs. Shane Carwin
Um Shane Carwin by anything he wants? He's from denver therefore he's from my state of colorado and obviously he's a hero? In honesty Christian is a AKA member and that spells trouble. That camp is tough... I see Christian winning but I'm going to root for Shane... GO COLORADO.
This card is bonkers it has a lot of great fights. I hope that UFC can continue on this trend and for gods sake can we please stop doing TuF on champs so that they fight like once a year? While i want to see nog show off his skills to new guys I also want to see him submit everyone in the HW division.
Ah, what a beautiful day! The sun is shinning, I'm up early in the morning, and today big O will get enough pledged delegates to pretty much lock this thing up. Deep down I have a hope that Hillary will see the result today and say "Ok, it's over, GG, good manner yo" and leave the race. But since there's so few contests left she'll probably stick around, which, yeah, sux. But maybe the uncommitted super delegates will put an end to this before June 3rd once Obama has the majority of pledged delegates.
Anyway, I thought this was pretty crazy. They had a campaign rally in Oregon and had a turnout of 75,000 people. That's fucking huge. I went and saw Obama when he came to Denver and the auditorium was packed around 8 or 9 thousand people. There were another 3,000 or so outside that they didn't have room for. I thought that was a lot. Having 6 times as many people would be nuts. The energy and excitment must have been pretty unreal.
Tonight will be fun as my GF and I are heading up to my mom's place to watch the election results together and celebrate. We started a new tradition during the primaries where we get lots of beer and wings and watch the results together. I'm looking forward to it tonight =)
As far as poker goes, I can't seem to focus on it right now. So I'm dropping down limits and just mass multi-tabling. I feel like I'm playing ok but then I make a stupid mistake. I dunno cause I haven't been checking my results at all lately. I just play a session and then once it's over I close everything down and avoid my cashier. Hopefully when I finally decide to look again I will have some profit in there, hehe.
http://eskar.dk/andreas/wanting_change.JPG haha I like this pic
PokerStars Game #17169598832: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/05/03 - 09:57:20 (ET)
Table 'Carolina' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Kiskej ($12.80 in chips)
Seat 2: AA Cool Ron ($9.85 in chips)
Seat 3: hinkles ($8.90 in chips)
Seat 4: asthenosfear ($14.30 in chips)
Seat 5: Yaffie ($8.05 in chips)
Seat 6: jakepowers14 ($12 in chips)
hinkles: posts small blind $0.05
asthenosfear: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Yaffie
jakepowers14 said, "thought you had the A's"
Yaffie : raises $0.30 to $0.40
jakepowers14: folds
Kiskej: calls $0.40
AA Cool Ron: folds
hinkles: folds
asthenosfear: calls $0.30
Yaffie : bets $2.80
Kiskej: raises $8.60 to $11.40 and is all-in
Yaffie : calls $3.85 and is all-in
River (Pot : $16.55)
Showdown Yaffie : shows (a pair of Aces)
Kiskej: shows (two pair, Nines and Eights)
Kiskej collected $15.75 from pot
Summary Total pot $16.55 | Rake $0.80
Board
Seat 1: Kiskej showed and won ($15.75) with two pair, Nines and Eights
Seat 2: AA Cool Ron (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: hinkles (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: asthenosfear (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Yaffie showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: jakepowers14 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Showdown Yaffie : shows (three of a kind, Aces)
yex17: shows (a full house, Fours full of Aces)
yex17 collected $21.90 from pot
Summary Total pot $23.05 | Rake $1.15
Board
Seat 1: Broekriem (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: virus-xl (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Yaffie showed and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 4: Squishee-Apu folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: yex17 showed and won ($21.90) with a full house, Fours full of Aces
Seat 6: Zoorlat (button) folded on the Flop
Showdown Yaffie : shows (three of a kind, Queens)
EvilMatthews: shows (three of a kind, Kings)
EvilMatthews collected $20.75 from pot
Summary Total pot $21.80 | Rake $1.05
Board
Seat 1: nietzsche69 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: alexia 71 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: gammaster folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: RTBMF folded before Flop
Seat 5: EvilMatthews (button) showed and won ($20.75) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 6: Yaffie (small blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Queens
PokerStars Game #17547275683: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/05/19 - 16:38:12 (ET)
Table 'Numerowia III' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: TiBouchon ($9.45 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero ($10.40 in chips)
Seat 3: tiltmaker2 ($1.95 in chips)
Seat 4: Venoms0348 ($50.20 in chips)
Seat 5: nerve817 ($23.45 in chips)
Seat 6: BOZ ALL IN ($12.70 in chips)
nerve817: posts small blind $0.05
BOZ ALL IN: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
TiBouchon: folds
Hero : raises $0.30 to $0.40
tiltmaker2: folds
Venoms0348: folds
nerve817: raises $0.90 to $1.30
BOZ ALL IN: folds
BOZ ALL IN is sitting out
BOZ ALL IN has returned
BOZ ALL IN is sitting out
BOZ ALL IN has returned
BOZ ALL IN is sitting out
BOZ ALL IN has returned
Hero : raises $2.50 to $3.80
nerve817: raises $7.30 to $11.10
Hero : calls $6.60 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.70) returned to nerve817
Showdown nerve817: shows (a full house, Kings full of Fives)
Hero : mucks hand
nerve817 collected $19.90 from pot
Summary Total pot $20.90 | Rake $1
Board
Seat 1: TiBouchon folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Hero mucked
Seat 3: tiltmaker2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Venoms0348 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: nerve817 (small blind) showed and won ($19.90) with a full house, Kings full of Fives
Seat 6: BOZ ALL IN (big blind) folded before Flop
Showdown Hero : shows (a pair of Kings)
phrogman123: shows (three of a kind, Sevens)
phrogman123 collected $19.05 from pot
Summary Total pot $20 | Rake $0.95
Board
Seat 1: harrris2033 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Polorium (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: MARCOLA27 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: phrogman123 showed and won ($19.05) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 6: kondor101 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
PokerStars Game #17504623366: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/05/17 - 21:41:13 (ET)
Table 'Demophon IV' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BenZalabass ($11.35 in chips)
Seat 2: matt woo ($5.90 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero ($10.90 in chips)
Seat 4: utachanboy ($9.05 in chips)
Seat 5: SamouraiOli ($31.90 in chips)
Hero : posts small blind $0.05
utachanboy: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
SamouraiOli: folds
BenZalabass: folds
matt woo: calls $0.10
Hero : raises $0.40 to $0.50
utachanboy: raises $0.70 to $1.20
matt woo: calls $1.10
Hero : raises $9.70 to $10.90 and is all-in
utachanboy: folds
matt woo: calls $4.70 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($5) returned to Hero
Showdown Hero : shows (three of a kind, Kings)
matt woo: shows (a straight, Ten to Ace)
matt woo collected $12.35 from pot
Summary Total pot $13 | Rake $0.65
Board
Seat 1: BenZalabass folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: matt woo (button) showed and won ($12.35) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 3: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 4: utachanboy (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: SamouraiOli folded before Flop (didn't bet)
acido883: checks
Hero : bets $10.10 and is all-in
acido883: calls $4.95 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($5.15) returned to Hero
River (Pot : $14.45)
Showdown acido883: shows (a flush, Ace high)
Hero : mucks hand
acido883 collected $13.75 from pot
Summary Total pot $14.45 | Rake $0.70
Board
Seat 1: acido883 showed and won ($13.75) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: Hero (button) mucked
Seat 3: soldatti (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: katze all-in (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: fryingpanman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: HORNZ UP folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Dschäksn: checks
Hero : bets $4.05
Dschäksn: calls $4.05 and is all-in
Showdown Hero : shows (a pair of Aces)
Dschäksn: shows (three of a kind, Fives)
Dschäksn collected $16.10 from pot
Summary Total pot $16.90 | Rake $0.80
Board
Seat 1: billard113 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Hero (button) showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Dschäksn (small blind) showed and won ($16.10) with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 4: henrysbguan (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: eazy4me folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: xCharmzx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
I've never previously known about this show until i recently saw an episode on tv and it was awesome!
Searched some vids up on you-tube, enjoy
Some seriously hilarious situations!
In other news finally booked and paid for a flight to Zurich for the end of the year, leaving Melbourne on the 18th November with a 2 night stopover in Seoul which hopefully lets me wander around the city for a day or so and I arrive at Zurich on the 20th of November.
No solid plan at the moment, since I have a lot of time to organize everything else.
Oh and played a 12k hand session during the weekend ended up even because, well losing 13 buyins in the last 2k hands... better than ANY job
I just turned 23 years old. Yay for me. All I can tell you is that I’m feeling more weak and tired every year. I still remember when I was 10-16 years old and i had a shit load of energy every day, those were the good old days. Anyways, I'm taking 3 summer courses so I have an easier workload when I get back to school, fewer classes that i have to take. Poker was been going real well. My brother still teaches me where I can improve my poker game and has been a tremendous help, so thanks Tom .
Been running at 5.9 BB/100 hands over 72,000 hands since April 1 to now May 20 at 200nl (6max). I'm probably going to stick to playing 200nl until the end of the summer and just keep learning new things and where I can improve. I'm also going to try my best to hit about 70-100K hands every month, and no exception. I can always find time to play, so one thing i found is playing 2-3 sessions within the day. About 2000 hands each if possible. After i finish a session, my brain usually feels a tad like shit, so my brother and I go for a run at the gym for about 45 min on the elliptical machine, and i don't mean a crazy run, just enough so that your heart rate is about 115-125 bpm. Tom runs at 170+ bpm but then again, hes nuts, and he doesn't even sweat. He has the heart of a bull. I feel amazing after a run/ fas walk, so we did that every day last week. I feel like a new man after that. And then an hour or so I play another poker session. Also if my muscles are getting sore, i have my gf to give me a back rub.
My bro, gf and I went to a hunting store today and she took some pics, I’ve always wanted a crossbow, but there’s no way I’m paying $2000 for one, Jesus Christ!! :
At the moment I also have a 2 20' inch Samsung monitor setup, but I 9 table only on 1 screen and I don't really use the other monitor when I’m playing poker. It’s just easier to for me to play closer attention to everything when everything is on one screen rather than 2. I was thinking about getting the Samsung's 30' LCD Monitor: 305T, and playing all my tables on that one since the resolution is sick on it. It costs about $1100-1200 in Canada and seems like a good investment. I had a question; I do sit about maybe about 2 feet away from the monitor screen, so I’m not sure if I would be able to see everything on a 30 inch monitor from that distance.
Anyways, haven't done a blog in a while, and i wanna keep you guys updated. Thanks and good luck to everyone.
I don't know why, but I keep breaking even at 400nl. So I tilt drop down to 200nl overrolled and demolish the games there and redeem my month that way. This happens quite a bit, maybe it's a sign to just stick to 200nl? At 200nl I 8 table (I usually 6 table) and play 29/25 or close to it, and I don't wanna be like "LOL EZ" but it really is a huge difference from 400nl. At 200nl I can easily and confidently say I'm the best player at the table by far, whereas at 400nl it may not be necessarily so.
My may so far. 8 tabling is kind of fun, it allows me to get in more hands which is always nice. My computer really fuckin sucks though, with 8 tables, hud, aim, and winamp it's running at like full capacity lmao.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/445521 - This guy is infamous and you know him if you play MSNL on FTP, dude runs like god and is up like 2-3k on me this month alone :[
Apparently, every hand I'm in nowadays it seems to go wrong. It's as if the villians know what cards are going to come up... It's most likely variance, but I can't remember the last time AA, KK, or QQ has won for me...
I'm down 6 buyins in about 2k hands to hands just like this...
Submitted by : SugoGosu
PokerStars Game #17555031949: Hold'em No Limit ($0.02/$0.05) - 2008/05/19 - 22:32:35 (ET)
Table 'Azalea III' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: MardiGrahl ($7.13 in chips)
Seat 3: puffin_lep ($8.76 in chips)
Seat 4: pivovar ($11.88 in chips)
Seat 5: teamraiders ($6.86 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($10 in chips)
teamraiders: posts small blind $0.02
Hero : posts big blind $0.05
Showdown Hero : shows (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
puffin_lep: shows (three of a kind, Sixes)
puffin_lep collected $16.69 from pot
Summary Total pot $17.54 | Rake $0.85
Board
Seat 1: MardiGrahl folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: puffin_lep showed and won ($16.69) with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 4: pivovar (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: teamraiders (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Sixes
So I haven't blogged in a while,so let me get right to it whats been happening with me lately.
At Sunday I was at day 2 of this motoparty and after drinking like almost a liter of cognac I started to act like a asshole,was seducing this chick and unfortunately she has this biker boyfriend whom I told to go fuck himself and all of his friends (6 of them in total).I think if my crew wasnt like 10meters away I woulda got beaten up like a mofo,the music was good the chicks were good overall it was a good night...
When we we going home (we went by bus) a person who claimed hes a cop came into the bus and told me and two of my friends to turn off their cigars,he actually referred to my friends,so ofc being the drunk jackass I was I go say something like "why didn't you tell me to turn off my cig but you tell my friends",then he goes like "my cop friends are parked outside if you make trouble I'll get them here and you'll be detained for one night for hooligan behaviour".
LOL WAT?I go apeshit and beat the fuck out of him,felt really good too and then I proceeded to throw him out of the bus,kek PWND.
At monday I was also at the motoparty cuz my friend was playing that night so I was kind of a moral support lol,got drunk,nailed some slut and went home with the friend who was playing...
Unforunately we were pulled by by the cops and I was asked for my ID and he was asked for his licensce and one more document I dont know how to say in english...
So anyways we were scared shitless because of a few reasons. A)We were drunk and high as kites and ofc B)I might've beaten up a cop yesterday so if they got my identity or smth I might be fucked.
But to our pleasent suprise we weren't even given the alchotest nor the drugtest,an obvious One Time Lee.
Pokerwise I'm up around 800$ this month which fucking blows cuz I feel I should be up way more,but I'm not running very well for like 2 and a half months now...
Well I guess things will change...at least I hope they will.
I might post PT stats later on idk,have to import hands now...
Edit: only 40 dollars, and comes with some real american songs:
Chuck Berry Back int he U.S.A
Sweet Home Alabama from Lynryd Skynyrd
God Bless the U.S.A. from Lee Greendwood
Been kinda busy in school and stuff so I havent updated in a while. We are doing a video course right now and its awesome! We are making 3 short films and its really fun although it takes up alot of my time.
April was an ok month for me, didnt play as much as I wanted to but ran decent for the later half of the month after a disastrous start.
I have played even less in May, mostly because of school but also cause I sorta havent felt like playing until recently. Im ok with it though since I will be able to play a TOOON during June. I really need to split my roll over several sites though because I have some trouble getting good action at 3/6 hu on ipoker. Theres just alot more fish at 2/4 and I find myself sitting and waiting sometimes for like 30 min before someone comes along and wants to play me at 3/6.
So summer is coming and im fucking stoked. I will be able to play a ton and just hang out with friends and do baller/fun/relaxing stuff. Havent really decided If Im going to vegas yet, I dread the 14 hour flight but I had an awesome time last year so maybe I will go after all. We will have to wait and see.
well, i monkey tilted off 25% of my stack at the wrong limit on saturday but then on sunday instead of playing poker i went to toronto to club guvernment with some buddies where i saw paul van dyk and eddie halliwell.. it was a good night, the opener was mark oliver as usual from like 10-1, 1-3 pvd, 3-X eddie. a good night. hopefully i can relax and not go super donkey tilt anytime soon, then.
i highly recommend club guvernment to anybody who visits canada and/or toronto. there were over 5000 in attendance ibelieve, you can get anything you need inside ^^ and well.. thats all there is to know
I woke up with a bad mood. Dunno why, my gf slept with me, we had a great night, everything was fine, but i just wanted to kill myself. Emo feelings 4tw!
Anyway, i started my forenoon session. A friend of mine asked me to let him watch as i play, and give him a "lesson". I dont think i'm good enough to do this, but it seemed to be fun, so whatever, ok. It started well, i teached him some basics, and made some really good plays, inducing bluffs, and valuebetting.
But after 360 hands, the sickest downswing came. I couldn't win a pot, every single one of my made hands run into monsters. The best example is this:
Submitted by : Ezekiell
POKERSTARS GAME #17535772226: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/05/19 - 04:55:27 (ET)
Table 'Hudrus' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: thebean85 ($60 in chips)
Seat 2: Haloth2 ($102.25 in chips)
Seat 4: qwertyman1 ($284.70 in chips)
Seat 5: Juice It Up ($218.70 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($106 in chips)
Haloth2: posts small blind $0.50
qwertyman1: posts big blind $1
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Juice It Up: folds
Hero : raises $3 to $4
thebean85: raises $9 to $13
Haloth2: folds
qwertyman1: folds
Hero : raises $29 to $42
thebean85: raises $18 to $60 and is all-in
Hero : calls $18
Showdown Hero : shows (high card Ace)
thebean85: shows (a flush, Ace high)
thebean85 collected $119.50 from pot
Summary Total pot $121.50 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: thebean85 (button) showed and won ($119.50) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: Haloth2 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: qwertyman1 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Juice It Up folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Hero showed and lost with high card Ace
And to make things worse, here is the guy to my left, watching me as i play, and as i get bashed. Great. I stopped @ -4bi, when i hit my stop loss. Fuck.
I had a long break, we went out w my girlfriend to eat something, i helped her to buy his first laptop, installed Vista /obv went with a lot of problems, why not ffs/, got home, and i decided to play till i get even.
And this session was the opposite of the prevorious: i got great cards, lot of donks, my hands held up. Now i'm in the green /slightly, but who cares/, and it's a great feeling! I guess i had enough of poker today, so i close this day, and tomorrow, i'll do better!
Biggest pot of the day, also the last one:
Submitted by : Ezekiell
POKERSTARS GAME #17544559300: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/05/19 - 14:53:54 (ET)
Table 'Posnania V' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: KarmaTIll ($176.95 in chips)
Seat 3: MarcoTCF ($117.65 in chips)
Seat 4: Dodgydoc ($207.40 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($160.85 in chips)
Seat 6: beta77 ($94.50 in chips)
beta77: posts small blind $0.50
KarmaTIll: posts big blind $1
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
MarcoTCF: folds
Dodgydoc: calls $1
Hero : raises $4 to $5
beta77: folds
KarmaTIll: raises $13 to $18
Dodgydoc: folds
foxhoundzr2 joins the table at seat #2
Hero : raises $22 to $40
KarmaTIll: raises $39 to $79
Dodgydoc said, "av it"
Hero : raises $81.85 to $160.85 and is all-in
KarmaTIll: calls $81.85
Showdown KarmaTIll: shows (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
Hero : shows (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
Hero collected $321.20 from pot
Summary Total pot $323.20 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: KarmaTIll (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 3: MarcoTCF folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Dodgydoc folded before Flop
Seat 5: Hero (button) showed and won ($321.20) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 6: beta77 (small blind) folded before Flop
The only bad thing is, that i realized: if i lose, i get a bad feeling, and a bit depressed, angrier... I have to get rid of this, poker can't interfere with my personal life! So today, i learned this, and i will never let this happen again!