So last month was great for me. Put in the most hands I've ever put in and had the best results I've ever had. But it really burned me out. I couldn't find the mental energy to just sit down and grind cash. So did I stop playing and take a break? No. I thought I could do well in other forms. Played some HU...lost to some pretty horrendous coolers. Played some MTTs...not enough to create a sample. Played some $12 turbo 180s/45 mans...DID NOT GO WELL. So here I am...and I've got the urge to grind again. I'm $868 in the hole this month...-$418 in MTTs/SNGs and -$450 in HU. I hope I can battle out of this hole for the month and put up some positive numbers.
MAIN POINT
I know people get burned out all the time and people deal with it in different ways. I will suggest just stepping away from the game completely. Maybe enjoy it with a couple live games(this is what started my passion for grinding in the first place). Step back and reflect. This game is a beast...but with enough dedication it's very beatable. Don't play for the sake of playing. Play with a purpose. I have mine again...look out ya'll.
Ok there are my stats, and now for a question or 2.
-How Deep should i get before I decide to stand up from a table? Last night I was hitting near 5 Buyins on one of my tables. Is that something I should worry about, or will it matter?
- Also what can my stats tell you about me right now? I know it's not nearly big enough of a sample size, but maybe it can shed some light. Not sure on what i should be aiming for, but I know for one thing I was playing too many hands near the end of my session, and it cost me, cause i went from up 4-5 buyins to my end result.
- Should i search out players I saw spew multiple buyins or what? saw one guy spew around 5 buyins off in like 100 hands
Now Some Hands(hopefully someone can comment on these for me):
POKERSTARS GAME #16717690056: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.02/$0.05) - 2008/04/14 - 03:06:12 (ET)
Table 'Mireille' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: W.-Meisterei ($6.73 in chips)
Seat 3: la_vengadora ($1.90 in chips)
Seat 4: flopma$ta ($4.30 in chips)
Seat 5: moneybuddha ($4.38 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($10.17 in chips)
Seat 7: Pekka89 ($12.18 in chips)
Seat 8: PhoenyX202 ($9.21 in chips)
Seat 9: bigsocce ($9.79 in chips)
Hero : posts small blind $0.02
Pekka89: posts big blind $0.05
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
bbhhu12 has returned
PhoenyX202: calls $0.05
bigsocce: folds
W.-Meisterei: folds
moneybuddha said, "the casino on pearl street by point defiance zoo have bad beats .. haven't played there though"
la_vengadora: calls $0.05
flopma$ta: folds
moneybuddha: calls $0.05
bbhhu12 leaves the table
Hero : calls $0.03
Pekka89: checks
Hero : checks
moneybuddha: bets $1
Hero : raises $2.70 to $3.70
moneybuddha: calls $2.43 and is all-in
Showdown Hero : shows (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
moneybuddha: shows (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
Hero collected $8.51 from pot
Summary Total pot $8.91 | Rake $0.40
Board
Seat 2: W.-Meisterei folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: la_vengadora folded on the Flop
Seat 4: flopma$ta folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: moneybuddha (button) showed and lost with two pair, Queens and Sixes
Seat 6: Hero (small blind) showed and won ($8.51) with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 7: Pekka89 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: PhoenyX202 folded on the Flop
Seat 9: bigsocce folded before Flop (didn't bet)
FERFERMEX: bets $2
Hero : raises $2.23 to $4.23 and is all-in
FERFERMEX: calls $2.23
Showdown Hero : shows (a pair of Jacks)
FERFERMEX: shows (a pair of Aces)
FERFERMEX collected $12.01 from pot
Summary Total pot $12.61 | Rake $0.60
Board
Seat 1: pandorra.2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Pekka89 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: FERFERMEX (small blind) showed and won ($12.01) with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: xxxBDPxxx (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: xocasperxo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: nexttime-J2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Hero showed and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 8: MaikNero folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hero : bets $0.60
123Louser321: raises $0.80 to $1.40
Pekka89: raises $7.23 to $8.63 and is all-in
Hero : calls $5.32 and is all-in
123Louser321: folds
Showdown Hero : shows (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
Pekka89: shows (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
Pekka89 collected $14.11 from pot
Summary Total pot $14.81 | Rake $0.70
Board
Seat 1: cerebri folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: T3tl37 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Pekka89 (button) showed and won ($14.11) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 4: cernig (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: nexttime-J2 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: sargeyboo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Hero showed and lost with two pair, Queens and Sixes
Seat 8: 123Louser321 folded on the Flop
Seat 9: xxxBDPxxx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hopefully i have done all this right, first time working with some of these codes and such, and if it's not right, fear not, i will fix it soon lol.
P.S. Already enjoying doing this blog, and bear with me I have an loling problem.
Looking for Microstakes Coachby SugoGosu, April 14
yeah, I'm realling having trouble with microstakes, been playing for ~5-6 months and I can't seem to win at all. Well, I have won ~$160 but I can't seem go anywhere with it. the last 4 months has been literally breakeven after 50k hands. If anyone wants to do some deal like 40-50% of winnings over a certain amount of time or something small like a buyin an hour ($10) it would be great.
If anyone wants to do this, I'd be so gracious, my MSN contact is: + Show Spoiler +
Was up 1.1k at one point but decided to keep playing. I played 1 hand really badly and that tilted me so I started to play badly and lost 4 buyins. I was tempted to continue playing but I felt I was playing bad so I quit.
Still good for first session at nl100 though even tho I'm pretty pissed off right now.
i dunno but i can't beat this for the life of me. running -5.34 BB / 100 BB
how do i deal w/ 3 bets when i'm on the button...what if i cbet with nothing but high cards and get called..etc...really basic general questions really, but i was able to crush nl5 6max so ez but nl10 is hard?
should i just play nit ring, or is 6max easier? help me win omgggggggggggggggggg
ive looked for like 5-10 minutes and i got some of the scripts im interested in using to work, however my bet pot will only bet 3x and 4x preflop, and doesnt make it 3.5x preflop, effectively it isnt potting it. if anyone knows how to change that and is willing to help id really appreciate it. trying to figure it out before sessioning tonite
Did another short session at NL200, but lost a buy-in due to a poorly played QQ hand, probably a little bit scared money. Went back to NL100 and my run there continues. I also cashed out $1100 and my roll is at a comfortable $4.2k atm, and I soon have 50k FPP, so I can get the $650 reward bonus.
I always wondered who the guys are that fuel the poker industry and the winning players like myself, realizing that there are much more losers than winners at poker because of the rake.
I thought it might be some guys who consider poker as a hobby, which costs a certain amount of money in the month, which they take from their loan, deposit and don't mind losing, because it's fun to them and being in a bowling club or going on holiday or getting blowjobs from hookers is also fun and costs money.
I also never followed the personal drama on this site, I simply would read the forums and read interesting threads and think about hands, but in the last few days it was unable to ignore that f4zi + neillyJQ thing.
Reading neilly's blog added it all up, it shows me what kind of people are also into poker. Desperate gamblers, always for the one big shot, then losing it all. Man, read it. It goes like this, a hundred times:
a) ran well at NL2
b) played some NL50, didn't do that good
c) won 6k at some tournies
d) played NL200/NL400/NL600/NL5k, went busto
e) started up again at NL2,... see a)
Guess Neilly was the only Supernova ever that played NL2.
If you should read this: I have nothing against you personally, but poker clearly isn't for you. But you probably are unable to change your attitude and personality, so the story is gonna repeat itself again and again. Seriously: Stop it, ask all the sites to ban you and find another hobby.
This is so sad. It shows me the other side of poker, the broken existences of people who cannot control themselves, who have weak personalities, who deposit their last money on Poker Sites or OnlineCasinos, just to lose it...
to me hopefully.
Anyway, when I play I only see the odds, the stats, the money, I have not to deal with the person behind that money, all I see is their screenname and they will take my money, if they have the chance, so why should I bother? Everybody is at least 18 years old and responsible for himself. Doubt that Neilly would succeed in another aspect of life, he simply would find a different addiction, probably being alcohol or drugs.
So no more soft feelings here, life is hard and you have to watch out to be on the winners side.
NL100 though bores me a little bit at the moment, after playing NL200, it lacks the thrill of the big monies, I need a little bit of fresh motivation, and I think by sweating some other player I might get it.
So basically I offer a free lesson at NL50 or NL25, only Fullring.
If you are interested, you should have the following qualification:
1) able to speak proper english
2) having PokerTracker or a similar program with a HUD
3) knowing basic terms like equity, implied odds etc.
4) Having a headset, Skype and WebDialogs Unyte
preferably playing at stars or FTP because I am familiar with the software.
If you are interested and fulfill my criteria, post here or send me a PM, gonna do this one time, probably 1 or 2 hours.
I went over to visit my dad in Munich, Germany (No he’s not from Germany – he is ½ American ½ British). Which makes me ¼ American and ¼ British and ½ Swedish. Anyways it was alot of fun seeing my little brother and my twin sisters again, and ofcourse my dad and my stepmom too. My dad and I have alot of things in common, one of them is wine, so I brought a Margaux from 97 which we drank together – which was a decent wine, nothing very very fancy and I think it was around $100. I got a nice Bvlgari (read Bulgari) perfume for my stepmother, and some Wii sports rackets for my little brother.
Btw, if people want I can start blogging about various wines that I enjoy, and stuff to look for.
So I had a pretty strange night out in Munich. I went to meet a friend and his girlfriend (they are swedish, but his parents live in Munich – and we just happened to be in Munich at the same time). The two to the left http://photos-894.ll.facebook.com/pho...1/501438894/n501438894_50754_1457.jpg
– the picture is taken from a swedish holiday called ”Valborg” when I celebrated in Uppsala, a univeristy city an hour away from Stockholm. It’s very big in Uppsala and in Lund, and the drinking is crazy. Its basically drinking 16 hours a day for like 3-4 days straight. This was from the ”Champagne” evening, where you buy Champagne and not really drink it but pour it over people. A really sick holiday in Sweden.
Anyways about the night out, so I went and met them and we started to drink some beer in an irish/australian pub in town. After a few beers I find myself needing to go the toilet, so I stand up and go over to the toilet, and outside of the toilet I see an old friend of mine whom I went to school with in Munich, so I say ”Hey – how are you doing”. He answers pretty casually ”alright”. So I was like, jeez what a dick. So I proceed to say it again, ”Hey man how are you”. Now he thinks I’m there to pick a fight with him, and I am a pretty big guy, and I was wearing an adidas England sweater/jacket. So I finally say, ”Alex, don’t you recognize me” – and then we started to drink together. So after a few hours my friends from Sweden go home, and I somehow meet this other swedish guy who is like 4-5 years older than me, and we went to the same school back in the days. So we’re standing in the stairs at the pub and out of the blue this swedish comes and says in swedish ”What – are you guys speaking swedish?? With a WTF expression on her face”. So we’re like yeah, and she says ”I’m here with two other swedish girls, come and sit with us”. So I’m like: ship it, and proceed to follow her to their table. My swedish friend seems to go to some other place and leaves me. So the girl in the stairs had a german boyfriends, but she was pretty ugly so it didnt really matter, and the other two were ok too. One was above decent and the other one decent (mind you – swedish standards). So I end up taking these girls to like 2-3 nightclubs and paying for their evening. So about $700 down for the evening I’m on my way back to my dads house, and I tell myself ”Chris, dont fall asleep like you always do, cos you got to go the airport soon”. 45 mins later I wake up on the train really satisfied when I look out of the window, because its my home town obviously. That happy feeling lasts for about 10 seconds when I realize I am at the last fucking station of my train line. So still fairly drunk and fairly pissed off of not shipping at least one of the girls (because of me having to leave for the airport), and being in a shithole town outside of Munich. I walk to the taxi that is closest and tell her to drive me home. My dad calls me and says that we have to leave for the airport in 30 mins. I explained the situation, and told him where I was and that I would be home in about 30 mins. I get home, go down to the cellar and get my bag, and leave for the airport with a cup of tea in the car.
This weekend was really sick too, I’ve been drunk since last Friday, and I woke uptoday pretty hungover, I missed out on the hangovers the other days since I started drinking as soon as I woke up. Ill update you guys about the weekend another day.
I think I’m getting into an iffy situation regarding the opposite sex, once again I’ll update more on that sistuation when I know more.
Since I used to play alot of HU’s sngs before, I played some NL HU, which was fun. Up on NL100 and NL200 HU, down on NL50 HU (LOL???????). Here are some hands:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/450092/Euro_LP_Meetup.html – Can people start planning? I will be there with my friends so its no biggy, but for the people that arent used to swedish partying (this is an experience). There are 600 people whom have confirmed, and 200 is the max number, obv my friends are prioritized, so start planning ASAP.
I just want to apologize in advance, this blog post will not have any heroics from Dzoo
Sorry for the disappointment
Anyways I was doing pretty shitty in 6max last couple days after playing/running well most of the month. So I decided to watch Raptor's CR vid and AlusivePnkBunny's vid on Leggo and implement some of what they did to my own HU game and give it a try. Needless to say it tilts the hell outta people
I'll prob start playing half HU and half 6max for awhile and see how that goes.
(I think first 30-40k hands are at 50NL and rest are at 100NL)
So March was the first month I've ever played without thinking of withdrawing since I now get a student allowance from the government once a fortnight so overall a good month when I add in rakeback.
Then with high hopes and dreams for April I approached poker however it was not to be, Full Tilt soon let me know that their generosity had it's boundaries:
(I have looked over my hands and I think I have developed a lot of leaks playing tired and tilting after running bad etc)
Anyway I think this is one of the few times that I've posted a terrible graph like this Not because I don't have losing months I just generally stay in denial until I find a good month that I can graph and post.
With the depressing constant losing of the first half of this month I've finally found something that I can claim to kind of "win" at.
The game is simple you jump by right clicking at the start and that's the only time you'll have to click, from then on you just have to jump on or hit the bells with the rabbit and keep him going higher and higher.
Anyway life is pretty mundane OBVIOUSLY since I'm posting about playing some ridiculously childish flash game, the other most "exciting" thing to happen this month has been going over my download limit of 50 gigs by 31 gigs on the last day.. yeah I'm a true rebel downloading dvd rips and a bunch of tv series.
Notable "good" movies watched include: Michael Clayton, No Country for Old men, Resurrecting the Champ, Walk hard Dewey Cox and 27 Dresses if only because I love Katherine Heigl:
Watched/Still watching: Sg-1 (up to season 6 now tis awesome), The office (US version) which took some time to grow on me but worth it, and Everybody loves Raymond.
About to watch: Grey's Anatomy, Gilmore Girls (I know this is extremely queer even for me but I love the dialog that occurs in this show), My name is Earl and Two and a Half Men.
Boston Legal and Scrubs have both started churning out episodes again so I'll start watching them as they come out again, Yay!
If anyone has ideas for good movies or series's to watch let me know, but don't tell me if it's horror or anything scary since I refuse to watch those genres...
Yes it might be tad bit pansy but I just don't think it's worth it if not only do I not enjoy the movie but I'm scared for the next week or two with my imagination running wild scaring myself stupid.
So since this is ridiculously depressing for me and probably boring for those reading it I thought I'd share some humor and whatever else I've thought was interesting lately:
This wasn't funny but I definitely thought it was pretty cool:
Oh and before I finish off Harold and Kumar preview, I really only watched this short trailer and not the extended/spoilers available on you-tube so I wouldn't ruin it:
Today I've entered a 5+0.5 30 ppl mini tournament. First 3 places were paid. Unfortunately I've busted out in 3rd, but whatever, I'm above 500$ now. Last hand was 4betted allin with 88 and AA called me, /cry
I was chipleader, from the second lvl with that hand: + Show Spoiler +
Drawy board, now or never I put the donkleading guy exactly on that hand what he held, but the other on JJ, so I called.
Submitted by : znb
Hand #52545366-36 at Mon7amA-001 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 14/Apr/08 07:31:21
rmspoker is at seat 0 with $1895 mick1960 is at seat 1 with $1360 Lolita114 is at seat 2 with $1220 Kieli is at seat 3 with $1815 shortstack AA is at seat 4 with $1800 JIMBOMACK is at seat 5 with $590 Hero is at seat 6 with $1910 aussie_kitten is at seat 7 with $1235 Pagi123 is at seat 8 with $1915 Kickapoo1960 is at seat 9 with $2620 The button is at seat 0 mick1960 posts the small blind of $15 Lolita114 posts the big blind of $30
Showdown mick1960 has : a pair of deuces Kieli has : a pair of deuces Hero has : two pair, kings and deuces
Summary No rake is taken for this hand Hero wins the main pot $4290 with two pair, kings and deuces Hero wins the side pot $910 with two pair, kings and deuces
I put the guy on fd or middle pair, and the turn paired the top card on the board and it gave me excellent chance to second barrel.
Submitted by : znb
Hand #52545366-58 at Mon7amA-001 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 14/Apr/08 07:48:53
rmspoker is at seat 0 with $2140 emashl is at seat 1 with $1740 Lolita114 is at seat 2 with $2280 shortstack AA is at seat 4 with $2300 lucy Diamond is at seat 5 with $2600 Hero is at seat 6 with $5615 Pagi123 is at seat 8 with $1790 Kickapoo1960 is at seat 9 with $2395 The button is at seat 4 lucy Diamond posts the small blind of $20 Hero posts the big blind of $40
-So bad shortstack play, I would call that every time:
Submitted by : znb
Hand #52545366-103 at Mon7amA-001 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 14/Apr/08 08:19:55
rmspoker is at seat 0 with $5810 emashl is at seat 1 with $1880 Lolita114 is at seat 2 with $1960 lucy Diamond is at seat 5 with $2360 Hero is at seat 6 with $5295 Kickapoo1960 is at seat 9 with $3555 The button is at seat 0 emashl posts the small blind of $75 Lolita114 posts the big blind of $150
emashl checks Hero bets $1430 emashl folds,
showing Hero is returned 1430 (uncalled)
Summary No rake is taken for this hand Hero wins $1050
-Learn to cbet, lol:
Submitted by : znb
Hand #52545348-3 at Mon7amA-Final (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 14/Apr/08 08:26:17
jbreezy99 is at seat 0 with $1565 lucy Diamond is at seat 1 with $2360 Fitzy77 is at seat 2 with $2925 Hero is at seat 3 with $5820 leppa2 is at seat 4 with $7710 rmspoker is at seat 5 with $6865 Pot Colonel is at seat 6 with $4160 Kickapoo1960 is at seat 7 with $3480 Lolita114 is at seat 8 with $3995 jradee is at seat 9 with $1620 The button is at seat 4 rmspoker posts the small blind of $75 Pot Colonel posts the big blind of $150
lucy Diamond has disconnected, is dropped lucy Diamond has reconnected Kickapoo1960 folds Lolita114 folds jradee folds jbreezy99 folds lucy Diamond folds Fitzy77 raises to $525 Hero calls leppa2 folds rmspoker folds Pot Colonel folds
Flop (Pot : $1275)
Fitzy77 checks Hero bets $1000 Fitzy77 folds,
showing Hero is returned $1000 (uncalled)
Summary No rake is taken for this hand Hero wins $1275
-And again...
Submitted by : znb
Hand #52545348-13 at Mon7amA-Final (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 14/Apr/08 08:32:47
lucy Diamond is at seat 1 with $2135 Fitzy77 is at seat 2 with $5325 Hero is at seat 3 with $6345 leppa2 is at seat 4 with $6785 rmspoker is at seat 5 with $4665 Pot Colonel is at seat 6 with $2810 Kickapoo1960 is at seat 7 with $3605 Lolita114 is at seat 8 with $4145 jradee is at seat 9 with $4685 The button is at seat 4 rmspoker posts the small blind of $100 Pot Colonel posts the big blind of $200 lucy Diamond : -- --
WTF Gief me 4 flush board plz...
Submitted by : znb
Hand #52545348-21 at Mon7amA-Final (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 14/Apr/08 08:36:30
Fitzy77 is at seat 2 with $6025 Hero is at seat 3 with $7245 leppa2 is at seat 4 with $6435 rmspoker is at seat 5 with $7400 Pot Colonel is at seat 6 with $1760 Kickapoo1960 is at seat 7 with $3805 Lolita114 is at seat 8 with $3445 jradee is at seat 9 with $4385 The button is at seat 4 rmspoker posts the small blind of $100 Pot Colonel posts the big blind of $200
Fkin one time, I've outkicked somebody!
Submitted by : znb
Hand #52545348-28 at Mon7amA-Final (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 14/Apr/08 08:40:00
Fitzy77 is at seat 2 with $5625 Hero is at seat 3 with $4240 leppa2 is at seat 4 with $6935 rmspoker is at seat 5 with $7300 Pot Colonel is at seat 6 with $2160 Kickapoo1960 is at seat 7 with $7410 Lolita114 is at seat 8 with $2345 jradee is at seat 9 with $4485 The button is at seat 3 leppa2 posts the small blind of $100 rmspoker posts the big blind of $200
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(a straight, Ace to Five)
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. if anyone knows how to change that and is willing to help id really appreciate it. trying to figure it out before sessioning tonite
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