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by far longest session ever, 6tabled the whole time


cleared a goldstar FPP bonus too so that was nice


I'll be back to 100nl tomorrow, but just felt like hitting the 50 tables today because they looked so soft

GL LP


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I just figured this out and it's brought so much joy to my life! So I just had to share... for those of you who don't know, once you set your tables up how you like em, you can save the positioning in the "Custom Layout" section when you click on the chips (I think it's under view but also there's that little button on the bottom right of the chips you can click to get there too). It's extremely helpful for mass multitabling - I was doing 11 tables cause that's the most I can fit comfortably without resizing, and it was always a pain in the ass to get them into position. Here's a pic of how I set it up:

http://premium1.uploadit.org/IAElitesquad//11tables.jpg

I would use the "cascade tables" option to get all the ones on the left, then just put the ones on the right there myself. If I had to leave a table during the session, adding a new one was a serious pain in the ass and I'd spend time trying to put it into position. I couldn't cascade again cause then it would take the two tables on the right and cascade them too, resizing everything.

But now I live in the lap of luxury after finding this new feature out. It just automatically puts new tables into the empty spots and keeps everything in order. This has saved me many timeouts. I am the timeout king anyways, so this shit was really kicking my ass. And there's nothing more tilting than trying to position a table and then finding out you got aces folded cause you timed out, especially when someone open shoved into you preflop!

Playing a LOT of poker these days and the hands fly by @ 11 tables. Sessions lasting about 1 hour or 1,000 hands, sometimes a little more or less depending on if I tilt or not. If I tilt the sessions end quickly cause I just get off. I've been doing 3-5 sessions a day and at least 4,000 hands a day for the last 3 days. Got a bonus going which should clear soon which is nice. Finally saved enough FPP's to buy that platinum $650 bonus, which is gonna be very helpful in building the BR back for NL100. I wanna go up to NL100 with 30 buyins so that I can play with the mental cushion that the extra buyins provide. I play better when I know I've got a big cushion to fall back on.

That's all for now - hope this trick helps you guys out. I'm gonna go set up some other layouts to use when I start playing less tables ^^


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I want to play the Weds. Stuper tonight (320.00) but don't want to spend almost two bi's on one tournament b/c i'm a nit and just had a downswing. I am looking for someone who feels like gambling and is interested in buying half my action. So 160 for you and me, split any money 50/50. I'm trustworthy and won't grim you, so any LPers who are bored and have some gamble PM me. GL to you all.-- Patrick.


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so 25NL didn't work out too well and instead of shortstacking 1kNL i followed my poker conscience and moved back down to 10NL T_T

i opened up 12 tables of fury and went on to S/M assrape the game at 20BB/100 over 4.7k in 3 days and now i again have a robust roll for 25NL

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i tried to apply the concept of isolation and pot control as much as possible which often meant choosing not to cbet the flop with medium to weak hands and value betting the turn and river. Position became a lot more important because not only did it provide me with more information about those that acted before me, but it also gave me the ability to manipulate the size of the pot depending on the strength of my hand.

knowing that, 10NL was pretty ez game... to think i thought 10NL was ever difficult ROFL

i think i should be fine moving up until people start 3betting me light and picking fights with me heh...

GG and FUCK YOU 10NL HAHAHAHA


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VPiP 5
PFR 0

sick ship



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I didnt get any setups besides running into 1 set of 3 with QQ on 34J flop.
so i guess i might be slightly up for the session since overall i palyed well.
Didnt get payed of much either though.
letz see in a few minutes


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So yeah, poker has been going pretty neat up until now
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Havent played as much as i've wanted to tho, mainly due to laziness/school

Today was more like this tho ;-(
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Still have about 210$ and my 50$ bonus halfway cleared so i don't really care.

also filled in this tusk liquidation crap form.

Because im too poor to afford a scanner i had to print the forms, fill them in and then photograph them with my digital camera lols

Honestly don't know how much its gonna help but who know.

/Henrik


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Compared to past and future UFC cards, this event is pretty lousy. Still, there are some pretty interesting fights.

GSP vs Matt Serra:

While GSP should be the favorite here and their first fight was something of a fluke, there's no denying serra is a very difficult matchup for GSP. GSP wins his fights because of his tremendous wrestling, something he can't take advantage of vs serra because of how great serra is all around on the ground. GSP is going to have to be very patient and look to pick serra apart from distance, taking advantage of serra's height...this just isn't the kind of guy GSP should look to run over. For serra, he'll need to keep the distance close to negate any striking advantage GSP has, and look to setup any takedowns he can muster. If serra can get GSP respecting his hands enough he should be able to get a takedown or two. Even though GSP probably wins, if you can get serra at +380 or better that would be a great bet.

Rich Franklin vs Travis Lutter:

This is a matchup that Rich usually dominates. he has superior wrestling and athleticism than lutter with a huge advantage in the striking dept. I think Rich wins this fight 9 times out of 10 or more so even though he's sitting at -350 on most sites i think it is a good bet. For Lutter, somehow he's going to need to get rich on the ground, I don't think it happens in the clinch and if he tries to strike with rich he's going to be KO'd so I think his best bet may be to shoot in and try to switch through Rich's sprawl or even just pull a high guard or pull guard and look for a sweep. Even then, Rich has a good ground game so getting top position isn't going to give him the win...he's going to need to fight the perfect fight and really concentrate on winning rounds rather than risking losing position by forcing a sub.

Kalib Starnes vs Nate Quarry:

I'm not too sure why, but it looks like Kalib is a pretty big dog in this fight. I don't know if I missed the boat on what Nate is capable of but this fight seems very close to me and I'm inclined to give a slight edge to Kalib. Nate has a slight advantage with strikes and wrestling but I think Kalib's edge on the ground is pretty big...mix that in with the fact that Nate is very weak with his standup defense and I think it should be relatively easy for Kalib to set up his takedowns with some good striking. Nate has heavy hands though so if Kalib starts to struggle to get the fight on the ground he'll be in a whole lot of trouble. Another big factor in this fight is the fact that Nate has fought one single time in the past 2 1/2 years...potential cage rust makes me like Kalib even more. If the odds were even on this fight I'd probably recommend staying away but right now Kalib is over +200 on every site (with his highest being +271 on pinnacle) so i think this should be an autobet.

Charles McCarthy vs Michael Bisping:

Bisping was one of the most overhyped fighters in the UFC but after his controversial win over Hammill and loss to evans it's died down quite a bit. on the other hand McCarthy really hasn't ever done anything and while his ground game is good, he isn't solid at all in other facets. Bisping is superior to McCarthy in pretty much every way and will likely TKO him so even though I don't like putting money on overhyped unproven fighters this just isn't a fight bisping is going to lose very often at all. If you can somehow find Bisping better than -300 then it's probably a pretty good bet.

Mark Bocek vs Mac Danzig:

I don't know much about Bocek but Danzig is a very solid all around fighter. It seems likely to me that Bocek is going to try to shoot in or takedown mac down, fail, and probably end up TKO'd or subbed for his troubles. Danzig is also coming into this fight as an overwhelming favorite so I'd avoid putting money on him, if you have some reason to think Bocek has a good chance in this fight then he's probably a good bet just based on the odds you'll be getting.


That's it for the main card fights, next up is the undercard guys which I don't have any odds for so I'll go strictly on how I think the outcome will be.


Joe Doerkson vs Jason MacDonald:

Why this is an undercard fight I have no idea at all. These two guys are very similar to eachother in how they like to fight and I expect it to be a war on the ground. Because MacDonald is the stronger of the two, I expect him to find himself in top position more often than not so I give the edge to him but Doerkson is more than capable off of his back and can easily give MacDonald fits, if not sub him. This fight may come down to who can control the standup, in which case again I give a slight edge to the taller and stronger MacDonald.

Jason Day vs Alan Belcher:

I don't know who Jason Day is, apparently this is his first profession mma fight? I don't know where he comes from so I can't really comment on how I see the fight going down except I don't recognize the name from any major bjj or grappling events. Alan belcher isn't really the type to take advantage of that though, so all I can really say is Belcher probably wins because of experience alone.

Ed Herman vs Demian Maia:

Another fight that should be on the main card. Maia happens to be one of the top 10 best bjj practitioners in the world, regardless of weight class, so at 185 unless your name happens to be Ronaldo de Souza if you're on the ground with maia, whether you're on top or he's on top, you're in some trouble. Herman's advantage in wrestling is going to be both a good and bad thing. Good because he has the tools to keep Maia from taking the fight to the ground but bad because it will be easy for him to get sucked into a ground fight if Maia pulls guard. For herman, the more boring he can make this fight the better. If I were his trainer I'd have him watch andrei vs werdum over and over again so he knows to do everything he possibly can to keep maia from getting close even if that means running halfway across the cage to avoid him. If Maia shows competence with his striking it's going to be an ugly night for Herman. Those that know me know what I'm going to pick, Maia by sub rd 1.

Rich Clementi vs Sam Stout:

This should be a very fun fight. Stout has the clear advantage in standup, especially where technique is concerned while Clementi has the clear advantage on the ground. As Stout hasn't shown me a great TD defense I give the edge to Clementi but if Stout is game on the ground and can keep himself from being subbed this could end up being the fight of the night.

Brad Morris vs Cain Velasquez:

I don't really know either of these two guys but because of his name I'm going to pick Cain by chokeslam from hell. Especially cause he's repping AZ :D!

Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs Jonathon Goulet:

Hironaka has had a rough start to his UFC career due mostly to two of his first 3 fights being against legit top 5 170 pounders in alves and fitch but this should be a good fight for him to begin establishing his place in the UFC WW division. Goulet is a very solid all around fighter with a lot of experience but I feel like Hironaka has a much better ground game and is the superior athlete. Look for a solid decision win from Hironaka, possibly a sub if goulet makes a bad mistake.



The event really lacks a strong main card, GSP vs serra is going to be fun but other than that I really don't see much. In fact, I would bump Kalib vs nate, McCarthy vs Bisping, and Bocek vs Danzig all to the Undercard and move Maia vs Herman, Doerkson vs MacDonald, and either Hironaka vs Goulet or Clementi vs Stout all to the main card. In any case, it could very easily turn into a great event so I'll be watching it.


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Now im back...

As some of you may noticed,I took a shot at NL100 and got swonged for 10 buyins bye-bye 1k,first I played scared money since I used only 35 buyins and then I saw im playing scared money and played recklessly...

Needless to say that didn't help.

I also noticed unless im playing with at least 40+ buyins on a limit I play scared money,so I cashed out 500$ after losing 1k,left myself with 2.5k perfectly enough to play NL50 and raping NL50 again,yesterday won 5 bi's,grinded about 6k hands or something.

This month I'll be going to get my BR up to 5k and then start to grind NL100 properly without any cashouts for the time being...

That is until I get 7-8k then I gotta cashout 2k to pay for my licensce exam,and gonna move into a apartment which I ll have to pay about 250-350$ monthly,but its definately worth it for the peace of mind.

Oh well I blogged this up so you people know I aint dead yet,so cya at the tables <3.

One hand for Sir0

Submitted by : Cro)Deadman

PokerStars Game #16574017238: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/04/08 - 06:45:54 (ET)
Table 'Chloris' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: alpacker22 ($60.75 in chips)
Seat 2: phoenix236 ($41.80 in chips)
Seat 4: Sir0 ($160.90 in chips)
Seat 5: ddontplay ($74.60 in chips)
Seat 6: greezex ($154.30 in chips)
Seat 7: HawaiiHoldm ($30.45 in chips)
Seat 8: 99killed ($203.35 in chips)
Seat 9: monty1231234 ($50 in chips)
ddontplay: posts small blind $0.50
greezex : posts big blind $1

Holecards
Dealt to greezex
HawaiiHoldm: folds
99killed: folds
monty1231234: folds
alpacker22: folds
phoenix236: folds
Sir0: raises $3 to $4
ddontplay: folds
greezex : raises $10 to $14
Sir0: raises $22 to $36
greezex : raises $118.30 to $154.30 and is all-in
Sir0: folds
greezex collected $72.50 from pot
greezex : doesn't show hand

Summary
Total pot $72.50 | Rake $0
Seat 1: alpacker22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: phoenix236 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Sir0 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 5: ddontplay (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: greezex (big blind) collected ($72.50)
Seat 7: HawaiiHoldm folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: 99killed folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: monty1231234 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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So it's finally melting! There has been so much snow, ridiculous, there's actually quite less than there used to be, you can still have a good idea of what it looks like Finally Spring! and soon summer weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I really gotta move to Vegas or something, I hate winter here
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Aside from that I'm doing very well pokerwise, I'm up about 30k for the month, took my first shot at 10/20 yesterday and won 7k, weee! Hoping to become one of the super ballers of LP soon! =D

Even though I might lose 40k off this Tusk shit liquidation thing on microgaming I still feel safe now that I have enough to play 5/10 comfortably!

Happy SPRING! xD




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I was a little bit over break even the last 2 days and ran at -35ptbb today. I can't blame today entirely on running like shit since I didn't play that good. I feel a huge downswing coming but hopefully not or else that would blow.

Only 2 hands over $10 I won

88 vs A9
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55 vs K4
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Very last hand of the day.
AJ vs JJ
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I have a shit load of losing hands but after I hit backspace by accident and everything got deleted.



graph from today
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graph from last 3 days
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Ok so i been running terrible now for 3 months no joke and today topped the bullshit meter for sure. I've been trying to ride it out but i've had only like 4 good days in 3 months and its starting to get ridiculous. So im just going to use this site to vent to because i need something besides putting holes in my house. Heres 3 hands that happened within 3 minutes of each other at the end of my session today.


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thepats2007: another guy who thinks he's hevad
Dealer: Regular time for player thepats2007 has expired, TIME BANK has been activated
Dealer: Game #16592983446: leukehond wins pot (5044)
leukehond: KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN


jus payin homage


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Today was an absolute disaster. I'm so sick of playing my 'second' session for the day and getting creamed.

I played a good 1.5k hand session this morning after working out, made 600$, and was ready to call it day, but got bored later on, played more, was doing okay and then got insta-stacked on two tables at once to coolers, and bled another 100$ before I quit.

Then I decided that the best way to win it back was to 9-table..... I end the day down 800$ from when I started today, and it could have been MUCH worse. I got lucky in some hands that I played very badly.

Ugh even though I still have a BR for 200NL I think I am going to step it down to 100NL for a while until I can get this shit under control. I worked too hard to build this BR and I don't want to lose it god dammit.


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just put another hole in my wall, so that makes two total now. i fixed the first one already but will fix this one when i get home from school tomorrow

it's because of this:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/421057

it's kinda gay how i was closing all my tables out when this and another hand where i have kk v aa happen


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Im getting owned so hard at my internet service (Fibertel 2M)
This is how things are from 7pm to 2am

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Im gonna see what can I do to change this, becouse I cant play poker/use msn this way


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Lot of setups, losing allins when ahead...etc


only lost 3bi but just felt like i got hit by a truck

moving down to 50 for a while prob

grr


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