Today was a good day, just like Ice Cube once sang .
The style I chose to play as of yesterday works wonders it seems. Keeps the swings to a minimum, increases the actual winrate and has less risk of ruin/tilt. I play around 15/12 right now, with a low aggression rate as it is not required to semi bluff or call down in marginal spots. Just wait for the nuts and get it in with the better hand. I will play on until I hit NL100 + coaching from Hansen.
TV SHOWS:
I guess everyone knows about the topic which I will discuss right now, TV - Shows. Everyone watches them or remembers past times when he/she used to watch them. One of my all time favourite TV-Characters has to be AL BUNDY. He is my personal hero - I can virtually watch infinite re-airings of "Married with Children" without ever getting bored. Every episode is just pure entertainment.
Well the show is from the 80s/90s and lots of excellent shows have been produced ever since, I would like to name a few:
DexterIMDB LINK - This is the best show ever produced, period. It's a about a mass murderer working as a forensic police officer at Miami PD. He kills those who succeed at fooling the justice systems, or think they are above the law / too clever to be noticed as bad persons. First season is just pure dynamite and I recommend everyone to watch Dexter!
South Park
Well no need to go into detail here, everyone knows the show and I guess there is not a single person who doesn't like this show, except maybe Tom Cruise and Isaac Hayes
The 12th season just started. I urge you to watch it.
You can stream every episode here LINK
House
No explanation needed I guess.
Rome
Never as popular or successful as other HBO primetime productions. Went overlooked by a lot of people who could not quite connect with the culture/history of ancient Rome. This has to be THE BEST historical series ever produced. Once again by HBO. They spent over 100M $ to build up ancient Rome and fill it with life. The plot is dramatic and each episode is a blessing for the viewer. A must for everyone who is either from Europe, interested in History or likes to be entertained big time.
Well, there are hundreds of excellent TV shows around, I just wanted to point the finger for those of you who have not had the pleasure to enjoy them yet. At http://thepiratebay.com -> TV SHOWs you can virtually download all of them. But I have to advise you to rather buy the DVD's, since P2P download is bad and illegal.
ok my last entry i was moving up to the $3 turbo sngs when i was at about 150 br now that i am off those i went to the 5 sng and didnt really like not playin the turbos so i moved up with a little over 50 bi at the $6 turbo single table 9 man sngs i got a sweet roll now im at 487.75 from my original buy in of only 8 dollars not bad i must say turning in a 8 dollar br into almost 480 in profits i will be moving up to the $10 sngs shortly but i might wait till i get 700 for my br just in case i go on a bad run of cards which seems to happen a lot on joker stars any one play frequently on the $10 sng levels and have a tips for me please leave me a comment all is welcome and i would love to hear some opinions from others that play all the time on that level
thanks
-B
If anyone can tell me what video/band the following photo is from i will ship 20$~~ Pokerstars only.
(subtitle is just an inside joke, doesn't have to do with the video"
I started playing 50nl in the beginning of this month, and for all this time it seemed as if I couldn't win.
I was constantly swinging.
Firstly, I was running bad. I can't really complain about this.
But secondly, I was playing bad. I was not confident in my 50nl game at all. For the last few days however, I've been talking to a lot of players over MSN and it. It seems that I was lacking my basic poker fundamentals. I told myself, "ok you suck at poker, do something about it" so I continued to analyze my fundamental play, and it was then when I started to regain some confidence.
My thanks goes out to all of you. Although this may just be a sick heater, my conversations with you helped me realize a lot of flaws in my game, some which I have identified already and some which I will continue to do so. I am determined to beat this.
So I come home for easter from Uni and have not much to do, my laptop is broken and being repaired and I withdrew all my money from rednines 3 weeks ago and am still waiting for the check... not too optimistic.
Anyway I remember I have a bit in PS so I load it up on my Dad's laptop and see I have $150, play a bit of NL10, end up a buy in or two and decide to play a couple of mtts. I play two pf the $11 10 minute level tournies and cash for $105 and $491. ship. Now rolled for NL25 I start playing and by this morning im at about $800. Then I have the best session everrrrrrrrr!
4 tabling NL25 im stacking someone every 15 minutes or so and im sat with about 3 buyins on all my tables after a couple of hours, then my starcraft friend and LP member XeliN comes and sits in at one of my tables. XeliN plays very aggro and sick vs people he knows so its always fun playing with him, anyway he has a good run at our common table and after an hour we are both 400bb deep when the following hand happens...
SunlightS: checks
PRO_rANDY : bets $37
SunlightS: raises $46.70 to $83.70 and is all-in
ChrisThePro said, "wow"
PRO_rANDY : calls $46.70
River (Pot : $218.15)
Showdown SunlightS: shows (a pair of Nines)
PRO_rANDY : shows (two pair, Nines and Deuces)
PRO_rANDY collected $215.15 from pot
SunlightS said, "nice call"
ChrisThePro said, "omg"
Summary Total pot $218.15 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: SuperKaF folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Maarten333 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: PRO_rANDY (button) showed and won ($215.15) with two pair, Nines and Deuces
Seat 4: SunlightS (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 5: pokerace85 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: ChrisThePro folded before Flop (didn't bet)
I called pf because I know I can get paid by Xelin very easily if I hit, so suited connectors are gold. Was very nervous by the river as this was the biggest pot I ever played, and so deep, but through the hand just told myself to think of it as chips and not money and make the decision I thought was right. Would have been sick if he hit an out on the river :D.
Anyway ended the session up 15 buy-ins, dropped a buy in later in the evening to end the day at $1150, having made $1,000 for the week easing my poor financial situation, so I can afford to pay my laptop repairs :D Just hope I will get my rednines money now for the cherry on top.
Almost forgot, also got my new highest scores on wii tennis + bowling today, -5 for the nine holes and 252 shippppp.
Wynn Classic: Main Event Day 1by JonnyCosMo, March 22
Beep beep beep… the alarm went off at 11:30 Sunday morning, but I snoozed it til 11:50. I kicked brystmar til he woke up, since he crashed on my floor then I walked down to the tournament room. The day before I made a last longer bet with mig.com, actionDJ, and FrinkX for $100 each. I figured they were all drawing dead since I end up lasting forever in these Wynn tournaments since I run so fucking good. At noon, it was surprising how many people weren’t there for the $10,000 main event when the cards hit the air. Of the 9 players registered at my table, only me and another guy showed up on time, so we ended up trading blinds back and forth for 2 orbits. A 3rd guy sat down 10 mins later, then eventually more and more players started to filter into the tournament floor. Eric Siedel was the first player I recognized, as he took a seat to my direct left. Mike Sexton was across the table, and then Toto Leonidas sat down 2 seats to my right. They were known but not really the kind of player I feared… then a player I actually feared sat down: Travis Pearson. For those of you who don’t know, Travis plays the highest games at the Wynn and absolutely destroys them. You can ask around for some stories from people who play regularly with him, but basically I’ve heard rumors of ace-high snap calls in huge pots as he tips the dealer before the cards are even shown. Totally nasty style.
We started with 20,000 at 25/50, I chipped up to 22,000 pretty quickly then I took two huge hits 20 minutes into the first level: I picked up KK and raised to 200 utg, and got 2 callers. The flop came 3-3-4 and I lead out for 500, and the young kid called. Turn came a 4, and I lead for 1200 and once again the young kid called. At this point it felt like some pocket pair that was 55+. The river dropped a 7 and I bet 2600, and he raised to 6000. Puke I folded, and he picked up the pot. A couple hands later, I play a nightmare pot that I totally screw up: UTG middle aged guy limps, I raise to 200 w AJo, and I get 2 callers behind me + the UTG limper calls. Flop comes Jc-Js-2c, and UTG guy checks, I go absolutely retarded and decide to check(?) wow worst play ever? The caller behind me bets 400, Mike Sexton folds, the UTG limper check-raises to 1400. YUCK! So here I am trying to be all deceptive and find myself stuck in a spot where anything I do is going to announce the strength of my hand. The UTG limper’s c/r also seemed really really strong to me which had me a little freaked about 22. I decided to flat call with the intention to fold to any big bet on the turn, and the original bettor behind me insta-folded. The turn dropped a 8d, and the UTG player insta-fires 4,000. This is where I should have gone with my game plan and made an easy laydown… nope! Time to dig myself a bigger hole and call fuck I play so bad. River drops Qh, and he puts me all-in for 11,500. PUUUUKKKKEEE!!! If I call turn I obv should be calling river right? I rag on myself for a good 5 minutes and finally fold and leave the table to cool off. I run into brystmar and tell him what just happened and he gave me a little prep talk to un-tilt me. I took a good 5 minutes off to walk around then came back to the table only to find a new player to my right… Anna Wroblewski. For those of you who don’t know, she is an insanely spewy kind of player who ended up coolering me in a $6,000 pot at 5/10 over the summer. So naturally that kind of puts me on even sicker life tilt, especially since I get chipped down all the way to 7,500 in chips and it was still the 1st level.
Time to refocus: I picked up a few pots and moved myself back up to 9,000. Then I take a huge pot vs Travis when I made a funky play with a flush draw and happened to hit it on the river. That moved me back up to 18,000 which is where I ended the 1st level at. After the break, things picked up for me. Eric Seidel was busted by Mike Sexton, so I had him off of my left side which was nice. I made a quick move vs Mike Sexton, as he had been trying to pick on me all day, so I check-raised turn after he floated flop with obv garbage. Then I picked up AK, and got into a 3 bet pot vs him and check-raised all-in after flopping my ace. He tanked and folded. Then I made a squeeze vs the guy who took the big pot from my AJo earlier in the tournament and Anna with A9s from the big blind. I flopped my ace and busted the middle aged guy when he shoved 77 as a bluff. Ended the 2nd break at 33,000! Great success!
After Travis busted early in the 3rd level my table broke, obv was on sick tilt as he bluffed off a lot of chips when Ryan Young was moved to our table. I had to say, Mike Sexton wasn’t very good… he was playing close to 80% of the hands dealt to him and although he was aggressive he was definitely spewy. Toto Leonidas on the other hand definitely was impressive. He played a very aggressive game, and showed down a deceptively played monster when he doubled through Mike Sexton. Other than that, he was almost never at showdown and slowly chipped up without getting into many big pots. Anna Wroblewski played a very solid tournament game, and she was pretty friendly / fun to sit next to, as she kept complaining about how tournaments suck and how she wanted to bust but no one would let her etc. She made a really awesome check-raise on the river vs this one guy when she turned middle pair into a bluff, and when the guy made a donk call with a straight (which should not have been good, but obv he doesn’t know how to read the action) she said that she ment to just call which I thought was the funniest level of all time since it was clear that she knew exactly what she was doing by bluffing him, yet cardplayer decided to report it as a ‘mistake in chip denominations’. I basically played no big pots in the 3rd level and ended the level going into dinner break with 38,000.
I took a long ass nap during dinner break, and when I came down (10 minutes late) I decided I was going to pwn bitches. Within the next hour I chipped up to about 60,000 in chips. I picked up QQ and triple barreled the only fish left at our table. Then I picked up 75s, flopped 5-5-Q and killed the poor guy who thought he could bluff me with his last 15,000 in chips. Then started to do my blind steal / running over people until 10 mins before the end of the level. I picked up QQ and raised to 700 at 100/200 blinds and got 3 callers the most active player at our table reraised to 3,200 on the button, and when action got back around to me I reraised to 10,000. When it got back around to him he shoved for 7,000 more and I snap called. He had AKo… and the board comes A-K-X-X-X and I lose a 35k flip. I then pick up KT and flop Tc-4h-2h, and get it all-in vs a short stack who had 9,000 in chips with 8h7h. He turns the flush and I am knocked down to 32,000 at the end of the 4th level which was disappointing.
The 5th level, 100/200 w 25 ante was pretty uneventful as I basically chipped up to 36,000 and folded most of the level. At the end of the level I was moved to a new table with Lee Watkinson, Vanessa Rouso, and internet pro Matt Graham. The 6th and final level of the day was pretty brutal… I was totally exhausted from the long day, and was very card dead for the most part. I basically folded my way down to 28,000 then attempted a squeeze play vs Vanessa Rouso… but she had QQ and pwned me. Was stuck down at 14,000 and opened to 1200 with 8c6c from middle position vs tight blinds without realizing that Lee Watkinson had a retardedly short stack in the small blind. He shoved for 3800 total and I puked. Then called and did a mini-fist pump when he showed 44. GET THERE! I spike an 8, win the flip, and end the day at 19,075! Such a brutal day… probably would rate my play overall as a B- (sloppy), which isn’t very good for my first $10,000 event. But I was definitely happy that I made Day 2 with enough play in my stack to redeem myself at 300/600 w 50 ante.
Went back up to my room and found the girls getting ready to go to Bellagio’s new nightclub: The Bank. Since it was their last night in Vegas, I decided to man up and go out with them. Can you guys tell how tired I am?
I need to get better at chess to crush some kid so pm me if you wanna play.
I haven't played Starcraft in a long time so I want to play a few games for fun if anyone would like to play.
As for poker I ran pretty bad earlier in the morning so I decided to 4 table a bit. Basically ended today the same as yesterday where I started off bad but finished good.
I'll be playing at a local casino again tonight and we'll start with 3,500 chips with blinds starting at 25/25 with 20-minute increases. I'll be playing lots of pots tonight with lots of limping with connectors or 1 gappers... I played last night and I waited only for premium cards like pairs or AJ+ and it just didn't do well enough vs all the limpers... So hopefully this strategy will work.
Hello,comrades Not the best session today 50$ back for 2k hands at NL10... Mostly was due to bad variation (3bi from cracked pocket As) and too aggressive play against maniacs I had good read at,but poor luck against Did my typical mistake - spending more time at the tables and got bored.The good is I am near my 100$ bonus for the deposit at Poherhost and will get 200 more after 2000 raked hands. Regardless this session I am running ok, deposited 50$ 25 days ago got them to 300 (now 200 after tis session) and will probably move to NL20 by the 15th of April at this rate (want 30bi).
Watched the last 3 episodes of "Dexter" yesterday - GREAT. You must take a look at it - great plot and ideas about the self-knowledge,what are the postulates that guide us and modulate us as person.
Spent most of my iPoker br for visit to Thessaloníki and it was worth it - definitely a place to see. Regards to all the Greeks - the people,who know how to live and party so great.Love Greece and look forward to see Halkidiki some day!
Today, March 22th, is my 20th birthday. I'm gonna go to the mall and buy some things and in the night I'm going to get fucking wasted with a lot of friends at a club.
Ship $1 to o_omx (Torreon) for the beers!
I'm also running super hot this month (they obv pull the doomswitch off when its your birthday). Doing awesome at cash and tourneys.
Cashgames (NL200 and NL400): $2701
Tournaments (little active): $9074
Total: $11775
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Not the best session today 50$ back for 2k hands at NL10... Mostly was due to bad variation (3bi from cracked pocket As) and too aggressive play against maniacs I had good read at,but poor luck against 
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