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Thats right I took a shot at 100NL again. I've taken a few shots before and it just didnt feel right. I didnt feel ready, and actually remember my hands shaking and getting these weird shivers in 3bet pots. I'd end up feeling anxious, stack off at the wrong time, lose a couple hundred bucks in the session and back to fitty cent I went!

Fortunately this time was different. I psyched myself up for it, and felt good about it with my bankroll sitting at $2700 after my RB hit my account this month. I decided I'd allow myself to lose $400 While taking the shot. In my previous attempts I did notice that the play was really no better than NL50 so I just decided to do what I'm used to make things as similar as possible for me. So I did just that, and opened up 9 tables and got down to work knowing that this was going to cost me $400, or I was going to succeed.

Well since Sunday night I've put in about 17 hours of 9tabling for 11k hands. Here's my graph. The swings are pretty big, but overall I feel I've been playing well and not letting the money phase me or affect my game in any way.

Ship it!

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/tidyguyhayes/march100NL.jpg




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trying to cool off my downswing by playing microstakes...all in all im still up 150 with my microstakes adventure after 3 days. but i think i should have around 400 by now if it weren't for a lot of these hands, which are unfortunately too many to post here. these are the ones i found so far...

"hmm... 98 suited from the blinds,ez repop? nah ill just flat."
Submitted by : whamm!

POKERSTARS GAME #16129295057: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/03/20 - 23:14:29 (ET)
Table 'Kurhah V' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: suckerpoint ($58 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero ($55 in chips)
Seat 3: Broafka ($65.20 in chips)
Seat 4: TheDuke3963 ($35.20 in chips)
Seat 5: TonyTuffGuy ($99.15 in chips)
Seat 6: getmoneyt ($74 in chips)
suckerpoint: posts small blind $0.25
Hero : posts big blind $0.50

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
Broafka: folds
TheDuke3963: folds
TonyTuffGuy: folds
getmoneyt: folds
suckerpoint: raises $1.50 to $2
Hero : calls $1.50

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $4.00)

   
suckerpoint: bets $3
Hero : raises $7.50 to $10.50
suckerpoint: raises $45.50 to $56 and is all-in
Hero : calls $42.50 and is all-in

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $110.00)

   

River (Pot : $110.00)

   

Showdown
suckerpoint: shows (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
Hero : mucks hand
suckerpoint collected $107 from pot

Summary
Total pot $110 | Rake $3
Board  
Seat 1: suckerpoint (small blind) showed and won ($107) with two pair, Aces and Deuces
Seat 2: Hero (big blind) mucked
Seat 3: Broafka folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: TheDuke3963 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: TonyTuffGuy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: getmoneyt (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

POKERSTARS GAME #16128917496: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/03/20 - 22:56:21 (ET)
Table 'Scythia II' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($52.10 in chips)
Seat 3: 00Primeau00 ($60.95 in chips)
Seat 5: Nehekus ($93.55 in chips)
Seat 6: who dat 3 ($59.25 in chips)
who dat 3: posts small blind $0.25
Hero : posts big blind $0.50

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
00Primeau00: folds
Nehekus: folds
who dat 3: calls $0.25
Hero : raises $1.75 to $2.25
who dat 3: calls $1.75

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $4.50)

   
who dat 3: checks
Hero : bets $3
who dat 3: raises $5 to $8
Hero : calls $5

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $20.50)

   
who dat 3: checks
Hero : bets $12.75
who dat 3: raises $17.25 to $30
Hero : raises $11.85 to $41.85 and is all-in
who dat 3: calls $11.85

River (Pot : $104.20)

   

Showdown
who dat 3: shows (a straight, Three to Seven)
Hero : mucks hand
who dat 3 collected $102.20 from pot

Summary
Total pot $104.20 | Rake $2
Board  
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) mucked
Seat 3: 00Primeau00 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Nehekus (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: who dat 3 (small blind) showed and won ($102.20) with a straight, Three to Seven

POKERSTARS GAME #16128415156: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/03/20 - 22:33:21 (ET)
Table 'Noemi IV' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: jacquesmcl ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: AirAmerica98 ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: WacoChavez ($20.60 in chips)
Seat 6: Calico Jazz ($9.65 in chips)
Seat 7: Afval ($24.35 in chips)
Seat 8: PGADeadMoney ($28.55 in chips)
Seat 9: Weltheld ($4.65 in chips)
AirAmerica98: posts small blind $0.10
Hero : posts big blind $0.25
badatmath: sits out

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
WacoChavez: calls $0.25
Calico Jazz: folds
Afval: calls $0.25
PGADeadMoney: calls $0.25
Weltheld: folds
jacquesmcl: calls $0.25
AirAmerica98: calls $0.15
Hero : checks

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $1.50)

   
AirAmerica98: checks
Hero : bets $1.40
WacoChavez: folds
Afval: folds
PGADeadMoney: folds
jacquesmcl: folds
AirAmerica98: raises $2.35 to $3.75
PGADeadMoney said, "air america=un american"
Hero : raises $14 to $17.75
AirAmerica98: raises $6.75 to $24.50 and is all-in
Hero : calls $6.75

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $50.50)

   

River (Pot : $50.50)

   

Showdown
AirAmerica98: shows (three of a kind, Fours)
Hero : mucks hand
AirAmerica98 collected $48 from pot

Summary
Total pot $50.50 | Rake $2.50
Board  
Seat 1: jacquesmcl (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: AirAmerica98 (small blind) showed and won ($48) with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 3: Hero (big blind) mucked
Seat 4: WacoChavez folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Calico Jazz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Afval folded on the Flop
Seat 8: PGADeadMoney folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Weltheld folded before Flop (didn't bet)

POKERSTARS GAME #16113730331: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/03/20 - 10:53:02 (ET)
Table 'Valda' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: 4343ALLIN ($14.55 in chips)
Seat 2: dickepoo ($15.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: MrNice2008 ($57.70 in chips)
Seat 5: barthen ($27.40 in chips)
dickepoo: posts small blind $0.10
Hero : posts big blind $0.25

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
MrNice2008: calls $0.25
barthen: folds
4343ALLIN: folds
dickepoo: calls $0.15
Hero : raises $1.25 to $1.50
MrNice2008: calls $1.25
dickepoo: calls $1.25

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $4.50)

   
dickepoo: checks
Hero : bets $3.25
MrNice2008: folds
dickepoo: calls $3.25

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $11.00)

   
dickepoo: bets $4.50
Hero : raises $15.75 to $20.25 and is all-in
dickepoo: calls $6 and is all-in

River (Pot : $32.00)

   

Showdown
dickepoo: shows (two pair, Aces and Fours)
Hero : mucks hand
dickepoo collected $30.45 from pot
Cashane joins the table at seat #6

Summary
Total pot $32 | Rake $1.55
Board  
Seat 1: 4343ALLIN (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: dickepoo (small blind) showed and won ($30.45) with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 3: Hero (big blind) mucked
Seat 4: MrNice2008 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: barthen folded before Flop (didn't bet)

POKERSTARS GAME #16106198920: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/03/19 - 23:20:38 (ET)
Table 'Schwall III' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($24.40 in chips)
Seat 2: player2win ($14.05 in chips)
Seat 3: b0b0t ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: koz31 ($7.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Hangman1604 ($22.40 in chips)
Seat 6: M8S8P ($32.60 in chips)
Seat 8: fulhon ($25 in chips)
Seat 9: STEPH4NE E. ($12.05 in chips)
Hero : posts small blind $0.10
player2win: posts big blind $0.25
b0b0t: posts big blind $0.25
Kommisar_x: sits out
fulhon: posts big blind $0.25

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
b0b0t: checks
koz31: calls $0.25
Hangman1604: folds
M8S8P: raises $1.50 to $1.75
fulhon: calls $1.50
STEPH4NE E.: folds
Hero : calls $1.65
player2win: folds
b0b0t: folds
koz31: folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $6.00)

   
Hero : checks
Kommisar_x is disconnected
M8S8P: bets $6
fulhon: folds
Hero : raises $11 to $17
M8S8P: calls $11

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $40.00)

   
Hero : bets $5.65 and is all-in
M8S8P: calls $5.65

River (Pot : $51.30)

   

Showdown
Hero : shows (three of a kind, Queens)
M8S8P: shows (a flush, Queen high)
M8S8P collected $48.85 from pot

Summary
Total pot $51.30 | Rake $2.45
Board  
Seat 1: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 2: player2win (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: b0b0t folded before Flop
Seat 4: koz31 folded before Flop
Seat 5: Hangman1604 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: M8S8P showed and won ($48.85) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 8: fulhon folded on the Flop
Seat 9: STEPH4NE E. (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

POKERSTARS GAME #16132033932: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/03/21 - 02:03:22 (ET)
Table 'Hilaritas' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: JOHNNY CARDZ ($30.25 in chips)
Seat 2: someoldwoman ($29.20 in chips)
Seat 3: PRbigFish ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: Gegalbuste ($23.05 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($44.65 in chips)
Seat 6: 1st.hander ($24.30 in chips)
someoldwoman: posts small blind $0.10
PRbigFish: posts big blind $0.25

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
Gegalbuste: raises $1.50 to $1.75
Hero : raises $3.95 to $5.70
1st.hander: folds
JOHNNY CARDZ: folds
someoldwoman: folds
PRbigFish: folds
Gegalbuste: raises $3.95 to $9.65
Hero : raises $35 to $44.65 and is all-in
Gegalbuste: calls $13.40 and is all-in

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $46.45)

   
Hero said, "aa"

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $46.45)

   

River (Pot : $46.45)

   

Showdown
Gegalbuste: shows (a full house, Jacks full of Deuces)
Hero : mucks hand
Hero is sitting out
Gegalbuste collected $44.15 from pot

Summary
Total pot $46.45 | Rake $2.30
Board  
Seat 1: JOHNNY CARDZ (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: someoldwoman (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: PRbigFish (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Gegalbuste showed and won ($44.15) with a full house, Jacks full of Deuces
Seat 5: Hero mucked
Seat 6: 1st.hander folded before Flop (didn't bet)

POKERSTARS GAME #16113802448: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/03/20 - 10:58:04 (ET)
Table 'Sylvia V' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: SILENTBULLET ($10.10 in chips)
Seat 3: wolvemen ($23.65 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero ($25 in chips)
Seat 5: Affenkiefer ($5.50 in chips)
Seat 6: DoBrazil ($13.05 in chips)
wolvemen: posts small blind $0.10
Hero : posts big blind $0.25

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
Affenkiefer: calls $0.25
DoBrazil: folds
SILENTBULLET: raises $2 to $2.25
wolvemen: raises $21.40 to $23.65 and is all-in
Hero : raises $1.35 to $25 and is all-in
BrianHolland has returned
Affenkiefer: calls $5.25 and is all-in
SILENTBULLET: calls $7.85 and is all-in

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $49.35)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $49.35)

   

River (Pot : $49.35)

   

Showdown
wolvemen: shows (two pair, Aces and Nines)
Hero : mucks hand
wolvemen collected $26.85 from side pot-2
SILENTBULLET: mucks hand
SILENTBULLET leaves the table
wolvemen collected $13.15 from side pot-1
Affenkiefer: mucks hand
wolvemen collected $20.90 from main pot

Summary
Total pot $62.90 Main pot $20.90. Side pot-1 $13.15. Side pot-2 $26.85. | Rake $2
Board  
Seat 1: SILENTBULLET (button) mucked
Seat 3: wolvemen (small blind) showed and won ($60.90) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 4: Hero (big blind) mucked
Seat 5: Affenkiefer mucked
Seat 6: DoBrazil folded before Flop (didn't bet)

The world's largest online poker site, PokerStars, has announced the launch of their World Series of Poker (WSOP) satellite tournaments, where, unlike other sites who are only offering only 150 main event seats and assorted freeroll entries, they will again send over 1,000 players to the WSOP's main event, and offer poker players the chance to win prize packages worth $12,500.

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# $400,000 for finishing in Second place
# $300,000 for finishing in Third place
# $200,000 for finishing in Fourth-Fifth place
# $100,000 for finishing in Sixth to Ninth place

Cash bonuses of up to $50,000 also are available if a sponsored player makes it to a WSOP "TV table."

"If I didn't win a $39 satellite on PokerStars, I would have been on the sidelines at the 2003 WSOP," said Chris Moneymaker, who rode his PokerStars prize to victory in the Main Event.

"This year's prize package is even more incredible and the prize pool is set to be its biggest yet," he added.

Registered users can test their skills to win a ticket to the "Big Dance" for free, at PokerStars.net.

The full prize package also includes:
# $10,000 Main Event buy-in
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# Hotel suite upgrades for Supernova and Supernova Elite VIP members


Holy fuck, once semester is over I am going to play every fucking satellite for this shit. I never knew Pokerstars pays for all hotel accommodations because I thought the $2,500 was for that. Nice!!!!


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-6bi in like 1300 hands, sigh. There goes a winning day
tilt!
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408312
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408315
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408311

spew!
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408328
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408329
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408331

boarderline spew:
(28/24 with loads of history, he will never show up with AA/KK here, so either flip or AT-AK x|)
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408330

gay jewish fag!
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408332

I suck at life!
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408333
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408336
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408337

donkass fish!
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408334

donkass fish v2!
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408335




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I feel pimpin for manipulating a donkey right now =)

Submitted by : k2o4

PokerStars Game #16131371046: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/03/21 - 01:12:59 (ET)
Table 'Cruithne IV' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Sgt Sal ($16.15 in chips)
Seat 2: Attilio ($52.20 in chips)
Seat 3: k2o4 ($50 in chips)
Seat 4: huron_traper ($22.65 in chips)
Seat 5: MichaelNY ($86.95 in chips)
Seat 6: eewiseman ($106.10 in chips)
Sgt Sal: posts small blind $0.25
Attilio: posts big blind $0.50

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to k2o4
k2o4 : raises $1.50 to $2
huron_traper: folds
MichaelNY: folds
eewiseman: calls $2
Sgt Sal: folds
Attilio: folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $4.75)

   
k2o4 : bets $3.50
eewiseman: calls $3.50

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $11.75)

   
k2o4 : checks
eewiseman: bets $4.50
k2o4 : raises $16 to $20.50
eewiseman: calls $16

River (Pot : $52.75)

   
k2o4 : checks
eewiseman: bets $24
k2o4 : calls $24 and is all-in

Showdown
eewiseman: shows (a pair of Deuces)
k2o4 : shows (a pair of Kings)
k2o4 collected $97.75 from pot

Summary
Total pot $100.75 | Rake $3
Board  
Seat 1: Sgt Sal (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Attilio (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: k2o4 showed and won ($97.75) with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: huron_traper folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: MichaelNY folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: eewiseman (button) showed and lost with a pair of Deuces

$230 MTT at local casino. Two key hands. I had A8 on a A8K all spade board. I bet 2/3 pot, donkey overbet shoves with QJo but with the J of spades. Obviously the T comes on turn and I'm down to 6 big blinds at 25/50. I build my stack up to 900 and now blinds are 50/100. UTG idiot (really bad player) raises 4x and I look down at 99 in the C/O and shove. He calls obv and has AJo. Flop is T82 and I'm like fuck yeah. Turn is a J and river is a J. Fuck him.

I'm happy with my play obv but it's frustrating as fuck.


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Yesterday I played a short session ending break even. Today I started out getting sucked out on but played really well throughout the rest of the session. Towards the end when I was ending my session I noticed a huge retard at one of my tables. So I decided to just leave that table open and do something else while I 1 table.

Heres the first big hand today:
nut straight vs 2p allin on turn + Show Spoiler +

AA vs JJ overpairs allin on turn in middle of session
+ Show Spoiler +

This is the hand that made me stay and 1 table + Show Spoiler +

a little while after I started 1 tabling funny hand
+ Show Spoiler +

Other than these I just won a lot of small to medium sized pots mostly against 09handy.

Graph:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/efc01c2cc73077f4c55f3b8a8399dc10.jpg

I quit after 09handy sat out


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so i got a car and a laptop now so hopefully i wont have to cashout anymore and can move up!

1st 3k hands went pretty well; didn't run that well but always plenty of fish

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8682/94041669sa0.png
By traxamillion at 2008-03-20




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So easter was going to be awesome. All my childhood friends(and me) whom all have moved to diffrent cities for college/university was coming back to our home town and I was looking forward to getting drunk and having fun with them all since I havent seen em in a long time. Today I called around and every single one of those fuckers have gone away to diffrent random retard places. That sucks ass, Im very dissapointed. I guess ill have to wait for the summer or something. BLEH

I consoled myself by apesmashing retards at 2/4 instead and it worked out goodie:

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5206/mars6ce8.jpg


HU is fun sometimes.


I guess my friends being away isnt all bad, I really need to study, have like 1k pages in boring books to read for an exam next thursday. I will also have plenty of time to play das poker and thats good.

Im starting to think a little about vegas this summer, hopefully I will be going and if anyone is setting up a house or something(anything but the jockey club plz) let me know.

Thats all for now


dumdidumdum


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Heyy been awhile since I updated

My month was going decently until yest where I booked a 4.5k loss.. kinda shitty
Anyways Ive really been trying different styles out to getta better feeliing for my post flop game because I really feel that is what is going to sperate a good MS/HSNL player from a great player.... however I obv have a lot of work to do as my postflop game still has a ton of leaks ldo

Anyways here is my pokerev shitt thing.. I really dont care about the program too much except for what it tells me about my green line in relation to the other lines... or more importantly how I am playing postflop.. the luck thing is w/e we all run bad because we are better than who we play against so they have to suckout in order to keep coming back yadyadyayaa w/e who cares aabout luck!!

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2066/marchsofarag8.png

Anyways basically means I still suck postflop and I need to grind moreee hands....

And Im probably +10k in 2/4 6m which is where 75% of my play has been and -5/6k in 3/6 6m lmao... sigh

Theres work to be done!!

Peace


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So i've been pretty much thinking about life and i m not really sure that i can write everthing i am thinking of and feeling right now.Not sure that even my brain can proccess it all.Nothing good or bad happened to me really regardles of everything i just feel good.So what i've been actually thinking of is how good life really is ( yet again nothing really good or wever happened to me to just have all this inspiration from ) u know shit things can be happening to you but thats good too and u know why ? Coz in the end they just make u better person if u understand them from the right side ofc.So u can call me naive silly and etc. but if u really think about it - i am right.I dont really get all those emo kids - > what are they trying to accomplishe really ? Do they really think anybody cares about them pitying theirselves? All this commercialism kinda sucks but eh thats what media is all about - brainwash people.Anyway what i really mean is people should take everything from their best side.You can tell me - what if something reaaally bad happened to me like my house go t on fire or one of my parents died.Well yeah sad things constantly happen to people and u know thats what life really is about but everything has a good side if u can find it ( in a really weird way finding the good side about something bad might be really egoistic dont really know if u ll understand this though). Well thats about everything i had to say/write/.Im sure that most of u wont understand me well its not the best place to post a blog like this but uh i guess i have faith in this place.




P.S. Im not on drugs.


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I am looking at the results of the poker tourneys that a local casino is hosting (also will be hosting $7,500 WPT tourney at the end of the month) and for the last three days, the SAME person has taken first for all three tournies ranging from buy-ins of $200-$300 with average of 100 entrants. Now, no one can run this good because it's so unlikely, my only assumption is that these players suck.


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All-in luck graph since January 1st 2008. Pretty depressing for a 50PLO and now 25PLO player as a result of the downswing. Hoping it will get better and also doing my part analyzing all my all-ins and looking at spots where its better to flat a large flop bet and then jam safe turns rather than jamming flop etc. Keep in mind this all-in graph counts negatively the high number of times where 80-90% of a stack is invested on the turn and then theres a small all-in call on the river when I've already been sucked out.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/fe8ac55f3c3d81aaf2b797e5ffdac3e2.jpg

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/fe8ac55f3c3d81aaf2b797e5ffdac3e2.jpg

I know my blog is a lot of downswing lately but thats pretty much what I've been experiencing so sorry if its depressing guys . Cheers.

*Edit -- Just thought I'd tack on today's results. Sustainable IMO this isn't even running good... just not running cold.

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Right now I'm back in beautiful San Diego loving life as usual. Vegas over the weekend was such a blast, as I brought out some of my closest friends from SD to come party with me on Friday. Unfortunately they didnt arrive til past midnight. Earlier in the day I had final tabled the $2,000 NLHE event at the Wynn Classic with ElkY. Our final table was a lot tougher than the final table I had in my $1,500 event. I had two pretty key highlight hands in the $2,000 event I'd like to share: First came in the 2nd level 50/100 blinds, when I was moved to a new table with Frank Rusnik (aka Round42). I've been playing pretty tight/aggressive for the most part, almost never getting too out of line. So it gets folded to me in the cut-off and I open to 300 with QcJc, the very loose button player calls me and Frank Rusnik repops it to 1050 from the small blind. I look at this and think it's such an obvious squeeze spot for him to be doing it in, plus he's been repopping people a few times in the short period of time I was sitting at the table. So I shove for 4850 total, button folds. And Frank tanks for a good 5 minutes before folding QQ. ROFL? Sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick, how do I get away with such murder rofl. The second key hand came after I had acquired a big stack, I had 46,000 at 300/600 w 50 ante, action gets folded to the button who raises to 1600. I reraise to 5,200 from the small blind with QQ. Action gets back around to him and he raises all-in for 33,500 more. Ummm, gross? I don't think I've ever folded QQ with these button vs blind dynamics online, but I've noticed in these live tournaments that people who 4 bet usually have the nuts. The problem was, the guy was young and seemed to be an online player. What made it really a tough spot was that we were both top 5 chip stacks in the tournament at this point. I thought there was a good chance he could have AK here... but even then it wasn't a real good spot for me to commit on a flip. Then I asked myself if he would ship in JJ here? The answer was a clear no. With that in my head I folded after tanking for a good 5 minutes as I told the guy "I never fold this online... ever". The guy on the button turned to me and asked if I folded queens, and I nodded, and he insta had a sick look on his face as he mucked his hand. Later on he claimed he had KK there, although I'm not exactly sure if I want to trust the word of some of these guys in these tournaments, so I kind of just was like eh ok.

The bubble lasted forever, close to 3 hours to get from 18 players down to 10. During that time, it was a total roller coaster ride for me. I had an average stack right on the bubble, then ended up losing a flip, then reshipped AQ from the SB vs a button raise and he woke up with KK and held which crippled me. I found myself all-in with 14 left with 44 vs AJ. The flop came K-K-Q and I wanted to puke a little. Turn came an 8, and river was a paint card so I figured I was out... but wait it was a KING! Ship the survival one time! With 14 players still left in the tournament I saw the most absurd thing ever: The blinds were 1500/3000 and the shortest stack who had 20k in chips, opens to 12k from middle position. The button who just came to our table flat called this raise from the button as he had a 50k stack which was also short. Naturally his flat call there screamed strength so I look down at AQo in the small blind and insta-muck. Flop comes 2-5-Q rainbow and the short stack puts in his last 8k into the 32k+ pot. And the button insta folds his hand!?!?!?! HoLy sHiT can u chip dump more to this guy? Insane stupidity... I can't even imagine what hand flats there preflop and insta folds the flop. So anyways, with 10 players left the tables get reshuffled and ElkY gets moved to my right with a somewhat big stack. I had an above average stack until this huge hand: I open to 8500 at 1500/3000, and get a call from the chip leader to my left as well as the loose chip dumping moron in the small blind. The flop comes Ah-7c-6h, and the chip dumping moron leads for 10,000. I shove for 42,000 more. The chip leader behind me folds, and the chip dumping moron insta calls with 9h8h. YUUUUUCCCKKKK~!!!! So now we are flipping for a 100k+ pot, and naturally turn drops the Jh leaving me drawing dead and crippled. I fold 2 hands before shoving my last 14k in the middle with A8, and got called from the big blind with A3 which doubled me up to 33,500 just as the day ended.

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ElkY and I @ Final table of the $2,000 NLHE event

The final table was over quick for me as I said in my last blog post. I picked up AJ when the other short stack shoved from the cut-off and obv I snap called and he had JJ. GG. So that night we started drinking at 10, my friends arrived and 12, and we got to Tryst at around 2:30am with a big group. Unfortunately half our group were not let pass the front door (yes that means mig's roommate Blair who was totally smashed while we chilled at Parasol Up). The rest of us had a pretty sweet time:

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Me, ElkY, ElkY's french girl who was super hot, and FrinkX @ Tryst

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French girl, Rekrul, and Me

Coming up next: [vital]Myth's 23rd birthday party @ TAO. LOL OH YEAH


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Best club in the world imo. I was always for them, but I've grown to love them over the season. Unfortunately they weren't in the champions league this year, but they lead the german bundesliga by 6 points, they are in the quarter finals of the Ueafe Cup against Getafe from Spain and have a good chance of taking that down, and last night they qualified for the final on the german cup. (I was there live in the allianz arena and it was awesome. I realize I sound like a 14 year old boy atm, but I never developed any kind of major enjoyment for a club, so this is new for me. Looking forward to taking down 3 titles this season.

Got this for my birthday:
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On a totally unrelated note, I managed to cut my bankroll in half at NL200 6max, which means im basically break even over 55k hands this yearh (made 1k in cash but down in tournies). Dropped down to NL100, which is going mediocre, but Im confident I'll be able to rebuild and move back to NL200 in the near future.

P.S.:

Check out the video of a couple of LP guys and me in Copenhagen, if you have not done so already. My role is rather small and I always look like a dork in front (and also not in front of a camera), but we sure had a good time and I think this video is a great parody of your general Cribs high stakes baller type rawvegas.tv crap (which I in enjoy watching, although its total nonsense)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2928311958481654584

Anyway, thanks for reading this and I catch you later.


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- Be a millionaire in 5 years

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So I’ve moved up to NL100, now I’m on the verge of making some decent money.

I question that I’ve been thinking about is where will I aim from here?

My main goal in poker is not to be the best in the world but just to make some decent capital to begin building assets. I’m going to play poker while doing a lot of reading on the different forms of investing, accounting and business law.
I’ll do this while I complete my last uni courses this year.

In terms of making money at poker, I think its vital to treat it as a game, and play to win.


For the moment some long term poker goals
1) keep on moving up using my current bankroll strategy of 40 buy-ins. I want to get up to NL1000, then play in whichever limit will be the most profitable.

2) Get a long term poker coach, feel I need to focus on game flow and turn/river aggression.

3) Spend at least an hour per day doing some kind of poker study, analysing ranges on hands I played, watching cardrunners vids, reading books, participating in discussion on forums. Be a student of the game.

4) put in more time. Its good to take breaks, but when I’m running well I should be playing more.


I also intend to set achievable weekly goals, for both poker and study.

For this Easter weekend I will attempt to make money to live on for the next month or so, because current part time work income needs supplementing.
So current bankroll is 5.6k anything over that on Tuesday evening I’ll cash out. My goal is to simply play good poker for at least 8 hours per day over this period and whatever will be will be.

I’ll update with a new set of weekly and month goals on Tuesday.

Right, now I’m fired up. GL All kekeke
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2 straight like 1-2 BI loss sessions the last 2 times I played. Went nuts tonight...nailing sets, having randoms pay me off like crazy...was just awesome.

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Almost time to move up to 100NL.


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