I 9-table (3down/3across)...I would bet my overall BB/100 for the table in the upper left corner is roughly 1/2 of that of the other tables. Seems like i hardly pay attention to the table. Leak? lol. Must work on this.
It's the end of week 2 and I'm moving up from NL5!!!!
Well, not really, I just wanted to give teacher Silver(MEGA BR Nit) a bit of a heart attack
These 2 weeks I was playing NL 2c with $2 buyin and reached $30 so Silver told me a few hours ago to try playing with full buyin of $5. I was quite nervous as 5 goes into 30 only six times. What that means I wasn't sure but I just had a bad feeling.
I opened up 4 tables and entered full buyin, praying to the Poker Gods to go easy on me. They decided to be assholes to me though for a while as I got used to playing like a man, making me lose like $2 quickly. I was thinking maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all so I asked the Poker Gods for a sign that things were going to be ok. Otherwise if I lost some more money I'd just berate Silver and move back down to $2 buyin.
That boosted my confidence and I booked the hell out of that table, staring at the cashier screen for a few minutes after sacrificing a stray cat to the deities.
After winning this, the next few hands I observed the victim raising allin when I did a cbet (and not in position too but hey it's only week 2 so I'm still allowed to suck). I figured it was just a matter of time and then bam: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/370882
I think Silver might disapprove of that one but...meh
So after all that at the end of Week 2 I';ve played 16,272 hands and I';m sitting at $49.72 from $15. Still a long way to go with many swings expected.
Now if you'll excuse me I think I saw my neighbour's dog from my window.
So, I started playing poker about 2-3 weeks ago. Didn't really have much knowledge prior to doing so. Read the guides here, as well as elsewhere and generally tried to get myself as informed as possible before I put money into it. When I eventually did put some money in, I guess I still wasn't informed enough, as I threw away like 15 buy-ins in a very short time span.
After that, I realized just how retarded a lot of my play was, and I think I have a great deal of that fixed, although I'm still not that far past it. Atm, I am pretty much breaking even, maybe a little bit on the positive side.
That's what brings me to making this blog, pretty much. I'm still fairly scared to post anywhere on this site (as I am when I first join most online communities for some non-apparent reason), but this blog seems un-intrusive enough to allow those who want to help me do so, while not annoying the site regulars
Anyway, onto my current situation. I feel like there's something missing in my approach to poker or some leak that I'm failing to see. Again, that goes back to the whole "breaking even" thing. Every time I play, I always seem to get up in money, and then lose a hand after I go all-in with it. I keep looking at the hands in hindsight and not seeing a bad play on my part, but because it just seems to keep happening all the time, I feel like maybe it *is* something I can fix.
got my 50buck bonus which is good, cards don't seem to be going well so im just up barely a buyin playing 50 and 25nl crisscrossing those two. 50nl lately has been sooo nitty and since i run like shit, i have to rely on "war of attrition" to get value, it's like whoever runs out of patience and gets so sick and tired of all the nits losses money lol. ill be posting my graph later today. good day to you all.
well got to 2bi now. and a buyin at 25nl. good enough for a sunday after 5k hands of fucking grinding my ass off. gonna play again later. here's my pt for today UPDATED coz i won like 2bi 25nl and additional 2.5bi for 50nl. still pretty good results oriented poker lol
It's been about one week since my last blog entry so i'll update anyone who's actually reading this on whats up. I'v been very pleased with work which has been occupying most of my time. Looks like I could start playing by the end of february if not sooner due to a loan that is unexpectidly coming back to me 10 months sooner than I thought. Thanks to Constantcolorup i'll have two 20 inch monitors much sooner than i had thought.
I think it's only fair to give a small background on some important information about me. I am manic depressive and i do suffer from anxiety but i will not let these factors influence my poker game.
I have been seeing someone to help me work on my self discipline which has boosted my overall confidence and is what is pushing me to start sooner than expected. I'll be starting off playing a pretty standard TAG approach since ill only be playing NL25 on 4-12 tables.
Until then ill be studying tournament play, putting in 1-2 hours daily jsut watching small stakes tables and try and get some advice from a few pro friends of mine.
Just got a sick new monitor, the Samsung 30" 305t. Have been waiting for this thing for like a month, it's so sick.
and now I have two of the classic Samsung 20" 204b for sale. I figure I'd post something here before trying ebay or craigslist. PM me if you want one.
edit: the 204b's retail for $300+ from what I found on das intarwebz, i'll sell for $250 shipped.
and about the 305t: it is sick, i have been playing 9 tables and they are plenty big. you could probably do 12 or 16 at a decent size too, not sure about higher.
I was beating Nl200 6max on stars for 11bb over 10k hands yet I prefer to play full ring and only make 9bb over 20k hands, and today I was just goofing on 6max for a little and this happens.
OBV I ran well but I think its obvious It would be in my best interest 2 play 6max incone wise, but why dont I want to?
Okay so; most of you have probably been following the Marshall28 soap opera lately I’m sure. How could you miss it, right? LOL. I’m not doing this to try to clear my reputation, or to influence anybody to think about me in any particular way, I'd just hope you can find it within yourself to not judge me for my past mistakes and take this post at face value. Anyways, despite all the negativity the thread produced, I actually learned some things, some things about poker, some things about life, and some things about myself. I’m doing this for myself. To get my own thoughts down on paper in a place where I can come back and refresh my memory about these important lessons if I do end up hitting a wall again in the future, as I have now. This post is going to document those things.
Basically, I’ve been a very self-centered person my entire life. I’m an only child and I got picked on a lot in school so obviously things didn’t start out well. I had a way negative attitude towards everything and everybody. Felt like the world owed me something. So stupid right? I am always going to be like this in a way, as it is a part of who I am, and even though there are some negative aspects to it, I think the positive ones far outweigh the negatives. I’ll explain…
One common theme addressed lately is that I’m too arrogant and cocky. I probably am. I’m probably also a bit misunderstood in the sense that I am joking a lot of the time, and tone can’t be picked up over the internet. But the reason this is a good thing is it gives me the belief in myself to be able to do anything it is that I want to do in life. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what that is in the last six months since graduating college and breaking up with my girlfriend of two years. I think I’ve finally made a decision, at least for this upcoming year. I’d like to be able to compete at 25/50 by Dec 31st 2008. To play at those levels w/ a 50 buy in BR, I roughly need 250k. The reason being “arrogant” or whatever is going to help me achieve this is because it gives me the mindset that I am not cut from a different cloth than those other guys like GreenPlastic, Northface, Daut, MezmerizePlz, CTS, etc. I know that if other people are capable of doing something, if I put my mind to it and devote my entire mind and focus to it, that I can do it as well. In my belief, those guys aren’t that much different than anybody else, they just focused a lot of effort on a belief that they had a very strong faith in, and eventually, actualized their goals. I don’t think anyone who believes this is true can accomplish what they want in life. My deadline of reaching this goal may be too short, but that’s ok. “Shoot for the stars so if you fall, you land on a cloud” – Kanye West. I like that quote. Faith, Perseverance, and Determination are key.
Attitude is the most important key to social dynamics. It’s contagious, and people gravitate towards those who constantly have positive attitudes. This is something I have been working at for a very short time, but now I want it to become a bigger focus, I want to make it a part of who I am. It will help tremendously in poker also. When I was on my upswing, my attitude about playing was great, I sat down expecting to win, and I did. Since my downswing, I sit down and think, how long until I’m about to get coolered? This has to be one of the keys to why I have been struggling so much lately. I may boast occasionally, and downplay my weaknesses, but I’m not one to lie. My bankroll is sitting at 3,000 right now. On Dec. 19th, it was sitting at 42,340. I have a lot of work to do to get back to where I was. But I need to either man up and start taking responsibility for my own destiny, or quit. I don’t know if I could even utter those words, I quit, and mean it.
LOL you know that saying, it’s far better to give than receive? Yeah I think it’s kinda silly too, but I’m starting to realize there is some merit to it. Since I’ve started coaching, I’ve found a lot of joy in helping others. Obviously I am benefiting by being paid, but what I have been doing for my students has far outweighed the small amounts they have paid me, and it makes me feel good. Since I’ve been losing, I’ve actually enjoyed coaching much, much more than playing. I am going to continue to do it, and I want to pick up a few more students, I have five right now, and I did have a lot of requests when I had that random 400 --- > 12k$ upswing in that one night run through the micro stakes, but since I went bust again, I think a lot of people lost faith in me and decided not to give it a shot. Once I get my game back on track and am posting a solid winrate again, I think what I will do is make an infomercial type blog post w/ testimonials from those who I’m already coaching.
Okay, just two more things, one is about my place in this community. I want to set a goal to post at least twenty positive, thoughtful responses to hands in the mid/micro stakes a week. I’m trying to set a modest goal and hope to contribute even more than that. I’ve gotten a lot from this site in terms of motivation, and belief in the possibilities within poker. I’ve also gotten some great advice from people like Myth, Nolan, TalentedTom, Twisted, Doomer, Ket, and probably a few others I’ve forgotten to mention. I want to help keep these positive vibes going and show others the ropes, as I have been shown.
And lastly, what I’ve learned about my game through this downswing. As things got progressively worse, my ability to control my own tilt got progressively worse. I know I spew too much normally, but it got out of control, I started calling 3-bets so light out of position, inflating pots with extremely weak hands trying to constantly outplay people. This isn’t how I built my bankroll; this is the equivalent of going to the casino and playing craps or roulette. I could get lucky, but probably not going to happen. I built it through steady, decision oriented-play, not outcome-oriented play. Each day I’ve been sitting down trying to win back everything I’ve lost in the last month or so. Instead, from this point on, I’ll be sitting down in attempts to make the best decisions possible and to hopefully win two or three buy ins in a session, not 15. So with all that being said 200nl …. HERE I COME!!!
Thanks to those of you who waded through this, and have given me support.
And thanks to those of you to whom I’ve invoked negativity or I have harmed and are willing to give me a second chance.
So last sunday i was planning for this week poker break.. but i still managed to play like 12k hands from monday to today. up around 12k for the month. lol
full tilt games seems to be gotten alot looser in avg playes/flop and pot size at 200nl. but most of it comes from ratholers, not pro ratholers, but shortstackers looking to double up with any sooted cards and hit and run. well gotta thank them for dead money. but they suck me out too much that last night my KK was in red. can't really complain, still up like $600 yesterday.
holdem manager was just soooo sick. really clean interface and imports hand very fast. plus the hud and active players list.... wow they are so fuckin nice. and u can replay mucked hands if u miss any big pots straight from the table view. the hud was entirely sick u have to check it out. positional stats and stuff. active player list lets u get even more info if the hud isnt enough
anyway so ya im a huge grinder and rakeback is a great portion of my winnings
i got school tommorow which is meh sunday schools wtf. somehow for the past whatever months (very long), i manage to miss all my RTR freerolls, guess im gonna miss it again. and im gonna miss supernova freeroll today because i have to visit my relatives =(
is such an awesome saying lol. anyways, heres a bit of an update
I am in a really good mood. I just finally finished paying off all my tuition at Xavier University, so that frees up my transcripts and allows me to get my financial aid at my current Uni. This is a huge relief to finally be done with them.
I also had a revelation the past few days. It all started out by me starting to talk to my ex gf again. I then got really sick, ended up in the hospital twice with bacterial pneumonia. I decided to head down to cincinnati to see my ex considering I couldnt go to school(missed the first 2 weeks of this semester ). Anyways, I finally had good sex, and that cleared my head tremendously and relieved a lot of stress. No strings attached sex = good. Well, this stress relief and head clearage helped me think. I decided fuck majoring in business, fuck education, im gonna be a nerd. A chemist that is.
I have always done extremely well in math and sciences, and always favored chemistry(took AP chem in h.s, and honors general chem in college, did very well in both). I never thought about it as a major as I had know idea what job opportunities were out there. It turns out, there are TONS of really really cool jobs out there for chemists. Needless to say, I am very very excited about this. I feel I will really do well as a chem major regardless of the hard work. I love chemistry! Now I just need to try to get into my courses 2 weeks into the semester
I also thought I was going IRL busto, but on my way back from cinci I decided to take a gander in my glove box for some tissues and found a wad of 1220$. Its mine obv, but I forgot about it. How, I have no idea :. This put me in a really good mood as well!
As far as poker goes, not much has changed. I am being staked for the FTOPs tournament series in Feb which will be cool. Ive been grinding 100NL with pretty good success lately(good mood + clear head helps). I am hoping to take a trip to AC soon with my grandmother. The 12 300 max games are unbelievably good, and it would be nice to make some extra cash and relax vip style for a weekend. Hopefully ill be able to make it there soon. Ill let you guys know if you wanna meet up by chance.
I do want to apologize for me last few blog posts. I came across sort of condescending, and didnt really mean to. I was extremely f'd up on many different, bad drugs. I wasnt thinking straight, and it really changed me for the worse. Since then I am done with all that hard shit. Once I get better from the pneumonia, I will only be smoking pot, taking adderol(which is soon going to be prescribed to my by a doctor once I get tested. Ill still do some of the fun drugs every once in awhile, but I am staying far away from the dangerous ones. I also quit smoking cigarettes since the whole pneumonia thing started. The cravings suck, but it hasnt been that difficult at all to stop, and honestly, I feel much better now. Anyways, enough rambling. Sorry again if I came across as a dick, or made some snide remarks towards you(timdawg, etc).
If anyone wants to talk poker(mtts or NL cash, 6m and HU), shoot me a PM.
Good luck at the tables,
Pat
edit: I have like 238$ on party poker I am trying to get rid of for full tilt or pstars money. PM me if you can help me out
For some reason you are going to have to click on my comments to view the embedded video. Not exactly sure how new these are... but they're freakin awesome
On thursday, i could not go to the casino due to an accident where my car slided and collided front to front with an other car. Nobody was injured and even tho i have some back pain now i don't think it's related to the accident whatsoever.
So i decided to go after work on friday, figured out friday would be more fishy, like saturday and sunday (and caturday too obv). I jumped into my car and drove to the casino, i waited for like 20 mn then i got affected to a table.
I bought in for 100$ since i really wanted to diminish variance, i only have like 500$ live br and i wouldn't want to go busto on a bad run. The table was once again a mix of stations and 2 decent players who i always identify asap, both were on my right and i had position on them, will serve me a lot in the next hours. One of them is pretty lag while the other other is a complete nit, the lag guy has 1k$ stack, the nit 500$.
An old guy has 600$ish and the rest are 100-200 regular stacks. The first orbits i keep folding my rags and pay attention on how they're playing, like usual the old guy is very bad, overbet the flop in many occasion and run bad bluffs... but he also ran so hot he was near spontaneous combustion. He flopped 3 boats and 1 nut flush in like 100 hands, he was VERY confident and really thought he'd win all his hands.
I didn't know yet but he also never raise preflop, like ... never. Nada. 0% pfr. This hand made me realize how dangerous this guy was and how ridiculously hot he was running: i get AQo LP and i raise it to 12$ because of the two limpers, old guy called along with the lag player, last limper folded. Flop came TK5 with two spades, old guy checked, lag player checked i cbet for 25$, old guy insta called, lag folded. Turn is the 7s, old guy bet 55$ and i tank for a while, he was such a station and so bad but this was the first time he bet so weak, i just gave him credit for this one and when i folded he showed me AKss.
I was hummm, ok he just limp with AKs -_- i was happy no ace would come on the board or this retard would have taken all my stack. I really hate people limping with premium hands, they are like u-boat you don't realize what's going on before you're sinking.
Later he limped with aces in a 7 way pot and hit a boat, his stack went up to 1k$ i was amazed by his bad play and how lucky can people be at this game, this is disgusting.
A few orbits later came my first big pot, i grinded my way winning small pots to 180$, i had AKs on the button and raised it, SB called me along with 2 other people, flop went TJ5 rainbow. They all check i cbet, SB raised, others folded. I tank for a while and tried to get a read on him but i couldn't figure out how strong he was, raising me with 2 other guy in the hand i assumed he has at least TP, if not a set. I called, Turn is a Q, i hit the nuts. He checked, i bet 1/2 the pot to give him room for a bluff and a big raise if he actually had something, he raised me all-in i insta-called and he showed QJo. River bricked and i rake the pot.
My other big pot was i get KK LP and repop some guy who was saying to the whole table he was very good and commented everyone's plays and criticize and that he was a professional dealer for 3 years. Flop came Q85 rainbow he front push ai, i turbo-snap-720 degrees called and took his 200$, he reloaded to 100$ and didn't say a word for the next hour and left the table, ship it Mr pro.
I played for 9 hours str8 with no pause and result is a 550$ benefit. Won some small pots, made good calls, made good folds. Once again live is incredibly soft in Montreal casino, this is like taking 100$ bills from a kid. These guys don't have a fucking clue on what's going on and they have a ton of money and are happy to give it to you. Im going back today, i start to love it.
So I've pretty much been breaking even for the last week with my BR hovering at $35 (I deposited $50 about 3 weeks ago for the first time), I decided to try something different because I'm so sick of the $1 SNGS.
I took out 2 out of 2 $5 18mans, so my roll went up a fair bit from that, I was pretty much beaming after those two and have a break, I played 3 $2 headsup SNGs and won two of them, I got pretty unlucky on the 2nd one, I had a chiplead and hit a king flush on the flop and pushed him all in, he was drawing to the ace high flush and got in on the river, not to worry though.
Just now I won(came top 6 for a tournament entry) to a $2.20 45man turbo satellite to the Weekly Hundred Grand, so I'll be waking up early Monday morning to play that, should be a bit of fun! Going into the final table I had a considerable chip lead, 3 hands in it was down to the 6 that get the ticket to the tournament and then it was all over, I was hoping to play it out because I really need to work on my turbo game and also need to improve playing bigstack when trying to place.
edit: Now I'm actually contemplating selling the ticket to the tournament, how much could I make for it? The entry itself is $11 so would I get $11 for it? I think with such a huge playing field I'd need to get very lucky to at least be in the money.
I've come to realise that a lot of the blogs on this site are really deep and emotional, this blog won't be like that at all. It's mainly to keep track of my poker situation and to seek advice and keep my head in the game!
I need to get my drinking under controllby DustySwedeDude, January 26
I played black jack yesterday. I don't even know all the rules but apparently I made like 160€ or so. Guess it helped that my friend did all the playing and I did all the yelling at stupid people around me. Now, I'm a pretty big dude but according to my friend I repeatedly told two big black guys next to me to shut up and in the end one of them had to drag they other one away from me. I also tipped the closet-girl, who I don't remember how she looks, 50€, when they found my clothes.
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). Anyways, I finally had good sex, and that cleared my head tremendously and relieved a lot of stress. No strings attached sex = good. Well, this stress relief and head clearage helped me think. I decided fuck majoring in business, fuck education, im gonna be a nerd. A chemist that is.
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