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So I made today a tournament day in respect for our fellow LP'er Hevad Khan, and got well...Fucked all night.

I busted in every FT way before top 3, and to finish the night...well...here's how I went out in the $3rebuy.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/232119

me busting out of the $10 180 man SnG finishing fucking seventh...cardead the whole final table, this is the ONLY hand I picked up other than 55 which I burned 3x bb calling w/ two people in the pot to hit a set.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/232111

and a cute hand in the middle stages of the 3R
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/232092

I could post 100,000 bad beats here, today was brutal..

I'm running like...fucking awful.
Today was the first day I felt like I wasn't tilting anymore when I got back on (from last Tuesdays session), but stars wouldn't take that.

Pissed off.
DReaMe (Ryan)

16,332 FPP til Supernova


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So, I won the bronze freeroll last night (see post below) and today was the hu shootout for the 4 winners of the 4 freerolls. 5k to first plus a chance to play hu against full tilt pros for 10k ea head. I got a luckbox draw in my first match, and the guy wasn't even there.. so I won that pretty easy. After the other table was done we negotiated a 4k/1k payout, and... I lost. :s
The match was pretty even until I button rose with 32o. Call from him. Flop was T high, check from him, I check. Turn paired me. He c/c 2/3 pot. River blank and I checked behind hoping my bottom pair was good... lol he flopped a T. Wasn't too big of a pot but it gave him a pretty good lead. After that he got up to a 2:1 lead, I had AJo on the button standard raise, flatted by him. Flop T62 rainbow, check ahead and I shove. Call from him shows J6, no ace he wins. Still got 1k out of this which is pretty awesome considering my br was $300 two days ago grinding 10NL, and now its $2800.

A lame performance by me in the final table, but adding 1K to my br is nice :D


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Hello guys. Haven't posted for a while.
Last time I posted I was a 4,5BB/100 Winner at the NL100 tables over a proper sample size. That was about 3 months ago.
Since then i just hit a brick wall.

Grinded my way up from NL10 to NL100 in about 5 months playing up to 45k hands per month usually with a winrate above 4BB/100. Sometimes i had 6-8 BI swings but the thing happening with me right now is just ridiculous.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5041/asdfoe6.jpg

about 30k hands are missing as they are logged on my laptop but they are at -1,88 BB /100 at NL50 and -4BB/100 at NL100.
Lost most of my initial Bankroll even while moving down in limits.

I had put aside some money for my trip to the US this summer but i had to use it to refill my bankroll. The thing concerning me the most is that I am not a candidate who tilts away when i lose a big pot. Used to play a 22/16 style prior to my downswing. Its just frustrating...

Already moved down to NL25 although my BR would allow me to still play NL50 but i just cant WIN a single big pot...

I just wanna kill myself


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First break - started off the tournament well when I hit a pair+open ender vs AK and doubled up, maintained my chipstack fairly well and finished at the first break @ 5k chips.

Now on a new table, starting the second break - Lost a ton of flips, managed to fight back, only to make a bad push in the SB behind two MP limpers with JQos for 15x bb...one of the EP limpers held AQs and called for his stack. AQ held for A high and I was knocked out.


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CAUTION, THIS WILL BE A LONG READ, PLEASE COMMENT WITH YOUR THOUGHTS AFTERWARDS

Went back to my local casino (Empire Casino from last blog) to compete in the same rebuy tourny.

Tourny Stats:

Players = 54
Prize Pool = $3,000
Rebuys = 40+
Addons = 36

The very first hand a guy raised for 75 to go, and this asian girl (looked like Evelyn Ng... so fit!) reraised like 300+ more. He looked there in shock and flashed his Q-Q before folding. Great fold.

I played very tight at the start and noticed they made improvements that i was happy with, they changed the blinds to 25/25 to start with, so thats good having 40BB which is around standard i guess.

After about 17-20 hands of not catching anything decent, i got annoyed and raised UTG with K-7dd. Luckily no one called respecting me being tight and i took it down.

Now a few hands later i got 5-5. I raised MP and got 1 caller 2 seats to my right. Board comes 6-6-3 so i go all-in for the remainder 700 knowing i probably have the best hand and put him on over cards. The moron called with K-T suited, which gave him a spade flush draw and 2 overcards... he caught the K on river and i rebought.

The VERY next hand i looked down at 3-3 on the SB and called the extra 100 with 3 other limpers including BB who checked. Board come 3-6-8 and i pushed all-in for 800. And amazingly enough all 3 of them call, and i end up winning 3k from them plus my 1k i started with.

Few hands later i have J-J UTG and raise to 600, she calls and board comes A-A-5, i thought it was unlikely she had the A, she checked and i bet size of pot and she folded.

BREAK WITH 4600 CHIPS, BLINDS GOING TO 150-300

I had to move tables to see this amazing stack of 500 chips 2 seats to my right, and he had over 12k from what i could count, easily dominating the table.

I looked down at A-Q from the SB and raised it to 900. A guy in BB to my left pushed all-in for his remainder 2500+, i reluctantly showed and folded, and he showed me his 9-9. I got very annoyed with myself, i think i should have called because he may of thought i was stealing and because i just joined table, i had no idea how he played... but what do you all think?

So with 3700 i looked down at the BB with 6-3os and checked with the SB who had less than me by a small amount. Board come 1-5-4 giving me an OESD, he bet a weak amount, like half the pot and i pushed all-in and he folded.

Few hands later i got KQos and limped from SB vs the BB. Board come J-T-2, giving me another OESD. We both check with turn coming 7, both check and river coming 2. I thought about it and bet 1000 on a bluff, making it look like i checked bottom pair and got lucky. To my surprise he moved all-in and i had to fold, him showing 8-2 lmfao!

So with blinds being 200-400 and my stack of 3400 or so, i decided to make a stand 2 hands before they come round to me with A-9ss suited. The Chip leader with his monster stack, called with K-5dd suited... stupid moron. To my disgust board come K-3-9 straight away, and i couldnt catch a back door flush or my A or another 9 leaving me out in 32nd place.

GG


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Well I went a few times this week since it's been so freaking soft and I haven't had anything better to do. No real big hands stand out, played 200 max for a net of $930, 300 max 2/5 for $250 300 max 2/5 for $730 and then last night 500 max 5/5 for $1195. Basically it's just the biggest donk filled room I've ever seen.

Live roll:$3925


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Huge downswing for me. Lost 8 full buyins =(. So much for my goals =(


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Just kidding. Im not going to play cashgames for a couple of days since I apparently blow at em and keep getting owned. I am, however, going to play all the big sunday tours tommorow. I think its fair to donate some money to the tourney donks that pay my bills and who knows, I might get lucky and win something.



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OH, and GO RAIN! I sincerely wish him all the best, go on and win it man you deserve it!


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I just won the bronze freeroll on FTP.
$1500 cash money
I know its not that much compared to other greats on here, but for me this is just amazing. I just recently started playing seriously online (end of June), and have been playing 10nl mostly trying to build my previously lame $300 roll. I haven't really tried mtts too much, even irl I always seem to be the bubble boy. Once we were at the ft, I played astonishingly solid, and only luckboxed once early on when I was shortstacked vs button steal. Ok thats enough of the bragging, I'll edit some pics later. :D

<3 u all



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mmkay, I'm a fish.
I went down the play some 1/2NL at casino today and it went pretty badly. First I had to wait a good hour or so before a seat opened up despite 3 games of 1/2 going on.
When I sat, first hand I picked up UTG was AA (they just dealt me in, didnt require me to post while my chips was being brought to me)
I open for 10. Game was played with whites ($1) and reds ($5). 4 players call including one from SB. Flop comes K J rag all clubs and sure enough, I didnt have a club. Pot was $40 and sb donk lead for $10, I thought about it, and raised to $40. Other two cold callers fold and sb calls.
Turn comes Qc, and he quickly bets $20 into whatever many the pot was. I felt nothing helps and I cant possibly call a river bet so I mucked it.
A couple hands later, I was in the big blind with 66 and called a raise to $12 since there were hmm, 5 or 6 people in the pot. Flopped Ace with 2 rags with FD, so I check folded.
After this I rebought for $60 or so to put me back up to $198. I didnt have change so I didnt make it full $200.
After this, I was card dead for a long while. I should mention now that the guy two seats to my right, who was SB and made those donk bets on a monotone board earlier, seems to like raising to random shit like $7 or $12 and continues to cbet with like $10 or $20.
Fast track to me completing the blind with 77 on sb. There were 2 limpers so the pot was 8. Flop comes A 7 3 rainbow, so I check. Action checks around to last guy to act, some random old dude. He fucking fires $18 into $8 pot. So I just called. Turn brought a 6, completing some random gut shot. I announced check in the dark before turn was dealt, so old dude fires $20 this time.
-donk fish alert-
I went to raise and dropped $60 but since I didnt do it in one motion, the dealer claimed it was a call. FUCK.
River was a 4 or some random shit like that making it one to the straight, but I went ahead and chuck the last 40 that was already in my hand. My goal on turn was to splash the pot making it look like a bluff xD
old dude tanks, folds. stupid fuck.

After this, I ran drier than a Tibetan monk and just mucked a few hands. Then, 9cTs on sb, which I went ahead and completed. Flop comes 9 5 6 with flush draw. We check around to guy two to my right and he fires 10. I thought about it, called. Turn brought a small overcard like a Js (now 2c and 2s? on board) I check call 20 on turn not sure where I stand. River brings 7s completing runner runner flush. He bets $20 again and I call with nothing else to do (donkey fish station Anyways, he shows 3 4 for OESD and river straight. Gay.

This puts me down to something like 160 or 170, not sure exactly how much. Very next hand, me on button. Limpers preflop, standard. Guy two to my right opens for 7, again, CO calls, I call, and a couple more calls. Flop comes Q 5 4 with FD. Action checks to pfr and he fires $20 into maybe 40 some pot. CO calls, I raise to $60 (donk, shoulda been more in retrospect since I didnt consider the pot size.) Action folds around to pfr and he quickly calls. Guy in CO looks at me annoyed/disgusted and tossed. I figure he had a FD. At this point, I can see the pf raiser a bit antsy. He didnt even look at the turn (7, FD whiffed) and shoved. Pot at this point is 120 some with me having about 10-20 smaller than that in front of me. (He had me covered, had quite a stack going in fact. He called some guys river shove early while saying "I dont think you have shit" on a river paired 3 with pock aces while other guy had top pair 8s or something) Anyways, he shoved all in, I quickly called. I felt he was drawing/bullshitting. He shows 5 7o for 2p. Bad beat. At this point, CO was pissed and says he had Q7.

After this, I went to take out $200 more from ATM. I came back, first hand, TT. Guy opened from UTG for $10, and guy to my right who hasnt raised a single hand all day, meticulously played with his chips and calculated out a raise to $30. Easy fold for me, might as well have deuces. Action fold around back to him and he mucks. A couple boring hands after that, I limped AKo UTG (donk, fish)
Rightfully so, I was punished. Like 456456456 people limped along. Action goes to SB and he makes it $7 to go. This is the same guy that I've been describing earlier. Perfecto, $7 is like the most retarded raise given that a.) hes way OOP and b.) hes not going to drive anyone out with that moron raise. I make it $30 to go after bb folds. Action quickly folds around back to him, and he very openly leans over the BB and looks at my stack, and said all in. At this point, I'm like... wtf? what are you making $7 in SB with a fucking assload of limpers and then shoving over a UTG limp-raise? I figured I had one ace and one king, so odds of him having AA/KK is lower. So went ahead and called. He shows KK, no help came, gg me.

So, down $460 this trip and played poorly. But yah, thats that.


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I'm a complete newbie to this site -_-. How do you get certains hands from your history and post it? I use Bodog poker. Also, do you guys use MSN to contact each other?


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I cant play much because im still working my ass off, but ive played as much as I could since the last blog. Had some more deep cashes in some donkaments.

Graph since last blog:
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/7357/graphxn9.jpg

Overall Graph:
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7288/graph2cx6.jpg

Im going to try and quit my job kind of soon before college and travel a bit to Cali for blizzcon(guy I know that works for them got me passes) and down south. Im running like 17/15ish which is very tight for me because I used to play like 24/21 on FTP but obviously this is much more profitable.
Off to work


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Tonight is a special night for me, because I just reached my first milestone goal of $10,000 Bankroll!

I'd just like to say thanks to Pokemyface85 for introducing me to the game. I'd also like to thank ToT)Midian (Clan mate also), Myth, Nazgul, Ket, TalentedTom, Nolan, Yugless, TwistedEcho, RainKhan and also Wiseadvice for posting alot of good advice on the forums for me to learn from.

Here is just a short summary of my sick run:
Start: June 20th
Start BR: $1,200
Start Limit: 50NL
End Date: July 14th
End Br: $10,093.91
End Limit: 200NL
Total Hands played: 80536
Hands Per Day: 3356
Total Hours: 146.73
Hours Per Day: 6.11 hours

And ofcourse pics or it didnt happen!!

PT General Stats:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2931/ptgenstatssincejune20thlw3.jpg
Shot at 2007-07-14
PT Session Stats:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6905/ptsessionstatssincejuneud0.jpg
Shot at 2007-07-14
Poker Grapher:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1419/graphsincejune20thbt7.jpg
Shot at 2007-07-14
EV grapher: <-- Just downloaded after reading the thread about it
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8611/evgraphkp3.gif
Shot at 2007-07-14



Thank you again!!
Im just going to grind out 200NL for a while as I wont be able to play as much because University is starting again. Might try to move up to 400NL during November when I get my next break!!


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http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/231203

History: Played for like 15 min, havn't done one bluff (except for contbets). WTF is happening?

I've also lost KK vs TT allin pre, 55 vs 99 on a 345-board (or was it 456?). I don't believe in rigged sites or anything but I'm feeling mentally ill every time I see unibet now. I gotta change site:/

Basicly, I'm a crybaby and I'm not running well. Fuck this.



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my goal in the next 2 months is to make enough off this stake to start rolling well again in MTT world... and then to make a decent score or two there, so i can play most/all of the WCOOP NLH events.

just wanted to get that on record so i see it, and remind myself, and you guys can remind me when i get off track at all.

gl all

-nut


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1. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/231014
Villain has been pretty lose and aggro, check/raising with top pair and draws,
how does my turn bet look?

2. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/231022
I'm thinking he'll call with most 7x
Is it ok to make a 1/2 pot value bet?

3. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/231026
is it better to call and reevaluate on the turn?
I don't like that line because AA gets weaker on the turn,
and I find it hard to fold aces on the flop. Help?


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I'm trying to earn 5000 by June. Realistic? I have about 1500 atm and play 10/25 and 25/50 sometimes.


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Please post feedback on this hand:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/230983
villain is 17/8/6 over maybe a couple hundred hands.


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