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I'm running sick good today. <3 Poker Gods


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As usual some of this is tilt which pains me the most. Its kinda pathetic that I still do tilt sometimes. I should be over that kind of shit a long time ago.

Me new quest for the coming weeks will be to COMPLETELY remove tilt from my game. I can so easily destroy 3/6 and 5/10 when Im playing well but this tilt business is really fucking with my winrate.

Anyways, Ive noted a couple of phenomenon on party the last few days.

1. People berate me when they win a hand. Wtf is up with that? Someone gets it in with a flushdraw, hits on the river and proceeds to trashtalk and call me a fish etc. I can understand ppl ranting in chat when someone sucks out on them but this??? And it doesnt really affect me at all so they are wasting energy and making them selves look like complete assholes for no reason.

2. I hate partypoker russians. EVERY single ratholing fagass whoreface on party is russian. EVERY disconnect cheating asswhole downsyndromefaggot is russian. Its like somewhere in russia theres a secret science lab where they are spawning evildoing unethical pokerplayers and just pour them all over partypoker.

You lost the cold war, get the fuck over it.


Im still kinda bummed out that I left vegas so early, I miss all the cool kids already T_T

Clay talked about him and I think iamalex coming to London sometime in september for an event of some sort. If they do I will definitely go there aswell since they both are awesomecool cats +we can hopefully hook up with ket and echo and be balling outa control etc.



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Graph tells pretty much everything :D At least I ended up T_T! I'm playing a good number of hands, if I keep up the same pace I'll take shots in NL200 at the end of this week ^_^


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So uni finished and I'm finally getting the chance to play a little poker.
Had a small downswing on titan, was on $200, on $180 now. Been finding the games on Pokerstars more interesting, the players are better there.
Also made myself an avatar:
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/3691/birdqr8.jpg
would this raising every hand and 3 betting you lite make you more likely to call down for your stack?? :D

I HAD been destroying PS full ring, but went on monkey tilt a little when I played before my last exam . lost about $35 in that session. I seem to be being too aggressive for full ring, and no one 'adapts' to me there.

So decided to try 6 max @ 4 tables, and I'm finding it suiting me alot better. I'd still like to go back and fully conquer full ring, but I need to take a good look at how to best exploit the leaks there.(btw if you think the best way is by setmining you are wrong. wrong wrong wrong)

stats so far for PS:
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6065/july6maxfb4.png

goals for me:
-keep banking at NL5 until $200 then move up.
-make an anti-tilt blog post, to get myself into good solid anti-tilt habits
-try develop solid statistically profitable lag poker as best I can
longer term after I have leveled up:
-cash out some $ to get a Cardrunners subsription for a month and rip all their vids
-transfer about $200 over to PKR poker, I think this looks like a profitable and fun site, and it would suit my style (4 tables max).
-COACHING FROM POORUSER

All comments and flames welcome Good Luck beating Luck!

:edit: and where is myth's article on excessive aggression?? I want to re-read it and I have to dig through news to find it...


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Yes I know I'm lazy. I will update my blog when I get back in Vegas tomorrow. Me and Pavel are staying at the Wynn for a week and I plan on playing all my poker in the Wynn poker room caz its the best poker room in Vegas ez yo.

If your there and see me, give me a holla. If you dont know what I look like, I'm the kid walking around with the smile.


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Wazzup peoplez. Time to update my blog since i told people i would keep it updated and haven't made a post in probably 2 months =P.

Well to start, June was a great month for me. The first day i believe was a sunday and i placed 5th in the supernova freeroll for 3,100 and change. Which was a great way to start the month since may was a almost exactly break even month for me. But i felt i was playing well and i decided to take a shot at 400NL the next day playing only 4 tables. Because i figured since when u have a low winrate you thus have bigger swings, and swings wasn't something i wanted. So i decided that playing 400NL with 4 tables, was probably just the same as 200NL with 8-10 tables. Especially since i had some prior experience with 2/4 to begin with so i wasn't exactly jumping into the unknown.

So basically i went on a pretty steady heater and managed to bank another 6k in that month, which was only over about 6k hands since i was in Puerto Rico on vacation from the 12-28th. So since ive been back from PR i have managed to maintain a great winrate which will pretty much speak for itself.

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BTW all this has been playing 4 tables, and i feel i am playing my A game. It has helped me so much to make thinner valuebets, thinner calldowns, thinner laydowns and more player specific bluffs. Its amazing how much your grasp of the tables flow, your image and such can be enhanced so much by just cutting down tables.

non-poker related. Well i went to PR for vacation in july and was able to talk to my aunt about moving in with her and my cousins, and since my aunt loves me she said ofcourse. And so i am moving back to PR at about end of august, early september.

First though, i got to go tomarrow and pay for my car's 100k miles Tune up. Which is gonna come to around 1000 bucks + tax because its a BMW. mother fuckers =(

then after that im getting an alarm + sound system installed ( two 15 inch double coil woofers with probably somewhere around 2000 amps of power in the car for that and the Voice speakers ). THEN I GOTTA PAY TO SHIP IT TO PR! FUCK t.t

OK WELL BYE. btw i guess no one noticed my PT picture has me as lag. god u guys suck at getting jokes. or maybe thats how u guys view me HMMMM


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With a $1100 BR at Titan, I withdrew a few bux from my account to deposit them on PStars to play the Sunday Hundred Grand and with $7.53 left, joined a $5.+.50 tourney in which I happened to finish in 3rd for $423.73 .

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Went out when I was a HUGE favorite preflop:
Submitted by : sTrAtO

PokerStars Game #10803931695: Tournament #54105231, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXIII (10000/20000) - 2007/07/06 - 19:05:45 (ET)
Table '54105231 69' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: schare (630850 in chips)
Seat 5: Opiumus2say (661963 in chips)
Seat 6: o_omx (633187 in chips)
schare: posts the ante 2000
Opiumus2say: posts the ante 2000
o_omx : posts the ante 2000
o_omx : posts small blind 10000
schare: posts big blind 20000

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to o_omx
Opiumus2say: folds
o_omx : raises 30000 to 50000
schare: raises 578850 to 628850 and is all-in
o_omx : calls 578850

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $1,263,700.00)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $1,263,700.00)

   

River (Pot : $1,263,700.00)

   

Showdown
o_omx : shows (a pair of Kings)
schare: shows (a flush, Ace high)
schare collected 1263700 from pot

Summary
Total pot 1263700 | Rake 0
Board  
Seat 2: schare (big blind) showed and won (1263700) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: Opiumus2say (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: o_omx (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Kings

just disgusting, anyway, im satisfied with my play

Submitted by : Sheitan

POKERSTARS GAME #10841368331: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/07/08 - 22:32:45 (ET)
Table 'Klymene III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: mark9097 ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: slyte ($27.75 in chips)
Seat 3: jerkspasm ($5.90 in chips)
Seat 4: aidz12 ($28.45 in chips)
Seat 5: Tiurin ($38.90 in chips)
Seat 6: KIMBO Grrr ($33.80 in chips)
KIMBO Grrr : posts small blind $0.10
mark9097: posts big blind $0.25

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to KIMBO Grrr
slyte: folds
jerkspasm: folds
aidz12: raises $0.55 to $0.80
Tiurin: folds
KIMBO Grrr : calls $0.70
mark9097: folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $1.85)

   
KIMBO Grrr : checks
aidz12 is disconnected
aidz12 is connected
aidz12: bets $1.80
KIMBO Grrr : raises $2.70 to $4.50
aidz12: raises $6.30 to $10.80
KIMBO Grrr : raises $22.20 to $33 and is all-in
aidz12: calls $16.85 and is all-in

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $57.15)

   

River (Pot : $57.15)

   

Showdown
KIMBO Grrr : shows (a flush, Ten high)
aidz12: shows (a flush, Ten high - Eight higher)
aidz12 collected $54.30 from pot

Summary
Total pot $57.15 | Rake $2.85
Board  
Seat 1: mark9097 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: slyte folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: jerkspasm folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: aidz12 showed and won ($54.30) with a flush, Ten high
Seat 5: Tiurin (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: KIMBO Grrr (small blind) showed and lost with a flush, Ten high

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Ok, my goal earlier was to make 20k by the end of August so i have 16k left to go. Um oh yeah, I also found out maybe why i'm getting these head aches all the time, and i think its because of lack of light when I'm in front of my monitor so i now have a lamp * high 5 *. The games at 200NL are ok, not too bad, but i'm still learning and trying to be a better player. Umm.. Oh I was the UFC hight last night, meh, i wish there was more fighting and less of the "hugging each other on the floor shit" they sometimes do. Overall it was a good week, stats are below.

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Well sorry for the lack of updates, i had a wekeend at a nearby beach and didnt played that much.

Well july started with me deciding that im just not cut for pokerstars, i dont know the software(great btw) just doesnt fit me, and the lack of RB is a big issue for me, so i decided to move to FTP where the RB is generous and the signup bonus is great.


As soon as i started playing there i played really bad, got into many weird spots, tilted and lost like 140dollars, but it was even thanks to the bonus and RB, so i decided to rethink and start something new, my shorthanded style was really weak and nitty, im just not that good at mindless agression and that kind of stuff, im much better(IMHO) at spotting bluffs, being more passive and more mathematical approach to the game so i thought on giving FR a try.


FR for me is something new, i never really played FR because when i started i could only play 4 tables, i was really slow, so i thought it was boring and i sticked to shorthanded games because they where basicaly faster, but know that im capable of playing 12 tables at stars(fast) 6 handed i decided to give it a shot.

At first it was kinda weird, just playing nitty and wait for great hands, so people stack off, people at FT low limits(this is mostly true at all sites except Stars imo) are really bad, really really bad, im not saying that im great, is just that i have a little more experience and more mathematical knowledge than most lowlimit players so i have a good edge.

Well enough of blablabla, i will post some stats.


Stats
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Graph

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I still do retarded 6max things like stacking with tptk, which im currently working a lot on making more folds because of the nittyness.


Thanks all.


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Yo I played a session today and it made me frustrated but not as bad as a losing session that's for sure.

Here look!

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Hand of the session:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/227041

I don't usually like posting these so much, but I think this is an interesting hand to check out. I didn't think he'd play a FD this passive blind on blind and I play my flopped flushdraws much the same. Catcher is a really good player so it felt good taking one from him.



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I love this cartoon. Too bad there aren't going to by any more episodes. It was made by the same guys that make south park.

http://www.spschat.com/Shocked/ep01.swf

http://www.spschat.com/Shocked/ep02.swf

And some history behind the cartoon:

"This is a one of a kind flash. From the creators of Southpark (Matt Stone and Trey Parker) these two were contracted to do a series of 64 episodes of a flash cartoon for Shockwave.com. The two agreed, as long as "anything goes". Once Shockwave saw the first two episodes, they canceled the contract."


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Have you ever thought you can use more space?
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Have you ever noticed you are..different, from everyone else?
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It's ok! There are other people like you too!
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down $40

BR at $500

ran bad, made a couple of semi-spews, got into a few spots where i didnt know what to do.

Apart from said spews i think i played well but ending session now after 1.3k hands. got nearly 12k FPP so only another 5k for ipod nano since mines broke, so thats nice.

gl all


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Friday was sooo awesome cause as I said like 10 times already, there was a re-opening party at my favorite club in my hometown. A few friends of mine popped in before going out and we bought some whisky to drink before leaving. Since it was kinda late we had to dirnk fast and by the time we left I already felt tipsy. We took a taxi and headed to the club. I was kinda worried cause the last time I went there (2-3 months ago) I got ultra drunk and got kicked out. Luckily the bouncer didn't remember that accident and we had no problems with getting in. And what a suprise - the entry was free till 11pm. Ship it.

The decor was pretty good. It was kinda similar to how it looked in the old location but everything seemed to be more fresh. Also the bar is much better now. The only drawback is that the ceiling is kinda low and it's quite hot because of that. And I guess it lost a bit of its spirit.

Just when we got in, some other friends of mine called me and said that they didn't get in. Basically the bouncers are kinda strange and they often don't let people in randomly. Even when you are dressed properly and in the legal age. In Poland it's 18 but in this club they sometimes say that you need to be 21 to get in but they rarely card anyone. It's kinda strange cause when me and my friends were under 18, we had no problems with getting in and stuff. And now when we're all around 20, it gets even tougher to get in, lolz.

Later on some other friends of mine came and we started having loads of drinks. I was ordering vodkas redbull, jack daniels with coke and beers. Once again I spent too much even though a friend of mine bought me like 2-3 drinks cause he owed me. One of my mates started dancing with some girl so obv I made a bet with my other mate. He said that she wouldn't let him kiss her and I said that they will do it obv. Loser was buying a drink for the winner. I told my friend about this bet so he was trying harder and harderd but the girl showed some resistance. So he just told her about my bet and she agreed. Ship it.

We left the club about just before 6am I think and went to some kebab place. Somehow I wasn't hungry and didn't eat at all (!!!). Then we started walking towards my place and took a bus and I was at home around 7:30 am. People were already going to work or doing some Saturday shopping and stuff and I was still drunk, coming back from a party.

I woke up about 2pm and I still felt kinda drunk. My mate came and we had a lunch. Then we went to the city centre as our friends were taking part in PES6 tournament on PS2. They finished 3rd and 4th so it was pretty good.

In the evening my other mate came and we had some beers and whisky. Around 2am we were starving and since I had nothing in my fridge, we decided to take a taxi and go to get some kebabs. We came back, had some more beers and I went to bed around 6am.

Today I woke up around 1pm, watched some TV, cleaned everything up and now it's already 6:30pm here so I wasted another day lol. Tommorow a new week is going to start so hopefully I'll be able to make some changes. I finally need to start playing lolz. 3k hands in 8 days ain't good. Also, I can't wait till the next weekend. Holla

And Jessica Alba pic obv to make this post more interesting:

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Ok so basicly I've been running really bad the last few days. I guess the thinking "ok, if he chased that gutshot for 1/4th of the effective stacks he's -ev even if I pay him off so I can't fold in case he's bluffing" isn't very good thinking. At least not when it happens 3 times in 15 minutes. I'm still upp allmost 5k on NL400 but I've decided to withdraw half my bankroll to put into the stock market and move down to NL200 and maybe play some HU untill I start to run better. I wasn't playing very good today either so I guess I should take a break.

Won't post any hands but they're basicly all the same: I bet like TP, top 2 or a set, someone hits a obvious gutshot or the turn and river brings two overs and I pay them off.

Shit happends, mates!


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Started playing on NL100 today after a long day of tournaments. Session went really bad at first, and dropped 3BI's. After frustration set in, I took a break and came back.

After coming back I played my best poker for a good three hours and won back what I lost, and then some. By the end of the session I ended up down 1/2 a BI. I made a couple crazy plays at the end of the night I wish I didn't make...oh well..

I reset my stats during the middle of my session, but here's the last hands I played;

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 2509 hands and saw flop:
- 163 out of 329 times while in big blind (49%)
- 95 out of 330 times while in small blind (28%)
- 258 out of 1850 times in other positions (13%)
- a total of 516 out of 2509 (20%)
Pots won at showdown - 65 of 133 (48%)
Pots won without showdown - 338

and a couple nice pots here, im too tired to post analysis right now;

vs Poolace & iseethroughu - best pot in like a month
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226667

vs joselim - best call I've seen in ages. (vs me)
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226702

vs iceethroughu - I cant believe this shit.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226700

vs JuantotheC - I've been playing back at him alot. It was obvious he was on a draw on the flop. UL turn..
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226700

vs VenKanto - Nice pot..blew the profits 5 minutes later in a crazy bluff though..(I've been reading The Book of Bluffs by Matt Lessinger, and bluffing alot more lately, some for big profits, others not so profitable)
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226692

vs JuanTotheC - Called his raise with QKs in EP execting to get great odds by the flop, and I did. Just called to hit a str8 or a flush. Flopped nice, turned my K, but still felt like I was behind and had to dump it.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226689

vs JoseLim - FUCK this hand sucked.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226687

vs Marijuonos - Nice!
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226679

vs bbbubba - this was just...great...
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226677

vs solovaa - good bluff opportunity
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226674

vs 507kowboy - I fucking suck...cooler! I don't think I will ever fold this for 1 buyin. EVER.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226666

vs Jostos - He let me set him up perfectly.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226656

vs 507Kowboy - I guess I shoulda slowed down..
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226637

vs babs and RTgoosen - babs is the loosest player on NL100 that I've seen. I try to enter any pot he is in with any cards that have potential to win. I flop a FD and get 3/1 to call on all streets+my implied odds its fine IMO. Too bad the retard that was laying me the 3/1 was calling with a 2/1 FD with no expected value if he hits *(he can't put me on a smaller FD*) FUCK this hand. set up bullshit
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226629

vs JJ2win - Just ran a bad bluff into him, he thought i was bluffing him again.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226621

vs Babs1337 - super loose player so I RR with JJ PF. Flop gin and figure he will bet it for me, then I get it in on the turn cuz he slowed down. He smelt my trap, but couldn't get away from it. nice try babs
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226614

vs Babs1337 - Got him again
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226605

fun hand to see, don't know what mathias was thinking. NH babs
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226610

vs aututaki - biggest spew of the day
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226588

vs hardhairy - wasn't gonna let him draw cheaply on this board and took it down, nice small pot.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/226632

So all in all, today was a day full of bad beats, great beats, some mistakes, some great hands. Variance ran really high and really low for me. I also played pretty well for most of the session, except about 20 minutes where I lost 3BI's back to back to back...was a sad time. Felt like I was being set up..

I'm gonna go play more, I'm not tired n still have alot of beer.

19279 FPP til I finish in the hyperbolic time chamber.

GL everyone,
DReaMe (Ryan)


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Fans of tilted fish,
I have now recovered from my ~ -2k downsing! So you can stop worrying and have a nice sleep from now on.

It was ugly but now that its done it feels ok.
most of the the downsing happend as soon as I moved up to 200nl(naturally), I dont think I played bad at all, I only move up when I am on my top form and I really was. Anyways for now 100nl should do here is the graph:

heater after a downsing:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/tiltedfish/Untitled-3.jpg

its very nice to play with 50-60 buyins, and I think I move up when I have 8k BR.

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RIP Syd Barret.
Its been a year now...went to so fast actually but I was bored enough to recored a syd barret song two days ago so here is my tribute to madcap himself:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=528383&songID=5533205


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