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June 15th, afternoon, was powering my way to supernova, dropped $650 or so. Thanks to a good morning session, I was only down $100 or so.

June 16th, played the supernova freeroll, busted out about 100 places before cash. Was playing a couple rebuy donkaments ($20+2, 1 rebuy 1 addon + $3R) lost about 80. Heres the hands the ended my 20+2 & lost my stack on 3R (within 2mins of each other)
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/213296
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/213299

Last night, decided since I bought that $1500 bonus for 100k FPPs, I'll try and 9 table some to get sick VPPs. I ended up down about 450 in a hr. A few retardo setups + a couple retardo spews

Today, I sat down and played semi solid for the first bit, just my usual 5 tables. Then shit hits the fan. I dont even know how to describe some of these... fuck heres the graph.

http://www.sitefights.com/community/art/gawdawaful//561.jpg

So in the last 3 sessions, I'm down maybe $1750. I need another break. This is just way too much stress for me at the moment.

Oh yah, for the month, I'm up maybe 1900 left. I peaked at hmmm...3850? gg me


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re-putting-up all the old stuff.

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After last Sunday's run, things have gotten a little shakey. After ending last Sunday $300 up, I worked through the week running that up to $465, only to run that down to about $200 by this afternoon's event. Playing stupid and donking off my chips one sng after another. since it's father's day, I'm going to step away from the computer for a while after the LP tourney. I'll try to come back fresh for one or two more sngs tonight, but right now I feel like I don't know what I am doing. If you've seen me playing, you know what I mean.

Busted out of the weekly by PastoroVic, who seems on a roll, lucking out left and right (his KK against my 77), lol.

Trying one more two-table turbo before I go, though I dropped down to $6.50 rather than another $16.
finished in fourth, barely in the money. Better than nothing, but still not really playing well.


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Pretty hungover today, but decided to play some nontheless. Was a big swingy, but I played alright I think. Had a few bad beats against me like these:

Openended = nuts
Openended = nuts#2

Also kind of sucked out in one, but I figured I had about 15% equity here in hindsight because he was giving me a free card on the turn. I'd give up if I didn't hit obviously so I'd lose 95$ 85% of the time, but win 470$ 15% of the time, so that comes pretty close to 0EV I guess. Probably like -50$.

The "suckout"

The rest of my hands is possibly like breakeven in terms of EV, so if I look at only these 3 hands, I should be up 1450$ more considering the openended straight hands were all like 75%/25% favourites.

Well I'm happy nontheless that it's not a losing session:

http://www.freewebs.com/twisted1234/17juni.jpg

June total:

http://www.freewebs.com/twisted1234/junitot17.jpg



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I originally wanted to post the sharkscope graph today but i searched more then 5 people and so i cant post it for today.

Besides that nothing really new.

Lots of bad beats but still making some money.
Only thing to mention is that for the first time i was on a 1.75$ SNG Final table with 200/400 blinds where still 7 people were in the game. The table was actually the best micro table i ever encountered.

I cashed in 2nd place having a hard time to survive being under 10 Bb but then hitting with live cards and catching a straight with 24o .. i managed to get it heads up.

here is the Graph

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5031/graphii8.jpg

SNGS played 97
TOTAL PROFIT 68,84 $

GL to all of you


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edit: already staked. thnx guys.

hiyo everyone. Im looking for a stake for the MSNL this afternoon. Sorta underrolled for it. Ill return 100% profits, i just want teh ladder points since this is the last week apparently.

anyone intrested just pm me yo


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So tonight I got really fed up with FTP tourneys.
Within 24 hours, two different times I got my money all in on the flop on set vs set, with me having the higher set. But what happens? Yep, turn pulls that miracle 1 outter on me.

After the second time, I decided to break from that place for a bit. Try it somewhere else. My choice was Absolute Poker. I had signed up there a long time ago, back in my REAL fish days - playing something like 65/0/5 - so of course the old account was empty.
So I deposit enough for three tourneys, a small one a medium, and large one (least for me right now)
I got gayed pretty hard in the big tourney with a story of AA vs TT, and a rivered ten. The small one didn't come out so great either, but the middle one....ahh, well here's a screen shot of that outcome

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j50/DragonzPlay/Firstdecentwin.jpg


SHIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP IT!!
And at a reaaally good time too! My gf's bday is in 2 days.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!


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What's up bitches...guess it's time for an update. Been playing a little online recently. Cashed out big for summer expenses + downswing = 100nl right now. Also experimenting with playing 9 tables FR at lower stakes - I want to get enough FPP this summer for TV and another monitor in August.

I've been playing mostly live recently. There's a shitty little casino about 30 minutes from my place, so I've been going there a few times a week. In probably like 30 hours of play I don't think I've seen a single good player. Anyway, tonight was wacky as hell, so here goes:

1/2 NL, 200 cap. I buy-in, bleed a little w/ cold cards for an hour or so, go to eat. Come back and reload (down $50). A few hands in, things get interesting w/ villain who is the tightest player I've ever witnessed. Two examples of this:

1. 3 or 4 limpers - villain holds QQ in the cut-off seat and LIMPS BEHIND. Rest of the hand is uninteresting, but I was astounded at his pf action.
2. Villain is racked and ready to leave, plays his last hand on the button. Dealer deals him in, and he says "Unless these are aces, I ain't playing". Quickly mucks AK after a raise and a caller, and walks away. lol

So, shortly after eating, I look down in middle/early position at two black kings. I raise to $10 or $15, villain is directly to my left and makes it $40 or something. Well, after seeing him limp QQ and openfold AK I am about to muck my cowboys. And then, the weirdest fucking thing happens - HE says, "Do you want to see my hand", after I'm thinking for just a few seconds. I say of course, and he shows me two RED kings. Well, obviously I insta-push, which sends him into the tank, and he finally calls. I show my hand and we have a good laugh - dealer prepares to chop, and deals the flop - ALL FUCKING RED. Turn is a heart, gg. Now down $250.

So I reload, and like two hands later the following happens. Active player in MP makes it $15 (std raise, 1/2 live plays so big) and I have QQ in the BB. I make it $50, and villain from the previous hand shoves. Well, once again, I'm about ready to muck my big PP to this guy (actually, this is an incredibly easy fold here, but read on) and I ask him if he's going to me show me his hand again. He says no, so I show my queens (dunno why in retrospect, but whatever) and before I get my hand in the muck, he shows me two kings! I laugh and fold - he obviously felt bad about the beat earlier. Fucking silly...

Anyway, so now I'm stuck $300. I do nothing for a while until some idiot tries to bluff me off of two pair by repping a flush and giving me like 5:1 - gg $100. It gets shorthanded, and I've got direct position on a old man who is a huge station. He limps in EP, I raise 78hh, he calls, flop 569 two diamonds. He check/calls pot sized bet, turn is a black ten, I put him all in for another pot-sized bet, he insta-calls and shows A3dd. River is a diamond, obv. gh sir...

Down to four-handed, some guy raises, I re-pop 99 in the blinds, he calls. Flop is Q94 two hearts, I c-bet, he raises, I shove and he calls w/ JTo (lol). So I bust that chump and break even on my last hand as the table breaks. Cash out for $505 after being in for $500.

I played like 8 hours of poker and made 5 bucks. sweet


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... PLAY MONEY

WHAT THE FUCK POKERSTARS??

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4497/tiltjt7.jpg

JEEEEEEEEEESUS WHY CANT I RUN THAT GOOD ON A FINAL TABLE OR SOMETHING?

play money

BLAHHHH


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ONE TIME! WHUT!

Its back, new material and errr'ythang. All the people at WSOP better start getting source material for this stuff.

The Challenge: If someone at WSOP can get Patrik Antonius to sign me a t-shirt I will do a photoshop everyday for an entire month (or possibly more). Id also like a picture of him signing it so i know it wasnt done by Ket on the plane with a biro.


TJ playing strip craps
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x22/byrnesam/tjcloutier.jpg


Myth: RoShamBo gangster
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x22/byrnesam/mythscissordone.jpg


RainKhan and the liquidpoker mobile
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x22/byrnesam/bigkhan.jpg


Elky, TalentedTom and Mig
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x22/byrnesam/sesamestreet1.jpg


Count Von Ket 1
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x22/byrnesam/countket.jpg

Count Von Ket 2
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x22/byrnesam/countvonket.jpg


get me more material - more to come.


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so, the live card club in boston was sick as i was foretold. there's only two tabls but they seat 11 or so and they're really sick tables. they don't have electric card shufflers like foxwoods but they were really nice felt and wood grain i liked them better to be honest. they were also alot larger and just generally more comfortable. there was leather couches spotted all around and 3 huge flatscreen tv's with poker channels and scorcese movies on, it was pretty fuckin' cool to say the least.

security was real tight though, and i got the 3rd degree at the door, which was interesting. thing is if you drove up to the place you'd really never have a clue what it was like inside. it was pretty surreal. they also had free drinks/food which included sandwiches made to order haha, i was pretty floored at how proffesional the place was run.

anyways, on to the poker.

the player pool consisted of 3 or 4 old timers, a few well known drug dealers, and a few middle-eastern guys who i'm pretty sure own a food business in town. there was also a guy who i think runs a local sub place. the skill level ranged from bad to fucking horrendous, and as per usual the preflop raises ranged from $10 to $25 to occasionally $100 at a 1/2 game with a 150bb max buyin.

one of my first hands at the table i was dealt AA on the button and UTG made it 7 and a player I know from another live game who's really aggressive and ballsy and pretty decent called from MP. I made it 35 to go and UTG called. The flop came T72 with two clubs and I bet 50 when checked to me. The guy thought for a bit and folded. The table seemed pretty upset that I didn't show my cards (I believe cards had been shown every hand up until then). A few hands later I was dealt TT on the button again and 3 or 4 choadbrono's limped so I raised it up to 15. The player in the big blind, one of the old timers who seemed to be the least bad out of everyone minraised... Great. I called for set value of course and the rest of the table folded. The flop was a pretty sketchy KQT. I felt really shitty about this because with the minraise and the guys apparent tight play up until this point it was pretty clear he had AA KK QQ maybe JJ. He led for 40 and I thought awhile and flatted deciding to see how he'd react on the turn. The turn was the 4d and he hesitantly bet 50 into me. At this point I had like 120 behind and I thought a call could be in order, as at this point I was really confident he was on either AA or JJ, he just seemed generally uneasy about his hand, but I couldn't decide whether or not he could fold Aces and thought maybe getting it in now would be best. He thought for quite awihle when I shoved and eventually mucked face up: AA. I was pretty impressed but he did say he was pretty sure I musta had two pair which I guess isn't a bad read as that board is awful for AA. I ran card dead for awhile, then picked up TT again in the cutoff. There were a few limps and I made it like 17 to go preflop and was met with one caller, a super old timer who seemed borderline senile, however he was only playing maybe 10% of hands at most so I didn't think he was a total dope. The flop landed KJ6 with two clubs and I cbet for 25 when checked to me. He reluctantly called and the turn came a wonderous Td. He checked to me again and I bet out 75 not really knowing what to put tightass on. He said "Not sure your hand is good but I got to respect the play" and mucked face down but later said he had a shitty flush draw which sounds about right. For the next hour I had abunch of semi-ok hands to call raises with but bricked out on most flops. Later I was dealt A3 clubs on the button and it limped around to the cut off (literally everyone limped) who made it $10, obviously I called but the semi-decent player who mucked AA earlier made it $35 from the BB. There were two other calls so I figured fuck it since I was at this point deep wtih all people involved and threw in the green guy to take a flop. The flop was AJJ and it checked around to me, but I figured WA/WB and checked it back. The turn came a 3 and it checked to the CO who bet $200 into a $125 or so pot. Obviously everyone turbo mucked and he tabled JJ. Brilliant. I picked up a few small pots with BS c-bets and was starting to get tired and hungry so I called my little bro to pick me up. The last hand I played was KQ hearts, making an EP raise and getting a few callers. The flop came a nice QT7 with two hearts. I led for ~PSB which was something like $25 and got one (hesitant) caller. The turn was an offsuit seven and I could tell by my opponent (who was one of the shittier weak/tight old timers) that he wasn't super pumped about his hand. I bet $50 hoping to squeeze value from what I presumed was QJ, Qx or maybe an AT type hand. I also considered a lower FD a possibility. Again he hesitantly called. the river came an offsuit four and I decided my hand was best and so bet $100 for value. The guy thought for like literally 2 minutes (I was about to call the clock on him) and he finally called, showing KQ spades. Son of a bitchhhh. I only netted just under a buyin but it was a pretty good time and I'll probably head back someday if I'm in town.

but to be honest, live poker with strangers really isn't that fun. I got bored quick and it's probably good that I left early. My buddy I went with was stuck like 400 when I left and he just txt msg'd me saying he was in for 600 but sitting on 500 so hopefully he pulls through a win by the time he leaves, which will probably be 6am. He's like a live grinder and hits up a different card club every day of the week on top of working a full time job. He is like totally fine putting in 8 hour live sessions and it's definitely something I can't do. I'm such an internet donk.

Oh also, I witnessed someone call a $350 bet on the river of a four flush board with a set... Yeah.. Live poker = 25ptbb/100 profitability.


Sorry for the mega long post, thought maybe people find these live reports interesting and if anyones in the boston area hell maybe they'd like to hit up the game.

Take it easy,

Sean.


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What a sad sad session
I hit supernova last night so I bought that $1500 bonus for 100k FPPs. Decided I'll 9 table today to get some sick VPPs to clear that bad boy.

Results? -$450 in 1.1k hands. Reasons?
Set over set (1)
Top pair + FD in 3 bet pot vs bottom set (1)
Top pair in 3 bet pot vs middle set (1)
Turned trips ran up against turned boat (1)
Sprinkle in some gut shots against shortstacks, and no action with AA/KK, all this amounts to...

gg? yah, gg. BR now down to 4.3k. Going to have to play carefully now :/



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Put in a very short session, 'bout to leave for that home game. Anyway, finished up like $360, ran sick hot at NL $400 and sick cold at NL $200. Nice milestone reached though:

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2392/20kbrxu1.jpg


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I reached Gold status today. The bad thing is that I have to wait till the end of the month to get it. LOL. That's the most stupid thing I've seen in a long time...

If you're a high stakes player (NL5000 for example). It would took you 4months to get your Titanium status (which is like Supernova)... lol

Oh yeah, for being Gold I will receive a loyalty bonus in the 1st week of every month that reaches the big amount of $10! ha! ;D


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Another wild day yesterday. Almost all the profit was at NL $400, I ran at over 20 PTBB/100 in the 911 hands I played there, despite this hand, which is part of the terrible early downswing:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/213423

Still, I'm back into the green for the month at NL $400, which is nice. Made $100 in the 548 hands I played at NL $200 for the day shown below. Won a stack on the last hand I played when I picked up QQ UTG, got 3-bet, and turned a Q against AQ. Hated to hit and run, but I had a full day of work today, so I had to get to bed. Anyway, I'm probably not going to play any online poker tonight, I'm heading over to a friend's house to play a low stakes home game. Should be fun though. Yesterday's graph:

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1540/june15lq9.jpg


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I went bust last time using the rakeback + 20$ which I left inside, but then I received another rakeback this month which turn out to be another 10. I decided that I will gamble with the 10 so I just went cash game playing ultra aggressive and manage to make up to 25 in 15minute. Then I only spent another 20minute in 25nl where I win another BI before everyone folds to my preflop raise or the short stack ignores me completely and push pre-flop. It doesn't really matter anyway, since I have the minimun 50 to cash out. I must say that getting the rakeback money out of ub must be one of the most annoying thing I have experienced so far, since they won't allow you to cash out until you have play a certain amount of hand or transfer to another person.

Since my big lost last time in william hill, I have looked through my session and say quite a lot of mistake. I am not going to touch my main bankroll for now, and use this little 50 that I cashed out to try fix my weird habbits in other places. I will probably have a go at rednine since I have never played in the prima network before.


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Hey all,

I just had two losing days in a row!!! Well, maybe two in a row if I don't play anymore today but I don't think I will so probably two in a row.

It's obviously because this loan computer is tilting me since my last one exploded. The parts for the one I'm going to build should be coming in next Tue-Thu and I really can't wait. Having dual monitor set up for the first time is going to be cool too and because of it I'll probably go back to full ring... we'll have to see. I played full ring today and it seemed really soft until the regulars got sick of me playing like 28/23 and turned off their fold buttons. I only ended down $50 but I kind of made one bonehead move on a guy I thought was getting frustrated with me. He probably was frustrated with me but you can't make people lay down nut full houses .

I'm heading down to Boston later tonight to play some 1/2 live most likely. It's at a card club I've never been to before but my buddies all say it's "nicer than foxwoods." My friends aren't the type to really exaggerate like that either so I'm really intrigued to see what it's like. Rake is also $1 for every $20 in the pot and capped at $5 which I think is pretty reasonable.

Other than that things have been going OK. I'm having trouble getting into contact with the people at PokerTracker about registering on my new computer. The guys from PAHUD said my e-mail is probably filtering them as spam but I don't believe this is the case as I have received emails from them in the past. I'm really confused about it. If anyone knows anyone working for PT or has a forum login that you could use to send them a PM on my behalf please PM me here or AIM/MSN me if you got the name; I'd really appreciate it.

Also, just a word on advice I give in some of the forums. Lately it gets really poorly received as I sometime advocate folds and minraises that people don't agree with. I hope this isn't frustrating or upsetting to anyone that I would like to play in a different fashion from what they perceive as "correct" but I do have a reason behind the suggestions I make and anyone is welcome to PM me and ask me to sort it out in detail if there are any questions. I'll try to post with a little more detail in the future.

SEE YA LATA KIDZ


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yesterday, mig won a bracelet in the 5k nl event in the biggest steamroll of a final table ive ever seen. with the exception of one hand, he won every single pot he voluntarily put a chip into the pot. he totally destroyed the entire ft.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/staff/Daut/mighero.jpg

what a hero.

its sad in a sense because i wont be backing him anymore, hes made enough to go out on his own, it would have been nice to have him through the main event cause he gonna destroy some more peoples, but i couldnt be happier for him.

2 of my friends have won bracelets now, i need to get my ass moving. at least ill get in a ton of bracelet winning pictures as my friends own the poker world.


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I'm going to cash out $200, and leave myself at $500.

And with this im going to play Sit n go's since im bored of cash games. I'm not going to be playing for big profit but more to rekindle my liking of the game. I'm going to multitable the $1.75 turbo's initially and then if im crushing them i will try the $3 ones.

I know sit n go variance is much higher than cash games and im ultimately gunna end up pissed off with a bad streak but when ive got like 250 buyins the swings wont effect me at all and it shud provide some much needed fun for me.


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So I've come up with a list of things to accomplish for my trip to Vegas. I'll put em up here so I can keep track of em:

1. Leave Vegas with more than I originally came with.

2. Find twin-caracas.

3. Take another picture w/ twin-caracas.

4. Make sure twin-caracas knows I'm still his #1 fan for life.

5. Goto the Spearmint Rhino w/ ElkY (I hear that this should be on everyone's list)

6. Make a tournament final table. I dont care what tournament it is.

7. Get on ESPN. And I will do everything in my power to somehow get on.

8. Don't throw up. Not likely... I'm such a light weight.

9. Run Good in credit card roulette. One time! Is it so much to ask?

10. Be up in prop bets. I dont care if I'm up $1000 or $1. I just dont want to be down!

Ok that should cover it.


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