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today he made 625k in 653 hands of play... LMAO

balla~

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goddamn just finished a sickass HU session. Every pot was raised, 3 bet or 4 bet. Traded stacks at least once every 10 hands. ended with a 750 stack. The donkey did 5 river suckouts that sent his stack to 500+. But after these 2 key hands it was over.

Submitted by : YoMeR

Hand #40568384-54273 at Irvine (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 04/Apr/07 23:17:56

FoldingChick is at seat 0 with $446 .65 .
onegoodplayer is at seat 1 with $211 .45 .
The button is at seat 1 .

onegoodplayer posts the small blind of $ .25 .
FoldingChick posts the big blind of $ .50 .


Holecards
FoldingChick: -- --
onegoodplayer: JsKh


onegoodplayer raises to $1 .50 . FoldingChick calls .



Flop

TdQdQc

FoldingChick bets $3 . onegoodplayer calls .


Turn

TdQdQc9s

FoldingChick bets $9 . onegoodplayer raises to $36 .
FoldingChick calls .


River

TdQdQc9s7h

FoldingChick bets $81 . onegoodplayer goes all-in for
$170 .95 . FoldingChick calls .




Showdown

onegoodplayer showsJsKh .
onegoodplayer hasJsKhTdQd9s : straight, king high .
FoldingChick mucks cards .
(FoldingChick hasTs6c .)



Summary

$ .50 is raked from a pot of $422 .90 .
onegoodplayer wins $422 .40 with straight, king high .
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http://donkeytest.com/report.html?uid=78787840676d61696c2e636f6d-275-1175490910

http://www.liquidpoker.net/staff/JonnyCosMo/AppIQ.JPG

What a moron... I figured he was as dumb as he sounded.


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So, FFVI:Advance (Final Fantasy for those clueless nubs amongst you) just arrived in the mail! Man, this game kicks so much fuckin ass! Living in Australia sucks, because it was never released for the SNES all those years ago =(. But now that Square chucked it onto the GBA, I can import it (not out in Australia yet) and enjoy the awesomeness that is possibly the best FF game ever made!


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and it's......good

Decided to hit up some NL100. I didn't feel like "grinding" out 8 tables today, so I decided I'd play a couple tables of NL100. Roommate came back and wanted to go eat, so I only played 50 hands, but I decided to hit up 4-5 tables after dinner. The tables were just as tasty as the food.

BR ~3800

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When I started to play poker I though “hmmm, poker, mooneys”. Well… no mooneys yet. I had the ideia that was just play many hands, very tight, that money would como some day, it’s not like that. I think I have a judgemental problem, since I can’t evaluate when I have the best hand and everybody in this site say that poker is easy. Reading post saying it’s easy make me feel very dumb and incapable.

I’ll stop making a big deal about poker, I like to play this shit, I’ll keep playing, one day I’ll start making money. I’ll focus on learning, NL5 is not a great place to lear but it’s all I have in the moment. I’ll try to post more hands in the hand discussion forum, I don’t post there too much because I’m not a good player so I can’t give good advices, and I feel embarassed topost hands there because I guess that they are probably standard hands for everyone.

I allowed my friend (the one I already mentioned in this blog) to plays 10 bucks because he always say that it’s easy and stuff. The results? He lost 25 dolars in less than 5 minutes. I didn’t mind since I was depressed because of my losses.

From now on this blog is all about learning and improving, not whining.



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So I decided I wanted to major grind this month and play the most hands I have ever played in a month all at 100 nl and try to achieve a high winrate doing so. But, for some reason I opened up the 200 nl tables and thought they looked soft so I gave it a go.

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/9842/blogstatssy0.jpg

I ran good to say the least... http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/169011 (lucky overpair vs cosmo... i'm pretty sure he was tilted tho) But I think I am playing better also. I know I am playing different because I have started to do a few things

1. Fold or sometimes (rarely) reraise small pp's from the blinds OOP
2. Widen my reraise range vastly, but not like loose or anything
3. Fold more often when i have no good read in the hand, or raise.

So i lost 3k in one session at 200 nl with some major coolers and major beats 5 weeks ago, then the last 6 BI was purely tilt. After these great sessions lately I dont know what to do.... I have 50 BI's for 200 nl but i'm still too pussy to go there full time. I have tilt problems when the money seems like a lot, but almost no tilt problems when the money seems like nothing. I am pretty sure I can keep up AT LEAST 4 ptbb at 100 nl, so whats the rush?





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So I made more then 1k USD today. Pwns.


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Today's summary:

Commentary:

Top 3 winners:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/168985
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/168986
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/168987

Top 3 losers:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/168982
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/168983
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/168984
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/168990

Hands of Note:

I played a bit yesterday and 2 sessions today and I dropped over 4 buyins. I ran quite bad (people not paying off at all, flush vs flush, str8 vs str8, some 2 outers etc) but I also played bad. Not focused enough, too many tables, trying some fancy plays against wrong opponents (ugh when will I get rid of this habit?!) and this kind of stuff. I'm playing kind of nitty but somehow people don't give me any respect and I get raised, called, floated all the time. Don't know why - I need to look closer into my game. From now on I won't be playing more than 4 tables. I've got loads of leeks that I need to work on. I think I don't pay attention to my table image and I also raise with too weak holdings when facing 1 or 2 limpers. I'm not gonna play anymore today since I've got this pretty bad cold and I don't feel well so I'll just analyze my session from today again and then relaxed a bit and watch some tv series. I really need to stay disciplined while playing as it hurts my game and winrate (or loserate?) a lot. From tommorow I'm going to focus 110% and play my A-game all the time. Fully concentrated, no experimenting, paying attention to my image, not raising weak holdings against limpers etc etc bla bla bla. I know I told myself this stuff like 20 times this year but no I'm really serious. Otherwise I can as well quit poker. I really want to improve so I need to stop messing around and just focus and finally start pwning those fish on nl100. It's so pathetic that I'm not winning there.

I've been advised to find some more people who play the same or similar level and add them to my MSN or AIM and discuss poker, hand histories and analyze each others game, leaks etc. So if anyone is interested then here are my screennames:

MSN: pawelceb@hotmail.co.uk
AIM: pawceb

An finally my stats from the last 2 days:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2273/111pt6.jpg


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"LOL Donkaments" ... the phrase just says it all. I have respect for tournaments players (for the most part) as what they do can be extremely stressful at times. With that said, it's time to rip on this one moron. May I direct your attention to Team USA's captain AppSt2004. Oh? You didn't know he was the captain of Team USA? And the #6 ranked tournament player in 2005 on all of PokerStars? Let's take a closer look:

Link: http://www.pokerstars.com/wcp/event/
AppSt2004 (Captain) - USA Team Captain, Joe Harwell, has run his own real estate business since leaving college. Joe's only been playing 4 years but has plenty of live tournament experience, playing 3 events of last year's WSOP. Joe is one of the top US players in PokerStars TLB rankings, rated the 4th best US player for 2005, and 6th placed in the world.

Ok so I'm playing my 1/2 session this morning, running like total shit (I'll probably post another list of hands in the Hand Discussion later for people to look over), and Mr. Harwell is sitting to my right at one of my tables. Getting right to the point, this happens to me:

Submitted by : JonnyCosMo

POKERSTARS GAME #9249272538: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2007/04/04 - 14:44:41 (ET)
Table 'Dido III' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: TaTaTunes ($189 in chips)
Seat 2: xEDGEKIDx ($100 in chips)
Seat 3: solo_kh ($287.60 in chips)
Seat 4: AppSt2004 ($200 in chips)
Seat 5: Mir1000 ($31 in chips)
Seat 6: JonnyCosMo ($223.05 in chips)
xEDGEKIDx: posts small blind $1
solo_kh: posts big blind $2

Holecards
Dealt to JonnyCosMo
AppSt2004: raises $4 to $6
Mir1000: calls $6
JonnyCosMo: calls $6
TaTaTunes: folds
xEDGEKIDx: calls $5
solo_kh: folds

Flop (Pot : $26)

   
xEDGEKIDx: checks
AppSt2004: bets $4
Mir1000: calls $4
JonnyCosMo: raises $20 to $24
xEDGEKIDx: folds
AppSt2004: raises $20 to $44
Mir1000: folds
JonnyCosMo: calls $20

Turn (Pot : $118)

   
AppSt2004: bets $50
JonnyCosMo: raises $123.05 to $173.05 and is all-in
AppSt2004: calls $100 and is all-in

River (Pot : $464.1)

   

Showdown
AppSt2004: shows (three of a kind, Jacks)
JonnyCosMo: mucks hand
AppSt2004 collected $415 from pot

Summary
Total pot $418 | Rake $3
Board  
Seat 1: TaTaTunes (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: xEDGEKIDx (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: solo_kh (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: AppSt2004 showed and won ($415) with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 5: Mir1000 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: JonnyCosMo mucked

This semester I'm "taking" 3 classes. Abstract Algebra 2, Complex/Functional Analysis and Advanced Mathematical Logic 2. I have taking in quotations because I haven't exactly been the model student for attendance.

So I didnt go to abstract algebra for a little while. On the friday after spring break, I decided to make an appearance only to find out that there was a midterm coming up on the following monday. This posed a major problem. Basically, even if I wanted to buckle down and study for it, i had no idea what was even on the test because it had been so long since I had went to class. I figured id just show up to the test and as the title says, empty the clip and let the looooord decide.

I asked the good people in the BBV forum at twoplustwo what I should do, and their response was invariably "DROP OUT!"

Then my buddy Jonny Cosmo drew this graph to describe my situation:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/staff/JonnyCosMo/DautsLifeGraph.JPG

I knew what I had to do. I just didnt go to the test. That's what real poker players do, they fold the hand when they know theyre beat.

So I talked things over with my parents and told them I dont really think grad school is for me. If i'm not motivated enough to go to class and dont want to learn this stuff then I really shouldnt be here. So I'm going to hang out for the rest of the semester and withdraw from my classes.


Ok, so anyway, on to the point of this post. Since then I havent been going to class, i've just been playing poker, working out, watching movies, etc. So I've basically been going down imdb's top 250 list and checking out the movies ive always wanted to but never did, and pretty much have been watching one a day. In the past week I've seen apocalypse now, reservoir dogs, kill bill 1 and 2, and raging bull for the first time ever. but I cant seem to find the one movie i really want to see...

For the past 2 weeks ive been trying to find the seven samurai. Not in best buy, not in circuit city, not in blockbuster, not in the little movie racks at walmart or target. Nowhere. I was beginning to believe this movie didnt really exist. And then I remembered a little movie place down the street called mike's movies. I was sure this dude would have it, i mean he specializes in movies, hes got to.

As I pulled up and saw the front of the store I became really skeptical. I mean on the front window the only movie poster he had was Charlotte's Web.

http://hazel.spps.org/sites/1204a3f6-...5b283fe292c/uploads/wilbur-723933.jpg

Imagine walking up to the window of a promising movie store and seeing a 24 x 32 in. shot of that fat little blob's mug. I totally lost faith. i decided to enter anyway.

First I hit up the classics section. No seven samurai.
then I went to the drama section. No seven samurai.
Next I hit up adventure. No seven samurai.

With a disgusted scowl on my face I started to walk out when I just saw it sitting there in the middle of this unnamed rack. WOOHOOO.

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

It was pretty damn expensive, the movie cost over 40 fucking dollars, but that ain't nothin to a boss.

Time to watch it. Will post results later.



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Ok since i think i am really making too many mistake i will review each of the hand where i lost money and try to identify the bad play

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/168836
ok i should not raise the bouton with 44, especially against someone who always limp, this is too marginal. Most of the time i miss and i am in the dark out of position, hard to play afterward. A range of 88 / 99+ seems beeter

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/168838
This hand i dont know if i played it correctly. The "bet pot out of pos" from the villain seemed to me like an attempt to steal the pot and so my raise was a "get of my pot" kind of move (i am very agressive and most of the villains ussually slow play there big hands like top pairs), no way i can put him on that draw

The main thing i am wondering is wether a push on the turn is better here or not, i mean i wanted to let him a chance to re-re-raise bluff at me by not putting him all in



http://www.liquidpoker.net/hand/hand.php?hand=168841
I should not "value bet" on river when he can be slowplaying some monster... He could have a 3 as well, and he is not calling anything with less than my hand so that is just -EV



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So recent I've been searching for a new watch (since I left my old favorite Fossil watch in Hawaii with my best friend while I was on vacation there) and so me and milkman have been searching for baller status at an affordable price. It's actually kind of funny how much some people pay for these watches because I'm pretty sure 95% of the price on some of these things are just for the name. Rolex, being one example, has a dozen watches all worth sick amounts of dough, but all baller status ofcourse. While scanning their website I found my dream watch:

May I Introduce to you...The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona

http://www.liquidpoker.net/staff/JonnyCosMo/CosmographDaytona.jpg

http://www.liquidpoker.net/staff/JonnyCosMo/CosmographDaytona2.JPG

This watch was even named for me. Unfortunately I looked at the price and threw up (Somewhere in the neighborhood of $10,000 at the minimum, figures something that's tagged with "Cosmo" would be that baller :-P). So I guess the search continues. Anyone know of a good watch that has a similar style to this one, but is also somewhat affordable? Like in the mini-baller range of under $1000? If so, give me a heads up.


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Unfortunately (for my wallet, fortunately for my sanity?), school and life have pushed poker to the backburner for now. Haven't really played much at all over the last 2+ weeks. I played a total of 2 sessions over spring break, and only a handful since then. Over that span, I have run well at NL 100, and took one short shot at NL 200 in which I ended up half a buy-in. After March RB (less than half of Feb. rakeback since I didn't play much in March), my roll is about $6.2k. Obviously with the lack of pokering, my goal of $10k in 60 days won't be reached, since 60 days is up a week from today. However, my goal is still to hit $10k by the end of the month. I'm going to try and put in some more hands and reach 30k hands for the month (only hit 20k last month, my fewest in a while), but life has been pretty sweet lately without playing so much poker, so I'm not gonna force myself to play, as that's probably a bad idea.


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Im playing less tables and focusing much much more on each hand I'm involved in. I winning at a pretty steady rate again. I feel like making good folds is going to be more important to my success than anything else. Thanks to all who've helped me out and given advice. <3 LP.net


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ow yeah my second fpp store monitor arrived.
but it all looks so big any tips on how to place them are welcome. + maybe perfect settings for them .

i also did a session but then the delivery guy came .

ended up pretty good i also did only 6 tables

1.049k hands
358$ won
17.07bb/100
19.26 vpip
pf raise 12

gonna play today alot bether due some lessons and to remove some errors. thx etienne

glgl all


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Okay i decided to start this blog due to a specific reason.
I lose so much money with Queens that it starts to get absurd

I was running pretty bad lately playing SNG on Party so i decided to go back to cashgame and profit of the Full Tilt Bonus + rakeback

I am playing NL 10 at Full tilt 6 handed 4 tables.
Its pretty cool to see how bad most of the players are
and i think its a nice source of little extra income for me.
making 10$ a day on average in 2 hours = 300$ Month without having to do anything but playing 2h of funny Poker a day vs bad players .

Most players there call down Potsize bets with Midpare till river and then fold to a small river bet
Furthermore they call down Top Pair always and as soon as you have Two Pair or something better you can be almost always sure to get paid off a decent amount of money.

I think FT NL 10 sh is really a decent place to stay when you are a low stakes player.

But the reason i started this topic is my Problem with Queens. I dont know why , but since QQ is the 3rd best Hand in this game i assume they are + EV.
However not for me.

I was up 12$ today having play only 1 hour and i was pretty happy with my results this far.

Then the follwing thing appeared.

NL 10
Me (12$) on the Button : QQ
raises 0.30 to 0.40 $
sb folds
bb calls

Flop 3 5 7 rainbow

BB raises 0.50 $ to 1.45 $
Me : reraises 2 $ to 3.45 $
BB is All in.
Me : calls

BB shows KK
Me shows QQ

Yeha i lost this one -12 $

My Question is can i Fold QQ on a 3 5 7 rainbow flop vs the Big blind ( who didnt reraise with KK preflop) when i know he d even play A5 this way ?

besides that my History of loosing QQ is endless.
the last 3 weeks.
I lost QQ on a KKQ board flop all in vs K9 ( he rivered a 9 )
I lost QQ on a dry board with only undercards vs JJ all in on flop cause he hit a J on the turn.
I lost QQ vs AQ preflop all in in a SNG cause he hit A on turn.

And lots of other stuff.

I think overall i am pretty much breakeven with Queens for the last 20 K hands T_T

Okay ive whined enough about this now
I still belive in them and hope they ll pay me back in the future


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