It's been 10 days since I last posted any updates, but I have continued to run meh and am down about 3k since you last heard from me, which has murdered my hourly down to about $75 or so. March Madness kicked off this past weekend and the games were pretty great, but I still couldn't manage to put up any good sessions; maybe I'll try playing somewhere other than Bellagio next weekend. Hopefully next weekend and the Final Four will still keep it pretty busy here and I can redeem myself. Hours-wise I'm fairly happy with myself. For March I've put in 104.5 hours so far, which puts me on pace to hit a really solid 180 hours if I can keep it up. And given that I've been breakeven for this month I am pretty determined to put in some time at the tables.
On a cool side-note. Myself and some other winning 5/10 regs whose games I respect all wanted to know what the average hourly would be in today's games for someone who converted from online to grind live over a significant sample size. So we all took our 5/10 hourly rates and number of hours to determine what it would be. Results were about in line with what I expected, but in case you guys are interested...Over 3823 hours the 7 of us have a combined average hourly of $86.76. Using an estimate of 35 hands per hour, that translates to 133,805 hands which imo actually means something from a sample-size standpoint.
Some interesting facts derived by that data:
- $2.48/hand
- 24.79 bb/100 12.39 BB/100
- Rake is $12 per hour or about 12% of the gross hourly (i.e 86.76+12=98.76 so 12/98.76=~12%)
- Tips vary by player so I will not try to calculate how it affects win-rate except to say that it is still $86.76 post-tipping and rake.
- Standard deviation was about 35 I think but someone else has access to all of the individual hourly rates so I couldn't do this calculation myself and don't really know to appropriately use it but there it is.
If anyone has any ideas for other information that could be useful from this data let me know. I probably won't be blogging again until the end of the month, but you never know so stay tuned!
Been playing some NL10 to get back into the swing of online poker. I am happy with my re-integration of stats back into my play, playing a lot more position based, making the correct play in marginal spots, etc. Playing well, with the exception of me tilting off 2 buyins in spots that were tough folds but where I was clearly beat. Oh well, such is poker
Anyways, onto the good stuff. First off, DIABLO 3 IS COMING OUT IN 2 MONTHS, HOOOOLY SHIT. Played the beta, but it is only one short act so there is not too much to do. Seems really awesome for the small amount I have played.
A good buddy of myn will be competing in the upcoming MLG for SC2. I don't expect him to get close to winning, but given his skill, he could make it to the group phase. Competition at MLG's are incredibly tough, and given this is his first lan, I have tried to express to him to not get his hopes up as he will most likely have incredibly strong lan jitters.
Next, GAME OF THRONES RETURNS IN 2 WEEKS, ANOTHER HOOOOOOOLY SHIT
If you have not seen the show, I implore you to start immediately. It is easily the best show on TV by a large margin. I have read through 2 books and they are incredibly good.
On to some sad news, the quarterback that made me an Indianapolis Colts fan is going to be moving to a new team in a couple days. Peyton Manning leaving has been the oddest situation I have ever encountered in all of sports. The man that literally built the franchise, made me a fan of the team, brought the team a new stadium, and turned Indianapolis into a football town is leaving, yet no fans are bitter. Everyone I speak to understands the decision that was made and is thankful towards him for everything he did. I have mixed feelings; I am unsure of whether to stay a Colts fan because of the team he played for, or be a fan of the new team he goes to because I was such a huge fan of him? Probably will end up being a fan of both, but we will see
Spring break started this week, and while I would like to be out having as much fun as I can, finances are not going to permit me to do so. Having to pay 60 a week for gas just to go to school(not counting going anywhere else). Thusly, I am going to be using the time to kick up my running regimen( attempting to go from 1.5 mile a day to 2.5), catch up on out of class projects, hang out with the family, and whatever else I can find to do.
[21:25:46] João Cardoso: helio
[21:25:54] João Cardoso: i bet some day in your life
[21:26:03] João Cardoso: you did a game without seeing your cards
[21:26:19] Helio Neves: gonna do it right now
[21:26:21] Helio Neves: just for u
PokerStars Hand #77370914589: Tournament #534058739, $58.74+$1.26 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2012/03/17 23:33:45 BRT [2012/03/17 22:33:45 ET]
Table 534058739 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: tomaselli999 (580 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (420 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
tomaselli999: posts big blind 20
Holecards Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 20 to 40
tomaselli999: raises 40 to 80
Hero: calls 40
Flop (Pot : $160.00)
tomaselli999: checks
Hero: checks
Turn (Pot : $160.00)
tomaselli999: bets 140
Hero: calls 140
River (Pot : $440.00)
Hero said, "i call"
tomaselli999: folds
Hero collected 440 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand
Summary Total pot 440 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: tomaselli999 (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) collected (440)
PokerStars Hand #77377719307: Tournament #534116818, $58.74+$1.26 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2012/03/18 5:03:16 BRT [2012/03/18 4:03:16 ET]
Table 534116818 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: zheka1006 (540 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (460 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 15
zheka1006: posts big blind 30
Holecards Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 30 to 60
zheka1006: raises 60 to 120
Hero: calls 60
zheka1006: bets 90
Hero: raises 70 to 160 and is all-in
zheka1006: folds
Uncalled bet (70) returned to Hero
Hero collected 780 from pot
Hero: shows (a pair of Fives)
Summary Total pot 780 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: zheka1006 (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) collected (780)
PokerStars Hand #77380466360: Tournament #534139289, $58.74+$1.26 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2012/03/18 6:50:19 BRT [2012/03/18 5:50:19 ET]
Table 534139289 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Hero (470 in chips)
Seat 2: gugubird (530 in chips)
gugubird: posts small blind 15
Hero: posts big blind 30
Holecards Dealt to Hero
gugubird: raises 30 to 60
Hero: calls 30
Flop (Pot : $120.00)
Hero: checks
gugubird: bets 60
Hero: raises 70 to 130
gugubird: raises 80 to 210
Hero: calls 80
PokerStars Hand #77370822307: Tournament #534058067, $58.74+$1.26 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2012/03/17 23:30:39 BRT [2012/03/17 22:30:39 ET]
Table 534058067 1 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Hero (700 in chips)
Seat 2: {@ngelo4ek} (300 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
{@ngelo4ek}: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 20 to 40
{@ngelo4ek}: calls 20
{@ngelo4ek}: checks
Hero: bets 660 and is all-in
{@ngelo4ek} said, "lol"
{@ngelo4ek}: calls 260 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (400) returned to Hero
Showdown Hero: shows (a flush, King high)
{@ngelo4ek}: shows (high card Ace)
Hero collected 600 from pot
{@ngelo4ek} finished the tournament in 2nd place
Hero wins the tournament and receives $117.48 - congratulations!
Summary Total pot 600 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Hero (button) (small blind) showed and won (600) with a flush, King high
Seat 2: {@ngelo4ek} (big blind) showed and lost with high card Ace
PokerStars Hand #77378987322: Tournament #534127742, $58.74+$1.26 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2012/03/18 5:57:25 BRT [2012/03/18 4:57:25 ET]
Table 534127742 1 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Hero (500 in chips)
Seat 2: Jil&Chris (500 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
Jil&Chris: posts big blind 20
Holecards Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 20 to 40
Jil&Chris: calls 20
Jil&Chris: checks
Hero: bets 200 and is all-in
Jil&Chris: folds
Uncalled bet (200) returned to Hero
Hero collected 600 from pot
Hero: shows (high card Ace)
Summary Total pot 600 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Hero (button) (small blind) collected (600)
Seat 2: Jil&Chris (big blind) folded on the River
PokerStars Hand #77377801030: Tournament #534117798, $58.74+$1.26 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2012/03/18 5:06:53 BRT [2012/03/18 4:06:53 ET]
Table 534117798 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Toonypack (240 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (760 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
Toonypack: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 20 to 40
Toonypack: calls 20
Showdown Toonypack: shows (a straight, Ace to Five)
Hero: shows (high card Ace)
Toonypack collected 480 from pot
Summary Total pot 480 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Toonypack (big blind) showed and won (480) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) showed and lost with high card Ace
#1 Theokolese: Beat Onemaous + should have beaten crixus+spartacus 1v2 EASILY if he didn't get blinded.
#2 Onemaous: Only one to "survive" theokolese. Beat crixus+spartacus 1v2 easily. Did decent against gannicus even if he had his hands shackled with a mediocre sword, with no equipment, and probably in poor shape.
#3 Cabarus: Was doing fine against both crixus and gannicus. Should have won if he finished gannicus instead of bragging to the crowd.
#4 Crixus: Many will disagree with this, but before he nearly died of his wounds against theokolese, he owned spartacus 1v1 VERY easily. After this, the one time he fought spartacus again he was still weak, and he was poisoned, and even with all of this he didnt do that badly.
Also the victory against theokolese is arguably more because of him. In a 1v1 fight, he managed to do a really good sword hit on theokolese, spartacus didn't manage to do anything until crixus completly blinded theokolese with sunlight (right before the blinding, spartacus didn't even have his sword anymore he was going to get owned for sure).
In addition to this, while Crixus was still really inexperienced, he was able to pull close matches against gannicus (or at least not get totally destroyed), i think once Crixus got experience and got at his best he should win.
#5 i can't really tell between spartacus and gannicus, seems like a really close match based on the episode where they fought together. Ill go with spartacus old actor > gannicus, but can't imagine new one owning anything.
Making a poll with this would be too complicated so just reply directly
In the past year or so I've been trying to make a more than usual effort to improve myself as a human being. I want to learn things than can lead myself towards a happier life, better understand of the people around me and to improve my self-awareness. I just came across this video and tought it would be a good idea to share it. Enjoy!
A few weeks ago I decided to take a shot at home games again. Every few months I'll drop a buyin at NL200 and hope for a winning session. Finally I had a few. There's this brand new cardroom which just opened up a couple of weeks ago in Florida I want to take a shot at. Below is a graph of my earnings to date, which I intend to bring with me.
I know it's not much, but I've always wanted to play in an actual poker room. Mainly so I can play as long as I want, switch tables, and just to experience the ambiance of it all. I recently discovered overbetting which seems to have helped produce some profits in my short sessions. The general idea is to get pots mostly HU, and take it down with a cbet or value bet TPTK. I still dont feel I'm really "doing it right" overall though. I just bleed too many chips cbetting these massive pots I have created, or get pot committed with overpairs & draws by the turn. Anyway I plan to play 1/2, unless I book a huge session and then maybe I'll buy in once at 2/5.
Here were my notes when I first started playing:
Money is won FROM REAL HANDS, not big bluffs.
Do not play unsuited semi-connectors
Do not play unsuited connectors from any position except the button
Do not cbet with poor equity
Do not call cbets with intention to fold turn. Idiots turn 33 into a bluff.
DO NOT call down with less than top pair without a read.
NOTHING FANCY postflop. Players arent bluffing that much.
It’s GOOD to occasionally raise 89s/Axs/K9s UTG.
It’s OK to occasionally limp 89s/Axs/K9s from EP. Fold more often OOP.
BE PATIENT. They will pay you off eventually.
My notes have now evolved into:
Abuse position vs limpers
Squeeze at every opportunity
Cbet 99% of the time HU/3way
I think my new notes have been introducing a lot more variance/spew, and I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not. Any advice welcome and appreciated.
So as i told ket and wrote in some thread also is that i took water over my head promiseing full commentary on the video, but i tryed for a couple of hours at different times but it just turned out bad. there was just too many hands all over the place and i didnt really remeber much i was thinking + i got slaughtered, and commenting on HU is so wierd because alot is based on leveling and gameflowfeel for me, and it just got to hard.
But i uploaded the video anyways, u can download it here:
as for life and poker, february was great, i made over 100k$ own money in february, about 30k of them at the livegames in stockholms casino cosmopol livegames, mostly playing 10/10$ ish and 20/20$ ish stakes deep. was fun
for the 3k$ live tourney during the eventweek at the end of feb i semibubbled it at 16th with 99 vs QJs all in pre 25bb deep or so, out of 70 ppl or something, small tourney but took like 20 hours until i busted for no score at all zzzz always anoying
They made some interview with me during that week, svenskaspel the site ive played alot of highstakes on the last year+ or so they somehow recognized me as a svenskaspel HS player so they approached me and asked me if i was longple on svenskaspel and if i wanted to answer some questions in their pokershow "pokerstudion"
so for the swedes, + if u guys wanna look how i look like or sound like or what ever>>>>
you can find the interview with me here starting at 9:40:
i just have to say that its pretty funny because i dont say anything smart in the video at all, for example she asks me whats most fascinateing with poker and i think for 30 sek and answer "its fun" + Show Spoiler +
http://i.imgur.com/BOwb1.jpg
started takeing some 10/20$ shots on stars, the deepgames are really fun to play, battled some with our own wobbly_au the other day and it got pretty interesting. u can find some of the hands from the last couple sessions of 10/20 in my hand section if interested.
anyways, not much more to say, feel kinda sad have some girldramatrouble irl atm so im not looking to play to much in march probably, just dont wanna grind to much when feeling down.
hope some will find the video interesting, post comment below includeing what time in the video the hand approaches if u got any questions, and im gonna try and answer most of them as good as possible.
weed + this = true
take care keep check out my hands to the right as i will keep posting interesting ones :-)
Whats going on guys, feel like writing and that doesn't happen very often anymore. Instead of organizing my place and closet or go to the gym and play on my iPad I decided to do this instead. Random Ipad apps I am grinding right now, Fairway Solitare (solitaire+golf combined, addicted as hell with many levels to get through and not like regular solitaire. Replaced Temple Run in the game I have to play when I'm not doing anything). Pocket League Story (this is iphone/ipad) From makers of Game Dev Story, its like a soccer/football RPG game where you build a soccer team and play in various leagues/cups and improve your players through training excecises, building different buildings, head coach. Can hire better plays as you progress and start to make more money. You don't actually play the games but you get to watch and do some adjustments to form and they go by pretty quick and are kinda fun to watch too. Almost have completed it at this point and looking forward to getting into a few other games that the company makes like building super mall, simcity type building game, and grand prix racing game. This app Splashtop honestly changed my life since it basically lets you control your desktop from your Ipad from anywhere. I've had it for a few months now and I can't imagine not having it now, sometimes I will just lay in bed with stars lobby open on Ipad and jesus seat someone and then make my way to the computer to fire up a session. Can't really stream movies/tv shows with regular ipad browsers but with splashtop it makes it possible and I use it so much. I think Ipad is best thing I ever purchased in my life up until a few days ago.
There was only one thing I really wanted to buy with all the money I won from prop bet + grinding and that was to get my teeth fixed up. I guess they weren't TERRIBLE before but I was not very happy with them and usually felt a little self conscious about them. I did a few non-cosmetic dental sessions to get my teeth in working order and after a bunch of hours grinding in the dentist chair I got my top teeth complete (crowns). I had this image of the movie star white smile in my mind before I got them but the dentists convinced me that super super white usually looks super super fake/unreal so I didn't go that extreme but still white enough. I put up a little youtube video and if you watch my video blogs in December first and then this one you will say holy shit that looks different.
I kinda talk a little bit about poker in that but I don't really get too in depth. February was on track to be another 100k month but with like 4 days left I threw all the discipline to the window and play in some -evish spots with higher variance then usual. Obviously I choose to do most of this at 50/100 and ended up losing 25k that day, ran like under ev but was really only from one beat and besides that played terrible and did not make folds I should have made but could have avoided getting in those spots in the first place against good players. Started off March like a man on a mission and made that 25k back the first 2 days and was up about 40k before I decided to throw discipline to the window once again and just tilt for some unknown reason. Felt like the old days of poker for me when I was just do something that I know is horrible or make a call that I know is -ev but just something happens to my brain and I do it anyway. You can see from the monthly graph where I would regroup, get my mind straight and then do more grinding back up and then had another moment. I'm still up a bunch this month but its weird how being up 24k doesn't feel like too much now. I defintely have been a little less stringent on my tables I do decide to play and sometimes I load up a bit more then normal tables and this leads to me getting in more high variance spots because that slightly less lack of focus gets me into them. I sometimes find myself playing a bunch of big pots with thecleaner11 who is pretty good player while I have the fish sitting to my right and avoiding him. The old me loved battling with regs and trying to be the fucking man but we all saw how that would normally turn out for me so I have to sometimes remind myself of this and stay my lane of what has been working. Haven't quite ran like god this month as compared to the last 2 but I think that the combination of playing well/game selection helps make up for alot of that. Hasn't been as much juice this mont at 25/50 and the 50/100 hands I've played this month I kinda was pushing the limits of -ev/+ev. I only like to play that high when I know the mark is a top tier fish and the sessions this month I have been like well he is really fishy but idk he might not be fishy enough to make up for the variance. Plus some of them buy in for 30bb's and I really am not a 30bb master but feel like I still play better then the fish with stacks that shallow. Against the 5/10+ shortstack regs though I probably am making a handful of -ev plays with ahnds im defending to 3b or 3b myself vs them.
Here is the breakdown of the month so far for me, sucks being up 20BI at 400plo and down 1BI at 10kPLO lol
PokerStars Hand #77097793341: Tournament #530533545, $3.00+$0.30 USD Holdem No Limit - Level XXXIX (25000/50000) - 2012/03/13 2:02:42 CET [2012/03/12 21:02:42 ET]
Table 530533545 130 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 5: Hero (4086331 in chips)
Seat 6: Godfather294 (1745669 in chips)
Hero: posts the ante 6250
Godfather294: posts the ante 6250
Godfather294: posts small blind 25000
Hero: posts big blind 50000
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Godfather294: raises 50000 to 100000
Hero: calls 50000
Showdown Hero: shows (a flush, King high)
Godfather294: shows (three of a kind, Nines)
Hero collected 3491338 from pot
Godfather294 finished the tournament in 2nd place and received $720.25.
Hero wins the tournament and receives $963.17 - congratulations!
Summary Total pot 3491338 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 5: Hero (big blind) showed and won (3491338) with a flush, King high
Seat 6: Godfather294 (button) (small blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Nines
Time to play the Micro Series
Happy ending after having played the million yesterday!!
As you are all well aware, the overlay is huge in today's Anniversary Sunday Million and any decent poker player should be +EV. I don't have the roll to play it but I will offer myself up for a stake.
70/30 if you're paying the full ticket
60/40 for me if I'm paying half my way
PM me quickly if interested as it starts in 30 minutes.
Bejamin1 on stars
Mostly a cash-game player but I have done reasonably well in PLO tournaments including a win in the weekly $215. Such a small sample of stats won't mean much but at least shows I'm a winner overall in the games at the time that I sporadically played tournaments. In this specific tournament just anyone anyone is a +EV entry and I certainly am.
Edit: Just as a side note I have played 200k hands of PLO over the past 3 years as a casual grinder. So whilst not playing a lot I am still regularly active.
I have decided to really get PLO down before I head to vegas and to play in the local games around me. There are some super good 2/2 and 5/5 games that play really big and are super juicy. I just got the 7 days free at leggo because people have said that sauce videos are just amazing. I was hoping people could point out some good PLO videos on leggopoker and just good videos i should watch in general about poker.
Haven't had much luck lately at live poker. I haven't been able to quit when I am up a ton and end up losing a lot back. Had two 2k days and then had a -1.6k day, -200 day and then a break even day. Definitely nothing to scoff at but was up on the break even day and -200 day and didn't quit when the game got bad.
PS: Anyone able to hook me up with some Hero poker funds? Let me know as soon as possible, thanks.
If any of you sickos wants to stake me for the Sun Mil tomorrow, PM me. 80/20 in your favor, no makeup obvs. http://imgur.com/NZpzEhttp://imgur.com/NZpzE
From top to bottom: 180 stats, mtt stats, overall stats
Post in here, or PM to confirm. http://imgur.com/NZpzE
Weird, can't get link to work as a pic for whatever reason.
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