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Good day,

I would like to know when using poker tracker which of the stats under each player is the most important??

thx in advance
r

Awesome quote here:

Is it a reasonable thing, I ask you, for a grown man to run about and hit a ball? Poker's the only game fit for a grown man. Then, your hand is against every man's, and every man's is against yours. Teamwork? Who ever made a fortune by teamwork? There's only one way to make a fortune, and that's to down the fellow who's up against you.



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Was thinking of maybe making another video for LP, what would u like to see?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/userpoll/draw.php?poll_id=1276
Poll: What video should longple make?
(Vote): 4-6 tableing 100bb video
(Vote): 4-6 tableing deep video
(Vote): Hu video
(Vote): 24 tableing starsvideo (prolly w/o much commentary)



edit:

comments for info

http://www.liquidpoker.net/userpoll/draw.php?poll_id=1277
Poll: hu vs ket instead?
(Vote): yes
(Vote): no




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http://i.imgur.com/ogszh.jpg

Dropped $1850 in 3 Hours. Made $1950 in the following 6. Roll Was Down to ~$40, is now at ~$2050. . Yup, I'm an idiot, I suck at poker, and I'm as delusional as Mike McDermott. Just thought I'd share for the lulz.

http://www.deliberationroom.com/wp-co...loads/2011/03/Matt-Damon-Rounders.jpg

http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/...2011/02/adjustment_bureau_posters.jpg


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Alright so Eric Cantor abused an administrative/majority leader power which equates to *indefinitely suspending* a bill which already passed a majority vote in the house of representatives.

Furthermore this is a bill that makes it illegal for Congressmen to trade stocks and share Insider Information! It is an amazing bill that could really help to decrease corruption.

I pulled all of this from this reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comm...an_uproar_on_eric_cantors_actions_he/

I pulled out the most important shit in cliffs

TLDR:
Master Thread http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comm...an_uproar_on_eric_cantors_actions_he/

The Bill http://www.louise.house.gov/index.php...category&layout=blog&id=90&Itemid=139

Easily Acquire Your Representative's Contact Information http://www.opencongress.org/people/representatives

Easily Contact Representatives https://writerep.house.gov/ & http://www.opencongress.org/people/senators


Ok:
-A Bill to stop Insider Trading has passed
-A single congressman CANCELS IT with an admin. power
-Every U.S. citizen who reads this thread is outraged and calls their state representatives
-It'll be illegal for politicians to rob us with Insider Trading


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So! I decided to play some hold'em in Vegas. There were no 1/2 just 1/3/, 2/5, then up to 5/10. I decided to hop into a 1/3 game trying to go strictly by the guidelines that I have been practicing with a little bit of improvisation due to actions what I see at the table.

So I sit down with 200.00$. The largest buy in was 300 but I just happened to have to 200. I watched the table for about 15 minutes before I sat down and didn't find the table being so aggressive I needed a bigger stack. Once I sit down I notice that the table is typically tight. No one being over aggressive. Raises tended to represent high cards and the few people who would call raises regardless of the amount were easily identified. There were 2 people with stacks over 300 and both of them were tight and played premium hands. As the cards start rolling I play the folding game for the first majority of the hands i receive trying to pick up on everyone else while I wait and watch.

The first playable hand I fall into were pocket 6's. I was in middle position with an unopened pot. I raise to 7. Just a small raise and a pot builder. I got about 4 callers. Not a big deal. Flop came J,K,3. I checked the flop to find a raise to 15 and two calls. I fold.

Later on I come across A,Ko. A few folds and 2 limps in front of me I decided to raise to 20 due to how many people come after me. I get a call from the small blind and folds all around. Flop comes 6,7,T rainbow. I'm not sure why but I decided to lead with a bet. The individual I was up against seemed to be a tight player and talk around the table seemed to say how they haven't seen him show a bluff. He check the flop. I raise to 25. With a few minutes of thought he reaches and decided to raise me to 75. I debated the possibilities. I assumed he limped then called my raise forgetting he was the small blind. I thought for a little while, thinking about what possible hands he could have had to call my 20. Maybe A,K - pockets of 8-J, A,Q. I feel pocket J's or Q's would incite a 3 bet pre flop but the table talk was he slow played his big hands and I haven't seen enough of him to really know for sure. Even if I was ahead in the hand i am not about to semi bluff with such little information about my opponent. A smooth call would have me praying to hit an A, or K to scare him off his queens or jacks and if he tripped up I am dead anyways. I fold.

A few hands later I find pocket 5's. I call a raise to 10 with a few other people and find the flop hideous with no 5's. Check-fold.

Later on again i look at A,Ko. Never suited which irritated me. I am in early position and open the pot with a 15 dollar raise. Folds all around until the dealer button calls me. Flop comes J,Q,3 rainbow. The person I was up against tended to play weaker hands. Like A,To - J,Qo Any Ace suited or not suited. He valued his top pairs a lot, bets medium pair hands and calls with any outs. I decided to lead out with a bet thinking I could hit any K or A and get ahead of him and I had the 10 in my back pocket. I raise to 20 to get a quick re raise to 75. I wasn't sure what to make of this play. I felt like I really had a good shot of still being ahead of him. By the hands I have watched him play and how loose he is I was betting he was dealing with a pair of jacks. Maybe 10,J or Q,10 Maybe A,J. Nothing too strong. The problem was he had me covered with about 400 chips in his stack to my now 150ish. I debated a long time with my gut telling me I am probably not as far behind at this bet is making it look. I needed to catch to pull ahead. I laid this hand down with anger in my heart. I couldn't come to call his bet hoping to hit an A,K, or 10. I doubt I could have re-raised him off his hand since he had me covered. Judging by the was he was playing he would think his Q,10 or J,10 was good enough. Maybe he had J,Q. In any case I learned not to do any continuation bets when my A,K doesn't hit. It just gets me into trouble. I could have checked and he may have only bet 20-25 which may almost merit a call from me or at least get the same information without losing my chips. I fold.

After my few hands of A,K I really went into a bad slump of cards for about 1 1/2 hours. I fold fold fold fold watch the hands play out. I notice a gentleman who joined the table was EXTREMELY loose. Playing the most ridiculous cards ever and calling with the worst hands ever and somehow winning. He would be calling 20 dollar bets that already have a few people in the pot with Q,3o and some how end up winning the hand with a pair of queens. This guy was terrible. I watched as he showed down the worst hands ever. I wasn't able to make a move due to not getting any cards. I couldn't even limp with the hands I was getting. Eventually I get pocket J's on the button. Limps to all to me with about 4 people limping already. I raise to 20. The loose guy in the BB calls and every else folds. Flop comes A,4,7 rainbow. I knew this guy would play any ace and had a large range of hands. I knew that if this flop came out low with my jacks being an over pair i would take this guy for a lot of money. If I tripped up he would be too dumb to know what hit him. I raise to 15 to see what he would do. I call wouldn't surprise me but like everyone else he re-raises me. He wasn't around to see everyone else doing it so i didnt think it was a trend he picked up on. He hasn't re-raised people too much and when he had top pair he would call or lead out a bet when checked to, never re-raise. I wasn't sure what to think of it. He was about 500 deep and I was around 125. he raised to 50 without too much hesitation. I couldn't afford to see another card and playing A- anything was well in his range even shown when he was involved in a multi hundred dollar pot with A,6o. It boggled my mind. I folded to him and kicked myself as to what was happening to me. I couldn't get any luck on the flop and anytime i thought i saw weakness I was re-raised. Maybe I shouldn't have been betting the flops with my over cards or trying to bet into weak players.

All in all my experience was so-so. I wasn't able to spend as much time in the room as had hoped for but the small amount of time I had found weaker players than my local 1/2 games in Louisiana. I wish I had more time to sit and crush these super loose and crazy players. I wanted so badly to catch a flop vs the loose players. I had the pleasure of holding my last hour and a half with no hand to even raise pre flop. Maybe limp but I am not about to play shit hands because the rest of the table is. I had a lot of fun and look forward to continue the coaching I am receiving and kick ass in my local 1/2 tables.


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10 months ago I made this blog post about cannabis curing cancer. It met some resistance, especially from our resident authority from the western medical world, palak. First, the "anecdotal" evidence was dismissed right off hand, which is stupid because that's like dismissing the Benjamin Franklin kite story, a piece of anecdotal evidence which led to many great applications. The scientific evidence I posted was argued against because it wasn't using natural cannabis, rather synthetic cannabinoids created in a lab.

Now nearly a year later enough evidence has met the scientific standards to start an application to the FDA. They've seen enough people cured of cancer through the use of cannabis, one patient doing something extremely similar to a video I posted that was dismissed for being "anecdotal", that they feel confident applying for FDA approval. That's a huge step, and hopefully a big enough step to satisfy all the skeptics out there, including you medical doctors who have such a weird hate towards this plant ("even if it works, it's not the plant, it's the stuff we make in a lab that works, fuck nature, we are gods"... at least that's how it feels, hehe).

Cancer Patient Success Prompts Cannabis Science To Begin FDA Investigational New Drug (IND) Application Process

DENVER, Jan 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cannabis Science, Inc. a pioneering U.S. biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis (marijuana) products, is pleased to inform that the current progress and success with their numerous self-medicated cancer patients, has lead the Company to immediately begin the Investigational New Drug (IND) application process that will target cancer treatment. Cannabis Science is currently tracking numerous cancer patients, who are self-medicating with cannabis extracts. The Company has evident success with these patients, which creates support to submit an IND application to the FDA. The prescription pharmaceutical market is the number one target market for Cannabis Science, and with having the appropriate backup for the application process, it is all very promising for the Company and cancer patients worldwide. Cannabis Science currently has documented images for the first three apparently successful self-medicated cancer patients, and the Company is waiting for more documentation and images associated with other patients. The first patient had basal cell carcinoma (skin cancer) on her face, and after applying the topical cannabis extracts within 10 days it appeared the lesion was gone. Cannabis Science received documentation from her surgeon that she would not need to undergo any surgical procedures and was free of cancer cells. The second patient, who has basal cell carcinoma on their arm, has gotten dramatic results. Their treatment has been completed, and Cannabis Science is just waiting for a full biopsy report from the patient's physician to inform that they are free of cancer cells. A special case, involves a third patient with severe squamous cell carcinoma on his head. His physician prior to using cannabis extracts had told this patient, that there was nothing more that could be done. Cannabis Science has gotten drastic results, along with photographed documentation of the treatment process. This patient's treatment is still in progress, but with photographic evidence you can see the effectiveness of the cannabis-based extracts.

I know some of you will keep hating, and there's some weirdo's who like to reply to my blogs and tell me I'm addicted to weed and need help, and I don't expect all of that to stop - haters tend to be biased and evidence rarely sways them. But for those of you who are looking for some facts and truth, I hope this post is enlightening =)


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I just have a quick question about the hud display on pt3. I'm playing on hero but my hud stats are not properly aligned with other players at the table. For example my stats will be displayed under someone elses name and so on. I'm playing 6 max and have set the game type to 6 max with my preferred seat at #3. Thanks for the help. Chris.


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second friend to suddenly pass in two months. makes me wonder why i take everything for granted. feels like i'm at that age where death isn't just a fantasy anymore and i need to man up and accept it.

fuck.


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So we are on the 25th and I've managed to get in 100k hands, I think this is the most I've played in a month, I have played a bit more than a 100k because I played some NLH and stupid PT3 doesn't produce graphs with the 2 games combined well I don't think so anyway. I am missing HEM so much, wish they would bring out a mac version imo it's stupid not too, guess I will just have to wait until PT4 comes out and see how that is.

Total hand count is at 114494 here is the graph for all the PLO hands....

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq273/si777/ScreenShot2012-01-25at085910.png

Been a frustrating 30k hands, Also most of my winnings have come from the odd HUPLO session, I'm a small winner at 6max PLO but recently have been playing a lot better as I have cut down the tables to 12 and tiled them all this just lets me see whats going on and so i don't have to make instant decisions. I'm about 5.6k up total including NLH and bonuses.

I'm a little behind pace like 2.2k not much but I want to make that up asap...(I still have the rest of the day but don't plan on playing too tired).

VPP count 72,784.63


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I've always thought deep down inside that I was horrible at balancing my own play at the tables. Occasionally playing a hand a certain way in order to have said hand in your range is not the equivalent of being balanced. You have to make a commitment to do it regularly and often. Life is much the same.

Its been a struggle to balance playing poker, working out, hanging out with friends, and learning new things all at the same time. I'm the kind of guy who gets real obsessed about things for a little while, then move on to something else, move back to the first thing, etc. I've never been good at keeping my life balanced. Ill spend a week playing skyrim and doing nothing else. Ill go on a bender and go out with my buddies 3-4 nights in a row then stop. Ill play a bunch of poker for 2-3 weeks then ill take a month off.

Although its probably not the best solution for a number of reasons, I decided to give some of my buddies freerolls to ensure i keep my life balanced.

im in vancouver for the next couple weeks and offered 4 friends the following freerolls:
1. josh - $50 every day i dont play at least 2k hands
2. his fiance emily - $50 every day i dont work out
3. nick - $50 every day i dont work on rosetta stone spanish
4. his fiance leah - $50 every day i dont hang out with at least one of them.

it would probably be better to get to the root of the problem and solve the underlying issues through logic and practice, but I think getting myself into a routine of doing things on a daily basis will break my bad habits.


sorry for the weak ass blogpost. i recently went to costa rica and was gonna do a writeup with lots of pics about the trip, but the girls i went with are lagging to post the pictures on facebook. something about them all needing to sign off on any pictures uploaded so none of them look awful in any picture online. as always, estrogen, the antithesis to reason. ill make that update when they post them finally


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Hey guys,
I really want/need to learn spanish. I have had two years of highschool and one semester of college, as well as some light exposure during childhood to the language, but I'm fuckin balls-awful and I especially have no vocabulary.

So I need some advice on how to go about learning? I'd like to use Rosetta Stone but there is NO way I can blow hundreds of dollars on it. derp,

What about an alternative program? Has anyone had any experience with a certain spanish learning website, or free programs, or inexpensive products?

Thanks guys!


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http://www.naturalnews.com/034676_sheeple_study_psychology.html#ixzz1jqjo20yM

Lots of truths here.


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hi guys
i recently moved back to states (2 weeks ago) to stay for good.
gonna work as a manager at some pizza-restaurant stores(my uncle owns some)
its been a big decision for me since i had to leave greece (friends family gf etc) to make this move
and i really hope it goes well.I havent played any poker for the last 3 months.might aswell try my luck
here and start playing some again.
***a big thanks to LP for being the main school for me learning poker past 2 years,
grinding up to nl400 on various sites(mainly eurosites) grant me like 40k$ + like 60k$ more that ive spent allready
back in greece***
special thx to nolan,heroes)engage,wobbly,tom,dusty and many more for posting hands teaching us noobs how to play

anyway, im getting a new desktop next week and im looking forward to get it really highend
i7 2600k
Asus P8Z68 Deluxe
16gigs ram
geforce 570gtx
120g intel ssd

so my main question is will be worth it overclocking this to like 4.2ghz(3.5 is factory clock)
will i need extra cooling to do that? and hows my motherboard for such things.
i trust lpers more than a nerdy site i ll google to get answers for this so
thx in advance and gl at tables




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"We're all just a bunch of egos passing judgement on other egos, to help keep our own ego intact. Strange but true."


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Was with her for over 3 years, living together for some two and a half.

Did you have to deal with this kind of a thing before and how did you do it? Did you stay friends?
She was the first girl i was serious with, planning to get kids and grow old with and everything..

pic or gtfo? Here's a recent one:

http://i.imgur.com/IwaVD.jpg


My job starts in one month, I got the gig and the Norwegian tech company. What I'll be doing in first few months is almost pure cold calling to businesses, finding new prospects and closing with existing ones after a trial of the product is given to them for a few months. It's a life consuming job where you are expected to socialize and party with your co workers a ton and be very busy, I can't wait to start
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/003/619/Untitled-1.jpg


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Poland 29:29 Sweden (9:20 at halftime).

From hell to heaven. The sickest game ever.


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won a sattelite to the $109 TCOOP HU today but its a bit above my roll so ia anyone interested in ph switching 10 or 20%

have not really got anyone to vouch for me exept my mom who thinks i am a trustworthy person, and i have bought some percentages from drakk during the wcoop.

just thought i throw it out there

ty


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I thought I would right a blog as I'm changing to MAC and needed to import my hands into PT3. I was planning to import just this years but HEM would only let me export the whole database, when I tried to export this years hands it kept on running out of memory and I couldn't be bothered with it.

So 20 days into the grind and I'm still going strong ....well I say that but the past week has been horrible. Basically since the last post it's just been break even poker I think I played like 90k-95k hands or something like that and up around 5K. As said it's been a struggle I looked at my results and I'm break even at PLO 6 max and 5k up at HUPLO :D, I swear though I will crack 6 max people play so awful at times even the regs, sure I'm guilty of it to but I try and improve and learn from the mistakes I see from not just me but others as well.

I'm at 63kVPPS so basically 1 day ahead of schedule.

Another thing I bought a MacBook Air the other day and feel like such a mug paying £1.3k for it makes me feel sick just thinking of it. I think my 27" imac was around the same price as that, but what the hell it's only money and I love it. My old laptop would tend to over heat on me and burn my leg and then lag a lot. The MacBook is pretty good with that and it hasn't heated up at all. It's small and compact very light with a slick design. I do have a ipad that a bought about a month ago but I prefer having a keyboard and also I want to be able to multi task better, you just really cannot do that on a ipad so I'm going to get rid of it.

Thats all for now I will post graphs when I hit a 100k hands hopefully within next week/week and a half I should be at Supernova, I think I have around 170kfpps so not to far away from the 4K bonus which should be nice.





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This is my results on the last 3 months

http://i.imgur.com/guVtD.jpg

my nickname at Ongame is el_tilon

I'm asking for 30NL stake cause I've to pay my University studies, and the only way I can is using my bankroll :S. I'll appreciate if you want to give me coaching on 30NL and higher levels. I can play 30k hands per month, and I have a deal of 45% of rakeback.

This is my last semester at Engineer School, and I have to paid 2k usd before february 15th.

Interested send me a PM.


http://www.pokertableratings.com/ong...earch/el_tilon


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