I am 25 years old and work in HR for a well known financial institute in Jacksonville and enjoy my job. I played poker for fun online for about a year but only made it to .25/.5 on FTP (FML).
I've been playing live poker for the past 4 months and have made 4k at the 200 table, and have matched that 4k at the 500 table.
It's a fun hobby, and it pays and although I have somewhat toyed with the idea of considering myself "semi-professional" I would never want to "just play poker." I have a lot of pride in my job as I do believe it provides a good service to millions of people nationwide and do consider myself a small part of it. I enjoy helping other human beings and am glad that my job truly does help people.
Anyway, long time lurker here, and just kinda want to warn/apologize in advance for the most likely large influx of nl500 live hands in the medium stakes poker section. I do appreciate all posts, and hope to become a better/complete player, although I find this really difficult without the luxury of putting in volume through internet poker.
My goal for this game is to reach a certain level of mastery where I feel like I understand 90% of poker. I feel as though I am at the 60% level, but I do see a ceiling/limit to how good a player can be. For example I think jungleman/sauce/isuldur all prob know close to 98% of all knowledge/theory/metagame about poker and think edges are literally day to day based on how they feel. Anyway I do wish to reach about the 90% lvl, and upon reaching that goal hope to walk away with a new skill, and a new lvl of enlightenment and pursue a different goal.
house mixes (not poker related, sorry :o)by rockman255, August 03
umm. pokerwise, I am like +7k this year or something, but I haven't played since the school year. I now have all relevant licensing to deal securities and life insurance where I live, but I won't be doing so - instead I am returning to "college" for a second degree in Actuarial Sciences to be an actuary. I figure that to be the best plan moving forward.
I just find poker really stressful I guess - I was playing Magic The Gathering online recently, and even just playing the game, and listening to opponents go on tilt, stressed me right the heck out, so I guess I know why I am not sticking with poker for the long haul. I have a pretty volatile personality and I need something more steady, and something where I can really get on a roll, focusing on the good, in a routine sort of thing.
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annnyyway, the main reason I am saying hi, is for the .. like.. 1 person who might be interested,
i recorded a pair of "live" practice mixes using software, it can be a bit choppy during the cross overs because i guess my laptop just cant quite handle it
i would think the only real "benefit" from listening to these is if you just want to know more names of more tracks, its going to be something like 70 unique tracks in total if you just skim the mix really quick for anything that sounds like you like
im still really trying stuff out, and a couple times i made really obvious misclicks, but overall im really happy just doing it i guess, the process is really involving and i get to shut out everything else for 3 hours straight and just focus on track selection and placement and stuff. (i decided on tracks on the fly both times, which was fun !)
I tried to include plenty of different subgenres, I am getting more into "techno" (which defined by beatport is usually a bit of a swing rhythm, with a very steady drumbeat), put in some of my always-present trance, and some electro - I seem to be less interested in the totally smooth progressive sound of the last few years.
1. (0:00) Gabriel Ananda - Hey Blop (Original Mix)
2. (7:00) Mord Fustang - Milky Way (Original Mix) ?
3. (11:00) BRUK ft. - Shine On
4. (15:00) D.I.M. & Tai - Ion (Original Mix)
5. (19:00) Reward and Dr. Willis - Maaybe (Tydi Remix)
6. (24:00) John O'Callaghan & Audrey Gallagher - Bring Back the Sun (Max Graham & Protoculture Remix) -- HOT TRACK! :O
7. (28:00) Beat Service feat. Manon Polare - Static (Dub Mix)
8. (32:00) Gaia - Aisha (Ashley Wallbridge Remix)
9. (38:00) Fedde Le Grand - Metrum (Manuel de la Mare Remix)
10. (42:00) Lazy Rich - Better Wipe That Up (Original Mix)
11. (48:00) Dave Spoon - At Night (Original Mix)
12. (51:30) Nadia Ali, Starkillers, Alex Kenji - Pressure (Original Mix)
13. (57:00) Cirez D - Mokba (Original Mix)
14. (1:01:00) Joe Garston - Top of the World (Original Mix)
15. (1:05:00) Tydi feat. Tania Zygar - Half Light (Max Graham Remix)
16. (1:08:30) DNS Project - Second Chapter (Original Mix)
17. (1:12:00) Element One - International Language (Original Mix)
18. (1:18:00) Deadmau5 - Ghosts N' Stuff feat. Rob Swire (Radio Edit)
19. (1:21:00) Mord Fustang - Magic Trooper (Original Mix)
20. (1:24:00) BT - Forget Me (Michael Cassette Remix)
21. (1:29:00) Nick Fiorucci feat. Kelly Malbasa - The Night (Chris Ortega Electro Mix)
22. (1:36:00) Dubfire - Roadkill (Original Mix)
23. (1:42:00) Dakota - Koolhaus (Original Mix)
24. (1:45:00) Beat Service feat. Emma Lock - Cut and Run (Original Mix)
25. (1:50:00) Emdee - Sky Diving (Raneem vs Shipstad and Warren Remix) -- AWESOME TRACK!
26. (1:54:00) Velvetine - Safe Wherever You Are (Ian Flux and Thomas Blofield Vocal Mix)
27. (1:59:30) Fadios - Speechless (Max Graham vs Protoculture Remix)
28. (2:04:00) Nadia Ali - Fantasy (Morgan Page Remix)
29. (2:07:00) M.A.N.D.Y. and Booka Shade - The Thrill of It All (I Am Your Pusher Re-Work)
30. (2:09:00) Romano Alfieri & Luca Bear - Leave the Valley (Original Mix)
31. (2:13:00) BT - Rose of Jericho (Adam K and Soha Remix) -
32. (2:19:00) Gai Barone - Mr. Cappuccino (Original Mix)
33. (2:21:00) Supramental - Butterfly (Original Mix)
34. (2:23:30) Erick Strong - Orchids (original Mix)
35. (2:27:00) Sia - Buttons (Markus Schultz Remix)
36. (2:29:00) FKN vs Sun Movement f. Juliette Bertin - Starlight (Store N Forward Remix)
37. (2:35:00) BT - Forces of Gravity (Ferry Corsten Mix) -- Oldschool
38. (2:41:00) Tranquility Base - Razor Fish (Bart Claessen 2007 Remix)
39. (2:45:00) Andy Moor and Ashley Wallbridge f. Meighan Nealon - Faces (Ben Gold Remix)
40. (2:48:45) Chris Schweizer - Hysteria (Original Mix)
41. (2:51:00) Timmy & Tommy - Full Tiltin' (Joint Operations Centre Remix)
1. (0:00) Alex Del Amo - After Hours (Original Mix)
2. (7:00) Delerium ft. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Lissat and Voltaxx Remix)
3. (12:00) D-Nox & Beckers - Jet Lag Slave (Original Mix)
4. (16:00) Fedde Le Grand - Metrum (Manuel de la Mare Remix)
5. (20:00) Deadmau5 & Chris Lake - I Thought Inside Out (Original Mix)
6. (24:30) Jesus Luz, David Amo, Julio Navas - You are Mine (STFU Remix)
7. (29:00) Mord Fustang - The Electric Dream (Original Mix)
8. (32:45) Peter Gelderblom - Waiting For 2011 (Tim Rokyo Remix)
9. (37:30) Chris Schweizer - Hysteria (Original Mix)
10. (41:00) Skytech - Comet (Original Mix)
11. (46:30) M.I.K.E. - The Art of Love (Protoculture Remix)
12. (50:00) John O'Callaghan f. Audrey Gallagher - Bring Back the Sun (Max Graham &
Protoculture Remix) -- HOT track !! :o
13. (55:00) Re-Ward & Dr. Willis - Maaybe (tyDi Remix)
14. (1:00:00) Timmy & Tommy - Full Tiltin' (Joint Operations Centre Remix)
15. (1:05:00) Marco V - Unprepared (Marcel Woods Dub Remix)
16. (1:09:00) Grace - Not Over Yet (Max Graham and Protoculture Remix)
17. (1:13:30) Basic Perspective - Small Step on the Other Side (Elevation Remix)
18. (1:17:30) Cosmic Gate - Fire Wire (Cosmic Gates Back 2 the Future Remix)
19. (1:21:30) Velvetine - Safe (Wherever You Are) (Ian Flux & Thomas Gold Remix)
20. (1:28:00) Syat Naes - OMFG (Joint Operations Centre Remix)
21. (1:32:30) BRUK ft. Marie L - Shine On (Original Mix)
22. (1:37:00) Niels van Gogh vs. Daniel Strauss - Emergency (Manuel de la Mare Remix)
23. (1:41:00) Wolfgang Gartner - Frenetica (Original Mix)
24. (1:45:00) Dirty South & Thomas Gold ft. Kate Elsworth - Alive (Original Mix)
--mis click stopped the mix for a sec here.
25. (1:48:30) Robot Needs Oil - Defected (Giacomotto Remix)
26. (1:52:00) Daft Punk - Harder, Faster, Stronger (Deadmau5 and Glenn Morrison Remix)
27. (1:55:30) Camille Jones - The Creeps (Fedde Le Grand Remix)
28. (1:59:00) Axel Karakasis - Pull The Trigger (Joint Operations Centre Remix)
29. (2:02:00) Ilya Soloviev - Echo (Original Mix)
30. (2:06:20) DNS Project - Another Day (Original Mix) - setrip
31. (2:10:00) Rex Mundi - Opera of Northern Ocean (Phynn Remix)
32. (2:16:00) Protoculture - Naked (Original Mix) -- still really like this track
33. (2:19:30) Beat Service f. Emma Lock - Cut and Run (Original Mix)
34. (2:24:30) Super8 & Tab - Elektra (Bart Claessen & Dave Schiemann Remix)
35. (2:30:00) Mike Foyle pres. Statica - Deadly Nightshade (Phynn Remix)
36. (2:35:30) W&W - Mainstage (Original Mix)
37. (2:38:30) Tranquility Base - Razorfish (Bart Claessen 2007 Re-Work)
38. (2:41:00) Richard Durand - Dryland (Phynn Remix)
39. (2:47:00) Beat Service f. Emma Lock - Not Out (Kaimo K Remix)
40. (2:53:00) Wippenberg pres. Sphaera - Back (Original Mix)
an interesting side note is that with live mixing I realized pretty quickly that I would want to create edited versions of tracks to make them blend the way I want them to - when you work with the studio software you do that while creating a mix, but this way I have to have them pre-arranged, so I did that with a few tracks already.
A while back I think I mentioned my schizo uncle attacked my grandma and hurt her shoulder and stuff. Appropriately, she went to the emergency room and got the proper diagnostics (x ray, mri).
Today, she got the report from medicare or whatever (who covered the costs) on how much it cost for her 2 hour visit to the hospital: $1850. She comes to show me it and proceeds to blame Obama.
Its like he's an infinite boogie man. I hate people.
Anyway whats everyones views on CAP? The rake is insane, 8bb/100. And the swings are even more insane. But apart from that I think it's beatable, people flipping with any two including 27 because "I knew you was bluffing when you shoved" My J high still beats your 27 (until the board comes JJ222 :D)
I could rant about this all day (and have been to friends and family) but I'd rather just let Keith lay it out. For those who don't want to watch him get all blow hardy (while speaking truth) here's my favorite line which really summarizes what has happened:
“We have superceded Congress to facilitate 750 billion dollars in domestic cuts including Medicare in order to end an artificially-induced political hostage crisis over debt, originating from the bills run up by a Republican president who funneled billions of taxpayer dollars to the military-industrial complex by unfunded, unnecessary, and unproductive wars, enabled in doing so by the very same Republican leaders who now cry for balanced budgets - and we have called it compromise. And those who defend it have called it a credit to a pragmatic president who wins some sort of political "points" because, having stood for almost nothing here, he gave away almost nothing for which he stood.”
hey there,
since I lost most of my roll due to bad bad play and the FTP shutdown I decided this summer is time for a new challenge. Just play for fun, and dont really worry about the results (obv. trying to play very good, but dont feel bad when i take a bad beat and stuff). So i decided to learn PLO. I picked up Jeff Hwangs Books (nice beach lecture for when I went to vacation)and watched the deucescracked series 2x6 and started watching Hellomaha.
I know that PLO is a post flop game, but somehow i already have problems PF. I tried to stick to the concepts i learned about not playing danglers, play cards that makes the nuts, thighten up pretty hard oop (esp. sb in multiway pots) and not playing crappy big pairs like dry TT/JJ/QQ. But my problem is in 2x6 vanessa selbst said one should end up playing around 25/20 (just a very rough estimated value) but even when I decide to go crazy and play "crappy" hands on the button in HU pots or when it's still unopened to me, I always end up playing 15/7 and I just dont know why... I can do whatever I want and feel like I am gambling like a maniac but i still end up 18/8 or something
I dont know exactly what I hope to achieve with this blogpost but maybe someone of you can give me a hint what kind of marginal/crappy hands I should add to my PF starting hands, because I just feel I play much too tight even though I think I stick very well to Vanessa Selbst's and Jeff Hwang's requirement for preflop hands...
cheers and enjoy the summer !
P.S. To give you a general idea about what hands i play:
-Any AA
-Most KK
- QQ/JJ with good side cards
- 4 rundowns, with eigher 1 gap at the bottom or 1 middle and 1 bottom gap (if in EP only at least single stuited)
- Axs with a pair to go with (for example A2s99)
- 3 rundowns suited to an A or with a pair (77+) (for example: 9987, 8776, A8s76)
Obiously playing the highercards UTG and loosening up depending on position
Can someone please direct me to some O8 guides, or tell me a good place to learn this gypsy game? I would use the search function, but I really feel like there would be someone here who might have better information who actually plays the game or something?? Thanks LP
Well I wasn't getting many shifts at my job and was just bored and just decided to throw $25 on merge mid june for fun and start grinding from NL4. Haven't played all that much because I starting getting lots of shifts again, but just felt like posting results cause I haven't blogged in a while.
Anyways I took a break from poker cause of black friday and just read hand histories and threads occasionally, it really helped my game a lot. I wasn't taking this very seriously so I just decided to take my shots w/ ~10 buyins of 6-8tabling 6max, just played a session of NL25 tonight sooooo IN B4 BUSTO
Hey guys, I went through a big 18 month killin streak in mtts and had built my ego up so big it was pathetic.
it took months off of poker to realize how pathetic i was acting, to humble down and to re-learn cashgames. with the help of a great coach and LP, I am so happy you guys are responding and helping my games as well.
I just wanted to say thank you, and thanks for bearing with me when i went into an ego-maniac. Theres reasons, yet they are mute. You guys are a great community that has made me the player I am.
Really...I just didnt know how to handle success in MTTs and constanlty being owned in cash, it was this sick confliction in me, my competetive spirit and ego was causing so much confliction that I couldnt handle at those times, sadly.
SO yeah, Thank you very much for being there for me, I'll be posting a ton, and hope you guys can have time to give me a hand.
Just runnin 150 up on Hero in cashgames all month n see where I end up
Last night, my coach told me to play pure value poker. I played 18/14/2.5 and biggest lost pot was like .80. I'm going to continue to play like this for a good bit, adding in some stuff to own fish etc :-)
just day one, and just wanted to say ty, i know i've been a dick, a stoner who bashed ppl for fun, this was mostly my bitterness, for that i apologize.
GL LP and TY!
Ryan
I'm going to work on getting some mental overhauls to make sure i'm always happy
So after about 1,5 months of silence and not answering my emails, out of the blue neteller gave me back all of the stolen money
I guess they are more about work then talk
Anyway great company, and a great day for me
I never post results usually but whatever, one day hope I can post results like Locoo. I know when I see higher stakes players post nice graphs it inspires me to play more, so maybe this will help even lower stakes players. Though not showing exact dollars but oh well.
All 1/2 FR-6max
Did not have much time this month to work, played maybe 9 sessions since I went backpacking/canoeing/portaging through algonquin park for a while.
Most important one is that in the past months I decided to embrace my profession rather than to be ashamed of it, what I mean is that I would always feel the need to lie to people about what I did for a living, because I truly felt that what I did wasn't a good thing and I wanted to get out as quickly as possible after making some bucks. This was fueled by the people around me mainly my parents, who never approved of it.
Nowadays it's no problem for me to say I play poker for a living and maybe explain a bit about it, in general people are pretty cool and some even wanna hear more about it.
I mean, how hard is it to find something that you are good at and enjoy and you can make a living off it? I should be pretty happy with poker and enjoy it as long as I can.
Now that I decided that I wanna continue being a pro as far as I can go I feel so much better and ready to commit again.
Truth is that because I have a family now with a wife and a 2 year old it's really hard to put in as much volume as I would want. But it's ok because I enjoy spending time with the family so much that I wouldn't have it any other way. I just have to try a bit harder everytime.
I'm really pushing myself lately to have a really balanced life, sleeping and waking up somewhat early, working out in the mornings, trying to see my friends as much as possible, spending a lot of time with my wife and kids and going out on sundays with parents as well all the while having to keep up with the massive swings that high stakes poker brings. It's no easy task but i'm getting the hang of it.
I want this blog to address many different topics, as I feel I'm pretty far and away from the naive, non experienced guy that started it so many years ago.
I've been having really good months lately playing mainly on stars, ongame and ipoker. Still not 100% satisfied with this month because I didn't put in as much volume as I would've wanted to, and because I didnt play my best all the time, I played pretty bad especially when I was losing which is a mistake I cant afford to make anymore, it can be REALLY costly but I'm working really hard on it.
Still I'm pretty happy because I picked up PLO and did pretty good at it, EV wise I did even better and I believe that EV in PLO says sooo much more than in NLHE. So I'm looking forward to improving there because the action at high stakes is pretty good.
I'll leave you guys with a series of videos found on tl.net http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=122917 I'm not quite sure why but after watching a few of them I played the best session of the month, not money wise but EV and decision making wise, for some reason those vids really inspired me.
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but maybe someone of you can give me a hint what kind of marginal/crappy hands I should add to my PF starting hands, because I just feel I play much too tight even though I think I stick very well to Vanessa Selbst's and Jeff Hwang's requirement for preflop hands...
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