Total for the year: 9555 pieces sold, $106,062.68 sales (yay 6 figure milestone)
Our margins are very good . Holidays included, hopefully we can hit a million this year. We hit a little rough patch the first few months because of constant shortage in stock and getting design done. You can see there's a big increase in sales month to month, and that's because we were selling a small portion of our inventory until recently (needed to wait for a design + takes a lot of work to put up the way we do it). There's also the issue of operating out of our tiny 3 bedroom apartment.
Sorry for not having blogged or posted about poker in a while, but I've been really busy and I might also be visiting Korea this month. I was thinking about just splurging on playing some heads up since Teng's already up like $1600 and I'm totally going to lose the bet (I haven't played so I'm actually still DOWN lol).
Warrior is an upcoming action drama film about mixed martial arts set to be released on September 9, 2011 by Lionsgate. The film will star Nick Nolte, Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Justin Berg, Jennifer Morrison and Pro Wrestler Kurt Angle. The movie will be directed by Gavin O'Connor and produced by Greg O'Connor.
"A former boxer (Nolte), whose alcoholism tore apart his family, welcomes back his youngest son (Hardy) and trains him to compete in a mixed martial arts tournament β a path that puts the son on a collision course with his older brother (Edgerton)."
A few weeks ago I went to a Detroit Red Wings vs Chicago Blackhawks game and I just recently got around to uploading my pics to my comp and they turned out pretty nice. So I thought I would write up a blog post about my experience.
I have not been to a Red Wings game since I was a little kid /w my dad. They were playing Chicago so I knew it was going to be a tight game. Good old original 6 match up.
I actaully felt a little star struck being that close to these guys it was weird lol. It was a great game too but sadly my Wings lost in OT 3-2. I had a blast though and cant wait to go to another game.
Looks like the Wings got Phoenix first round in the playoffs which Im not to thrilled about considering Phoenix took the Wings to game 7 last year. But Im not THAT worried :D Wings in 5!
I am hneaz and I play NL10. I am currently a senior at University of Illinois and friends with fellow LP members such as edzwoo, Jas0n, acckerman, k40cheddar, and TilICollapse, whom I met all at the Illini Poker Club.
I have been at N L10 since July 2010. I realize that I was leaking a lot and mass tabling way too much thus losing about 20+ buy ins in the last 7 months. My mindset was achieve Silverstar and earn Stellar Rewards as well as cash bonuses and I would be ok. I was still rolled for NL10 from playing NL50 HU shortstacked and cashing out at the Sunday Million (I was staked by a high stakes friend and kept $100). I almost called it quits and just focus on school but i realized that you can never quit poker. I am studying statistics so I am always thinking about poker.
In order to improve, I decided that I should ask for help from TilICollapse. I was sweated before by some people and it helped a lot but I decided to be sweated by TilICollapse because of his insane win rate at NL 400. I played 6 tables during the sweat and I was able to concentrate very well than when I used to 12-16 table before.
I went up 2 buy ins in less than 500 hands and I was playing more aggressively by 3 betting more, using position, stealing blinds and just playing smart poker. One thing that really helped was reasoning out my moves such as why I am doing this and what I am trying to accomplish. 6 tabling NL10 is really awesome because I am not playing like a robot.
Below is my graph in the last 3 days. I played looser after the sweat just to experiment the new style I am adopting. I used to play 12/10 before and I know I am still leaking somewhere and I hope to improve my game. My goal is not only beat NL 10 but be a disciplined player who can take bad beats like a man and understand why I am making moves in different situations. I think that discipline is key in becoming a bette player.
My stats. This is a very small sample size so dont judge by VPIP and PFR stats. I hope that my VPIP, PFR and 3 bet% will fall in the future. I was playing to see what worked and what did not work.
I haven't been able to put in the volume that I would like to with all the jobs I have. Ultimately, I've started playing HU SNG's, and I definitely have an edge. Most people don't know how to play HU, and I feel like that is my niche.
However, in my quest to make money without doing anything (relatively), I've decided to start on some online sports betting. Is oddsmaker.com a good site? Are there any other sites you suggest?
I feel that being an avid baseball fan gives me an edge. I also think that being a writer gives me somewhat of an inside scoop as I'm always trying to read and learn more about the sport. I understand all of the little things that can affect the outcome of a game.
The system that I want to use is basically a $1-$10 system. Pick the games that I am confident a certain team will win, and judge how confident I am on a scale of 1 to 10, and that would be the bet I would make. I would stay away from games I am not too confident in (for example I don't plan on making $1 bets on a lot of games. Only bet the games that are probably going to be one sided).
Thanks for reading. If you have any advice on what site I could use, let me know!!!
some movies i forgot to review...inc what to avoidby whamm!, April 10
"fair game" - naomi watts, sean penn (true to life story) politics iraq conspiracy blah blah --- very solid movie though
"It's a kind of funny story"(off-comedy) - distressed teen thinks hes nuts checks himself into mental facility blah blah, good acting, heartwarming juno-ish, humor smartass kid meets odd fellow played by zach(hangover slob guy is here) nuff said
"the reef" - aussie sharkuuuuuh movie, been awhile since there's been a remotely decent one, so i guess this is a must when you're bored. decent thriller, from the makers of that aussie croc movie. believe me
the trailer does not do it justice - its not horrible at all, and the trailer is not the movie and its strange they picked such a horrible trailer with scenes that aren't even in the movie at all - strange.
"van diemens land" - creepy movie, based on aussie prison camp escape in some wilderness, resort to eating each other, slow paced movie, "the way back" meets "ravenous" without the funny shit.
"wake wood" - eerie horror movie about a couple who moves to a small town to forget the gruesome death of their kid, only to be told by the townsfolk that they can "help" them out, decent gem of a unknown flick.
"I hope they serve beer in hell" - i cant believe this movie did not receive any buzz?!? this movie is a solid dude movie, smart funny dialogue, good acting and solid characters, recommended.
avoid these torrent available deceptively decent movie crap:
"hobo with a shotgun" - even for a "bad movie" its bad
"human centipede" - crazy german doctor traps 3 people, 1 jap, two girls, surgically connect them mouth to ass, highlight of the movie - jap guy in front is fed and needs to shit so girl's mouth stitched to his ass obv eats shit lol
"london boulevard" - shit
"vanishing on 7th street" - shit
"the speed of light" - shit, dont use your metered bandwidth on thsi crap
OK...Terran preferably, since i'm high masters terran, taking point inflation into consideration, last season I probably would have ended at around 4k. I usually sit around top 600 in NA. I've been playing BW for about a decade. I am offering free coaching. The best ways to do this is through skype + streaming. I'll do an hour per person, the reason I'm doing this is to gain credibility through LP members who play SC2 and poker who are also winners at their respective stakes, because I would like to eventually trade sc2 coaching for poker coaching. I'm willing to invest quite a while of coaching to only gain credibility...so lemme know~
Does anyone have any input on what I should change by looking at my stats? It looks pretty nitty but I have been opening up my range quite a bit when I'm in good position. My experience with post-flop play is getting better and I'm getting the confidence to open up my range in good positions. Pretty obv stuff but it's clicking.
I think I will play about 1k more hands to hit 10k total and move up officially after that. The reason why my volume is so low is because Bodog only lets you open 4 tables at once. The pro about that is that I can concentrate on those four quite well and play better.
y did i ever stop playing huby Seobombisgay, April 09
I forgot how beatable husngs were every since I started focusing on 6max sngs. Well, gonna grind husngs to build a solid roll on heropoker and will probably throw in some 6maxs again.
8 episodes. some were hilarious one episode not so much as it is hard to be funny doing a documentary but this guys insight is really some form of retarded, forrest gumpish genius lol
Ricky Gervais laugh is one i do only when Im almost in tears when I laugh, some find it annoying but im pretty sure it's not fake at all.
he looks at the old woman who passes by and says
"I bet she left her house when she was about, 10." ROFL
I've been playing nl25 part time for the last year while doing what ever work I can find around here. I've been stuck at nl25 due to cashouts & volume issues. I called one of the guys that has sporadic work for me and he said there should be work for me starting next week, but he isn't 100% sure. So I'm looking at most likely having work for the next couple weeks at least. That said I had a rough week at the end of march and had to cash out the vast majority of my roll to pay bills. I'm currently playing nl10 with a 10BI bankroll. I would much rather get a stake for nl25 (possibly nl50) than work my way up. I don't know how long this work will last so the faster I'm back at stakes where I can actually pay bills the better.
About me
I've been a member of LP since jan 07 and TL since aug 05. I don't think I really need to mention much more. I haven't been a part of any transactions/stakes/coaching with anyone here.
Results
I've been playing since 07 but didn't take it seriously so I was at nl2 for close to two years. I started taking it more seriously in 2009 and got to nl25 easily. I stopped playing much at all for roughly a year due to my work/living situation. That job ended and I moved on to what ever part time work I could find while supplementing that with my nl25 winnings. I had stars email me all my hands since jan of 2010 (I don't have access to the majority of those hands at the moment), so I'm assuming my HEM is accurate.
What I'm offering
I would like a stake of 30-40 BI for nl25. I will be able to play at minimum 10-20 hours per week of 4 or 9 tabling. I have skype and will be able to be contacted daily, with exceptions, and will provide weekly reports on a specified day. I am willing to play nl50 if anyone wishes to stake me for it, but I have little experience there and am not confident I can produce the results I can at nl25. I'm more than willing to work with any of these terms, but I expect to be working 40 hours mon-fri starting during the week of April 10th.
What I expect
I'm not too familiar with staking so as long as my backer is comfortable with letting me do my thing then I'm going to be happy. That said I would much prefer splitting profit rather than paying 100% of my profit back to pay off asap. I am willing to do a stake/coaching deal if it is preferred, but like I said I am only truly confident at nl25 currently.
That's pretty much it. I don't currently have skype installed so if you are interested the only way of getting a hold of me is through LP. If you are interested PM me. I will be reading comments, but I don't know how often so PM is by far the best way to get my attention.
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. Holidays included, hopefully we can hit a million this year. We hit a little rough patch the first few months because of constant shortage in stock and getting design done. You can see there's a big increase in sales month to month, and that's because we were selling a small portion of our inventory until recently (needed to wait for a design + takes a lot of work to put up the way we do it). There's also the issue of operating out of our tiny 3 bedroom apartment.
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