My my, how life has changed in such a short amount of time. It is so easy to be depressed and demoralized, thinking the world is going to end due to the circumstances in your life. I have no become a millionaire or a rocket scientist but I can't help but feel that I'm in a great place right now. I also know that happiness is temporary as life has its own low and high swings. It's a matter of dealing with it with the right attitude and I'm hoping that I have the maturity to deal with the variance as it comes and goes.
Enough of the MySpace talk and onto poker! Now that I have a part-time job with very little expenses (still at home), depositing money is not much of an issue and I find that it's doing wonders for my BR psychology. Granted this is mostly due to playing at the microstakes (5NL) but it's still good to know that losing my BR is not a big deal...if I lose it to bad variance that is. Tilting it away would still be very painful due to my competitive nature.
As for actual play, I have been practicing my ABC's by re-reading some articles that I glanced over three year ago. I'm debating whether to commit to FR or 6max but at the present moment, I'm leaning towards FR because I think it fits my personality more. I'm also running the trial version of PT3 and am probably going to buy it when it runs out because it's such great software.
I'm very glad that this community is still thriving as it's filled to the brim with very helpful people. I know that if I make a post that some good soul will reply with decent advice pretty quickly and this I take not for granted! I hope to contribute just as much if and when I get better. The tone of this post is actually sickening me a bit because it's so optimistic and full of cliches. I guess I'm still a cynic at heart
On spring break right now, gotta type 8 pages-double spaced worth of jibberish for my writing intensive class and work at the restaurant is always a bitch. Basically got like 3 days to put in 10k more hands. In the beginning of march I set a goal of putting in 50K hands for the month, but for no real reason. I just want to make that $$$ yo.
Been avg 8 tabling the nl 50 with even red line, but then I semi tilted and swung my red line down but whatevers. Starting to run below ev but really can't complain since the majority of the month i've either been running at EV or slightly above it. I just want to make sure I keep my sanity and consistently put in quality work.
The mean IQ of the population of eight graders in a city is known to be 100. You have selected a random sample of 50 children for a study of educational achievements. The first child tested has IQ of 150. What do you expect the mean IQ to be for the whole sample?
If you read this, answer whatever comes first to your mind. I expect 100% correct answer from poker players of course
Hi.I play mostly 6max, but really want to start playing HU as part of my poker progress.So here is the question, which site should I choose for a soft competition on the low HU limits.I see myself playing 20-50NL HU and I've noticed that many players prefer PartyPoker, Ipoker, and sites like this for such kind of games, so what would you recommend?
I've been looking to buy one for a longgg time and now I don't have to play poker on a 17 inch laptop screen anymore. This one looked like a pretty good deal for $150 but I'm not really sure. Already bought it so I'm pot committed but I'm curious about how good of a deal this was.
Also potentially looking to buy another one so shoot me some recommendations if you find any.
Trapped inside this octavariumby CrownRoyal, March 22
Life is hard, i'm at rock bottom.
I can't even get a job in a factory until i find something better and i owe my parents and jlost on this forum money. I feel rly terrible and it feels like the worst ive ever felt. I have this problem where I think im really special and should be doing a lot more with my life than being a common man and it pains me to even think about working for minimum or near minimum wage. I went to college last semester as a pre-engineering major in a community college and I just didn't have anywhere near the motivation to succeed and make it through all four years and since I have just been trying to find a full time job. I have had lots of leads to do work like I used to and make very respectable money. They always fall through and i waste a month or something trying to get it setup. I have a real understanding and experience working with IT stuff but it's nearly impossible to find a job doing it in a rural area like where I live. Moving seems out of the question too, I hate not knowing friends and stuff that i can spend time with going to bars and stuff. Also, beyond that, I have no resources to move to begin with.
Don't ever let yourself get in this position LP, Never forget the cardinal rule, don't ever let yourself get in a position where you are vulnerable to not be what you want. life is just.
Yes, the I and N were purposely capitalized. I have been inspired, although not in poker, but among other things in my life. I have come to some realizations, and learned some new things about myself, and with that, I want to say that i am IN this for the long haul, I am deep IN this, I am ready; I am IN.
With that being said, it has become apparent that I have separated myself from things I hold dear to me. I am still playing baseball although I have had a huge set back in my career: Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstructive Surgery a.k.a. Tommy John Surgery. The date of surgery was May 10 of last year, and the process of rehabilitation can take anywhere from 12 to 18 months or longer. I was on pace to finish in roughly 13 months, when I succumbed to a minor setback: inflammation in my new ligament ):. I became somewhat depressed and pessimistic as my demon would not go away. I felt like I wasn't accepted as part of the team anymore. As my arm struggled, so did my social life and feeling of acceptance by my peers in a linear fashion.
Hope was restored after taking Rx anti-inflammatory, taking a wonderful spring break, and throwing a baseball again last friday. I threw it well and with conviction, and I will resume my throwing program tomorrow. This is a great sign as I hope to one day turn into a professional baseball player.
While playing poker I had somewhat of a small epiphany. What am I doing with my life? It's a beautiful 78* outside right now, and I'm grinding at a poker game? Really? Don't get me wrong, I want to succeed at poker, obviously. I want to dominate, but it's not my passion. Baseball is my passion. So I took a break, and I ran. It wasn't long, but I needed to do it. And I need to do it five to seven times a week. There's no excuse not too.
I have a revamped, renewed desire to become the best at baseball. This is a tough rehab, it makes the athletic mind numb. It takes your mental strength and tweaks it, tears at it, stretches it to the max. This is without a doubt the most I've ever been challenged mentally, and I'm hoping to come away from this experience with so much more than I began it with.
With all of this being said, being the competitor that I am, I always want to get better at what I am participating in. This was a post not directed at poker, but I did play today, had a break even session, felt like i was running good, but didn't play but for only an hour. I was getting a lot of folds it seemed like, and this was how my session went...+ Show Spoiler +
Statistics for 468 Hands
Street Saw Saw/Total
Flop 99 21%
Turn 48 10%
River 33 7%
Showdown 24 5%
Street Won Won/Saw Won/Total
Pre-flop 32 7% 7%
Flop 13 13% 3%
Turn 5 10% 1%
River 1 3% 0%
Showdown 13 54% 3%
This is one hand I would like feedback on. This was obviously a misclick. I mean to fold on the flop but clicked call fml. My question is this: how it's played [misclick] how many times to i abandon my hand? I feel this was a stupid move even though it "worked". Do we let go? or can we push against tighter opponets?
Full Tilt Poker Game #29230553083: Table Cooke - $0.01/$0.02 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:30:48 ET - 2011/03/21
Seat 1: Jason Duran ($4.06)
Seat 2: jbond00seven ($2.17)
Seat 3: LuckyPunch14 ($2)
Seat 4: Dabrila1973 ($2.17)
Seat 5: XIII131 ($2)
Seat 6: KaP1ToSHka ($0.62)
Seat 7: vesa7511 ($0.76)
Seat 8: JesusFish13 ($1.99)
Seat 9: TheJiffyBandit ($3.47)
jbond00seven posts the small blind of $0.01
LuckyPunch14 is sitting out
Dabrila1973 posts the big blind of $0.02
5 seconds left to act
XIII131 posts $0.02
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheJiffyBandit [5s 5c]
XIII131 checks
KaP1ToSHka has 15 seconds left to act
KaP1ToSHka folds
vesa7511 folds
JesusFish13 folds
TheJiffyBandit raises to $0.10
Jason Duran has 15 seconds left to act
Jason Duran raises to $0.40
jbond00seven folds
Dabrila1973 folds
XIII131 folds
TheJiffyBandit calls $0.30
*** FLOP *** [Ac 7d Kd]
TheJiffyBandit checks
Jason Duran bets $1
TheJiffyBandit calls $1
*** TURN *** [Ac 7d Kd]
TheJiffyBandit bets $2.07, and is all in
Jason Duran has 15 seconds left to act
Jason Duran: A rack
Jason Duran has requested TIME
LuckyPunch14 stands up
Jason Duran folds
Uncalled bet of $2.07 returned to TheJiffyBandit
TheJiffyBandit mucks
TheJiffyBandit wins the pot ($2.66)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.85 | Rake $0.19
Board: [Ac 7d Kd 8d]
Seat 1: Jason Duran (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: jbond00seven (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: LuckyPunch14 is sitting out
Seat 4: Dabrila1973 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: XIII131 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: KaP1ToSHka didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: vesa7511 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: JesusFish13 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: TheJiffyBandit collected ($2.66), mucked
I play recreational, just for some pocket money and fun.
I just dont know where i'm heading with poker, i really dont want to play tourneys for a living cause that will stress me and kill me. Altho i really like them and think I have an edge in them.
What do you guys think? And how about my stats, are they good?
Should I perhaps put some more volume in?
So I don't now if it's possible but I think I saw someone getting this - I'm talking about anyd oppurtunity to ask FTP to send my Play history, I mean, hands played and money won.Since I don't use HEM or another manager but still curios to see my graph if possible, so yeah - does someone know if this is possible and how could it be done?Thanks.
Stake Recap + FTP For PS Transferby Gadget, March 21
Thanks for the stake guys. I played really well for the most part. I money bubbled the Brawl when I lost AQ < 1010 for about 22BB's. I had 3 KO's. The 150k GTD was the only tournament I didnt go somewhat deep in. In the 1m GTD I reshoved 3 straight hands with 15-20BB and got called the 3rd time by AA, I had AK. I min cashed. In the mulligan I lost 88 < AJ for about 14BB's, and I was out in 137th i believe, something like 106 paid.
I already transferred you guys back the money. It should be around 80% of what you sent me.
$961+$120 = $1081
10% = $108.10
Can anyone send me $500 on pokerstars for $500 on FTP. I'll send first to reputable members.
Hi guys
Just finished an amazing poker "week" for me
Sunday 13th - Sunday 20th
Nl25 6max stars
hands played: 17139
Profits: + 502 $ ( incl 74$ in Bonus Vipcash and FPPsats)
Overall with StarsNl25 and CakepokerNL20Hu i am up + 655 $ this month so far.
Funny or more so Sadly
here is a graph from me playing NL25 6max Pokerstars from 3 years ago lol
Sick fail but i am happy and positive i did learn a bunch from this 3 years of constant up and downs
Took way too long for me
GL ALL
@ Keuner do u still play ?
I liked u some years ago when we played NL50 on Ipoker and Unibet
For whatever reason though u recently started to comment some of my hands and blogs in a very "negative" way
I think u are one of the very few players at this site who dont have the right to shit on me at all
Since allthough my pokercareer was a complete fail u were one of the very few who did even worse.
90% of your months when we played looked like Net result -400 rakebackgrind + 700$
In fact in all these years i have never seen a graph from u were u won some decent money at Nl100 or NL200
Always just a very small microstakes grinder who could grow a small BR due to rakeback
If u can proof me otherwise id gladly take anything written above back and congratulate u
If not just stfu
Also who is storkgm on Pokerstars ?
I believe he was from LP also and is failing for years ?
recently i played like 600 hands with him on 6max
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