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gaaaaaaaaaay by Night2o1, October 28


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stupid nl50


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Gimme $263 Stars by player999, October 28


done ty robinson


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Entraction just love trolling me by bro, October 28


I told you Entraction changed the blind structure in the super turbo sit and go's I'm grinding. Well, today they changed the starting stack from 1500 to 1000. So even though they changed the blinds to be slower it's even more crazy now with less chips in play. Huge swings to come, for sure. GL me with beating the rake. =(

I'll have to play €2.20's and €1.10's for the rest of the week. There's just too much luck involved at the moment. I'm just going to secure my spot in the leaderboard then wait for Entraction to change back to 1500 starting stacks or change site.

Holdem Manager is also not working properly now. It says that I lost €120 last session when it was just ~€35. Made me rage more than necessary over the new starting stacks.


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Gimme $263 FTP by player999, October 28


wrong title


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time to go imo GG me by whamm!, October 28


- site's been part of my life for years, really enjoyed all the drama, levels and lolz
- seem to be getting older but still going nowhere, didnt really feel it when i was still making decent money
- new responsibilities, sense of urgency getting to me, and poker is not getting it done anymore
- got to meet a bunch of you guys in vegas, which at least makes the whole experience real
- d rank in sc, d rank in poker, maybe i dont dedicate myself too much but just whine a lot
- what I am gonna do for money now i have no idea, but yep, im still alive so there's always gonna be something
- prob not gonna be quitting poker still, but prob will if ever stars changes rakeback from dealt to contributed (lol nit lyf)
- not gonna say im gonna lurk still coz this shit's like drugs and ill just insta relapse lol
- i wish all you guys well in your poker and future endeavors in life, you're all young, and this wont be the last thing you'll be doing for sure
- with that being said, i bid you guys and LP farewell gl


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FUCK by LikeASet, October 28


Not in a rage but just a lil upset.

4th trip in the past 2 months going to my semi local casino to play the 1/3 nl live games. First few sessions went ok with nothing big happening, winning like 80, then 150, then like 72.

But this trip i just got back from, fucking -455. Fucking hyper fish on my direct right and all the others pretty much fish. Fucking couldn't turn a fucking profit isolating the fucking hyper fish like 1000000 times with hands that would dominate his hands like 90% of the time. Fucking card dead and lose with all my big preflop hands (yeah i know typical story).

But yeah, not too bad but still little upset, net loss from all my trips is prolly around 100-150. I think i have been playing well for most of the time. Ionno if i wanna take a break for a month or until i'm completely rolled (6k-8k in checking acct?) or/and just come back to grinding soft nl 10 pokerstars tables just for some semi-relaxing fun poker.

Anyhoo these blogs are ment to vent and make people who are also going through misfortune to feel a little better about themselves.

Playing live is easy.
Live feels like playing while online feels like work.
Playing stuck during live games sucks.
Variance poos on my face.

Yours truly,

Some dude...



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The Dark Knight Rises (TLDR likely) by palak, October 28


For anyone who doesn't know already. Christopher Nolan confirmed the title of Batman 3 is "The Dark Knight Rises" and the Riddler WILL NOT be a featured villain. Cliffs at the end of the blog post.

From a yahoo answer page

"I have some inside information from Warner bros. about the upcoming third batman film which is slated for release across cinemas in 2012.

Now this may or may not be true as of yet bearing in mind this is early days, but this is what they have been talking about. It's early days and so this is just an initial story outline/plot for the third batman movie according too people from warner bros. Now this is inside information and so this is what I have learnt.
They just need Chris Nolan/David Goyer and jonhathan to sit down and work on the script in a few months time when they are finished with their other film projects.

[Warner brothers are very keen for a fourth installment of the batman franchise. They have seen the success of the spiderman films and so want to repeat this with the batman franchise and if all goes according to plan and batman does well again, then there will of course be a fourth batman film with Warner bros. being VERY keen]

This is the rough draft/outline for the third batman film. There is no title yet:

The characters:

Talia al ghul - she will be interlinked with bruce wayne [being a love interest] as well linked with the mob.

Saying this, there will be a gang walfare across Gotham City stretching out into other neighbouring cities. Since the dissappearance of batman, Gotham city has been torn apart and there is a rise in the number of gangs and criminals etc... this keeps with the story of the long halloween/the dark victory comic books of gang wars.
This will make way for batman to comeback and show the people of gotham city that he is a hero to them all and that gotham can be saved and they will change their perceptions on batman. The story has not been thought out so this is just a rough character and story outline which has been talked about by warner bros.

The Penguin will be mentioned several times however the penguin will NOT be seen in the third movie. There is a strong connection with one of the mob and the penguin. However, the penguin will be just referred to as 'oswald' or 'oswald cobblepot' and not 'the penguin'. Like I said, he will be linked to one of the mob but will not feature as a villain in the third film.

Talia is linked to Bruce Wayne as well as having a connection to the mob and this may be linked with getting revenge on batman who allegedly killed her father - Rhas Al Ghul.

I'm not sure if any of you were aware of this but the Black Mask was actually written in the script of the dark knight however the black mask was later written out for some reason but now the written out scripts of his character will now feature in the third film.
The black mask will feature - The Black Mask being related to the mob. He will be a big criminal of the underworld. A big mobster.

Now The Black Mask will be a SIDE VILLAIN. AN ORDINARY CRIMINAL of the underworld who is in a gang war. He is in charge.

Now comes the big part.... The Riddler will feature albeit briefly.

There will be one major villain and a side villain to keep in line with the dark knight.

The Riddler
Black Mask - he will be an ordinary criminal with connections to the criminal underworld/mob

the penguin - 'Oswald' being mentioned but will not feature.

Talia al Ghul - interlinked with Bruce Wayne and the mob.

According to the next film, Twoface IS dead, the joker is in arkham asylum but we do not see the joker however the joker will be mentioned several times.

Previous themes being fear. escalation etc..
The theme for batman 3 is 'REDEMPTION'

Warner bros. are keen for a fourth and possibly FINAL film as I have said and they are keen for the joker to return!!! This will pleasantly round off the franchise and would be an exciting and great end for batman.
They are also keen in including Harley Quinn and the return of The Scarecrow as there could be a break out as arkham and the scarecrow might possibly feature in the fourth.
Other villains maybe catwoman, the penguin and mad hatter.
but this cannot be true until the script of batman three has been written.

Now this is early days and this is what has been going around from Warner bros.
You can choose to believe it or chose not too, it's up to you but like I said I have inside information about the next film and this is what I have 100% learnt from within the studio. !

If it's true it's going to be one hell of a batman film!
The Riddler, Talia Al Ghul, Black Mask and references to the penguin and the joker all but a few.. Bear in mind we will NOT see the penguin or the joker in the third movie."


All that seems pretty likely now even though it was posted 2 years ago. Nolan said he will not revisit previous characters and named Penguin, and Mr. Freeze in particular as 2 villains he would never put. Killer Croc doesn't fit into his realism well. Catwoman doesn't seem to work out that great with his universe. Bane might be a bit to unrealistic for him although a hyper intelligent steroid like substance taking Bane (as was his original character) would be really awesome imo. But Black Mask is the easiest villain to do in the universe set up, mob ties, family history with Bruce. Think a wealthy more tame version of the Joker where there will be a lot of childhood flash backs during the course of the middle of the movie. Rumors are also saying Tom Hardy was cast as Bullock, but I can't imagine them wasting Hardy's acting talent on a character as minor as Bullock, I figure Hardy has to be a villain. I'm also pretty disappointed to hear of a female villain possibly being the main villain, doesn't seem like it will be to good. Overall my expectations are pretty low, I mean it's a Nolan movie so it will be good, but I think it'll be a level below TDK and Inception, probably slightly worse or at the same level as Batman Begins. Oh well, another trilogy where the third movie will probably be the weakest link. One issue I have with this plot is that Nolan said the third movie will be the last movie in the series and will complete his story arc, but guessing warner brothers had other plans and as usual they won out. The title is shitty imo. "Batman" would have been simple, continued with the trilogy titled and sounded better then The Dark Knight Rises, at least that what I think. I'm sure other people can come up with even better titles.

Cliffs:
Batman 3=The Dark Knight Rises
Villain male (in order of likliness=Black Mask, Hush, Bane, Hugo Strange
Female character/villain (likliness again)=Talia Al Ghul, Catwoman



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time to by NeillyJQ, October 28


get to my A game everyday all day


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How come SnG pays so much less rake? by Arirang, October 27





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Its working. by The M Show, October 27


Been working on my HU game a bit more lately and having a lot of fun doing it along the way. Thanks for letting me know which HU videos out there are good LP. Appreciate it. pr1nnyraiding is a great series and has been a great refresher. Its really helping me get comfortable with playing more marginal hands and opening up my range. So now I need your help again guys. Im going to keep working on my HU game but since I do start tables its important that I can play shorthanded. So again, what are some good videos for someone starting to get into shorthanded play. I feel like I could use a refresher in that area of my game too. (I have accounts on all the training sites)

Been working on my starcraft game a bit too. Mostly just watching replays and trying to find some builds for each matchups. Again, thanks guys for letting me know some great sites for replays. I was shocked to see that SlayerSBoxeR is still playing! I remember WAY back in the day when he was the man. His drop ship skills were unbelievable. But yea, hopefully I will be able to put in quite a few games this weekend and get moved out of this stupid bronze division. I feel like I can beat almost anyone at this level with good macro. Need something more challenging!

Halloween is coming up which Im pretty excited for now that I got my costume. Im going to be Maverick from Top Gun this year haha. Got the aviators to go with it and everything. Going to hit up a keg party at my buddies on saturday, get shittered there and then head downtown for the rest of the night. Should be a great night.

Thats all I guess. Peace guys!




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Day 49 by player999, October 27


Today was just silly and unfair how good I ran.

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Except for this:
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And this:
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But yeah, I ran above EV. Finally.

30k+ month unless crazy shit happens till the end of the week.


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no hope by mnj, October 27


that's what it feels like to be a magic fan.

i wish i could just be a lakers, celtics, cowboys, steelers, patriots, w/e fan. it's just so god damn easy.

the difference in the past few years is that i really thought the magic had a chance. off season trades or improvements made me hopeful. don't get me wrong i'm still going to root for my team. but i guess this year my expectations have fallen alot.

this is the first time in years that i have no enthusiasm going into the nba season. i just feel that the lakers, celtics, and miami have the next 6 championships locked up.

i guess i'm just glad i got season tickets to miami. because fuck man, even i can appreciate watching lebron, wade and bosh.

emotional investment @ 30%


also all coaches who are solid winners @ nl 200 plz pm/post rates
also wondering if i can have a discounted rate for the first session to see if your style of coaching suits me.


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plo is fun... by moneypoker, October 27





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Mindblowing by k2o4, October 27


It looks complicated but this women speaks in simple, plain language that everyone can understand and talks about amazing findings. I'm positive that if you watch the full thing you'll come make a comment about how your mind was blown.




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Galfond on game selection by LemOn[5thF], October 27



 
Actually, I've been wanting to talk about something for a while now, and this seems like a good opportunity.

I realize I have a reputation as kind of nitty, specifically when it comes to game selection (and BR management). While I understand where that reputation comes from, I think that my personal philosophy on game selection is misunderstood.

People judging me for that reputation is one thing, and that's fine, but I realize that some poker players(especially BFP members) will make some of their career choices based on my opinion (or based on what they think my opinion is), which is why I'd like to clear this up.

I am in a situation unlike 99+% of pro poker players. The pool of games that are available to me are very unlike the pool of games available to most of you. Because of that, the 'off the table' decisions I make don't neccesarily reflect the decisions I believe you should make.

Basically, there are games that run at 200/400-500/1k (and equivelant for limit games), then there are games that run at 25/50. The 25/50 games run semiregularly, and the bigger games are very sporadic. Sometimes they are great, sometimes they're completely dead.

The larger games are definitely not 'soft', but when you look at how tough they 'should' be, they come in below that. What I mean by that is that the difference in skill between levels like $1/2, $2/4, $3/6, $5/10, $10/20 is somewhat uniform... as you go up in stakes, the games get a little bit tougher. Some people could beat 5/10, but can multitable and crush 2/4, and they realize that's a better use of their time.

Anyways, I was going to get into a long explanation, assigning toughness values to different stakes, but I realize now that most of you will get the point anyways. The skill difference between 25/50 and 200/400 is MUCH smaller than the difference between .50/1 and 5/10 or 10/20. A guy eeking out a small winrate at 10/20 would never drop down to .50/1 and multitable it and expect to make more money. However, that's comparable to the situation I'm in with nosebleeds and 25/50, in terms of the drop in stakes.

Basically, if I can beat the nosebleeds (I think I can), my earn rate there is substantially higher than my hourly at 25/50, and there is nothing in between.

Because of that, being too broke to play in the big games would be exteremly costly for me. And because of THAT, I need to avoid risking putting myself out of nosebleed action at almost all costs. This means passing up on +EV, high variance situations left and right.

Yes, HSDB and other sites will tell you I've made a lot of money playing poker. However, I've paid a lot in taxes and spent a ton on my home. Anyone who assumes I'm sitting here with an active, liquid $5m bankroll isn't thinking very hard.

With the insane stakes and swings that are possible there, I need to be very careful in order to stay in action. (Yes, if I lost a lot, I could sell 75% of myself and still play, but what's the point then?) This means not playing games where I expect to be making 1pt/100 or less, or games where I'm not even sure I have an edge but I might. I can take small shots in games like that, but I can't play them long term.

So, back to everyone else. What do I think you should be doing? If you're planning on being a long term pro, and you are living comfortably enough that you don't need your monthly winnings to pay bills, I think you should be playing in tough HU matches all the time.

That's right. I, Phil 'nit' Galfond, believe that playing in tough games is a good idea.

If you look back at the career of any nosebleed player, you will find a history of playing tons of tough hu matches and tough 6max games. It's absolutely neccesary in order to reach your potential as a player.

Many people didn't pay attention before a couple years ago, but on my way from 5/10nl to nosebleeds, I played almost everyone, at every level. Most of my upswing on my way to nosebleeds came from HU NL matches. I definitely played many HU matches as an underdog, and many many more that were too close to know who was best. I played in pretty much whatever 6m game was running at the stakes I was playing. (I also had terrible BR management... for example, playing Ivey at 300/600 with a 300k roll, but I don't recommend doing that)

If there were 50/100 and 100/200 games running regularly, I'd be taking on anyone HU when there were no other games running and I felt like playing poker. It's fun and interesting, and it's EXTREMELY good for your game.

As far as what you should do, you obviously shouldn't spend 100% of your time playing in neutral EV games. However, when there aren't as many good 6m games, or you aren't getting soft HU action, you should absolutely be taking on a reg, in my opinion. Sitting at your computer, waiting alone on 10 HU tables while you talk to your friends on AIM is not helping your career as a poker player. Even when you do snag a fish, you're much better off in terms of overall EV 6 tabling a tough reg than 1 or 2 tabling a semifish with 50bb.

If you lose a bunch of buyins at $3/6, you can step down to $2/4 and your hourly won't be hurt much. I don't have that option, which is why I have to be nittier, and why this post probably sounds hypocritical.

Please understand, this is not at all an "I'm frustrated I get no HU action and wish worse players would play against me" whine post. Yes, I'd love it if there were always 15 25/50 games running and I could just hop in anytime an grind and the games wouldn't break. That't far from my point.

I get sad and embarrassed when I look at the FTP or Stars midstakes tables.

This post is a "It would be better for you personally, for the poker economy, and for the enjoyment casual players get from poker if you played in tougher games"

-Phil

PS. - Some side notes:

-Think of how embarrassing and not fun it must be for a casual player to step into the NL games at the stakes you play.

-I realize that I still COULD play tough HU games at nosebleeds, and that some people still will disrespect the fact that I don't, even after my explanation. I think it's not a wise career choice for me, which is why I don't do it, but I definitely understand people thinking that's not cool. I have a ton of respect for the guys who take on everybody, even for seemingly large chunks of their roll... Tom, Ivey, Gus, Patrik, Niki, Isildur, Benyamine, etc. They are more brave than I am and they absolutely should be respected for that


-Phil Galfond's blog, 2010.


Time to challenge myself. I found the rake at NL50 to be ridiculous to play HU as money is just vaporising when playing an equally good/better active opponent.
Right now I am taking constant shots at NL100 by mixing in a table or two with NL50, and when I do get there and get those 50 BIs, playing HU will be a great option.

I absolutely agree that sometimes I get the feeling like I am not challenging myself, start posting on LP whle playing, chating etc. I am trying to see a session that doesn't produce hands worth thorough analysis as a failure.
Stagnation leads to boredom, boredom leads to tilt and not caring which leads to spewing of stacks. Hope you liked the read, post your opinion.



P.S. Personal update -I did play poker despite planning otherwise as I started and finished the 3.5k report on Considerations of cultural differences when internationalising business generally and in Iraq during 5 hours. Next report is due next Thursday.

Last 10k hands snapshot (pure 3-4 table, mixed HU and a couple NL100 hands). You know I don't post these and I don't think they are relevant but Uptown questioned my ambitions as a pro and I know you guys do care about these snapshots, so I am showing it to get some respec' xD
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I saw some 30 videos on DC and BFP in the last 10 days as I was ill most of the month and still am.

(Raging Bull series - Brochen is in one of them , Where the buffalo roam series, 3 NL50 vids, 5+ DC Shorts, 5 Thin redline vids (sick sick hands in the last one!), some DC homegames and FWfiend vs Krantz HU, Krantz v some NL50 kids HU, and I think also some other fun stuff I clicked on.
Galfond has new 2/4 vids on BFP and its awesome as always

I reccomend all of these pretty much)

I also keep reviewing hands and marking shit spots/getting into marginal spots with creative lines at NL50. My NL100 strategy is pretty much nit it up and abuse my image after people get hands on me to play without risk as my edge is much smaller.

Also, I believe I induced Night to post a blog on HEM analysis by my insulting comments which led in return to me fiddling with HEM filters and Leak buster for some 6 hours straight and seeing where I am losing money. Good stuff, LP doesn't provide much valauble content tbh but the contacts and motivation I get here are priceless.





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Schizophrenia by palak, October 27


Video that simulates what some people suffering from unmedicated schizophrenia experience. Pretty freaky and estimates say between .55-1% of the world population have schizophrenia in some form

Also worth noting it is listed as the third most debilitating condition after quadriplegia and dementia.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e3e_1279725221


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Flash Converter Mac Software Discount/Coupon Code/ by maksims, October 27


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WIN $1 NOW by fenner, October 27


ONE DOLLAR ON FTP or ABSOLUTE RIGHT NOW TO WHOEVER CAN FIND ME THIS SONG!!!! DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS!

I was listening to the radio and this awesome song was on, it's just some girl going "d-d-der der, d-d-der der, d-der d-der derrrder" for the entire duration, i'ts fucking amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~. I'm not sure if i was listening to a radio station that plays chart toppers but probably not.

It was kinda chill too.


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PS for FTP by wakamaru, October 27


looking to get as much PS as possible for my FTP. pm me with ur skype or AIM. i'll send first in increments if necessary.


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Lost a prop bet (pics) by thewh00sel, October 26


Had a prop bet with a friend where we each drafted 3 guys in WSOPE and deepest runner wins; he won. Bet was you had to paint a pumpkin on your stomach and walk around trick or treating on halloween. After it was over we found out halloween's on a sunday so we just said go to some public place (we went to a pumpkin patch). Results + mandatory baby pics:

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Good thing I had a pumpkin baby to carry around or I might've gotten some funny looks.


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