Second: Downloaded this movie off of funfiles last night, pretty decent/entertaining. Kinda like Cloverfield, but much better cuz it didn't suck.
I'll give it 3.5/5 stars
This shit got me scared today, especially with my not so robust BR (all NL50) http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/7581/graphhi.png
The downswing is my morning session, upswing in the afternoon.
So I am playing in the afternoons exclusively from now on ;o
I found out that my peak performance is between 3-9pm, but there is also way more fish in the afternoon hours (mornings are almost reg only at NL50 Stars 100bb tables)
P.S. in case you haven't seen this trailer I have been posting in 'to be nuked' threads:
-This is the coolest most awesomest thing I have ever seen (Its Dead Leaves in English)
So now that I squandered my roll for NL200 im going back to NL50 live. Looking for advice on most optimal way to play again, as I'm still not sure I've really figured it out.
I used to approach the game playing like I would online. If I'm first to enter the pot, it better be with a raise. PP's/AT+/KJ+. Raise CO with 45s+. Raise button with Ax, Kxs sometimes, some semi-connectors etc etc. This seemed to be a recipe for mega fail. Too many callers, always OOP, no way to isolate and exploit.
My adjustments were to only raise AT+ and TT+. Everything else was a limp. I'd often limp utg with 78s and 88 for instance, other times I might just fold a suited connector. The idea being to see flops as cheaply as possible, hit, & get paid off. No need to balance my range. This seemed to work overall, although I'm not sure it really worked that well.
Biggest problem comes from the whole pot odds thing. For an NL50 game people are still routinely raising 6-8BB's preflop. Thats $3+ at an NL50 game. I assume they are just protecting their hands with somewhat premium holdings, but I see a lot of bullshit too. Is it really +EV for them to raise $4 with 77 in a 5way limped pot? Or $3 utg with QJs? I feel like I'm sorta priced out of calling with anything. Unless I can 3bet, I should just fold given the price.
Since I'm still a little tilted from last nights horrendous session, I think I need to start back with the basics. Remember this is live, so people are playing about half the deck. Any suited cards, any ace, any connectors, and any semi-connectors.
PokerStars Game #50298243335: Tournament #315664820, $55.00+$2.50 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/09/28 11:52:47 AT [2010/09/28 10:52:47 ET]
Table 315664820 1 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: MonacoOrBust (1470 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (1530 in chips)
MonacoOrBust: posts small blind 10
Hero: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
MonacoOrBust: raises 20 to 40
Hero: raises 120 to 160
MonacoOrBust: raises 120 to 280
Hero: raises 1250 to 1530 and is all-in
MonacoOrBust: calls 1190 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (60) returned to Hero
Showdown Hero: shows (high card Ace)
MonacoOrBust: shows (a pair of Eights)
MonacoOrBust collected 2940 from pot
Summary Total pot 2940 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: MonacoOrBust (button) (small blind) showed and won (2940) with a pair of Eights
Seat 2: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with high card Ace
So I don't blog much but for 7 days starting tomorrow I'm going on a hardcore grind session so I thought I'd try blogging on a regular basis a shot. My dad is flying out to texas to visit his parents for their 50th anniversary so I'm heading up to his house to look after the chickens while he's gone (thank god the dogs are gone, I couldn't handle them for one night =[). But since there isn't much to do there I'm taking my comp and dedicating all my time to poker. A few nights will be set aside for drinking with old friends but other than that it's grind time.
I guess a short update on my life since my last blog should go here too. I accidentally got a job in April and had to stay at a place with no internet or cable for that time. It was really nice having set hours and doing actual work, reminded me how much I miss it. I definitely need to get back into the construction business. Anyway, that lasted until early june when I had to move back to our new house. Me and my roommates were working at the same place but someone had to go back and be at the new house and I was the only one who could make a living while being there so that was set. I actually did some work with my old land lord for a month, which was nice. Since then it's been back to poker.
I did fuck up pretty bad by not grinding while I had a job so when I came back it was still the nl25 grind which sucks but whatever, money is money. I was actually playing n150 the end of last month/this month but variance hit and cashouts means its back to nl25 for me. I feel I was playing well and running bad, but I have a ton of room to improve so it's all good. It was a huge confidence booster to win at nl50 and having a lot of stuff make sense to me when I know it wouldn't have in the past.
So that's pretty much where I am now. I'm heading up tomorrow afternoon and I'll try to update each night with graphs and maybe some hands.
Poker has improved massively since I got my coach. I'm playing and thinking soo much more clearly now. I've faltered only briefly, had a spell of run-bad, and I flirted with tilt a little bit. But after a good nights sleep, a bike ride and a coaching session, I cleared my head back up and got back on the grind.
I just took a nl100 shot and it went well! Not sure if I was supposed to without my coach present but :X. Either way, I'm really excited and I hope I don't have to drop down to nl50 again.
Anyway, here's the graph for the bit under 5 weeks since coaching began.
Almost all of it is nl50, and like 1.5k nl100 hands where I'm up 50bb overall.
Really feeling good though, and wow I understand why nl50 regs are terrible again.
Not much else has been going on in life. Just seeing friends and such. I've been struggling pretty bad with having a reasonable sleep schedule though.. between my own natural.. idk, lack of discipline, or just my own natural drive to never go to sleep until I feel exhausted, and video games + weed, its literally been a 50/50 on whether or not I'm awake at ANY hour of the day/night. Negatively effects my life to not have a normal bed time. Trying to make babysteps toward fixing this but we'll see.
Hey - friend of mine is off to Vegas in a couple of weeks on a long w/e stag/bachelor party. I haven't been to Vegas for a year (long time in Vegas time) and to be honest my visits are usually work related so not quite so degen based!
Any must do's? Rhinowned obv. But any other advice - I think all are 30-ish.
Thanks!!
Sam - I expect references to tigers and Tyson etc etc from you - all welcome....
Just won a live mtt for ~4k usd. Lost huge pots like AA x QQ (someone folded QT) and AKs x AT x AT but I think I won 8 out of 8 flips and also held QJ x 99 x K3cc on KT9ccx.
Dropped around 800 online tho so that sucks balls, but good day overall.
Why the fuck doesn't FTP automaticly load timebank when I run out of time in the middle of a big pot. Can I turn this on somewhere? If not i'll be looking to transfer 3kish from FTP to Stars or maybe another website.
I'm writing an essay about online poker and i'd like some help.
1.- (US players only) I understand theoretically u are not allowed to deposit money on sites working offshores, however u can still get around it and play on PS/FT somehow.
Plz describe what u are actually forbidden to do and what you can do. Add anything else u feel is relevant.
2.- For anyone who actually lives of poker, answer if you pay taxes, and if you recieve anything in exchange (healthcare, retirement pension, etc). Do not forget to state where u from.
Thanks everyone =D
If u just feel like adding something u consider relevant feel free to do so.
In the last 200 hands I played at NL10 SH. I played 6 hands in which I correctly read my opponent's hand ranges to a point were I was 80% certain of the exact cards. I made the play I considered optimal in each situation yet it backfired.
This ALWAYS happen to me, like at the very least 4-5 times a session. And since I trust my reads I always end up losing huge pots. Especially when I play deep... I think this is my biggest leak, I just lose so munch to stuff like that (see examples provided) it's unbelievable.
Here are the last two hands where I was 100% right about villain's range or exact hands and still lost.
Tiggi23 posts SB $0.05
SKIDADZ posts BB $0.10
gryghy antes $0.02
Tiggi23 antes $0.02
SKIDADZ antes $0.02
By.EIite antes $0.02
farjolboy antes $0.02
Artomeon antes $0.02
Dealt to By.EIiteAd
By.EIite raises to $0.32
fold, fold, fold, fold,
SKIDADZ calls $0.20
farjolboy posts SB $0.05
Artomeon posts BB $0.10
gryghy antes $0.02
Tiggi23 antes $0.02
SKIDADZ antes $0.02
By.EIite antes $0.02
farjolboy antes $0.02
Artomeon antes $0.02
Dealt to By.EIiteAs
fold, fold,
SKIDADZ calls $0.10
By.EIite raises to $0.42
fold, fold,
SKIDADZ calls $0.30
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