So I've been battling it out at the NL50 home games, running ridiculously bad but not letting it phase me because I could clearly see how far above EV I should be that it's just a matter of time. Well I finally won a few deserved pots and ran up enough to take a shot at NL200. (My definition of shot is 2 BI's). Finally got to sit down at an NL200 game again, gosh how I miss thee. Tripled up, became bored, called an hour left, and booked a win. Just feels good to play again.
Made some very painful adjustments to my game after lots of theorycrafting and reading the "weak games" chapter in harrington on cash. Goddamn it feels so fucking weird to limp 99 in the CO in an unopened pot, or 67s OTB when it's folded to me. Just playing as exploitable as I possibly can, and being dumbfounded when they pay me off time and time again. Just literally playing every hand face up. Session started with a moment of rage after I raise some guys straddle with AA my 3rd hand at the table and he shoves $80 straight into me preflop with 72s and flops a flush to my top set. But I quickly won it back and then some.
Lady variance was harsh with me at NL50 a few weeks back. I saw more suckouts in fewer hands than I had ever seen live or online. Hopefully I can dodge some of that shit and actually do something with what little I have. Seriously, all I have to do is not run bad lol. I still have a few bucks sitting around online that I continue to meddle with, using the same basic strategy, really nothing more than warmup practice for live though.
I'm finally learning how the hell our bodies work, and more specifically how our brains work, and it has led me to do a lot of research on how Marijuana affects the brain. I stumbled upon this little list of great facts that most people don't know because we've all been lied to, fooled, scammed, tricked and scared into thinking Marijuana is bad. The crazy thing is that not only is it NOT BAD for us, it is actually very good for us in many situations. But I'll get into that another time.
For now just browse over this and I'm curious to know how many of you already knew these facts, which facts you had no clue about, and which facts contradict the perception of MMJ that you built while growing up.
"Marijuana" refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant [1], which contain the non-narcotic chemical THC at various potencies. It is smoked or eaten to produce the feeling of being "high." The different strains of this herb produce different sensual effects, ranging from sedative to stimulant.
There is no simple profile of a typical marijuana user. It has been used for 1000s of years for medical, social, and religious reasons and for relaxation [2]. Several of our Presidents [3] are believed to have smoked it. One out of every five Americans say they have tried it. And it is still popular among artists, writers, musicians, activists, lawyers, inventors, working people, etc.
Marijuana has been used since ancient times [4]. While field hands and working people have often smoked the raw plant, aristocrats historically prefer hashish [5] made from the cured flowers of the plant. It was not seen as a problem until a calculated disinformation [sic] campaign was launched in the 1930s [6], and the first American laws against using it were passed [7].
No, it is not [8]. Most users are moderate consumers who smoke it socially to relax. We now know that 10% of our population have "addictive personalities" and they are neither more nor less likely to overindulge in cannabis than in anything else. On a relative scale, marijuana is less habit forming than either sugar or chocolate but more so than anchovies. Sociologists report a general pattern of marijuana use that peaks in the early adult years, followed by a period of levelling off and then a gradual reduction in use [9].
No; not one single case, not ever. THC is one of the few chemicals for which there is no known toxic amount [10]. The federal agency NIDA says that autopsies reveal that 75 people per year are high on marijuana when they die: this does not mean that marijuana caused or was even a factor in their deaths. The chart below compares the number of deaths attributable to selected substances in a typical year:
No [11]. The only crime most marijuana users commit is that they use marijuana. And, while many people who abuse dangerous drugs also smoke marijuana, the old "stepping stone" theory is now discredited, since virtually all of them started out "using" legal drugs like sugar, coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, etc.
No. In fact, Federal Bureau of Narcotics director Harry Anslinger once told Congress just the opposite - that it leads to non-violence and pacifism [12]. If he was telling the truth (which he and key federal agencies have not often done regarding marijuana), then re-legalizing marijuana should be considered as one way to curb violence in our cities. The simple fact is that marijuana does not change your basic personality. The government says that over 20 million Americans still smoke it, probably including some of the nicest people you know.
Smoking anything is not healthy, but marijuana is less dangerous than tobacco and people smoke less of it at a time. This health risk can be avoided by eating the plant instead of smoking it [13], or can be reduced by smoking smaller amounts of stronger marijuana. There is no proof that marijuana causes serious health or sexual problems [14] but, like alcohol, its use by children or adolescents is discouraged. Cannabis is a medicinal herb that has hundreds of proven, valuable theraputic uses - from stress reduction to glaucoma to asthma to cancer therapy, etc. [15].
9 Q. What About All Those Scary Statistics and Studies?
Most were prepared as scare tactics for the government by Dr. Gabriel Nahas, and were so biased and unscientific that Nahas was fired by the National Institute of Health [16] and finally renounced his own studies as meaningless [17]. For one experiment, he suffocated monkeys for five minutes at a time, using proportionately more smoke than the average user inhales in an entire lifetime [18]. The other studies that claim sensational health risks are also suspect, since they lack controls and produce results which cannot be replicated or independently verified [19].
No independent government panel that has studied marijuana has ever recommended jail for users [20]. Concerned persons should therefore ask their legislators to re-legalize and tax this plant, subject to age limits and regulations similar to those on alcohol and tobacco.
back in june-ish i made a deposit of like $450 to leap right into 25nl. i know people here will probably give me shit for not just building my br with 10nl but at the time i felt that i wasn't respecting the game at 10nl so logically i had to play higher!
i took that ~450ish to about ~850 over the course of what i'd guess was like 15-20k hands and about 5 days. i felt i was playing very well and obviously running well on top of that. obviously this was a lot of money for me to be up in such a short amount of time since i was used to playing 10nl and just being a spewtard and not respecting the players, which probably made me worse than them from a theoretical point of view.
long story short i started to run bad and tilt and spewed all the way to ~$150. i moved back to 10nl when i was down to about 250 but it was the same old story...i had been crushing 25nl over a decent sample, so why should i be modest and change my view of 10nl? obviously i shouldn't; i should just continue to give away my money. obviously.
i took some time off, mostly because i didn't want to deposit again and i only had about 80 in my roll after a few more bad sessions at 10nl. i decided a few days ago i was going to give this online poker thing another shot, and do it right this time. no more being a retard regardless of whether or not i think the players around me are good or not (this has clearly always been my biggest achilles heel when it comes to poker). i'm not sure how many hands i've played since yesterday since my pt3 trial expired, but i've put about 7 hours into 12tabling 5nl and that $80 is now $190 and i'm going to take a 20bi shot at 10nl once i make it there. the job i currently have is seasonal and i've gone from 50 hours a week to about 16 and i'm going to lose the job completely in about 3 weeks so i'm hoping to be able to grind hard and make 25nl and then hopefully 50nl and play solid enough to support myself until i can find another job and pay my tuition blah blah blah.
TLDR; i made 16bi over 20k hands at 25nl then tilted it all off and now i'm rebuilding my roll at 5nl wish me luck LOL
99% of you guys probably opened this blog, skipped to this line, and said "wtf why u write so much lol." but if you read it, ty
GL at the tables LP! hopefully i see you 25nl and 50nl guys soon
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My graph. My fitness sucks. Slept 16 hours today. Poker game all over the place. I'm rusty. Got new gym with spa.
To do: Heavy workout 4x/week, attend gym or pool daily
Read notes and resource from Marius
Listen DC podcast on Poker Health
Stop overeating
Improve HUD
No caffeine, Spirits/water>beer when douching it up at nightclubs.
I've never done a thing like this before. I've drunk-played poker a few times before, but I've always stopped after a couple of hands because I knew it's no good.
Semi-tilted now, but what can you do. I'll just have to re-grind it at NL25. It's gonna take a while though.
i jynx myself all the time but still no inevitable downswing.. yet. im still playing the 35$ 300 chips ultra turbo hu sngs. will post september graph at the end of the month.
Finally off cooler feels great!!!by aznricebeast, September 24
Went down almost 1K in .25/.5 finally today it has turned around made some back plus I got a piece of the BBJP on wed. Plus I aced my calc test today all in all a good day! Love it when things work how they are supposed to
Does anyone live near the San Fernando valley (Southern California) who would wanna possibly meet up and talk about hands/coach? I'm starting to play NL25 and I feel like I have no idea how to review my play to see if I'm even learning. I don't know what I should be focused on/leaks/etc. Or if I'm even a decent player.
None of my friends play poker so I have no one to talk to about hands/sessions/etc.
Just had to share these guys... two ivy league white boys from Cornell - Kinetics is the rapper, One Love is a classical pianist turned producer/dj/mixer. They originally made the melody and wrote the hook to B.o.B's hit "Airplanes" and now they just got signed as songwriters to Warner.
One Love's tracks are hot and Kinetics spits straight flame. Just listen through some of my favs and pay attention to the lyrics. Everything else by them is sweet as well. Enjoy guys!
destruction of mad1337nesby Stim_Abuser, September 23
mad1337nes1 7:32 pm
so, im going to start wearing bowling shoes everywhere i go
stimabuser 7:32 pm
to go with your bowl cut?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
mad1337nes1 7:32 pm
lol
stimabuser 7:32 pm
i literally just laughed out loud
mad1337nes1 7:32 pm
pretty sick imo
stimabuser 7:32 pm
god that was pretty awesome
mad1337nes1 7:32 pm
but no nigga
because i ball till i fall
and bowling shoes help u not fall
stimabuser 7:33 pm
nothing you could say could be cool after that absolute crushing
mad1337nes1 7:33 pm
was pretty sick ;(
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