I'm pretty embarassed to write this but about 3 weeks ago I went busto. I had ~$400 on FTP and hit a really bad run of cards along with playing poorly and dropped to ~$300 in a session. To get the money back I loaded up a 100NL table and of course lost QQ to A5 on a turn wheel card that caught me off guard. This dropped me to ~$200 and I loaded up a 2/4 9-max and got dealt KQss in the SB with 6 called a 3x raise I raised all in and got called by 66 and TT flop came 344 with 2diamonds turn was a 6 so busto.
I wish it was over there but it wasn't I was really upset and the next day I added another $100 and lost it in about 20 mins. My RB came back for the week at $87 and I lost that within an hour as well. I then flew back to NY for a week with my girlfriend to visit my family which was nice and relaxing and took my mind off of financial issues for awhile.
I came back to Portland about 2 weeks ago and had $30 from Rakeback in my account and this time set limits and just wanted to grind it out. I got a free $50 from FTP to clear and set my mind on that. Played a few $1 and $2 STT's and got my BR up to $60 in a couple days. Then I started to grind $5NL the past 9 days with good success. I also cleared the $50 bonus as well which was nice.
So my BR is at $204 right now and taking a shot at 10NL again. I feel as though my game is a ton better from where it was before and am looking forward to taking a shot.
running about 12 bi below e.v. nothing terrible you don't have to tell me. small sample size. ok you're right.
been working part time waiting tables while finding my kid brother a foster home. it should be finished by the end of this week. been getting really tired of my part time job waiting tables at a Vietnamese restaurant. I guess life is getting pretty serious for me and really fast. Been going through some pretty bad mood swings/depression concerning my p.o.s future.
I've never really played poker "full timE" and only really play like 50-60 hours a month tops. But I guess to force myself to play more I'm gonna issue a last 30 day challenge. My goal is to avg 1 buy in every day (lol, semi-pathetic). I play nl100 so it should be fine and amount to 3K. I work about 30 hours a week and will also be finalizing some details with my kid brother and foster care.
Anyway if i can't win a measly buy in/day I think I should just quit poker and go back to school or find a different path to success.
Although good luck to me, my heart feels benevolence to everyone. so good luck everyone.
Anyone in Vegas who can transfer?by vasoline73, September 19
So, I'm turning 21 tomorrow (the 20th) and going to Vegas on the 24th and I was wondering...
I have 700$ on FTP and want to know if anyone trustworthy can meet up with me somewhere in Vegas and we can transfer FTP$ for actual cash. Not sure if this is a common kind of transfer or how it would be done... (meet up with a laptop and transfer then you hand me cash? I go to your place to transfer... then you give me cash...? uhhhhhhhhhhh I dunno.) Ideally I could meet you at the end of the weekend, give you cash (hopefully I have more than what I started the weekend with ^^) and get a transfer back on FTP.
If no one can do it, it's not a huge deal.
Anyways, I'll be blogging about my NL10 results at the end of the month sometime, so yeah ^^. Feel like I'm learning a lot.
Normally it downloads within a minute. I just started using a new laptop, and now after 20+ minutes it is only 3% complete. Anyone else ever experience or hear of his?
Reworks is a music festival taking place at my hometown Thessaloniki once a year.
This year Parov Stelar and band was AMAZING , im a huge fan anyway..
Later on we moved to next stage Agoria and then sven vath played some~~
Suturday there was another huge concert in town by Prodigy ...they destroyed 3 or 4 guitars while playing lol.
Super cool weekend , will post pics next time
Pokerwise , im doing ok , trying to find some sort of soft site with rakeback to play
when there are no games at the eurodonk site i play atm.
I read today on PTR that partypoker is like REALLY softer site comparing to ps back i think its no that accurate..? http://www.pokertableratings.com/blog/2010/09/which-site-is-the-softest/
Ok so honestly, wtf is the conditions to a table change. I have been moved 5 times in less than 2 hours in a large tournement in the first 2 hours of play. This is retarded
I'm not completely new to poker, I enjoy it. But I am pretty terrible at it. So far I think I have lost around $700, from playing at the casino or playing online. My main problem seems to be my emotions and bankroll management. I go on tilt quite easily and will just blow my bankroll. I also get cocky after winning a bit and would bump to higher stakes sit n goes and lose all my money. I have a lot of fun, but am just not responsible enough.
So I went ahead and read some poker books, and found that bankroll management is important to being a successful poker player. I am going to try and abide by this and only play at limits that won't bust me if I lose. I started up an account on Full tilt and loaded $100. I am only play 0.05/0.10 nl holdem 6 max, and so far have been doing well. Since I can't lose much doing this, I haven't gotten angry when I get bad beats. My game has definitely improved.
I also downloaded Poker Edge. It's pretty good and has helped me quite a bit. Seems pricey though, having to pay monthly. Is there a good free alternative or perhaps a cheaper one to check out that will have database of hands as well as have a good HUD?
Thanks for reading, I look forward to posting regular updates on here :D
As of this moment, I feel that I should be a break-even or a slightly winning/losing player. I estimated that the rakeback I get from converting points (which you earn while playing) into cash is around 30%. I think I'll make it to the next VIP level this month, so in October it will be a little less then 40%. Still a long way to go before taking shots at NL100, both money and skill-wise.
I've got a ton of stuff to update. Haven't blogged much this month since I haven't played much poker. Probably down like 10k or so due to random variance, less then steller play and such. Doesn't bother me at all, since it's over such a super small sample. However, I've gotten a lot of shit done this month anyway.
First of all I've got my new computer set up. It's a really sweet grind station right now. Figured out a few ways to be more effective so when I actually get back to being a grind machine, I think that I'm likely to actually have a very high ev/hour. Also going to put in a lot of effort of getting better in omaha. The game is just more interesting then NL right now and I feel that there's a lot more room for a decent edge there.
Also got a girlfriend now. That's pretty sweet. Takes up some time though.
Hello everyone. I've been lurking around the forum for about a year now and thought it would do me some good to start blogging and contributing to the forum.
I started playing just under a year ago (late 2009) and started to do my grinding at NL10. Started to really get into the game and was reading a lot of the posts here about anything related to poker and the hardships that people overcame before their grand successes. After about 6-8 months of grinding, I moved up to 6-tabling NL200 6-max and some heads-up on the side. I have a habit of doing stupid stuff and decided it was time to bust 70-80% of my bankroll in under two days. Determined to rebuild and move my way back up, I decided to switch up sites, clear my database, and really try to think about how I play poker.
I've been rebuilding my roll at NL50 this September and I feel great doing it too. I feel that busting most of my roll was a good experience and helped me grow as a player (although I did not feel that way at the time). I am sticking to 4-tabling 6max thus far, although I usually switch to two tables of HU/6max each to keep me from going into autopilot or surfing the net.
I have a tendency to go into a "loose-passive mode with random spazzing" after losing 3-4bi into a session. My play becomes much sharper after I lose around 6-7. I feel that is one leak I see myself recreating so far in my sessions (I also have a tendency to play long losing sessions when it should be quite the opposite... stoploss maybe?). Aside from those two big leaks, the other smaller ones I intend to fix when I adjust my play at NL50 (4betting light way too much against standard regs, etc).
Most likely will take many days off with the release of Civ5 so close and SC2 starting to pick up again.
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