Hit the 40k VPP mark for the year and I'm halfway to 50k. I'm very happy about my progress considering I have not been trying very hard for the past couple weeks. I was slightly up at the $60 and $38 STT's following my BOP win, when my new laptop died in the middle of a session, and as a result of not being able to get back online, suddenly I was down, and my $55+5 ROI on SharkScope jumped into the negative. I guess I could have switched to my other computer, but I was putting all my eggs into the basket of trying to get the new laptop back up and running, and I failed. Waiting on a cashout to get that compy fixed so I can return to the SNG grind. (One of my Asperger traits is that disruption of my routine and expectations throws me off, enough so that I don't want to grind/practice, and the nonfunctioning status of stuff which I normally depend on qualifies as such.)
In the meantime I've been splashing around in various games. Took a couple shots at WCOOP events. Got close to the money in the 8-game $100k. I also joined bluefirepoker and I'm studying hard to improve my game. Listening to Galfond, Senti, and Kirkre think through their hands out loud as been a huge help to me in actually having a thought process for estimating my opponent's range. I tend to play based on a set of memorized patterns and general principles, which is acceptable for STT's, but leaves me totally adrift and doing strange things in other games. Also when I play cash games now, I am playing fewer tables (2 for stud and mixed games, 4 for hold 'em), and I'm focusing on 6-max, so I can give every hand the thought process it deserves if necessary. I had a marathon overnight session playing 6-max 1/2 NL where I got antsy from constantly table selecting, and I ended up just joining a ton of them. Really bad idea for the approach I want to take to the game now: I want to play very very well all the time and improve. I did win several buy-ins, but I ran insanely well, winning all my 14-15 out hands, and not getting sucked out on when I had a big hand. I think if I had run at expectation, I would have been down a shitpile.
I finally got the info for my bank which I needed to cash out via wire transfer, and cashed out down to 6k and change. While part of the reason is that I'll put the money to good use IRL, also, I'd like my roll not to be so large in comparison to the stakes I play that the money doesn't feel meaningful.
Now when I am grinding, I will be mass multitabling $38 and $60 STT's, and I will also work on my cash game, sometimes 2-tabling .50/$1 8-game and sometimes 4-tabling .50/$1 6-max NLHE. I know that's super nitty, but I don't feel a lot of pressure to make a lot of money right now, so I am going to do my best to study and improve my game. I know I can probably beat 1/2 when I am focused, but again I don't feel pressure to go for the glory, nor do I want to be aggro with my bankroll any more. I will just focus on making fundamentally sound decisions at .50/1 for now. I'll also be playing $40 tourneys at the Bike.
Meanwhile, the fall semester just began at my local junior college, and I am taking two classes: accompanying and applied piano (the latter basically means private lessons). In case any of you know anything about classical music, I am accompanying a friend, an excellent violist, in Hindemith's viola sonata, and my solo repertoire is not yet established. I think I will be preparing the Schumann concerto for a competition next semester, and probably focus on romantic and modern repertoire, so something like Prokofiev's sonata no. 7 in B-flat. As I'm no longer planning on pursuing attending university in the short term, I no longer need to prepare a bunch of stuff that doesn't interest me in order to fit into the box that universities want to put you in. (I.e., everyone has to play a Bach fugue, a Beethoven sonata, and one piece from one of the two later periods.)
If any other developing midstakes player on LP is in the LA area and serious about your game, I would be interested in possibly meeting up on a semi-regular basis and talking about poker and the poker life, especially if you can play at the Bike from time to time, although a pure online player would be cool too. Send me a PM if so.
Oh, I want to play the rebuy at Hollywood Park on Fridays, but I never get going in time. I have trouble getting places on time in general. If anyone reading this is busto or playing micro stakes, I would ship you like $10 on Stars every Friday morning to call me and berate me for running late, and to get my lazy ass down to Inglewood and get my share of the free money that is floating around that ghetto poker room. Or you could take 1% of my winnings in the tourney. Whichever you'd prefer ($10 is a strong favorite to be the better deal).
Same procedure as last weekendby Luna_Bluffgood, September 12
Selling %% of WCOOP again. Planning to play the $2159 9max at least, and possibly the $530 if I can sell enough, as well as the $215 4max on monday.
Looking to sell about (50-60% of the $215) and 60-80% of the $530.
Tournaments accomplishment so far:
3 deep runs in the 3+r on stars
47th wcoop 320$ 6max for 2,3k
36,32, 18th in the warmup
won 2 20$ 180man tourneys for 1k each and a 36$ for 1,7k
won a 11$ deepstack tourney for 2,9k
won a $55 DNG on stars for 21k
PM or write in comments if you're interested
EDIT: Sold 62% of the 215. Now looking only to sell %% of the $530. Will play if I sell 60% or more.
215$ 9max sunday 13:00 ET:
25% exalted
20% to max
10% Fujikura
7% danycbd
17/14 24% raise CB 1.8k hands. we've had quite abit of bvb battles this session.
usually I fold on the flop or maybe call turn and see if they give up, but hit a J here.. although AJ is the same as AA since he usually has a fullhouse or air
fold river right? sometimes regs like to fake 66/77/JJ here..
***** Hand History for Game 49459740578 ***** Poker Stars
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, September 11, 11:37:23 ET 2010
Table Milet Real Money
Seat 9 is the button
Seat 1: littleSlickR $246.80 USD
Seat 2: woodiwoods $494.65 USD
Seat 3: openmind63 $194.40 USD
Seat 5: HuGaDaS $215.10 USD
Seat 6: k4ir0s $412.40 USD
Seat 7: Midnite Fox $197.95 USD
Seat 8: chloepuppy8 $252.70 USD
Seat 9: Van Belle $250.00 USD
littleSlickR posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
woodiwoods posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
littleSlickR posts ante of [$0.20 USD].
woodiwoods posts ante of [$0.20 USD].
openmind63 posts ante of [$0.20 USD].
HuGaDaS posts ante of [$0.20 USD].
k4ir0s posts ante of [$0.20 USD].
Midnite Fox posts ante of [$0.20 USD].
chloepuppy8 posts ante of [$0.20 USD].
Van Belle posts ante of [$0.20 USD].
Holecards Dealt to k4ir0s [ ]
openmind63 folds
HuGaDaS folds
k4ir0s raises [$4.00 USD]
Midnite Fox calls [$4.00 USD]
chloepuppy8 calls [$4.00 USD]
Van Belle folds
littleSlickR folds
woodiwoods calls [$3.00 USD]
14/11 53% steal from button, 54% fold to 3bet. I know he's a nit, but I just 3bet him a few hands ago on another table and he 4bet like this. Im pretty aggro BvB and im afraid he might be adapting, is this ever a shove?
Also a quick question! Do you think it's ever necessary to 4bet bluff BvB? I get 3betted so often by regs BvB because of my high steal%, especially since I like to minraise from button. Do you think its good to 4bet/fold sometimes?
Anyways, today I started trying to fix my red line. Been slowplaying less often, betting IP when checked too more often, less pot control, tyring to make better bluffs.
some charged per/hour(i wanted profit sharing)
some gave me a boner with beautiful unrealistic arrangements then zero follow ups wtf massive joke or drunk goof whatever
some disappeared from skype,msn,pm
some guy with 1 post gave me gave me his ptrs as reference which had huge losses lols another prank i suppose(nice that made he laugh at least)
it's all good though, some made me laugh other just saddened me, made me realize this poker business is really competitive and hard, lots of stuff come up and it's really hard to get any relatively (free)help anymore. this is probably the reason why coaching, whether predatory or not, overpriced etc still works. at least these guys are around all the time.
back to 50nl i guess haha. np
i can really probably rely on myself - FOREVER ALONE lol
Still going strong, sick volume, running like shit but still winning. Fwiw these things prob have something like 30-40 hands in avg, so in a 168sngs day like this its 5k-7k hands in a day, 4 tabling. Sick!
PokerStars Game #49465101452: Tournament #310183754, $55.00+$2.50 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2010/09/11 14:48:29 AT [2010/09/11 13:48:29 ET]
Table 310183754 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Hero (1380 in chips)
Seat 2: bdawg3451345 (1620 in chips)
bdawg3451345: posts small blind 15
Hero: posts big blind 30
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
bdawg3451345: raises 60 to 90
Hero: calls 60
Hero: bets 480 and is all-in
bdawg3451345: calls 480
Showdown Hero: shows (two pair, Kings and Tens)
bdawg3451345: shows (high card King)
Hero collected 2760 from pot
Summary Total pot 2760 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and won (2760) with two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 2: bdawg3451345 (button) (small blind) showed and lost with high card King
PokerStars Game #49485196592: Tournament #310311934, $55.00+$2.50 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/09/11 22:46:47 AT [2010/09/11 21:46:47 ET]
Table 310311934 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Hero (1860 in chips)
Seat 2: boudira (1140 in chips)
boudira: posts small blind 10
Hero: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
boudira: calls 10
Hero: checks
Hero: bets 1840 and is all-in
boudira: calls 1120 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (720) returned to Hero
Showdown Hero: shows (a straight, Nine to King)
boudira: shows (three of a kind, Queens)
Hero collected 2280 from pot
boudira finished the tournament in 2nd place
Hero wins the tournament and receives $110.00 - congratulations!
Summary Total pot 2280 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and won (2280) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 2: boudira (button) (small blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Queens
15 little steps are all that I need to take. From this starting point, all that I have to do is take 15 steps. I have to take them on my own, to fight for and win every inch of ground that I take and to place my flag upon it. My starting point is secure; I am no longer in any form of danger at my starting stake. My mind is clear, and my play is strong, and that which drives my play is singularly unique and vibrant and there is nothing else quite like it on this earth. I fear nothing, yet can be impeccably technical in craft, and I can reach out and possess the mind of the other, no matter what form it takes, and so I can manipulate him in all forms, as I maintain no shape for him to grasp and hold no pattern for him to identify, all the while as I take sheer delight in the moment as I vanquish him remorselessly. And so all that I need to do is to take 15 Steps. And this time I'll do it without the shear drop.
I have no clue, but I really grew to, and still do, love the game of poker. However, the game is causing me way too much stress as of late.
I am unsure of really how to explain it. As of the beginning of the summer, I was playing a worst game than I am now, at least in my opinion. After some bad sessions, which really was my own doing, I stopped playing for about a month, and began cashing out.
When I came back, I still had plenty to keep playing. However, I have just not been able to win at all. I even moved back down to NL10, which I am now losing multiple buy-ins at. After a couple of months of trying, I have lost over half of my remaining roll, and am just completely deflated. I have definitely not been running the greatest, but my PT3 graph is showing that I am not even above EV, so I am assuming it is my play that is just awful.
Game is causing me way too much stress, which oddly enough I do not get stressed about anything else at all in my life. I have decided to, as of now, to cash out the remaining bit of my roll and am going to stop for at least a while.
Thanks for everyone that helped me, such as milkman, thumbz, etc. I will probly be back, but I will have to figure out some way to cease being completely awful at this game first.
Now to decide if I should continue reading LP every day or not?
So I intentedly avoid playing on Stars and FTP but for some time now I've been getting increasingly curious about the rush poker on FTP.So I decided to deposit some money and try it out.I've played some 5NL and some 10NL and noticed 2 things - the swings are too huge for such a low limits, and strong pocket hands get cracked much more often.So I was wondering do you make some significant changes when you play 6max standart NL, and when you play 6max on rush.And what do you think are the most important differrncies b/w these 2 types of games.In my short experience I get to the conclusion that at least at the low limits raising and cbeting should be cut drasticly, and the relative strenght of the hands should be reconsider since, a TPTK at lest to me seems to lose too often in rush poker, much more than in standart NL.So...b/s this got too long I would appreciate any thoughts about this particular aspect of the game since i find it pretty interesting after all and want to try and improe my preformance at low stake rush poker.Thanks
LSD
Hero: bets $12.50
Korsiccc: raises $25.50 to $38 and is all-in
Hero: calls $25.50 and is all-in
River (Pot : $100.25)
Showdown Hero: shows (high card Ace)
Korsiccc: shows (a pair of Fours)
Korsiccc collected $98.25 from pot
Summary Total pot $100.25 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: LeoBrito (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with high card Ace
Seat 4: beethreekay folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Ivers1999 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: Korsiccc (button) showed and won ($98.25) with a pair of Fours
I was really tired today, and played a too long session without break in the morning.
The result was that I simply Lagged it up hardcore, and was saved by the deck not to lose more than 3BI.
This went on for a couple hours before I took a break and pulled myself together. However as I do have a lot more energy since I don't work it never really got out of control, and I have surprisingly come out of this with a realization that I have been unnecessarily nitty all the time, especially in position.
I was raising every button, CO and like 50% hijacks when I was tilted, but I noticed that the regs don't adjust correctly at all, and the very frequent 3bets from blinds can be counterfeited by smaller PF raise size.
There was just one dude with LP Icon that adjusted correctly (who are you bitch), and was 3betting me 30%+ and there really is not much you can do about this apart from widening 4bet and calling ranges.
I just need to work on my 3betting in blinds, as with 30/28 and 10%+ 3bet stats I get called/played back at way too often.
Life update
I have luckily got an extension for submission of my student portfolio and 12k word report, I now have 8 more days for that and it takes a lot of my focus. Its first week at uni on Monday
Also, it was my GF's Birthday yesterday - we don't have families in here so it was just a cozy evening between the two of us.
I got her this auto rewinding watch (it rewinds as you wear it and move) http://www.mrwatch.com/thumbs/SVGK406-500-500.jpg, pretty sweet and a lil' expensive stuff.
I also bought her a cake, made dinner, blew some balloons, got her a card a game for her DS some bubbly and got her a big ass flower bouquet. So I should get away with being an asshole for next couple months hopefully.
The evening had a really bad dent though, as we went to see Resident Evil:Afterlife 3D. I kinda liked the first 3, mindless fun for a sci-fi geek like me. This movie was the BIGGEST CRAP EVER, seriously the story was so retarded I just want to punch something only when I have to thing about it. Furthermore, there was a French bitch sitting right above me who pretended she is a freaking A class movie critic, and was very loudly telling her friend how brilliant the previous movie was and how great and innovative this one is.
But I had to hear it as I had to sit there till the end because I didn't believe that bullshit scene that was inserted a minute after the first credits was the last one. It was. And I really wanted to kick something. Hell, thats probably the reason why I was still tilted today...PLEASE DONT WATCH THIS SHIT EVER
Ok I end my random rant and blog update, please do expect more as I fall deeper into the gambler world ;o
EDIT: WEEE IM GOING TO A PARTYYY TONITE
I haven't been to a club in a year, I can't wait to get drunk, dance in a club like a proper douche bag and have a huge headache tomorrow morning.
<3 student life
I used to play this game a lot during beta, but haven't since then. Does anyone want to sell me their account if they bought it and no longer play it, or just let me use it? Either way. Am just bored and want to play instead of SC2.
school has started, but im fucking sick atm. everytime i cough it feels like my lungs are collpasing on themselves, fml D:
Spent a little bit of time at nl50 6m rush, made 11 BI, moved up to nl100, made a few more bi. lost a couple, and today made like 190$.
I had to w/d some more stuff for RL, so im back down to a 15 BI BR, which is pretty annoying, since I generally like to play a bit more swingy pf, and i cant do that comfortably.
Currently on pace to hit my goal tho, so that's good.
Hopefully i get better, exercise, and do well. Hitting the tables again tmrw
Hey guys, I'm playing a lot of events at the Borgata Poker Open, and wanted to sell 50% of my $1000 + 90 buy-in. I consider myself very +EV in this, and am charging 1.15 : 1 markup. This event is tomorrow, so buy asap if you can
10% = 125.35
5% = 62.68
1% = 12.54
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