Getting a bit more disciplined; I had the first two sets of twenty-four $15+1 turbo STT's in by noon. I tend to have trouble motivating myself to get going. I used making Gold Star as my motivation, needed to earn 707 VPP to get there today. Two more sets after lunch; in all four of these I lost a bit, and was down ~$180 with 96 games played. In the fifth set, I rebounded and made ~$220, and one last set of twenty-four netted me $50 more, bringing my Stars BR to $1319 as I reached Gold for August. Some of the losing sessions were loaded with regs, but I think I also took more than my share of bad beats in those, so I think I don't yet have an indicator that I need to table select. One or two really bad players at the table more than makes up for three or four grinders. Also, I think quite a few of the grinders at this level have some serious leaks.
Playing notes: I am thinking I need to tighten my shoving ranges with M=4 in certain (non-bubble) situations. Also, occasionally fold on the bubble where a shove with ATC is normally indicated, particularly in the SB versus a reg. Sometimes doing this with the bottom of my range. I think that, for some of them, if they see me fold at times there, then they do not call as wide when I do push.
I think I've improved my bubble play as second stack, in particular being more alert to situations where there is little upside to open shoving.
Bubble situations where one stack is very large and the hero has the second largest stack can be odd and require delicate handling. Play is primarily determined by how loose the chip leader is. There are times when I bubble these, and think, if only I had been looser/tighter/more aggressive/more passive/trappier/more straightforward, I could have cashed, but I try to just evaluate objectively and only adjust my strategy if I can detect a real recurring pattern.
Gotta make a long drive to run an essential errand. Haven't learned "Teleport: Anaheim" yet. Fuck the 5 freeway. Fuck it with something sharp. I think I'll take a detour and avoid it.
I'm in a really good mood. Been playing good lately and feeling like getting a few students. To try it out i'm giving away 3 hours of free coaching. To three different people. First three that respond on this blog have it. In return i'm asking you to fill out a survey about the coaching so i can get a good idea whether to start offering some coaching to lowstakes players.
this could be interesting to you if you play 50nl(possibly 100nl for a different perspective) or below, my specialty is HU but lately i have been playing a lot of 6max.
There was this German kid at one of my tables playing 91/3(stats after finished session 115 hands). I lost early into the session 2BI to him, playing bad since he was at that moment kind of unknown. I decided that I will play ball with him, trying to isolate him as much as possible. BINGO, crushed his soul in a 400bbplus hand, shame I wasnt deeper, it would probably gone into the middle no matter what.
Going down to NL2 again to try and fix my current obvious flaws, going up to 5NL again when I feel more comfortable with my game.
* Spewing way too much in marginal situations
* Sometimes I try to force villain out of the pot way too much with air or weak hand
* Not slowing down the hand when I dont have a strong hand post flop and I also have a hard time giving up hands that I know are beat (Lets see what he had!!"
* PATIENCE PATIENCE PATIENCE I am letting myself go way to much because of the aggression with 6max. I know I can beat my current level.
I also watched Rounders yesterday and the intro striked me that I need to fucking get my shit together or go busto.
"You play for a living, it's like any other job. You don't gamble, you grind it out. Your goal is to win one big bet an hour. That's it. Get your money in when you have the best of it, protect it when you don't. Don't give anything away. "
And now the hands!
Full Tilt Poker Game #22953303264: Table File (6 max) - $0.01/$0.02 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:32:57 ET - 2010/08/09
Seat 2: scheisserla ($4.91)
Seat 3: Chinatown13 ($2)
Seat 4: dodous ($2.03)
Seat 5: Blinchek ($2)
dodous posts the small blind of $0.01
Blinchek posts the big blind of $0.02
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Chinatown13 [Kc Kd]
scheisserla calls $0.02
Chinatown13 raises to $0.08
dodous has 15 seconds left to act
dodous has timed out
dodous folds
dodous is sitting out
Blinchek folds
Blinchek adds $0.02
scheisserla calls $0.06
*** FLOP *** [Jc 8h 3h]
scheisserla checks
censored20 sits down
Chinatown13 bets $0.14
dodous has returned
censored20 adds $2
scheisserla raises to $0.28
yooku sits down
Chinatown13 raises to $0.60
scheisserla calls $0.32
*** TURN *** [Jc 8h 3h]
yooku stands up
scheisserla bets $4.23, and is all in
Chinatown13 calls $1.32, and is all in
scheisserla shows [8d 6c]
Chinatown13 shows [Kc Kd]
Uncalled bet of $2.91 returned to scheisserla
*** RIVER *** [Jc 8h 3h 6s]
scheisserla shows two pair, Eights and Sixes
Chinatown13 shows a pair of Kings
scheisserla wins the pot ($3.77) with two pair, Eights and Sixes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4.03 | Rake $0.26
Board: [Jc 8h 3h 6s 2d]
Seat 2: scheisserla showed [8d 6c] and won ($3.77) with two pair, Eights and Sixes
Seat 3: Chinatown13 (button) showed [Kc Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: dodous (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Blinchek (big blind) folded before the Flop
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Full Tilt Poker Game #22953253172: Table File (6 max) - $0.01/$0.02 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:30:11 ET - 2010/08/09
Seat 1: noenergy ($2.16)
Seat 2: scheisserla ($3.12)
Seat 3: Chinatown13 ($2)
Seat 4: dodous ($2.05)
Seat 5: Blinchek ($2)
Seat 6: yooku ($2), is sitting out
noenergy is sitting out
scheisserla posts the big blind of $0.02
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Chinatown13 [Qs Qc]
Chinatown13 has 15 seconds left to act
Chinatown13 raises to $0.06
dodous folds
Blinchek folds
scheisserla calls $0.04
*** FLOP *** [7d 7c 5d]
scheisserla checks
Chinatown13 bets $0.08
scheisserla raises to $0.16
Chinatown13 has 15 seconds left to act
Chinatown13 raises to $0.60
scheisserla raises to $3.06, and is all in
Chinatown13 calls $1.34, and is all in
scheisserla shows [4d 7s]
Chinatown13 shows [Qs Qc]
Uncalled bet of $1.12 returned to scheisserla
*** TURN *** [7d 7c 5d]
*** RIVER *** [7d 7c 5d 4s]
scheisserla shows a full house, Sevens full of Fours
Chinatown13 shows two pair, Queens and Sevens
scheisserla wins the pot ($3.74) with a full house, Sevens full of Fours
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4 | Rake $0.26
Board: [7d 7c 5d 4s 9h]
Seat 1: noenergy is sitting out
Seat 2: scheisserla (big blind) showed [4d 7s] and won ($3.74) with a full house, Sevens full of Fours
Seat 3: Chinatown13 showed [Qs Qc] and lost with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 4: dodous didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Blinchek (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: yooku is sitting out
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Full Tilt Poker Game #22954918883: Table File (6 max) - $0.01/$0.02 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:52:44 ET - 2010/08/09
Seat 1: polygraffe ($1.89)
Seat 2: scheisserla ($6.81)
Seat 3: Chinatown13 ($3.92)
Seat 5: Blinchek ($2.24)
Seat 6: censored20 ($3.96)
scheisserla posts the small blind of $0.01
Chinatown13 posts the big blind of $0.02
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Chinatown13 [5d 5s]
Blinchek folds
censored20 folds
polygraffe folds
scheisserla calls $0.01
Chinatown13 checks
*** FLOP *** [Ah 9s 5h]
scheisserla checks
Chinatown13 bets $0.04
scheisserla raises to $0.08
Chinatown13 has 15 seconds left to act
Chinatown13 raises to $0.20
scheisserla raises to $0.32
demon587 adds $2
Chinatown13 has 15 seconds left to act
Chinatown13 raises to $0.90
scheisserla calls $0.58
*** TURN *** [Ah 9s 5h]
scheisserla bets $5.89, and is all in
Chinatown13 calls $3, and is all in
scheisserla shows [Qd Ad]
Chinatown13 shows [5d 5s]
Uncalled bet of $2.89 returned to scheisserla
*** RIVER *** [Ah 9s 5h 8s]
scheisserla shows a pair of Aces
Chinatown13 shows three of a kind, Fives
Chinatown13 wins the pot ($7.32) with three of a kind, Fives
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7.84 | Rake $0.52
Board: [Ah 9s 5h 8s Jd]
Seat 1: polygraffe (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: scheisserla (small blind) showed [Qd Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Chinatown13 (big blind) showed [5d 5s] and won ($7.32) with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 5: Blinchek didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: censored20 didn't bet (folded)
My laptop jsut died. No its not from porn overloading...
I was playing sc2 and trying to survive on that protoss mission where you have to stay alive for 25 mins and kill 2.5k enemies, my laptop jsut turned off. It wasnt lagging or anything but it does get heaps hot when i play sc2
So now when i try to turn my laptop on the lights just flash (those lights(diodes) that light up to show if battery is charging, wireless is turned on etc).
What does it even mean when the lights flash? But wont turn on.
Broke into $15+1 STT's last night. Stars BR up to $1220 now, so while I got skunked in three STT satellites with buy-ins totalling $200 at the Bike today, making my live play for the week slightly ($30) in the red, online I'm up $980. 2300 VPP so far for the month, but that should accelerate now that I'm into the $16's. I have an eye for $25+2 and $35+3 at some point, but just having a really hot streak which bloats my bankroll will not, I think, feel like adequate justification for me to move up. For some reason I want to play at least a thousand or so games at this level to make it feel legitimate.
In other news, I bought my girlfriend, Carol, "Getting Started in Hold'Em" by Ed Miller and she's enjoying it and studying it diligently. I've been giving her a pretty solid grounding in the rules, evaluating hand strength, and calculating outs; so far, what she's reading is reinforcing some of the things we've worked on so far. She has a pretty good mind so I would place a solid bet on her being a winning poker player within a few months.
As I was writing this, she came in the door, brought me the book and pointed out an error. /boggle This bodes well...
Hi Im in need of cdkeys for diablo 2 and expansion (3 of em). I wont be playing for long (maybe just a week), as im only playing with my younger cousins during their holidays.
I spent the last month in China, and experienced many first times.
Tomorrow's my last day, and I'm going to spend it shopping for lots of cheap stuff.
I've had such a blast here but I'm about ready to come back to the US.
Various games and stakes 10plo/25plo/25nl/50nl
Was playing 10plo when I first got to China due to unstable internet and the added benefit of micromania@stars.
Towards the end of last month, I put $600 on BigBetPoker through LP promotion and started playing NL again.
Took down 2nd in last month's LP rakerace and also netted a hefty amount in rakeback so it's been good.
When I get back to the US, I'd like to find as many opportunities as I can to play some live poker for the first time. I'm looking into places in SoCal where the minimum age requirement is 18. If any LPers want to go on a trip with me to Morongo or somewhere else, let me know. I'm completely free from Aug 11 - 23.
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