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ive just picked it up again and im kinda getting better(though im still terrible in some spots obv)
id like to make some plo lp chat group where people can just freely submit hands and ask about stuff, or maybe even get some conference call thing going sometimes. just post here whoevers interested.


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Just bought sc2, i was 2 hours late and still the first to buy it at this store. People in Australia are retarded how the fuck am i the first to buy sc2 2 hours late.




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Soooo I'm pretty tired of being a huge loser in cash games online and have decided to turn around my PTR and get every limit out of the red. I clearly have leaks that I need to work to fix so I'll be studying more HHs and watching some videos online. No more following bad habits and telling myself I'm just perpetually running bad.

I'm very confident in my tourney game currently and a couple of scores have saved me from busto in the last month or two. Won the $22 6 max on Stars this week to accomplish that again.

I would play tournaments more but it's really difficult to find the time when I work odd hours 30-40 hours a week. Cash games are way more convenient time wise so I need to get some stuff straight. Here's to doing that.


The ugly before picture:

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Will keep updates on the hopefully purtty after picture.

GL second half of 2010 LP.

Brian





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my 1.5k stars for your 1.5k ftp, rep. members only.


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Commenting on stuff makes me realise that I don't know what I'm doing


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... when you beat NL200 with a decent win-rate and a healthy roll and then you basically stop playing, make 10k hands a month with zero focus, lose money almost every month and withdraw regularly to make a living. Suddenly your roll drops down, but what the hell. You still got plenty of cash, so you continue to slack and cash-out and drink heavily at the dorm and at home, not concentrating on what's important in life.

And then, after two fucking years you realize that your life is a mess. So you say: 'OK, I fucked up a lot, but from now on things are going to run better. I'm a new man'. And so you try to change change... But life ain't that easy.

You try to get a girlfriend. Given the fact that you pretty much have no clue how to get one, as you've never had one, you fail.
You try to stop drinking. The problem is even though you don't have to drink once you pass a certain level of being drunk you pretty much stop controlling yourself, so again you pretty much fail.
'That's still OK', you say. 'I still have poker to cheer me up. From this day I'm going to grind quite a lot and hopefully get back where I've been some time ago'.

NL50 since the start of June:
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Yea...

Anyway, some of you might think this a whine/emo post. It's not. I'm happy about myself right now, but there are certain periods of time when I recall what I've done for the past few years and what I am not happy about recently and I start feeling a bit frustrated. Thankfully, I have a few very good close friend who are always there to cheer me up, so I'm convinced that I'll achieve whatever goal I set for myself in the future.
The reason for this blog entry is to remind you guys to not take things for granted, because, god or no god, someone will fucking doomswitch you if you screw up like me :D.

Cheers.


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Had to cashout, didn't want to as I was eager to move up but w/e my game is really good now (for nl25 lulz) so gonna grind a shit ton next month and be properly rolled to move up again. Last month was really solid. It seems my redline isn't as gay as before which has me really happy since its always nice to have a bigger e-pennis .

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I have $108 left on UB and would like to transfer it off. Ill trade it for either ps or FTP. Let me know if your interested. We can ship to neutral party if needed. Afraid i might just play BJ with it if i dont xfer it off soon


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Some people seem to have really overreacted by bashing loco over what he wrote, I asked him to make that blogpost so it might maybe serve as a wake up call to newblish and at the same time done in a funny manner...

It's pretty obvious he has never ran really bad, just your standard losing sessions and it was getting very very irritating to see him talk about how he was the unluckiest player in the world and bla bla bla

so yeah there wasn't really any genuine hate on our part toward him, just annoyance and we thought the "I'm calling 100% of his 3bets now" followed by "doing nothing wrong" was pretty fuckin hilarious and worth a post lol

I might come off as a douche but some people really need a serious reality check as to what winrate you can really substain, when you're winning at 9ptbb/100 over 200k hands you're not running extremely bad, you're running just fine, just deal with the swings along the way... you need to not give a shit over wins/losses as long as you're REALLY doing nothing wrong.

anyway just felt Loco didn't deserve all that bashing as I'm quite responsible for this


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I had $25 floating in my stars account for some reason, cant even remember from where. Been playing with it all weekend. Couldnt beat the rake though, rather buy myself lunch all week instead, so cashed it out as soon as I hit the minimum requirements again. Done with micro stakes (for the 50th time). Back to saving up for live play.

On second thought I might take a shot at cake poker. I actually thought cake was strictly some euro site until recently lol. I really like the idea of hudless play. I figure since it'll be my first deposit their profiling system will put me in runhot mode so maybe I can run up a small roll before they assign me the "good for rake" roll by doomswitching me just enough to keep me reloading without scaring me off... like every other site.


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starting to play it more now again. but i do think im kinda getting better at hand reading here and preflop hand selection. ill try this game this month and if resutls suck well theres always 50nl fR, which is a pain in the ass to play but is easy enough to make some money out of
ill post my 50nl plo graph after im done with it. im just kinda burnt out of playing tons of tables FR vs people who are hard to play against not because theyre good, but just 3bet mindlessly and dont really have a clue what to do (still is hard to play against imo) and plo is the ONLY game i play 4 to 5 tables at a time. tried 15 tabling it and it was a disaster lol, this actually might help my transition to 6max in terms of being content with playing few tables and my extreme sensitivity to variance . wish me luck (again) peace


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Transfer complete thanks to TommeRd, thanks dude!


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Currently 1/8 on primas 100k grtd, 26k for first. Someone come and rail me?


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i want to xfer $2500.

if u can only do $500.... thats fine too.

i got a couple of good vouches like vital myth.

pm me



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I am by no means a brilliant poker player. I have a decent grasp of the game but I'm extremely lazy about applying myself. I've won a small amount over 5-6 years of playing which allowed me to finish University with no debt. Not particularly impressive by any means. I have average results and have always played low limits on an infrequent basis. I don't think I've even logged 100k hands in the last 12 months. I'm extremely casual when it comes to poker. That being said I do consider myself a good friend. A good enough friend to stand up for his friends when others unfairly belittle them for no reason.

Loco you have dedicated a blog to a personal attack on a friend of mine. You attack both his intelligence and his understanding of reality. However you don't know him personally. You've never done any sort of detailed analysis on his hand history database. So what evidence do you have to support your point of view? As far as I can tell your so-called evidence is that he's a winning player who complains regularly.

Lets address some major issues I have with your claim:

1. Your blog clearly infers that a winning player cannot be running bad. It clearly offends you that a winning player could ever have anything to complain about. I define running bad as when a player has won considerably less than they were supposed to over a long period of time.

EX) Player who should have won 40k but actually lost 20k at 1/2 over 150k hands. That player is running very bad.
EX) Player who should have won 100k but actually won just 40k at 1/2 over 150k hands. That player is running equally bad.

2. You post the worst possible quotes you can find. Quotes that were clearly stated in anger and frustration. Quotes like this are unlikely to be highly correlated with what someone would say when they're calm and relaxed. People tend to say things they don't really mean when they're angry.

3. Lots of people make angry posts on hand histories or blogs. They do so for cathartic release. Think of the scene in "I love you, Man" where the guys are under the bridge and yelling at the sky. Sometimes you've just gotta let that rage out. It's better to let it out on hand history comments than on the felt.

4. You have no access to Newblish's database. You have not done any sort of detailed analysis of his all-in luck. I doubt you've ever even watched him play a session. You have basically zero information about whether he runs good or bad. The fact that he is a winning player is irrelevant, both winning & losing players run bad.

5. I've personally watched Newblish play many sessions both online and in person. He has run horrifically bad for long periods of time and I have no doubt analysis of his database would show this.


Personally I think the only thing your blog does is make you look like a spiteful asshole Loco. Someone who is offended by a winning player saying they run bad. Get a life dude.


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Recently returned from my first overseas trip, decided to tag along on a tour that my friend had already booked. I may aswell post about it, because I like looking back through my old blog posts

Paris to Venice
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Paris, only had one full day to explore.. Obligatory Eiffel Tower shot (walked up).
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Bruges fucking owned, sick small city. 400 different beers to choose from, canal rides.. and a fries museum..? wat
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Amsterdam = sin city. Stayed backing onto the red light district. Awesome actual city too, seems very livable to me. Looking 17 ways to cross the road so I don't get hit by bikes takes getting used to... more canals.
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Was in Berlin to watch Germany crush England in the WC, was very awesome watching whole street/bars erupt when they scored/won. Real nightlife starts verry late.

Krakow = Trip to Auschwitz (wasn't nearly as bad as I expected) and a drink called Krupnik - which I am trying to find a way to import! Most attractive women of all the cities imo.

Prague = amazing castle. City looks great at night, was at a huge beer garden by the river overlooking the city (if people have been to Prague they probably know which one I'm talking about)
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Cesky Krumlov (also Czech Repulic) was the NUTS. Slow raft down the river on 35+ degree day, drinking beers all the way down.. that and a bear moat, cool.
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Vienna was a beautiful city, very livable aswell. Had the option of going to a quality concert (Opera season was closed however) or to the amusement park.. my cultured self went on some crazy high chair ride -.- Also had the most ridiculous ride I've seen called the Ecstasy. Bought a nice wallet from Ballys (how do you pronounce this brand zzz) Standard climb high tower shot.
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Budapest, first impressions sucked. Stayed in a dodgy part of town, inner city is quite nice.. didn't even make it to Buda side =/ Went to thermal baths.

Bled (Slovenia) was awesome, just a huge lake and water activities. Went white water rafting. Whole place is a postcard.
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Finish in Venice, what a shit place to navigate around. Stayed at the Hilton (overrated) to finish. Good women, good food/wine, good views.
Gondola Ride, and yes a pic with me in it - and some of the people I was traveling with
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Whole trip was wild, staying at most 3 days (Berlin), usually two. Caught public transport everywhere including an overnight train hah. Weather was fantastic after the first few days, always 30+. Next travels will feel like a breeze I'm sure.


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in January after a nearly 25k month at 1/2.



Back to the grind now, need to get some more money online and start really working towards owning a home.
Peace.


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