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dropped down to NL 5 at beginning of May to learn how to tighten up and grow some discipline. Ran way above EV the past 10 days but at least EV is still about 7 BI. Overrolled and moving back to NL 10 tomorrow with a clear head.
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No need for words

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I've been unhappy with my lifestyle as of late and I heard a lot of good things about this workout from some friends who are all about fitness so I figured I would give it shot. Some background, I've been a lazy ass doing virtually nothing for about a year now so naturally this was probably the best idea ever.......fml. So I popped in the fitness test disc just to see where I'm at, try and get a feel for how bad of an idea this actually was. Well Shaun T answered my question very quickly for me, it was an extremely bad idea. I made it through the warm-up and 4 exercises of the fitness test before I keeled over in an effort to die. To an avail, I was to exhausted to actually die. I've come to the conclusion that I won't be starting the actual workout for a couple weeks while I attempt to do these on a daily basis until I can atleast remain on my feet for the entire fit test. Maybe I'll get my fiancee to take some pictures of me getting the Shaun T express bending me over for your entertainment. More to come.....


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Game 3 Orlando @ Boston

Not sure what i want to happen. It would be cool if Orlando could win a game or 2 to tie the series and make it interesting again. But if they then lost I would prob be pretty upset. If Orlando loses tonight the series is over and there is no drawn out emotional heart crushing.
Herm, just had a random thought, who the hell is the celtics back up pg? i feel like rajon rondo never takes a break. i don't think ive seen nate play once.


poker wise i mixed in a table of nl 200 with my normal nl100 session and was really surprised that it was easier to beat than nl100. it's alot less randomly aggressive than nl100 which made it much easier. also everyone plays super nitty and it's really easy to run over them imo. i am no where close to good but holy shit it is fucking revitalizing to see for myself how bad everyone is @ nl 200 and nl 100. there has been so many people over the past few years who are much more talented than me give up or stop playing poker and have nearly convinced me as well to quit. but i'm looking at these tables and it still seems very easy. i guess fish used to chip dump back in the day. dusty was right, everyone is bad, no everyone is fucking bad, and therefore i will keep playing. i am no longer facing giants.


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Going to a masquerade dressed as "The Dude". Going to try to fit everything conceivably funny from wikiquote into conversation one way or another:

* I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That or His Dudeness... Duder... or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing.

* Well, sir, it's this rug I have. It really tied the room together.

* You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous. And, uh, lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head. Luckily I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug regimen to keep my mind limber.

* The Dude abides.

* Careful, man, there's a beverage here!

* This is a bummer man! It's uh...it's a bummer.

* Obviously, you're not a golfer.

* Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

* Walter, this isn't someone whose grandfather built the railways!

More ideas? (gotta have them within 40 min or so)



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Previously i had a standard office chair, but this was fairly uncomfortable and my dad had a Herman Miller Aeron in the room next door to my bedroom so i kept stealing that for my poker sessions. I finally decided that i needed to buy myself a nice chair as an investment for poker. I did some pretty extensive research and it seems the Embody (The supposed Successor to the Aeron) is the most well thought out and designed chair.

Was difficult to find anywhere selling them in the UK, and even when i did i had to wait 8 weeks to have it shipped in from america. It finally arrived yesterday and already i can tell its going to be worth it. The chair is very comfortable but more importantly it "forces" you into a good sitting position. Im currently sitting completely upright with good posture and its not remotely uncomfortable, its more comfortable to sit like this than slouch even. Considering it comes with a 12 year warranty the price tag really doesnt feel that steep anymore. I think without all the extras u cud prolly get one for like $1200 or something.

The fact that the chair itself looks awesome is an added bonus!

Couple quick pics:

Back and Spine of the chair
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Front/Seat
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Anyone considering a new chair id honestly advise splashing a few extra buyin's and getting an embody, especially if you are a professional grinder.


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Started NLHE about 5 months ago. Before that had never played a single hand of holdem.

Here's the results. Did well at the beginning mostly because I was on vacation and not working so was easier concentrate.
Think I'm back to winning again.

My crappy red line is standard for NL5/NL10?

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no pics cos LP upload picture thing is broken

any1 know a good host?


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So I lost basically all of winnings I made in my past 2 live sessions. Im learning, so I can't really complain.

Anyway, a question I had is...Are any of you able to range limpers in a $1-$2 NL Live Game?


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slowly but surely recovering from my downswing.

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qq blah blah


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Can someone do this real fast? =D I can send first.


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So I played another session of live today.

Some cool hands. I am sitting in the 6 Seat. Guy in the 8 Seat is a Young White Guy.
He has a neat haircut, pretty preppy clothing...A pink polo that is fitted and "nice" pants, a metallic, silver watch. His girlfriend is preppy as well, and is pretty good-looking. He seems like a guy with a decent job that knows a little bit about poker. But I don't think he's very good...I've seen him open to like 4x once or twice, and there was a multiway pot where he led from the blinds. Also, when the waitress asked if anybody wanted a drink, he requested a "Cornoaaa with Lime Pleaaase" in such a girly way haha. He is the baby-face type. Just based on profiling, seems like a person I can run over a bit.


I think Seat 10 was the Button. Anyway I'm dealth AhJh. I open from EPish I guess to 5x. The dude calls and we also get a caller from the Blinds. So the pot is roughly 30. Flop comes 7 5 2 R. Anyway guy from the Blinds Check. I think about it and though its dry I just feel alot of times I'll get called from Ace Highs and Pairs, and I can probably try and show down. I check. The dude Bets like 15. Guy from Blinds Folds. I think about it and I think he is stabbing at the pot a ton of the time here. Im getting 3:1 on a Call. But if I do call I'll be OOP and need a plan. I decide I'll call, and if I hit my A or J I'll just play for my card value. If a good card comes on the turn for me to make a play, I'll do that. If its a bad card, I might Check/Fold. Turn comes a 3 Putting a 2 Flush Out there. I pick up a Gutter, and still have outs on my A and J. I feel like the guy is pretty weak on that flop and If I make a Big Bet I am able to rep some werid hand like 33 or a straight (They probably can't hand read well and I think I have just the image of an aggro online kid). So I decide a check/call Lead Turn line is a cool so I led out for 50 Into 60. He quickly folds. I show the bluffs then head off to lunch! Haha that was a sweet feeling.


I sucked out hardcore one hand. I had AdJd I opened EP. (There was so many fishes at the table I defintitely get called with worse). Anyway, an Asian guy that is slightly over weight to fairly new to the table min-3bets me to 20x. We Pick up a caller from the blinds. I call getting 5:1 odds, hoping to pick up a strong draw or spike an ace. Anyway Flop comes Qx Ts X(Spades). Anyway the guy in the blinds check. And I just decide, I'm going to make a crazy play at this pot, lol. If I give the guy who 3-bet a range of AK+,JJ+, He has 11 nonspade AK, 3 QQ, 6 KK, and 3 AA, and 3 JJ. He has exactly 1 PSB left, $60. I felt if I shove he folds his 11 AA and 3 JJ. So I win the pot like half the time, and I do have an Ace out against KK and I have a gutter against his entire range. I dont have a backdoor flush draw, but whatever! Anyway I just put that guy all-in. He calls. Guy in Blinds fold. Turn comes a Jx and River Ks. I make my straight an announce I have the nuts. Guy turns over Trip Queens.

Karma comes around to bite me back though. Theres a new player to the table. He JUST sat. He is a hispanic guy with "Trendy" Glasses that is slightly overweight. He Opens to about $22 Dollars. He only has about $70 or so behind. Super Fish from Late Middle Position Calls. I wake up in the blinds with AcKd or something like that. And I just figure this guy based on how he looks probably opens pretty wide here. Just the fact that he opens to $22 first hand, I just feel like hes openeing widish there (Since its just a retarded open...Its either he wakes up with a sick strong hand first hand AND is the type that plays super exploitive with his bet sizing on those hands, or he is just clueless...in which case AT LEAST AQ is in his range... Not that even if its a standard opening range I don't ship. But I felt thattt much better about it. I ask how much he has and then I raise to $100. He decides to call with JTcc. The super fish folds. He Spikes a T on the turn and I lose the pot.


The hand I won a bunch of money on was when I opened QTdd really early on in the session. I cbet a Diamond, Ace high board pretty big and I got Called from this old guy. "Post-Game Analysis" of the hand, this guy reallly really really was suspicious of my aggression LOL. Turn was a low card, Heart Brick. And I checked and he checked behind. River was a low card Diamond. I shove like more than $100 dollars or something and he calls with Pocket Deuces LOL.

I won a decent amount of money for the session, which is nice.

Anyway I learned something good today. There was a young online-player that was pretty solid to my direct right. He seemed like a nice guy. Anyway he was really good at paying attention to all the hands at the table. So this motivated me more to do the same. And I realized he was better than me at doing this than I was. So I worked on improving on processing information during observation. I think I develop a decent "technique I guess" to think more efficiently about how the players at the table play. I'll practice this in later sessions, as it seems sort of promising.


Also, I played online for 1 1/2 hours this morning. Strangely my VPIP PFR stats were nittier. 34/28, 13.4% 3-bet over 185 hands. I was just taking what the table was giving me. And I was playing profitably. I'll be honoest I like playing alot of hands. And it makes me sort of sad to see me playing nittier LOL. But of course I will just do what I feel is most profitable at any point in a hand. Anyway my after my blog posts about developing aggressive style, my win-rate at online have been pretty good actually. Esp considering I lost ALOT of "Relative Money" in some seriousssssssss spews that I know I am much much better than. Once I get good enough, I'll start adding more tables, etc. Its going to be hard balancing practicing online and live at the same time, while also making time to study poker. Fwiw my brother is here for the week and once he leaves I'll have alot more peace and quiet to get into a good routine.

Anyway its always nice to blog after live sessions. I love the personal feeling of recounting my hands. Doubt many of you will have read this far. But to those of you who did I hope you enjoyed it somehow. I'll be strangely impressed by anyone who says "FPS on the AdJd Hand"...Just cause they took the time to read that, lol. FWIW I completely forgot about AA being possible when I made the play. (Completely discounted AQ But Iono I thought that was fine. Might be a ranging-leak but Iono Its an aggressive discount but its "Possible" that he never does that with AQ). Anyway yeah. Cool.






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So I do read the articles hear but I don't really see any (maybe I am just being dumb/blind) but are there any articles for advice on these (or videos).

Now by tournaments I am meaning tournaments like 2$ buy ins and stuff (I do only play micro as I am a noob ). Any advice is appreciated as I do enjoy those tournaments more then just playing with actual money thanks in advance!


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Hello nerds, I joined husng.com, well at first I need to start off as a blog and make some videos which I'm pretty horrible at

check my blog at http://www.husng.com/content/heads-sit-n-go-blogs even though I haven't written ANY yet but feel free to check it out, gl folks




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