Swimmin' in online riches makes me tilt
I live in Scotland but I don't even own a kilt...
So I decided to cash out,
And to celebrate...engage in a shopping bash out.
Less cash online should make me cautious -
from recent tilt and spewing I started to feel nauseous.
My bankroll now is a mere two thousand pounds,
Hopefully this will make my win rate upwardly bounce.
Now its time to leave to do my daily chore,
hopefully you will enjoy picture of this sexy Asian whore!
(gamboooool) at some nl100 rush tonight and after all was said and done, i was down a buy in. not too bad after like 4k hands today (mix of nl50 and nl100) and running KK into AA TWICE during the shot. i prolly would be up for the day if not for a few hands i punted. there was two ultra fucking stupid hands. one where i put in a river raise with 2nd nut flush pretty stupidly against the nuts and another where i called a huge flop overbet with AQ and ran into AK. i dunno, they sound like coolers but they just fucking werent as far as im concerned. i think im gonna drop back down to nl25 for a while instead of playing nl50 semi short rolled.
[Article] The Information Warby PanoRaMa, April 08
Another article that I've written for the May edition of Baller Magazine. You can find previous articles (this is now my 4th) in previous pages of my blog if you want. Keep in mind this is directed mostly at newer, live players, but I suppose has some application no matter who you are. Thanks to Etter from TL for proofreading and making my articles a lot better than they were originally .
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Poker is often called a game of hidden information. Imagine how easy it would be to win if you knew what is largely unknown to most of us – our opponent’s hand, or the cards to come. Outside of cheating, there’s no way for us to preemptively figure out exactly which cards will fall on the flop, turn, and river, but there are legitimate ways to figure out what cards your opponent is holding – to varying extents of accuracy, anyway. In a nutshell, that’s the premise of hand reading. We can safely say a large aspect of poker is the struggle to ascertain what your opponent is holding, to make hidden information known information. This struggle is part of the underlying Information War that is waged every second of every hand at every poker tables around the world. The first step to winning the Information War is to actually know you’re in it. The second step is to acquire as much information as possible without leaking your own.
Poker is a cutthroat game, and your money is at stake. Assuming your goal is to win, you cannot afford to give away information. It’s a simple rule with deep complexities. Are you the type of player who likes to show your mucked hand to your neighbor? You’re leaking information. Do you like showing one card when you rake in a pot that didn’t go to showdown? You’re leaking. Ever talk about a poker hand or story with a buddy at a table when opponents could be listening? You’re leaking. If you were a secret agent, you’d be killed for that sort of conduct. Thankfully, the stakes in poker are not life-threatening, but repeated leaks of information just might kill your bankroll.
You can also leak information involuntarily through your own physical tells. That is a subject for another article, however, so we’ll be focusing on deliberate actions. One common leak is exposing any of your hole cards unnecessarily. If you’re folding a hand, your opponent cannot see your mucked cards. That should be the end of it. If you show him what you’re mucking, you only allow him to capitalize on that bit of information in the future. Now your opponent is ahead in the Information War and risked nothing to gain that advantage. The worst application of this is when someone calls the river and shows a losing hand at showdown when he wasn’t required to do so. People often do this to engender sympathy; they typically show a “cooler” hand, such as when their pocket aces lose to an unlikely two pair. This sort of conduct garners, at best, ten seconds of sympathy from those waiting to take your money. At worst, you’ve just made everyone aware of your potential inability to fold aces, along with any sort of physical tell you gave away in the process of losing (e.g. you were noticeably slower to act pre-flop).
With so many factors working against us in the Information War, we can take solace in the fact that our opponents are working under similar conditions. The best way to capitalize on leaks is to become observant enough to notice and digest useful bits of information. My favorite method involves listening to someone talk about a previous hand to a random player at the table. First of all, it might be a good story, but more importantly, he is likely to divulge a lot of information. Let’s see what we can extrapolate from this quote, taken five minutes after sitting down at a $5/$10 table:
“So I was playing my normal $1/$2 game when I caught pocket Queens pre-flop on the button. I raised it up, and instead of calling, this aggressive kid in the big blind re-raised me! I felt like taking a bit of a gamble and re-raised him back. He went all-in, I called, and guess what he showed? ACE KING! This punk was overplaying Ace King! Anyway, like usual, the river paired his Ace, and I lost a $200 pot. It was so infuriating that I had to go back to my hotel room.”
Stories like these reveal a lot. From the first sentence, we know that he is playing much higher than his usual stake. Maybe he just won a tournament and decided to play higher, making it likely for him to be a bit more careless with his money. Moving on, he found it surprising that someone would re-raise him pre-flop. Perhaps he usually plays at significantly tighter, more passive games. Next, he was baffled at the fact that his opponent would show Ace King. Because the pot was $200 at the end, we can infer that this hand was a rather shallow stack pre-flop battle. In situations like this, Ace King tends to be a reasonable hand with which to go all-in. Because of this, we can infer that he likely doesn’t know that effective stack sizes should affect your pre-flop hand selection and strategies. Likely he just plays whatever he feels like at the moment. Additionally, he thought his opponent was overplaying AK by getting it all-in, which means our friend here might have a very tight all-in pre-flop range overall (QQ or better only). Lastly, he was infuriated over losing a pre-flop coin flip scenario in which he lost 50 big blinds, which was enough to make him take a break. We can infer that this player lacks experience in controlling tilt and most likely doesn’t understand basic pre-flop all-in equities. Sometimes your assumptions will be wrong, which is why it pays to be continually observant and factor future information into your first impression of a player.
Get in the habit of being a keen observer, and take good mental notes when you’re playing at the table. You are only depriving yourself of information, which subsequently impacts your bottom line, if you are not paying attention and collecting on tells or reads – any sort of leaked information left on the table. Most people make very broad generalizations about their opponents and stereotype them accordingly. One of the most useful approaches is to make a mental note every time another player takes an unexpected line or shows up with a holding that you were not expecting. We all have our benchmarks for what we think is “good” poker (usually the style of poker we play ourselves). If I see someone do something that is not in my arsenal – for example, check/raising all three streets in No Limit Hold’Em – I’ll definitely want to see and take note of that player’s holding. If that hand occurred when you weren’t in the pot, even better; now you’ll have that extra bit of information if that player ever pulls the same line on you, and you came by that information risk-free.
I’m not encouraging you to be a soulless robot at the felt. Sometimes I just can’t help but want to listen to my favorite song on my iPod and shut everything else out. Normally, though, you should engage in friendly conversation and give people the basic respect that everyone deserves. Just make sure you’re not revealing anything about your poker game in the process. Let common sense prevail. Saying, “I’m from Hawaii, and I love the weather there” while on the felt is fine. Saying, “I’m 25, I’ve been playing professionally for the past four years, I’m Phil Ivey’s student, and they call me ‘Tourist Eater’ at this casino” is only going to put you at an immediate disadvantage in the Information War.
PokerStars Game #28776625214: Tournament #165726880, $20+$2 Holdem No Limit - Match Round VIII, Level I (10/20) - 2009/05/30 0:13:47 ET
Table 165726880 1 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: PokerDemonSA (1160 in chips)
Seat 2: hneves182 (1840 in chips)
PokerDemonSA: posts small blind 10
hneves182: posts big blind 20
Showdown hneves182: shows (a straight, Deuce to Six)
PokerDemonSA: shows (a full house, Fours full of Fives)
PokerDemonSA collected 2320 from pot
Summary Total pot 2320 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: PokerDemonSA (button) (small blind) showed and won (2320) with a full house, Fours full of Fives
Seat 2: hneves182 (big blind) showed and lost with a straight, Deuce to Six
PokerStars Game #32623680174: Tournament #193236868, $20+$2 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round VIII, Level III (20/40) - 2009/09/09 0:14:00 ET
Table 193236868 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: 7Ways2Win (400 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (2600 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 20
7Ways2Win: posts big blind 40
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 40 to 80
7Ways2Win: calls 40
Showdown 7Ways2Win: shows (three of a kind, Nines)
Hero: shows (two pair, Aces and Nines)
7Ways2Win collected 800 from pot
Summary Total pot 800 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: 7Ways2Win (big blind) showed and won (800) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines
PokerStars Game #42347491737: Tournament #305011073, $20+$2 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round VIII, Level I (10/20) - 2010/04/08 0:08:06 ET
Table 305011073 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Hero (1440 in chips)
Seat 2: fame7222 (1560 in chips)
fame7222: posts small blind 10
Hero: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
fame7222: calls 10
Hero: checks
Hero: bets 180
fame7222: raises 240 to 420
Hero: raises 900 to 1320 and is all-in
fame7222: calls 900
River (Pot : $2,880.00)
Showdown Hero: shows (a flush, Ace high)
fame7222: shows (a flush, Ace high - Eight higher)
fame7222 collected 2880 from pot
Summary Total pot 2880 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: fame7222 (button) (small blind) showed and won (2880) with a flush, Ace high
up 10bi at stars 100nl. mostly fish and some bad regs were responsible.
i cant say my game won me this today, but im just as happy receiving my boomswitch after 1 year. lol
need a charger for my camera's battery so that i can take pics of my dogs and post it here. seriously, nurturing another living thing aside from yourself helps out a ton with the poker misery, i dont think i couldve taken all the stress these past months if i didnt get those two dogs. anyway gl guys, hope u have a mini heater like me
It's been a long time since i wanted to post my stats to receive some feedback from experienced players... obv i have a lot of leaks to work on so u have big work to do xD
I started playing 12 tables on april, that's something i have always wanted to master and now that i'm overrolled nl10 (+ than 60bis) decided to give it a shot before starting nl20 (everything is in euros btw), so i decided to separate February and march from april Feb-Mar shows my stats while 5 tablin´ and april are my newly acquired nit stats =D xD
i´ve seen that for micros this game is very profitable so i think i'll continue with this at least until april 16 (when i get last months rb) and then start nl20 with about 8 tables
And this is my month so far... lots of badbeats+suckouts, i could easily be another buyin up but i just couldnt fold my QQ vs a nit 4 bet =(=(=( my bad!!! =/
So i recently got invited to the sc2 beta but my moment of happiness was quickly overcome by shame at my rinky-dink computer that cant run sc2. My comp also frequently shuts off randomly which is very tilting when i'm playing sngs. So i have decided to buy a new computer but I know nothing about them so im hoping someone can help me. I would like to be able to run sc2 smoothly but I don't need to have it on the highest possible settings or anything. I would also like to be able to run Stars, HEM, Table ninja, and firefox with a couple tabs all at the same time. I would prefer to get a laptop but I can live with a desktop and I already have a monitor to hook it up to. I would like to spend around $750 but I can go up to 1k. Anyone out there who can help me out with this?
Just another statistical update off my SNG 18man tryouts
SNG 18 man record 6.50$ Pokerstars
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6 -> one 3rd place … - 17.40$
6-> one 1st place …..+ 4.20$
6-> one 1st one 2nd . . + 36.60$
8 -> all busted …… - 52$
6 -> 1st 2nd 3rd …. + 58,2$
6 -> 1st two 4th …. + 25,80 $
6-> 3rd - 17.40
6-> two 4th -17.40
6 -> 1st + 4.20
6-> one 4th one 3rd - 6.60$
8 -> one 1st one 4th + 2$
8 -> one 1st one 2nd one 3rd + 45,2 $
8 -> one 1st - 8.80
8 -> one 2nd one 3rd one 4th + 12.80
8 -> one 1st one 3rd + 12.80
9 -> one 1st one 4th - 4.50
8 -> one 1st - 8.80
8-> one 1st one 2nd + 23.60
8-> one 1st two 2nd + 56 $
summary
135 SNgs -> 13x 1st // 7x 2nd // 8x 3rd // 7x 4th
100 x busted before money
+ 149.50 $ //. ROI + 17%
Quite happy so far.
yeha its small money and all but its a very nice feeling to really win money after creating a theoretical gameplan that should win you money
( As said i dl SNG wizard and put in 4h of work in which i gave myself pushing and calling ranges for all kind of situations that can appear in these 18man turbos)
So since my last roflpost, a couple of things have happened.
I e-mailed my family that night and revealed to them that I haven't been doing well at all, and that I would like a ticket home. Specifically, I msg'd my grandma, who is a total sweet heart. A couple of hours later I got an e-mail back. I can get home anytime I want and I have 3 choices of where to stay for however long I'd like. They still support me 100% and encouraged me to do what is best, whether its go home in 3 weeks and pull myself together, or stay here longer if I can. Basically, it reminded me that the only one calling me a failure and a fool is myself. And it took a lot of stress off of my mind.
Yay.
So, the next day I was feeling a lot better (And still am), so I asked grandma to hold off on the plane ticket for a week or so.. which brings me around to poker.
I've spent the last couple of days taking a very relaxed approach to how many hands I need to be putting in, since that is clearly not where the problem is, and I've instead been 3 tabling for 30-45minute sessions. Focusing on building myself back up and getting confidence in my hand reading again. I've also significantly tuned up the aggression, simply acting on what my idea of their hand range is instead of... not. lol.
Its only been 1.2k hands, just trying to play 2-4 hours a day of these little sessions.
I feel a lot better, though I still am getting thrown off my proper head too easily. Hopefully that will improve over the next week, if it doesn't I will probably go ahead and get a ticket home for sometime in May.
/end real blog type of blog while not ragingly tilted for once
first time i've ever been to mohegan, despite going to foxwoods like 30 trillion times. this place is the illest. i wish i never went to foxwoods and its a damn shame that fw is so much more popular for the poker crowd.
my room has the nicest view of the river thames (the USA one obv) and the surrounding community. its nice to see real scenery when you live in vegas la la land scenery. the pics probably dont do justice but here are a few
Getting married in a few hours now! Kinda nervous but super excited for an awesome day. Just chilling here before we head to the venue. Kinda shitting myself about my Speech, but I am sure it will be all good and just work out!
Will def have to post some pics of the day. Then I am off to Dominican Republic for a couple weeks on Friday. Looking forward to it!
Regarding Poker, nothing to special. 49th in Turbo Takedown last week, but other than that, i ran a whole weekend of MTTs with complete failure. Started grinding 45man sngs aswell for some profit. Early days, but looking good. Perhaps when I come back from my Honeymoon, I will be fresh and ready to run good!
Round 1 def goes to the gilf - she's a bartender at a local bar I go to. I got her number about 4 months or so ago, been trying to work my way in once in a while but to no avail, this cunt seems closed up for shop anyone near my age (I told her I was 24)
She's 46 and a fucking gilf, plays in a band + fucking taunts the fuck about not being able to get with her calling me cute etc (I guarantee she loves that fucking shit... Which make me even more pissed, because I know I fell right into her fucking hand yet I can't NOT try to fuck her because she's totally fuckable
Didn't really care until fucking now - haven't been laid in about 2 weeks and this fuck would totally set me up on the right track for summer.
well i'm sure you guys are tired of my whine posts and bad beats, so i'm just gonna hang the gloves. i spent too much time and effort into poker and never got anything out of it except for being stressed out all the time. the emotional swings are too much for me.
i already cashed out the last of my roll. goodbye lp, it was a pleasure.
i'll still lurk around and probably post in the rofl thread but that's about it.
Overall thouse tourneys are ridiculously soft.
90% of the players do exactly the wrong stuff.
The try to gamble it up with ridiculous pf all ins like QTs J8s for stacks with low blinds in order to get like a 8K chip stack and then semi sitout unless they get JJ-AA AQ+
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still its hard to turn decent profit on pokerstars when u lose so often ever and ever again getting it in being ahead
GL ALl
especially to Night2o1
My situation isnt too different from yours ...
thats why i try to make a switch to SNGs.
I was either go broke playing NL cashgame running like dipshit forever or to try something new
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