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This was the first hand I stacked off in on PLO and won!

Submitted by : SugoGosu

PokerStars Game #42257642134: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2010/04/06 1:55:44 ET
Table Caph II 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: COUPELOVE ($4.33 in chips)
Seat 3: legalizacion ($2.04 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero ($5.04 in chips)
yoramblit will be allowed to play after the button
legalizacion: posts small blind $0.01
Hero: posts big blind $0.02

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
onlwin joins the table at seat #6
COUPELOVE: calls $0.02
legalizacion: calls $0.01
Hero: checks

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $0.06)

   
legalizacion: checks
Hero: bets $0.06
COUPELOVE: raises $0.18 to $0.24
legalizacion: folds
Hero: raises $0.54 to $0.78
COUPELOVE: raises $1.62 to $2.40
Hero: raises $2.62 to $5.02 and is all-in
COUPELOVE: calls $1.91 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.71) returned to Hero

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $8.68)

   

River (Pot : $8.68)

   

Showdown
Hero: shows (a straight, Deuce to Six)
COUPELOVE: shows (a straight, Ace to Five)
Hero collected $8.28 from pot

Summary
Total pot $8.68 | Rake $0.40
Board  
Seat 1: COUPELOVE (button) showed and lost with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 3: legalizacion (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Hero (big blind) showed and won ($8.28) with a straight, Deuce to Six

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swear man..this is fucking bullshit. everytime i move up to nl25 i run like shit. i know all my poker related posts are whine posts, but when i'm running 5-6 BIs below ev every time i try to take a shot, it's fucking retarded and ridiculous.

down 13 BIs at nl25 this year so far over 14k hands

staying at nl10 until i move up to nl1k.


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Dont do it.


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cannot withdraw thru bankwire for ftp so now im stuck with a 7300 bankroll on stars (cant believe rakeback/fpps made my br grow LOL)
now i have to make a decision to stick with stars and its constant hate for filipino players. i will 24 table once again but this time play my old game 2 years ago with a lot of new things ive learned in 3bet/4bet pots and postflop spots ive learned from my coach (who now works and cant coach anymore coz he's too busy) i really felt i kinda improved somewhat so the last and biggest leak of mine is my fear of variance and results oriented nature. 3 years and i still think of it the same way (the wrong way obv).

tbh id be happy just to breakeven at 100nl and collect rakeback monies and be rich like dannyohboy,wojtaspolak and hugadas lol
its sick coz i used to compare myself with guys i played with 2 yeasrs who are big winners at 200nl now haha

my situation now is this:

7300br - but need some withdrawals montlhly like 500 perhaps (can be covered by fpps easy)

50nl like .6 winrate over 300k hands
100nl -3600 over 600k hands
25nl close to 2ptbb over 100kplus hands

i dunno what to do anymore and what to learn next but here's a couple:
- postflop with marginal midpair/ weak redraw type hands played aggressively against the right type of opponents si something i should try to implement from time to time esp at 100nl.
- note taking other regs who have very consistent patterns which i can also try and exploit

all in all i think ill just fucking 24 table and grind 1 zillion hands and sip iced tea in boracay when the years over lol
too tired to worry about shit i cant fix



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Start of session:

Minute 1
+ Show Spoiler +

Minute 2
+ Show Spoiler +

+ Show Spoiler +

Minute 3
+ Show Spoiler +

Played under 90 hands and lost almost 4 bi. Will play again tomorrow.


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So I'll be in Vegas this Thursday-Monday. If any LPers are randomly degening it at the rhino or anything PM a ninja. I'm pretty nice in person :D

Also where is a good place to watch UFC ppvs? I'm not sure if I can order it in my hotel and I don't really want to watch it at the station casinos. Any decent bars where they show it would be awesome.

Also I know lots of people here like to train. If any ones out there training at a cool place that I can come roll at for a day or two lemme know so I can bring my GI.


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It's much easier if you do it like this.

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since making what are probably minor overadjustments i've played a sequence of sessions that have felt wonderfully deterministic. as i played i couldn't help but be reminded of feelings that i've had in the past.

it's funny how a minor pivot in tactics and some range tweaking can lead to almost immediately sensing that a significant loss is nearly impossible and that the only question isn't whether or not i'd win, but how much.

i have to guard against those feelings and take continous measures to stay on point and keep doing what i'm doing. WWSF up. StdDev down. AF infinite. Credibly threaten a strong hand. Take reasonable measures to evade spots wherein i am disadvantaged in any way. Seek out the spot, and take full advantage. If it's close, trust myself and above all, have faith.


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Just an update to share some statistics

SNG 18 man record in sessions

6 -> 1 3rd place - 17.40$
6-> 1 1st place + 4.20$
6-> 1 1st 1 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 rd + 2$
8 -> one 1st one 2nd one 3rd + 45,2 $ <------ today 47,40$ in 2 hours cant complain

Overall results:

78 SNgs -> seven 1st three 2nd six 3rd five 4th
57x busted before money

= net profits of + 65.40 $



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see

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seriously fuck this month


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In Canada as long as you are a recreational player you don't pay taxes on your poker earnings. If you were to play poker full-time and have it be the only thing you do then you have to pay taxes on it. The rules are a bit murky but it's basically based on saying you derive your income as a professional gambler. I understand all this well and my intentions are to play poker as a hobby and try and make as much non-taxable money as possible whilst maintaining a full-time job where I can socialize and do something interesting and challenging.

However just now I was googling Poker Taxes in Canada and came across a rather interesting 2+2 thread about people who do play poker professionally and what kinds of things they can deduct from their taxes. In the thread someone asked whether they could deduct rake or not. I immediately thought why the hell not? Where as a bunch of people in the thread starting yelling at this person like they were some kind of thief and saying that money is already deducted from your winnings. I feel that's completely stupid and I hate stupid things so I decided to blog about it.

Argument Point:
Claiming Rake on Taxes as a Professional Poker Player should be appropriate. You claim it as an expense.

Why/How?:
1. Report earnings from poker in terms of dollars made from playing in the games.
2. Report earnings made from rakeback
3. Use database to find out how much rake you were charged that was not returned through rakeback
4. Report the amount in #3 as an expense

There is nothing wrong with that and it's not any form of fraud. The important point is that you need to report your rakeback as part of your earnings from the game.

Example:
1. Player X earns 100k playing poker, and 50k in rakeback on individual paid rake of 150k
2. Player X submits earnings as a professional gambler and pays taxes on 150k
3. Player receives 100K worth of tax credit back for expenses paid

This is how it should work if a Poker Player is going to be taxed. The rake absolutely has to be included as an expense. If the rake is not included then Countries should have no right to tax the players at all because otherwise it's a losing circumstance for the players as a group. If 100k is passed around by 100 players and by the end only 85k is left because 15k was taken in rake then the players lose overall. Rake must be 100% returned before the government has any right to tax poker. Even when all rake is returned 100% it is still sketchy to be taxing players on poker winnings because the net result is zero. There is still no profit for the group of players as a whole. I can accept being taxed if the net result is zero just because that's how things work but no way in hell would I ever accept not having rake included as an expense. The only thing I have to do on my end to make that fair is include the money received as rakeback so that my rake isn't returned twice which is fair.

As poker players if we allow ourselves be raked AND taxed it's basically bending over and allowing ourselves to be screwed. As a group the players had a net loss of 15k in rake payments but sure government wants to come along and take a big cut of that 85k they think that would be a neat thing to do. Hell no. Rake must be included. If you're an American player reading this I encourage you to keep good track of your rakeback earnings and report the remainder rake as an expense to be deducted from your taxes. Don't screw yourselves out of your hard earned money.


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Best rungood graph ever IMO.

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Oh my goodness... I have just seen the documentary Milkman recommended
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontli...m_medium=proglist&utm_source=proglist
And it struck me how short my attention span, and how limited my brain is compared to, say, like 2 years ago.


Where the fuck are my creative writing skills?
Why the hell are all my blogs boring as fuck?
Why do I prefer the ROFL thread and level 1 humor before the complex joke essays I always loved?
Why can't I focus on an article longer than 2 pages in the Economist unless its REALLY super interesting?
I can't even bloody focus on a movie unless its something super epic like Lord of the Rings without checking LP, news or other BS on the net.
The only book I read from start to finish during the last year was Ace on the River...with like 200 pages half of them pictures.

I suffer from huge multitasking overload. It was ok when I was playing Starcraft because I was...well playing Starcraft and that was what I focused on. And I was always taking long hours to write reports and complex hoax forum posts with my clan.

But now? My job IS multitasking. I am an admin support to 3 different teams, and I hardly ever see medium term project from start to finish. I manage 3 busy shared mailboxes and have 6+ things on my agenda daily.
And when I come home? lol...
Yesterday I asked my GF if she can see that rash on my back...Well those were just spots from my PC chair where I was sitting for 16 hours on Sunday.


Conclusion
What the hell do you expect? There is none. I am an Internet kid - you tell me. Even now, I am watching the documentary, writing a blog, checking sports news and thinking about what movie I will watch (while not really focusing on it and doing 4 more things)


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I put 10.00 on tilt last night played a couple heads up untill I got to 50.00 then put 10 on 5 different 25nl tables of rush. Got it up to 475.00 thinking about putting this on minted.

I wanted to take advantage of the 400 deposit bonus and high rakeback to build a fast roll.

Anyone that played there have any input on the site? Also it doesn't take my visa what should I do as a us player?



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Im busto at the moment, real busto. I would like to win some donkaments to rectify this situation. I would like to sell around 50% of my action for 60% of winnings after stakeback. My OPR link is below

I am going to play the following tonight:

$3.30 5k GTD
$4.40 7.5k GTD
$5.50 20k GTD
$55 90k GTD
$11 20k GTD

TOTAL: $79.20, so looking for $39

Ideally I would like to sell all shares to one person but do not mind splitting it into blocks

http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/...9650880F40DEBE395531E8ED5167.html?t=2

Thank you for reading/abusing me/staking me


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It's enough to make you believe in continuous probability.

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This week is the house grind week. I aim for 10k (inc a 3k bonus) which will be enough to move into a new house with my friend and pay 4 months bills up front. I reckon I need about 4ptbb/100 which is below my long term rate and I've had a good start already. Yay a motivation to grind!


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how can I Try so hard for over a month and this keeps going and going and I don't know where I keep folding away my money in nonshowdown either, I mean every player isn't some kind of super sicko who's shoving over my 3rd barrels 100% of the time with air or turning a weaker TPTK into a bluff or something what the fuck? SERIOUSLY.

lol did you enjoy that ramble? that's my brain now.

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