So I had some liquid assets to jumpstart my poker career past the micro stakes. I diverted some of this towards live play and ended breakeven after 3 weeks before I got rattled from a series of losing sessions breaking my confidence. I havent played since, which really sucks because I am too competitive of a player to let something like that get to me. It was just the monetary loss. The money finally meant something to me at NL200 so losing $1000 in one night was like "holy fuck".
Then, out of nowhere, I suddenly got the urge to buy a new car. Why you ask? Well a little dealer hustling, plus a lot of greed. I went to have my car serviced and decided to look at some new rides for my wife. I drive an 07 Altima which I bought brand new from the lot back in 07, and while searching for a car for her, I suddenly fell in love with a fully loaded version of what I currently drive. I was able to trade in my current car for the fully loaded 2010 model without it changing my payments at all, other than restarting them.
So I just bought a brand new 2010 Nissan Altima 2.5SL with leather heated + power seats, wood trim finish, 7" GPS nav system with DVD playback, bluetooth phone and streaming mp3, xm satellite, and all the other good shit that comes with a new car. Of course I couldnt go to the dealership and buy myself a brand new car and leave my poor wife still struggling with her piece of shit 10 year old saturn with leaking sunroof, mildew stank interior, sunbaked paintjob, and blown out stereo speakers. That would just be wrong.
So I bought her one too. Not quite as good as mine. But I bought her a 2010 Nissan Sentra, which is basically like a mini version of the altima, which is perfect for her, as she would look kinda funny driving a car as big as mine. It's not fully loaded, but it's mostly there. Bluetooth phone/mp3, ipod docking station, sunroof, no gps or anything fancy like that. But the electronics are well equipped. Cant even remember if it has leather lol, but probably not. It's a nice little car. She always wanted one in Teal, but unfortunately all they had was greyish silver. Hope she likes it, she hasnt even seen it yet lol. But I know my wife, and she'll absolutely love it, save for the less than stellar car color, which AINT ALL THAT BAD. I mean fuck, I kinda like smoke grey myself, but it's just not that femmy.
I was kinda feeling guilty about utilizing such a large part of my funds to just play poker with, at least with the potential for failure. I'd never get over myself for sinking 8 grand into poker and having nothing to show for it, especially when my loved ones need things, like a new car.
So where does this leave me? Well, since I took poker money and "cashed it out", ala "imaginary cashout", I still have some left to play poker with. I'm going to contact f4zi and get some HU training, but I dont really want to discuss that in case I turn out to be a huge embarrassment and waste of his time. Yea thats right, I respect the man so much that I would feel like i wasted *his* time paying him money to coach a loser. We'll see though.
Decided to play some PLO50 HU after gettin crushed in hold em tonight. Sit down at a random table and start a lil HU battle. After about 5 hands im thinking, wow this is gonna be easy this guy dont seem very good (too early to tell right?) Wrong. I check his PTR.
I take 3 buyins from him that included baffling hands like this:
Submitted by : YouGoTGoT
PokerStars Game #41223082677: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/03/15 21:15:19 ET
Table Ucclia 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($140.05 in chips)
Seat 2: mr.breeze999 ($50.95 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $0.25
mr.breeze999: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises $1 to $1.50
mr.breeze999: calls $1
Showdown mr.breeze999: shows (a pair of Deuces)
Hero: shows (a pair of Kings)
Hero collected $14.50 from pot
Summary Total pot $15 | Rake $0.50
Board
Seat 1: Hero (button) (small blind) showed and won ($14.50) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: mr.breeze999 (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Deuces
After a while he quits. I get a new table. New guy has only 12k hands at PLO50 HU but hes winning at 13 ptbb according to PTR. I have no idea how, cuz he was pretty weak. Huge calling station always trying to trap, constantly checking and folding and more checking followed by more calling. Rarely ever 3b pf. If he donks out on the flop its the nizzles. Anytime he raises its the nizzles. Also, if he has AAxx and flop is AJ3 and he pots. If turn brings ANY possible str8, he gets scared and checks. Anyway, we get in one big pot which i win. He says NH. I say i got lucky (i got the money in ahead but was lucky to get there before that). He says no he played the turn bad. I say "true"
We get to talkin more, I ask him if he saw the games on FT yesterday. And convo goes like this (from memory)
Him: How did ilari do?
Me: Got crushed early made a comeback
Him: Cool. Hes a friend of mine.
Me: Shut ur face
Him: Seriously (this kid is from Helsinki)
Me: Face, shut it, liar
Him: He was here at my house for 10 days almost 2 weeks ago. he won 2 mill while here.
Me: Starting to believe....
Anyway he went on to explain they are friends and have many other mutual friends. Said he got him back into poker, specifically PLO. He also said its very hard playing 50PLO while watching zigg play 300/600 lol. he said he got to watch him play and even played a few hands. Also said zigg is not that crazy postflop but he plays very risky preflop. I dk, i actually believe the kid.
PokerStars Game #41225267416: Tournament #253143334, $33.00+$1.50 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/03/15 22:13:58 ET
Table 253143334 2 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Hero (2070 in chips)
Seat 2: 1337Cowboy (930 in chips)
1337Cowboy: posts small blind 10
Hero: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
1337Cowboy: calls 10
Hero: raises 80 to 100
1337Cowboy: raises 830 to 930 and is all-in
Hero: calls 830
Showdown Hero: shows (a pair of Tens)
1337Cowboy: shows (a straight, Six to Ten)
1337Cowboy collected 1860 from pot
Summary Total pot 1860 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: 1337Cowboy (button) (small blind) showed and won (1860) with a straight, Six to Ten
Submitted by : player999
PokerStars Game #41225630613: Tournament #253143334, $33.00+$1.50 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round II, Level I (20/40) - 2010/03/15 22:24:11 ET
Table 253143334 1 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: catcher-ch (3000 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (3000 in chips)
catcher-ch: posts small blind 20
Hero: posts big blind 40
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
catcher-ch: raises 120 to 160
Hero: calls 120
Hero: bets 1640
catcher-ch: raises 440 to 2080 and is all-in
Hero: calls 440 and is all-in
River (Pot : $6,000.00)
Showdown Hero: shows (a full house, Sixes full of Fours)
catcher-ch: shows (four of a kind, Fours)
catcher-ch collected 6000 from pot
Summary Total pot 6000 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: catcher-ch (button) (small blind) showed and won (6000) with four of a kind, Fours
Seat 2: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a full house, Sixes full of Fours
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sup ppl, I want to know from those who play at Heypoker what are the minimum pc specs that I need for multi-tabling here without problems.
I tried it out on my old pc and I could even open 2 tables without having a lot of lag... what specs do you have on your machine while running smoothly? thx
The Pacific aka Band of Brothers 2. Is finally here. The first episode aired last night on HBO and it was really good. If anyone on LP likes these kind of series this one is a must watch. It will probably be the best thing on television this year.
Turn: (48BB) Ahttp://www.leggopoker.com/hh/images/clubnormal.gif (2 Players)
[COLOR=red]BB bets 25BB[/COLOR], [COLOR=red]Hero raises to 358BB and is All-In[/COLOR], BB calls 333BB
River: (764BB) 4http://www.leggopoker.com/hh/images/heartnormal.gif (2 Players - 1 is All-In)
Results: 764BB Pot (37.5BB Rake) BB showed Ahttp://www.leggopoker.com/hh/images/heartnormal.gif 4http://www.leggopoker.com/hh/images/clubnormal.gif and WON 726.5BB (+346BB NET)
[I]Hero showed Khttp://www.leggopoker.com/hh/images/clubnormal.gif Jhttp://www.leggopoker.com/hh/images/clubnormal.gif and
removing urine from mattressby shaneomac, March 15
so i got so piss drunk last nite i pissed in my bed. and i cannot get the smell out just by using febreeze. tomorrow i am going to try natures miracle for removing pet urine. if that doesnt work, anyone got any solid advice for salvaging my mattress?
Do Blizzcon 2008 cards not grant you immediate access to SC2?
I found this message on an ebay auction:
"AT THIS POINT,THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL GET IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO STARCRAFT 2BETA. INVITATIONS ARE SENT OUT IN WAVES NOW THAT THE BETA HAS STARTED."
So I got home to my parents last Friday and when my father came in through the door he said; "You've lost weight!", which is true as I'm about 6kg lighter then last I saw him, and I told him that; "well, yes I have!" feeling happy with myself. "You look skinny", he replied and started to tell me to eat more.
Time to hit the gym I guess. Probably just as well, this damn diet has left me without much energy anyway.
Yeah baby, I am going insane, but I did it , and I exceeded my target of 4,000 hands!
Well, to be honest I was also 6 tabling and also 7 tabling stacked tables for an hour while watching a movie
(Incidentally, thats where I tilted off more stacks than during the whole month combined lol).
Still, 5K hands Fri-Sunday is just huge!
Now only 3267 hands remaining until I finish my 30k hands challenge!
Tbh I want it to be over. I am trying so hard to get there and prove that I can be a steady winning player at NL50 over a decent sample that I don't play like I usually do.
Since I started, I was playing my A game like 75% of the time, which is a lot more than my usuall 10-20%.
I am tired? Boom, I quit.
A reg to my left is just too aggro and the table is -ev because of him? Boom, I leave the table, my ego bruised.
No Fish? Boom, I leave. I feel like a circus clown juggling tables all over the place.
Just came from work? Hungry? Too full? Sleepy? Boom. I don't play. (Well, most of the time, the 25% is still there, but only like 5% overall was my true C game :o))
All this just to prove to myself that when shit hits the fan, I can always go to NL50 and make money if I want to.
I will hopefully Finish by COB Friday and post graphs/progress/conclusion etc. - some 650 hands per day will be more than usual, but its doable.
The Grand
This must be the shittiest movie ever made, but I LOVE IT!
AJ really does look like a creepy old man on HSP and here he plays the part :D
I played on my friend's computer without a HUD last night...I liked it actually.
So Im thinking about playing without the HUD a couple of times a week to develop hand reading and increase my concentration at the table. I'd still be importing my hands for review, and put log at least 50% hours with a hud so I could 4-table and gtfo of micros already.
Have any of you tried this routine in the past? If so, how were the results?
Edit : Kinda odd to put in this particular blog post. But if anyone knows how to write stats on HEM and wouldnt mind helping out with a stat I want to experiment with send me a PM
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