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This post is a 100% shameless brag, so if you don't like reading my brags gtfo and move on to the next thread. Hand happened earlier today at Commerce. Villan is a certain older gentleman wearing a certain unnamed MMA logo on his hat and t-shirt (I will keep it unnamed, but for those who are here and playing the games you will know exactly who I'm talking about). Villan has a massive case of hero syndrome (and apparently did not realize I have a bigger case of it) where he wants to make the big call downs, the big bluffs, and basically the most heroic play possible then show his cards and be like LOOK AT ME, I AM GOD OF THIS GAME, SUP?

Game is short handed 10/20 where Villan limps in the CO, SB is young kid who raises to $80, I am in BB with and call. Villan also calls. 3way to flop.

Flop: ($240)
SB checks, I bet $200, Villan calls pretty quickly, SB folds.

Turn: ($640)
I bet $620, Villan immediately asks "You have a set?" then proceeds to tank for 2 or so minutes. Finally he makes the call.

River: ($1880)
I check pretty quickly assuming my hand is good here >%50 of the time with the way the action went. Villan doesn't waste anytime and shoves all-in for $4900. So I stood up and called over a few people I knew that were walking around the table to come and watch what I was going to do to this poor man.

Then I called. He shakes his head with disgust and mucks. Table the A9 high ftw of the $11k+ pot. Dealer calls me "Young man" (reference to Peter Tran here at Commerce for those who know who I'm talking about). I <3 this place.




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1k hands, down over 8 BI, worst swing ive had so far, keep flopping good hands and running into the nuts played in the most wtf ways ever. I get called preflop with any two and they always outflop me. Honestly ... just lost like 1/3 of my profit on those stakes in 1 fucking session. This game is fucking dumb.

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Edit: After smoking a bowl, listening to some Ronald Jenkees and moving up to NL20 (I have like 40BI for NL20 after donkament score but still set a goal to play 20k NL10 hands first)

Tada!

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thinking about going but obv not playing the ME. last trip was kinda whacked, spent a lot more than i should've, destroyed my roll. would like to do it again lolol


might go by june if ever the situation allows.fwiw, no purpose or reason no nothin' haha


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Blahhhhhhh disaster session
Lost 2 flips at the beginning, the rest was getting it in overpair vs 5 outer, straight vs set on turn (rivers a boat), set losing to straight, set of 4s on AK4 getting it in on K turn vs AK, losing more flips and 3 outers, etc
Overall, I liked my play but probably should have had a stop loss
My roll's back down to 800 now, time to regrind some nl25

Although I am taking part in asdf2000 coaching mtt sngs offer so I might just do that instead


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send first to a long time poster,i can give a vig of 3% extra,also can do lower amounth if u want


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I had my shoulder scoped on Wednesday to repair anterior and posterior cuff damage. Here is my account of the experience:

In the days leading up to the surgery I found myself to be hypomanic. I suspect that it had something to do with the fear of imminent death. I send an email to pokerstars support, willing my funds to my brother in the event of my death and then proceed to deluge the forums and this blog with an array of hypomanic diarrhea, which amuses some and irritates others. I think that I wanted to leave something, anything of myself in the world that I could to help whoever might stumble upon it and derive any form of value from it that they could. This, without question, tells me that I want to have children, today.

I win a moderate sum of money, which means nothing to me. I've always found hypomania to be beneficial to my roll.

Wednesday arrives and I find myself to be strangely calm. Still hypomanic, I find it difficult to sleep. I force myself to take the rest. I wake up, cranky and sore. I shower thoroughly and get dressed and grab my knapsack. My brother drops me and my mother off at the hospital. The next few hours are rather boring. Multiple people ask me questions and I repeat myself time and again, deadpan. My mother is chattering incessantly and I ask her to please stop talking. She complies. I close my eyes and chimp down.

The surgical team arrives and I crack a smile for the first time today. My orthopedist is as bright and perky as ever. Amazing since she's completed, by my count, at least three procedures so far today. I remind myself to send truffles, if I live.

I check out the surgical assistant, and she's rock solid. A younger, slightly more enthusiastic version of my orthopedist. I'm helping to train this person to become the orthopedist to the next generation. Fantasic. I turn my eye to the anesthetist and I'm satisfied. He has the hands of a poker player, and I doubt that he's ever made a false move in his life.

I'll probably live.

A small bag of an obscure substance is attached to my IV.

My orthopedist and the anesthetist vanish like ghosts. Where did they learn to do that, at ninja school? Damn, this stuff is good.

The surgical assistant remains to walk me to the bay. My head is high, my steps steady. She's old hat, and has probably seen her fair share of running. They don't do that where I'm from. Didn't she get the memo?

They direct me to the table, and I comply. They hook me up to the stations, and I notice that the beeps are frequent. I breathe deep and easy, and the beeps slow.

Someone new arrives. This must be the gas man, because all activity has ceased and everyone is smiling. This must be in the manual. Send the patient off to lalaland with a smile. I play along, and remark that this is just another day at the office for me. The assistant replies that they're trying something new, that they're going to do this without anesthesia. I ask if it's the year 1400. She says no, it's 1500. I smile.

"This is the part where I go to sleep."

The mask comes down and I no longer exist, with a smile.

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I have the shadow of a memory of words being spoken, joviality, and being physically manipulated.

I'm back, with a start. I gulp down the O2 like it's water. More. Must have more. I can't see anything. Oh, right, eyes facing in that direction. Fuck me. Where the fuck am I?

Oh, right. OK. I'm not dead, or at least I think that I'm not dead. If this is hell, then it's 4:05 and unusually cold for the season.

I play a game of tug-of-war with the nurse assigned to my station: I pull the oxygen mask down and cough up phlegm repeatedly and, for lack of recourse, swallow it, and then I forget to replace the mask. She puts the mask back in place. Repeat.

Eventually I regain what she must have regarded as consciousness. She titters around at the head of my bed. I make movements to try and sit up, which is hard because my right arm is mummified or entangled in some form of obscure swaddling, or so I think. She asks me if I want to sit up and I say yes but it comes out sounding more like urgghz. She takes that as an affirmative and elevates the head of the bed. I try to thank her, but end up saying erekro.

The nurse assigned to my station sits upright at the foot of my bed and observes me with what can only be described as the cool. I've noticed that my throat is sore. I'm still coughing up phlegm, but at reduced intervals, and now have the wherewithal to remember to replace the mask myself. Her gaze never falters and she makes no false moves.

It suddenly occurs to me that I'm thirsty, and so I ask if I could have a glass of water, please, only to then remember that all I'm permitted to have is ice chips, because I've been around the block a few dozen times. The other nurses laugh as one, but my assigned nurse merely cracks a brief smile. One of the others remarks that I've phrased my request interestingly. My assigned nurse offers ice chips and I accept. She runs off to the ice chips store and comes back and feeds them to me and they are delicious.

A few minutes pass and I begin to experiment with the concept of oxygen mask removal. My nurse makes no move to intercede, letting the now fully conscious me be the judge. She occassionally offers me the gentle reminder to breathe deeply, which I gladly take on the occasions that I have forgotten to breathe. At one point she informs me that my O2 stats are a little low, her words not mine, and so I put the mask on and concentrate on sucking oxygen for as long as I can stand it.

Eventually I find that I can successfully oxygenate on my own. My nurse stands up and makes a beeline for my right shoulder. I lean forward. She guides me to a slightly more forward position and checks what I now identify as compress bandages, a kilometer of tape, and a really snazzy jet-black sling. "There's some minor oozing," she says. I glance backwards, not to see anything in particular, but more to acknowledge the awesome fact that I have now oozed. I hrmm it, and she adds a couple more bandages and tapes it up nice and snug.



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Quitting til monday. Running like shit which has led me to tilt off more.
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Funny that 5 days ago I told someone i'd almost certainly never have a 20bi downswing...life ownage


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Hello LP, I am a lurker that wants to take a shot at blogging because i feel like it will help me keep track of my progress. I started playing online poker in early December and have been on a roalercoaster ever since. I’ll have a winning session, think im one of the poker gods themselves, and spaz out and lose 5 buy in’s trying to run double/triple barrel bluffs with absolute garbage.

I think my biggest leak that caused this was always trying to win every pot, and having a hard time folding. Instead of thinking “What line can i take to Win the most or Lose the least,” I am stuck on the winning the most part. I felt as if every pot i played i had to absolutely win, and this lead to alot of blind betting and raising without thinking of my opponents holdings, and only thinking about my own.

Ok, enough about the past.

I currently attend McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and am in an Honours Bachelor of Science Program. I am a dedicated Toronto Raptors fan, and enjoy long walks on the beach (kidding about the last part, if anyone wants to talk basketball I am always down). I currently play 10NL with a ~$450 bankroll on stars and am planning to move up to 25NL once i establish a solid winrate, or move down to 5NL if necessary.

Ok, and now onto some of my current concerns with my game.

I believe that one of my biggest leaks has to be continuation betting too often. I checked my PT3 over my first 12k hands and saw that I am continuation betting 96% of flops. I believe this is again because of the pattern of thinking i have. I always try to push my opponent off any hand he has by being agressive, and this over aggressiveness costs me alot of money. Currently i am down 5 BI at 10NL and going over my Hand Histories about 4BI’s of losses are basically bet pf, cb f, opponent calls, bet again turn (opponent calls), either c/f river or push if a scare card comes up. I really feel like I need to tame my agression.

So the First Question I have for you guys is:

When Continuation Betting, what is your thought process, and what things make you not want to cb.

Lastly, I want to leave you guys with some hands that i played and your thoughts on the lines that i took.

Hand One —> The player was playing with TAGish stats over 30 hands (so doenst really mean much) and i was generally readless

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PokerStars Game #39588699254: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10 USD) - 2010/02/11 13:38:33 ET
Table Hungaria III 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($10 in chips)
Seat 2: johnpbg ($10.35 in chips)
Seat 4: drumbun ($13.20 in chips)
Seat 5: ElzwisPresPl ($10.15 in chips)
Seat 6: maagzuur ($8 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $0.05
johnpbg: posts big blind $0.10
Ichspielen: sits out

Holecards
Dealt to Hero
drumbun: raises $0.30 to $0.40
ElzwisPresPl: calls $0.40
maagzuur: folds
Hero: calls $0.35
johnpbg: calls $0.30

Flop (Pot : $1.60)

   
Hero: bets $1.50
johnpbg: folds
drumbun: folds
ElzwisPresPl: calls $1.50

Turn (Pot : $4.60)

   
Hero: bets $3
ElzwisPresPl: raises $5.25 to $8.25 and is all-in
Hero: ......

PokerStars Game #39589481918: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10 USD) - 2010/02/11 13:53:15 ET
Table Hungaria III 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($18.80 in chips)
Seat 2: johnpbg ($11.05 in chips)
Seat 3: suspicaz ($5.85 in chips)
Seat 4: drumbun ($12.50 in chips)
Seat 5: ElzwisPresPl ($19.30 in chips)
Seat 6: maagzuur ($8.10 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $0.05
johnpbg: posts big blind $0.10

Holecards
Dealt to Hero
suspicaz: folds
drumbun: folds
ElzwisPresPl: folds
maagzuur: folds
Hero: raises $0.20 to $0.30
johnpbg: calls $0.20

Flop (Pot : $0.60)

   
Hero: checks
johnpbg: bets $0.40
Hero: raises $1.10 to $1.50
johnpbg: calls $1.10

Turn (Pot : $3.60)

   
Hero: checks
johnpbg: checks

River (Pot : $3.60)

   
Hero: bets $2
johnpbg: ....

Hello,

I need 40$ on my paypal, i give 50$ on Pokerstars or Moneybookers.
I send first, contact me on pm please!
I already made a lot of transfer on LP, i'm an honest man not a scamer!

thank you


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Anyone selling a sc2 beta key? im willing to good $$ for it. Also, for anyone who has it, how does the beta key actually work? Its just a scratch off and I put in that # once beta starts? Thanks guys.

PM ME IF U GOT A SC2 BETA KEY FOR SALE.

and plz no fags bidding here. yes, i think like a bumhunter.


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Last bump, 10% for $65! PM if interested.

Happy Chinese New Year to all that are celebrating, gotta spend the next two days with some family, then MONSTERRR


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Hey all, first blog. Well basically I've posted a few times here but I mainly just lurk because I don't have much to contribute to most discussions really but that's fine.

So I started totally from scratch playing 1/2c NL with a limited bankroll in the hope to learn the basics of ABC poker gameplay on the cheap which has worked for the most part. Put on $20 with FTP (the only poker site that works at university) and together with rakeback and the bonus, have increased that to over $40 so far after initial losses for a bit that I figured were to be expected (seen as how I'd played poker before maybe 3 times...).

I can't imagine that I will want to update this a lot (like anyone cares anyway ) but I just wanted to put a few thoughts down here so maybe I can get some insight from others.

1) Hands.
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2) Number of tables.
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3) Tilt.
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I think I'm actually ok at not tilting which is probably an advantage. I mean I get a little frustrated when someone hits something ridiculous on the river but I don't usually let it bother me much. Occasionally I brainfail on the next hand and insta-do something when I shouldn't but most of the time I think I'm pretty diciplined (not that I've had a really mega rough time yet so that remains to be seen). Like today some guy flopped a really disguised straight when I made a set, but I just kinda went 'tut' and that was that.

I seem to get more annoyed at things like 2 pair on the river (8's and 3's or some bull like that ) beating tptk than things like set over set and AA/KK.

4) The eventual move up.
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That seems to be about it, depending on what happens I might put some more nanostake thoughts up at some stage.

Bye for now


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2 blogs down I was so sad, i really thought i had no chance anymore after losing like 1-2k on stars since i cashed everything out and quit poker a while back.

I put the max i could deposit on ftp via instant echeck and said i was going to try 1 last time, fuck the small time bs that i think is the reason why i lose. I'd go back to the limit i've played more than any other limit and play with all of my heart. Taking the advice of fazi and others i two tabled for 12+ hours only to win $80 or so on the first day. I was down like 1.1k in EV and overall i was upset but whatever, so i went to sleep. I woke up yesterday and besides eating and two small breaks to play hon i played poker for another 12 hours. Today... the same thing. I've logged 31.54 hours on the tables in the past 64 hours.

here's the results. i'm pretty happy about it all, especially the heater at the end! I wanted to quit 2 hours ago when i lost kk vs jj but i'm glad i weathered the storm now.

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Hey everyone, it's been too long since I have gone about posting a new Ambient Music List. This music really is quite extraordinary. Nothing compares to the feeling of complete relaxation that this type of music creates. It makes you feel at complete peace. Even if you're running 50 buy-ins under expectation lifetime like me, it detilts you and all you want to do is thank the poker for allowing you to make money with just the click of a button. It pays for your entertainment at least. So stop bitching and enjoy life. So without further adu, here are the next 10 bands to be added to my Ambient Music collection!

Previous Ambient Music Lists:
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1. pg.lost
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2. If These Trees Could Talk
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3. Maybe She Will
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4. Long Distance Calling
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5. Leech
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6. What the Blood Revealed
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7. Escape The Day
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8. Sweek
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9. Tunturia
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10. MoonCake
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so I just won a satelite to the Micro Million. My BR on stars is very small ($200 after staking a few people and them busting etc...) So I'm wondering if it will be +EV to just play this Micro Million tournament with $1m guarantee or take the $T and sell it for like $38?


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POKERSTARS: pcboi i like you, but i dunno how to say it to make you feel better i know you've been patient and kind for the past 3 years and you did get to get to first base 1.5 years ago but i just felt that its best we see other people, it's not you really, it's me
i hear fulltilt is available now and really looking for a new relationship, she might be kinda crazy sometimes but im hearing good things about her lately.

PCBOI: yeah i was actually with her before like 4 years ago, too crazy for me, but i get what you mean, she looks kinda hot lately lol

POKERSTARS: hmm, so you're open to it though? i really wish you the best you know

PCBOI: well, i guess "us" isn't gonna happen then huh? runbad has been tough but it's alright, i understand

POKERSTARS: great! thank you (LEANS OVER AND GIVES A KISS = decent run )

PCBOI??

POKERSTARS: hey pcboi, you wanna go with me to the beach go swimming? I'll be wearing my really sexy swimsuit (stellar, awesome freerollz and bigger milestones)

PCBOI:.......

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crazy bitches = pokerstars
seems about right.


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I've taken six shots at nl100 by now, and every single one has ended up costing me several hundred. So I think I'm just going to grind nl50 until I have a 5k roll, and then think about nl100 again. So far it's going good :-)


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I stumbled across this link on mlgpro.com and saw a video of these two people who got married at the recent MLG Orlando event. Thought it was pretty cool so I'd thought I would post it. Btw when they were walking down the aisle they were playing the Halo 3 theme song from when your in the lobby waiting for a game. Truly a match made in Halo.
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