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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

Submitted by : kbis

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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5) PT3/HEM.
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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.
http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/335889/i-now-pronounce-you-teammates-for-life.jhtml#id=1603537


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see below ...i can do any amounth just pm


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getting back into poker. I started out with $3.99 on Cake. Lame, i know, but i can't get my credit card to work on any site to put money on, and i had the said amount on cake from Rakeback after i went busto... So, since i have time when i'm sitting in study hall, or personal finance, or in my hotel room on road games, i'm going to grind. So far, in about a week playing .02/.04, i've got about $25, 3 tableing.

Pretty cool, wish i could track my progress on something, but cake is gay.

-Tank
gl hf every1


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how many times can i go busto to idiots fuck



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So I finally got mo money to invest in this crazy poker scheme I have of going pro. I took a quick 5 BI shot at NL50 HU for no other reason than just to see if I could. Well I cant, so enough of that story. Before I juice the poker economy any further I decided to sit down and watch some poker sessions via the HEM replayer. Not just partial sessions, entire sessions from start to finish, every single hand. It's basically like watching a video of yourself really. So I'm watching my pwning sessions, and my losing one's too, to try and see whats happening with me.

I must say doing this is pretty interesting, I can feel the game flow and dynamic evolving as the session progresses, and can almost read my thoughts at the time from sessions as old as a year ago. One of the first things I'm noticing though which I dont remember doing at all is spewing off like a fucking loon during my losing sessions. Not from tilt, but goddamn fancy play. And I'm pretty sure I know why, because I start to get that creeping feeling possessing me to do it as I watch.

For instance, I'll have some shit like A6o in MP, notice that the CO and BTN are both 16/15 TAG's, and say "well they're not going to do anything fancy if I raise here, so if they fold I can steal the blinds from MP! If they call, well then I'll either shutdown or just cbet any flop queen or higher. If they raise or 3bet I just shut down completely, EZ PEAZY!" This is just so recklessly out of control I'm at a loss for words. I'll even do this UNDER THE GUN, with the same logic that b/c everyone is so tight I'll get a free pass, and they'll tell me if I'm beat, because my hands are so junk I dont have to worry about any difficult decisions.... That is until I flop top pair and wonder if it's good or not, then pick up a concealed open ender on the turn that doesnt complete, all the while getting value towned as my hand improves every so slightly. I'll even raise 86o in the CO, get 3bet by the SB, and call because we're 100BB deep and be like "he aint ever gonna see this shit comin if I hit". THAT IS SO FUCKING FISHY OMG. That is exactly what fish probably tell themselves every time they enter a pot with what they know must be junk "never know what the flop will bring! Imma stack aces with T7o!"

I'm still playing pretty loose in my pwning sessions, but it's more of a controlled aggression. A lot more willingness to fold to 3bets, mostly saving my air range for the BTN instead of CO, no fucking around from UTG or MP, minus the 1/100 times I raise like 9To just for table image, and just taking very light controlled shots at the pot on the flop. See, I keep outleveling myself. I'll think some shit like "well he knows I'm capable of floating the flop or c/r'ing on a bluff, so I have to follow through on the turn too otherwise I'll become an easy target". Well, that might be true vs the best players in the world, but vs tag grinders at NL200 it's just not necessary. I mean I may even be losing some pots to good level X thinkers on the turn or whatever, but thats not important. It wont hurt my winrate to let that slide, and I'm better off just being a loose bitch preflop and on the flop and not much more beyond that. And truth be told, it's probably not happening as much as I think it is anyway! And the real beauty in playing loose is to sneak in there with hands and cooler people to death, rather than looking sketchy with a WTSD of 2% and AF of 5.

Anyway, I'm gonna play some NL200 live this week just because I can, and because it's like NL2, which I expect to be able to beat. Then I'll probably take a stab at NL200 online again and see if I can recreate the rhythm I had back in the day after observing myself play and finding the magic again. In fact, watching my losing sessions might be all I really need, because they are just filled with FAIL and "things not to do".


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Just bought my SC2 Beta Key on ebay for 230 bucks, weeeee shud be fun ^_^


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Last month I and my cousin went to the Bahamas for the PCA after he had won a package in a $700 satellite. Unfortunately, there were only 4 Poles (well, 5 including Lukasz who lives in NYC) besides us.We spent the first 2 days on walking around the hotel, because it was HUGE. I don't really feel like describing every single day so I'll make it brief. When it comes to how Maciek (my cousin) did in the Main Event, he ended day 1 with about 100k in chips, day 2 with 300k, and busted in 99th place ($23,500) on day 3. He was the only Polish guy to make it to the money. So speaking of Polish guys, we met Goral (PS Team Pro), NegPL, Borys313 (Supernova Elite) and some other dude whom I don't really remember. Goral is a really nice guy and I gotta say he deserves his place in the PS Team. He shared a room with NegPL (Krzysiek) who got us a laugh all the time. He was stoned every single day - he said he couldn't handle playing for 10 hours straight without smoking at least 2 joints .
I saw a lot of famous poker pros, such as Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, etc. etc. I even got a photo with our LP hero Elky and the Fossilman. I wanted to get Ivey's autograph so badly but I pretty much failed. He was like a ghost and I couldn't catch him during the breaks. I got extremely exited when, as we were walking to our table in a casino restaurant, I spotted Jayde Nicole (<3) hanging out with Adrian Grenier (Vincent Chase from "Entourage" ). Earlier, in the same restaurant, we had been sitting two tables away from Ivey .
The weather could have been better though - I got sick of sitting in the hotel all day long. I got to swim only on 3 days. Ok, I guess that's all about the Bahamas.

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Hope you enjoyed

Mike


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Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms, too late to beg you
Or cancel it though
I know it must be
The killing time
Unwillingly mine

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Granted, it's not all A+ poker but I've played pretty good. All in all about 27k€ under equity in 10 days. I will, however, consider this a brag rather then a whine since I've actually made money during this period if I include the rakeback/cashback/whatever they like to call it I'll get for it.

On the whole I don't care for this running bad business though, and I'm worried that the fact that I've encountered it might actually make me more prone to run bad again. Earlier I just assumed that getting sucked out, missing draws and such was what other people did but that it didn't really apply to me, and as the great philosopher Pratchett stated; "It is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done. A person ignorant of the possibility of failure can be a halfbrick in the path of the bicycle of history."




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