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Any Omaha grinders wanna exchange AIM/MSN names so we can chat about hands/strategy/spots etc. Not looking for a coach or someone to coach, just someone around my level, at least a breakeven player at PLO25 - PLO100 level. I'd also prefer someone that almost exclusively plays PLO.

About me:
I started playing Omaha 2 X-mas's ago and started online with a $10 bankroll at PLO2 in January '09. Moved up to PLO25 in May and PLO50 in July. I've been on a crummy downswing (20 buyins) since last Thanksgiving. I play on PS and FTP if that's relevant.

Anyway send me a PM or something if you're interested.


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finished 90th!
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/122ae2ba77aef071d09363dc4bb85f70.png


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So my plan right now is 25k hands of 25PLO RUsh poker then i'll see where I wanna go from there. I've played 3 short sessions so far 4 tabling rush and I've got a litte over 2k hands. I plan to play at least 3k tommorrow. So far im up about $200 or 8 buyins.

THis is why this game is so profitable, well, sort of.

Submitted by : YouGoTGoT

Full Tilt Poker Game #18046114920: Table Alacrity (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 17:40:45 ET - 2010/01/30
Seat 1: jdub13 ($27.08)
Seat 2: opaque1 ($29.48)
Seat 3: Hero ($25)
Seat 4: Eddiori ($27.97)
Seat 5: eurus23 ($24.15)
Seat 6: MikeTC99 ($16.50)
eurus23 posts the small blind of $0.10
MikeTC99 posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #4

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
jdub13 has 8 seconds left to act
jdub13 has timed out
jdub13 folds
opaque1 calls $0.25
Hero raises to $1.10
Eddiori raises to $3.90
eurus23 folds
MikeTC99 folds
opaque1 folds
Hero calls $2.80

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $8.40)

   
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero checks
Eddiori bets $5
Hero raises to $21.10, and is all in
Eddiori calls $16.10
Hero shows
Eddiori shows

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $50.60)

   

River (Pot : $50.60)

   
Hero shows two pair, Kings and Threes
Eddiori shows a flush, Ace high
Eddiori wins the pot ($48.07) with a flush, Ace high

Summary
Total pot $50.60 | Rake $2.53
Board:
Seat 1: jdub13 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: opaque1 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Hero showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 4: Eddiori (button) showed and won ($48.07) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: eurus23 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: MikeTC99 (big blind) folded before the Flop

http://www.illinipokerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=239

Probably should just quit poker now.


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I guess I'm pretty happy with January.

Took 4-5 stabs on 50nl, but lost a few buy ins each time, I went down to 20nl, and grinded up again, and repeated.

But it went pretty well on 20nl. Here are my stats. Still struggling with having a negative red line, dunno why. Feel I keep emptying the clip, grrr.

(ok, nvm I can't seen to upload image, it just keeps loading, nothing's happening, and the imageshack adress I used either changed or got removed.)


BB/100 = 3.8 sample size 30.000 hands, 5 tabling 20nl, 70hours


Other goals were pretty good too, maybe spent 40 hours or so this month studying poker, read a few books, lots of articles, maybe watched 12 video's and gotten a few new LP friends on msn.

When it comes to training, I went to the gym 7 times, 8 if counting tomorrow, and a few trips just walking. So pretty happy with that too =]









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I'm about midway through my first semester of Freshman year at my college.

I really feel like I've hit rock bottom because lately, I really don't know how to deal with problems revolving around my roommate...

It started out as a pleasant experience. My roommate was a pretty cool guy, if a bit on the nerdy side. I, on the other hand, am kind of stupid in school but I consider myself a pretty athletic guy and I'm on the baseball team and the hockey team in my college.

Yeah, as unlikely as it seems, we got along really well in the first weeks of college. I brought him to my baseball parties and he helped me with my calculus homework. It was a bit of a mutual relationship of sorts.

The trouble all started when he started going out with this girl who also goes to our college. Her face was average looking, but she had some nice looking set of tits and she was also decently intelligent - smarter than me at least lol. Anyways, my friend and his gf seemed to have great chemistry and the two of them were going out for well over a month while I just hung around parties and hooked up with random chicks.

One day, my roommate's girl walked into our dorm and asked me where he was. I replied that he was at the library printing out an essay. Strangely enough, I began to feel attracted to her. It wasn't that I was in love or anything, just that I hadn't gotten laid in quite a while and was feeling understandably horny in the presence of a female.

I decided to go for it. We talked mostly about sports and I filled her in on my favorite hockey team the Sharks. She seemed to be pretty interested (and understandably so since my roommate doesn't know anything about sports) and after a while, we really started hitting it on. I guess she was impressed with my California tan and I was kinda impressed with her tits.

One thing led to another, and we eventually had sex. Immediately, I could tell that this chick was no good and it was no surprise when I found out that she still had her v-card. Admittedly, she "tried" to get into it, but I really didn't enjoy it that much. Afterwards, I breathed a sigh of relief. If my roommate was going out with her for a month and still hasn't had sex with her, then chances are he never would have so that makes me not guilty of anything.

Now, we promised each other that WE WOULDN'T TELL ANYBODY, and none of us did. However, my roommate is like a freaking genius and started sensing a tension in the air after about a week or so after the "incident". He confronted her, and I guess she broke and told him the truth (God, why did I trust her?). Eventually, she comes running to me for support. I really didn't know what to do in that kind of situation so I just kinda brushed her aside for the moment while I tried to recollect myself.

But things started getting nasty with my roommate. He started shoving me in the halls and every time he walked by me and when I asked him, he wouldn't respond. In fact, he stopped talking to me altogether and now I'm failing calculus because I can't do my homework without his help.

Yeah, I really don't know what to do right now. I guess the relationship with my roommate is kind of over but I still don't know what to do with this chick. I mean, she suddenly thinks that I'm going to be her new bf and offer her support but I really don't like her very much.

How can I dump her in a sensitive way so she won't do something crazy like have a breakdown or something? And also, I want to make it look like she dumped me rather than I dumped her because she's kind of popular around campus and if she makes it look like I dumped her, then it will hurt my chances with other chicks in my college. How do I dump her?


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i got FTP ,need like 2k send first to know member,i got more there but trade the rest with some other LP member...pm i offer some extra $ for the help


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/obama-goes-to-the-gop-lio_n_442331.html

Video at bottom of page. He goes to GOP building and pwns the noobs.

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I ran bad today, didn't care for it much. Wrote a poem to fix it. Wonder if it'll work.

Who's draw that hit I think I know,
His straight is in the hand is though
He will not see me betting here
To watch his nose fill up with blow.

The little fish must think it queer
To stop without a river card near
Between his stack and smiling face
The easiest laydown of the year

He looks around with a small shake
To ask if there is some mistake
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy girls and ”funny” cake

This game is cruel, dark and deep.
But I have Lady Luck to keep,
And cards to catch before I sleep,
And cards to catch before I sleep,

And it case it sucked too bad I'd like to ad my current favourite song. Keep me in your heart by Warren Zevon



Fairly nice tribute to him. He died like 8 years ago or something and I don't really think he got the attention he deserved.

In case someone wants to check him out I made a little playlist with a few of his best songs here:

http://open.spotify.com/user/dammk%c3%a4rlek/playlist/5xT3zrdXaUq8kWIJURqtwg

Personal favourites except for the song above right now is probably "The French Inhaler", which may or may not be written about some girl he knew, and "Things to do in Denver when your dead".


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Need to move 600 from ftp to stars. Msg if u can help. I send first to known members


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prob just got lucky the past 16 months when i was winning, that kinda stopped 9 months ago, oh well, i guess its about time to NOT care about it and just isolate myself from everything that confuses me furher(good, bad advice etc)
might be quitting this site for a while just for that reason and play a massive amount of hands, not caring about winrate, improving or anything lol.
ill just stop caring for once in my poker career, feels great.

i hope i run BAD. fuck winning/losing, i just want fpps lol
bye for now guys, gl at the tables

plan is:
10k hands a day minimum from now on as punishment for my lazy ass self rakeback monkeeeeeeee


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It still hasn't stopped..

maybe I can't win at this game ever again.. this ds is truly obscene at this point

lost 7more bi now.

really disappointed lol..


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I just played a 20 minute session:

Vs a fit-or-fold fish:

+ Show Spoiler +

Losing coolers vs regfish:

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Set over set is fun too:

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Weeeee:

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Weeeee:

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Well, he either has 2 or 3 outs, let's rep a bluff:

+ Show Spoiler +

Biggest winning hand:

+ Show Spoiler +

impressive -160bb/100 winrate!






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what are the odds of set over set?



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Played 9 of them.
Lost all.
Seems like i suck at tourneys.
Would really like to get some advices here...


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So me and my roommate I am teaching SnG play atm have this bet running - he plays the 1$ SnGs I play the 3$ ones and whoever won more bi after 1 month wins!

He regularly plays nl25 and im currently low on roll (90% cashed out for expenses) so I am struggling around at nl25/nl50 as well.. so hey lets go for a change, might find the fun in SnGs back

Hes up like 16 buy ins or something today

this is me, 3.40 turbos ONLY (ill stay at these for the whole time of the challenge I guess):
http://i48.tinypic.com/sdps8z.jpg

20-24 tabling them

I'll update in a week I think

PS: whoever wins plans a big party at our house and pays for everything, takes care of cleaning house afterwards etc. hehe :D


regards
~ L.J.


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Right Action


changing the object of the game

- Instead of always sitting down to "make money" you change the object of the game, can be for instance.


*Today I want to try that new seat selection ting

- A tool, ideas to implement new things to the game. And this itself is right action.


Bankroll, under the heading of Right action

net worth (Everything)
poker bankroll (What you only play poker for)
pocket bankroll (What you have available at that moment.)
table bankroll (What's right in front of you, what you have in front of you.)

Thinking of it this way, is really healthy for your bankroll. These labels can be helpful making good decisions.


The purpose of your poker bankroll

"it's like buying mental insurance"

- What you need to avoid risk of ruin, and/or so you can keep on your A game, so you're never freaking out of going out of money.


Moving up

- Usually the minimum is 300BB or 20bi (Is a bit absurd.)

- There needs to be a range, so you don't move up, post the Big blind, then you don't have enough bi, and need to move down?

- Taking shots ? smartest to do strategically. So you decide the amount of "BI/BB" you want to use in that shot. Find out exactly how much you're going to take a shot with.


Moving down

- Moving down is just part of the game. Have to accept there will be big backward streets.

(Ideally we want to get to a place where we're not ashamed of it, but playing bad is part of poker, it's about accepting reality as it is.)

"Each day that we wake up, our bankroll is what it is, and it doesn't matter how it got there."

- Ideally you want to make a decision based on the size of your bankroll. Take the ego out of it, best you can.


This of moving up as a skill set unto itself. Think about the challenges that will be common to all of your move-ups, and prepare:

* You might not survive forever at the higher level. You might need to employ one of the vital skills for moving up, which is moving down.


Bankroll tilt: If you're one of the people who like to go higher stakes when you go on tilt, might be very smart to keep smaller amounts on that site.


Selections

* Site selection

- People have their own prefrance, the skin, the rake, the traffic, the software.

* Game selection

- Nl, razz, omaha, fixed, fullring, 6max, hu, tournaments so forth, smart to stick to what ur best at and excell

* Table selection, by way of rejection

- Find good games, and leave when they go sour

* Stakes selection

- all related to bankroll, what is your comfort zone, and where you like to play to keep emotional stability. Good idea to have 3 ranges, find the softest.

* Seat selection / and rejection

- This one is huge, important decision which makes a huge difference in the long run. You want TIGHT players on your left (flop seen %.) More important than having a loose player at your right.

- You don't want a complete maniac on your left


"Make your seat selection decisions as if the object of the game is to be last to act on as many streets as possible."


Live poker crap

- Look at your cards just when you get them, so you won't get in a sticky situation by looking at them when it's your turn and everyone is looking at you.

- Be ready to often look to ur left, to try and find out if he's going to bet, raise or call, really smart.

- Fast-roll is cool and smart if you're a good guy, slow-rolling is for idiots.

- Don't act super fast when it gets to you, breath think, then do stuff.

- Some people get more comfy wearing sunglasses and hats, if you do, that's fine, even though a lot of people are going to judge you. But you don't care about that.


Firstlessness

"Any player who consciously makes a move toward more firstlessness rates to increase their score by doing so." (At least a good experiment to try.)

"Don't chase your blinds."


Miscellaneous topics


Number of tables to play

- Live, smart to play just 1.

- If you know the number of most tables you can play, smart to cut down 1-2 tables of that.


Going pro

- It's a lot harder than everybody think it is

- For the people that it's right for, it's worth the risk, it's worth the pain

- Extremely personal topic, that's why so many people hire coaches.


Judge versus Evaluate

- When you encounter ideas, or things that happen, what other people do. You don't immediately think "that's right, that's wrong" You act above the act of judging, you observe.


Summary

- The best thing any player can do, is to sit upright, breathe. Literally puts a roadblock into the stream of unconscious thoughts that binds us to ego, cravings and desire. Helps us focus, concentrate and being mindful.


Some explanation of harmlessness at the deepest level in some buddhist thing

"When we harm ourselves, we are harming others, and when we harm others, we are harming ourselves." (Because we are all one, won't make any sense to a lot of people, but that's how it is.)

* If that's too complicated, start with, do no harm to yourself, don't blame yourself, don't be so hard on yourself.


x = x


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25nl results for the month of January 2010
Nothing much to say except I should have played more hands
My goal for next month is 15-20k hands

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r124/SpicyChicken626/Jan2010.jpg

Kind of FML for losing my whole month's earnings @ 25plo last night though
Oh well, No more poker until whenever I decide to start in Feb. Going to Six Flags tomorrow, catch up on some studying Sunday.
I hope you were all productive and had positive results in January, GL HF in February


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[x] played 10/25 on a 1/2 table vs. some drunken maniac who was raising to 75 every other hand. i called preflop with KQs, flopped a queen, check called his $200 cbet and check/shoved over his $800 turn bet. he folded with $300 left in his stack.

[x] met blair hinkle at the beau rivage in mississippi and played a really fun 2/5/(10) game. the game was pretty crazy with him, me, and this other crazy asian guy on the table sitting with 3k-ish stacks.

[x] railed chris paul and the bulls play 2-5 in a private game.

[x] made 4k at 1/2 and 2/5 in 4 days

...

[ ] sat for a few hands of 10-20 with non other than amarillo slim at harrah's new orleans.

wish i could have stayed longer to see him play.


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These last few days I've been reading up and studying, getting ready to start playing. I had a casual stint with poker a couple of years ago, but forgot about it after about a month. So I've been harmonizing and tuning up what I remember from back then, and I feel like I'm building up a decent grasp of the basics. Relearning it allover after such a long time feels like it's giving me a measure of clarity that I didn't have before. Plus now I'm completely committed to mastering it and making loads of money without doing disgusting honest-work @,@


So, this morning I read a very wise and to the point article: http://archives1.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Number=6251739

It says the three big things that matter to be a winning player are:
a) Get in the habit of always playing your best, getting careless or cocky sets you back a lot.
b) To not spew money away by making glaring and obvious mistakes that you should know not to make.
c) Not to validate your opponents' bad play by paying them for their mistakes.

It was very inspiring so I set off to the tables with a passion. Unfortunately, I had to learn the hard way, and I lost a lot of cents doing it. I'm putting a sample here so I don't forget my lesson:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/794317
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/794318
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/794320




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