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this just me?


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Worst movie I have ever seen. Dont see it.


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Hi,

So I've been playing poker for the last 16 months or so, but never ever encountered such a big downswing during that period... My confidence in my game now is like zero. I wonder if such things happens once in a while and are considered standard or im doing something wrong...

any thoughts appriciated

-30bi, nl100 6max (10bi from that is rush'fucking'poker)

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I'm the type of person that puts a lot of emphasis on motivation. You read those stories about sports or musical prodigies who just seemed to have been born with that knack for whatever they were doing and surely enough they became successful. Growing up I was weak, not that good at basketball, found refuge in playing video games all day, and generally just did not have any talents or was never fated to be good at anything in particular. Overall I struggle with my future prospects, mostly with regards to this game and how my work ethic and skill directly correlates with how much I can make. Many times though it's really hard. Naturally I have some motivators that I try to keep in mind every waking day, here are some I'd like to share.

1. By far my favorite quote, even though I don't listen to much Lupe.

(Line starts at 3:22 in yt link)
"Just the freedom was better than breathin they said"

Kick push is a song on the first level about skating etc. but on the 2nd level is actually about grinding (or specifically drug dealing). The line represents what I want in life, to be able to be "free" due to my exploits, instead of doing the normal thing and going to school, starting at an entry-level job, etc. "breathing"

2. Chris Paul
http://chrispaulfans.com/files/2008/12/chris-paul-4.jpg
Chris Paul is the most talented player in the NBA imo. He's a stand up guy, plays his heart out, but it sucks that he has a terrible team. It doesn't help that people like Rajon Rondo who just luckbox their way into playing with some of this generations best players antagonize Chris Paul for never being able to get a ring (at least in his current situation). I have a CP3 jersey hanging above my bed, and everyday I wake up it's a reminder for me to try my absolute hardest, no matter my circumstances.

3. Young Jeezy
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/sport/img/26894_young-jeezy.jpg
Jeezy raps a lot about the drug grind. Jeezy isn't my favorite rapper and is far from being on the same level of greatness as e.g. Tupac, but I like what he writes about which relates heavily to the poker grind. A lot of what he says is a reminder for me that the ends justify the means.
"I say I grind like there's 10 of me, I swear to god there's just one of me,
Look I know I ain't there yet, just know that I'm gonna be" - Hustlaz Ambition

4. Conan O'Brien
http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2009/01/conan_obrien_la.jpg
If you've been following the drama as of late then you'd understand. I don't want to write too much but for those who know what I'm talking about, you'll know that Conan is a great person, who prides of his work and has ridiculous passion for what he does. So much, that he'd rather step down than let higher ups tarnish the name of his work. Watching Johnny Carson as a kid, he had a dream to be the host of The Tonight Show, and through decades of work he finally made it there.
"Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and are kind, amazing things will happen. I'm telling you, amazing things will happen." - From his final speech on the Tonight Show, just a couple days ago.
"Fall down. Make a mess. Break something occasionally. Know that your mistakes are your own unique way of getting to where you need to be. And remember that the story is never over." - Harvard Commencement Speech in 2000

Hope this was a decent read, GL everybody.


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[I don't want to straight-face you
Race or chase you, track or trace you
Or disgrace you or displace you
Or define you or confine you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you]

Lady Luck has finally returned to me. Well today she left me for a while to go have fun with the pool guy, but over she's been very good to me this month. I've also, finally, learned to play decently pf in omaha which really pays off and I've also started to own some souls:

+ Show Spoiler +

But to be fair that guy won a few bi off me, ironically when I actually flopped or turned good. And yes, I know that call is marginal, and it's not something I have to have in my game to be profitable, but you need to trust your reads sometimes.

Had a real good time last night playing some 10€ tournaments with some friends. I think I won one and got 4th in one, missplayed one hand really bad though. I keep forgetting that I should probably try to make sure that people have fun rather then winning money when the first prize is like 50€, heh.

Started watching true blood this morning too, it seems fairly cool. Little bit weird but whatever, I'm a sucker for vampires (pun intended) in culture. I also like southern accent's and pretty blond girls in white tight T-shirts. Although, if I had to pick I'd change her hair colour.

As for music I've listened to The Byrds a lot. Their Dylan covers are really cool. The song mentioned above, "all I really want to do" is nice but I still don't really get what Dylan or the Birds tries to say with it. My best guess is that it isn't about some girl or whatever, but rather something Dylan sang to as a tribute to some genre or whatever he happened to get hung up with at the time and then the Birds just said "whatever" and rerecorded it for ratings. And it sure as hell wasn't about Lady Luck, but it sure felt that way when I heard it after my first little heater after 2 months of losing money like a sex addict at a hooker convention. The times they are a-changin' are one of my favorite songs, and The Byrds version are decent. Mr. Tambourine man can't be fucked up to badly either, at least not if you sing it with some feeling.

Also bought some Yoga-stuff. I want to get limber as hell. BJJ is so fun but I feel that "out of shape, limber as a pine and without much coordination to speak of" probably couldn't be a description of a good BJJ-practitioner, so I simply have to do something about that.


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Last day or two poker has floated back into my mind. I think that my passion, the will of fire is returning to me. Now I will try to put myself into position to be able to grind an hour or two a day and do some poker study. We will see how I feel when I start playing again and lose a couple of buyins, but my head does feel a lot better after this little break.

Yesterday I arrived in Phuket City. It is not really the touristy place to be as far as beaches and nightlife go, but before we head out from here I am hoping to take a look at some of the temples here. They also apparently have the largest sitting buddha in the world.. going to google it now.

While here I've read three books that I really wanted to get around to. First, I read The God Delusion. This book was magnificent, really thoroughly explained thoughts from the author about his views on the world and religion from an accomplished atheist scientist's perspective. Most of what he wrote were things I had atleast touched on in my own mind, but he expounded and brought quite a bit of new information to the arguments. I highly recommend this book to everyone with even the slightest intellectual leanings.

Second, I read the children's fiction called The Lightning Thief of the series Percy Jackson and The Olympians. I heard quite a bit about this book being in a similar vein to the Harry Potter series, which I really like, so I read this book with high hopes. And I did enjoy this book, but the writing style is decidedly more simplistic and juvenile than the later HP books. I'm curious to know of much of a parallel this series has with the HP series, who's writing gradually got more complex and adult as the books progressed. I hope so.. we'll see!

Finally, I plowed through The Kite Runner very quickly. I don't want to say too much except that this book was a very good drama focusing around the life, from boyhood through adulthood, of an Afghan man with a troubled childhood. At 18 he and his father are forced to take refuge in America when the Russkis come through. Eventually, he returns to see what the Taliban have done to his country and to try and right the wrongs of his own past in his now wartorn homeland. Its likely you will learn a thing or two about the Afghan way of life as well.

Best of luck my friends.


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downloading this right now! this and world war hulk was one of the best comics ive read (online) lol





cliffs to planet hulk and world war hulk saga...

-iluminati tricks and sends hulk to space since avengers cant control him( headed by tony stark)
-hulk is enraged why he is betrayed by his own people
-hulk is on an alien planet and becomes a gladiator slave
-hulk eventually becomes god in that planet by kicking everyones ass
-hulk rounds up his own crew of new alien superheroes and goes back to earth once the iluminati finds out hulk is alive and decides to nuke the planet where he lives (LOL)
-hulks wife/queen dies in the blast , then hulk goes into raaaaage
-hulk kicks EVERYONES ass on earth

i remember from world war hulk iron man specifically anticipating hulks return and builds a robo hulk suit just for his fight with hulk, they even called on juggernaut (whos strength he'd given up by returning some oracle thing to some demon and became a less powerful hero instead of villain, but in the end he sacrificed his dream of becoming a good guy and got that oracle thing back just so that he'd be powerful enough for the hulk since no one could match up to him and juggernaut has beaten hulk before)

NOTE:
the the awesome stories happen at World war hulk and not the full length link above "planet hulk", this is what started everything and im prety sure the sequel to this will be "world war hulk"


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I'm posting this a little late, but I'm looking to be staked between 40%-60% of the following tournaments that will take place on sunday on FTP. I can only accept money on FTP and will be confirming any transfers prior to the start of the first tournament tomorrow morning. I have been staked/transferred with some trusted members on this site before.

12:00 23.5K Guaranteed $109
13:00 22.5K Guaranteed $75
14:00 Sunday Brawl $256
15:00 150K Guaranteed $153
16:00 24K Guaranteed $75
18:00 750K Guaranteed $216
18:35 32K Guaranteed Turbo $54
19:00 40k Guaranteed $75
19:05 Sunday Mulligan $216

Total 1229 = 1250
10% = $125
5% = $62.50
1% = $12.50

My Account is TheRelapse on full tilt.

http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/...7F18C0434BC8BA5CE56B945FE811.html?t=2

Thanks,

You will receive a PM prior to the first tournament tomorrow morning if your action is booked. I wont play If I dont receive ~30%.


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$130 and change (like 130-132) and need to transfer to stars. You keep the change.

Does anyone need UB moniez? I'll send first to long-term members, obviously, otherwise we can work something out.


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Hands:

Biggest pot I lost today was $4 while chasing draws, won a couple set over sets, no difficult decisions worth posting/thinking about.

Results:

854 hands
+$19.56

Summary:

Feeling good about this whole endeavor, BR almost at $200 right now.

Graph:

Today:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/84308.012310.gif

Overall:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/a5dd6.012310overall.gif


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after my mini downswing, i decided to add limping(fu haters) and bumhunting(again fu) and also rungood to my arsenal.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/78488.DisplayGraph (1).png

Expect another QQ post with the inevitable downswing graph by next week. gg for now.


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