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I'm not planning on playing anymore today, but maybe a little more nl50 for the rest of the day, but the first week of poker has been really good for me. I'm not going for SNE unless I reach 3/6 by april because 24 tabing nl100-200 just doesn't seem that fun or cool. Wish me luck!

I was reflecting back and after reading the Nadeem scamming someone I realized that LP is a really good place. Compared to 2p2 and other places, LP seems to have an awesome small community feel that is just really good for development and longterm life +EV.

Well, most of you like pics, so here is my first week. Hopefully I can continue to run like god and move up to nl100. (Last 1k hands are nl100, but I gotta move back down until next week due to coaching).

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/35485.Untitled picture.png


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Has anybody else ever celebrated this wonderful holiday? For those of you who haven't, I suggest spreading the word, and trying to get your significant others to start reciprocating for those long years of valentine's days when Men get nothing in return!


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I live in Australia so i usually play during American offpeak hours on pokerstars.

But today, i decided to play early saturday morning and pokerstars LAGS so bad.

The network status on ps says its 77%? and fluctuates erratically.

So my question is, is this normal for pokerstars? or is it just my net dicking me around?




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Famous Swedish poker player Nebuchad has decided to stop playing poker. Apperently he lost the lust to play poker more. I saw him once at the Casino while I was still playing low mid stakes and was like a little bit starstruck, then I stacked up really light to some other dude who talked to him since ”if he's friend with that guy he's probably super aggro”. Heh. I played him a little bit on prima and the first hand I got involved with him I squeezed just to make sure to win a pot from him and get some confidence. Anyway, didn't really follow his blog or anything but it's still a bit of a nostalgic moment now when he stops playing. Who can forget his epic moment with Daniel N?



Anyway, I started out the month really good (was not running over equity, but got into a ton of good situations so had a lot of luck) but then I lost a little bit more then half of the profits running like crap the last two or three days. Now that sucked, but it at least I learned not to say thanks for rungoodaments in mails to pokersites. They will notice and turn the switch around. Cheap bastards.

Still feels good to start the year out in the green, and it's still enough that I can go down and make sure to just grind stakes that should be relative variance free for a while and still be able to have a decent month despite probably not playing more then a total of maybe 70k hands or so. Have a lot of tests and crap to deal with anyway so don't really want to fuck my mood up. In additon to that I've had two really bad months so a winning one is really important for my overall happiness. I actually feel really good about most stuff since I got back to Uppsala. I've started with some really healthy habits and I actually have a decent sleeping schedule for the first time since, I dunno, last spring maybe..

Oh, and I got a Hand Of The Week again, for the first time in forever. That feels good too.


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Need 500 more on FTP. You give me 250 on ftp, i give you 250 on stars within a minute, twice. Got scammed once dont xfer other ways. If dont like it dont pm me. Otherwise do quick plz

Edit, done, thx Mudd10!


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Sup,

Selling % of my Main Event at the Aussie Millions,

Buy-in is 10 500, i'm selling 40% with 10% already sold.

I'm selling it at 600$ for 5%, which is just short of 1.15/1.

Short history, mid-stake grinder for over 2 years, NL200-NL400 mostly, did a bit of NL600, never really got into NL1000 for many reasons.

Went to Vegas past 2 years for the WSOP, played only 3 events there, didn't cash, made a bunch on cash game NL500/NL1000

I'm well knowned in the french canadian community, reply if you are interested. If you have any other questions, go for it.

Also, I accept, PS,FTP,Everest,Cereus,LuckyAce,Moneybookers,

We split the profits respectively after taxation (if taxation they is in AUS, will check that out asap).

PM for more info. Ty.

Pat


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Its one of those weeks where every river card seems to bite you in the ass and every chasing 60/5 fish catches his draws and every AA gets cracked.

Anybody have humongously bad beat/running bad/feeling card-dead stories they want to share? Misery needs company.

Oh and PM plz if you can do a 20 transfer, my stars, ur FT. =)


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http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/5b709.wat2.PNG

They be trying to steal my money.


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All for next years WBCOOOP! :D anyways lets see... Im sng/mtt player.. Been playing for a couple of years now. I would say I'm decent thinking player. I have a ton of leaks but I'm sorta trying to plug them. ATM my roll is pretty much busto. Although I do have some funds to replenish I wanted to try something different this time around and save my money.

So I'm getting staked atm... Stake is for 6k sngs(all 180's) Starting at 2.2 and moving up as stake goes along. I Have to play minimum 700 a month which is pretty easy minimum.. I'm trying to finish this asap and hopefully have a big enough roll to play the 12/180's because I plan on grinding these hardcore this year and getting supernova(SNE is just like impossible for non cash players)

Anyways heres some graphs


Brief but good december
http://i46.tinypic.com/2qkqeki.jpg


Brief but terrible January...lol
http://i45.tinypic.com/2u3ve6t.jpg


Total Stake so far
http://i50.tinypic.com/3442trd.jpg

5k more to go!! oh and $2 sngs are the nuts!


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An interesting excerpt from a poker book about leatherass. This section is written by Jared Tendler;

Dusty is the ultimate grinder, and he’s constantly asked how he can possibly play so much poker. (Over 1 million hands a year and 7 million in the past four years). Some see his as a freakish talent, like some sideshow act at a carnival; others want to be taught. Ask Dusty to explain it and you’ll get half an answer — not because he’s holding back. He just doesn’t know entirely how he does it. Dusty is like top performers in other sports who have tremendous ability, but lack the full picture of what makes them so. If you want to grind like he does, it’s not enough to understand what Dusty can do now. You need to know what got him here. It didn’t just happen; it was something on which he worked day after day. Grinding is a skill reserved for those willing to do the work. It isn’t something that Dusty, nor anyone else was born with. It was learned. Here are some characteristics you’ll find in grinders: Dedication. Few realize that Dusty’s ability to grind out monster poker sessions was borne from his days in golf. Hitting thousands of golf balls a day requires the same level of dedication that poker does, only he’s been doing it since age 8. Dedication requires consistency, especially when things get hard. Whether you’re running great or terribly; whether you’re tilted and can’t focus, confused and full of doubt, or moving up and feeling the heat, dedication means plowing through day after day no matter what comes your way. Drive. Dusty was willing to work his “leather ass” off because he had dreams of being great. Whether in golf or poker, when he put his mind to something, he wanted to succeed at the highest level. Drive like that lead him to grind like few others. You don’t need to shoot that high to grind, but you damn well better be driven by what you want. Endurance. Grinding requires mental endurance comparable to the physical endurance needed for running a marathon. It’s important to look at developing mental endurance in much the same way that you would do it physically. When Dusty burst into poker, he already had the mental muscle for marathon sessions. Too often players think grinding is easy, expect too much, and burn out quickly. If you expect too much too soon, your mind will crash just as your body would if you tried to run 26.2 miles when you comfortably could run only 5.Instead, think about building your mental muscle steadily from what you can do, not what you should be able to do. So if it’s easy to play a 90 minute session, then increase it by 10-15 minutes. Once 100 minutes becomes easy add another 15.Repeat.The word ‘grind’ makes it sound like something that’s hard. It isn’t for Dusty and that’s the point. Grinding is easy once you get there. Pushing yourself. Building mental muscle means you have to push yourself through times when you’re tired, tilted, distracted, or for whatever reason having a tough time. Few realize these times are where the learning to grind happens. Quitting is easy. Learning to grind is hard. Push yourself like a coach would to get over the hump, and then grinding gets easy. Getting rest. To run farther you need bigger muscles, to grind longer you need more neurons (the brain’s muscles). Muscles and neurons grow bigger when resting, not when training. If you want a bigger brain, you need to train. Then you need rest.Rest means taking time away from poker and getting proper sleep. And after days where you really push yourself, get even more rest. Your brain needs it. Being automatic. Of all the decisions Dusty makes at the table, less than 3 percent require thought. With 7 million hands to work from, there are few situations that challenge him. Most are automatic.Decisions that require thought use mental energy. Dusty grinds hands easily because he’s like an energy-efficient light bulb, using just a fraction of the energy that most other players do. He can play longer, play more tables, play more hands without nearly the energy that it takes you to.Making your decisions automatic without playing 7 million hands is complex. Two easy ways to get there: 1) Continually be focused on eliminating easy mistakes; 2) Review hard decisions. They have a lot to teach you. Removing mental mistakes. Issues like tilt, anxiety, focus, motivation, etc, can be pushed aside to grind, but only for a short time. Aside from the havoc they create in your game, they are colossal wastes of energy. If you want to play massive amounts of hands, they have to be gone.

I think it emphasizes that "grinding" lots of poker hours is not just as simple as playing and playing and playing. I think too many players make this mistake. You have to build up to be able to grind really long days productively.

Got this book on order anyway, as it looks like it could be a pretty interesting read. Thought I would share this great information. I don't know why though! I guess I am a nice guy


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