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Was ridiculous.
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I'll let you guess against whose i'm losing the most.
Obviously fishes because they'd never fold, just call even their 3rd or 4th pair...
Really need to stop spewing money against those donks cauz i'm even more stupid when i make like pot sized bet on river with nothing.
God.
Hope this January i'll wait for good hands and move up to nl25 asap... Then see if my read and bluffs are better...
ASDF

Peace.

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Hello LP,

first post here - never much a poster, but visiting this site like every day for few yrs...

I'm playing on ongame n stuff and don't know much people here, on my MSN I have only like shaw67896 (hello Greg! sry for misspeling these numbers lol) and I dont play that much on Stars and hey recently I received the email from PokerStars that they invite me to their Juno Invitational freerolls..

so what I did was:

http://i49.tinypic.com/mkmci.jpg


congratz me

I dont wanna post this on ROFL thread because i dont like youtubes in rofl thread, so'm just gonna post it here - awesome vid




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My cousins taught me the multiplayer over xmas and I'm hooked now, looking for some LP guys to play with. I have a grand total of ZERO steam friends, haha.

PM me your ID or post it here.


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Tilt, lets go find some leaks -.-

1) Preflop Raise - standard
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/2d71f.KEKE.png

2)3bet - as expected, the profitability goes down from NL10 to NL100 gradually.
Still this potentially can be something I can improve upon, I will refresh Professor Plotkin to get the math behind 3bets right and try to push them higher.
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Facing steal AND 3bet in SB and BB

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/fdcd1.KEKE.png
Call 3bet preflop - leak, kinda obvious one.
I don't play back too much in 3bet pots. I have to watch Plotkin and fix this, I really am calling just to fold when I miss way too often.

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4bet PF yeah, I spew and level myself wayyy too much
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Call preflop raise
What the fuck? :D must be mostly NL50 and NL100 since I started 4tabling
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22-66 not perfect, not perfect at all
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Low SC and gappers - the upswing is recent when 4 tabling, I think this is a clear indication that I should tigten up when I don't play my A game soul reading all over the place on 4 tables.
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All hands minus broadways when raised PF
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Well, my PT3 froze now daaaam. Its 1:20 anyway, I will analyse this tomorrow and add more graphs and try to get some conclusions together/areas to focus on.

If you guys could tell me what other filters are significant in terms if leak finding, that would be much appreciated.

Please note that these hands are from NL10-NL100 from past two months as I played them (NL10-NL25-NL50-NL100 as I moved up)




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I think I am getting used to playing NL10. I posted how frustrated I was about NL10 yesterday night. And since then I have made some adjustments. Namely, not stacking off so easily in big pots. Having this more "cautious" approach has definately made me value bet worse, but I think I can gradually adjust to this and I hope to do well at balancing the two in the future.

I reduced the tables I play to at first 10 tables. This has helped alot. I plan on increasing the number of tables gradually, as I feel for a Full Ring player, the ability to multitable well is really important.


I logged in 5400 hands since last night. It starts around hand 62000, and I think the graph points to a significantly lower variance style. Notice the decrease in variance near the end of the graph.

I hope to keep this up. I think I can do it. But wish me luck anyway!

TY for reading.

PS - thumbs up to Midan and Iverson2k2k. Gave me confidence after losing alot of it yesterday.



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Thanks for the feedback guys.


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http://www.pokertableratings.com/fulltilt-player-search/omnimpotent
broke even ! rofl

/start rant

actually up ~$50 cause of bonus/rb but whatever im so happy cuz There wuz a point i was down like 15 BI and was like wtf i suck TTT wrist emo but the past 3 days have all been +++. also dl'd trial version of PT3 but 0 clue how to use lolol XD
i wonder if 35k/2 weeks is good volume or w/e but i bet ppl do lots more.
also how do u increase tables at ftp. they were like, email us! -been 2 weeks no reply-
guess cuz its holidaysz.. Hmmm. also my friend wants to play poker too but lolol hes n00b and has no credit card. self-level imo.


/end rant


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Going to try to reach SNE this year, I think last year's unbelievably ridiculous breakeven stretch (300k hands with -120 bi's (yes buyins) under expectation) has taught me I need to take poker more seriously and I can't get away with 40-50k months any more.

In any case, just finished my first day at NL100 and for the first 5k hands (first half of the day) it felt relatively easy and that I might be able to do it without at least partial insanity...the next 5k hands (one long session) brought me back down to earth. The last hour or so i was having trouble telling which hands were taking place at which tables and i had to coast a little bit to get to my goal of 10k hands today...even still, huge day. 10k hands in 3628.44 vpp's and $1816 in profits all at NL100

Wish me luck LP, gonna need it but at least today showed me I can grind out a really nice profit at a pace higher than whats required for SNE. good thing too, i'll need some days off


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http://www.liquidpoker.net/userpoll/draw.php?poll_id=967
Poll: Paying Taxes?
(Vote): Of Course!
(Vote): Why the fuck would I do that?

Just wondering... I made roughly 9-10k


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Yeha lost 700$ on stars in 3 days -.....
site is absolutely fucking rigged....

Goals for 2010 concerning poker

1.) Play FTP exclusivly
2.) stay away from HU
3.) Grind NL100 6max
4.) fml


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My plan was (http://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=653588 , http://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=766136):
POKER GOALS 2009 starting from 01.01.2009:
[] avg. of 50$ a day - in terms of sklansky bucks (18k profit)
[] plan some kind of schedule for watching movies from DC
[] Lifetime goal: Run like artanis in flips
[] Lifetime goal2: Play like djforever on 6max
[] Lifetime goal3: Play HUs like Fayth
[] Goal for 2009: NL200 till the end of 2009
[] Goal2 for 2009: Make 200k vpps and buy 2k milestone
[] Goal for june: try to be break even and [ x ]make 50k fpps which I need to buy June 2,4k instant cash bonus (down like 1k already ).

Results:
[x] avg. of 50$ a day - in terms of sklansky bucks (18k profit)
[x] plan some kind of schedule for watching movies from DC
[] Lifetime goal: Run like artanis in flips
[] Lifetime goal2: Play like djforever on 6max
[] Lifetime goal3: Play HUs like Fayth
[x] Goal for 2009: NL200 till the end of 2009
[x] Goal2 for 2009: Make 200k vpps and buy 2k milestone
[x] Goal for june: try to be break even and [ x ]make 50k fpps which I need to buy June 2,4k instant cash bonus (down like 1k already ).
Special thx for djforever and SakiSaki. They both improved my game.http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/5c2da.2009graph.png


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After getting hit by the holiday doomswitch and having 4-5 days in a row of pain I decided to stop and just enjoy the holidays since poker obviously just wanted to shit on my head and expected me to turn my face up, open my mouth and eat it with a grin.

Had a great time over the holidays with family. Just got back to CO last night and had a awesome new years with my lady. Today we went with my dad to see Avatar on imax with 3D. When I saw it the first time it was on a regular screen without 3D. Gotta say, it looked pretty damn good. I wish I'd seen it like that the first time, definitely woulda been worth the money.

Now I'm having a hard time getting myself to grind again. Taken 7 days off and the thought of poker provokes memories of pain right now due to that horrendous downswing. I swear downswings are the worst when they happen in times like the holidays where the tables are insanely juicy. So I gotta get my mindset back and get into the grind again. I think I was much more thrown off cause I was traveling, so I didn't have time to do my regular routine. I think I was more tilt prone. I feel like if I'd had the same downswing while at home, using my setup with the space to do my routine, then I'd still be doing much better right now. But there were a lot of distractions, a lot of physical pain due to bad chairs/desks/mousepads, and many annoyances due to not having my dual monitor setup. I feel like I've done a very good job of creating a solid poker routine and putting together my tools in a way so that when I grind I can focus 100% on the poker, but when I'm traveling all of that stuff gets messed up and my focus is torn away. Plus the physical pain is no good.

So while I've set myself up very well to play good poker here at home, I set myself up for hard times while playing poker traveling since I'm so used to my nice home setup. Gonna have to learn to adjust.

Anyway, this is basically just a ramble blog, as most of mine have been lately. Hehe


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Happy new years people. December has been good. Im running 7.39BB/100 at NL5 and breakeven this month at NL10. Finally had a winning session at NL10

December
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2009
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Question:
If i have a medicore hand like 78s on the button, and lets say 4 people limp before me, should I be raising this big?


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so redic good. whole mixtape is dirty.

Long story short, both my macbook and desktop computers broke within a week of each other. I blew my raptor HD on my desktop, and I feel I may have also fried my HD on my macbook. Getting my desktop fixed atm, and likely purchasing the sony vaio fw series laptop within the next few weeks.

On account of that, I have not played any poker.

That is all, happy new year peace.


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Over the break I started talking to one of my old buddy Bryan who I used to chill out with a lot when I was younger. He moved into a house with a bunch of my other really good friends who I still chill with all the time. We all grew up playing hockey together. He told me that hes been grinding it out playing at Fallsview in Niagra and doing pretty decent. Anyways he knew that I played a lot of poker and asked me if I wanted to play in a home game that he was having. Hes asked me to play in it before but Ive always had otehr plans and what not and never end up begin able to play.

He kept saying how he had these huuuuuuge asian fish with lots of money that always play in his games and will drop a shit load of money. My other buddies kept trying to get me to come out and play another game of pond hockey with them but I couldnt resist and went over to Bryans place instead. I was the first one there so we decided to light up a joint while we were waiting. Finally 3 of his buddies showed up. 2 asians, Vu and Franky, and another one of my old buddies Sam. We decided to play .5/1 after a lot of debate. Vu kept bitching about how he wanted to play higher but only 3 of us had enough money on us to play that game so we decided that it would be cool if you wanted to buy in more then 100bbs and made the max 300. I ended up buying in for $200. Anyways after about 20 minutes I could see that this was probably the best game I have ever played in and Bryan was right. Vu would be in EVERY pot with garbage, go all in with garbage, bet all 3 streets with garbage and then fold everytime you popped him or call you down with the worst fuckin hand you have ever seen. I would have played this game all night.

After a while I found out that Vu was an even bigger degenerate then I first thought. He started talking about how he LOVES to play Blackjack. He loves it so much that he dumped 150k at Brantford Charity Casino. He actually signed a paper to not allow him into that casino anymore. LOL!

After about 3 hours Vu was stuck about $500 and the reloads just were not stopping. YAY! I had about $350 in front of me and look down at 10s10h. I pop it up UTG and both Sam ($250) and Vu ($200)call in the blinds. Flop comes 10c, 3d, 2d. I bet out, Sam raises me and Vu ships!!!! So I call and Sam puts the rest in. Vu flips over 34 and had fuck all like usual but sam had the nut flush draw. Anyways long story short he missed and I ship the nice big pot!

We played for about 2 more hours after that and I won a few small pots here and there. Finally Vu, decided that he didnt want to play anymore... he was down 1k! Him and the other guys left and I was up just over $600. Needless to say.... next time Bryan asks me to play in one of his home games and Vu is there... no matter what I am doing... I will be there lol.


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There is a new magazine publication circulating in Asia/Oceania called Baller Magazine (www.ballermagazine.com) which focuses on the lavish poker lifestyle. They interview big names like Joe Hachem, Pokerstars Team Asia Pros, etc. have a lot of stuff on just being balla, etc. They also have some actual strategy content, and they've asked me to write a column for their Metagame section (separate from their actual strategy sections). I may be a regular columnist for this specific part, I'm not sure yet.

The main audience of the magazine is mostly live players with very minimal critical understanding of the game, i.e. the first two metagame columns (I didn't write them) were on game selection and bankroll management. So my article might seem a bit basic for a lot of you, just keep in mind the audience I was trying to write for (and the 1200 word limitation I was given). Still, the main points are very important and are things everybody should internalize. Feedback on my content is appreciated (no need to correct grammar etc. as they have editors who'd do that for me before the real print anyway). Thanks to DJEtterStyle from TL.net for preliminary, yet significant, editing help .



It's no secret that poker is popular. In the past decade, poker has changed from a weekend diversion of the working class to a legitimate sport, replete with the high stakes, tension, larger-than-life superstars, and international appeal we associate with any sport. What separates poker from most sports, however, is that you don’t have to be the strongest or smartest to become a great player. Instead, successful poker players must excel in all types of different categories. Knowledge of game theory and probability, sharp intuition, and solid work ethic are commonly believed to be the primary factors, but ultimately, it's mental discipline—or more importantly, tilt control—that separates the great players at the top from those struggling to reach the upper echelon.

First let’s define tilt. To me, there are two forms of tilt:

1. Subtle Tilt – Not being able to perform at your peak at any given moment due to external or internal factors. Common inducers of subtle tilt include being distracted, bored, or upset. I have a college friend who plays casually. Whenever he loses a big pot against someone, he subconsciously (or not) targets that player and plays hands he normally wouldn’t out of an ill-advised thirst for “revenge”, leading him to play big pots with bad hands in bad situations, looking to gamble it up.

2. Monkey Tilt – This is what most people think of when they picture “tilt” in their heads. Unfortunately, it exists in 95% of all players. Some are just better at keeping it at bay than others. A well-known, high-stakes player in the Asian poker scene told me that, one evening, he lost one too many buy-ins at his normal poker game. He ended the night at the blackjack tables, down over $60,000 USD after trying to chase losses.

The problem with subtle tilt is that it induces small mistakes, which in poker can easily add up. A handful of small mistakes every hundred hands can take quite the toll on your hourly rate. It also paves the way for even more tilting, as tilting tends to snowball over time. Consider this scenario: you’re getting bored, so you decide to raise 52o in early position pre-flop. You get called by your mortal enemy at the table, who took a few big pots off of you earlier. The flop is 346 rainbow. You both get it in, and he shows 75o for the absolute nuts. While you didn’t necessarily make a mistake on the flop, you stepped into this cooler situation by playing a hand you wouldn't ordinarily. Now you’re down another buy-in to the villain, which just might push your subtle tilt into monkey tilt territory.

Monkey tilt is hard to describe; the psychology of every player is different. I'll only admit to monkey tilting once, back in 2007. I had lost so much, so quickly. It wasn’t a gradual process. I lost one more buy-in, and although it was partly my fault due to being affected by subtle tilt, it sent me over the edge. My face heated up—I must have been bright red—my posture collapsed, and a swarm of horrible thoughts entered my head. All I cared about was doubling up right then and there. I was playing any hand that had a sum of at least 8 when you added up the hole cards. It didn’t matter what my position was or what the pre-flop action was. I just wanted to see the flop and hope my 83o hit so that I would be satisfied going all-in. As you would expect, that night did not end well.

If any of the above sounds familiar, you need to come to the realization that this will drastically hinder your progress as a poker player and your bottom line. Chronic subtle tilt keeps players from progressing to higher stakes. Monkey tilt destroys players’ bankrolls and careers. Ideally, I could just tell you to acquire the mental discipline to never tilt again. But it just doesn't work like that, especially not in poker, where money is on the line. You’re going to have to make a conscious effort to prevent tilt. Here are some useful tips that, hopefully, will add to your bottom line:

1. Stop Losses – This one takes some discipline to follow, but is extremely beneficial. Set up a guideline before each session such that if you’re down x amount of buy-ins, you force yourself to quit no matter what. Whether it is net buy-ins or just buy-ins within a specific time frame, stop losses ensure that any negative momentum or monkey tilt cannot surface. Your bankroll with thank you for it. My personal stop loss online is 5 buy-ins, and in live play it’s 3 buy-ins.

2. Taking Breaks – Sitting for hours on end is unhealthy, anyway. Getting up every hour or so to walk around and clear your mind will do a lot for your mental energy and ensure you’re making the best effort you can to maintain your A-game.

3. Healthy Lifestyle – A lot of successful poker players stress that a healthy body leads to a healthy mind. Some like to drink tea to calm themselves down before a session, or do some cardio workout before or after sessions which help clear up their minds. It goes without saying that you probably shouldn’t be in an agitated, upset, or distracted frame of mind before and during a session.

4. Think Logically – If you begin feeling agitated or upset due to a bad beat or cooler and absolutely nobody can convince you verbally to not tilt, try to think rationally while you still can. Think about how awful it would feel to go on a tilt binge and end up losing 5 more buy-ins on the night, or if you’re a competitive person like me, think about the pleasure your opponent will derive from stacking you again and again and buying himself a new watch with your money. The only way to prevent that is to either stop playing or to continue playing only your A-game.

If you do find yourself monkey tilting either in the past or the future, do yourself a favor and turn the experience into a lesson. If you monkey tilt one night and lose $1000, consider it a thousand dollar lesson. The trick is to look back and realize how much monkey tilting has cost you. You have to be honest with yourself about your conduct at the table. And honestly, if it helps you control your tilt, $1000 is a bargain. There are players out there who spent ten times as much learning their lesson—and those who have spent that much without learning anything.

Economist Burton G. Malkiel wrote on a similar subject, albeit about too-good-to-be-true financial investments. “Experience,” he said, “is the toughest kind of teacher—it gives you the test first and the lesson afterwards. Perhaps by learning a bit of history, you can assimilate the lesson vicariously without bearing the costs.”


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Finally after a long Christmas lull (which featured plenty of family gambling) I decided to play and finish grinding my 20BI for NL5. 2 months and 28k hands to grind from $7 of freeroll winnings to $100. I'm going to be rich. I'm hoping to be done NL5 within the month and be on to NL10. If I start putting in a decent amount of hands it shouldn't be a problem. Race ya MadJukes?

The hand that got me there was the essence of NL2: Taking people to Valuetown (although in this hand the idea I might be taking myself to Valuetown started creeping in around the turn.)
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NL2 (minus rakeback and a $5 session lost to import errors)
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13.37bb/100, it can't be coincidence.


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I fucking love really funny things. I think it can be man's highest achievement. I am looking for recommendations of comedy - videos, writing, the lot. I would really appreciate anything people can suggest. I like anything by Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant, Hitch Hiker's, Red Dwarf, Bill Hicks, anything involving Bill Bailey, Simon Amstell, Alan Partridge, Blackadder etc you get the theme.

This post was inspired by watching this just now, the funniest thing ever made, the Brass Eye Paedophile Special from 2001:



If you aren't from the UK, at the time this came out there was a huge media noise about paedophiles. It turned into an absurd panic. This Brass Eye episode caused outrage on an epic level. Also, some celebrities (hi Gary Lineker) looked very very silly.


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Shitty.
Will Peer Guardian actually block these fucks sending my IP address to COX/Disney thus resulting in my internet being disabled? Has anybody else gotten this? I talked to the Cox dude to get it reactivated and he said Disney contracts people to find out who torrents their shows/movies.
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