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.
Played a little home gameby SmokingDough, January 01
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.
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.”
New year, hopefully new stakesby phrenik, January 01
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.) + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : phrenik
Full Tilt Poker Game #17259453463: Table Haplo - $0.01/$0.02 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:06:12 ET - 2010/01/01
Seat 1: phrenik ($4.28)
Seat 2: sygt2005 ($1.91)
Seat 3: Zol888 ($0.42)
Seat 4: IIIyTkO ($0.80)
Seat 5: bdlovestp ($2)
Seat 6: jotarobizarre ($1.08)
Seat 7: nick7659 ($2)
Seat 8: thk9882 ($1.48)
Seat 9: Orbit Uranus ($3.33)
phrenik posts the small blind of $0.01
sygt2005 posts the big blind of $0.02
IIIyTkO posts $0.02
The button is in seat #9
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to phrenik
Zol888 folds
IIIyTkO checks
bdlovestp folds
jotarobizarre folds
nick7659 has 15 seconds left to act
nick7659 calls $0.02
thk9882 folds
Orbit Uranus has 15 seconds left to act
Orbit Uranus calls $0.02
phrenik raises to $0.10
sygt2005 calls $0.08
IIIyTkO folds
nick7659 calls $0.08
Orbit Uranus calls $0.08
phrenik has 15 seconds left to act
phrenik bets $0.98
Orbit Uranus calls $0.98
River (Pot : $3.08)
phrenik has 15 seconds left to act
phrenik bets $1.90
Orbit Uranus calls $1.89, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $0.01 returned to phrenik
Showdown phrenik shows two pair, Jacks and Fives
Orbit Uranus mucks
phrenik wins the pot ($6.43) with two pair, Jacks and Fives
Orbit Uranus is sitting out
Summary Total pot $6.88 | Rake $0.45
Board:
Seat 1: phrenik (small blind) showed and won ($6.43) with two pair, Jacks and Fives
Seat 2: sygt2005 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Zol888 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: IIIyTkO folded before the Flop
Seat 5: bdlovestp didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: jotarobizarre didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: nick7659 folded on the Flop
Seat 8: thk9882 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Orbit Uranus (button) mucked - two pair, Jacks and Fives
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.
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. http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/5903f.COX Wtf.png
I was chip leader in a small satelite with chip lead 4 seats worth $2100 and 5th gets 450$ cash money. so i was just toying around 'trying' to abuse the bubble thinking there is no way i will bubble
Submitted by : Robinson47
PokerStars Game #37505562591: Tournament #226086769, $10+$1 USD Holdem No Limit - Level XXV (30000/60000) - 2010/01/01 23:51:57 WET [2010/01/01 18:51:57 ET]
Table 226086769 9 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: smurph31 (480080 in chips)
Seat 3: Parky13 (503590 in chips)
Seat 4: dartboard2 (391612 in chips)
Seat 5: Robinson47 (1298838 in chips)
Seat 8: paul-marrow (1060880 in chips)
smurph31: posts the ante 6000
Parky13: posts the ante 6000
dartboard2: posts the ante 6000
Robinson47: posts the ante 6000
paul-marrow: posts the ante 6000
smurph31: posts small blind 30000
Parky13: posts big blind 60000
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Robinson47
dartboard2: folds
Robinson47: raises 1232838 to 1292838 and is all-in
paul-marrow: folds
smurph31: folds
Parky13: calls 437590 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (795248) returned to Robinson47
Showdown Parky13: shows (two pair, Sevens and Deuces)
Robinson47: shows (a pair of Deuces)
Parky13 collected 1055180 from pot
Summary Total pot 1055180 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 2: smurph31 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Parky13 (big blind) showed and won (1055180) with two pair, Sevens and Deuces
Seat 4: dartboard2 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Robinson47 showed and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 8: paul-marrow (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Submitted by : Robinson47
PokerStars Game #37504951015: Tournament #226086769, $10+$1 USD Holdem No Limit - Level XXIII (20000/40000) - 2010/01/01 23:38:35 WET [2010/01/01 18:38:35 ET]
Table 226086769 9 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: karsiyaka (276967 in chips)
Seat 2: smurph31 (181970 in chips)
Seat 5: Robinson47 (997541 in chips)
Seat 8: paul-marrow (242110 in chips)
Seat 9: Prinzes Nala (299100 in chips)
karsiyaka: posts the ante 4000
smurph31: posts the ante 4000
Robinson47: posts the ante 4000
paul-marrow: posts the ante 4000
Prinzes Nala: posts the ante 4000
Prinzes Nala: posts small blind 20000
karsiyaka: posts big blind 40000
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Robinson47
smurph31: folds
Robinson47: raises 953541 to 993541 and is all-in
paul-marrow: folds
Prinzes Nala: folds
karsiyaka: calls 232967 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (720574) returned to Robinson47
Showdown karsiyaka: shows (a pair of Eights)
Robinson47: shows (a pair of Eights - lower kicker)
karsiyaka collected 585934 from pot
Summary Total pot 585934 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: karsiyaka (big blind) showed and won (585934) with a pair of Eights
Seat 2: smurph31 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Robinson47 showed and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 8: paul-marrow (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: Prinzes Nala (small blind) folded before Flop
Submitted by : Robinson47
PokerStars Game #37505498435: Tournament #226086769, $10+$1 USD Holdem No Limit - Level XXV (30000/60000) - 2010/01/01 23:50:33 WET [2010/01/01 18:50:33 ET]
Table 226086769 9 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: smurph31 (243040 in chips)
Seat 3: Parky13 (623590 in chips)
Seat 4: dartboard2 (511612 in chips)
Seat 5: Robinson47 (1880318 in chips)
Seat 8: paul-marrow (476440 in chips)
smurph31: posts the ante 6000
Parky13: posts the ante 6000
dartboard2: posts the ante 6000
Robinson47: posts the ante 6000
paul-marrow: posts the ante 6000
smurph31: posts small blind 30000
Parky13: posts big blind 60000
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Robinson47
dartboard2: folds
Robinson47: raises 1814318 to 1874318 and is all-in
paul-marrow: folds
smurph31: calls 207040 and is all-in
Parky13: folds
Uncalled bet (1637278) returned to Robinson47
Showdown smurph31: shows (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Robinson47: shows (two pair, Queens and Fives)
smurph31 collected 564080 from pot
Summary Total pot 564080 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 2: smurph31 (small blind) showed and won (564080) with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 3: Parky13 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: dartboard2 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Robinson47 showed and lost with two pair, Queens and Fives
Seat 8: paul-marrow (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Submitted by : Robinson47
PokerStars Game #37505405871: Tournament #226086769, $10+$1 USD Holdem No Limit - Level XXV (30000/60000) - 2010/01/01 23:48:30 WET [2010/01/01 18:48:30 ET]
Table 226086769 9 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: smurph31 (375040 in chips)
Seat 3: Parky13 (755590 in chips)
Seat 4: dartboard2 (763612 in chips)
Seat 5: Robinson47 (1713538 in chips)
Seat 8: paul-marrow (127220 in chips)
smurph31: posts the ante 6000
Parky13: posts the ante 6000
dartboard2: posts the ante 6000
Robinson47: posts the ante 6000
paul-marrow: posts the ante 6000
Robinson47: posts small blind 30000
paul-marrow: posts big blind 60000
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Robinson47
smurph31: folds
Parky13: folds
dartboard2: raises 60000 to 120000
Robinson47: raises 1587538 to 1707538 and is all-in
paul-marrow: calls 61220 and is all-in
dartboard2: folds
Uncalled bet (1586318) returned to Robinson47
Showdown Robinson47: shows (high card King)
paul-marrow: shows (a straight, Deuce to Six)
paul-marrow collected 392440 from pot
Summary Total pot 392440 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 2: smurph31 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: Parky13 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: dartboard2 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Robinson47 (small blind) showed and lost with high card King
Seat 8: paul-marrow (big blind) showed and won (392440) with a straight, Deuce to Six
Submitted by : Robinson47
PokerStars Game #37505585029: Tournament #226086769, $10+$1 USD Holdem No Limit - Level XXV (30000/60000) - 2010/01/01 23:52:27 WET [2010/01/01 18:52:27 ET]
Table 226086769 9 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: smurph31 (444080 in chips)
Seat 3: Parky13 (1055180 in chips)
Seat 4: dartboard2 (385612 in chips)
Seat 5: Robinson47 (795248 in chips)
Seat 8: paul-marrow (1054880 in chips)
smurph31: posts the ante 6000
Parky13: posts the ante 6000
dartboard2: posts the ante 6000
Robinson47: posts the ante 6000
paul-marrow: posts the ante 6000
Parky13: posts small blind 30000
dartboard2: posts big blind 60000
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Robinson47
Robinson47: raises 729248 to 789248 and is all-in
paul-marrow: calls 789248
smurph31: folds
Parky13: folds
dartboard2: folds
Showdown Robinson47: shows (a pair of Queens)
paul-marrow: shows (two pair, Aces and Fours)
paul-marrow collected 1698496 from pot
Summary Total pot 1698496 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 2: smurph31 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: Parky13 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: dartboard2 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Robinson47 showed and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 8: paul-marrow showed and won (1698496) with two pair, Aces and Fours
facepalm
and earlier on this weird hand happened...
Submitted by : Robinson47
PokerStars Game #37485536230: Tournament #227463215, $315+$20 USD Holdem No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2010/01/01 16:20:19 WET [2010/01/01 11:20:19 ET]
Table 227463215 1 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: camerofelix (1470 in chips)
Seat 2: omjuju (1485 in chips)
Seat 4: nixe13 (1430 in chips)
Seat 5: Thx4UrM0ney (1410 in chips)
Seat 6: Einoeloclee (1560 in chips)
Seat 7: IMAX 81 (1600 in chips)
Seat 8: Hichcock (3090 in chips)
Seat 9: Robinson47 (1455 in chips)
camerofelix: posts small blind 15
omjuju: posts big blind 30
Showdown omjuju: shows (two pair, Jacks and Sixes)
Robinson47: mucks hand
omjuju collected 555 from pot
Summary Total pot 555 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: camerofelix (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: omjuju (big blind) showed and won (555) with two pair, Jacks and Sixes
Seat 4: nixe13 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Thx4UrM0ney folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: Einoeloclee folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: IMAX 81 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: Hichcock folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: Robinson47 (button) mucked
i need to straighten up my act and stop doing stupid shit, but i spend too much time with my boys down the bus shelter and lose my concentration, im ginger joe by the way, yeah man
permanently switching to PLOLby whamm!, January 01
Yeah i've thought about it thoroughly and saw all the tragic losses from myself and other even better players at NL than myself get burned at this god forsaken game OMAHAHAHA. The problem is, I actually enjoy PLO and feel that I really wanna get better and play nonstop without even getting bothered by results. This is something that NL has not done for me the past year, the lack of the drive to learn and really just the fun of it - which is probably why I tilt easily when I lose at NL because I have this feeling of entitlement that I used to beat 100nl FR blah blah blah and somehow just refuse to adapt or just can't for some reason. Atm PLO does this for me and I keep watching videos all day and check out my hands and really avoid making the same mistakes over and over. Bleh, all I have to say about it really. GL me and hope to post some 200nl hands soon enough.
I was having a discussion with a friend recently. Quick summary of when I started online poker :
Because I rule live poker with an iron fist and therefore must be a poker god, lol, I deposited $100-200 several times, each time running it up to $500-1600, before going broke due to poor bankroll management, overall spewiness due to being too aggressive, and also the variance gods were angry from time to time.
So I thought that running it up a bit and losing it all meant you had a LOT to learn; you lose it all in the end anyways. Good players keep what they make and keep moving up. (At one point during my degen days, I had $6 left and played a PS $6 HU, and only played HU sng's, increasing stakes every time I had 5 BI's for the next level, until I hit $1600 before losing it all in a $1k HU. Brilliant huh?) He argued that bad poker players couldn't win in the first place, so people like XBLINK and etc were actually good poker players, just lacking some fundamentals, such as BR management.
Any thoughts on this topic? Can degens be good poker players?
2009 was pretty rough overall for me. I was busto a few times and staked for the first 2 times ever. I played pretty awful in online cash games and didn't play nearly enough hands. I'm fucking lazy. I got destroyed sports betting during march madness and never really recovered. I had ok success in online MTTs and actually broke out a lil in live MTTs over a small sample. I had a nice run in my first WSOP Main Event and made my first live final table in a Foxwoods mega stack event.
Was staked for my 200NL #s and a some of my actual winnings at 100NL. FML I need to play better tho.
Online MTTs: +$13,591.18
Live MTTs: +$6,347.65
Live cash: +$8,347.00
Sports betting: -$27,646.62
Roulette: -$6,202.00
Overall total (counting cash games as breakeven due to stakes): -$5562.79
BOOOO....HISSSSSSSS
2010 goals:
Get better at online cash games ldo
50k hands minimum a month
30 online MTTs a month
20 live MTTs during the year
At least 10 live cash sessions
Play the main event again...this time satting thru to it
Never be staked again
Cut my awful sports betting/roulette habits down substantially
Focus on putting the most effort possible into the whole year and keeping confident that good things will happen as a result
Good luck in 2010 everyone...I'll try and update more this year...hopefully there's more good things to write about
has anyone here gone on a crazy monkey tilt after losing like 2-3 buy ins at a given stake? im just wondering if im the only one. in your opinions...does this mean im not cut out for poker? or it just takes some time to develop the discipline to take your losses? i am a profitable player when i actually control myself...but the minute i lose it, i can potentially tilt off my entire roll. it is a shame to let my emotions get in the way of doing good in poker. thoughts are appreciated!
Anyone wanna order PS shark for me? (please)by Balzamon, January 01
So i havent played anything on Poker Stars for years but i recently noticed they got the coolest stuffed animal ever in their store for 1300 fpp and i really want it! In fact i want two if possible (2600 fpp). I dont know how hard it is on PS, at ftp you can type in a new adress when you order stuff from their shop but at PS it seems like you have to use your registered adress?
If anyone would be nice enough to go thru the hassle to change it and order 2 stuffed animal sharks for me and then change it back i would be very gratefull, i guess if you live in Sweden you could order home and then send me without it costing to much... Oh well it would be a great xmas gift for me if anyone is up for it, im not sure but i googled some and it seemed like 1 fpp is worth 1.5 cent? So it would be $39 for 2600 fpp, i will give the one going thru the hassle $50, not sure if i can send it on PS after their new transaction limits since i pretty much never play there (but i have the money there) otherwise i can for sure send it on FTP.
I've lurked here for awhile reading mostly hand histories, but wanted to create a blog at some point to post videos of myself playing and talking about what I'm doing. Sort of a way to receive help from other players and at the same time be able to contribute to the site and give back to players who are stuck or just in need of watching someone else play for a confidence boost.
So with that said, I'm going to be making the videos anywhere from 25NL up to 100NL (my current limit). I'll probably be making a few a week or maybe more if it's really helping anyone, with the first one coming out in a couple of days or so. I would like to know if there's anything that players would prefer I do differently than say coaches at Leggo or CR do; for example, are the poker site sounds better to be off or on? Avatars off or on? 4 tables or 6 tables? As far as live or pausing to talk, I don't expect to have a hard time talking about hands in real time at all, but if anything warrants more discussion obviously that's easily done in comments. The only other thing I can think about is quality which I'm happy to change... they should be about the same size as coaching vids though (something like 200mb for 1hr).
If this blog helps even 1 person and improves me in only 1 spot - it will be worth it. So that's all for now until the first vid.
$25 on UB for Stars or FTPby ToT)MidiaN(, December 31
Hi guys. I have $25 left on my UB account which I released AFTER I withdrew from there stupidly so I want to exchange that for $25 on either Stars or FTP. I'd be ok with paypal or neteller exchange if there's no interest. PM me please!
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