Hey guys its been a while. Well as you may or may not have noticed, I've been mia at liquidpoker for the past few months. Naturally, I've been playing less poker these past few months but heres a short run down on what I've been up to.
October was a great month of poker for me. I had been steadily growing my BR by patiently grinding and learning the game. I got the roll up to a peak of about 4.4k and was on the verge on taking shots at 200NL. from that point on, I thought to myself, "why not reward myself?"
From the middle of October till now I've been pledging for an asian interest fraternity for my University. as a poker player, life behind the 15.5" screen can get very lonely, very fast lol. In attending summer school at uni it wasn't much different than my earlier school days where just going to school/playing poker filled up most of my time. My 2nd semester at the uni was a chance to jump start my social life and a fraternity would do it. as the weeks of pledgeship progressed, the process got exponentially difficult. There was so much work involved in upholding every aspect of your typical fraternity, from wild parties to community service to philanthropy, and of course contributing to the fraternity itself. It was not unusual to give up 10 hours everyday for weeks on end to get projects done.
I made the decision to pledge for an extremely physically and mentally demanding fraternity. Do'nt get me wrong, I learned so very much about myself and interacting with others through this process and had more fun than the past year combined. No details are necessary but they are absolutely nojoke lol. after 10 long weeks, I found myself financially broke and borrowing against my bankroll to cover real life expenses with no income. This week was the final week of fraternity pledgeship, and after giving so much I quit at 95% of the way. It was not something I could see myself putting in any more effort in order to perpetuate their values. It hurt to swallow my pride in deciding to throw all that work away, all for nothing but I feel that personal integrity comes first.
So here I am, completely broke with a wrecked car and a $2k bankroll from poker losses/borrowings. I'm also a little bit wiser and aware of myself as a person. Succeeding with poker is a goal I set for myself first, and I'll let nothing take priority before this goal. I guess a small group of trustworthy friends is better for a poker player compared to eventually having to maintain a network of 1000+ people. I'm moving into the dormitories in 2 weeks to better experience other aspects of this huge university.There will be no shortage of awesome debauchery there
FTP gave me 10k in my bonus account and 360 days to unlock it, anyone else get this?
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-20bi because i moved down to nl5 and still getting beats everywhere.
First started with bad beats such as QQ vs AQ allin pf 2 pairs vs straight on river set vs overset and flush vs boats, i said okay np, shit happens, but after that it went downhill. The donks were just getting good cards everytime and they went like crazy while betting with absolutely retarded cards.
Then tilted a bit...
But please, why am I the only one to give money to losing donks with like 60/5ish stats and that appears to be full losing players according to table ratings ?
FFS.
Fuk this shit. Hope it'll be better tomorrow. Wanted to taste nl25 before the new eve, but seems like i won't be doing it...
It appears eager little children won't be the only ones staying up late trying to catch Santa Claus. The FBI is getting in on the hunt after a man dressed as Santa robbed a bank in Tennessee.
Astonished and frightened eyewitnesses said the man remained in character the whole time and justified his actions because he need to "pay the elves." Said one witness: "It was a little unbelievable. He was actually jovial, which is scary. And he explained that he was robbing the bank because Santa had to pay his elves."
The FBI agent interviewed below does not seem optimistic that he will be caught: "Dressed as Santa is an excellent disguise."
so im switchin to become a part student next semester (probably) meaning i will have a fuckton more time to play poker and just sit around. Was thinkin bout starting to write a daily or by daily sciece/history article. Im not the best at science or anything but it may interest some ppl. So my question is: is anyone interested in me doin this and also if i decide to do it cuz there is enough interest init should i make a thread or just keep the articles in my blog?
edit: also if anyone has suggestions of what i should write the first one comment it...i was thinkin either astrophysics of planets....quantum physics star travel...evolution of traits like those seen by animals in avatar...rough outline of the history of science from ancient greece to now (who did what and how it influenced other)
yay it christmas here tomorrow and im quite happy with how my rebuilding experiment is turning out. played like 5k hands at 10nl, then worked on my redline there which was kind of a nightmare since people rarely fold to cents haha, but moved up to 25nl finally and i guess the redline is not too swingy there than at 10nl. i think i can sustain a very low negative redline and if i run hot i can probably get it up up up up movign up aggressively and moving down conservatively at -5bi at higher limit when taking a shot. ive got like 6bi to go before moving back again to nl50. im pretty excited now.
i still need a ton of guidance on postflop scenarios and 3bet pots plus bvb 4betshoving ranges. i think coaching will fix that for me since i cant really do that part on my own yet.
Lol. I always whine about how my mother manage to tilt the shit out of me. This time I'm 6 tabling HU 5/10 vs some good reg I thought I knew how to beat, we're about even and I get into a few pots with stuff that's pretty marginal but still things I really felt was correct according to the plan I had made up pre-game. My mother picks up a phone, this shitty internet crap decides to fuck out and I disconnect. I get back and lose like 2bi and then I tilt away 5 more. That + a shitty session earlier today makes me down a fair bit for the month after a really good comback earlier. Except for MAYBE Sunday tournaments I don't really think I'll play more this year so I'll just consider this year done and reset my brain before 2010.
Summary:
Won somewhere between 100 and 120k€ this year. Not what I hoped for but not THAT bad considering how badly I've played some of the time. Last few months have sucked and most of the profit is from the summer. I've learned a lot, spewed a lot and tilted/played my C game and worse a ton. I've also had a ton of fun. I think I've been permanently half-tilted since September and overall both played and acted fairly questionable. I'll have to fix that.
Next years goals should be something like this:
- Get volume in at fairly low stakes. Just because I find 5/10+ more entertaining I can't just ignore it if the games are much better at mid stakes. I should get around to get my 6-max fundamentals (pre flop, mostly) more solid and overall make sure to get some kind of decent hourly without much variance.
- Not having losing months. They really fuck with my head. If I play mostly low it shouldn't be a problem either.
- Make sure to get better at the game every month. I've had a long periods of time this year just autopiloting without actually learning much. That sucks.
For people who read my previous blogs, last months were terrible for me.
As probably alot of players did in the beginning, I blamed bad luck, bad beats and lucky fish.
In a rush of emotions I decided to quit online poker and withdrew all my money. The day after I was 5th in a 11 dollar donkament for about 500 dollars.
I decided it was time for a change. I cut down to 4 tables instead of 10-12 and gave each decission thought and reasoning. Also a friend of mine who is a reg at 200NL has sweated me.
I was amazed how much leaks I have and things to work on.
I made a list, maybe this can be usefull to some players.
To many others however, this is standard. For me it wasnt.
Points to work on
1.Table selecting: Look for tables with lots of players/ flop. To many of you this is standard, but I used to randomly open 12 tables and started playing
2.Fish vs Regs: Focus on playing hands against fish. Avoid tables filled with regs.
3.My play from the blinds is awful. I play 25NL 6-max, if anyone has an article about blind play or some usefull tips, PM me.
4.Play more in position. My opening range is also too big.
5.Get mentally stronger. After a beating or a huge suckout I start playing very very poorly. This is a huge leak.
6.Dont play when tired. Sometimes I start playing at 22 pm because I study till then. I usually play till 3-4 am and get up at 9 to study. This doesnt work so good for me.
Besides poker, this also isnt good for my health in general and my studies.
7.Set small goals before a session(Make 3 buyins, stop at -5 buyins, these are examples)
8.Dont start playing as soon as I get up. I dont have much time because I have to study a ton. When I have a free day I jump on my computer as soon as I get up.
I told myself from now on, I'll get breakfast, run a lil bit, take a shower and then start playing.
9.Get more sleep, and cut down on the tables.
10.Stop being paranoid that Fulltiltpoker hates me.
I guess these are my main leaks and points to work on. I posted it because if someone has a comment or a tip/other point to work on i'll be more then glad to hear it.
Haven't slept since my last blog haha, having a lil bit of a strike of insomnia.. I think I'll wrap up the day with a blog post looking towards the future.
I'm going to have to just completely take 20bi shots out of my br management strategy. At this point where I need to have a strong and basically unbustable roll, I need to take measures to lower my stress for a while. For that reason I won't be taking anymore shots at fish in higher stakes games for a while.
Currently I have a BR of 4k which I consider plenty for nl100. From now through the month of Jan. my plan is to grind nl100 until 6k and from there play nl200 with a move down to nl100 if I drop to 5k. I will start 2/4 shots at 15k, whenever that milestone comes around I will re evaluate.
I think this is going to be the least stressful way of doing it without feeling like I'm choking myself of significant EV.
But I simply will not allow myself to take shots that can hurt my confidence and day to day life/happiness so much.
I can fulfill this plan because I don't have need of money irl now for atleast 2 months(hopefully longer), and I'm not in fear of busting even a 40bi roll at nl100 (though I will ofc move down if I have to..)
I won't turn my back on this plan, I'm glad to know I can always recover at nl100.
This is my graph of nl100 6m since I started playing poker again, I hope I don't have to add more than 15 or so buyins to it before I can stay at nl200 fulltime but we will see~
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