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~
Starting to feel hopeless and depressed.. I just can't win for any period of time greater than 2 weeks. The worst regs always destroy me with run good or nonsensical play... the worst fish always make me their bitch somehow... or I make a horrible, deeply shameful blunder somehow.
At this rate I will never get anywhere near any of my goals in my life or even be remotely successful.
I can't accept being an nl100 player any longer because of this fucking VARIANCE. Yeah I make mistakes during these shots, I know I'm not perfect, but why can't one of these shots ever go right?
I guess I just really can't afford to take any shots at fish. I have never allowed myself to pass up humongous EV before and it has cost me WELL over 15k this year just in losses (let alone EV of playing my normal game....). I've NEVER, EVER had a successful shot at a higher stake, I always get massively coolered or run bad. NEVER have a shot resulted in +more than 1 buyin, and they usually end up -8bi at my normal limit.
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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.
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