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Ok lets begin by discussing Karma. What is it exactly? Well most people think of it in terms of if you do something bad it will come back on you say 3 fold (like the Wiccans believe). People tend to think of it as like a mystical thing imposed on us by the gods where you will eventually get what you deserve.

What karma actually is though is simply cause and effect. Every single thing that you do in life creates possible effects. So Karma naturally is the entirety of the chain of cause and effects. If you do good things your entire life, good things will be far more likely to happen to you. People will like you and you will have many more opportunities in life. And of course on the flip side if you do evil, people will hate you and seek to destroy you (or you will destroy yourself).

What is the multiverse theory? Well basically one interpretation of it is that in anything occurs the universe splits out into bubbles one for every possibility that can ever occur. Say you roll a 6 sided die. Well there is a different universe created for each possibility of what it lands on. This theory is a possible explanation of quantum mechanics basically. Check out Schrodingers cat. I copied this from wikipedia:

Schrödinger's Cat: A cat, along with a flask containing a poison, is placed in a sealed box shielded against environmentally induced quantum decoherence. If an internal Geiger counter detects radiation, the flask is shattered, releasing the poison that kills the cat. The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics implies that after a while, the cat is simultaneously alive and dead. Yet, when we look in the box, we see the cat either alive or dead, not both alive and dead.

Also I read about this sick quantum mechanical/multiverse russian roulette theory that if you play it you will never lose because everytime you pull the trigger you cease to exist in certain universes and only continue in the ones where the chamber is empty.

PS DONT TRY THAT AT HOME

If this is true what are the implications? It would mean that there is a universe where I have never lost a single hand of poker and I am the king of the internet. Also there is the universe I am in now... along with infinitely many other ones. I believe we create our own realities. Every single decision I have ever made has led me to this moment. Now dependant upon the decisions we make for say in poker the greater the probability that we end up in a great universe thats what we want.

So next time you lose a hand as a 99% favorite simply think that in all of those other possible universes you are a winner. Keep in mind that if you keep making good decisions you will eventually end up where you want to be. The secret of life is controlling Karma aka cause and effect.




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This month I finally started trying to take poker seriously again after a several-month hiatus, a hiatus during which sometimes I had myself convinced that I had quit and probably wouldn't play again.

I've had lots of mixed feelings during this month. As some of you may know, 100nl 6max was my regular game before. So in order to ease myself back into the grind I started playing 50nl 6max 4 tabling and my plan was to win 20 bi at that limit. I put that plan in place for a couple of reasons; for a discipline aspect, and in order to prove to myself that I could still beat the limit consistently.

However I ended up failing in the discipline aspect. Since I was crushing 50nl so hard, I decided to take a shot at 100nl with only 10bi won. Well, that was disaster and I ended up spewing my whole month's winnings (40-50 hours of 4 tabling 50nl) in a single hour, in a glorious mixture of run bad, play bad and fancy play syndrome. 40-50 hours, destroyed in a single hour. Strangely I didn't feel that badly about it and set out to rebuild the next day.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/7f9ac.ggmonth.jpg

Well since going to rebuild things have been going fairly well, and I'm playing 100nl again. I had a big winning day yesterday which was very nice. It was a +5.5 bi session in only 3 hours. I definitely ran well, but more importantly I'm happy because I feel I played pretty well.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/34985.asdfasd.jpg

Can't say the same about today where I was just shit on repeatedly postflop and had to make a lot of folds. This results in a shitty red line which really annoys me to no end.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/7c385.redline.jpg

It's so retarded.

In any case, here is my November graph:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/10203.november.jpg

So the month summarized:

[x] started playing again
[x] beat 50nl convincingly
[ ] stick to my plan
[x] got raped at 100nl
[x] now winning at 100nl

gl all


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Hi guys,
The first half of November I played 0 hands of poker because uni exams went for the first 2 weeks. After that I started playing NL100 Full Ring on Stars, 24-tabling, a game I haven't played in in quite a while. Anyways, I was pretty pleased with my effort in 2 weeks:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/a5f9f.november.jpg

At the moment my VPP count on Stars is 145000, so my plan for December is to grind around 175k hands of NL100 Full Ring to reach the 200k VPP 2k milestone bonus. If I make it it will be my biggest month volume wise, and it will be tough, but I feel motivated to reach it.

Thanks for reading,
Dean


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this whole month was just a big fucking cooler

NLHE
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/d6d12.abcd123.jpg


PLO
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/ec917.abcd1234.jpg


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This is the most retarded graph I've ever had over a one month period .... Jesus.....

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/c5295.jesus.jpg


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November has been my best month in poker to date by far not just in winnings but in play time and learning as well. I broke even at cash games (NL50 and NL100) but I managed to play 40k hands while I was working full-time. Luckily I cashed huge in a tournament so that's where all my monthly earning came from and rakeback. Here's my graph, can anyone tell me what happened to my red line? :[


Tournaments: +$3400
Rakeback: ~+$700
Total: ~$4100

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/b75eb.novembereom.jpg

My goal for next month is 40k hands again and a profit from cash games of $2000. Gogogo!


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Hi i wanted to do a quick transfer of $5 from fulltilt to pokerstars, anyone interested? PM me. thanks




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November is basically over and that means exams are up next in university... always a fun time, lately I cant find any drive whatsoever to put forth an ounce of effort into school which is pretty pathetic. After this semester I have 1.5 semesters left so I dont think dropping out would be the greatest decision. School also keeps me somewhat sane in this poker lifestyle so I guess thats a good thing as well.

PCA is coming up soon and Im just about to book plane tix/getta package should be an awesome time, I went last year and really enjoyed it. A week and a half on a beach in the middle of winter sounds pretty sweet to me, I will probably be selling off about 50% of myself for the 10k at 1.1 to 1 in the near future.

Pokerwise I grinded a fair amount in November, got off to a brutal start losing -15k in the first day in a 25/50 shot, ran really well towards the middle of Nov then cooled off.

Im in the process of learning how to play PLO starting at 1/2.. I got a coach who seems awesome so far and hopefully I'll be up to the 5/10 games within a month or two. PLO is a pretty sick swingy game but it seems to be pretty profitable to be well versed in both NL and PLO so hopefully that works out well.

NL:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/c8c4d.November 09 NL.jpg

PLO:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/3482c.November 09 PLO.jpg

Cheers


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Hellooooooooo there.
What a month it was. Didn't play quite much as I wanted, but apart from that it was great month.

Started to play Omaha. PLO2 PLO5 first, now PLO10 as a standard. Much more fun than Hold'em.
Swings are bigger, but games at these super-ultra-shitty-micro stakes ale sweet light.

Goals for november were:
[X] +$100 profit
[] +30k hands
[X] less looking on cashier while playing

I played 12,5k hands of hold'em, and 4k hands of Omaha.
At the beginning I didn't had _feeling_ of playing Omaha. (dunno if that sentence was right :/) Hold'em is the first poker that I ever played, and Omaha felt different. But after Hellomaha series from DC and first 1k hands it was "woooooooooooo its sooo fun ;d".

I had to withdrew $50 from my roll to rl to pay back my loans (I smoke cigs, plus I don't have money in real life ;p ).
Then I had ~190 in roll. Next day, I had doubts of what I have done, so I started grinding to recover. Mission accomplished
Now my roll is $350, so my profit from november was ~140. Pretty good.

As for december I plan to have similar goals as in november, because from 18th I have holidays till new year. Want to play poker and go as high as I can.

Goals for november were:
[] +$100 profit
[] +25k hands
[] more vids about Omaha

Hah, and last thing. I found my old notebook where I used to note my roll before and after each session. I found entry from 30 november 2008 - $48.51 hahaha fun times from nl2.

Apart from poker. When I'm too lazy to play pkr, I play at kongregate.com, so if anyone would like to play any multi thing of something PM me
Oh, and when you are tilted play Music Catch 2 - greatest game to restore your cool

Also, I started to watch Rome, I'm in second season. Nice.
Oh, and for the end, my brag of pot where God blessed my cards, and cursed my foes

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Stay tuned, and gl at the tables


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Hi guys

Something I have always struggled with is implementing a stop-loss rule. I was hoping you can give me some good advice on stop losses. Ideally, I always tell myself 2-4BI range, but it seems that whenever I get down that much its from coolers, making me convince myself to play from behind (and tilted).

Heres a picture of some run good at 25nl
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/3e56ada93622bc52d0bd6ba2d60ae88c.jpg


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Decided yesterday I'm going to move up to .02/.05 after going up 6 bi's at .01/.02...so far so good! No noticeable skill difference (probably would seem obvious there's not a big difference but as a .01/.02 player I always assumed .02/.05 would be at least a little bit better). Not really a big deal for most here but I'm working my way up

gl at the tables lp!


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http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/b8caa.Untitled picture.png

This doesn't even include the -700 i have on my laptop.

Overall, i'm -3k in november, worst poker month ever. Although poker has been bad, my IRL has been good. So even though I'm down around 60 BI, I'm in a pretty good mood. I'm looking forward to the break so I can focus on grinding up again. =)

Moved down to nl25, to rebuild some. Will move back to nl50 at 800, and try to grind it back up again. Hopefully December will be a great month for me.


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I have played 5K hands today which is a lot for me. Ususally my goal is to play somewhere around 1,75K - 2,5K hands per day. I have played a lot of £1/£2 the past month, which kinda sucks because the rake is higher but there is tons of fish at those tables so wtf can I do?
It was a pretty swingy day for me and it was extremely frustrating to be down 9 buyins in All-In Equity at worst. Ended up down 6 buyins in equity and down 10 buyins total at £1/£2. Fortunately I won 6 buyins at 2/4 so that comforts me a bit.

Have no idea how to post graphs in this blog. Maybe I learn how to in the future, who knows?







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I spewed about 20 BI for no reason this month again.
No, this is not because I play too loose, and no, this is not because of FPS.

This is because I, much like Neilly and others, have a gambler switch in me and I still make plays that I would never ever ever ever do conciously when I am tired/tilted.
This month most of the spews account to me playing while having a flu (while I clearly agreed with myself that playing would be a very bad Idea), my body energy was at a total low and I went on multitabling again. Sigh.


/End negative.


+When I don't tilt I and I play 4-6 tables own/crush/destroy anything less than NL100 (which I didn't play yet. Super strict table selection is the cause of this from the most part.

+Worked on my HU as I start my own tables
I saw about 14 episodes of NL Grinder and 2 of NL Grinder Pro, 2 HU vids, one vd review with him nd Krantz and some theory vids.I plan on watching mathematics of holdem also from Wilt this month.

+Got some coaching pre-agreed, and I plan on taking shots at NL100 with the help of NL200 -NL400 regs during coaching sessions.

+My BR got a surreal boost
I started the month borderline busto with $400 at NL10

+880 Cash
+1400 Donkament
+800 RB
=400-> 3500 BR
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/a3695.KEKE.png


Bottom Line: Best month ever so far in regards to
-My skill improvement
-Total $ wise results

Best month since I started working in regards to:
-Cash game Winnings
-Tilt control (Believe it or not, but the roughly 20BI I tilted out for no reason is THE LEAST I tilted during a month since I started working.
6bb/100 NL50 pre-job winner being stuck at NL10-NL25 = thats a lot of buy ins burned trust me -.-)




December Goals
-Reach 4k
-Dont tilt
-Get the coaching going



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I'm looking to consolidate my funds onto pstars.

Looking for ~$300 on cake for $300 on stars and ~$200 on FTP for $200 on stars.

I'm not that known here but I am at TL.net and I promise I am reputable! send me a PM if you'd like to help me out, will send first to known people.


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Just getting in the groove for tomorrow.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/24ebd.warmup.PNG
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/998f6.warmup2.png

It probably doesn't matter, nor is it likely anyone would actually check my blog for free info, but I don't really want to show my stats and showdown lines public just in case.

If you pm me though I'll probably show

NL200 FR IS IN FOR A BEATING THIS DECEMBER!


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Cliff notes at bottom for tl;drers

First and foremost, no I didn't do it to become a poker pro and I have no intentions of becoming a poker pro until I hit the goals I set out at the beginning which is a $10k poker roll and 6-9 months of living expenses in the bank.

Over the past few months I've had a lot of close friends and family say to me "you haven't been the same lately." Initially I just kind of brushed it off but lately I thought more and more about it and it's true. I've been very negative. Immediately I thought it could be poker doing it to me as I haven't had the success I want from it, but I've been playing for over a year and to be honest poker is more of a release for me than anything else. So I started evaluating all parts of my life. From my friends, going out, my hobbies, work, and poker. I realized the only thing that has changed in the last few months is my job.

The industry I work in is cell phone sales. It's based in a retail environment and it is notoriously known as the worst part of retail. Customers come into the store in a pissed off mood about 95% of the time, because let's face it the cell phone companies are just a bunch of shady bastards are screwing everybody, ldo. I worked in this industry for 3 years and when I first started it was very lucrative so the money kept me silent and I came to work and grinded it out. Every year the every company restructures their commission pay and every year you make a little bit less. I went from making $70k, to $60k, and to this year maybe $45-48k. All the while I'm still taking the same verbal abuse from customers on a daily basis and getting paid less and less. It just didn't make sense anymore.

Back in May I was transfered to a new store. I went from working in a store in Rancho Bernardo (one of the richest areas of San Diego) to Mission Valley (one of the most poor and ghetto areas just south of here in San Diego). Being that I'm a white guy working in a store with a customer base primarily consisting of Black, Asian, and Mexican customers things did not go well. I've had customers straight up not want to be helped by me because of my color and wait for one of my non-white co-workers to assist them. I didn't want to believe it at first but it was happening. It began to hurt my commission because of it and even when I would help some of them they would treat me very poorly and I would just have to take it for a measly $12.70 an hour. It's just not worth it.

I put my happiness above anything else and getting shit on for crappy pay is just not worth it to me anymore. I have living expenses saved for 4-6 months so I can take some time off and think about what I want. My main goal is to get back in school which would have been impossible with this job because of the swingy hours of retail. In the mean time I'm going to update my resume and look around online at potential thinks I could see myself doing. While I do this I'll be grinding NL100 and seeing where that takes me.

The feeling I experienced when I woke up this morning was awesome. I felt so free. I just put the top down in my convertible and drove to the beach to sit and think about the future and it's the best I've felt in months. I went to the gym had an awesome work out because I didn't feel rushed. I'm very excited for what the future has in store. If anyone has any part-time jobs that they are satisfied with and recommend for a college going person please let me know.

Rich

Cliff notes:
- Quit my job because it has had extreme negative impacts on my life
- Have living expenses for 4-6 months saved up, will take rest of December off to figure out what I want to do. Will use free time to play more poker
- No intentions of playing poker professionally until specific goals are met
- Anxious to get back in school and find a part-time job that is stable
- Excited for what possibilities the future holds and feel relieved



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.... there is none in this blog.

I just looked at my facebook page a couple of days ago and today got around to getting it a little up to date. Basically I pretty much just ignored all the old messages, to make room for new ones. Since I am too lazy to go through all of them. And while doing this I realized how many people from highschool/college and even my family i haven't talked to in forever. I hadn't even taken the time to log on facebook to see they had commented on my stuff and sent me messages. I felt kinda dumb because its so easy to log on for like 5 minutes every now and then and see what everyone is up to. Say some hello's and get some updates.

As for poker results =>

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I took a really relaxed approach this month, a bunch of days where I did pretty much nothing. Its wierd I love trying hard and working hard at poker, but outside of poker I have a hard time not doing nothing. I sit and watch TV. I saw season 1 of fringe this month, season 1 of criminal minds. season 1 of trueblood, season 8 of family (? it was the latest one but i forget). I finished the shield and I am going to be continuing with all the other series I mentioned as I liked them all. I also bought the boxset for the wire since I saw it and was planning on watching it anyway. And its like 100$ cheaper than buying it season by season. Oh btw if i didn't mention it before, i always buy the seasons except on rare occations. I love collecting them sadly sometimes i get shitty ones.

NO one watch the Sarah Conner Cronicals it was so insanely bad. same with firefly, and frankly I think 24 blows too, except for season 1. If it was called 7, i wouldn't mind it, but when the big conspiracy kicks in it just becomes boring.

Anyway guys ENJOY LIFE, STUDY THE GAME, MAKE GOOD FRIENDS AND LEARN. Open your nit minds and poker will open her legs for you




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