I haven't wrote a blog post in at least a year, or really written anything of any kind of substance for that matter, but now is probably as good a time as any.
Poker has been fairly frustrating the past few months, as I'm trying to recover from a ~200k tiltswing that was a combination of me playing in some tough games that I shouldn't have been playing, combined with tilt and runbad. Whenever on such a big losing streak its never good for my game or my confidence, so I set up a goal for myself before I am going to be playing in any big games.
Basically I decided that I will start playing at $2/4 and once I have acquired 20 buyins I move onto the next stake. So far I've gone through $2/4 and $3/6, and am now grinding away at 5/10. I really like that I've done this and its great for my motivation to have a solid goal to work towards. I am much more motivated to grind lately now because I really want to get back into bigger games, but I've also really grown to like the 2/4 level, and ideally I think what I would do is get back to 25/50 and play when the games are good, but also have enough sick grind in me to play 5/10 or 2/4 when the games aren't so good at the high stakes.
I have always had ego/tilt problems, which in a lot of ways has made me a better player, since it has caused me to challenge myself in tough games, see more showdowns, see how people react differently under pressure etc etc. but it has also cost me a lot of $ most likely. I tend to play longer sessions when I'm losing even if I'm tired and the games aren't great. I've always just relied on my skill to carry me through my tilt. As it is today the players aren't nearly the same, everyone at the 25/50 level is much better at suppressing their tilt and quitting when they aren't playing well or the momentum isn't in their favor, and really the games to be looking to play in at the higher stakes is basically to notice which reg is on tilt and try to capitalize. I figure I'm pretty much through with my nosebleed days online, unless their is a real reason to be in the game. It's virtually impossible to get any kind of decent sample of hands at nosebleeds with a real weak spot in the game. I guess it's worth it though as long as it doesn't effect your ability to play your normal games. I guess I'll think about it more if the opportunity ever arises.
I've always been a pretty big advocate of taking shots as long as it doesn't effect your play at your normal stakes etc. What I find really sick is nanonoko. It makes me wonder if the high stakes is really worth it, which I guess it is if you can win solidly, but I really feel like putting in a lot of hands at lower stakes aswell will certainly add up, but I don't think i have the ability to go for SNE like nanonoko or those guys really. I've considered it and I think it would be very difficult and draining on me, but even if I giveup halfway through the year that could be very beneficial just to get in that many hands in the first half of the year etc.
Yea I didn't really know where I was going with this blogpost I just sorta decided to start writing and see where I ended up lol
I haven't really been working on my PLO game at all recently, due to wanting to get back to the higher stakes NLHE i believe. I'm going to do the same thing 20 buyin moveup in PLO aswell but i have a harder time taking it seriously at the lower stakes than I do holdem for some reason. I've played a fair bit of high stakes PLO and have done decently but I think i'm most likely terrible and have been running hot. I'd love to have a good PLO player to talk to about stuff (anyone successful at the 10/20+?)
Anyway I've also been thinking a lot about picking up some students, not really sure how i'd do it or whatever or if i am interested in long term or only short term, but I figure i would charge $400/hr and coach 2/4-5/10. PM me if interested
Tjbenthams well sorta got me in the mood so i'll answer some random Q's right now if anyone wants
On the negative side, I busted out of both freerolls again (well out of the 100fpp one because my GF forced me to go to pub with her -.-)
Well, cya you grinders, it was nice to enter your world once again after a very long time.
Now its time to leave the fish to you and go back to my 1k hands/day average -.-
RunGOODplz: bets $1.75
janeX14511: raises $4 to $5.75
RunGOODplz: raises $9.25 to $15
janeX14511: raises $11.50 to $26.50
RunGOODplz said, "sigh"
RunGOODplz said, "flush under flush"
RunGOODplz said, "again"
RunGOODplz said, "but whatever"
RunGOODplz: raises $11.50 to $38
janeX14511: calls $0.15 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($11.35) returned to RunGOODplz
Showdown RunGOODplz: shows (a flush, Jack high)
janeX14511: shows (a full house, Jacks full of Deuces)
janeX14511 collected $52.90 from pot
Summary Total pot $55.65 | Rake $2.75
Board
Seat 1: bros1987 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: RunGOODplz showed and lost with a flush, Jack high
Seat 3: swan42 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: parawiiin folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: teachergreg1 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: janeX14511 showed and won ($52.90) with a full house, Jacks full of Deuces
Seat 7: raffaelo73 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: Ferwan (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: MrFuzzzy (small blind) folded before Flop
This is the first day in about 3 months when I plan on having a huge grinding session.
Got to sleep early last night so I am finally rested, my GF is working and having a dinner with friends or sth, which means today is one huge grind.
Part 1: Weekend Swings:
Its not easy to change your thinking completely during the weekend.
I am currently at NL25, and FE goes WAYYYY down during this time.
Well, let this first part be a lesson to me, I must tighten up even further and especially not pay off the typical NL25 regs who call any 3bet/squeeze with small pps.
I also managed what I must do all the time: completely ignore my results. I had no Idea if I am down $200 or up $200 when I finished the session, and thats the way it should be.
The session was very swingy and I had set over set, lost to set over set, and had twice KKvAA at the beginning.
Well whatever, I don't get tilted from this that much any more. However I did identify one huge leak: Relying on stats/play when I saw villain play for only <100 hands (and acting on it completely).
This is a huge flaw in my game and I must stop making plays at villains when my reads and stats mean jack shit as the samples are so tiny.
I am going for a lunch break, and at 3pm begin the grind, escallating with free rolls (I didn't cash in SN freeroll in 10 consecutive weeks, and had only some irrelevant cash in 100fpp free roll)
I must say that I expect this grind to be isolated instance unfortunately, I never have energy/time to really play whole day anymore.
fucking had quads in a 400bb pot @ nl200, monkey OVERBET SHOVED INTO ME, IM ABOUT TO CLICK AND THE GODAMN SOFTWARE CRASHES AND I TIME OUT !@$@!$!@$!@$411 , HH ISNT RECORDED OBV SO I EMAILED SUPPORT HOPING FOR A REIMBURSEMENT OR SOMETHING DASDNADNADN
Variance:
buying kidrobot clothes, any site recommendations?
Played 7 hours, 5655 hands. +4 buyins. Continuing to do that noble work and grinding it out haha. only halfway more of october left, gonna keep trying to maintain the consistency and the rakeback payments every week :D
Did some work on my mix since last time. This is the intro to As I Lay Dying's "Losing Sight" by me.
Listen to this: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/280845
Does it sound like a professional mix? ie can you tell it's just a humble home recording done with about 1k worth of gear?
Friday night + micro stakes = ?by killmepl, October 16
equals +10bi.
0wning.
2k hands in 4-5hours of non-stop playing. I'm exhausted, but it was worth it.
I move up tomorrow - nl10 second encounter. I will be playing at my homies so it will be another 0wning game.
[not very interesting part]
It's interesting that when I play I rarely feel tired. My mind concentrates on game at higher level then earlier. As I wrote last time - recording my game is working for me very well. I don't have that much free space on my HDD to record myself every time I play, also watching myself playing is boring (really really really boring), so I will record from time to time to teach myself concentrating on game.
Half of month passed, with today session I played 15k hands. Bye bye October goal to make 50k hands, but I will try to play as many as possible. [/not very interesting part]
I pm'ed to register in avatar lottery. Maybe something good will come from this.
Full Tilt Poker Game #15372913372: Table Konica (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 8:10:55 ET - 2009/10/16
Seat 1: Staicu74 ($21.63)
Seat 2: odin4elovek ($8.72)
Seat 3: If I Was A Boy ($10.20)
Seat 4: Torttenfeger ($11.67)
Seat 5: MiiiN_Le_Boss ($9.63)
Seat 6: jackgck ($10.20)
If I Was A Boy posts the small blind of $0.05
Torttenfeger posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #2
Holecards Dealt to jackgck
MiiiN_Le_Boss has 15 seconds left to act
MiiiN_Le_Boss has timed out
MiiiN_Le_Boss folds
MiiiN_Le_Boss is sitting out
jackgck raises to $0.30
Staicu74 folds
odin4elovek folds
If I Was A Boy raises to $10.20, and is all in
Torttenfeger has 15 seconds left to act
MiiiN_Le_Boss has returned
Torttenfeger folds
jackgck folds
jackgck adds $0.10
Uncalled bet of $9.90 returned to If I Was A Boy
If I Was A Boy mucks
If I Was A Boy wins the pot ($0.70)
Summary Total pot $0.70 | Rake $0
Seat 1: Staicu74 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: odin4elovek (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: If I Was A Boy (small blind) collected ($0.70), mucked
Seat 4: Torttenfeger (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: MiiiN_Le_Boss didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: jackgck folded before the Flop
The hand DIRECTLY after... this happens.
Submitted by : vasoline73
Full Tilt Poker Game #15372922528: Table Konica (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 8:11:50 ET - 2009/10/16
Seat 1: Staicu74 ($21.63)
Seat 2: odin4elovek ($8.72)
Seat 3: If I Was A Boy ($10.60)
Seat 4: Torttenfeger ($11.57)
Seat 5: MiiiN_Le_Boss ($9.63)
Seat 6: jackgck ($10)
Torttenfeger posts the small blind of $0.05
MiiiN_Le_Boss posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #3
Holecards Dealt to jackgck
jackgck raises to $0.30
Staicu74 folds
odin4elovek folds
If I Was A Boy raises to $10.60, and is all in
Torttenfeger has 15 seconds left to act
Torttenfeger folds
MiiiN_Le_Boss has 15 seconds left to act
MiiiN_Le_Boss folds
jackgck ??????
Are most people gambolin' it up? Or are most people letting this one go?
Only 17 hands on him.. so no real reads other than why the fuck is he overbet shoving two times in a row!?!?
Listen to this: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/280649
Does it sound like a professional mix? ie can you tell it's just a humble home recording done with about 1k worth of gear?
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(a full house, Jacks full of Deuces)
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