So basically I have a bit over 1k in my checking account.
So I send in a rent check for $545. Real estate company says they didn't get the check, so I send in another one. They magically find the other one and cash both. Checking account balance = $106.37
Over the summer I lived in another apartment where I paid the electric bills. I canceled my account 4 months ago and they said they would send me the last bill in the mail. My account was on autopay, so it took the last bill directly from my checking account 3 months ago, which was fine. Today, they decided that they didn't charge me enough and took an additional $106.77 from my checking account.
End result, checking account overdrafts by 40 cents.
What is yours? On 2+2 I saw someone with 73% cbet get told that he was cbetting to often, so I checked mine and its 85% lifetime o.o I think a big leak has been found, thoughts?
It's been a long time since my last blog, I took a good 3-4 months off of poker. After failing hard and being too busy to put in the proper amount of time, I've come back to pick up where I left off as a n00b microgrinder... As I think anyone should I can beat NL2 very easily... I deposited ~$40 sometime in August, and for prolly 25k hands I beat NL2 at ~7BB/100... In my hand histories from Feb-June I was beating NL2 for 4BB/100 over 50k hands. I feel confident in my NL2, not that it's any sort of real achievement... It is NL2 after all...
My NL5 shots lately have certainly improved from my first NL5 shots at the beginning of the year. I don't currently have a great sample size, I'm currently -3bi after 3-4k hands. I've also switched over to FTP for rakeback/bonuses/promotions. These have really been a good boost for my BR and are allowing me to move up quicker (or more down more slowly)
For some reason NL5 really seems extremely different from NL2. I feel like I'm actually playing against players that aren't total maniacs. With an actual nit here or there. Quite different. Anyway, I feel like I know poker theory well for my level. I've read several books, watched countless videos, and most of the material is way over NL5 so it's not really applicable. It's still pretty educational, and also helps me understand why straight up ABC is so vital to NL25 and under... My Poker mindset has prolly advanced more than anything else in my play though... My tilting is far less troublesome, and I've gained enough conscious control to know when to stop playing and/or spewing
Anyway, heres graph/stats in case there are some gaping holes in my play that I don't see.
Stats wise, I would like to get my WTSD slightly lower, my W$WSF slightly higher, and my Att to steal slightly higher. However at this level I don't think these are huge issues because I feel my play -should- be good enough to beat these levels. I'm not really sure though, and I want to just play ABC as best I can, and maybe when i'm beating NL5 for 5BB/100 over 30k hands I'll feel comfortable enough to Cbet or raise sketchy cards on the button more...
Helps me to write all this down, If you wanna talk poker or anything hit me up AIM: Motiva69 MSN: Motiva at gmail com
Any comments/suggestions welcome as always, Thanks for reading yo
Not posted in a while here, simply because I have played hardly any poker at all. Working full time in a job I love is awesome. Its hard work and hours can be very long, but its completely rewarding. The drawback is, I come back from working all day and find myself shattered, and even though I really want to play Poker there is just nothing in me to play poker on my A game. I know if I start I will not be playing my best.
I was on holiday for a couple of weeks in Spain at end of August and in that time it really made me think of the future and what I want, and things I need to remove from my life to make it happen. Games like DotA and shit just are such a waste of time, and really eat up into my day when I could be doing far more productive things. It also really re-energised me after all the shit I had with my previous job and the worries of finding another job.
When on Holiday I also read the Poker Mindset book - which is such a fantastic book. I highly recommend it for any poker player at whatever level. It made me look at some aspects of poker in a whole different way, for example Tilt and what it really is, or what a "downswing" really is (or isnt!). At times in the book it does repeat it self a bit, but then it throws a whole different angle on things. So after reading it, I was all ready and focused to play some poker, and when I got back I played some sessions and felt I played my A game, but ended up 4 buy ins down, which was kinda weird. But I wasnt worried. Just ran into sets etc or AA with KK, all so standard.
So havent played in weeks now. due to it being really busy in work. We have been doing alot of big gigs all over UK at the moment. Status Quo gig in Ireland with Jools Holland, big music festival in Belfast called Belsonic, Electric Picnic festival in Ireland, Blackpool Illuminations in England, BBC Proms (this weekend), and loads of other smaller gigs around Ireland at the same time. Its been mega busy and such hard work and crazy crazy hours (25 hour day last wknd), but its all good, cuz i love it lol.
Anyway hoping to get some sessions in today. Music wise I cannot stop playing Deadmau5's new tune with Rob Swire (pendulum singer) in it. Its awesome, love all the harmonies in it. Check it out!
Oh and I am hoping to play some Live Poker soon, possible this week! Can't wait WIll let you know how it goes
Building Another Rollby Seobombisgay, September 12
I decided to deposit $100 on AP(I no flame away) and rebuild it as if I had to start all over again. I started off at the $5 Ultra Turbo 500 chip HU sngs, then the $10s, then jumped straight into $50nl HU at around $500(im a brm lagtard). All I can say is, I've been running like GOD.
Broke up with the gf still made profit though...by Masaki, September 12
I broke it off with my gf, I'll miss her but what can I do? Certain events came up during camping and it was stressing me out way too much. I needed to break it off, I feel bad but sometimes in life you have to do things because your heart is telling you its not right to continue because your mind isn't into it. We had a lot of good times together and like I said I'll miss her. Oh well...
On another note! I've been running disgustingly good. My last losing day was awhile ago and not too big. I think changing up my game helped a lot, and just trying to exercise with P90x and eat healthy might be helping too who knows? I'm excited to complete my $100k year challenge. I'm getting close to 60k and hopefully by the end of the month i'll reach at least 60k if not more! That leaves Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb 11th. I hope I can do it. I was planning on going to Japan for Oct or Nov... but I might not now just to complete the challenge.
Hand from PAD that I thought was interesting. Would like to discuss from Patrik Antonius's POV
200/400 like 250k effective 6 handed
Ziggy limps
Durrr raises to 4k
PA calls with AdTd
Eli calls
Ziggy calls
Flop 16.6k: TsTc2s
checked through
Turn 16.6k: TsTc2s ... Qh
PA leads 11k
Dwan calls
River 38.6k: TsTc2s ... Qh ... 5s
PA leads 32k
Dwan raises 64k to 96k
I'm not sure I like PA's big lead, but if he leads, this strikes me as the perfect spot to b/3b (like 140k left behind) as a bluff. When Durrr checks the flop, I don't think he ever has QQ. Patrik knows he can't have TT, and I think he cbets 22 and QT a decent percentage of the time because there's a FD to get called by and he's Durrr so he should know he gets no credit. I would imagine he would also cbet the nfd a good amount of the time. I'll also say that Durrr probbly never flats the turn with 55. Patrik's line is very consistent with boats like QT, 22, or even TT, and he really shouldn't have air ever leading into 3 players on the turn, so I'd have to imagine if he b/3b the turn Durrr would fold pretty much his entire range* on the river because it's really hard to think of any bluffs Patrik has other than a T turned into a bluff. What do you guys think? Bear in mind that I am not sick enough to ever turn trips into a bluff against durrr on the river for a quarter mil, but at the time I was yelling at PA to do it. Seems like a really cool spot.
*I think his range on the river is probably almost entirely not nut flushes and Qx turned into a bluff, with some small % of nut flushes and 22 played strangely. I think there's a chance he folds that entire range, and if he's calling it's probably just with 22, because who folds boats?
Well, the graph shows pretty much everything. I'm thinking about recording a short 30 min video 4 tabling and posting it in lowstakes to get help, what do you think?
Bought a 97 S10 blazer in great condition for 2k cash b4 leaving, although i smashed the windshield on the way home (dont ask wont tell ) i drove through the cars pain and made it back w/out being able to see the last 500 miles though, TrOOPA!
Everyone in vegas was fcking awesome except a few exceptions which is standard
I'm playing up to NL100 for now until 2010. Hopefully I can put in a few hundo thousand hands and learn to dominate it before attempting to move to NL200. (0/3 at nl200 lifetime, sad. T_T)
I'd really like to thank rS.eVaDe for teaching me how to use stats effectively in poker without overdoing it(Adolpho), Quocy04 for beliving in me and trusting me 100% even in the bleakest of times, thanks for the place, the room, and the help balancin my life. Sean Nolan for teaching me a great mindset and bein 100% real at all times (and other reasons) Chris, Woodbrave, you guys taught me how to play tournaments correctly. fuckin respect. also, jlost88 (lostaccount) taught me so many invaluable lessons about poker that I couldn't even start to list. Jlost is literally the truest hero on LP imo although 99% of LP may not disagree.
Night01, unique and fun as hell to hang w/, kids gonna go far imo, and an extra reason to always go visit vegas. if ur chillin w/ night ur gonna have a gud night, simple.
SloG4[pG], damn man u made me laugh more than ne thing, visiting NYC is going to happen soon bro
Was also really cool meeting the LP ballas, although I was stoned as hell and drunk as fuck when i met you guys, prolly not the best impression -_-
If I forgot to add anyone, believe you me, def didn't forget you in my mind
Well heres a random pic from the Tiesto show at las vegas, on the left, Danny Tao, roommate and one of my best friends in vegas, to the right is kevin, a non player but very chill.
Have a nice house in central PA now with gsr_01_integ (lper) and the player who got me into poker, 2 hours from holiday valley ski resort, 2 hours from my family and 2 hours from pittsburgh and buffalo (south and north) Happier and much less stress now, feels great
So thanks LP, without you guys, this would most likely never come to pass, and I have no clue where and what I'd be doing.
GL LP,
Ryan
Today's my day off and I was feeling frisky so I jumped into an 11+1 NL tournament.
Started with 1500, lost about 1100 of those but made my way back to 3400. Guy in the small blind went all in before the flop and I called with AQ. Turned out he had JJ and the board was like 3, 5, 4, 4, 3. Finished 66/180. Muck.
Was playing a $1 45person sit n go with a friend. $1 because he plays at work so he doesnt want to lose more than a $1 if a customer comes in. He got busted with 99 v KK, I make it down to the final 3 people.
Last 3 people were
Me: 10k in chips
LAG: 40k in chips
Disconnected player: 9k in chips
So the 3rd player disconnects and instead of pokerstars making him sit out he is just disconnected and every time it is his action it takes 20 seconds before he times out. The LAG is shoving almost every other hand, and I can just fold to 2nd place or I can try to overcome a 4:1 chip lead for 1st place. Blinds are like 300/600 so not a lot to work with. 1st pays $14, 2nd pays $10, 3rd pays $7.
I figure highest EV is to just fold to 2nd place? Of course unless I get a pp of like tens or better? I asked big stack if he thought it was the d/c'd players strategy to d/c on purpose to frustrate people. He said maybe. Ten minutes later he says "he wins, bye." and sits out. It took me 20 minutes + break to blind both of them out for the free 1st place.
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