made a 40 minute video of me playing headsup vs a regular at 100nl. it's basically the first video i ever made that didn't get fucked up in some way. BUT give me a break, it's far from perfect. if i make another one it will be much better. Also i didn't do the greatest job at processing my thoughts realtime in english. in part because i felt a little stupid talking to myself about poker
hope you enjoy it and plz if you spot any leaks or disagree with how i play a hand let me know by all means!
My bathroom at the place I'm renting is freaking infested with cockroaches they all come out at night. Its because the shower leaks and water gathers on the floor so they have infinite sustenance..
The owner of the place has put some poison down. I sprayed some the other day, and picked up 3 dead cockroaches this morning. I walk into the bathroom now and there are 4 dead cockroaches, and 2 living ones on the ceiling. All full grown american cockroaches.
I really, really hate cockroaches Pretty sure I have a minor phobia of 'em.
Thank god I haven't seen any in my room (yet?). I look constantly haha.
/sadface
my heater kind of ended and i think i hit a small downswing. down 10 buyins or something over the last couple of days. running into the line i hate most of all lines villains take; the call call pot line
shots at 1-2 are not going well so far. im pretty sure it's due to running bad.
this is always good to cheer up though;
Since my last blog is painful for me to even look at, let alone acknowledge, I've decided to post another with what actually happened last night.
I was 8-tabling with the multi-click option on (which I have fixed since, thanks to a comment on my other post) and ended up losing about 3.60 at .01/.02 NL tables over about 2 and a half hours. I realize this is not a lot of money, but it's definitely not how I wanted to start my run with real money.
Today I've played about an hour so far and have brought myself back up to about a dollar short of what I started with. Now that I've calmed down and realized that getting pissed and playing bad hands and blaming unrelated shit will not help my game, I feel I've been playing a lot better.
I hope some of you got a laugh out of my last blog, since I'm sure it was the typical "omg I lost money wtf I h8 poker" post.
played a shitload of 52 hours this month, but its worth it cuz im so motivated when im finally winning again i can just grind in all eternity
hopefully i wont make to many whinefucking posts about how i run 145 buy ins under EV for month after month since im finally winning at these shitstakes..
and hopefully nr2, ill make some enoying bragposts from now on about my winnings at these shitstakes..
and hopefully nr3, brag should be less enoying then the run bad posts
Today, I wanted to tell you about bankroll management that I use.
It's nothing special I think, but from what I have read many beginners have problem with that.
To move up a to a new limit I need 20 bi (buy-in) of that limit.
It's good number for two reasons:
* You can make it fast
* It's enough for comfortable play at new limit
BM is not only about when you go up, but it also tells you when to move down, to rebuild yourself. It is very important to know when to move down.
I have strict rule (maybe too strict) that I move down if I have 18bi of my limit.
This amount gives me comfort that when I move down I have only to make 4/6 bi to return to higher limit.
These rules of mine are basic BM for micro stakes. Personally I will stick to them to nl100. My plan for higher limits is to move up with 25-30-40 bi of new limit, because higher limits means bigger aggression factor means more swings, so more bi will reduce pain of swing. Also amount of moving down will increase to maybe something like 20-30 bi.
My rules for medium stakes are for now in alpha version. I never played medium stakes yet, so I will reconsider them when I move up.
As for now, my BM works good, maybe it is too cautious but, as I wrote earlier on blog I have time to move up and I don't want to gamble.
After messing around with stats last month I am on my way to getting the stats I like while still being able to actually play and not focus on making it happen.
I have seen the term squeeze used often and I understand it to be raising in order to get a third person to get into the pot. Is this close to what is means. Can anybody help clarify this term?
Full Tilt vs Poker Starsby superfashion, September 08
So I was playing Full Tilt, but they suspended my account claiming that I'm under 18 (I'm 19). I decided that instead of sending in all my shit, I'd just switch to Poker Stars.
The problem is that PokerStars is COMPLETELY FUCKING UNPLAYABLE. I have no idea how anyone can take this piece of shit program over Full Tilt; you have to click everything like 5 goddamn times for it to even register and it's costing me hands all over the fucking place.
BAM wide awake at 6:00by piratematerial, September 08
Barely slept the two night before this one. Maybe 2-4 hours eacht night, with the WCOOP going on i put in a lot of hours. I decided i wasn't going to play any poker today and drink and have fun and maybe hit the sack early. So today i setup a nice BBQ five friends on the courtyard that our house is adjacent too. Got a nice piece of beef and threw it on there and it turned out really well. Chickenwings and sausages and some fish packages also worked well. We had lots of wine and beer.
My cousin and her boyfriend decided to get their boat. it's a small motorboat, but it can fit 6 people though its kind of cosy. We took a few bottles of wine and the remaining sixpack and toured the canals by night. Even though i still want to move back to Amsterdam in the next few months, i have to admit it was really beautifull. This is what it looks like, only trees are looking way better now cause they still have all their leaves since it's summer. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2200/1968969057_21441920ab.jpg?v=0
when we reached a plaza with lots of bars we got a table on the plaza. the night was really warm and we had a lot more beers there. at about 3:00 we returned home and i was ready to sleep like a baby.
6:00 BAM it's fucking six o'clock now. i'm wide awake. i'm too hot to sleep and just to awake. there is no use lying in my bed thinking i want to sleep
sometimes i think it's poker messing with my sleep schedule. even though i'ts going well i have a hard time sleeping. perhaps it's the adrenaline from playing mostly Headsup poker.. i really have no idea. Wonder if any of you feel like poker messes with your body's biological clock.
recap of the WCOOP so far. i played in the $105 2nd chance 6max event, the $105 NLHE event, the 215$ Limit event and the $500 2 day event. My best result was in the 2nd chance where i got like 177th. Didn't cash in any of the others. Which is a little dissapointing. I was especially looking forward to playing in the $500 event. At first it went really well within one hour i tripled my stack to 30k.
Then i fell back a little with a small failed bluff and some standard pots i didn't win. Overall i was really active. Attacking the weak spots on the table a lot and 3betting and squeezing quite some. My 3bet stat was at 15% and we played several hundred hands by now. The exact hand before this one i succesfully squeezed another time. When this hand came up:
Submitted by : piratematerial
PokerStars Game #32533159922: Tournament #200909011, $500+$30 USD Holdem No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2009/09/06 19:08:44 ET
Table 200909011 435 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Mr Neverquit (9740 in chips)
Seat 2: AAKKina (25686 in chips)
Seat 3: iMsoLucky0 (12040 in chips)
Seat 4: DanSch75 (15180 in chips)
Seat 5: pokerhaasje (21255 in chips)
Seat 6: iveygotstaks (5019 in chips)
Seat 7: DaLuckBox (15151 in chips)
Seat 8: sanzard (9860 in chips)
Seat 9: porkchop (9510 in chips)
Mr Neverquit: posts the ante 10
AAKKina: posts the ante 10
iMsoLucky0: posts the ante 10
DanSch75: posts the ante 10
pokerhaasje: posts the ante 10
iveygotstaks: posts the ante 10
DaLuckBox: posts the ante 10
sanzard: posts the ante 10
porkchop: posts the ante 10
pokerhaasje: posts small blind 50
iveygotstaks: posts big blind 100
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to pokerhaasje
DaLuckBox: folds
sanzard: folds
porkchop: folds
Mr Neverquit: folds
AAKKina: calls 100
iMsoLucky0: folds
DanSch75: raises 300 to 400
pokerhaasje: raises 1100 to 1500
iveygotstaks: folds
AAKKina: folds
DanSch75: raises 3100 to 4600
pokerhaasje: raises 16645 to 21245 and is all-in
DanSch75: calls 10570 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (6075) returned to pokerhaasje
Showdown pokerhaasje: shows (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
DanSch75: shows (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
DanSch75 collected 30630 from pot
Summary Total pot 30630 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Mr Neverquit folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: AAKKina folded before Flop
Seat 3: iMsoLucky0 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: DanSch75 (button) showed and won (30630) with two pair, Aces and Jacks
Seat 5: pokerhaasje (small blind) showed and lost with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 6: iveygotstaks (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: DaLuckBox folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: sanzard folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: porkchop folded before Flop (didnt bet)
villain was 15/8 and i didn't tangle too much with him. As he usually wasn't in the pot. I felt really gross about this spot because it was with this guy. In my opinion all other factor's; my image, the positions and recent history say fistpump get it in except that it was with exactly this guy at the table. this hand keeps haunting me. Should i have laid it down to his 4bet? Why do i pay off a fucking predictable nit? Tell me what you think of this hand :s Maybe it will give me some peace.
PokerStars Game #32623545367: Tournament #193236868, $20+$2 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round VIII, Level I (10/20) - 2009/09/09 0:08:12 ET
Table 193236868 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: 7Ways2Win (1430 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (1570 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
7Ways2Win: posts big blind 20
Holecards Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 40 to 60
7Ways2Win: raises 120 to 180
Hero: calls 120
7Ways2Win: checks
Hero: bets 910 and is all-in
7Ways2Win: folds
Uncalled bet (910) returned to Hero
Hero collected 1320 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand
Summary Total pot 1320 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: 7Ways2Win (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) collected (1320)
PokerStars Game #32623680174: Tournament #193236868, $20+$2 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round VIII, Level III (20/40) - 2009/09/09 0:14:00 ET
Table 193236868 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: 7Ways2Win (400 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (2600 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 20
7Ways2Win: posts big blind 40
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 40 to 80
7Ways2Win: calls 40
Showdown 7Ways2Win: shows (three of a kind, Nines)
Hero: shows (two pair, Aces and Nines)
7Ways2Win collected 800 from pot
Summary Total pot 800 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: 7Ways2Win (big blind) showed and won (800) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines
GOD I run sooo fucking bad at final tables its amazing. This is how I lost the last one:
PokerStars Game #28776625214: Tournament #165726880, $20+$2 Holdem No Limit - Match Round VIII, Level I (10/20) - 2009/05/30 0:13:47 ET
Table 165726880 1 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: PokerDemonSA (1160 in chips)
Seat 2: hneves182 (1840 in chips)
PokerDemonSA: posts small blind 10
hneves182: posts big blind 20
Showdown hneves182: shows (a straight, Deuce to Six)
PokerDemonSA: shows (a full house, Fours full of Fives)
PokerDemonSA collected 2320 from pot
Summary Total pot 2320 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: PokerDemonSA (button) (small blind) showed and won (2320) with a full house, Fours full of Fives
Seat 2: hneves182 (big blind) showed and lost with a straight, Deuce to Six
tutz_aml: bets $3
moxlee: raises $10 to $13
tutz_aml: raises $10.75 to $23.75
moxlee: raises $8.35 to $32.10 and is all-in
tutz_aml: calls $0.40 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.95) returned to moxlee
Showdown moxlee: shows (a full house, Queens full of Jacks)
tutz_aml: shows (a full house, Jacks full of Aces)
moxlee collected $50.05 from pot
Summary Total pot $52.05 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: moxlee showed and won ($50.05) with a full house, Queens full of Jacks
Seat 3: autocola folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Spangdersson (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: tutz_aml (small blind) showed and lost with a full house, Jacks full of Aces
Seat 6: Mr_Karvea (big blind) folded before Flop
tutz_aml: bets $3
moxlee: raises $10 to $13
tutz_aml: raises $10.75 to $23.75
moxlee: raises $8.35 to $32.10 and is all-in
tutz_aml: calls $0.40 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.95) returned to moxlee
Showdown moxlee: shows (a full house, Queens full of Jacks)
tutz_aml: shows (a full house, Jacks full of Aces)
moxlee collected $50.05 from pot
Summary Total pot $52.05 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: moxlee showed and won ($50.05) with a full house, Queens full of Jacks
Seat 3: autocola folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Spangdersson (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: tutz_aml (small blind) showed and lost with a full house, Jacks full of Aces
Seat 6: Mr_Karvea (big blind) folded before Flop
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they all come out at night. Its because the shower leaks and water gathers on the floor so they have infinite sustenance..
(two pair, Aces and Jacks)
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(a full house, Fours full of Fives)
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