I'll be playing APPT Macau in several days, it's a 40k HKD buy in which comes out to 5160 USD (as of right now, 1 HKD = 0.129008 USD xe.com). I'll be selling at 1.1 to 1, I've been told I should sell for higher but this is my first big international MTT so I don't think it'd be fair charging more markup. I also want to reserve a lot of % for my friends IRL here (mostly since they can pay me in cash), so likely I won't take THAT much % from LP backers but I'll gauge the interest. Just send a PM or leave a comment, I'll take stars or FTP.
As for MTT experience I've won the FTP 50/50 early this year for 12k, I've gotten 4th in the daily 80 on stars for 9k, and I mostly play during FTOPS seasons etc. I'm primarily a cash game player though, ID attackyoustack on ftp.
Unrelated: pretty lol, was crushing the 50/100 (equivalent $6/$12 USD) at the grand lisboa today until I realized they were charging max 200 hkd rake (20+ us dollars), what a giant rip off. lol liveaments.
I have given myself a hand goal of 2500 hands/day for the next 25 or so days. I've been just about reaching it, but the internet at my timeshare is fucking TRASH SHITCUNT PISS and I can only grind from the hours of 12AM - 8AM. So I have that headache.
So I was grinding after I woke up at 3 or 4 in the morning to do so, and I took a break after my ~1.2hrs @ 700 hands and I was up 4.5bi. I felt really good and like I was playing well, so I convinced myself to go for my goal.
But then I forgot if I don't stop playing right then, the rule that I cannot win at poker ever will kick me in the balls
now I can't really continue grinding because the internet is starting its day of being incredibly fucking shitty and I get sat out on my tables every 10 minutes, regardless of if I'm in the middle of a hand of course.
This is fkn retarded........
Please take a look at my hand thread I posted in mistakes
lol, just got curious and asked a customer service rep, i need to clear ALL the points by the 19th of next month(if i clear 99% of bonus, i receive a jolly fuck all), and given the software its hard to play more than 3 or 4 tables an di can onlly comfortably grind nl5 or nl6 omaha, im clearing about 1% of my bonus every 2 or 3 hours im going to need to cyborg mode?
Anyone want to use their own money my acc and split the bonus when youve got it ?
paradise poker btw
lol
pz
Foxwoods Deep Stack Weekendby NewBornBaby, August 21
Hey all-
Long time no talk LP. Hope all is well to you all. Been busy with work lately and catching up on studying for my CPA exams. I'm leaving work early today to head to Foxwoods for the weekend. I'm meeting up with nutshot and BJLTNYK there and I'll be joining them with a buddy of mine for some grindaments.
Nutshot has been there all week playing the $340, $2k and will be playing the upcoming $560. My buddy Chris, Me, and Brian (BJLTNYK) will most likely join nutshot in the $560 donkament starting Saturday and ends Sunday. It's a decent structure with 20k starting chip stacks and 60 minute levels so there will be some sick deep action going on.
I hope PLO is running there so I can get in my sick PLO grind since it's a MTT filled weekend. Who knows.
Online poker-wise I've been grinding 100PLO on both Pokerstars and FTP and having a decent month. (Up 2k on FTP and PS) I just got more memory in my computer because it was running stone age slow so I will start using my HEM again.
Shout outs to all the hospitality from all fellow LPers during my week stay there in June. It was great times and I look forward to next year's bonanzas.
Will ship a nice trip report post Foxwoods success/debacle.
so im def at nl50 now, playing mix with nl25 tables slowing adding them in as i get used to bet sizing so on... but already confident im winner at this stake.
just need to stop doing fancy play cos i somehow assume everyones realised im moving up and/or everyone is now thinking 2 levels higher.
I'm taking the next two days off for life outside of poker. I really do need the break I think. I'm pretty tired after today. I got to the final table in a 66 deepstack on Absolute but couldn't take it down also ran deep in a 11r on fulltilt. I'm extremely disappointed that I couldn't win it. I was really looking forward to taking down two 11rebuys on two different sites than possibly taking the next two days off from social events and playing every $10k guarentee tournament or more to try to get that triple crown title on Pocket Fives... Oh well that time will come eventually.
You should pay attention to your credit card because I bet they do this to you also. Banks like to do random $1.00 "Fees" for no reason whatsoever. Even if they tell you that it's a card with no fees, they will find some excuse. I personally think it's along the lines of them going "Ok we need an extra 500k, go charge everyone a $1.00 fee and we're good". Most people don't notice, and if they do they don't contest it since they figure it's legit or they're too lazy to bitch over $1. I'm not too lazy and I know it's not legit, so I've sent about 5 emails to my bank in the past year, each time asking them to give me my dollar back and to stop taking it in the future. Each time they give it back, apologize and say it won't happen again. And then a few months go by and I see another fee.
So here's my latest email that I just sent:
I guess this is my monthly message that I send to you guys to tell you to stop charging me these random $1.00 fees and to return the money. See, I don t use that credit card, it's only for overdraft protection, so I kind of notice when you do this. Please stop. I think you should have to start paying me in the future everytime I have to send one of these messages cause it's starting to take up time and be insanely annoying. Normally when you ask someone to stop something, and they say they will stop, they do stop. Not sure why this is different, but if you insist on consistently doing this despite my consistent requests for you to stop, then I think I deserve to get compensated for my time.
Anyway, nice talking to you again, please give me my dollar back and stop taking my money.
What a difference a day makes...by DustySwedeDude, August 20
Ok so my overall happie-rating is up a couple of dots since my last blog. The fact that I used the term "since my last blog" kinda bugs me, but whatever, I like to write stuff. Since last time I've actually won a bit while playing poker (good), I've had a nice work out (good) and I've found out some disturbing stuff about my winrate. According to HEM it's as follows:
2/4 (45k hands) about -4.5bb/100.
3/6 (100k hands) just over 3bb/100
5/10 (85k hands) 6.55bb/100.
WTF is up with me? Whey the fuck am I down like crazy at 2/4? Obviously I'm not always playing my A-game there and a lot of it is 9-tabling for rake races and such, but still. Really happy about the 5/10 stats though. Obviously a lot of hidden random luck but still a nice winrate, which probably speaks a bunch for how important it is to actually care about the stakes. Not even going to post my 10/20 stats cause it's such a small sample (11k hands), but yea, the trend keeps going... Guess I should stop cashing out so much and get a real bankroll together
As far as getting stronger goes I planed to bench 85*5 3 times today. Did 5, figured out that I only had 80 and got tilted. Put on another 5, waited a while and did 5 more. Figured there was no way I'd do 5*85 again so I tried 90 and did that 3 times instead. Guess that means that I could probably lift 95 or so pretty easy which means that I'll probably be as strong as I've ever been in a month or so. Thought it'd take longer but that's nice. On that note I'd be super happy if people could post whatever crap they might be eating that has a ton of protein and/or healthy stuff and not too much calories.
Well today after my first mass grinding on 1c/2c, I don't think I can build my bankroll as fast as I thought. So far, my aces and kings can't seem to hold up to hands like KJ and 98 and donkeys that bet into my trips with top pair seem to always river their way out. Got fullhouse over fullhouse. I can't seem to hit any draws while my flop betting doesn't deter the cards from making my opponents' straights or flushes. Bankroll is at half at what it was yesterday and I'm in anger mode.
I want to build a cheap (less than $600) desktop with a graphics card capable of playing the newest games and supporting 2 24" 1080p monitors. Can anyone direct me to a thread where this is discussed or offer advice/link. I have built computers before...just not in the last 5 years.
Thanks!
Poker Content:
Hadn't played poker all summer, but then decided to start up again in august. Lots of mistakes but about to move up to 25nl. Probably used all my run g00t.
... this isn't really even a whine post (though it can easily be interpreted as one). I was @ work yesterday thinking about some poker, when it dawned on me that I seriously could not recall how it felt to win... at all. I gave it like a good 10 minutes, to no avail. I jsut can't seem to conjure up what it felt like to win, and to be a winner...
It's actually pretty frightening... especially because I am positive it affects a lot of my postflop decisions...
too bad luck doesnt even out.by ConquistadoR, August 20
Too bad luck doesnt even out in the long run..... Then I could at least expect to get some serious upswing soon, but I guess I'll just run bad forever instead.
Incredible, I tried everything within the last few days, but I ran freaking HORRIBLE no matter what I played. SnG's, tourneys, cash game, w-ever PS jsut wont let me win. I know that the brain tends to memorize bad beats that you took more than f.ex. bad beats that you GAVE, but this is really not some skewed thinking, I am freaking running horrible and it just won't stop. Crazy, but logical, someone has to be at the low end of luck distribution.
I was gonna search a coach but as im almost busto I obv. cant afford one anymore.... to be honest my motivation is almost zero right now as well, so fuckign unfair that i just cant win anything and i am by no means a horrible player or something, i surely have my tilt/discipline issues but im SURELY +ev @ nl25 and at that SNGS and shit i played. have to rant here helps me a bit well gl at the tables guys.
I was really hoping to get some hands in this month after completing my summer courses and returning from vacation, but at this point I have given up on pokerstars. Since July, I began experiencing major lag to the point that it is impossible to play. I have emailed tech support about this multiple times and this is all I get:
Hello Holly,
Thank you for your email and for allowing us to be of assistance.
I have reviewed the Network Status Report that you previously sent through
and you are correct that the issue lies somewhere outside your ISPs network,
this does not mean it is something that is controlled by us. I would
personally suggest that you contact your ISP and ask them to trace the
traffic and then route your path around the issue.
Please do not hesitate to contact us again if you require any further
assistance.
Regards,
Sean
PokerStars Support Team
So I guess I'm just screwed because calling my ISP is not going to accomplish anything. I'm pretty disappointed that my only option is to withdraw my bankroll and find another site. My stats and notes on other players really help, so now I'm back to square one.
I have considered registering an account on Full tilt, but I don't know much about it. Does anyone have any advice or opinions about Full tilt? Are there any other online poker sites worth playing on?
I'm really hoping the issue will resolve itself but so far FAIL
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