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So I thought i was going to hate my life as a non-grinder but I have to admit, I really like the structure that having a job has. I also forgot how much i love to travel and how much I love technology and everything about my job. I don't even really feel like I'm working when i work, I feel like im learning every day.

I was doing a very difficult project for TA truck stops/Petro truck stops where we were essentially installing completely new networks. Working with fiberoptics, switches, routers, linux and everything you could imagine dealing with a network on a commercial scale. Admittedly this project was way over my head. I have no experience with linux/cisco and i'm not too comfortable with server work. My lead man got terminated for getting into a fight with a manager so I didn't really get to absorb all of the new knowledge because we had to come home asaply.

I'm leaving out sometime this week on a sick easy project where all i have to do is upgrade computers in wal-mart making a minimum of $300 a day. I'm bringing this girl with me + Show Spoiler +

. We have been on and off for 3 years, lets hope we are only on for the 2 months we're gonna have to live together while i do this new project. Maybe I'll teach her a bit and have her work with me and pay her, i'm not sure exactly what we're gonna do yet but im way happy to have her with me and not be totally alone.

some random pics from the TA project
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http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/d188b.petro.jpg
This is me like 50 feet up on this sign. I wanted to go to the top but there was a metal plate blocking me from going any higher.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/1afbd.cable.jpg
This is the most beautiful cable management i've ever seen in my life.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/2f234.pretty.jpg
This pic was taken on the az/ca border. I've never in my life seen a prettier sight, The pic doesn't do justice.

I haven't played hardly any poker, i was working like 16hr days on the TA project. I'm still on cake however i'm considering moving. Mostly just been playing nl100 hu and if i can't find a game there nl50 hu. The break from poker is amazing. I didn't realize at all how much of a weight that would be lifted off my shoulders not having to win at poker to pay the bills.


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i feel so balla heading off to play the local live 50p/50p that my friends are to poor to gamble at :D LOL


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uh i was bored over the weekend, and randomly saw alot of lp videos.
this is just a list of my observations/opinions.

1. apparently there was no site to consistently upload videos too. i guess the 2006 era kinda sucked for uploading video.

2. frinkx - apparently he made 2 videos. both are apparently highly entertaining. one he coolers/destroys some other lper i guess. and the other...well the other one...was like a novel...exposition, where we are introduced to frinkx and his playing style...climax where we get rick rolled....and then falling action/resolution where we are bombarded with a tt montage...yea fml for dling it.

3. sakisaki - i saw 3 of his videos. uh, his most recent one is just crazy compared to his first 2-3. the difference in skil level is absolutely clear... and so is his improvement in english. i just thought it was funny that not only did he get better at poker, he also got a lot better at english. he made some adjustments which i think was just the way online poker changed as a whole. (more 3betting oop than in position) but it's really interesting cause u can see his videos and they cover a span of like 2 years.

4. couldn't find kets, cro's, or mf28 (i think this is the one where frinkx coolers/destroys/begins an epic flamewar)

5. midian's is absolutely worth watching. dl the stupid retarded codec its worth it.

6. likewise same with myth's. his video is pretty interesting. i liked myth's as well mainly cause he offered a very different playing style. he plays more single raised pots, vs 3-bet pots. not to say that he can't or won't. but it's just nice to see that all poker isn't the same. and that there really are in fact many different approaches to the game.

7. mez's video...just lol.

8. thor's video...they are such lucky mfuckers to get that on video. they pretty much start a dynamic with a retard....but they also get AA vs QQ and get paid off...paid off huge. it's so great. this is like one of the best things about poker, and something everyone wishes hopes to do (and the fact that they capture it on video...so lol).

9. for some reason, dusty's video seemed hidden under the rug fro plain view. i really enjoyed his video and def recommend it.

10. jcosmo's vid is very solid, and really opens your eyes to a lag approach.


i suppose i'll just end my little review with my personal favs in order. i'll even tier them up so u can see how close one is to the other.

1.0 midian
1.15 myth
2. saki's
2.5 dusty's
4. cosmo's
5. mez's
6. thor's

if anyone has ket's video, or frinkx's other video i'd enjoy watching them.

also i'm just gonna add that all these video's are so much more worth watching then the cr video's that i've seen.




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I've been debating for several weeks now to basically discontinue "serious" efforts in poker.

The rationale is the little "spare" time I have overall and the EV from each possible use I can find for it.

While Poker certainly provides immediate monetary gains, I've come to the definitive conclusion that there are other endeavors that yield me higher returns per hour invested. And in the end, poker is about the money. So if there's something I can be doing with poker time that yields me more $$ than poker itself, the best "poker EV decision" I can make is to stop playing the game.

So instead of drilling myself with poker videos and literature and practice, I'll instead be trying to build a daily routine where I allot at least a large fraction of that time and energy to really learning investment practice. I don't desire any fancy short term "trading", but to be able to allocate my (future) wealth prudently and to be able to deceipher market reports / financial manager data, etc. I'm fortunately enough to have a career which will give me the funds to even be investing in the first place, so I may as well be devoting energy to putting it to maximum use.

I doubt I'll "quit" the game entirely, since I definitely enjoy the game more than ever - especially trying my hand at Headsup (though I honestly spewtilt way too often gah). I still want to improve, and love the feeling of gaining skill - but I can't allow myself to commit 80% of my leisure time to that anymore etc.

Can't have time for everything I guess X__X, gotta "spend" time wisely.

Part of my reason for putting this in writing is so that I can look back at the fact that I wrote this and made it public and withhold myself from playing poker at times when I'm supposed to be learning 'the other game' instead. An accountability source of sorts.


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I just started playing poker again today. Ended up really well, as I am pretty satisfied with my play. I need to slow down some of my actions though, as I definitely need to fold some hands which I know I should fold, but I don't because I'm playing like a monkey.

Anyways, thanks to Mikeymoo for helping me out today with a lot of sweating my seshs, I'm running pretty far below EV, but I've been making the right decisions. So I'm happy.

Emo problems? Na... here's a chart of today.

Yes, $100 in RB is good too. So overall i'm down like 100 today.

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Quick funny articles:

http://lohud.com/article/20090725/NEWS02/907250355

Don't miss this part, ""He said he was looking for directions to a shoe store," Malan said."

http://www.cracked.com//article_17575...ies-that-prove-airlines-hate-you.html



Fun!


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Played less than 500 hands today and got raped by QQ on the river 3 times. boo

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/721896
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/721883
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/721901

quit session after this hand thinking I may begin to become a tilt risk

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/721902

and i graduated woooo, now have a degree in mathematics =)


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Yeah so it seems my 2 day dooomswitch has beet a little bit shortlived.

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I also had stack no25 in MTT, but my GF came from work and wanted to go for a beer so I had to quit for only $50.

Well, 11BI day, ship it


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done tks Semper


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finally busted the biggest HU fish I've ever seen.

Limped about 30% of buttons, raised like another 3%.
Folded bb about 70% of the time whether I opened to 2xbb or 3xbb.

Folded every flop to cbet unless he had a decent draw or TP or better - would call my $1 into $1.90 then check turn and river with KK on AKx board LOLOL this is the kind of megaweaktight guy we're talking about here.

Took 480 hands and like 90 minutes to finally bust him ROFL I SUCK. Kept getting it in vs him when he would raise flop and ofc he'd have nuts every time.

Finally "figured him out" - I'd just open about 70% of buttons to 2xbb, fold to ANY 3bet, cbet flop for 1/2 pot and then immediately shut down if he did anything but fold, and since he'd only LIMP like 30% of his buttons, it was autoprofit rofl.

GOD I need to get better at this game


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Went up to the local casino cause they've started doing .50/1 and 1/2 spread games with a max bet of $100. Before they only had fixed limit so this is a definite improvement, and for those blinds it's pretty close to playing NLHE. Once you get deep it sucks but overall it's playable. Big thing is I have to figure out what the rake is.

Anyway, got up there at about noon planning to play the cash games but a NLHE Tournament had just started and everyone at the cash games had joined the tourney. There were 5 tables with I think 7k starting stacks and 50/100 starting blinds, 15 minute levels and a $70 buyin. Top 5 places paid. I bought in figuring I might as well do this for a bit and if I bust out there will be cash games to play in at that point.

When I visited this same casino about a month ago the only NL they had was these tournaments so I'd played one. That one had 3 tables and a smaller buyin, and despite being a live fish at the time and a mediocre tournie player, I made the final table though I was knocked out in like 9th.

Yesterday I did much better because of the Vegas experience. I still made some stupid live mistakes like putting 1 big chip out when I intended it to be raise but not saying "Raise" so they considered it a call, and one time I totally miscalculated someones stack size and thought he had half my stack when he had me almost covered. But overall I was comfortable, calm, and able to pick up a lot of useful tells which allowed me to make much better decisions.

Made it to the final table with 3 M and 3 other shortstacks in the 5 M area. Made some good shoves and stole blinds up to about 6 M and held on as the 2 of the other shorties busted. A few guys got into it with eachother in 1 massive pot and 2 more busted and we were on the bubble. One of the original shorties, who was a reg that had been on the same table with me the entire tournament, got it in with me when I had him covered and I sucked out with 55 vs TT by hitting a 5 on the turn. Got into the money and was super happy. Kept playing well and once we got to the top 4 I was 2nd in chips and not far behind 1st. Kept grinding it out and took out a guy and was 1st in chips with 3 left, and 2nd in chips was about even with me so the 3rd guy was on a mega short stack. I kinda figured in my head that I had at least second and should get first cause the 2nd place in chips was a nitty guy who I was much better than. I kept running em over for about 1 level and then I fucked up bad.

I opened J5s in SB v BB when 2nd in chips was the BB. He called. Flop came QJ3 and I checked, he snap jammed, and I snap called. This is the mistake I mentioned in the beginning of the blog where I thought he only had half my stack at the most. I dunno why I thought that and why I didn't bother to ask how much he had. It was an overall total donk call and horribly played by me. I didn't even have a read that he was bluffing. I dunno wtf went wrong in my head at that moment, I just lost my discipline and basic thinking process.

He had QJ and I binked a 5 on the turn but river bricked so FML I'm down to like 3 M again. I jammed a bit but the fucking shorty called pretty soon and held with QJ vs 69s and I was out in 3rd for $480.

Very tilting not to take 1st when I definitely could and should have, but happy to have cashed in the tourney this time. 2 live tournaments at casinos in my life and 2 final tables, lolz. Small fields though and idiotic players, so that makes it easier.

After I busted I jumped onto the .50/1 table but then realized it was time for me to leave and start driving home. So I played my big blind intending to leave after that hand. I got Ts8s and there were 2 limpes, the SB completed, I checked. Flop came KsJs9h. I bet out about pot and the first limper raised it about 2.5x. The second limper thought for a while and called and the SB folded. I jammed figuring I need to maximize fold equity vs these fish and if they do call I'm still nearly always ahead or at worst flipping. The first limper snap calls, 2nd limper folds and the turn brings a Q. Ship it. I rack my chips right away and cash out and head home for a $500 profit on the casino visit. Best 1 hand session of poker I ever had, lolz

I find that I enjoy live poker a LOT more than online. The great thing about online is you learn so much more about how to play and get so much more practice. It sets you up to have a huge edge in live poker because the players all suck and even the regs suck. The regs I saw there were all like NL25 level regs. Add in live tells and the edge I have when playing these low stakes live games is HUGE compared to the same levels online. I can make much bigger folds than I would online for 2 reasons - 1) the players are too dumb to get me into really tough spots and 2) a lot of times they give their hands away via tells so a spot where they're bluffing 80% and have the nuts %20 and you'd have to call online, you can fold live cause you know you're facing that %20 of nuts.

I definitely wanna keep grinding live and badly want to get good at tells. That's what I'm lacking right now but even with the little bet of knowledge I have I'm getting a big advantage. I can't imagine how easy it would be if I was a top notch tell reader.

So that puts me up to 1.6k profit so far since I've started my live run and a 1k BR since I put $600 into the bank after vegas to cover the expenses from the trip + pay some other bills. I hope I can keep building that up!


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past few hundred sngs variance hit me pretty hard. I had two 80-90 buyin downswings that made me feel like i'm a complete donk that just reshoves too light every time lol.

I still managed to maintain 50%ROI which isn't necessarily bad, but still around 25% (i think) below what i should be getting in the longterm.

I haven't been able to move up stakes as i am in the middle of paying my roomate the rent money for my apartment in bkk (hopefully flying back in a few days)


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VIP 100k monthly,
VIP 75k Weekly
VIP 30K weekly 100fpp



All in 5/6 Hours time, don't forget folks, I plan on winning my next year's Salary so I don't have to go to my new job on Monday.

P.S.And of course the TT tomorrow!



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The Usual: I put some Tiesto on, started some tables and went on 4 tabling again.

After being still tilted from the multitabling it didn't go so well, but I said fuck it, lets have some fun cause thats what poker is about in the first place.





I always wanted to do this: ;o
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Using the chat feature with forever tanking fish:
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I think this will tilt this reg: (I strongly believed he wouldn't instashove anything else than AK without tanking)
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Attacking a weak reg at the worst possible spot:
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And a couple of hands later at the same table, my uber crazy image pays off (18/9 Nit)
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No Callers: :/
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See you at the tables, Freerols FTW!


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random acts of kindness from someone you really don't know well at all is like the best confidence booster/motivator imo, thanks for the support lp. times like this i feel lp is so awesome <3 i will not mention who he is but he is a regular hardcore sne grinder . anyway i will be back in shape in no time, i promise all of you that much. and to the staker, i appreciate this and i wish u run awesome this year. gl me and to u all


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long time lurker, running like crap -_- so decided to blog for inspiration

http://users.tpg.com.au/yifanz//fail.jpg

Goal for rest of july:
rebuild confidence, take shots at 50nl when BR reaches 2k



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I rarely update because I'd rather play and study than seek attention on here I guess. Anyway, I dicked around on SnGs in the beginning of the month. Just too boring for me so I went back to lolcashgames. They are super easy. I'm currently at NL25, will move to NL50 at $1000. I'm getting pretty close to that. Well until right now at least. I'm -5bi under expectation today. I was planning on blogging today anyway, just so turns out I run like complete ass in all-ins today so I get to make this a whine blog post, yay!

Actually I'll try not to whine too much. It just sucks losing 4.5 buyins when I should have won a buy-in. But that's poker. I wish the All-in EV thing didn't exist. It sort of makes things worse for me.

I would just like to give a shout out to Fixed Limit for making me awesome at table selection. That game is dying so much you have to table select your balls off in order to get a decent profit, and I've brought those skills to my NL game. I'm so used to seeing a juicy table and already be on it, but in NL there's just so many juicy tables I'm never on the same one! It's great. So thanks LHE for that.

I'm trying to play a solid style at NL right now. I mean, what else should you do at NL25? There's some serious people just dumping money off, unfortunately I can't always be on the end to grab it oh well. I hope to be at NL50 in August and NL100 by the end of September.

I had a good redline until today when the Poker Gods decided that I shouldn't be able to hit any boards and everyone will call me. Here's my graph since my return and stats. Any input is appreciated:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/e01bc.july09td.jpg
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/7fe03.julystatstd.jpg

Today really sucked :[ I caught myself tilting and screaming out random shit so I instastopped which is fine and dandy. I'd like to get to the point where losing money doesn't affect me at all. Hopefully that will come some day. I don't see it happening until I get to a stake where I think the money is good and I'm used to that stake. That will probably be NL200 at least I'd guess.


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why is it like this that u never get rewarded for making these sick herocalls..

(ps we had a pretty crazy 3betting dynamic, he is a regular laggy type player, not to good though postflop, but he attacks weakness and plays superaggro, hes not thinking to much of his own/my range to much and stuff, not to good at balancing, like alot of 25NL players)

always the brutal buttfucking beats.
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allthough im happy i really think about the game..
I would never have concidered calling in a spot like this cuz its not really fun psychologically but when the logic and instinct come to play its really a good feeling afterwards when you make these herocalls and end up being correct.

First you bluff and then all of a sudden ur hands become a bluffcatcher with showdownvalue. Its really cool imo.

with our dynamic i never think he has AK and if he made some kind of 2 pair combo i dont think hes good enough to level like this and shove. i guess he could have it some % of the time but it just makes no sense, his shove dosnt match his range at all.

Any thoughs about the hand?


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