The camping trip went well and the move is pretty much all done. Now I just need to get back grinding out some hands before the month ends. I really don't think I will meet my monthly goals, but I'm def happy with how I've been playing recently and if I can continue that trend and carry it into the coming months I should see some really nice results. Still no word on the job thing which is pretty retarded, I've now been told by two companies that I'm overall qualified, however, I'm underqualified for everything else. What a great position right lol.......oh well if I can keep grinding it out maybe I won't have to worry about that by years end.
I want to sell 50% of myself for the same $1/3 NLHE that Milkman will be playing. We both go to a local cardroom in Oregon that runs it. I'd be shipping any winnings through FTP. Also it would be ~$500 investment at most. We can discuss anything through PM or AIM (JcM3420) if you have any questions on the game or my own credentials.
Also we could do it nightly or multiple nights depending on what you'd prefer.
yo i got a weird problem maybe you guys can help me with.
i have two monitors, a 30 and a 20, with the 20 placed vertically.
regardless of which table is primary, when i click view--> tile tables, it always tiles as many tables as it can on the small vertical 20. is there any way to solve this? it does this on my other setup as well.
FTP always seems to know to tile on the bigger monitor.
+16BI day, back up 9K for the month!!by Joeingram1, July 26
So after my 40k hand session I slept for a few hours and had a friend come up to stay with me so I wouldn't have that happen again. It has proven to be very very +ev for me when he comes up and we both grind here and I really can't wait till we get out to San Diego in a few months in our grind house. Have been back on the upswing since then including a super sick heater today in a few sessions I played at 6max and full ring. Just seemed like I wasn't running bad like I was during that session and my KK vs QQ were holding up. Only played a few hands but am up around 16 BI for the day which brings my monthly total to a little bit over 9k.
I have been right around 9k for the month 3 times and they were all followed by 40BI downswings right after which has demoralized me a bunch each time but luckily I am staying focused and know I have to get to 10k and win all my prob bets. I would much rather win 8k then lose 8k obviously! About time to get to sleep now and wake up and hopefully can ship it. We are going to be using a 8BI stop loss for potential future sessions this month so I don't end up to far away from the goal.
I hope you liked my rhyme
and take the time
out of your grind
to be ohso kind
to help me in this bind
by watching the fucking video!
I know..
that wasn't very benign
but my blog isn't about wine and dine
it's about a funny little line
within the human mind
to become more divine
See the signs
read the darkness hidden in sunshine
some would call it all a crime
while others may state
oh how it's sublime
At least that's what I hear on the grapevine
as it's not a discussion you'll hear on primetime
But it has me trying!
with this whole world crying
and I find myself sighing!
because so many are buying
into one crazy government!
that is cleverly lying
Just look
and see
whose hands
they're tying
as it cons
the people
into relying
It's your
freedoms
that you're
consigning
as you forget today
the complete
intertwining
the endless war
of people
dying
I wish instead
that we would apply
our energies and our time
in order to find
the answers of our kind
so I say once again
I hope you liked my rhymes
and watch the fucking video!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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