Is there a website or somewhere that people give stakes?
I've been playing around 6-8 hours a day this past week and am really into getting better. Hit the hardest downswing of my life and am trying to pick up the pieces. I've started with $10, went to $300, and currently am at $85.
I have like a desire to be staked for NL10 because I feel I can take it on. I have no idea how staking works so any information on how general staking works would be awesome too.
Hardjumpstyl
78/26.2 10.8 3Bet
440.77 bb/100
ownage
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Submitted by : hoylemj
PokerStars Game #30351644033: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 17:29:50 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Sarga81 ($5.50 in chips)
Seat 2: gunslinge280 ($9.90 in chips)
Seat 3: ingr ($19.65 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($8 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($9.50 in chips)
Seat 6: raneu88 ($2.55 in chips)
gunslinge280: posts small blind $0.05
ingr: posts big blind $0.10
hardjumpstyl: bets $2
Sarga81: calls $2 and is all-in
Showdown hardjumpstyl: shows (a pair of Queens)
Sarga81: mucks hand
hardjumpstyl collected $11 from pot
Summary Total pot $11.55 | Rake $0.55
Board
Seat 1: Sarga81 (button) mucked
Seat 2: gunslinge280 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: ingr (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl showed and won ($11) with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: raneu88 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #30351932323: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 17:38:11 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($10 in chips)
Seat 3: ingr ($12.85 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($7.50 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($12.75 in chips)
Seat 6: raneu88 ($8.55 in chips)
raneu88: posts small blind $0.05
Hero: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
ingr: raises $0.40 to $0.50
CZC8190BMC: folds
hardjumpstyl: calls $0.50
raneu88: folds
Hero: folds
Showdown ingr: shows (a pair of Sixes)
hardjumpstyl: shows (two pair, Sevens and Sixes)
hardjumpstyl collected $21.65 from pot
CZC8190BMC said, "wow"
Summary Total pot $22.75 | Rake $1.10
Board
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: ingr showed and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl (button) showed and won ($21.65) with two pair, Sevens and Sixes
Seat 6: raneu88 (small blind) folded before Flop
PokerStars Game #30352143361: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 17:44:22 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($10 in chips)
Seat 3: ingr ($4.55 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($5.35 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($19.20 in chips)
Seat 6: raneu88 ($10.75 in chips)
CZC8190BMC: posts small blind $0.05
hardjumpstyl: posts big blind $0.10
CZC8190BMC: checks
gunslinge280 leaves the table
hardjumpstyl: bets $0.50
Poker_Muzz joins the table at seat #2
raneu88: folds
CZC8190BMC: raises $0.50 to $1
hardjumpstyl: calls $0.50
River (Pot : $2.30)
CZC8190BMC: checks
hardjumpstyl: checks
Showdown CZC8190BMC: shows (a flush, Ace high)
hardjumpstyl: shows (a full house, Aces full of Deuces)
hardjumpstyl collected $2.20 from pot
CZC8190BMC said, "so lucky"
Summary Total pot $2.30 | Rake $0.10
Board
Seat 1: Hero folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: ingr (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC (small blind) showed and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl (big blind) showed and won ($2.20) with a full house, Aces full of Deuces
Seat 6: raneu88 folded on the Turn
PokerStars Game #30352299926: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 17:49:06 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($12.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz ($11.20 in chips)
Seat 3: ingr ($4.80 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($9.10 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($17.95 in chips)
Seat 6: raneu88 ($10.20 in chips)
hardjumpstyl: posts small blind $0.05
raneu88: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: folds
Poker_Muzz: raises $0.30 to $0.40
ingr: folds
CZC8190BMC: folds
hardjumpstyl: calls $0.35
raneu88: raises $0.50 to $0.90
Poker_Muzz: calls $0.50
hardjumpstyl: calls $0.50
hardjumpstyl: checks
raneu88: bets $2
hardjumpstyl: raises $2 to $4
raneu88: raises $4 to $8 and is all-in
hardjumpstyl: calls $4
River (Pot : $21.30)
Showdown hardjumpstyl: shows (a straight flush, Five to Nine)
raneu88: mucks hand
hardjumpstyl collected $20.25 from pot
raneu88 leaves the table
Summary Total pot $21.30 | Rake $1.05
Board
Seat 1: Hero folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz folded on the Flop
Seat 3: ingr folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl (small blind) showed and won ($20.25) with a straight flush, Five to Nine
Seat 6: raneu88 (big blind) mucked
PokerStars Game #30352603139: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 17:58:16 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($13.75 in chips)
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz ($10.75 in chips)
Seat 3: ingr ($6.75 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($7.65 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($21.55 in chips)
Seat 6: nicolitag ($12.50 in chips)
nicolitag: posts small blind $0.05
Hero: posts big blind $0.10
Showdown ingr: shows (a pair of Tens)
hardjumpstyl: shows (two pair, Tens and Deuces)
hardjumpstyl collected $3.20 from pot
Summary Total pot $3.35 | Rake $0.15
Board
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: ingr showed and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl (button) showed and won ($3.20) with two pair, Tens and Deuces
Seat 6: nicolitag (small blind) folded before Flop
PokerStars Game #30352759433: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 18:03:01 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($10.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz ($19.85 in chips)
Seat 3: ingr ($5.45 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($7.40 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($16.35 in chips)
Seat 6: nicolitag ($11.90 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $0.05
Poker_Muzz: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
ingr: raises $0.30 to $0.40
CZC8190BMC: folds
hardjumpstyl: calls $0.40
nicolitag: folds
Hero: raises $0.60 to $1
Poker_Muzz: folds
ingr: calls $0.60
hardjumpstyl: calls $0.60
Hero: bets $1.65
ingr: calls $1.65
hardjumpstyl: raises $4.95 to $6.60
Hero: folds
ingr: calls $2.80 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($2.15) returned to hardjumpstyl
Showdown ingr: shows (a pair of Nines)
hardjumpstyl: shows (a pair of Queens)
hardjumpstyl collected $13 from pot
Summary Total pot $13.65 | Rake $0.65
Board
Seat 1: Hero (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: ingr showed and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl showed and won ($13) with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: nicolitag (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #30352840900: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 18:05:29 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($10.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz ($19.70 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($7.25 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($24 in chips)
Seat 6: nicolitag ($11.80 in chips)
nicolitag: posts small blind $0.05
Hero: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Poker_Muzz: folds
CZC8190BMC: folds
hardjumpstyl: raises $0.40 to $0.50
nicolitag: folds
Hero: calls $0.40
Showdown Hero: shows (a pair of Tens)
hardjumpstyl: shows (a pair of Aces)
hardjumpstyl collected $19.10 from pot
Summary Total pot $20.05 | Rake $0.95
Board
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl (button) showed and won ($19.10) with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: nicolitag (small blind) folded before Flop
PokerStars Game #30352930869: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 18:08:11 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($10 in chips)
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz ($19.55 in chips)
Seat 3: petetheskeet ($5.90 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($8.25 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($37.65 in chips)
Seat 6: nicolitag ($10.95 in chips)
petetheskeet: posts small blind $0.05
CZC8190BMC: posts big blind $0.10
hardjumpstyl: checks
Hero: bets $2
hardjumpstyl: raises $3 to $5
Hero: raises $3.90 to $8.90
hardjumpstyl: raises $3.90 to $12.80
Hero: calls $0.10 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($3.80) returned to hardjumpstyl
Showdown hardjumpstyl: shows (three of a kind, Aces)
Hero: mucks hand
hardjumpstyl collected $19.15 from pot
Summary Total pot $20.15 | Rake $1
Board
Seat 1: Hero mucked
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: petetheskeet (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl showed and won ($19.15) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 6: nicolitag folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #30352961745: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 18:09:06 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($10 in chips)
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz ($19.55 in chips)
Seat 3: petetheskeet ($5.85 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($8.15 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($46.80 in chips)
Seat 6: nicolitag ($10.95 in chips)
CZC8190BMC: posts small blind $0.05
hardjumpstyl: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
nicolitag: folds
Hero: raises $0.90 to $1
Poker_Muzz: folds
petetheskeet: folds
CZC8190BMC: folds
hardjumpstyl: raises $6.50 to $7.50
Hero: raises $2.50 to $10 and is all-in
hardjumpstyl: calls $2.50
Showdown hardjumpstyl: shows (two pair, Sevens and Threes)
Hero: shows (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
Hero collected $19.05 from pot
Summary Total pot $20.05 | Rake $1
Board
Seat 1: Hero showed and won ($19.05) with two pair, Jacks and Threes
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: petetheskeet (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Sevens and Threes
Seat 6: nicolitag folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #30353005200: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 18:10:23 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($19.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz ($19.55 in chips)
Seat 3: petetheskeet ($6.35 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($8.10 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($36.40 in chips)
Seat 6: nicolitag ($10.85 in chips)
nicolitag: posts small blind $0.05
Hero: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards Dealt to Hero
Poker_Muzz: folds
petetheskeet: folds
CZC8190BMC: folds
hardjumpstyl: raises $0.50 to $0.60
nicolitag: folds
Hero: calls $0.50
Hero: checks
hardjumpstyl: bets $1.50
Hero: folds
Uncalled bet ($1.50) returned to hardjumpstyl
hardjumpstyl collected $2.15 from pot
hardjumpstyl: doesnt show hand
Summary Total pot $2.25 | Rake $0.10
Board
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: petetheskeet folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl (button) collected ($2.15)
Seat 6: nicolitag (small blind) folded before Flop
PokerStars Game #30353179834: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 18:15:38 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($18.55 in chips)
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz ($19.15 in chips)
Seat 3: petetheskeet ($7.15 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($7.85 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($36.60 in chips)
Seat 6: nicolitag ($10.65 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $0.05
Poker_Muzz: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
petetheskeet: folds
CZC8190BMC: folds
hardjumpstyl: raises $0.30 to $0.40
nicolitag: folds
Hero: raises $0.60 to $1
Poker_Muzz: folds
hardjumpstyl: calls $0.60
Showdown Hero: shows (high card Ace)
hardjumpstyl: shows (a pair of Sixes)
hardjumpstyl collected $3.90 from pot
Summary Total pot $4.10 | Rake $0.20
Board
Seat 1: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: petetheskeet folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl showed and won ($3.90) with a pair of Sixes
Seat 6: nicolitag (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #30353416977: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/07/11 18:22:50 ET
Table Acubens VIII 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($17 in chips)
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz ($18.85 in chips)
Seat 3: petetheskeet ($6.90 in chips)
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC ($7.75 in chips)
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl ($37.80 in chips)
Seat 6: nicolitag ($10.40 in chips)
petetheskeet: posts small blind $0.05
CZC8190BMC: posts big blind $0.10
Showdown hardjumpstyl: shows (a straight, Ace to Five)
Hero: mucks hand
hardjumpstyl collected $9.90 from pot
Summary Total pot $10.40 | Rake $0.50
Board
Seat 1: Hero mucked
Seat 2: Poker_Muzz (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: petetheskeet (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: CZC8190BMC (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: hardjumpstyl showed and won ($9.90) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 6: nicolitag folded before Flop (didnt bet)
I had people over last night to play beer pong and most everyone had left by 1230. Me and this one guy who im not particularly fond of played a few more games and then he heard about this party about 20 minutes away so we headed there. I partied with a bunch of people i didnt know, made some new friends whom's names i couldn't recall today and was ready to fucking go home at about 430. I had drank a fuckload of jager and i was done. The douchebag didnt wanna go for whatever reason and said we were staying there. I argued with him for a long time and finally went and passed out on a couch. I wake up this morning and couldn't really put it all together just yet but i knew i was not at my fucking house. I realized that "we" had stayed at the house and i went looking for him.
Dude fucking left me there alone, in a town i have never been to and wtf. After pleading with the bitches who owned the house to drive me home offering money + gas money + lunch and them refusing to take me i mass txt messaged everyone in my phone and finally my friend tessi came and rescued me. I'm really fucking pissed off about my ex douchebag friend, can't wait til the next time i see him to give him a piece of my mind.
On to poker, I'm break even this month besides $420 in rakeback and winning $250 in a rakerace, rakebackpro FOR THE WIN. I realized in HEM that i'm losing lots and lots of money this month in non showdown situations and that's why I have been not putting up my old results. Since i already won that rakerace thing I'm gonna start 4 tabling instead of mass tabling and playing mass hands so that I can get my mind back to where it needs to be and hopefully make at least 1k profit besides rakeback so that i can start making progress back to nl200.
Disclaimer
Ok so this is going to be a rant, but more a lifestyle rant than anything. I'll say it now, this is a rant on how society/friends/family outside of poker view my lifestyle. And if you fall into that category, which i know some do. Some of you dont like people to brag. This is not a brag post though, however it does contain a lot of content which people wont understand and will probably just make me look stuck up. If you can stand that, then continue reading. I know that the core LP'ers that are successful share these feelings too at times. And nothing really triggered my frustration but i really feel it building up. And frankly its getting a little tough to deal with. I am going to put the rant in a spoiler for people who do not want to read it to just skip.
I know everyone's money situation is unique, especially in poker. But its not about money really. its about perspective. In my line of work i am fortunate enough to have a nitch in which i can generate a substantial income compared to the average person my age and any age for that matter. I am SOOOO fortunate for it. But it comes with its unique set of frustrations and challenges in society. I was talking with mezmerizeplz about this too and we both agree that it is hard to truely feel connected to someone who has no understanding of what your motivations are. And what you want to accomplish, and not only that but doesn't even understand or view your job as legitimate. Like its hard to get taken seriously when you tell someone "Yea im going to play some poker". They're like, you'd rather play a card game than hang out with me? And then you have to try and make them understand that you are actually going to work. Then this is followed by, "but you can make your own hours right? why do you have to play right now?". Then it gets to the point where I feel inside like saying "Look you SOB, Its hard enough to find motivation to deal with one of the most mentally and emotionally swingy jobs in the world and you really want to just guilt trip me on top of that for doing my job?" Granted, this isn't a balancing act on the top of a sky scrapper, and its not like we are putting our lives in danger or going through rigorous physical exercise. But to call it an easy job is retarded.
Aside from the views of society on my job that i take a lot of pride in. There is also the dealings with friends which can be very delicate. For instance, if a friend comes up to me and says hes happy because he got a raise. Naturally you congratulate him and are happy that hes happy. But the vice versa doesn't work. I can't go up to the same person and say. "I am Sooo happy i just raised my hourly in the past 3 months by 35$ an hour on average and am killing the games" Or worse yet, "this month has been great to me, im up 25k". Essentially what i am getting at is we can seldom celebrate our success with the average person our age. Now you may think. Well fuck, just be happy your doing so well. That is fine, and a valid opinion, however as human being we enjoy being validated by our peers. We seek one way or another some sort of validation of success. But its hard when you have a smile 2 miles wide and when asked just say "Im just happy because ive done good this month". Even then the general opinion is going to be
"wow, hes sooo lucky he gets to do nothing all day and make good money". There is no stopping this sense of envy that is apparent in most people our age. Here is a HUGE difference between a lot of poker players whom i spend time with and the general population. General population: If asked how much you make a year tell them about 170k. They become envious, but in a bad way. They want to mooch, they may wish they were you, or wish it was them instead of you. They also may think your the luckiest SOB on the planet, ect ect. Generally very negative useless forms of jealousy. If i tell a 100NL grinder, he for the most part imo will feel more motivated. "he did it why, can't I?" And that is oh such a sweet feeling to know that you inspire someone. And even though I wish my life could be an example of an out of the box success story. It seldom is viewed like that by society, and most importantly by the people in my age group.
Most of the people in my age group are living in college forming a life for themselves and probably only moved out of their home withing the past 2 years. They feel like everyone is on a similar track as them and everyone is getting their start at the same time. Their place in life is similar and they feel like finances are not something that is very relevate at all except paying the tuition and rent. That's as far as it goes. No one is really successful except for a select few that might have had rich parents and got into investing in some way, or got a good job for some reason or another, probably exceptionally hard working and intellegent. For the most part everyone is at step one in their financial development and are truely getting some life experience just recently. Any mention of great success at this point sets you apart from your universal set of peers. For the most part this is generally always a bad thing. To be viewed differently is a great obstacle in generating a deep connection with someone. They may view me as intimidating, because I have more life experience. Possibly they may think I am a good friend to have in case they need something or that I can rub off some of my luck or whatever onto them. Generally i find people actually treat me nicer when they find out I'm a poker player. Which i guess is good but realistically it creates a gap for me. Its like they except me to be from another planet. And they want to probe me for information on how to get there.
My good friend clay(mezmerizeplz) and I have spent many 3 am conversations talking about how we have grown apart from our highschool friends. I'll speak only for myself though. I find I have a tough time relating to a lot of conversations the people around me have. Job troubles, college oriented goals, even long term goals when people ask me my opinion, I have to sort of just recycle my observations or someone elses input in order to even balance at all in the conversation. In addition to that if it comes down to it and they ask me what i plan to be doing in 5 years. Its so hard to be truthful without being a douchebag. Realistically functioning in socieity so young and successful is litterally a double life. I feel the clark kent effect a lot when I am around people that aren't involved in the lifestyle. I thank my girlfriend for being so understanding she and my friend jorge are probably the only people outside of poker that i truely open up to. Even then I feel a sense of me venting things like this to them, just comes out in their ears like "boo hoo i am a fucking baby". I thank them for putting up with it truly. I do try and censor myself around them though. For instance i truely do get dissapointed when I dont meet the goals i set for myself, for instance 3 months ago i made around 15k and played around 120k hands. I had set for myself a goal for about 170k hands and did not meet it. I was pretty dissapointed in myself but If i were to complain i know it would seem like I was just rubbing it in their faces or something. "yea this is a bad month for me haha" though obviously i was happy with the financial impact of the month. I look way more to the future than most everyone I know. I want to set myself up as best i can now for the future. But i know that its tough for other people to grasp because my level of financial maturity was met only through a lot of useless spending and desensitization of money itself.
I am a motivation junky. If i am motivated i am happy. When i was in college first starting out, like i said above, i was among those people that was on step one of life. I hated it. I hated that I thought i had so much potential but couldn't do anything to make my life easier. It didn't matter how much i studied or how much i worked, I was always just going to be spinning my wheels waiting to graduate. Now i have something which I want to take full advantage of. And i love it. I can focus my energy on it and create success. But the thing that annoys me so much is the general non-motivation of my peers. Because of the spinning wheels syndrome of my age bracket, everyone is sort of in limbo. "its college this only happens once in our lives we have to enjoy it while it lasts, because then you have to get a job and get old". I'm sorry if i dont relate to that, i might just be dumb or something. I really couldn't care less for meeting a ton of women and hooking up. If thats the most important thing they have on their minds besides paying rent thats fine. But I find life as a whole extremely exciting even the simplest things bring me great joy. The thing i like the most out of anything, is to look in the mirror and say "goddamnit I am working hard for what i want and I am proud that i can exploit my potential to the fullest". That is the best feeling on the planet. And i hate when people tell me "you already make a more than good living, why do you keep working so hard, you dont even spend much." I refuse to settle. I will never settle even if my spending needs are only 30k a year and i am worth 5 mil, the day that happens i will be just as passionate about meeting whatever goals i have then, As i am today. I want to be able to exploit every opportunity in life not passing up on anything I want to do, and i want the same for my would be family that I hope to have some day. I dont want anything to stand in my way. I refuse to settle for mediocrity. I hate that so many people are content with settling for 'close enough'.
Sorry for the rambles. and probably a lot of grammatical error.
On a side note. I just got back from vegas with my girlfriend yesterday. And I am about to hit the grind as soon as i hit the post button.
Btw i am setting myself a goal of 8 hours a day 5 days a week totaling 40 hours a week obv i might occationally have to make up some time on other days though. Starting tomorrow. And I will let you know that I WILL get supernova elite.
This summer has been great. I've been in New York now for a month and a half and its such an exciting city! My internship is really relaxed so I get out at around 6 every day so I have time to enjoy the nightlife of the city. (obv i'm a little hung over as i write this).
I'm not going to get into details about the city, but its great!!! Life is so funnn!
Poker for me has been really interesting. The first 2 weeks i got here, I basically played nothing but poker + work. the result was playing around 60k hands in a week and life was pretty depressing as I just spewed too much. But after some life +ev moves, i regained confidence and started playing less poker (due to going out more) and my win rate went up. Yesterday was actually the first down day I've had in a while, (-100) and today i made it all back (+200) so I'm in a decent mood. I'm still crushing the other players, but I definitely need to work on my game. It's been stalling for a while now, and my BR is almost back to 2.5k
However, i did manage to win like 500 on PS before i withdrew my whole roll, so overall i think i'm +2.5k for the summer so far. Not too great, but that's like a extra paycheck for me. The city is really expensive.
Since most of you don't have patience to read a really long post, i will just end it here with a picture.
I started the day with 200k in chips and after the 2nd to last level of the day I had only 100k left. I get back at 1500 3k and stack a 55k stack with aa vs ak. Then I chip up to 240k. Then this hand happens. I raise 44 utg to 7200. Owen crowe defends the bb. Flop is Qs 8c 2c. Owen checks I cbet 9500. He raises to 25k. I call. Turn is an 8s. He fires 50k. I'm pretty sure I have the best hanf but for whatever reason I just call instead of shoving 150k more. The river is a 3 of spades completing a backdoor flush and owen shoves. He had been shoving a lot of rivers with the nuts and been overall sick aggro so I think for a few seconds and call off all my chips and he had a 37o. So my biggest pot of the tourney I won with a pair of fours. After that I chipped down a bit and ended the day at 373k with 800 people left. Follow me at www.pocketfiveslive.com.
I come from the depths of space otherwise known as Starcraft. I used to play Starcraft for fun with friends and for the past 5-6 years I have been playing it somewhat competitively on and off. I am attempting to make a transition into the fields of poker and plan on making full use out of this great resource known as liquidpoker (and hopefully some of its inhabitants.) The beginner articles have thus far served as a great aid, and as I continue my journey through the tough roads of the micro limits I will be creating more blog entries asking for advice on hands that I will inevitably make sub-par decisions on. I am currently using the program known as Hold 'em Manager to keep track of my progress however I am too inept to make full use out of it yet as I have not even scratched the surface of this great game. I plan on doing my best to make pot odds, hand odds, and concepts such as position in no limit hold em second nature. I am currently staked at .01/.02 and am slowly making my climb up the treacherous path. I hope that some of you more experienced players will offer a helping hand in my future blog posts! Until we meet again I bid all of you well.
Hey everyone. I've been a long time lurker over at teamliquid now I figure I'll lurk around here for a while.
I've 2-tabling ftp for a couple of weeks now. I'm up about 15 bi so far. I used to play every now and then with mates and made quite a bit off them but they weren't exactly good. You could usually just be a bit agro and scare them out of all the pots they shouldn't have been playing.
So anyway i've decided to have a look at getting either HEM or PT. Just wondering which one people prefer. I'm downloading the HEM trial atm and will use that till the trial runs out. Then I'll switch over to PT for its trial.
had a 14 table session today and had been playing for 3 hours and it was going really well.
Then i hear my friends cominging home from a night of drinking.
I got 3 big pots going and have a big draw on 1 table and basically the nuts on the other tables, (top set vs aggro spewfish with pot already of 100bb with like 60bb each behind on turn) and another hand where i had flopped nutstraight after making a 3bet bluff with 97o vs a nit tag, who flatted my 3b.
2 of my friends comes into my room and start jumping on me and pulling me down on the floor..
im screaming like a crazy nazi and keep hitting them with my fist screaming at them to let go of me cuz im in big pots atm..
im breaking loose and hits one of the guys as hard as i can on his chest and runs back to the computer.
results, ive timed out on all tables and autofolded all of the 3 hands..
god fucking retards. just wanna kill them all fucking drunk bitches.
prolly lost atleast 3 buy ins of ev in those hands..
What an awesome trip. Ever since I saw Rounders when I was 14 yrs old I've always wondered what it would be like to go to Vegas and play poker. It wasn't till I was 22 that I finally learned how to play, and by "play" I mean being good at the game and knowing more than just the rules. The last 3 years have been a big long buildup to the trip that I just finished and I'm happy to say that every goal I had was achieved.
1) Meet lots of LP guys - Done
2) Play and beat 1/3 live - Done
3) Stay within a tight budget and at least cover expenses with winnings - Pwnd
4) Make new friends - Done and done
That reminds me, there are a lot of people I need to thank for their generosity. First off I have to give a big thanks to Pinball, Sakisaki, timdawg, bigbobm, and Milkman for letting me bum around their house so much. I think I spent most of my time at a casino or at their house, and it was a lot of fun. Secondly big thanks to Frinkx, Peachy, Myth, Pooruser, and Night201 for inviting me to their 4th of July party. That was a great time with good food, good booze, and fun people. It's the first 4th of July that I've enjoyed in ages cause I've been running bad on the 4th for yrs now.
And before I forget, let me repost the pictures from an earlier blog post for those of you who missed em:
Pics are in the spoiler - I was too lazy to resize so I'm sorry but they're worth checking out:
Ok, back to what I was saying... the pwning of the goals. I've played some live cash before Vegas and always sucked at it. I made a lot of live fish mistakes, like always being confused on the action or the pot size. I never felt comfortable while playing live and was so distracted by small stuff that I never played my best. So heading to Vegas had me very nervous, cause I was gonna play live for $300 buyins instead of the $5 games that I got my friends to play with me. Those live fish mistakes could become pretty costly and being a nit, that made me pretty damn nervous.
My first 2 live sessions in Vegas I played pretty tight and just got used to things. It didn't help that during my first session some wanna-be white boy rasta decided to take out his anger at Milkmans nonstop talking by going after me. I find Milkman to be very fun to play live with cause he just talks and talks, and since live can be very boring at times it's good to have some sort of conversation going on. So the table is overall fun and friendly until I 3bet the rastaboy, who tells me that he will call when I'm counting my chips and then folds as soon as I bet and starts cursing me. I laugh cause I never saw someone get so made cause they had to fold to a 3bet preflop but he's oddly steaming. The very next hand I open AJ and he calls in the blinds along with 2 others. Flop comes something like AT7 2 suited and I cbet, rastaboy check raises and it folds to me. Considering that he's steaming, could have a worse ace or a draw, and I have AJ, I call. Then the turn hits another 7 and he bombs it and I tank.
This is when the weirdness ensues as he begins talking lots of shit. Before the hand started (after the 3bet) he had been calling me a trout, which I guess is his way of saying a fish, but I guess to him that's a really bad fish cause he kept saying trout tasted bad so he didn't want to eat me... I said it was good cause I didn't want him to eat me either. Well he kept calling me a trout and other weird shit and I kept asking him what hand he had while mocking his idiotic insults. This seemed to tilt him more and he started flexing his biceps (he was wearing a TANK TOP, lolz, and a rasta hat) and giving me some crazy wide eyed stare. At this point I was 99% that he'd turned a boat with A7 but I just kept talking shit back to him for a while till the dealer told the guy to calm down... I was drunk but I feel like he was talking about going outside to fight or something. I finally fold and he snap mucks which confirms to me that he wasn't bluffing, cause he'd have shown that and gloated all night long.
Since that was my first live session I wasn't sure if it was a normal occurrence for weird cuntbags to flex their muscles at you and call you a trout, but I hoped it wasn't cause that just doesn't fit under my definition of a fun time. Luckily it was a freak occurrence as the rest of my sessions were really smooth and fun. I got really good at finding the fish and befriending them and encouraging their fishiness, which usually turned into profit for me in the long run as they'd gladly spew money to me when we got into a hand together.
1/3 live cash games in Vegas are like playing .1/.2c on stars. It's fucking easy. But it's actually EASIER because you can make huge folds and huge bluffs that you'd normally never make because these horrible fish will pretty much tell you when they hold the nuts or when they want to fold. So while online sometimes you just gotta go with a hand, live there are lots of times you can lay that same hand down. It's pretty sweet and I wish I could play vs live fish all the time.
Like I predicted I am not a huge fan of Vegas overall... I just love the cash games and had a great time hanging out with other LP guys. If I was rich, single and felt like blowing money then I can see Vegas being fun. But none of those things are true so there's very little that appeals to me. I wish I could have a teleporter so I could live here in CO but instantly go to the cash games whenever I wanted. If I could grind that live cash but change nothing else about my life, then I'd be in heaven.
I'm glad I went during the WSOP though, cause not only did I finally get to meet a lot of cool people that I've always looked up to or been curious about (I got to shake Elky's hand, spend time with Myth as he acted British, have a fun conversation with Peachy about finding ways to give back, and reminisce with frinkx about our epic coaching session, and more), BUT I also made a handful of new friends that I am gonna miss a lot. Pinball, timdawg, bigbobm, and Milkman were people I barely knew before this but I now consider them as friends (hope they think so too, haha). They were all really cool, generous, funny guys and definitely people I'd want to hang with again in the future. Plus I got to hang with my coach, sakisaki, for the first time IRL. That was a lot of fun cause we've spent hours and hours talking online and became good friends, so it was fun to actually hang out in person. I hope you guys have a good last week in Vegas and hopefully I will get myself to some more events so we can chill again (gogo PCA!). Worst case scenario will be that I see you again in Vegas for the next WSOP. You're all invited out here to CO anytime so just lemme know if you need a place to crash!
I think that's a long enough rambling rant for now. I'll close by saying that I'm gonna go back to coaching (sorry to my students who I didn't get in touch with this week, I literally got online twice cause I didn't have net where I was staying) and grinding for now and I might head back to Vegas again when the summers over and it's not so damn hot out there. Oh, and I almost forgot to say that MiPwnYa is a crazy guy - in a very good way. haha
been playing nl 25 for a while, still haven't bought a hud or anything. i know plenty of million threads/debates i must have read a bunch. i know there are a few green stars who refuse to play with them. anyway i was wondering if someone could concisely and correctly explain pro/con for me.
also about to reach goldstar soon, i know they have some decent perks, any tips on what to use fpp/vpp for?
also ty for the tips on python. i've been playing much better i'm almost sure of it.
Well now i gotta update this blog a lot, because theres a prop bet thats about to start on how long we can update ze_blogs. Everyday, with a 1 day break per weak(a week starting Monday and finishing Sunday). So now i have to update this, and i gotta find stuff to blog about. Well, i switched to PLO and im doing good, went from .1/.2 - .2/5 5/10 10/25(at around 10BB/100). Quick thoughts on the game so far -
Obviously, board texture is extremely important, thus making Omaha tracker actually not as useful(but still pretty useful) considering theres is absolutely no balancing to do on the turn or river at lower and mid stakes.
Handreading is very relative to after flop tendency's when facing 30VPIP + players(which there is a crapload). Taking notes is really really important, cause you need to know who raises draws and such.
Slowplaying is generally no good - your nuts gets killed way too often and even untouchable nuts will get no action due to scary turn and river card.
I found overlimping to be good - run equity calculations and you will see that if theres 2 limpers, you are probably better off limping your As9s8hTh. Your fold equity is none. However open limping is fairly negative ev. I only overlimp if theres 2 or more limpers.
Don't 3 bet out of the blinds, unless you do have fold equity(which is pretty rare), or you have a weak tight postflop player. 4betting is another cookie, especially dependant on stack sizes. If you can jam more then 40% stack, then yea you should 4bet your aces. 3bet in position is actually very profitable(although higher variance in a game where at lower stakes you can just nut peddle). Most players will put you on aces, and you should certainly 3bet your QJT9ss against an opponent who opens a wide range. Of course if the guy never raises, dont raise because he will 4 bet you with his AA or KK. But again, the Preflop raisers 10%+, you should 3 bet in position your rundown hands(but don't 3 bet 4567hhss - you will often get it in with a draw where your opponent is freerolling you to a better nuts). Im talking QJT9hhss.
Anyway, tomorrow i will post my thoughts on general hand reading, because iv found to be pretty efficient at hand reading so far.
Oh btw 9/07/09 was my birthday and i got in a car accident(although small). Shitty ass bday. Oh well will probably go out saturday night to compensate!
Yeah, I never played HU, but as I recently found out its the tables with 1-2 players that are the most profitable as nitty regs only join 5+ ppl tables.I watched a HU series at Pokerstrategy and armed with my new knowledge I went on cruising NL50 HU tables.
And although I am a total HU fish and have never played it before REGS WILL NOT PLAY ME 7times they just sat out, 3 times after just few hands where I played well, wtf is with this bum hunting at stars? One reg was even berating someone to rebuy before and he sits out after 10 hands wtf.
Well, I either want to play the best out there who are not bumhunting to learn (Primary HU objective for SH table benefit), or just play fish to get some slack ;o
Anyway, I sat with one $49 stack bronze star fish and it was much harder than I expected.
He seemed to be on par with me, playing 65/50/1/40WTSD Without 3bets playing kinda passive with only mild bluffs.
An easy prey for anyone of you HU players, but I had some troubles beating him.
I played about 57/50 with 20% 3bet, 3.70 AF and 67 AFq 40WTSD
Are these somewhat normal stats, or should I make it more open, calling down some more pre?
I must admit that I was really lucky in this match and after some of my (very logical imo)3Barrels didn't work I had to wait for a huge heater to finish him
Submitted by : LemOn[5thF]
PokerStars Game #30303863797: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/07/10 12:11:43 ET
Table Mancunia 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn ($109.75 in chips)
Seat 2: papapoopoo ($41.20 in chips)
DoC.LemOn: posts small blind $0.25
papapoopoo: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to DoC.LemOn
DoC.LemOn: raises $1 to $1.50
papapoopoo: calls $1
papapoopoo: bets $9.50
DoC.LemOn: raises $24.50 to $34
papapoopoo: calls $23.95 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.55) returned to DoC.LemOn
Showdown DoC.LemOn: shows (a full house, Tens full of Threes)
papapoopoo: mucks hand
DoC.LemOn collected $81.90 from pot
Summary Total pot $82.40 | Rake $0.50
Board
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn (button) (small blind) showed and won ($81.90) with a full house, Tens full of Threes
Seat 2: papapoopoo (big blind) mucked
HU is just fun for me and I will play a game here and there. Its not for me full time really because of the variance and my Tilt issues, but it is a great fun, great for hand reading and awesome for killing out boredom.
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NL50 So far:
Run Good+ EZ mode when I mostly 3-6 table depending on how non-standard villains are sitting with me.
I still make some massive retarded spews here and there though, I have to fix that before I can even think of planning to move up, no matter what my BR will be.
P.S. If someone still wants some free money by playing me at NL50 HU,in exchange for reviewing the session afterwards on teamspeak/teamviewer feel free to PM me.
I promised to myself a few months a go when I came back to playing that I won't talk about my poker results as I believe it can only bring bad luck and unwanted attention, so I won't!
But being a Lagtard that I am I have emo swings when I have bad sessions and I've spoken to a very good friend of mine whos identity I'll keep secret for now... Basically hes the one who got me into poker and we started grinding seriously, unfortunately I took too many breaks from poker and lived (and still living) a lifestyle which is not really sustainable if ur not making at least 4-5k a month and needless to say as I wasn't grinding for 5 months it caught up to me and I had issues with my BR not being acceptable for NL100 (had only 38 bi's at one point)
So now beside the fact that I've been grinding like a madman (and doing good) the mentioned person in the upper block of text is coming tommorow to my country to help me with my game and make me a better player in general. He now plays up to 25/50 so I believe I'll have a lot of stuff to learn from him and althou everyone who worked closely with me knows im a really good card reader and have good theoretical knowledge of the game , I think you can never stop learning , especially not at poker where people are getting better by the day thanks to the bunch of the instructional pokersites out there.
Pics will be taken when he comes and shown , those of you who know him will giggle and those who dont... won't?
The sad fact about this person is the fact he doesn't drink or smoke weed althou hes from holland which is fucking meh but I think we'll find a mutual language in something beside poker.
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