Poker Blogs

So i was playing on Pacific for a local competition we have going down here
came 2nd in a tournament and won 15$

Know its tiny but i dont play on this site and requesting a trade of the 15$ to FTP

Im happy to send 10 or full first if you are a well known member etc as i know im not here.

Would be greatful!


EDIT: make it PS or FTP whatevers easier if you have it and can.


Comments (0)       read entire blog

+ Show Spoiler +

+ Show Spoiler +

+ Show Spoiler +

+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/7b88074ea01dd476f18ac03f6255fa1a.png

Resulting tilt self-level (cheers Apollo, you owe me)
Submitted by : LemOn[5thF]

PokerStars Game #29648205358: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/06/22 4:50:55 ET
Table Gratia II 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: d .Apollo ($26.90 in chips)
Seat 2: BIGGY SMOKE ($15 in chips)
Seat 3: Motje2 ($21.80 in chips)
Seat 4: dr4gos ($25 in chips)
Seat 5: chrhtn ($32.45 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($25 in chips)
dr4gos: posts small blind $0.10
chrhtn: posts big blind $0.25
BIGGY SMOKE: posts big blind $0.25

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises $1 to $1.25
d .Apollo: raises $2.25 to $3.50
BIGGY SMOKE: folds
Motje2: folds
dr4gos: folds
chrhtn: folds
Hero: raises $4.50 to $8
d .Apollo: raises $18.90 to $26.90 and is all-in
Hero: calls $17 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($1.90) returned to d .Apollo

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $50.60)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $50.60)

   

River (Pot : $50.60)

   

Showdown
Hero: shows (a pair of Fours)
d .Apollo: shows (two pair, Jacks and Fours)
d .Apollo collected $48.10 from pot

Summary
Total pot $50.60 | Rake $2.50
Board  
Seat 1: d .Apollo showed and won ($48.10) with two pair, Jacks and Fours
Seat 2: BIGGY SMOKE folded before Flop
Seat 3: Motje2 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: dr4gos (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: chrhtn (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Hero showed and lost with a pair of Fours

aushsuhashsaisa#asokdasojkdsopaksdopas another losing session due to fucking set over sets, missed megacombodraws and generally just NOT HITTING A SINGLE FUCKING FLOP OMG

constnat bullshit, get dealt AK, missed flop in mostly 3bet pots 16/18 times wtf?

set over set twice

missed 3 combo draws

missed just about every flop

lucky im only down 3 buyins but whatever, still thats like my ENTIRE month gone since ive had such a fucking shit ass june uahuehashuashudhauhaud
spamspamspam

i wish i cud start fucking WINNING AGAIN SOON PLEASE POKERSTARS UNDOOMSWITCH ME I WANNA MOVE ON AND UPWARDS.

i cant even put the kind of volume i want in cos despite being pretty good at tilt control i cant play like this


Comments (4)       read entire blog

So I continually have been running into the same situation where 2 or 3 ppl limp into a pot and always seem to have AA or AK?
like is the anti aggression?
anyone else have this happening repeatedly?
maybe im just bad but it just has happened like ten times today
idk wtf ever
f retrads



Comments (1)       read entire blog

Finally had a long session. I've been getting back into the flow of poker after a 1 month break and man it was hard to rebuild the stamina. Just did a 3k hand session today and it was awesome. Played well and dealt with beats by smiling. Good feeling to have the discipline back and the calm, focused mind.

Things are also going well with the new coaching endeavor. In case you missed it I started coaching for low/micro stakes and have gotten a lot of interest. I have several lessons lined up and a lot of people who can't do it now due to tests, internet problems, etc, but I will hopefully be helping them in the future.

I'm excited about coaching. I'm weird in the sense that I like to help people and I especially like to teach people. I remember back when I first watched CR videos I would think "man I'd like to make a video like this and train someone". But for the longest time I didn't think I was good enough to really help anybody. Lately I started feeling like I could help, but only recently have I felt like "yeah I definitely know enough that I can train someone". I think what inspired it is my lady started playing facebook poker and I offered to give her a poker bootcamp. She kind of took me up on it but in the course of teaching her some stuff I realized that if someone is on the newer side to poker, I have a LOT to offer them. And it's really enjoyable to help people, if they're serious about learning.

So I'm gonna be grinding and coaching this week. Let's see how it goes!


Comments (7)       read entire blog

Comments (5)       read entire blog

MTTs were just too tiring so I decided to play them only on Sundays. On the other days, I chose to give HU SNG a try. Before I transitioned over from HU cash to MTT/SNGS, I thought y not HU SNG(kinda like a hybrid of what ive been doing and what i want to master) I started off at the 22turbo husngs and quickly moved up to the 55s after winning around 20 buy ins. Im no expert in this area but this is something i want to try to perfect for the time being. Here's the graph so far and will post more soon.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/b30c132b1fd684e4c3461ddbc0b0ad2b.png

(sry just trying these emoticons out since i never used them )


Comments (0)       read entire blog

i regularly beat nl 25 and i feel confident in my skills at nl 25. but it's like winning starcraft games just because u memorized good build orders and decent macro/map control. i wanted to be able to kill nl 25 and absolutely demolish it. i guess the equivalent in starcraft would be to properly/perfectly/efficiently counter and make someone pay for a dropship play.

i modified my winning nl 25 style (6 max) and started to play even more lag. i 3 bet all pp, AJ+ and KQ and probably a wider hand range in the blinds. but playing lag without understanding EXACTLY what you are trying to accomplish is rather stupid and pathetic. i'm not sure if i have a higher winning rate than with my original medium aggressive style but my modified lag is giving me harder spots, harder calls and more harder variance.

so basically my question to the people who have beat these limits is to check my thoughts on nl 25.
1) just play hands, you have to just beat this game through sheer number of hands, as higher level thinking will not really pay off at this limit.
2) there isn't really a need to bluff (i started bluff raising river in spots that i thought only a set or other strong hands could call, and if it seemed unlikely enough and profitable enough to shove i would. anyway long story short ppl are more than willing to go broke with top pair)
3) learn to value bet and maximize your winnings.

these 3 points can all be summarized as
play a b c poker


Comments (13)       read entire blog

I am tired of not being as good a cash game player as I want to be, I cannot understand why I keep losing at cash games but I can generally win in tourneys. For personal reason I want to stop playing as late at night, I need to get my fat ass in shape.

I have once again re-evaluated my play. I am losing big pots while winning small ones.

Here are my issues.
-I play too many hands out of position especially in 6 max games.
-I call too much with hands that need to hit a flop to win, if I play them I need to 3 bet and take control of the hand.
-My bet sizing is off, I either bet too little or too much.
o Balugawhale stated in a Deuces Cracked video, that "we win our money from value betting, not bluff catching".
-I have not had a multi-street plans when playing hands.
-I go on auto-pilot to often and only play my cards.

My plan…

I am dropping my play to $10 NL. To move up I have to play 100K hands and win a minimum of $500. I need to work on the above issues. I will play 100K to 200K at each level before I even think about moving up, assuming I am beating the game.

Poker Tracker has a nifty feature that I have not been using as much as I should, you can mark a hand for review, and this way you do not have to search for hands that need your attention.

My long term plan is to play larger samples of hands at each level, I need to get to a positive number at every level, that is going to be a trick at some of the levels.

I figure I will continue to play SNG's for fun, and also play the cash games, if it takes me 3 or more months to get 100K of hands in then so be it. I am going to have fun with it.

I have whined about these issues before, its time to fix them or quit. I need to drop in level because I do not have to 25+ buy in's for the $25 level in my bankroll, yet. The ego has to leave my game, leaving the confidence to make the correct play

This is an older post... I started the program May 18th... Currently just shy of 20K hands played... up $280





Comments (10)       read entire blog

yeeeesssss

110 hours of gay struggle back and forth running crap this month.

Finally today a sexy heater, 12 BI in 2 hours, wiiieeeee

http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/dfdfbae2178ab44379e0bd7a6d138d76.jpg

and finally with ev in smaller scale
http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/5c492e5d410fb8a1f2e9baf4af0826fd.jpg

Maybe a turning point?

Also made like 300€ in RB

Maybe wont be such a bad month after all

=)


Comments (1)       read entire blog

Hate to say this but it's just another "play good but run bad" day.

Nothing much happened during the lvl 1. Toward the end of level2, the very last hand:

50/100, utg limped, mp limped, co raised to 900 with 200 left, I picked up AKcc and reshoved all in. everyone folded and co calls with QThh and flopped Qx9x5h, turn 2nd heart, River Ah completing his flush. nh sir.

lvl3, 75/150, I had 3300ish left. utg(the QThh guy) limped, I looked down AKo and decided to just shove and have him gamble with me, folds to btn who instant all in w/ his last 1800 and utg folded. btn shows AQo and was on the way to the rail before the dealer brought the miracle Q on the river.

very last hand, folds to me in co with TJhh and had 1500 left, decided to shove and sb thinks and reshoves for 3500 and turned over A3cc, I liked my chance until the flop came A56 and sent me to the rail.

what can i do? oh well...




Comments (1)       read entire blog

What is the All-In EV function for the graph of HEM?

How is it calculated? Is it a feature I should be using daily?
Or should I not be relying on this feature at all? Any information appreciated.

Pic related, it is my All-In EV graph:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2wg7h5i.gif


Comments (8)       read entire blog

Check 2 posts below - this will be the last bump for a bit =)


Comments (3)       read entire blog

That's right guys. I took a step up to NL10 now that my bankroll is $200. I played for about an hour and won 2 BI today. I know it's probably just variance, but it is always nice to win.
If there is any advice for NL10 that anybody can give, it'd be greatly appreciated.


Comments (3)       read entire blog

Hello,

i won a ticket for the 109$ buy-in 50k guaranteed @ carbon poker by playing a satellite.
There are only 160 players registered at the moment and it begins in 15min.

If a decent MTT player want to help me that would be so great because i have about no clue how to play it actually.
Just add me on MSN: pool4 AT hotmail DOT fr

thank you <3





Comments (1)       read entire blog

I just did a pokerstars freeroll turbo flipament with a WoW guildie that has never played poker before. Out of 16,000 people, my guildie came in 18th and I came in 8th Lol. I think the odds of us both making the final table are greater than a billion to one.


Comments (0)       read entire blog

Everyone here should sign this it doesnt even take a minute and it can only help all of us.

http://www.pokerpetition.com

Also please try to spread this around blog other forums people on your messenger anything and everything poker related or not.

gogoogogogooo


Comments (0)       read entire blog

anyone wan't to help me, I need 215$ on ps for 215$ on cake asap


Comments (0)       read entire blog

can't stop listening to this



i cant help it it makes me feel so happy


Comments (8)       read entire blog

I haven't posted anything here for a while and since I don't really feel like playing or doing anything else today I'll write sth.
I don't want to write about poker that much so here's a brief info: haven't played much this month - maybe 3-4k hands. Including rb from May I'm down like 1-1,2k euros. I'm going to start playing full time again since I had my last school day on Friday and now I've got 2 month-long vacation.
I promised to post some pics from my 18th bday party so here they are (on facebook): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=26165&id=1316272569
[hopefully you can see them, if not I'll post some here]

Speaking of bday parties my friends had theirs on Friday. I ate pizza and drank 2 bears plus maybe 100ml of vodka. My stomach kinda hurt and I started vomiting in the morning and had diarrhea... That's how I looked like after throwing up.
I ended up getting an i.v. I felt better for a while but it got worse later. Now after sleeping for 13 hours I feel great. I'm a bit hungry though.

In exactly 2 weeks I turn 18 5th July that is !! Can't wait !
I'm planning on visiting my friends in London in the middle of July and it turns out that there's going to be a Unibet Open tournament while I'll be there. 16-19th July. If anyone would like to meet or sth let me know.

GL,

Mike


Comments (5)       read entire blog