9 BI Winning Session at NL100, back on trackby Joeingram1, June 21
Just put together a 4k hand session at nl100. Normally when I play that limit I will only play all fast tables in order to be able to see more hands/get more vpps. That worked out fine before when I had a big roll online but now the goal is to make the most money/play the best tables. So this session I played fast/slow regular tables and a few good pot limit tables that were running at times. Overall things went really well and I was able to adjust my preflop game and not be so LAG and less 3betting which then allowed me to change my postflop game to a normal person. The affect this had was redline was right at breakeven for the first time that I can remember.
Once again the majority of my money made this session was from 2 and 3 handed play when starting tables. At one point I was playing about 6 HU and 3 other 3 handed games while doing the rest full ring. Still was able to crush and made 7 of my BI from 2-3 handed play. Ran a very modest 14/11 game when the table was full and I was very happy with that adjustment. Just need to contiune to grind a lot this week and get that roll back up to 10k in no time.
this week has probably been the fucking shittiest week of poker , mentally, not financially.
i should be crushing these stakes but every session this week has been the most painful week ever. simply because its the same formula each time. literally. 5 days in a row. I dont mind a little switch up! you know, give me a -10 bi day sure, give me a +BI day that'd be cool. but its the same fuckign thing every time, my graphs seriously look identical
so frustrating, cant string together multiple wins this past week
in the grand scheme of thigns, its really not so bad. but i get mega tilted from running bad at the END of the session all the time, not so much the begining. its basically like, oh hey good job grinding yourself out of that hole? let me kick you in the fucking nuts, get back down there asshole
So far this month I've played about 30,000 hands and lost about 20 buyins. I played for about 10 hours today and despite my best efforts ended up down 4 more buyins. This continual losing for a prolonged period of time was really beginning to effect my confidence and make me feel that I was playing badly, even though I could see sick beat after sick beat. After getting 2 outered on the river one last time I tiltquit all my tables and spent an hour scouring the internet for a poker EV grapher for pt3.
What it showed me was the first good news I've had all month. My play is above solid, I'm making sick monies with allin EV. Everything is great. It's just I'm about seriously below my EV. Today alone I was up 5 Sklansky buyins which is a decent day and makes me feel way less bad to be down 4. It's good news. I run bad.
Today I didn’t succeed in 5$ rebuy MTT on CakePoker but I won HU shootout tournament and also succeed in sattelite to 15k GTD Bounty tournament. In the afternoon I played long session which was a bit swingy. I played 928 hands and finshed +1 BI. In the afternoon I played one more session which has 457 hands and I won a bit over half BI. Total resul for today was 1385 hands and +$83.16. So today was successful and I hope that next days will be too.
Today I won satellite to daily 10k GTD on CakePoker. I also played one MTT. I finished ITM but won only buy in back. I played also next session on NL50 and I was hoping for good session but again it wasn’t. I feel good about my game but I lost one buy in. In one game I had JJ and one opponent overcalled with QQ and I couldn’t avoid to lost something and two times opponents caught set on the river.
First long session after long breakby T8Suited, June 20
I realize I could win flips
Played NL50 instead of NL100 because of wonky internet connecgtion. Made 5 BIs or so yesterday while winning a few flips over 1.5k hands lol
My quality of play, well, sometimes I play well, sometimes I am too weak-tight, sometimes I make bets that no worse hands call, sometimes I am too wild.
I need more balance and more consistency. Hope I can find them in my not-too-distant future
Questionable hands / self critique:
97s Didn't realize me and BB were slightly deep, but in any event this was quite bad (no worse hand calls this shove). On the other hand pot was fairly large, 28 when it was my turn to act. Better line to stack off would be flat flop and bet hard on a blank turn to get value out of Jx, 8x pair+draw type hands maybe?+ Show Spoiler +
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PokerStars Game #29552713102: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 15:35:36 ET
Table Tyndareus V 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: pates11380 ($96.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Hulkbobbsy ($20.45 in chips)
Seat 3: karma1987 ($63.75 in chips)
Seat 4: dadwins2 ($44 in chips)
Seat 5: flpnlp ($32.55 in chips)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel ($74.40 in chips)
Hulkbobbsy: posts small blind $0.25
karma1987: posts big blind $0.50
karma1987: checks
dadwins2: checks
BBQSquirrel: checks
pates11380: bets $8
karma1987: calls $8
dadwins2: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $63.40 to $71.40 and is all-in
pates11380: folds
karma1987: calls $52.75 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($10.65) returned to BBQSquirrel
Showdown karma1987: shows (a straight, Six to Ten)
BBQSquirrel: mucks hand
karma1987 collected $138.75 from pot
Summary Total pot $141.75 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: pates11380 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Hulkbobbsy (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: karma1987 (big blind) showed and won ($138.75) with a straight, Six to Ten
Seat 4: dadwins2 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: flpnlp folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel mucked
AA I flatted PF in order to keep the bad player in. Bad idea since I was oop, perhaps? But I won the flip.+ Show Spoiler +
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PokerStars Game #29551574146: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 15:04:34 ET
Table Rabe IV 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: The ATM666 ($24.90 in chips)
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel ($50.75 in chips)
Seat 3: tina737 ($84.30 in chips)
Seat 5: mar0 ($49.75 in chips)
Seat 6: Prof.Moron ($55.95 in chips)
The ATM666: posts small blind $0.25
BBQSquirrel: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
tina737: calls $0.50
mar0: folds
Prof.Moron: raises $2 to $2.50
The ATM666: folds
BBQSquirrel: calls $2
tina737: calls $2
BBQSquirrel: bets $4.50
tina737: folds
Prof.Moron: raises $9 to $13.50
BBQSquirrel: raises $34.75 to $48.25 and is all-in
clikdor has returned
Prof.Moron: calls $34.75
Showdown BBQSquirrel: shows (a flush, Ace high)
Prof.Moron: mucks hand
BBQSquirrel collected $102.25 from pot
Summary Total pot $104.25 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: The ATM666 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel (big blind) showed and won ($102.25) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: tina737 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: mar0 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: Prof.Moron (button) mucked
Q7h Most people would've open-shoved river themselves, but the weak-tight side of me took over here -- my requested time almost ran out on the river again this non-reg.+ Show Spoiler +
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PokerStars Game #29553423766: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 15:55:35 ET
Table Circinus VI 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: The_Crocop ($59 in chips)
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel ($90.15 in chips)
Seat 3: questor2011 ($42.50 in chips)
Seat 4: maisi80 ($72.90 in chips)
Seat 5: Stockton3 ($73.55 in chips)
Seat 6: C0SS3L0S ($49.80 in chips)
BBQSquirrel: posts small blind $0.25
questor2011: posts big blind $0.50
BBQSquirrel: checks
Stockton3: bets $52.05 and is all-in
BBQSquirrel: calls $52.05
Showdown Stockton3: shows (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
BBQSquirrel: shows (a flush, King high)
BBQSquirrel collected $153.10 from pot
Summary Total pot $156.10 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: The_Crocop (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel (small blind) showed and won ($153.10) with a flush, King high
Seat 3: questor2011 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: maisi80 folded on the Turn
Seat 5: Stockton3 showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Deuces
Seat 6: C0SS3L0S folded before Flop (didnt bet)
63 Too weak to commit with this BB special vs someone who I deemed to be a slightly passive, in-line non-reg.+ Show Spoiler +
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PokerStars Game #29553802427: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 16:06:05 ET
Table Circinus VI 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: The_Crocop ($60.50 in chips)
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel ($165.70 in chips)
Seat 3: questor2011 ($32.65 in chips)
Seat 4: james022 ($10 in chips)
Seat 5: farfalla7 ($54.50 in chips)
Seat 6: C0SS3L0S ($51.15 in chips)
The_Crocop: posts small blind $0.25
BBQSquirrel: posts big blind $0.50
The_Crocop: bets $0.50
BBQSquirrel: raises $2 to $2.50
The_Crocop: raises $6 to $8.50
BBQSquirrel: folds
Uncalled bet ($6) returned to The_Crocop
The_Crocop collected $5.75 from pot
Summary Total pot $6 | Rake $0.25
Board
Seat 1: The_Crocop (small blind) collected ($5.75)
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: questor2011 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: james022 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: farfalla7 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: C0SS3L0S (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
53s Only thing that happened right was that I won. Given that he had a chance to resuck in case he had a high spade, I likely didn't have implied odds to call flop.+ Show Spoiler +
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PokerStars Game #29549746026: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 14:12:17 ET
Table Kriemhild V 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BBQSquirrel ($56.30 in chips)
Seat 2: Xo4u na NL1k ($63.05 in chips)
Seat 3: olifant 12 ($51.30 in chips)
Seat 4: ratjepoker ($18.95 in chips)
Seat 5: Flipstapper ($57.85 in chips)
Seat 6: Hoppel1988 ($50.75 in chips)
olifant 12: posts small blind $0.25
ratjepoker: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
Flipstapper: folds
Hoppel1988: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $1 to $1.50
Xo4u na NL1k: folds
olifant 12: raises $3 to $4.50
ratjepoker: folds
BBQSquirrel: calls $3
olifant 12: bets $24
BBQSquirrel: raises $18.80 to $42.80 and is all-in
olifant 12: calls $13.80 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($5) returned to BBQSquirrel
River (Pot : $103.10)
Showdown olifant 12: shows (a pair of Kings)
BBQSquirrel: shows (a flush, Jack high)
BBQSquirrel collected $100.10 from pot
Summary Total pot $103.10 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: BBQSquirrel showed and won ($100.10) with a flush, Jack high
Seat 2: Xo4u na NL1k (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: olifant 12 (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: ratjepoker (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Flipstapper folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: Hoppel1988 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Fun hands -- sorted by entertainment value, no much thoughts needed
86h Trapper trapped + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : T8Suited
okerStars Game #29549976355: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 14:18:50 ET
Table Flora IV 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BBQSquirrel ($103.65 in chips)
Seat 2: JBalkenende ($98.15 in chips)
Seat 3: chessdrive ($50 in chips)
Seat 4: vipere14 ($31.80 in chips)
Seat 5: chrhtn ($53 in chips)
Seat 6: greiffer ($47 in chips)
JBalkenende: posts small blind $0.25
chessdrive: posts big blind $0.50
vipere14: checks
BBQSquirrel: bets $23
vipere14: calls $16.80 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($6.20) returned to BBQSquirrel
Showdown BBQSquirrel: shows (a straight, Six to Ten)
vipere14: mucks hand
BBQSquirrel collected $66.35 from pot
Summary Total pot $69.35 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: BBQSquirrel (button) showed and won ($66.35) with a straight, Six to Ten
Seat 2: JBalkenende (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: chessdrive (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 4: vipere14 mucked
Seat 5: chrhtn folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: greiffer folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #29552581356: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 15:32:02 ET
Table Circinus VI 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: The_Crocop ($53.55 in chips)
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel ($52.10 in chips)
Seat 3: questor2011 ($64.05 in chips)
Seat 5: Stockton3 ($83.40 in chips)
Seat 6: swiftvdele ($92.05 in chips)
swiftvdele: posts small blind $0.25
The_Crocop: posts big blind $0.50
maisi80: sits out
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
BBQSquirrel: raises $1 to $1.50
questor2011: folds
Stockton3: calls $1.50
swiftvdele: calls $1.25
The_Crocop: folds
swiftvdele: bets $7
BBQSquirrel: raises $26.60 to $33.60 and is all-in
swiftvdele: calls $26.60
Showdown BBQSquirrel: shows (four of a kind, Sixes)
swiftvdele: mucks hand
BBQSquirrel collected $104.20 from pot
Summary Total pot $106.20 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: The_Crocop (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel showed and won ($104.20) with four of a kind, Sixes
Seat 3: questor2011 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Stockton3 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: swiftvdele (small blind) mucked
PokerStars Game #29555625569: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 16:55:26 ET
Table Silvretta III 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: roman9779 ($52.35 in chips)
Seat 2: ouad_63 ($22.75 in chips)
Seat 3: 13mclean ($45.80 in chips)
Seat 4: juju_93600 ($53.90 in chips)
Seat 5: PassTheCargo ($50.95 in chips)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel ($101.20 in chips)
BBQSquirrel: posts small blind $0.25
roman9779: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards Dealt to BBQSquirrel
ouad_63: folds
13mclean: folds
juju_93600: folds
PassTheCargo: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $1 to $1.50
roman9779: calls $1
Flop (Pot : $3.00)
BBQSquirrel: bets $2
roman9779: calls $2
Turn (Pot : $7.00)
BBQSquirrel: bets $4.50
roman9779: calls $4.50
River (Pot : $16.00)
BBQSquirrel: bets $9
roman9779: folds
Uncalled bet ($9) returned to BBQSquirrel
BBQSquirrel collected $15.25 from pot
Summary Total pot $16 | Rake $0.75
Board
Seat 1: roman9779 (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: ouad_63 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: 13mclean folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: juju_93600 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: PassTheCargo (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel (small blind) collected ($15.25)
77 Medium sized heads-up pot, lol @ him betting $9 on the turn + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : T8Suited
PokerStars Game #29550062307: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 14:21:16 ET
Table Kriemhild V 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BBQSquirrel ($98.35 in chips)
Seat 5: Flipstapper ($59.55 in chips)
BBQSquirrel: posts small blind $0.25
Flipstapper: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
BBQSquirrel: raises $1 to $1.50
Flipstapper: calls $1
Showdown Flipstapper: shows (a pair of Nines)
BBQSquirrel: shows (two pair, Nines and Sevens)
BBQSquirrel collected $54 from pot
Summary Total pot $55 | Rake $1
Board
Seat 1: BBQSquirrel (button) (small blind) showed and won ($54) with two pair, Nines and Sevens
Seat 5: Flipstapper (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Nines
QT A correctly played version of the 97s hand maybe? + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : T8Suited
PokerStars Game #29555696173: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 16:57:24 ET
Table Silvretta III 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: roman9779 ($44.10 in chips)
Seat 2: ouad_63 ($22 in chips)
Seat 3: 13mclean ($50.25 in chips)
Seat 4: juju_93600 ($51.90 in chips)
Seat 5: PassTheCargo ($50.95 in chips)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel ($111 in chips)
13mclean: posts small blind $0.25
juju_93600: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
PassTheCargo: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $1 to $1.50
roman9779: calls $1.50
ouad_63: folds
13mclean: folds
juju_93600: folds
PokerStars Game #29549874070: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 14:15:57 ET
Table Flora IV 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: BBQSquirrel ($56.90 in chips)
Seat 2: JBalkenende ($96.75 in chips)
Seat 3: chessdrive ($50 in chips)
Seat 4: vipere14 ($34.80 in chips)
Seat 5: chrhtn ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: greiffer ($48.25 in chips)
chrhtn: posts small blind $0.25
greiffer: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
BBQSquirrel: raises $1 to $1.50
JBalkenende: folds
chessdrive: raises $4.50 to $6
vipere14: folds
chrhtn: folds
greiffer: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $50.90 to $56.90 and is all-in
chessdrive: calls $44 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($6.90) returned to BBQSquirrel
PokerStars Game #29551301077: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 14:56:46 ET
Table Silvretta III 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Crokete ($69.80 in chips)
Seat 2: ShaqAttack88 ($50 in chips)
Seat 3: RiddyJames ($17.70 in chips)
Seat 4: CraigT_69 ($14.70 in chips)
Seat 5: the ripper9 ($63.50 in chips)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel ($50 in chips)
RiddyJames: posts small blind $0.25
CraigT_69: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
the ripper9: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $1.50 to $2
Crokete: folds
ShaqAttack88: folds
RiddyJames: calls $1.75
CraigT_69: folds
RiddyJames: checks
BBQSquirrel: bets $3.50
RiddyJames: raises $3.50 to $7
BBQSquirrel: raises $15 to $22
RiddyJames: calls $8.70 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($6.30) returned to BBQSquirrel
Showdown RiddyJames: shows (two pair, Queens and Tens)
BBQSquirrel: mucks hand
RiddyJames collected $34.15 from pot
Summary Total pot $35.90 | Rake $1.75
Board
Seat 1: Crokete folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: ShaqAttack88 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: RiddyJames (small blind) showed and won ($34.15) with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 4: CraigT_69 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: the ripper9 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel mucked
75h Didn't know what I could beat, but he bet kind of small + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : T8Suited
PokerStars Game #29555061772: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 16:40:06 ET
Table Messalina III 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Lagu110 ($27.45 in chips)
Seat 2: robvleugel ($61.70 in chips)
Seat 3: storkgm ($80.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Simpelbirne ($26.75 in chips)
Seat 5: ribordfr ($54.40 in chips)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel ($99.20 in chips)
robvleugel: posts small blind $0.25
storkgm: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
Simpelbirne: calls $0.50
ribordfr: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $1.50 to $2
Lagu110: folds
Lagu110 leaves the table
robvleugel: folds
storkgm: folds
Simpelbirne: calls $1.50
Showdown Simpelbirne: shows (a pair of Threes)
BBQSquirrel: shows (a pair of Fives)
BBQSquirrel collected $43.55 from pot
Summary Total pot $45.75 | Rake $2.20
Board
Seat 1: Lagu110 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: robvleugel (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: storkgm (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Simpelbirne showed and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 5: ribordfr folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel showed and won ($43.55) with a pair of Fives
Plus some won flips that I didn't post (AK vs QQ 100BB, AsTs vs Ah2h board Ad9s2s)
Finally, I think I played these well
JJ vs a frequent 3-bettor + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : T8Suited
PokerStars Game #29553857984: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 16:07:33 ET
Table Tyndareus V 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: pates11380 ($161.95 in chips)
Seat 2: Hulkbobbsy ($41.45 in chips)
Seat 3: vlasiha ($52.85 in chips)
Seat 4: O-TiGreTon-O ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: jairuzu ($49.75 in chips)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel ($56.15 in chips)
pates11380: posts small blind $0.25
Hulkbobbsy: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
vlasiha: calls $0.50
O-TiGreTon-O: folds
jairuzu: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $2 to $2.50
pates11380: raises $6 to $8.50
Hulkbobbsy: folds
vlasiha: folds
BBQSquirrel: calls $6
pates11380: checks
BBQSquirrel: bets $14
pates11380: raises $30 to $44
BBQSquirrel: calls $22.65 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.35) returned to pates11380
River (Pot : $113.30)
Showdown pates11380: shows (a flush, King high)
BBQSquirrel: mucks hand
pates11380 collected $110.30 from pot
Summary Total pot $113.30 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: pates11380 (small blind) showed and won ($110.30) with a flush, King high
Seat 2: Hulkbobbsy (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: vlasiha folded before Flop
Seat 4: O-TiGreTon-O folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: jairuzu folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel (button) mucked
PokerStars Game #29551110927: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/19 14:51:19 ET
Table Circinus VI 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: The_Crocop ($77.75 in chips)
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel ($69.75 in chips)
Seat 3: questor2011 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: Stockton3 ($80.50 in chips)
Seat 6: swiftvdele ($47 in chips)
The_Crocop: posts small blind $0.25
BBQSquirrel: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
questor2011: folds
Stockton3: raises $1 to $1.50
swiftvdele: raises $4 to $5.50
The_Crocop: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $9 to $14.50
Stockton3: folds
kobraprophet joins the table at seat #4
swiftvdele: calls $9
Showdown BBQSquirrel: shows (a pair of Kings)
swiftvdele: shows (a flush, King high)
swiftvdele collected $93.75 from pot
Summary Total pot $95.75 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: The_Crocop (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 3: questor2011 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Stockton3 folded before Flop
Seat 6: swiftvdele (button) showed and won ($93.75) with a flush, King high
A little background. The House of Representatives voted on a resolution in support of the Iranian dissidents and condemning the ruling government. There was 235 Democrats and 171 Republicans that voted. The final vote was 405-1.
Can you guess who the one politician to oppose the resolution was? + Show Spoiler +
yep - Ron Paul
Here's his opposing statement:
"I rise in reluctant opposition to H Res 560, which condemns the Iranian government for its recent actions during the unrest in that country. While I never condone violence, much less the violence that governments are only too willing to mete out to their own citizens, I am always very cautious about “condemning” the actions of governments overseas. As an elected member of the United States House of Representatives, I have always questioned our constitutional authority to sit in judgment of the actions of foreign governments of which we are not representatives. I have always hesitated when my colleagues rush to pronounce final judgment on events thousands of miles away about which we know very little. And we know very little beyond limited press reports about what is happening in Iran.
Of course I do not support attempts by foreign governments to suppress the democratic aspirations of their people, but when is the last time we condemned Saudi Arabia or Egypt or the many other countries where unlike in Iran there is no opportunity to exercise any substantial vote on political leadership? It seems our criticism is selective and applied when there are political points to be made. I have admired President Obama’s cautious approach to the situation in Iran and I would have preferred that we in the House had acted similarly.
I adhere to the foreign policy of our Founders, who advised that we not interfere in the internal affairs of countries overseas. I believe that is the best policy for the United States, for our national security and for our prosperity. I urge my colleagues to reject this and all similar meddling resolutions." link
15k Hand session NL50, 25 BI swing lolby Joeingram1, June 20
So back on the grind today. At the start of the day I only had about 2.4k online (I've had 15k+ for the last few months, cashed out a bunch before this month because who knew I would go nuts and lose 11k) still and thought about playing nl25 but it is really hard to lose money at nl50 so played my session there. Bought a $650 bonus at the beginning of the session and my goal was to clear it, which is 4.5k VPP. Eventually I achieved my goal and after starting the session down 750 (15BI). I rebounded to be up 10.5 BI
As you can see at the beginning the redline was going out of control and when I started winning money is when my redline evened out and I stopped going crazy with the betting and was pot controlling alot more with medium strength hands. I dont really know how I do it but recovering back to even is a great feeling and then making money on top of it is just a bonus for me.
I usually start a ton of tables throughout my session so alot of my play ends up being shorthanded and HU while I'm 24 tabling fast tables. Today I played 1k hands HU in my session and about 3k hands with 6 or less. Basically all my money I made today (and usually most sessions) was with 6 or less players. I'm not sure how I am able to play like 4 HU, 4 shorthanded tables and then 16 full ring tables but I'm sure it cant be good. Somehow I win though lol odd.
I also keep ending up on the top popular searches on table ratings, it makes me laugh when i see it lol. Usually for the past few months I have always been in the top 50, not really sure who checks me out so much on there but apparently people do. Although tableratings has missed alot of hands for me, I still enjoy being a top 5 search haha.
Time to get some sleep then back up to grind another 15k-20k hands tomorrow and rebuild that bankroll. Have about 3.6k online so might play nl100 or just grind another nl50 session, games are so so good on weekends at either stake.
A girl recently caught me off guard about when the last time I cried was... I haven't honestly shed a tear in over six years, when I told her this she almost felt off guard by such an answer.
Is this remotely close to things? or am I way off base here?
Week long vacation with the GF went well. My bros wedding last Saturday was a great time, finally got back to the tables and was on pace for an epic +9buyin session when I lost a 6 buyin flip vs some monkey who called top pair trash kicker and held. Still up a little over 3 buyins so I can't complain. Other then that everything else is going good, so far it's been a pretty good month back.
I'm experiencing some sweet variance at NL25 and am getting a little tired of people peeling two streets for their gutshots. I'm properly rolled at 20 BI for NL50 so I figure I can take a shot at it. I'm going to go back down to NL25 if I drop 4 buyins, I don't mind grinding it, but I'd like to move up as I feel I have acquired the necessary skills.
Keeping this update short for now, I'll definitely have a post in a couple days about how I'm doing.
I was wondering if there would be any interest in people staking me for the Sunday Brawl and the 750k on FTP in the future. Not this coming weekend but pretty much every weekend after that i would like to sell 50% of myself for these 2 tournaments. Today they shut down opr.com for full tilt users but my roi was 140% in mtts with 8k profit and 13k in total prizes. You can check my sharkscope but for some reason its not quite as flattering. Im not sure why there is such a difference but on sharkscope I have 60% roi with 8k in profit. If there is any interest please pm me or reply.
Also, if anyone has any funds on a US pokersite other than pstars i am willing to trade FTP for it. Somewhere around 2k transfer.
Hey everybody, I promised myself I would be blogging in vegas but havent really gotten around to it yet. still have a severe money issue but I think its getting resolved. Basicly I tried making a wire transfer to the bellagio yesterday but I was very uncertain as to what numbers to put where etc, so after my first attempt it said something about the wire transfer not working or w/e. I researched how and where to write account numbers and shit and did it again and yet again it didnt work.
So discouraged and shit I went to play the 2k nlhe event at the rio yesterday and while registering I talked to the dudes there about making a wire transfer to the rio instead. I had to spend like 10 minutes begging the manager of the cage to let me do a wire transfer and finally he caved and let me do it. I have no idea why they are so paranoid about stuff like that but w/e.
Anyways, after getting home last night I checked my bank account and apparently both the wires to the bellagio worked somehow as I now was like a negative 10k in my account. Obv you cant wire transfer money you dont have but apparently my bank has like reserved the money for both the wires so now im not only cash busto but also bank account busto until monday because today is a holiday in sweden. So yeah, I have like 100 bucks for the whole weekend. Vegas ballin yo!
As for poker, I havent played alot given my money situation but the 2k event yesterday went meh. I definitely played a couple of hands kinda badish but eventually I busted cause Im just unable to win flips. No really cool hands come to mind but ill try to make a more detailed update for the next tournament ill play. I busted right before the dinner break and doomer was still in it so we went to dinner with tcblade and after that doomer borrowed me some cash to play 5/10 at the rio.
The table wasnt super soft but you can straddle the button at the rio which makes the game really fun. What doesnt make the game fun is that I gave the floorman 500 bucks and he comes back with 500 bucks in 5 dollar chips what the fuck. I hate chips so much and sitting with like a mountain of them tilts me to no end. Playing with 5 dollar chips seriously makes me play way worse than usually cause I just hate dealing with chips so i pass on alot of good spots just cause I dont wanna count out a raise or w/e. Fuck chips.
Doomer busted after a while and joined me at 5/10 for a couple of hours before we went home. We where both sick tired after playing poker for like 14 hours. We get home and go to sleep pretty quickly, unfortunately timdawg chris erik(pinball) clay and bob come home shortly after and chris timdawg and erik are sick drunk. Kinda hard to sleep when you hear timdawg repeatedly yelling: "ERIK, STOP IT YOU ARE GOING TO KILL YOURSELF" on the top of his lungs. I also have a vauge memory of erik coming into my room interviewing me with an invisible microphone but I could be wrong.
Anyways, I sorta wanna play the 1,5k event tomorrow and I think I can get someone to borrow me money for it. Problem is we are having a party at our house tonight and I will most likely be hung over as fuck tomorrow. Also I dont think anyone else will wanna play it so ill have to take a cab or something which is a bummer.
Cant think of anything else to write, next post will hopefully be more poker related with some hands and stuff. Take care bitches!
edit: LOL chris and timdawg just came through the door drunk and super excited dressed in tuxedos they just bought for no reason saying that they will be the kings of the party. HAHAHA
My no limit feat was going very well.... I grinded my loaned $100 up to $570 within a week on NL 5, NL 10, and NL 25. Paid back the $100 + $20 to the loaner which is a highstakes limit player. And I decided.... why not try some limit. He taught me so much in a day and I really like the game. So I am now officially a limit player
After my last blog post several people got in touch and showed interest in coaching, so I've decided to go ahead with my plans. I mentioned that I had a pretty in depth plan for how this would work so now it's time to share it. I want to provide high quality coaching so that my students get a lot out of the experience and grow into winning players. I enjoy teaching and I really like helping people learn and seeing them grow. I've sat back and thought of everything that I wish I'd been taught and had access to when I first started out, and I will share those lessons and that information with my students.
So let's get this started with the obvious - my results so you can decide whether you want to bother with learning from me. I've put them in a spoiler so you can skip them if you already know me.
I started playing poker in the summer of 2006 and learned from a friend on LP named FirA. I sucked for a long time and was horrible at BR management. I started with NL but moved to fixed limit after I nearly lost my BR by moving up too fast. After that I became a BR nit and have never come close to being broke. After about a year I finally got the basics down and then moved back to NL and cruised through the micros. I had a heater when I got to NL100 and thought I was god, then had an epic downswing and realized I wasn't. At that point I refocused to get past the basics and learned a lot from Midian about taking the game to the next level. I played NL50/NL100 for about a year but hit a wall so I got coaching with Sakisaki. Since then I moved up to NL200 and have been a reg there for several months.
I've been on serious highs and lows from poker but over the past 8 months I finally got good enough so that I can consistently win and have been pulling out about 1k a month while also paying sakisaki for coaching and building my BR. I play poker part time while working part time for a non-profit organization. I run extremely bad (ask sakisaki, he's had to suffer while sweating me) which has left me no room to play on anything but my A game and forced me to learn a lot about tilt control, focus, discipline and other non strategy aspects of being a winner at poker.
Here are some screen shots. These are my lifetime results @ NL25, NL50 and NL100. These are the 3 levels I expect to be coaching on since for NL10 and lower the price is usually gonna be too high, but I can definitely teach you to beat those lower stakes as well. My results for NL10 and lower are not included in the SS since they're skewed - for the last 2 years those are the stakes I visit when I'm drunk and feel like playing 100/100 and going all in every hand. I'm amazed they're still in the green =)
I pay for a nice screen sharing software that will allow us to talk via phone or microphone/speakers and see each others screens during sessions. I've used free programs like teamviewer while getting coached in the past and they made things very difficult, so I've decided to pay for this software to make the coaching sessions smooth. You don't have to pay anything for this. We will use this software every session so that we can talk verbally and see each others screens as necessary.
During a session we will either do 1 or more of the following:
1) Discuss general strategy and ways to improve your game, from tilt control to the best poker programs to use and how to use them.
2) I prefer if you can make a video of yourself playing a regular session and then we can review it together during the coaching session. This way we can go over timing tells, game flow, etc, but can pause and really get into detail rather than live sweat sessions where you are limited in how long you can talk and get distracted by new hands.
3) If you can't make videos, we will do live sweat sessions where I watch you play or you watch me play.
4) We'll go over your HEM/PT database and review hands.
5) If you're a consistent student (doing a session 1 time a week or bought a package up front) then you can PM me hands anytime you want for review, and I might also assign you homework like articles/books to read, videos to watch, etc.
6) I'm flexible in my teaching style and will customize according to what you ask for. If you want me to just give you a general course I can do that, or if you just want to focus on specific areas that you have trouble with then we can do that, and so on.
Stakes and Game Types I Coach
Game Types:
My coaching will be primarily focused on 6max/full ring cash games. I play primarly 6-max cash games, but have played a lot of full ring cash games in my life, especially at the micro stakes. If you have no idea how to play tournaments then I can help you get started since I know the basics and can hold my own, but I am not a tournament specialist and do not consider myself to be qualified to teach you to be a big tournament winner. I don't teach HU or Omaha.
Stakes:
I can teach you to win at NL100 and lower. I may be helpful to a struggling NL200 reg or someone who is just making the move up, but I'd suggest you get a NL400 or higher reg to help you out instead of me.
NL100: If you are already a solid reg @ NL100 I may not be the coach for you, but I can help you make the transition to NL200 and explain the differences and how to adjust. If you're a breakeven reg @ NL100 I can help you become a winner and move up. But overall I do think my services are not as valuable to a NL100 player so that is why the fee is only half a buyin.
NL50: I can help you, a lot. If you've been stuck here forever or just arrived, I can help you figure it out and crush the game. I do know some NL50 players who are equal to me in terms of poker strategy, but they're stuck at this level for other reasons and if you're one of those people I can help you figure out what to change outside of your strategies so that you can move up.
NL25 and Lower: I have a lot to offer you. I can help you maximize your winnings vs all the fish you get to play with, but also help you understand how to change your game vs the occasional good reg you bump into. And I can help you a lot with moving up and expanding your game, taking it to a deeper level.
Payment
1) I charge $50 a session. Sessions last for at least 1 hour and may go longer. If it goes longer than 1 hr, you don't pay anything extra.
2) You can buy a package for $250 and get 6 lessons (1 free). If you buy a package you also can PM me hands anytime for analysis and I might assign you homework to do between sessions (articles/books to read, videos to watch, etc.)
3) Long term profit sharing deals are available but will require a more in depth submission process. If you want long term coaching contact me via PM and I will let you know what I need from you.
4) If you miss a session without notifying me ahead of time (6 hrs) or having a DAMN good reason, then at the next session you will pay half the price of the missed session PLUS the full price of the new session. If I miss a coaching session without notifying you ahead of time (12 hrs) or having a damn good reason, then your next session will be 100% FREE.
5) I am free Mon/Wed/Fri all day so those are the best days for me to do sessions. I can usually fit something in any day of the week though. On Sat/Sun if I do a session it will need to be in the afternoon. We will schedule the sessions via PM here on LP or AIM/MSN.
Applying for Coaching
If you want to take lessons from me then please send me a PM with the below information. I will review it and get in touch with you to set up a FREE consultation session which will last 15-30 minutes. During that time we will get to know each other and talk basic poker. After that we can both decide whether we want to continue and start paid sessions. This way you don't have to pay $50 to spend 30 minutes getting to know me and 30 minutes doing a sweat session, and then decide that you don't like me. You get to decide you don't like me for free and if you do like me then we can get serious on the coaching.
PM me the answer to these questions to apply for coaching:
1) Name, age, location:
2) Preferred poker site(s) and screen names:
3) Current bankroll and game(s) played:
4) How many hands do you typically play per month?
5) How long have you been playing poker?
6) Have you had any coaching before? If so, how did it go?
7) What’s your schedule like? When do you want to do your session? (Give a specific time please)
8) What's your Skype and AIM/MSN?
(Yes, I stole those Q's from Myth's coaching thread. No reason to reinvent the wheel and we all know Myth has this coaching shtick down ^^)
That's all. If you have anymore questions then please reply to this thread or PM me.
May 1st 'til now has pretty much been the most stressful period of time I've had in a looong time. I think I've played well/ + EV overall, but I've definitely ran bad in many crucial parts (its mostly been that everytime I've played vs drunk aggrotards I've gotten coolered really hard and had -2-5bi sessions). Of course I'm not putting all of the blame on luck or what not, I've definitely not played every hand as well as it could be (and a number badly of course lol). I'm still working on my game fo' sho'.
I've deposited $600 on FTP so that when I'm bored I can grind nl25 and move up as my roll allows. I think playing a bit online will help keep myself disciplined and my game a little sharper, because you see so many more situations and basic concepts like solid preflop play are reinforced.
Goalwise, I've set a modest goal of 20kBR by the end of august. I've also banned myself from spending more than $60 on a night of partying, and I'm totally rhino-banned until I'm ballerstatus lol. I can't even imagine how much better I'd be feeling if I had the significantly larger bankroll of a non-rhino/partying goofball. Infact I'd already have my 20k roll roflz :D Then I could be partying without regret! I'm still going to be partying and having fun, just will have to sit-out on some of the club nights w/ the crew.
Otherwise things have been pretty fun~ Pooruser and I have a pretty serious propbet that we have to agree on a time to start. Basically its a DDR/ITG (an american DDR clone) vs Mario Kart bet. We have $1k on each event. Basically we both feel like we're freerolling the fuck out of eachother on each side of the bet; me on DDR/ITG and pooruser on Mario Kart. I need to practice the hell out of mario kart because I literally play it worse than a 3year old with downs at the moment. :D Biggest problem could be if steve is a secret DDR/ITG hustler but I don't think that's the case lol.
NL25 graph WHASSUP.
(tbh the only reason I'm playing online again is so I can post GRAPHS!!!)
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