I'm probably to tired to really say anything worthwhile atm so here's some babble
This is this weeks Texas Straight Talk posted every Monday by Ron Paul and I'm posting it because this week's theme falls right into line of my recent thoughts:
Where did all those Bush foreign-policy hating BRING-THE-TROOPS-HOME people go??
The answer?! "Hey my guy won so I don't care"
So sick
WE NEED YOU COME BACK!!
International Bailout Brings Us Closer to Economic Collapse
audio
Last week Congress passed the war supplemental appropriations bill. In an affront to all those who thought they voted for a peace candidate, the current president will be sending another $106 billion we don’t have to continue the bloodshed in Afghanistan and Iraq, without a hint of a plan to bring our troops home.
Many of my colleagues who voted with me as I opposed every war supplemental request under the previous administration seem to have changed their tune. I maintain that a vote to fund the war is a vote in favor of the war. Congress exercises its constitutional prerogatives through the power of the purse, and as long as Congress continues to enable these dangerous interventions abroad, there is no end in sight, that is until we face total economic collapse.
From their spending habits, an economic collapse seems to be the goal of Congress and this administration. Washington spends with impunity domestically, bailing out and nationalizing everything they can get their hands on, and the foreign aid and IMF funding in this bill can rightly be called an international bailout!
As Americans struggle through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, this emergency supplemental appropriations bill sends $660 million to Gaza, $555 million to Israel, $310 million to Egypt, $300 million to Jordan, and $420 million to Mexico. Some $889 million will be sent to the United Nations for so-called “peacekeeping” missions. Almost one billion dollars will be sent overseas to address the global financial crisis outside our borders. Nearly $8 billion will be spent to address a “potential pandemic flu” which could result in mandatory vaccinations for no discernable reason other than to enrich the Pharmaceutical companies that make the vaccine.
Perhaps most outrageous is the $108 billion loan guarantee to the International Monetary Fund. These new loan guarantees will allow that destructive organization to continue spending taxpayer money to prop up corrupt leaders and promote harmful economic policies overseas.
Not only does sending American taxpayer money to the IMF hurt citizens here, evidence shows that it even hurts those it pretends to help. Along with IMF loans comes IMF required policy changes, called Structural Adjustment Programs, which amount to forced Keynesianism. This is the very fantasy-infused economic model that has brought our own country to its knees, and IMF loans act as the Trojan Horse to inflict it on others. Perhaps most troubling is the fact that leaders in recipient nations tend to become more concerned with the wishes of international elites than the wishes and needs of their own people. Argentina and Kenya are just two examples of countries that followed IMF mandates right off a cliff. The IMF frequently recommends currency devaluation to poorer nations, which has wiped out the already impoverished over and over. There is also a long list of brutal dictators the IMF happily supported and propped up with loans that left their oppressed populace in staggering amounts of debt with no economic progress to show for it.
We are buying nothing but evil and global oppression by sending your taxdollars to the IMF. Not to mention there is no Constitutional authority to do so. Our continued presence in Iraq and Afghanistan does not make us safer at home, but in fact undermines our national security. I vehemently opposed this Supplemental Appropriations Bill and was dismayed to see it pass so easily.
PokerStars Game #29659866348: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/22 13:28:31 ET
Table Dagmar II 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: iktyo ($46 in chips)
Seat 2: 808mlee ($50.35 in chips)
Seat 3: BBQSquirrel ($50.75 in chips)
Seat 4: seberek ($45.75 in chips)
Seat 5: ICURunninHot ($52 in chips)
Seat 6: jkb07716 ($79.20 in chips)
808mlee: posts small blind $0.25
BBQSquirrel: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
seberek: folds
ICURunninHot: folds
jkb07716: folds
iktyo: raises $1.50 to $2
808mlee: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $4 to $6
iktyo: calls $4
BBQSquirrel: bets $7.50
iktyo: raises $12.50 to $20
BBQSquirrel: raises $24.75 to $44.75 and is all-in
iktyo: calls $20 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($4.75) returned to BBQSquirrel
Showdown BBQSquirrel: shows (a flush, Jack high)
iktyo: mucks hand
BBQSquirrel collected $89.25 from pot
Summary Total pot $92.25 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: iktyo (button) mucked
Seat 2: 808mlee (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: BBQSquirrel (big blind) showed and won ($89.25) with a flush, Jack high
Seat 4: seberek folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: ICURunninHot folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: jkb07716 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #29661186910: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/22 14:04:13 ET
Table Henan II 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: magiclugee ($21.90 in chips)
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel ($50.50 in chips)
Seat 3: uncia7 ($41.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Stephan311 ($38.05 in chips)
Seat 5: gertpalle ($20.05 in chips)
gertpalle: posts small blind $0.25
magiclugee: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
BBQSquirrel: raises $1 to $1.50
uncia7: raises $2 to $3.50
Stephan311: folds
gertpalle: folds
magiclugee: folds
BBQSquirrel: calls $2
BBQSquirrel: checks
uncia7: bets $7
BBQSquirrel: raises $23.50 to $30.50
uncia7: calls $16.40 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.10) returned to BBQSquirrel
Showdown BBQSquirrel: shows (four of a kind, Fours)
uncia7: mucks hand
BBQSquirrel collected $81.55 from pot
Summary Total pot $83.55 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: magiclugee (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel showed and won ($81.55) with four of a kind, Fours
Seat 3: uncia7 mucked
Seat 4: Stephan311 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: gertpalle (small blind) folded before Flop
PokerStars Game #29662744168: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/22 14:43:49 ET
Table Iduberga V 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: dekeeg ($18.10 in chips)
Seat 2: GEAces ($63.45 in chips)
Seat 3: Angelo4582 ($20.65 in chips)
Seat 5: BBQSquirrel ($127.30 in chips)
Seat 6: porter998 ($71.60 in chips)
BBQSquirrel: posts small blind $0.25
porter998: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
dekeeg: folds
GEAces: folds
Angelo4582: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $1 to $1.50
porter998: calls $1
BBQSquirrel: bets $81
porter998: calls $40.60 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($40.40) returned to BBQSquirrel
Showdown BBQSquirrel: shows (a flush, Ace high)
porter998: mucks hand
BBQSquirrel collected $141.20 from pot
Summary Total pot $143.20 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: dekeeg folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: GEAces folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: Angelo4582 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: BBQSquirrel (small blind) showed and won ($141.20) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: porter998 (big blind) mucked
76h dude wasn't the best player, moments ago sitting with 200+BB, ccpf w/ AA and stacked off vs PF raiser's flopped set for 150BBs. Glad that I was able to take the rest of his monies+ Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : T8Suited
PokerStars Game #29662479629: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/22 14:37:06 ET
Table Pongola II 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: Mitch 360 ($37.15 in chips)
Seat 3: SmartButcher ($57.90 in chips)
Seat 4: finney78 ($169.95 in chips)
Seat 5: Kris Kreuk ($49.25 in chips)
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel ($67.85 in chips)
Kris Kreuk: posts small blind $0.25
BBQSquirrel: posts big blind $0.50
Kris Kreuk: bets $2
oneguy44 has returned
BBQSquirrel: raises $6 to $8
SmartButcher: folds
Kris Kreuk: raises $39.75 to $47.75 and is all-in
BBQSquirrel: calls $39.75
River (Pot : $100.00)
Showdown Kris Kreuk: shows (three of a kind, Fives)
BBQSquirrel: shows (a straight, Five to Nine)
BBQSquirrel collected $98 from pot
Summary Total pot $100 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 2: Mitch 360 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: SmartButcher folded on the Turn
Seat 4: finney78 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Kris Kreuk (small blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 6: BBQSquirrel (big blind) showed and won ($98) with a straight, Five to Nine
Cool(?) hands
QTd Scary line will probably get most people fold top pair (and if he doesn't I still have a bunch of outs)+ Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : T8Suited
PokerStars Game #29662906286: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/22 14:47:44 ET
Table Henan II 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: goodeh99 ($50 in chips)
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel ($188.65 in chips)
Seat 3: jungyoungju ($51.45 in chips)
Seat 4: S_Vogel81 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: gertpalle ($111.50 in chips)
Seat 6: cris nice ($60.80 in chips)
goodeh99: posts small blind $0.25
BBQSquirrel: posts big blind $0.50
BBQSquirrel: checks
cris nice: bets $6.50
BBQSquirrel: raises $15.50 to $22
cris nice: folds
Uncalled bet ($15.50) returned to BBQSquirrel
BBQSquirrel collected $22.15 from pot
BBQSquirrel: doesnt show hand
Summary Total pot $23.25 | Rake $1.10
Board
Seat 1: goodeh99 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: BBQSquirrel (big blind) collected ($22.15)
Seat 3: jungyoungju folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: S_Vogel81 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: gertpalle folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: cris nice (button) folded on the Turn
98d Gay induce, successful call-down. Later I finished him off with a cooler QQ prevailing over AK PFAI+ Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : T8Suited
PokerStars Game #29659299100: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/22 13:11:41 ET
Table Iduberga V 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: dougiedan789 ($50 in chips)
Seat 2: $ubbaa ($71.90 in chips)
Seat 3: Duttert ($53.30 in chips)
Seat 4: wmelton ($24.45 in chips)
Seat 5: BBQSquirrel ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: Straycat_99 ($65.10 in chips)
Straycat_99: posts small blind $0.25
dougiedan789: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
$ubbaa: raises $1.50 to $2
Duttert: folds
wmelton: folds
BBQSquirrel: calls $2
Straycat_99: folds
dougiedan789: folds
Showdown $ubbaa: shows (a pair of Threes)
BBQSquirrel: shows (two pair, Nines and Eights)
BBQSquirrel collected $27.35 from pot
Summary Total pot $28.75 | Rake $1.40
Board
Seat 1: dougiedan789 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: $ubbaa showed and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 3: Duttert folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: wmelton folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: BBQSquirrel (button) showed and won ($27.35) with two pair, Nines and Eights
Seat 6: Straycat_99 (small blind) folded before Flop
84d Sure I got a drop of value out of Ace high, but maybe I could've induced a bigger bluff by checking, or even a hero call with a normal-sized bet, who knows,......+ Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : T8Suited
PokerStars Game #29663021822: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/22 14:50:33 ET
Table Iduberga V 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: GEAces ($67.25 in chips)
Seat 3: PowerFullAs ($8.45 in chips)
Seat 4: farfalla7 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: BBQSquirrel ($195.40 in chips)
Seat 6: porter998 ($51.35 in chips)
GEAces: posts small blind $0.25
PowerFullAs: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
farfalla7: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $1 to $1.50
porter998: calls $1.50
GEAces: folds
PowerFullAs: folds
S_Vogel81 joins the table at seat #1
BBQSquirrel: bets $0.50
porter998: calls $0.50
Showdown BBQSquirrel: shows (three of a kind, Eights)
porter998: mucks hand
BBQSquirrel collected $21.70 from pot
Summary Total pot $22.75 | Rake $1.05
Board
Seat 2: GEAces (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: PowerFullAs (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: farfalla7 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: BBQSquirrel showed and won ($21.70) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 6: porter998 (button) mucked
QQ Real blemish against a loose passive, doesn't get out of line often, size of his bet correlates closely to hand strength.+ Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : T8Suited
PokerStars Game #29662770001: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/22 14:44:27 ET
Table Robeson V 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: ChudesViraj ($10 in chips)
Seat 2: jb7856 ($60.25 in chips)
Seat 3: BBQSquirrel ($84.65 in chips)
Seat 4: douzlar ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: kefe111 ($34.60 in chips)
Seat 6: kennymatch ($50 in chips)
ChudesViraj: posts small blind $0.25
jb7856: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BBQSquirrel
BBQSquirrel: raises $1 to $1.50
douzlar: folds
kefe111: calls $1.50
kennymatch: folds
ChudesViraj: folds
jb7856: folds
BBQSquirrel: checks
kefe111: bets $8.50
BBQSquirrel: raises $33 to $41.50
kefe111: calls $21.60 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($11.40) returned to BBQSquirrel
River (Pot : $69.95)
Showdown BBQSquirrel: shows (two pair, Queens and Fives)
kefe111: shows (a full house, Fives full of Eights)
kefe111 collected $66.95 from pot
Summary Total pot $69.95 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: ChudesViraj (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: jb7856 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: BBQSquirrel showed and lost with two pair, Queens and Fives
Seat 4: douzlar folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: kefe111 showed and won ($66.95) with a full house, Fives full of Eights
Seat 6: kennymatch (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Could have won more if I decided not to bluff some loose-passive 60bber off top pair (K9 board 9223 I only had overs)
would appreciate any comments...by jasper5408, June 22
for hands played on 6/22 (about 10 hands i think)
been playing my super lag (raising all pp, AJ+, KQ all in position if possible)
be as harsh as you would like. i'm a pretty humble guy.
once again any/all comments are really appreciated
Running into some setups which in turn leads to me playing like a monkey. I'm going to start posting my biggest losing hands here for you guys to take a look at starting at my next session. I'm hoping this will help re-focus and stop with the random spew crap. Any moved back down to 25nl for the time being.
I played two sessions today and finished break even so no big success today again. Together I played 972 hands. Today I played 10k GTD MTT on CakePoker because I played it with my friend and we had deal. I won ticket on this tournament in satellite on Friday but we both finished in this tournament very early. My friend lost QQ vs AA PFAI and I finished in battle of blinds where may jacks on big blinds were beats by Q9s. Then I played one more MTT but won only my BI back. Late in the evening my drunk friend want to play NL20 HU with me so I agree to have some fun. My friend was lucky(maybe because he was drunk) and win three buy ins on me. It pissed me of a bit and I went sleep.
+$2k day (so far) things, Turning things aroundby Joeingram1, June 22
Just finished up an 8k hand session with 4.5k hands at nl50 6max and 4k hands at nl200 6max/fullring. I booked a good 7 BI session at nl50 and was looking at the nl200 tables and decided to sit at 7 at fr and 6 max by myself to try to play some HU/shorthanded. Probably not the smartest idea to do with only having 4.5k online but figured I would try to use a 4 BI stop loss but luckily didn't need to. I always try not to 24 table when I play 6 max but I always end up doing it anyway because I tell myself all the tables are good lol. My winrate at nl50 6 max 24 tabling has been about 10ptbb/100 so i guess things are going well there.
Had a real nice balance of redline today, have been really working hard on trying to improve this lately and seems to be going well.
Have increaded my online roll up to 6.5k now with enough fpps to get another 650 bonus. Just want to get back up to 10k online as soon as possible so I dont feel busto anymore, things are going well though. A friend from 2p2 is trying to get me to try this prop out to see how much action I could get, he says 50k hands nonstop at FullRing with a positive winrate, I suggested 50k hands in 1 day at 6 max lol. Am going to run some numbers and see how I feel about trying it. Still aiming to do a 1 million hand in a month prop bet sometime later in the year.
PokerStars Game #29648218262: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/06/22 4:51:51 ET
Table Yabuuti 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: killerrog ($9.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero ($10 in chips)
Seat 5: kidfromja ($11 in chips)
Seat 6: $windleNL ($8.25 in chips)
tempo888 will be allowed to play after the button
Hero: posts small blind $0.05
kidfromja: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
$windleNL: folds
killerrog: folds
Hero: raises $0.30 to $0.40
kidfromja: calls $0.30
Showdown Hero: shows (a pair of Aces)
kidfromja: shows (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
kidfromja collected $19 from pot
Summary Total pot $20 | Rake $1
Board
Seat 1: killerrog (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: kidfromja (big blind) showed and won ($19) with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 6: $windleNL folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #29647941351: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/06/22 4:31:46 ET
Table Eurydike VII 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: killerrog ($10.90 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero ($18.45 in chips)
Seat 3: sps1687 ($6 in chips)
Seat 4: zoseR Re ($1.70 in chips)
Seat 5: smithfans ($10.05 in chips)
Seat 6: molzsu910 ($10 in chips)
smithfans: posts small blind $0.05
molzsu910: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
killerrog: folds
Hero: raises $0.30 to $0.40
sps1687: calls $0.40
zoseR Re: folds
smithfans: raises $1.20 to $1.60
molzsu910: folds
Hero: calls $1.20
sps1687: calls $1.20
smithfans: bets $6.15 and is all-in
Hero: calls $6.15
River (Pot : $21.80)
Showdown smithfans: shows (three of a kind, Jacks)
Hero: mucks hand
smithfans collected $20.75 from pot
Summary Total pot $21.80 | Rake $1.05
Board
Seat 1: killerrog folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: Hero mucked
Seat 3: sps1687 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: zoseR Re (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: smithfans (small blind) showed and won ($20.75) with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 6: molzsu910 (big blind) folded before Flop
PokerStars Game #29648044381: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/06/22 4:39:19 ET
Table Anchialos 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: lubkata78 ($11.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Ben Pope ($3.70 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($13 in chips)
Seat 6: ksudzo ($5.40 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $0.05
ksudzo: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
lubkata78: folds
Ben Pope: folds
Hero: raises $0.30 to $0.40
ksudzo: raises $0.50 to $0.90
Hero: raises $12.10 to $13 and is all-in
ksudzo: calls $4.50 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.60) returned to Hero
Showdown Hero: shows (high card Ace)
ksudzo: shows (a pair of Queens)
ksudzo collected $10.30 from pot
Summary Total pot $10.80 | Rake $0.50
Board
Seat 2: lubkata78 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: Ben Pope (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with high card Ace
Seat 6: ksudzo (big blind) showed and won ($10.30) with a pair of Queens
PokerStars Game #29648253791: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/06/22 4:54:24 ET
Table Savo 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn ($10.90 in chips)
Seat 2: Arunas76 ($5.50 in chips)
Seat 3: TURKEY028 ($11.45 in chips)
Seat 4: L()T U$ ($10.80 in chips)
Seat 5: hsq_wilson ($10.30 in chips)
DoC.LemOn: posts small blind $0.05
Arunas76: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to DoC.LemOn
TURKEY028: raises $0.10 to $0.20
L()T U$: folds
hsq_wilson: folds
DoC.LemOn: raises $0.45 to $0.65
SerZh777 leaves the table
Arunas76: folds
TURKEY028: calls $0.45
Showdown DoC.LemOn: shows (a pair of Deuces)
TURKEY028: shows (two pair, Jacks and Deuces)
TURKEY028 collected $6.70 from pot
Summary Total pot $7 | Rake $0.30
Board
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 2: Arunas76 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: TURKEY028 showed and won ($6.70) with two pair, Jacks and Deuces
Seat 4: L()T U$ folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: hsq_wilson (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
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
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
Needless to say, Stop loss after 40 minutes, all this with the beginning sessions 15/14 nitty mode -.-
/Whine over, I go read some pokerstrategy articles, watch a DVD, make lunch and I am back baby
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
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
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!
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.
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
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
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.
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