Kinda getting into this blogging thingby Mariuslol, May 18
Hi!!
It's the middle of the night again, or uhm, oh no, it's morning, well almost the same!
I haven't played much last day or two, I'm not 100% sure why, I think it's because I've been doing pretty good lately, and I got much rakeback and I really don't wanna lose it lol (Aye, I know how stupid that is lol).
But instead I've been studying a lot, which I think is just as good, since I just moved up a stake. Watched 3-4 video's (The 4th episode in NiemanKenkre's protege series on bluefire, SocalQuests 25nl part1 and part 2, and that crazy multi tabling video on cardrunners, can't remember the name at the top of my head, some guy 40 tabling 200nl)
Read a quite a few articles as well, and read some on some of the best ppl, to try and get into their mind a bit.
Also slept tons, because my stomach acting up, and when it does I sleep tons lol (don't ask xD)
Hmm, this was a pretty boring update, hopefully in the next few days I'll get more hands in, I have had a 2 hour session, which went good, up a little over a buy in, so roll at 2700 euro now, pretty exciting.
(Been wow addict for 4 years, so never had any money, just uhm, tons of gold lol)
Oh well, I'm gonna go watch a starcraft vod, cya xD
I feel like this is something that most players at my relative skill/earning level eventually think about. This is probably mostly targetted at lower stakes players who I think will benefit most from this sort of perspective. Here's a picture of some random hot slut I found on the internets so that this blog entry isn't just a massive wall of text:
I'm writing this right after coming off a flip loss in the FTOPS ME which cost me my stack, but let me start from the beginning.
Saturday is a mediocre day, ended up breaking even, then went grocery shopping at 1 am and watched some GOM before I slept. I went to bed at 5 AM, trying to get some much needed rest so that I could play sharp in the FTOPS tourneys on Sunday. Turns out all I'm doing in bed is just thinking about random shit, including the fun things I'd do if I were fortunate enough to ship 432k (1st in FTOPS ME). It's 6:30, and I realize I'm still wide awake. This has happened before. I think, fuck it, I'll chill online for a bit. I notice some fish at the 2/4 games so I fire up another session, without having eaten, or slept. I make like 4 buy ins and also play 2 satellites into the FTOPS ME and win both of them, life is good.
At 9 AM I realize I should definitely sleep otherwise playing through the FTOPS (which tend to last FOREVER if you go deep) will be hellish off of zero sleep. I try sleeping, but once again I can't (this time mostly due to having a dry throat and randomly coughing). So I'm up again...at 10 AM, zero sleep, and thinking whatever fuck it I'll just wing it. Long story short I cash in none of the tournaments I play today, and it's 6 PM right now and I still haven't slept. Life is awful.
The moral of the story is Poker, honestly, defines my life. I've become engulfed by it. I let my swings in Poker affect my mood throughout the day. When I wake up the next day I feel fine and don't care for the previous day's results, but that's not good enough. It's never good to let yourself be so affected by outcomes which you ultimately can't control (to an extent, due to variance). I feel like shit if I spend a day not doing anything productive, which includes Poker. I honestly have an urge to grind if I'm not doing anything worthwhile and I just hate having the feeling of "what am I doing? why am i not playing and trying to make money? don't I understand how important money is to me?"
It's hard to articulate. It's something I feel like only happens within a certain threshold or window of relative earnings. I made a post a long time ago discussing the happiness EV between micro stakes players, high stakes players, and most importantly mid stakes players. You can view that here (it was pretty well received, surprisingly): http://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=412942
It's similar, where Micro Stakes players typically aren't committed/invested in the game (simply because it would be suicide to declare yourself a professional full time poker player if you play 10 NL or something), and High Stakes players make enough from the game to substantiate a luxurious lifestyle. Both of these cases mean that the NEED to grind does not have to exist. For the Mid Stakes grinder, it's a necessity. Of course it differs person to person, but I feel like Mid Stakes players, at least me, make an amount of money that is neither too small nor too much. Bills can be paid comfortably, but to achieve much much more takes more grinding, simply put.
So in my pursuit of becoming the equivalent of a High Stakes income earner, I feel the insatiable need to keep grinding, to keep trying. Yet Poker can be such a brutal, cruel game, that when you fall short (and it happens, over, and over, and over again), it REALLY starts fucking with you.
Every FTOPS season I always think to myself "Holy shit, time to win hundreds of thousands and get rich!". What would I do with that money? I would definitely take a break and start investing in ventures outside of poker. Ultimately, I've realized what I'm trying to do is play poker and make enough money so that one day I can quit playing poker. It's a sick, twisted thing, really. And who knows how much it'd take for me to be satisfied. I mean, I've already made more than my parents this year so far, yet I don't feel an ounce of satisfaction. What will it take? 7 Figures?
And yet this is the life I willingly accepted (although I didn't think it would be THIS depressing), but have inadvertently found myself "stuck" with. I guess in the end I've written this post to make it a sort of wake up call for myself, to start making baby steps towards having a more fulfilling, enjoyable life/youth. This is also one of the most "down" I've felt mentally about my life, this game, etc. and I'd like to keep a written record of my thoughts so that maybe a few months from now I can re-read this and laugh at how terrible I was. Hopefully this was a bit revealing and/or thought provoking for you guys as well. Cheers, GL .
Now that I got a Cashgame stake on iPoker I'm really happy
But today is Sunday .. and I got a free Monday tomorrow And it would be a waste if I didnt played at least a few Micro Tournaments NO?
Here is what I would like to play:
- Daily 30 (11$)
- 3$+R [50k gtd]
- 22$ HU [3k gtd.]
- 22$+1R+1A [20k gtd.]
(( - Daily 80 (55$)[200k gtd.] ))
- Sunday 1/4 M. (11$)
- 11$+R [70k gtd.]
Yea
I mean I am not looking for a big stake for everything..
Just single MTTs It would make me happy to just play a few out of these ;D
A big chunk of this will account on the setup differences, as you can see in much lower profits from 3 of a kind and flushes.
Some money can be leaking from High card, although I expect it to be because of missed draws mostly.
So what we will be our main focus will be the ever killing one pair hands when called PFR.
PokerStars Game #28100609644: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/12 3:49:20 ET
Table Mitidika 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: GreenMasheen ($21.90 in chips)
Seat 3: deathtankila ($22.15 in chips)
Seat 4: Spolter ($5.85 in chips)
Seat 5: HarryPeru ($32.95 in chips)
Seat 6: DoC.LemOn ($25 in chips)
DoC.LemOn: posts small blind $0.10
GreenMasheen: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to DoC.LemOn
deathtankila: folds
Spolter: folds
HarryPeru: raises $0.75 to $1
DoC.LemOn: calls $0.90
GreenMasheen: folds
PokerStars Game #27915375217: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/07 5:39:48 ET
Table Knysna V 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: kimokh ($11.95 in chips)
Seat 2: TAL818 ($9.40 in chips)
Seat 3: Tanner1274 ($25.40 in chips)
Seat 4: DoC.LemOn ($39.35 in chips)
Seat 5: svoyak ($15.65 in chips)
Seat 6: Mottten ($20.55 in chips)
DoC.LemOn: posts small blind $0.10
svoyak: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
Mottten: folds
kimokh: folds
TAL818: folds
Tanner1274: raises $0.50 to $0.75
DoC.LemOn: calls $0.65
svoyak: folds
PokerStars Game #28129177684: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/12 20:41:40 ET
Table Wratislavia IV 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: LBey ($10.95 in chips)
Seat 2: paavo132 ($50.20 in chips)
Seat 3: LiLZhiMiNG ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: julien808 ($29.50 in chips)
Seat 5: DoC.LemOn ($79.50 in chips)
Seat 6: angelreza ($17.35 in chips)
julien808: posts small blind $0.10
DoC.LemOn: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
angelreza: folds
LBey: folds
paavo132: raises $1.75 to $2
LiLZhiMiNG: folds
julien808: folds
DoC.LemOn: calls $1.75
PokerStars Game #27893758111: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/06 21:48:12 CET [2009/05/06 15:48:12 ET]
Table Johanna III 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: m@ire07 ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: gillb06 ($37.90 in chips)
Seat 3: Killed_by_36 ($31.15 in chips)
Seat 4: DoC.LemOn ($30.30 in chips)
Seat 5: martijn246 ($25.10 in chips)
Seat 6: ThomasGF ($15.80 in chips)
gillb06: posts small blind $0.10
Killed_by_36: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
DoC.LemOn: raises $0.50 to $0.75
martijn246: raises $0.50 to $1.25
ThomasGF: folds
m@ire07: folds
gillb06: folds
Killed_by_36: folds
DoC.LemOn: calls $0.50
Flop (Pot : $2.85)
DoC.LemOn: bets $2
martijn246: raises $2 to $4
DoC.LemOn: raises $4 to $8
martijn246: raises $15.85 to $23.85 and is all-in
DoC.LemOn: folds
PokerStars Game #27921954359: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/07 11:08:40 ET
Table Kienle II 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Hecke1988 ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: MarcKoeln ($30.80 in chips)
Seat 3: telascambio ($43.75 in chips)
Seat 4: DoC.LemOn ($38.70 in chips)
Seat 5: pjenergy ($27.65 in chips)
Seat 6: electrosuzy ($37.75 in chips)
electrosuzy: posts small blind $0.10
Hecke1988: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
MarcKoeln: folds
telascambio: calls $0.25
DoC.LemOn: raises $0.75 to $1
pjenergy: raises $2.25 to $3.25
electrosuzy: folds
Hecke1988: folds
telascambio: folds
DoC.LemOn: calls $2.25
okerStars Game #27989268198: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/09 4:34:06 ET
Table Arlon III 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: dimsar ($10.60 in chips)
Seat 3: Paranoiide ($36.35 in chips)
Seat 4: ChirurgienH ($24.15 in chips)
Seat 5: OmegaPhoenix ($8.20 in chips)
Seat 6: boit8 ($36.50 in chips)
dimsar: posts small blind $0.10
Paranoiide: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to DoC.LemOn
ChirurgienH: raises $0.50 to $0.75
OmegaPhoenix: folds
boit8: folds
DoC.LemOn: calls $0.75
dimsar: folds
Paranoiide: folds
ChirurgienH: bets $3
DoC.LemOn: calls $3
dimsar leaves the table
Showdown ChirurgienH: shows (a straight, Nine to King)
DoC.LemOn: mucks hand
ChirurgienH collected $11.30 from pot
Summary Total pot $11.85 | Rake $0.55
Board
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn (button) mucked
Seat 2: dimsar (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Paranoiide (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: ChirurgienH showed and won ($11.30) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 5: OmegaPhoenix folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: boit8 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #28011531944: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/09 18:09:38 ET
Table Mineura III 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Showaiter ($93.85 in chips)
Seat 2: hmnfugitive ($29.05 in chips)
Seat 3: DoC.LemOn ($29.65 in chips)
Seat 4: mental420 ($30.25 in chips)
Seat 6: scotty_35111 ($34.55 in chips)
hmnfugitive: posts small blind $0.10
DoC.LemOn: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
mental420: folds
scotty_35111: folds
Showaiter: folds
hmnfugitive: raises $0.75 to $1
DoC.LemOn: calls $0.75
The General Pattern: I overplay Small PP!
I was laughing at regs who call $4.30 3Bets with 77 and I do practically the same!
I am way too aggressive since I am without initiative most of the time and I try to make hero plays when I can pickup only few reads since I am often OOP and not the Preflop Aggressor.
I must play small PP WAY more passively when I call PFR!
PokerStars Game #28185930535: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/14 12:05:12 ET
Table Sita IV 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Xamlop ($25.10 in chips)
Seat 2: 4erni ($38.40 in chips)
Seat 3: KIC709 ($32.15 in chips)
Seat 4: profisz ($25.35 in chips)
Seat 5: DoC.LemOn ($57.10 in chips)
Seat 6: ansz88 ($30.05 in chips)
Xamlop: posts small blind $0.10
4erni: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to DoC.LemOn
KIC709: raises $0.75 to $1
profisz: folds
DoC.LemOn: raises $2.80 to $3.80
ansz88: folds
Xamlop: folds
4erni: folds
KIC709: raises $3.70 to $7.50
DoC.LemOn: calls $3.70
Showdown KIC709: shows (three of a kind, Aces)
DoC.LemOn: mucks hand
KIC709 collected $46 from pot
Summary Total pot $48.35 | Rake $2.35
Board
Seat 1: Xamlop (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: 4erni (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: KIC709 showed and won ($46) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 4: profisz folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: DoC.LemOn mucked
Seat 6: ansz88 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #28140845815: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/13 6:26:17 ET
Table Thuban III 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn ($25.35 in chips)
Seat 2: Little Duna ($18.05 in chips)
Seat 3: physt ($29.85 in chips)
Seat 4: Furi0uZ ($23.25 in chips)
Seat 5: JFS1986 ($32.90 in chips)
Seat 6: Héroe ($25.15 in chips)
DoC.LemOn: posts small blind $0.10
Little Duna: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to DoC.LemOn
physt: folds
Furi0uZ: raises $0.75 to $1
JFS1986: raises $3 to $4
Héroe: folds
DoC.LemOn: calls $3.90
Little Duna: folds
Furi0uZ: folds
DoC.LemOn: bets $12.10
JFS1986: raises $11.80 to $23.90 and is all-in
DoC.LemOn: calls $4.25 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.55) returned to JFS1986
Showdown JFS1986: shows (four of a kind, Jacks)
DoC.LemOn: mucks hand
JFS1986 collected $49.40 from pot
Summary Total pot $51.95 | Rake $2.55
Board
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn (small blind) mucked
Seat 2: Little Duna (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: physt folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Furi0uZ folded before Flop
Seat 5: JFS1986 showed and won ($49.40) with four of a kind, Jacks
Seat 6: Héroe (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #28005090634: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/09 15:11:47 ET
Table Nele IV 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: albertus80 ($46.25 in chips)
Seat 2: DoC.LemOn ($25.35 in chips)
Seat 3: Agent_Smith5 ($36.90 in chips)
Seat 4: owencpayne ($11.20 in chips)
Seat 5: bidegintza ($48.70 in chips)
Seat 6: kuri3460 ($25 in chips)
albertus80: posts small blind $0.10
DoC.LemOn: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to DoC.LemOn
Agent_Smith5: folds
owencpayne: raises $0.50 to $0.75
bidegintza: folds
kuri3460: calls $0.75
albertus80 said, "idot poker"
albertus80 said, "but thnx for your money"
albertus80: calls $0.65
DoC.LemOn: raises $3.25 to $4
owencpayne: raises $7.20 to $11.20 and is all-in
kuri3460: folds
albertus80: folds
DoC.LemOn: calls $7.20
Showdown DoC.LemOn: shows (three of a kind, Queens)
owencpayne: shows (a straight, Ace to Five)
owencpayne collected $22.75 from pot
Summary Total pot $23.90 | Rake $1.15
Board
Seat 1: albertus80 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: DoC.LemOn (big blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 3: Agent_Smith5 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: owencpayne showed and won ($22.75) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 5: bidegintza folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: kuri3460 (button) folded before Flop
PokerStars Game #28001477670: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/09 13:30:20 ET
Table Bernardina III 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Jasm1ne ($19.90 in chips)
Seat 2: DoC.LemOn ($26.70 in chips)
Seat 3: Yaman11 ($25.35 in chips)
Seat 4: Levkot ($29.40 in chips)
Seat 5: hakim225 ($25 in chips)
Jasm1ne: posts small blind $0.10
DoC.LemOn: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
Yaman11: raises $0.75 to $1
Levkot: folds
hakim225: folds
Jasm1ne: folds
DoC.LemOn: calls $0.75
DoC.LemOn: checks
Yaman11: bets $3
DoC.LemOn: folds
Uncalled bet ($3) returned to Yaman11
Pro131 joins the table at seat #6
Yaman11 collected $4.85 from pot
Yaman11: doesnt show hand
Summary Total pot $5.10 | Rake $0.25
Board
Seat 1: Jasm1ne (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: DoC.LemOn (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: Yaman11 collected ($4.85)
Seat 4: Levkot folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: hakim225 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #27842535608: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/05 15:15:23 CET [2009/05/05 9:15:23 ET]
Table Aschera III 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Hatab ($26.55 in chips)
Seat 2: Jujuyep ($7.40 in chips)
Seat 3: Maberio ($4 in chips)
Seat 5: fredelus ($22.70 in chips)
Seat 6: DoC.LemOn ($27.30 in chips)
fredelus: posts small blind $0.10
DoC.LemOn: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
Hatab: raises $0.50 to $0.75
Jujuyep: folds
Maberio: folds
fredelus: folds
KingKongll joins the table at seat #4
DoC.LemOn: raises $2.05 to $2.80
Hatab: raises $2.95 to $5.75
DoC.LemOn: calls $2.95
DoC.LemOn: checks
Hatab: bets $13.80 and is all-in
DoC.LemOn: folds
Uncalled bet ($13.80) returned to Hatab
Hatab collected $24.35 from pot
Hatab: doesnt show hand
Summary Total pot $25.60 | Rake $1.25
Board
Seat 1: Hatab collected ($24.35)
Seat 2: Jujuyep folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: Maberio (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: fredelus (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: DoC.LemOn (big blind) folded on the Turn
PokerStars Game #28000877500: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/09 13:11:06 ET
Table Dorado IV 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: kapxandducks ($58.25 in chips)
Seat 2: VlgKa3aK ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: CRUNCHO 83 ($20.30 in chips)
Seat 4: M@gic79 ($5.40 in chips)
Seat 5: DoC.LemOn ($36.75 in chips)
CRUNCHO 83: posts small blind $0.10
M@gic79: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
DoC.LemOn: raises $0.50 to $0.75
kapxandducks: raises $1.50 to $2.25
VlgKa3aK: folds
CRUNCHO 83: folds
M@gic79: folds
DoC.LemOn: calls $1.50
DoC.LemOn: checks
kapxandducks: bets $12
DoC.LemOn: folds
Uncalled bet ($12) returned to kapxandducks
kapxandducks collected $22.90 from pot
kapxandducks: shows (three of a kind, Aces)
Summary Total pot $24.05 | Rake $1.15
Board
Seat 1: kapxandducks collected ($22.90)
Seat 2: VlgKa3aK (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: CRUNCHO 83 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: M@gic79 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: DoC.LemOn folded on the River
PokerStars Game #27930700753: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/07 15:35:20 ET
Table Quetzalcoatl V 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn ($49.35 in chips)
Seat 2: dzntzzzz ($12.65 in chips)
Seat 3: jnp008 ($59.75 in chips)
Seat 5: 7011sven ($26.10 in chips)
Seat 6: HorstPower11 ($24.25 in chips)
HorstPower11: posts small blind $0.10
DoC.LemOn: posts big blind $0.25
Durindal: sits out
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to DoC.LemOn
dzntzzzz: folds
jnp008: folds
7011sven: raises $1.50 to $1.75
HorstPower11: folds
DoC.LemOn: calls $1.50
Showdown 7011sven: shows (three of a kind, Aces)
DoC.LemOn: mucks hand
7011sven collected $12.50 from pot
Summary Total pot $13.10 | Rake $0.60
Board
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn (big blind) mucked
Seat 2: dzntzzzz folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: jnp008 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: 7011sven (button) showed and won ($12.50) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 6: HorstPower11 (small blind) folded before Flop
PokerStars Game #28100440961: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/12 3:36:51 ET
Table Beatrix V 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: yvoutime ($58.60 in chips)
Seat 2: ignats ($17.70 in chips)
Seat 3: k@gg ($52.80 in chips)
Seat 4: DoC.LemOn ($25 in chips)
Seat 5: Fl0w101 ($26 in chips)
k@gg: posts small blind $0.10
DoC.LemOn: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
Fl0w101: folds
yvoutime: folds
Shatan123 joins the table at seat #6
ignats: calls $0.25
k@gg: raises $1.75 to $2
DoC.LemOn: calls $1.75
ignats: folds
Flop (Pot : $4.25)
k@gg: bets $3
DoC.LemOn: calls $3
Turn (Pot : $10.25)
k@gg: bets $7
DoC.LemOn: calls $7
River (Pot : $24.25)
k@gg: bets $40.80 and is all-in
DoC.LemOn: folds
Uncalled bet ($40.80) returned to k@gg
k@gg collected $23.10 from pot
k@gg: doesnt show hand
Summary Total pot $24.25 | Rake $1.15
Board
Seat 1: yvoutime folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: ignats (button) folded before Flop
Seat 3: k@gg (small blind) collected ($23.10)
Seat 4: DoC.LemOn (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 5: Fl0w101 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
General Pattern: I was playing large pairs too passively, especially QQ.
With the Jacks and Tens... I seemed to run into AA KK like always so the pot control approach was good result wise, but I still think that keeping these hands in 3bet ranges is better for me.
PokerStars Game #28037959299: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/10 13:28:42 ET
Table Belisana III 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: GytisLTU ($38.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Toastbrot_fe ($7.90 in chips)
Seat 3: PanosV ($23.70 in chips)
Seat 4: bllbll ($27.95 in chips)
Seat 5: DoC.LemOn ($44.40 in chips)
Seat 6: SeltoDurka ($25.35 in chips)
DoC.LemOn: posts small blind $0.10
SeltoDurka: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
GytisLTU: folds
Toastbrot_fe: folds
PanosV: folds
bllbll: folds
DoC.LemOn: raises $0.60 to $0.85
SeltoDurka: raises $1.40 to $2.25
DoC.LemOn: calls $1.40
Flop (Pot : $4.50)
DoC.LemOn: bets $3
SeltoDurka: calls $3
Turn (Pot : $10.50)
DoC.LemOn: bets $6.50
SeltoDurka: raises $13.60 to $20.10 and is all-in
DoC.LemOn: folds
PokerStars Game #28186722257: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/14 12:30:16 ET
Table Holmia II 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn ($28.75 in chips)
Seat 2: mixako ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: FukaiNoYami ($45.80 in chips)
Seat 4: -Mi5- ($25.75 in chips)
Seat 5: Obelix666 ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: eykp ($13.30 in chips)
DoC.LemOn: posts small blind $0.10
mixako: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
FukaiNoYami: folds
-Mi5-: folds
Obelix666: raises $0.50 to $0.75
eykp: folds
DoC.LemOn: calls $0.65
mixako: raises $2 to $2.75
Obelix666: folds
DoC.LemOn: calls $2
PokerStars Game #28012773247: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/09 18:44:55 ET
Table Eureka II 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: bayhess ($26.15 in chips)
Seat 5: ccmoz ($29.20 in chips)
Seat 6: iloveoffline ($25.85 in chips)
iloveoffline: posts small blind $0.10
DoC.LemOn: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
bayhess: calls $0.25
ccmoz: raises $1 to $1.25
iloveoffline: folds
str8joker151 joins the table at seat #4
DoC.LemOn: calls $1
bayhess: calls $1
PokerStars Game #27931052331: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/07 15:44:20 ET
Table Bishop V 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: DoC.LemOn ($57.25 in chips)
Seat 2: LUC1AN0_G. ($19.75 in chips)
Seat 4: beNjilicious ($29.25 in chips)
Seat 5: jultom ($17.95 in chips)
Seat 6: uwmattyk13 ($40.75 in chips)
jultom: posts small blind $0.10
uwmattyk13: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
DoC.LemOn: raises $0.50 to $0.75
Grvn6 joins the table at seat #3
LUC1AN0_G.: folds
beNjilicious: folds
jultom: folds
uwmattyk13: raises $2 to $2.75
DoC.LemOn: calls $2
PokerStars Game #28129232692: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/12 20:43:25 ET
Table Alma IV 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Big Hank xxx ($25.80 in chips)
Seat 2: LiLZhiMiNG ($102.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Morela69 ($18.85 in chips)
Seat 4: Xorbid ($25 in chips)
Seat 5: PaulEire ($25.50 in chips)
Seat 6: DoC.LemOn ($25 in chips)
DoC.LemOn: posts small blind $0.10
Big Hank xxx: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
LiLZhiMiNG: folds
Morela69: folds
Xorbid: folds
PaulEire: folds
DoC.LemOn: raises $0.60 to $0.85
Big Hank xxx: raises $0.60 to $1.45
DoC.LemOn: calls $0.60
Flop (Pot : $2.90)
DoC.LemOn: checks
Big Hank xxx: bets $3.25
DoC.LemOn: folds
PokerStars Game #27888024442: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/06 19:11:20 CET [2009/05/06 13:11:20 ET]
Table Feronia II 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: anakreonts ($25.80 in chips)
Seat 2: DoC.LemOn ($33.10 in chips)
Seat 3: CarltonRulz ($25.35 in chips)
Seat 4: bukkert ($65.75 in chips)
Seat 5: Lutos87 ($43.60 in chips)
DoC.LemOn: posts small blind $0.10
CarltonRulz: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to DoC.LemOn
bukkert has timed out
bukkert: folds
bukkert is sitting out
Lutos87: folds
bukkert has returned
anakreonts: raises $0.50 to $0.75
DoC.LemOn: calls $0.65
CarltonRulz: folds
outperformer has returned
DoC.LemOn: checks
anakreonts: bets $2.25
DoC.LemOn: calls $2.25
Showdown anakreonts: shows (a straight, Six to Ten)
DoC.LemOn: mucks hand
anakreonts collected $7.85 from pot
Summary Total pot $8.25 | Rake $0.40
Board
Seat 1: anakreonts (button) showed and won ($7.85) with a straight, Six to Ten
Seat 2: DoC.LemOn (small blind) mucked
Seat 3: CarltonRulz (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: bukkert folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Lutos87 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #28233881295: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/05/15 16:49:49 ET
Table Lumen IX 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: radiky ($29.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Nutsflopping ($26.60 in chips)
Seat 3: joeymase ($25.10 in chips)
Seat 4: DoC.LemOn ($27.25 in chips)
Seat 5: d .Apollo ($67.80 in chips)
Seat 6: JohnXQ ($17.35 in chips)
d .Apollo: posts small blind $0.10
JohnXQ: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards Dealt to DoC.LemOn
radiky: folds
Nutsflopping: folds
joeymase: raises $0.75 to $1
DoC.LemOn: calls $1
d .Apollo: folds
JohnXQ: folds
Showdown joeymase: shows (a straight, Ace to Five)
DoC.LemOn: mucks hand
joeymase collected $24.15 from pot
Very obvious pattern: Calling PF Sucks, and especially I suck at playing like that as I almost never know where I am at, and its problematic calling bet bet shove with KQ or AJ kind of a hand.
The Obvious solution: Go back to the style I have been applying successfully for many hands before: 3Bet.
These spots are so ugly and its so hard to guess exact ranges at micros that 3Betting a ton and forcing villains to adjust or just surrender their PF raise amount is a way to go.
Pissing off the regs and forcing them to adjust to my 3bbet and playing with fishes, therefore be ahead most of the time with these hands was proven to work for me, winrate and table image wise and it is time to go back and start calling with broadway hands when I get to higher limits and can guess range even when being passive PF.
What To improve:
-Play WAY more passively with low pocket pairs when I miss
-Call less PF, 3bet more with Broadway hands.
-Play aggressive poker again, especially with QQ, JJ.
-More Bet/Fold lines, way less C/Call lines
End Note: I am a creative person, a Monkey at heart. I have the edge over 95% of my limits, but only when I do what I know best- Apply huge amount of pressure, annoy people and force them to make mistakes.
This downswing has pushed me more towards peacefull Hippie poker, which I have never been applying before and....I suck at it. Its time to start utilising my competitive advantage, to focus at what I know best and to wake up my manliness and leave Calling PF without passive set mining to others.
I am not working for a few weeks, and these few weeks I am going to be dedicating myself to improving my game.
Backstory:
Before moving house at end of March, I had been playing alot of Poker, and had dominated NL10 and was cruising at NL25 aswell. Then once I moved house I could not play any online poker for 6 weeks, due to complete failure of Sky (satellite tv/internet/phone package), I had no internet access. Meanwhile my job was really depressing me, as some of the things I had to do were just morally not right.
I worked as a Kitchen designer for a local kitchen business. They were not doing so well, and I think with recession the cashflow problems were effecting them bad. Normally I would design and sell the kitchen, then other people in the company would take over, order in right things, manufacture it and organise fitting etc. Before it is fitted, 95% of they payment would be required. I had to phone people tell them that their kitchen was going out the following week, and needed them to pay, knowing full well that there kitchen would not be going out, infact it wasn't even ordered, becaquse they money was going to be used to pay for someone elses kitchen that had been delayed heavily. Reality is it probably would be another 3 months at least. And then when the supposed fitting date came, they would be raging, and I was told to tell them all sorts of bullshit lies, continually. Basically they were committing fraud. I had to continually lie to customers, under direction of my bosses, who would never have the balls to face customers. One day the boss fled out the fire escape and I had to lie saying he wasn't there. You couldn't make this shit up. I handed in my resignation letter few weeks ago and applied for loads of jobs.
So I dont think my head has been all there this past while, and when I got my internet access I started to play some poker, and tilted pretty hard. I had been grinding Cash games consistently before, and was disciplined. But now I started playing some MTTs, reaching the money, but not making the FT, (78th/4500 was highest). I thought hey, I can FT this nps. Then I ran into some shitty beats and I started tilting, signing up to MTTs all the time, when my head wasnt fully focused. So as a result my bankroll was cut in half from $700 down to $350 in a matter of days. Even the cash games I was tiliting. I was doing some stupid things, like im on the BB with AK, and UTG shoves $20 and i snap call. he shows AJo and hits his jack and bleh. But reality is at these limits I should not be calling my whole stack with AK in a cash game. End of day pocket 2's is beating me here.
Thankfully I realised I was on tilt, and stopped, and took some time away from Poker before I lost even more.
Present:
I got a new job, but dont start untill June and I finished my other job on Saturday. So now I have alot of free time. Really going to dedicate myself to improve and get myself back to where I was before. This tilt has certainly taught me again that mental state is so so important. I mean I knew it was before, but now I respect it even more. I had not tilted liked this since when I had started year or 2 ago. I thought I was past this, and thought I could control my emotions. As I said, what goes on in your personal/working life certainly effects what happens at the Poker table.
So some goals and rules for these next few weeks;
- Focus on keeping a calm and mental state
- Crush NL10 and get back to NL25
- Remember the basics
- Only allowed to play a maximum of 2 MTTs per week
- Review sessions, discover where I have lost the edge
- Get up early in the morning and no lazy sleeping in!
- Going to do alot of physical workouts aswell, running, skipping, weights etc in the mornings.
So I hope to be back to where I was 8 weeks ago, and pull myself out of this rut.
As Mr.Motivator used to say, P.M.A - Positive Mental Attitude Gotta keep that
haven't played in a bit... fixing my leaksby vlseph, May 17
I lost a lot of money and well over half my bankroll before and I really hated poker so I took a break.
It felt like I had to play rather than I wanted to play. Poker was fun when I first started and had no idea what I was doing, and back a couple months ago it felt like a really bad grind when it really didn't have to be. I find myself starting to like poker now. I'm going to only play when I want to play, not when I feel like I'm forced to get x number of hands in every day/week/month or whatever.
I've been playing WoW for three months as a substitute and finished my first year of college.
Need to try and find a roommate and an apartment for next year though since my family is moving further away from campus.
Back to poker.
I've lowered myself to 4 tables to start focusing on my game and trying to get more reads on other players, so far it has been working great. I used to mass table and just click buttons without thinking but there are still many spots that happen too often that I was unsure about, and I'm going to work on my play a lot more.
I've deposited a roll good enough for NL25 and onto Pokerstars (took all my money off FTP, seeing too many people from 2p2 getting hacked or w/e) and going to try and stop cashing out so much. Cashing out parts or all of my roll from time to time has really hindered my progress as a player. I don't care about the money anymore, I only see it as a tool to advance my game and not for spending.
Here's a list of leaks that I realized my game had and to serve as a mental note to anyone else reading this around my level as for what to look out for and fix...
Barreling too much without
Going against reads
Playing too fit/fold when not the pre-flop raiser
Not fighting against cbets enough
Being distracted by the allures of the marvelous internet
Not thinking enough
Not enjoying it enough
Forcing the action too much
I thank my friend Allen for helping me go through some hands and just talking about poker. He's helped me a lot in my thinking, and he'll probably see and read this blog. Thanks a lot, without you I'd probably have quit. He's helped me table select a lot better and I definitely feel it is another BIG improvement in my game.
Some side notes:
Played live SNG with some friends today. It is very nice to be able to play for a small amount of money and to be able to play poker for fun and not have it feel so serious.
I've signed up for this month's Turbo Takedown since it is only 2000 FPPs, I haven't played in it before so I hope I do well enough just to stay awake for however long I'm going to be in it. Hope I catch a good run of cards and tables there and taking back from it a couple hundred dollars I'd be pretty happy. Good luck to everyone else playing in it, and try to have a good time while playing poker. It'll make it a lot easier.
This is the first the of the of my life...tilt!by MasterofLaw, May 17
So this weekend some friend from my hometown were coming to visit me. However at 19 in the evening one of my bosses told me that I've probably have to work the weekend...dooH!Yesterday things though turned around a bit and I've only had to make some calls and answer some legal questions thereby and it seemed like I didn't have to work. SO we put up a great party in Stockholm and drank pretty heavily...this morning around 9 I recieved a mail in my phone which said something like pls call as fast as you can. DOOOH!
I was really dizzy when I stood up but then took a fast shower, put on the costume and took a cab...and here I am, tired,hungry though pretty sober and now I gonna do some qualified guesses worth some billions...lol at that.
Now I have worked for 2min, gonna go take lunch and then work my ass of this sunny sunday...
In other news, wsop starts in a couple weeks, pretty excited about it, gonna play atleast 4 $1500 events (most likely goin 50/50 with a friend/(s) on them), and also highly likely that I will be in the ME.
hrm, our lease is up july 1st, so im gonna start lookin at new places soon around the vegas area, anyone who knows any nice apartments plz link me
mmmmmmm.........lost like 1400 last weekend
won like 600 this week
+1800 this month so far.....
Doing well in the cashgames, sucking in MTTs
Gotta start putting more hours in and smoke less pot
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And it would be a waste if I didnt played at least a few Micro Tournaments NO? 
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