So last month was not entirely about poker, I had to do some stuff for school, I did some rehab (by the way, I've got only 2 visits left, my leg is almost 100% fine now. I'll have to practice by myself to keep it strong) but I also had 7 lessons with D_Zoo and played some poker (17k hands only though). When it comes to those lessons, I'm glad I record them because I must say there's plenty of things for me to learn and I'll need to rewatch each of them a couple of times until I get the most of what my great coach has told me - during the lessons I'm like 'yea, yea, yea, ok, I get it' and there's not much left to ask because he talks about everything and gets into details. I guess I'll write down a list of questions for our next lesson to ask him cause sometimes while playing an idea comes to my mind and then I simply forget it.
Ok so I'm pretty quiet with poker-related updates, mainly because I haven't played much lately (ie. for almost a year). I cashed out most of my bankroll, left myself $500 to grind and decided I'd try 10nl just to start to ease myself back. I didn't play too many hands because of thesis (read previous blog post), hopefully I can consistently grind in May and play 100k hands.
25nl fullring was too nitty for my liking, so after roughly 15k hands running at only 3.5ptbb/100 I decided to switch to 6max and that has been pretty fruitful, +8bi in 2.5k hands.
Br currently 1.3k. I'll stick to 25nl until I'm at 1.5k, then I'll grind 50nl until 3k. Hopefully I'm at 3k and hitting 100nl by the end of May.
Well well tomorrow is the second round of Sengoku FWGP. While not packing as many big names as Dream FWGP they nonetheless made a point out of making an exiting GP and not a boring snoozefest courtesy of Imanari&Co. There first round fights were fantastic and there is no reason not to expect the same from the 2nd round.
Hatsu Hioki(18-3-2, 9 subs) vs Ronnie Mann(16-1-1, 10 subs)
For a reason that escapes me everyone picks Hioki over the jolly brit, probably because of the W against the legendary Rumina Sato on his record. I however beg to differ. Mann is in my opinion one of the few well rounded Featherweights in the business and his last fight against Yamada(which is one of the best fights of this year so far) is a testament to that. Kid can strike, and he can grapple too. His Muyai Thai background and 75% sub rate speak for themselves. The scary part? Mann is only 8 days older then me, at 22, and Hioki is 25. Way to contribute to my inferiority complex guys.
Michihiro Omigawa(5-7-1) vs Nam Phan(15-5-0)
Well, i think the record speaks for itself in this case, and while the former's victory against LC Davis seems to suggest otherwise, it was a fight Davis did not come in properly prepared for. Another TKO victory for Phan.
Masanori Kanehara(12-5-5) vs. Chan Sung Jung(6-0-0)
I do not know enough about either fighter to draw conclusions.
Marlon Sandro(13-0-0) vs Nick Denis(7-0-0)
This is tough to predict, on one Nick Denis who reminds you of Joachim Hansen, and not only for his bright red bearded face, but for being a tiny whirlwind of destruction. On the other hand Sandro looked real shit in his last fight against "Jagger Bomb." But the problem is that Denis's ground game is largely untested and while having one submission on his record, it is questionable what he can do against the reasonable BJJ skillset of the Brazilian. I, however, will go with my gut and say that Sandro is gonna get mini-Hansen'ed.
So I have been running pretty bad lately where basically every turn or river is a "sick card." As a result I tend to get a little steamed and lose a bit more than I should. I'm also down like 10 buy ins in the last 2 days and as a result of that I tend to be a little reckless to try to make it up faster than I should. I'm thinking up to plo25 from plo10 because I find when I move up I tend to tighten up and play really solid poker. The "running bad" thing doesn't bother me as I don't believe my history of cards over the past few days will effect the cards I am dealt today. I've got 50+ buy ins for my current stakes and 20+ if I were to move up. I was waiting for 30 to move up but I feel the best way to get out of this downswing is to focus harder and the best way to do that is to move up in stakes.
Has anyone moved up on a downswing before and how did it go for you?
So I just had my biggest winning month (doubled my roll) and I needed a medium to show off my sexy graphs. I've been playing for like 1.5 years now but only started playing a lot more this semester and I feel like I've really improved my game these past months. Went from 8=> 6tabling and playing looser/taking lots of notes which at 50nl finally seems to be of much more use since I run into the same guys a lot more than I used to at 25 and 10nl. roll=2.8k atm, think I'll start taking shots at 100nl once I hit 3.5k
Yesterday I also had the weirdest thing happen to me. I watched the movie Elephant which is about a high-school shooting the night before and as I walked home last night I was thinking about the movie, I saw our car parked outside our house and was thinking how come none of these nutjobs who just want to kill as many people as possible hadn't thought of just taking a car and driving into a crowd which is 10x easier than trying to obtain weapons. Ten minutes later I watch the news and see this http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8028317.stm
Am I the only one who seriously CANNOT win at all for the last month? No matter how good I get it in, it holds so rarely its vomit inducing. I've never had a month where I've seen so much ridiculous shit. Heres just a sampling, PLEASE leave any comments on hands that you think I misplayed. I REALLY want feedback as I don't think I'm playing terribly.
Please please, feedback is ENCOURAGED. Just say the number next to the hand and your comments.
Yeah I guess thats enough, thats just a sampling from the last week. I really honestly think I'm playing well. If anyone who is a regular at nl50 or nl100 full ring is interested in sharing opinions on hands or helping each other out, please PM me. I have AIM (which I use far more regularly) and msn.
I think I saw rockman make a post offering to help others, so maybe I'll contact him, hmm.
This month has been particularly frustrating as I think I've learned a lot and actually redefined my "game" or whatever. Its so fucking annoying when the results do nothing but dissuade you from such an idea. For the entire month I'm up 2 buy ins at nl50. Thats pretty fucking pathetic imo as its not even a difficult level.
I think I'm going to start updating my blog again so hopefully this will be the first post of many.
I was playing the Midnight Madness and it was my last tourney of a shitty day of grinding, and I was already pissed at how I busted 14th in the $11 1r1a on stars like 10 minutes before thi. I pretty much started going crazy in the chat after getting it in pre with KK against AK and 88 to almost triple up but lost all but like 3BB, and then some railbird just started giving it to me. Acdawg712 was watching and told me I should put the chat into an xtranormal movie, and it actually turned out somewhat funny the way the computer says some of it =P.
Not only am I the resident forum comedian, I also play poker on the side.
[X] Platinum star - grinded 4 hours of eyeball crushing 6max everyday this past week when I didn't think I would make it, but kept a promise to myself. So, I deeeed it.
[X] NL50 - Vanquished your face
[X] Taste of NL100 - Some adjusting is needed, seems beatable and more high variance. Tilt control is really key here.
Lets see a +2k graph in my birthmonth baby! Oh and I love you all my dear children
So basically April started off great, wanted to play a shitload of hands and i did, i didnt' even have a full month to play. (I only had 3 out of the 4 weeks of this month to play.), i also found time to slam in 200 11$ turbo sngs as well over a few sessions.
April started off great as i said before, pulled off a few huge bluffs in a couple seshs vs the same regulars and was able to start getting paid on my monsters using the same lines as said bluffs, everything felt like it was clicking and i knew i was bound for 100nl soon, using a 22-24BI rule. I went to toronto for a fun vacation and to fuck around for 7 days, and came back refreshed and ready to crush 100nl. But in order to warm up, i thought i'd do a fun 50nl warm up session.
I ended up getting murdered for an entire week, set over set, losing 70 30's , 90 / 10's, etc etc. I would look at HEM3 and die inside at the +EV graph vs $$ gained graph. I was basically running horrendous and was on the verge of imploding when i looked back at some people's comments to just play through it and focus on DECISIONS, not results. It's easier to say you will follow it, but until you hit a brutal downswing it's a HUGE testament to one's determination / character / focus. I'm glad to say i survived through it. Looks like 100nl will have to wait another week or so, but i feel that i've recovered mentally, and it's only a matter of time before i get back up there.
Brag: played 50k hands + 200 sngs in 3 weeks , most ive ever played ever
Beat: Last 30k hands of said 50k were horrendous losing / break even, but towards the tail end i regained confidence in my ability to play. made +250$ or so in SNG's
Variance: I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH RAKEBACK IM GETTING BUT IM HOPING ITS ALOT D:. I've found my sweet spot is 10 tabling FR. 14-16 was too much to make optimal value, and 8 is too boring.
May Goals-
Short term: 2.2k BR > take a shot at 100 nl , move down after losing 2 bi
Mid term: Become 100nl reg by end of may
Long term: 1/2 by end of june / start of july? one time!
april ended on a good note(5250usd incl rb) and although it was kinda swingy towards the end and totally nerveracking to say the least, i did manage to end at the peak and came out on top. not an awesome month but for me since i played 200nl mostly ending april, it did give me back all that i lost from those moving up coolers and gave me some winnings to boot. im starting the may month at 200nl and im definitely going to play most of my hands there and probably visit my 100nl friends once in a while . Ive hit my 100kvpp now so the milestones are next and im definitely going to shoot for a 600kvpp minimum this year, i dont think itd be that hard at all if i play and get used to 200nl and im quite happy that after a year im finally going for it. i dont care much for variance that much since ive already bought that car and it feels great everytime i drive/get laid using my poker skillzzzzzzzzzz lol. peace
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graph's data is kinda skewed since i played a lot of 50nl the first week and 100nl 2nd and 3rd week.
Ok so at my school we have faculty advisers that are assigned to students according to their last names. The faculty advisers help students with scheduling conflicts, general questions, help with internships/employment, etc. My adviser is named Jess Depew. She's pretty hot. She's like 25 and she's only been at the school a few years. Anyway, I have been looking into getting an internship at Disneyland or something over the summer, and the school helps coordinate these things with an internship database that's maintained by the advisers. You log on with your school ID and password and you can browse internships and stuff. I was having trouble logging on to mine so I went to see Ms. Depew. That's where all the trouble started.
Firstly, I walked into her office like 15 minutes early like an idiot and she's in the middle of lunch. So I awkwardly make stupid stall talk until she's finished.
"Oh, hey, whatcha eating?"
"Salmon. I love it. I eat it practically everyday."
"Just salmon? That's pretty weird." Why the hell did I say this?
"Oh, well, I don't know. I try to eat healthy, natural foods... you know, like wild berries and honey and stuff."
"Yeah, I like food too." *facepalm*
Man, I was so nervous. Anyway, we finally begin squaring my stuff away. She looks up what I registered with in the beginning of the year. This is when the crap really hit the fan. This is how the conversation went:
"Okay, your account name is [my name] and your password is ...'depewissexy'..."
Oh damn, I completely forgot that I put that as my password in the beginning of the year. What the hell was I thinking? It was probably the longest 20 seconds of my life before I finally got my balls together to stand up and leave. Just as I walk out the door, she says,
"In the future, you might want to bear in mind what kind of things you want to keep to yourself."
I was so fucking embarrassed I wanted to kill myself right then and there. I wanted to run the hell out of there and never, ever see her again. But something about what she just said kept me standing in her doorway. I decided to man up and apologize. I turned to her, looked her straight in the eyes, and swallowed my pride. And then, it hit me like a trainful of bricks.
She was eating salmon.
She tries to eat all healthy, natural foods, like wild berries and honey.
She told me that I might want to bear in mind what kind of things I want to keep to myself.
Ms. Depew was a bear disguised as a human.
Immediately, the bear saw that I had seen through its charade. It roared loudly and took a menacing swipe at me. I deftly avoided its claw and sprinted out of the office. The bear was soon in chase, crushing through the walls of the office as if they were made of paper. I jumped over the receptionist desk and ran out the back entrance. The bear followed, tossing the secretary aside like a rag doll. The bear began to pursue me through the street traffic. While I fought my way through the maze of vehicles, the bear simply careened its massive force through anything standing in its way. Cars veered off the road to escape the onslaught of grizzly force that was barreling down the road. The bear was gaining fast. I had no other option but to make my way into the nearest building: a preschool. I burst through the door, startling the children from their naps. Immediately, the bear slammed through the wall, crushing a child beneath its massive paws and burying several other children in sheet rock and debris. I maneuvered my way through the chaos and towards the back exit. The pre-schoolers were little more than a screaming annoyance for the bear. Its massive paws cut swaths through the sea of toddlers with each swipe. I used the precious time these children had afforded for me to make my escape into the playground. I scrambled up a ladder to a fort-like structure. My goal was to walk across the monkey bars then jump to a tree which I could climb to the roof of the preschool and perhaps flag down a passing helicopter.
Even tried shortstacking 200nl.It went terrible -$300 (7.5 ss bi's), no more SS.
With RB I am down ~$500.That's my first loosing month ever.
Other than that the turbo costs $1.2k.Lets hope it will arrive before lunch so I could drive by the evening.
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. Ive hit my 100kvpp now so the milestones are next and im definitely going to shoot for a 600kvpp minimum this year, i dont think itd be that hard at all if i play and get used to 200nl and im quite happy that after a year im finally going for it. i dont care much for variance that much since ive already bought that car and it feels great everytime i drive/get laid using my poker skillzzzzzzzzzz lol. peace 
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