I'll try to do play a real shitload of hands tonight, after I've done some school stuff, and then I'll be with my parantes for a week or so which will be really nice I guess. I'll have a decent setup there with my new laptop + a 24' so I'll be able to play a lot, study a lot and then go fishing a bit with my father. A pretty cool girl I know turns 20 soon to, so might be a visit to her birthday party. She's in a LTR but whatever, it'll be fun. Also, she did get me out of a fight once, so I'm thankfull for that.
using it and loving it. now i only look at the cashier, and surprisingly the scripts vpp and stoploss window only AFTER a session, knowing that the results keep changing anyway and dont bother coz its really just a quick peek away, this helps me so much in the mindset department and less stressful checking the pstars cashier, ive wanted this for sooooo long already and after discovering the filter for min buyin and 50bb tables, i dont make it a point to megatable anymore, i can table select waaay better and avoid seeing hongzhong and the rest of those shortstacking idiots on most my tables. feel good and it shows coz i played really focused with no distractions/annoyances anymore. im pretty sure my winrate will shoot up to normal like before but the volume will dip, but fuck it, im not concerned with reaching sne or anythign and im also planning to take up stock trading so i have little time to do both. gl people. here's today's heater haha
Feels like it have been a while since a wrote a few lines here. The reasons is not that I've failed my mission and tilted my BR away, but instead that I haven't been able to log in on LP for some peculiar reason...
However, haven't played that much since last weekend because I have had like a hell-week at my job. Been some 15hrs shift, fun but gets you really tired, so tired that you can't manage to log in and play a single hand of poker.
Yesterday I had some thoughts of changing pokersite. I have a friend that can get me about 50-60% on one and that would have more than doubled up my BR last month, lols. Today I play without a single percent of rb which pretty much sucks at losing and breakeven periods in your play. The latter is what I seem to face right now. However the pokersite that I play on right now, Partypoker, just launched a campaign where you will receive some cashback according to how many partypoints you achieve during a period of 25days. At first I was aiming high but since I've not been able to play that much I probably wont get so much from the campaign either unfortunately. Think I go on playing on Party for April also then I'll take up the decision about switching site for real. A switch would imply a couple of real drawbacks, for eg. that my pt3 won't work since it's locked to PP and I like the pretty massive amount of players at PP that the other site lacks. Have to consider if a rb of 50-60% can overcome this drawbacks, probably it does since only a small percent of the rb would get me a new pt3 at least...
And for the records, yesterday I seemed to miss a juicy cash-games with Dusty, Rednalluk, R87 and a couple of few more donks ;-) I thought they was talking about some huge grinding-lan or something so I didn't want to go by train for 1hr to get there for some onlinegrinding. But then I talked to my ex gf and she said SHE had been invited by R87 and a really horny guy called Jocke ( ;-) ) to join their game. Lol, don't know if I should take it as an insult that they didn't properly invite me but instead her, or as a compliment that they didn't want to see me clean out the table again ;-)
This is a really good story I just read and is definitely worth sharing.
Being old school it is somewhat long but omg how it hit's the nail on the head!
I'd love to say more but since it's tl;dr for most of you I'll most likely be talking to myself anyhow.
May I be wrong and it's useful to you
From The Life of Colonel David Crockett
Member of the U.S. Congress 1827-31 & 1832-35
by Edward S. Ellis (Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1884)
One day in the House of Representatives, a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of a widow of a distinguished naval officer. Several beautiful speeches had been made in its support. The Speaker was just about to put the question when Crockett arose:
“Mr. Speaker — I have as much respect for the memory of the deceased, and as much sympathy for the suffering of the living, if suffering there be, as any man in this house, but we must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for a part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. I will not go into an argument to prove that Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right, as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money. Some eloquent appeals have been made to us upon the ground that it is a debt due the deceased. Mr. Speaker, the deceased lived long after the close of the war; he was in office to the day of his death, and I have never heard that the government was in arrears to him.”
“Every man in this House knows it is not a debt. We cannot, without the grossest corruption, appropriate this money as the payment of a debt. We have not the semblance of authority to appropriate it as a charity. Mr. Speaker, I have said we have the right to give as much money of our own as we please. I am the poorest man on this floor. I cannot vote for this bill, but I will give one week’s pay to the object, and, if every member of Congress will do the same, it will amount to more than the bill asks.”
He took his seat. Nobody replied. The bill was put upon its passage, and, instead of passing unanimously, as was generally supposed, and as, no doubt it would but for that speech, it received but few votes and of course, was lost.
Later when asked by a friend why he had opposed the appropriation, Crockett gave this explanation:
“Several years ago I was one evening standing on the steps of the Capitol with some other members of Congress when our attention was attracted by a great light over in Georgetown. It was evidently a large fire. We jumped into a hack and drove over as fast we could. In spite of all that could be done, many houses were burned and many families made houseless, and besides, some of them had lost all but the clothes they had on. The weather was very cold, and when I saw so many women and children suffering, I felt that something ought to be done for them. The next morning a bill was introduced appropriating $20,000 for their relief. We put aside all other business and rushed it through as soon as it could be done.
The next summer, when it began to be time to think about the election, I concluded I would take a scout around among the boys of my district. I had no opposition there, but, as the election was some time off, I did not know what might turn up. When riding one day in part of my district in which I was more of a stranger than any other, I saw a man in a field plowing and coming toward the road. I gauged my gait so that I should meet as he came to the fence. As he came up, I spoke to the man. He replied politely, but as I thought, rather coldly.
I began, ‘Well, friend, I am one of those unfortunate beings called candidates, and-’
‘Yes, I know you; you are Colonel Crockett, I have seen you once before and voted for you the last time you were elected. I suppose you are out electioneering right now, but you had better not waste your time or mine. I shall not vote for you again.’
This was a sockdolager, I begged him to tell me what was the matter.
‘Well, Colonel, it is hardly worth while to waste time or words upon it. I do not see how it can be mended, but you gave a vote last winter which shows that either you have not capacity to understand the Constitution, or that you are wanting in the honesty and firmness to be guided by it. In either case you are not the man to represent me. But I beg your pardon for expressing it in that way. I did not intend to avail myself of the privilege of the constituent to speak plainly to a candidate for the purpose of insulting or wounding you.
I intend by it only to say that your understanding of the Constitution is very different from mine; and I will say to you what, but for my rudeness, I should not have said that I believe you to be honest. But an understanding of the Constitution different from mine I cannot overlook because the Constitution, to be worth anything, must be held sacred and rigidly observed in all its provisions. The man who wields power and misinterprets it, is the more dangerous the more honest he is.’
‘I admit the truth of all you say, but there must be some mistake about it, for I do not remember that I gave any vote last winter upon any constitutional questions.’
‘No, Colonel, there is no mistake. Though I live here in the backwoods and seldom go from home, I take the papers from Washington and read very carefully all the proceedings in Congress. My papers say that last winter you voted for a bill to appropriate $20,000 to some sufferers by a fire in Georgetown. Is that true?’
‘Well, my friend, I may as well own up. You have got me there. But certainly nobody will complain that a great and rich country like ours should give the insignificant amount of $20,000 to relive its suffering women and children, particularly with a full and overflowing Treasury, and I am sure, if you had been there, you would have done just as I did.’
‘It is not the amount, Colonel, that I complain of, it is the principle. In the first place, the government ought to have in the Treasury no more than enough for its legitimate purposes. But that has nothing to do with the question. The power of collecting and disbursing money at pleasure is the most dangerous power that can be intrusted to man, particularly under our system of collecting revenue by a tariff, which reaches every man in the country, no matter how poor he may be and the poorer he is, the more he pays in proportion to his means.
What is worse, it presses upon him without his knowledge where the weight centers, for there is not a man in the United States who can ever guess how much he pays to the government. So you see, that while you are contributing to relieve one, you are drawing it from thousands who are even worse off than he. If you had the right to give anything, the amount was simply a matter of discretion with you, and you had as much right to give $20,000,000 as $20,000.
If you had the right to give to one, you have the right to give to all and as the Constitution neither defines charity nor stipulates the amount, you are at liberty to give to any and everything which you may believe, or profess to believe, is a charity, and to any amount you may think proper. You will very easily perceive what a wide door this would open for fraud and corruption and favoritism on the one hand, and for robbing the people on the other. No, Colonel, Congress has no right to give charity.
Individual members may give as much of their own money as they please, but they have no right to touch a dollar of the public money for that purpose. If twice as many houses had been burned in this country as in Georgetown, neither you nor any other member of Congress would have thought to appropriating a dollar for our relief. There are about two hundred and forty members of Congress. If they had shown their sympathy for the sufferers by contributing each one week’s pay, it would have made over $13,000. There are plenty of men in and around Washington who could have given $20,000 without depriving themselves of even a luxury of life.
The Congressmen chose to keep their own money, which, if reports to be true, some of them spend not very credibly; and the people about Washington, no doubt, applauded you for relieving them from the necessity of giving by giving what was not yours to give. The people have delegated to Congress, by the Constitution, the power to do certain things. To do these, it is authorized to collect and pay moneys, and for nothing else. Everything beyond this is usurpation and a violation of the Constitution.
So you see, Colonel, you have violated the Constitution in what I consider a vital point. It is a precedent fraught with danger for the country, for when Congress once begins to stretch its power beyond the limits of the Constitution, there is no limit to it and no security for the people. I have no doubt you acted honestly, but that does not make it any better, except as far as you are personally concerned and you see that I cannot vote for you.’
‘I tell you I felt streaked. I saw if I should have opposition, and this man should go talking, he would set others to talking and in that district I was a gone fawn-skin. I could not answer him and the fact is, I was so fully convinced that he was right, I did not want to. But I must satisfy him and I said to him:
Well, my friend, you hit the nail upon the head when you said I had not sense enough to understand the Constitution. I intended to be guided by it and thought I had studied it fully. I have head many speeches in Congress about the powers of Congress, but what you have said here at your plow has got more hard, sound sense in it than all the fine speeches I ever heard. If I had ever taken the view of it that you have, I would have put my head into the fire before I would have given that vote; and if you will forgive me and vote for me again, if I ever vote for another unconstitutional law, I wish I may be shot.’
He haughtingly replied: ‘Yes, Colonel, you have sworn to that once before, but I will trust you again upon one condition. You say that you are convinced that your vote was wrong. Your acknowledgment of it will do more good than beating you for it. If, as you go around the district, you will tell people about this vote and that you are satisfied it was wrong, I will not only vote for you, but will do what I can to keep down opposition, and perhaps, I may exert some little influence in that way.’
‘If I don’t, I said, I wish I may be shot, and to convince you that I am in earnest in what I say, I will come back this way in a week or ten days, and if you will get up a gathering of the people, I will make a speech to them. Get up a barbeque and I will pay for it.’
No, Colonel, we are not rich people in this section, but we have plenty of provisions to contribute for a barbeque and some to spare for those who have none. The push of crops will be over in a few days and we can afford a day for a barbeque. This is Thursday. I will see to getting up on Saturday week. Come to my house on Friday and we will go together and I promise you a very respectable crowd to see and hear you.’
‘Well, I will be there. But one thing more before I say good-bye. I must know your name.’
‘My name is Bunce.’
‘Not Horatio Bunce?’
‘Yes.’
‘Well, Mr. Bunce, I never saw you before though you say you have seen me, but I know you very well. I am glad I have met you and very proud that I may hope to have you for my friend.’
It was one of the luckiest hits of my life that I met him. He mingled but little with the public, but was widely known for his remarkable intelligence and incorruptible integrity and for a heart brimful and running over with kindness and benevolence, which showed themselves not only in words but in acts. He was the oracle of the whole country around him, and his fame had extended far beyond the circle of his immediate acquaintance. Though I had never met him before, I had heard much of him, and but for this meeting it is very likely I should have had opposition, and have been beaten. One thing is very certain, no man could now stand up in that district under such a vote.
At the appointed time I was at his house, having told our conversation to every crowd I had met, and to every man I stayed all night with, and I found that it gave the people an interest and a confidence in me stronger than I had ever seen manifested before. Though I was considerably fatigued when I reached his house, and under ordinary circumstances, should have gone early to bed, I kept up until midnight talking about the principles and affairs of government, and got more real, true knowledge of them than I had got all my life before.
I have known and seen much of him since, for I respect him - no, that is not the world - I reverence and love him more than any living man, and I go to see him two or three times every year; and I will tell you, sir, if every one who professes to be a Christian lived and acted and enjoyed as he does, the religion of Christ would take the world by storm.
But, to return to my story. The next morning I went to the barbeque and to my surprise, found about a thousand men there. I met a good many whom I had not known before, and they and my friend introduced me around until I had got pretty well acquainted - at least, they all knew me. In due time notice was given that I would speak to them. They gathered up around a stand that had been erected. I opened by speech by saying:
Fellow-citizens - I present myself before you today feeling like a new man. My eyes have lately been opened to truths which ignorance or prejudice, or both, had heretofore hidden from my view. I feel that I can today offer you the ability to render you more valuable service than I have ever been able to render before. I am here today more for the purpose of acknowledging my error than to see your votes. That I should make this acknowledgment is due to myself as well as to you. Whether you will vote for me is a matter for your consideration only.
I went on to tell them about the fire and my vote for the appropriation and then told them why I was satisfied it was wrong. I closed by saying:
And now, fellow citizens, it remains only for me to tell you that most of the speech you have listened to with so much interest was simply a repetition of the arguments by which your neighbor, Mr. Bunce, convinced me of my error. It is the best speech I ever made in my life, but he is entitled to the credit for it. And now I hope he is satisfied with his convert and that he will get up here and tell you so. He came upon the stand and said:
‘Fellow citizens, it affords me great pleasure to comply with the request of Colonel Crockett. I have always considered him a thoroughly honest man, and I am satisfied that he will faithfully perform all that he has promised to you today.’
He went down, and there went up from that crowd such a shout for Davy Crockett as his name never called forth before. I am not much given to tears, but I was taken with a choking then and felt some big drops rolling down my cheeks. And I tell you now that the remembrance of those few words spoken by such a man, and the honest, hearty shout they produced, is worth more to me than all the reputation I have ever made, or ever shall make, as a member of Congress.”
“Now, sir,” concluded Crockett, “you know why I made that speech yesterday.”
March started horrible, went on bad and then in midway it got really great, and then ended bad with my spewing almost 1/5th of winnings while playing a drunk monstersession.
April starts swingy and fucks my head. Very annoying, running like shit as usual, I'm surprised I'm even up so far lol. All in all pretty ridicolous, already played a shitton and didnt make any money at all. Pokergods dont want me to win EVER I guess.
Beat or Brag? You decide : While i was surfing for.... XXX today out of boredom (ofc) I found a new Pornstar out there that almost looks exactly like my ex GF lol. The resemblance is mindblowing. Her name is Aletta Ocean. Lol...
Well i've moved. Thats the brag part. A 3 bedroom apartment on 21st floor in Manhattan overlooking east river on one side and the city on the other. Pretty close to Union square which is effectively one of the commute centers of the city. The view is really nice and ill certainly upload some pictures as soon as i find where i packed my camera.
The beat then is that my folks are renting this place. So no wild parties. What a waste of a location!
Another beat is that the internet will be on only on 14th and right now im stealing it from one of my neighbors.
March was pretty sucky. I ran not so good and had major tilt issues. Overall i ended up about +60 in hard cash and about 325 in rakeback for a 385 month. Fine. Ill take it.
Hey all, finally got MSN. Don't really know how to use it yet though. If anyone wants to talk poker or whatever hit me up. I play NL100 and that's definitely my best game, but I also like stud and other stuff too. PM me if you want it.
i would be pissed and jealous of humans.
Today there are wind gusts up to 50 MPH, and as I was driving to work today, i saw a bird literally being tossed around while in flight by the wind. In the background of my view of the bird, i saw an airplane, flying just fine.
Birds are meant to fly, and humans are meant to walk. When birds, who are suppose to fly, can't, and humans, who are suppose to walk, can fly, i would be pissed if i were a bird.
Well things have developed a bit more. I gotta start looking at making some reservations so I can try and get cheap prices. Right now it looks like my girl is gonna stay home and I'll come out for about 1 week. Then if that 1 week goes well she'll come out with me on the next trip.
There are some work conflicts though. I'm working on a new website for my job and we're supposed to launch sometime this summer. We might launch in may and then I'll be able to be in town for the beginning of the WSOP at the beginning of June. In that case I'd do 1 week in vegas, then head back to CO. If the trip went well I'd come back for the main event in July and bring the lady.
But there is a possibility that we'll end up launching in June and if that happens then I'll just have to miss out on the beginning of the WSOP and only come out for the 1 week during the main event.
Either way I'm definitely coming. I'm going to fly for the first trip and when my girl comes with me I want to drive it so we can hit up some fun stuff along the way in utah and arizona.
I guess the only other thing that might throw a wrench in the plan is if I somehow manage to downswing really painfully and lose my roll or have to play NL50 / NL100. Right now I'm able to be on NL200 so that gives me a bit more monetary freedom. Plus I will be rolled for cash games in vegas.
The big thing I have to do now is start practicing playing live. I suck at it and have a lot to learn and just need to put in the hours =)
Anyone have a good one to use? I don't have a problem paying $50 or whatever. I was using the free one a guy on 2p2 made but it doesn't work anymore. Thanks
Moved house last weekend into a really sick sick house. But only problem is, it is taking Sky (get my TV/PHONE/INTERNET all through them as one package) their sweet fucking time to get it all set up. I got the satellite set up on saturday, and got TV, but it takes like 7-10 days to get the phone line activated and THEN i gotta wait another 7-10 days for the line to be actived for broadband. Seriously fucking sucks.
SO right now, I cannot play any online Poker. Depressing, because I was almost rolled for NL50, and was grinding at some nice 16 big blind/100 hands rate, for last 50k hands.
On Monday, I was down at the live tourney again, and fuck me, so annoyed. I was pretty much chip leader for the entire time untill about last 18 or so, then it all went pete tong. I lost every flip vs short stacks, and all of a sudden i was getting eaten up by the insane blinds. However i was getting a bit cocky versus short stacks. My own fault. I learned that just because I have a massive chip stack does not mean I should be bullying the short stacks in the blinds with shit hands (Q9o for example). On button vs short stacks I lost was AJ < KT. Then I had KQ, and made raise and he shoves all in(min re raise), and he has AK. FML. I really need to work on my late game in tournaments. I always seem to fail hard when it gets to the bubble. ANd oh yea, i busto out of tourney in bubble short stacked with AT vs KK on big blind. FML.
Apart from that, life is shit. My full time job, my hours have been cut from 39 to 22 hours. So not good. In a way its good for Poker, cuz I can grind even harder online, but other way is bad, cuz I dont think I could manage to maintain my lifestyle with 22 hours a week. I need to find a new job, and in the current economic climate, this is no easy thing.
Anyway, rant over. I sound like an emo fag atm.. Once I get my net up and running, I am hoping to get some stats etc up and review my online play.
GOod luck in the scoop MTTs fellow LPers. I wish I could be there too...
former GF i recently started fuckaments again says she wants the initials of her parents tatooed on her back >-<
I informed her that this is a very selfish move ...
she shall think of people having sex with her doggystyle ( And i really love doggiing girls
i can think of way hotter stuff than doing a girl while looking at the innitials of her parents.
nevertheless looks like she stays with her descision
maybe i shall pm floofy on how to have good sex while seeing things that u dont wanna see
PS : My cake cashout really takes some time >-<
almost 20h gone since i cashed out and its still not proceeded
FTP and stars usually do this within 1h
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