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I started my journey into HU today (as I said I would in an earlier blog post which you should scroll down and read since it got bumped off the main page really fast). My coach and I spent the morning going over HU basics and then doing a session. Obviously we ran bad and lost a few BI, cause I am cursed, but it was educational.

I've always sucked at HU. From the very first time I played poker HU perplexed me. My natural instinct lead me to a tight strategy and I'd always make it to the final 2 people when we'd do live tournaments amongst friends, but I'd lose HU because I had no clue wtf I was doing. When I started playing online I would do a lot of $5.50 SNG's and always make 2nd place in those too. Finally I tracked down some articles on SNG HU and learned enough basics that I began winning those micro SNG's and finally thought I was good at HU.

But when I tried cash HU I got raped, cause that's a different game. Blinds aren't constantly rising, people can reload, and you're not in shove/fold situations all the time. I ended up spewing a few BI on NL50 HU and pretty much never playing it again. Till today.

So after the lesson I kept going and lost another BI and then took a break. Came back and grinded for a long session and bottomed out at -5BI. Eventually things started to click though and the things my coach had said made more sense and I started seeing things differently, and I recovered up to -1 BI. Running better obviously was part of it but the big thing is that I started to feel less clueless, which is definitely good.

I've still got a lot to learn about HU but the more I play the more fun it is, so I'm excited to keep learning. It's fun learning a new style of poker - it brings back those feelings of excitement I had when I first started learning poker and felt like there was a huge world to explore.


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So I'm not so good with telling stories but I just played the craziest session of my poker career.

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Overall I spent roughly 23 hours playing with only a 2 hour break in between 2 sessions.

The story is a bit long so Cliff Notes: Long swongy session where I'm stuck huge, get bad beat to get stuck huge again, then play a 2000BB pot for the mother fucking win.

Sunday Morning I wake up at 1 and immediately start grinding after making myself some cereal + play the Sunday tourneys. Those don't go well at all, I lose all of them and barely cash in the Second Chance, and also lose some FTP tourneys as well. I lose in my Poker session and just call it a negative day.

However, hours ago I had waitlisted myself onto a table with the biggest known donator fish at FTP's Mid Stakes, http://www.pokertableratings.com/overview/yl08dw

I got into a table and immediately started off losing. The guy is known for playing 1 table only, but monstrous sessions. So I load up more 6max tables and immediately start grinding again. Things just get even UGLIER and I declare war on the koreans at FTP for doing shit like raise/calling a 4bet jam with K9s and hitting vs my AQ etc. etc. I get into a massive variance war vs a bunch of preflop aggro koreans and end up on the losing side, and suddenly I'm down 18 god damn buy ins. What a shitty start to February.

So I close the 6max tables besides the one with the huge fish, and start focusing on that. Note that this is around Midnight. I also end up playing some hu tables as well, all in an effort to get myself unstuck.

For the next 16 hours I would play mostly just the table with the huge fish though, which is why for such a long marathon session I didn't get in many hands as the hands past the 5k mark are mostly 1 tabling. The fish was REALLY difficult to win against, it seemed like he was making a pair every single hand or a legitimate draw and I kept missing flops. This would be a reoccurring theme over 1300 hands it was VERY VERY peculiar. But anyway, it's kinda funny what you can learn about someone's game over the course of playing with them for 16 hours Then, a big hand goes down:

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This hand absolutely frustrates me to no end, literally got it in as a 95% favorite, 450bbs deep and getting owned. I felt like absolute SHIT at this point because I was back down to being -3k but the difference is I just pulled an all night and it was now near Noon time and I'm back to square -5, and only 100bbs deep against the huge fish I just spent 12 hrs building a stack against.

It was a good thing I somehow managed to control my tilt, because I just kinda told myself that I won't be leaving the table til he leaves or I stack his ass. Three hours later this goes down, and will be my biggest pot in my career probably for a while

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Yep, 2000bb+ pot and I got to ship it vs the huge fish . Now I'm up on the month instead of being down a gigantic amount (18 bi), although I haven't slept in really 28 hours so I'm feeling kinda tired now, but still definitely happy about how things came about . A peculiar, yet good start to February I guess.


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lol....
Worst day ever
Im fucking down 16k
My roll was 70k at the beggining of the day
I cash out 16k
I got 39k ATM

Well
I feel wierd... but i know i will get it back..
Will stop nl1k for a while keep playing nl400-600

I think i kinda played bad... but in the end i think i played very very well
I was very happy with my game(i use to never be)
but still managed to get suckedout as hell...lot of coolers too
Never lost such a huge amounth before

Well...
Its not the end of the world...
I still have alot of trust in myself and i will have to grind again
Well ... i think about it... and
Month is starting and im down ~ 15k
I still hvae 27 days to come back on me feet....
I should be ok..

I lost 11k in the beggining of the month in january and finished +28k
BUT
It wasnt in a single day... maybe 4-5..

ANYWAY
I think i will be able to sleep well tonight..lol
Pretty wierd


Also
I dont tilt anymore... well imo
But i realised today that...i still can steam
So i think i will work on it too

Well...
That's all
Gime love i need it
xD


EDIT : Did some calculation, im down 11k for the month! Like january!!!!


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Me säger:
what are you doing now btw, still in school? Last semester?
LP-dude from Poland säger:
im stoned
LP-dude from Poland säger:
thats what im doin
LP-dude from Poland säger:
ive got a feeling
LP-dude from Poland säger:
that you
LP-dude from Poland säger:
are a girl that likes me
LP-dude from Poland säger:
and you want to make out with me but ur too shy
LP-dude from Poland säger:
hahhha
LP-dude from Poland säger:
when you wrote that 'so''

earlier some Finland-dude said; "I think i am falling in love" when I talked about life and stuff.

ur all a bunch of fags.




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I haven't played "real" poker since last Tuesday just donkaments but I ended up doing pretty well winning a decent amount of money. I cashed out a bit of monies leaving 60k online and plan to take a few days off poker. I'll start again by Friday at the latest playing 3/6 for a week or two and play like 6 tables instead of 12+ and if I feel I'm playing well I'll start playing some 5/10. From now on I'll actually try to improve my game and actively be trying to move up in stakes by playing less tables instead of just trying to make money grinding. I started playing poker at nl2 last January and its been great so far. 2009 started off great with a +43k month and hopefully I can continue to improve and have another great year


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100 NL isn't that bad just ran into a few cooler type situations and made one questionable double barrel bluff on an AAA6 board.
Taking a 5 buyin shot so hopefully i dont lose the other 3 1/2 later on. http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6870/quitat730cp1.jpg

quit at hand 735 IMO


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Pretty annoying lag at pokerstars atm
Also my last blog entry is with pictures !

but i made it yesterday night where all the americans blog and so after 15 minutes blog had dissapeared...


Pokerwise edit
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i am only 1 tabling to fully concentrate so i have 160-180Hands/h in HU fast tables

this is 3h 30 minutes of work


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So I decided to splurge on a new gun because I was stoned and it seemed like a brilliant idea. Upon entering Gander Mtn's used gun section I see a gorgeous over-under 12 gauge. I obviously had to have it, and that I did. Unfortunately, 50 shells later, my shoulder fucking kills. Anyways, its a fucking sweet gun, I am excited about it, etc. Heres pic

http://www.remington.com/images/products/firearms/spr/lgsil_spr310sporting.jpg

In other news, I am now off my cash stake. I managed to basically double my backers investment which is ok I suppose. I sort of wish I could have made him more for being such a great backer and great guy, but realistically I need to be playing on my own money asap, and now was the time. Ive got enough to play 100NL somewhat comfortably so ill be grinding there for a bit then back to 200NL where my results were surprisingly decent. I am hoping to put in ~25k hands in this month and be at 200NL by next month.

School has been quite hectic lately(hence only 25k hands). I am applying for Director of Academic Affairs for Undergrad Student Government(i currently hold that position in my fraternity as well). I also got into an undergraduate research program on campus working with the head of the psychology department on PTSD this semester. Along with my 5 other classes(4 of which are upper level courses), I barely have any time. Oh, not to mention our pledge's "initiation" week starts tonight. I hate being so damn busy. Gl at the tables, peaaaaaaace


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Hi guys!
Today I bought a pretty solid German watch Calvaneo Defcon CARBON Yellow.

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January started very good for me. I was sick for a week so I had a lot of time to grind. At the start of January I didnt have proper bankroll for NL50( I just had like 20bi). Nowadays thx to good play+not many badbeats + good mindset+use of PT3 I can play NL100.
I love Twisteds videos. Im trying to do what he is saying. So im playing 2 tables of NL50 and trying to add 1 or 2 tables of NL100.
Im looking forward to his part2 video.

Graph of NL50 + NL100:


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Yo.

So only 799 players registred to the 250k gtd on ipoker yesterday with 100 payouts.

I ended 97th and Im really dissapointed. A 375$ profit cuz i got my seat from winning a satellite is decent I guess for a nl20 player. But I'm really unhappy with one of my last hands in the tournament..

So I was a little bit over average in chips and was ranked in 48th place when there was 101 players left. I had around 25BB left and I checked and saw that the 101th ranked player only had 1/10th of an Ante left so I decided to do something stupid.

I'd been playing really awsome the whole tournament and this guy who's been pretty solid and not showing down anything crazy over the time we sat together opened for 2.5xBB in CO+1 and it was folded to me (who was in the BB).

He had around 16BB left so I covered him with around 6BB or so. Then I decided to unclick my autofold button and instead overbet push 85s all in cuz of the 101th players stack and he snapcalled me with KJo wich I was impressed by, guess he owned me.. and I guess thats the difference by the avarage player in 5-15$ MTT's wich i usually play and this 320$ BI MTT.. And I looked very silly and I still hate myself for that move.

A guy in a lowerstake MTT would fold everything except KK and AA pretty much I think so I was very shocked when he just slapped me in the face with the KJo snapcall. Dunno if snapcalling 16BB with KJo on that EXTREME bubble is good or not cuz I had been playing reeeeeaally tight the last hours of the tourney.

around 4 hands later I was UTG with 4.5BB cuz of the antes and pushed K2s and got called by A8 in the SB and it held up. (Think I pretty much have to push any2 UTG with 4.5BB?)

But that 85 hand is eating me alive, I think its an "ok" move to do in that bubble situation where he is risking the whole tourney in 101th place and has to call 16 BB or so. I didnt expected him to fold his like, AJo+, 99+ hands or so but i really didnt expect to get a call by KJo..

I was pretty angry but I went out after 5 hours and got in time for the Superbowl wich my friends was watching (pretty much the only swedes that watches the superbowl i think? ) So I cooled down with a couple of beers and some chips infront a great great superbowl night and made a profit of 375$ wich is a very good session for me...

Though I had a great shot at going deeper if I just could have let go of the 85s hand, but I fell for temptation

BUT what REALLY irritates me that the KJ guy ended 4th and took home 15 000$..

Im a bitter man But you all know the feeling of doing something you regret!

GG GL

/ RataN




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MEXICO, 27 ene (Xinhua) -- México se ha declarado oficialmente en recesión a causa de la crisis económica mundial en momentos en que registra una persistente fuga de capitales y severas presiones inflacionarias.

El gobernador del Banco (central) de México, Guillermo Ortiz, afirmó que la contracción de la economía causará este año al menos entre 160.000 y 340.000 despidos en la nación.

El producto interno bruto de México no crecerá en 2009, por el contrario se contraerá abajo de cero entre 0,8 y 1,8 por ciento, en contraste con la expansión de 1,5 por ciento en 2008, agregó.

México y otros países de América Central figuran entre las naciones más atribuladas por la desaceleración global debido a su alta dependencia económica de su principal socio comercial, Estados Unidos.

En el caso de México, el país envía el 85 por ciento de sus exportaciones a Estados Unidos. Si la superpotencia no crece, sus compras externas se reducen y afecta al empleo y el ingreso en los países que la surten.

La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) había pronosticado a finales de 2008 que México cerraría 2009 con el peor desempeño económico de la región, incluso por abajo de Haití, el país más pobre del hemisferio.

México, que fue de 2002 a 2006 la economía más grande de América Latina arriba de Brasil, tuvo en 2008 el segundo peor desempeño económico después de Haití con un crecimiento de 1,5 por ciento.

La declaratoria de recesión en México por parte Ortiz contrasta con la aseveración del año pasado del ministro de Hacienda, Agustín Carstens, de que el país sufriría a lo más "un catarrito" por la crisis internacional.

Desde octubre de 2008, los efectos de la desaceleración global se intensificaron en México, donde suscitaron volatilidad cambiaria y bursátil.

La moneda de México, el peso, se ha depreciado al menos 26 por ciento, de 10,30 en octubre del año pasado a 14,20 a finales de enero. La bolsa ha tenido altibajos en lo que va del año y acumula una pérdida de al menos 10 por ciento desde octubre.

Aunque el plan anticrisis anunciado por el mandatario Felipe Calderón fue aplaudido por todos los sectores del país, incluida la oposición, la mayoría de la gente teme que los tiempos difíciles duren más alla del año y medio previsto por las autoridaes.

El Servicio Nacional de Empleo dijo que en enero se dispararon las solicitudes de empleo y ayudas de parte de personas que temen perder o han perdido sus trabajos aunque no dio porcentajes.

PLAN ANTICRISIS

Analistas dijeron que México se encamina a una recesión con alta inflación y desempleo, aunque está por verse los efectos del plan anticrisis, que incluye inversiones oficiales por al menos un equivalente a 6.000 millones de dólares.

Las medidas incluyen fuertes inversiones en infraestructura, la construcción de una refinería y la fluidez de los créditos a compañías y fomento a pequeñas y medianas empresas.

El gobernador del Banco Central, Guillermo Ortiz, dijo este martes que México tendrá en el primer semestre del año una inflación de entre 5,75 y 6,25 por ciento, con tendencia descendente a entre 3, 75 y 4,25 por ciento en el último trimestre.

Ortiz también auguró que el déficit de cuenta corriente de la balanza de pagos se incrmentará a entre 2,6 y 2,8 por ciento del producto interno bruto.

Aunque el gobierno congeló para 2009 el precio de la gasolina y disminuyó 10 por ciento el del gas doméstico, ha sido insuficiente para frenar el encarecimiento de alimentos y otros productos hasta un 10 por ciento en lo que va del año.

Además de las presiones inflacionarias, México registra volatilidad cambiaria a causa de una persistente salida de capitales no reconocida por las autoridades financieras.

El Banco de México ha vendido desde octubre del año pasado 16.600 millones de dólares en un intento por frenar la imparable caída del peso frente a la divisa estadounidense que alcanza 26 por ciento.

Este 27 de enero, el banco central subastó 322 millones de dólares en el mercado cambiario conforme a un mecanismo que prevé la venta inmediata de 400 millones de dólares cuando la divisa estadounidense se despegue al menos 2 por ciento sobre el peso.

Analistas aseguran que bancos privados de capitales extranjeros, como HSBC y Bancomer acaparan dólares en el mercado de cambios de México para llevárselos a sus matrices, lo que suscita volatilidad cambiaria en el país.

La salida de los dólares presiona la alza del dólar en perjuicio del peso con el inevitable aumento de la inflación, dijeron los expertos.

HSBC (de capitales británicos) y Bancomer (de capitales españoles) cancelaron a principios de año la compra-venta de dólares en ventanilla en una decisión que perjudicó a empresarios, medios de prensa internacionales y embajadas que tenían cuentas en divisas estadounidenses.

Ambos bancos solo entregan pesos de las cuentas que tenían en dólares, en una decisión que autoridades de la Comisión de Cambios (integrada por el Banco de México y la Secretaría de Hacienda) describieron como "juridicamente legal".

Las autoridades económicas dijeron que mantendrán la política adoptada a finales de 1994 cuando pusieron fin a un tipo de cambio fijo y determinaron que el mercado determinara el valor del peso frente al dólar.


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just testing a bug


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Ive been playing on pokerstars since I started playing poker ;-)
Now, Im rolled enough I can play Nl25 without any fear of losing money.

so, would it be good to take the 600 deposit bonus on fulltilt now? or still play on stars? ;-)
and another thing, how to get rakeback on fulltilt?
and how to filter tables so I can table select more, lol?


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spike at 1k hands is when I was tabling with Artanis / Gawdawaful / djforever in a shovefest.

Sry guys, I donated your donations away

(w/o their donations, I would be -5bi today I think)


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$1000 month
Try and get roughly 1000 SNG games at $11+1 turbos (assuming I'll stick to those this month, might get bored and go back to cash). If I hit $2000 I will try $20+2s. I know I have very nitty br management for SNGs
Qualify for Iron Man on FTP. Shouldn't be very hard, I'm aiming for silver minimum, but would ideally like to reach gold or iron.

Hit level 80 on my new Death Knight in WoW, currently 76.95 I believe.
Then I'll have something to go to when poker is tilting me

Get good grades for school. Also actually attend class this semester and take notes, instead of cramming one hour before every exam. It really stressed the fuck out of me last semester.

Start getting a little fitter, I plan on going to the college club tennis practice once a week now and maybe playing with friends on the weekend. I've gotten really fat. Maybe I'll join a gym or try running a couple mornings a week, although I'm really lazy and joining a gym and jogging in the morning will probably not happen. I like to stay up late and wake up late.


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-550 in the last 10 days.

ffffuuuuuuu

not good.


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i wish things change later when i do my third session, pretty sick coolers and suckouts today for me FML

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edit: it didn't obv lol

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