so im on my quest to make supernova grinding a lot of hands and if i keep it up ill certainly make it by months end and it shouldnt be a problem. i am realizing that my fullring game is really way to transparent and i need to revamp my game, so im watching nolans videos and might hit up a CR video or two as well. hopefully i can open my game to begin playing more of a 18/14 game @ FR or something around those lines.
the question ive been asking myself is if getting supernova is really all that worth it. if i can play 16+ tables confortably with concentration(have to see if i can do that and play top notch) is it better than ~27% rakeback on ftp playing 10-12 tables(not even sure i can do this, ftp's software always sits me out 100% of life). so im kinda struggling on what to do.
also another question i have, and this would be for siro or meal since i believe u both play on ftp, how soft are the NL100 and NL200 games on ftp compared to the games on stars?
also i might be looking for a fullring/6m coach, maybe someone versatile in both, when i move to NL200(or to get me from NL100 to NL200) if anyone is interested.
Yea boiiii Im a SilverStar on PS. Lol. I should have gotten it last month but I was off by like 300VPP. I have a lot of FPP and Im not sure what Im going to get. I saw that you can get a pair of Maple Leafs tickets for 8000 FPP. I have yet to go to a Leafs game at the ACC. I saw them play at the Maple Leaf Gardens when they still played there but I can hardly remember because I was so young. I really dont like the Leafs but it would be a sick night. Might just get the $50 Bonus though lol.... http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp360/mbs03/silverstar.jpg
603k Hands in November, Prop Bet WoN! 25k Month!!!by Joeingram1, December 08
Sorry for the delayed update on my blog and my 600k hand prop bet. A few people were asking me to let them know how things ended up. I wrote this a few days ago but my computer had to restart and I lost like 7 paragraphs I wrote on here, then I took a went back home for a few days.
This is my toal graph, it is missing some hands but I started being staked for 100nl about a week into the prop bet so I actually ended up about 1.5k more of my own money as I was down a throughout the month at 100nl when I was playing on the stake.
I am having an article in the paper here in Chicago written about Me and the prop bet+uiega, an interview on a poker website that I should be doing this week and I just got a PM about doing like a 10 minute interview tonight for the 2+2 Pokercast with Mike Johnson & Adam Schwartz which is crazy since I listen to that every week it comes out lol.
(edited this in) Some people were saying how I had an awful winrate playing throughout the month which is true I did but before last i was playing really LAG game and I had to basically tighten it up completley because I realized I couldnt do it all day every day, all month. So the first week I played normal and made a ton, then the last 3 I was watching movies/tv/internet while I was playing which killed my winrate. This month I have been able to get back to my old game and am doing really well and have a good winrate going so far.
Why did I do it? Some people were saying how I must have not have any friends/family/life anything like that. But last month I was still talking to my friends on the phone everyday, and got to see my gf a few times and family on thanksgiving while maintaining 12-13 hours a day 24 tabling. They all understood what I was doing and were pretty excited of the chance that I would be able to make that much money playing a game online. I basically chose to do it not really having any idea how hard it would be but was extremely motivated by the prospect of making 20k+. My biggest month before last was about 4k and my bankroll at the time I started last month was around 6k total so the chance that I could set myself up for a long time and make a crazy amount of money was really the motivation I needed to get it done. It is really still a surreal feeling that I made that much money in a month and honestly never thought I would be able to from playing poker/working in my life.
Some people were asking me what I played before the bet? I started playing 25nl online in June of this year, just like many other people out there I was dreaming that one day I could make 5k-10k in one month eventually from playing poker. I didn't actually think it was possible but I still worked on my game with aspirations of moving up. In late september/october I was a 50nl reg and I think i made about 4k in September because of a successful 100nl shot at the end of month and then this bet was formed and at about 11 PM the night before November 1st I decided to do it.
The original bet was 4 of us in the Micro Stakes Forum (on 2+2) on who could play the most hands but then I tried to get action at 2.8-1 odds that I could play 600k hands and was able to and then it began. I pretty much played 12-13 hours a day, 30 days straight last month, slept horrible, ate awful, but was able to get it done.
Was it worth it? I realize that I basically sacrificed a month of my life, sacrificed my realtionship with my gf (which now is over but there are always more cute girls out ther), set my phsycal condition back awhile (i worked out everyday forever before last month) but overall knowing that I can live comfortable for awhile, move out of my crappy apartment and finally have a nice place on my own and get myself a nice car on my own for the first time ever defintly made it all worth it.
Whats next? This month so far I've been 24 tabling 1/2 and playing some 400nl-600nl when good games start up and its going pretty well so far. Im still being staked for 100nl, 200nl so it is very good to know that I cant actually lose any of my bankroll unless I lose money playing higher limits lol. I signed a lease for a new apartment back in Northwest Indiana and wont be living downtown in Chicago anymore which is sad in some ways since Im right by the lake and beach but am excited to move back home where all my old friends/parents live and I will finally be able to not walk everywhere again. Im going car shopping next week too so will keep the blog updated on what I spend the winnings on plus how my progress is going in moving up limits.
Some parts of this post arent in order but I had it written well before and then deleted so I am pretty sure I covered everything in here. Thanks to all who read my blog throughout the bet and for the positive comments, defintly kept me motivated to succeed and I appreciate everyone reading. If anyone has any questions or comments you can pm me or post them here!! Next step is Supernova Elite Pursuit next year!!! Should be fun
Hey n00bs, been a while since I last updated my blog and few people from msn have asked me to do so, so I am!!!
Last time I updated my blog, I had just beaten 25nl, had trouble in 50nl and now I will continue with how I have been recently, life and poker.
Well shortly after my last update, I spent a weekend in London with EA in Trafalgar Square, doing some Red Alert 3 public bashes lol, played on stage and met lots of cool celebrities. JK and Joel, McFly, Kelly Rowlands, The Automatic and few other bands which I hadn't really heard of them before. Because I was playing on stage and against the public for set periods I was considered an "Artist" which gave me a VIP pass so I could get into the celebrity tent T_T free bar ftw!!
Every night we went out drinking with a free tab (from EA) which was sick good, because its deadly expensive in central London to drink rofl. Anyway I included link below if you wanted to check the event out.
Straight after this event, I was taken to Coventry for Multiplay i35 where I met up with fellow team mates, dignitas and Team UK, where we all hung out, drinking and playing games/poker. I spent few days just wasting time because I was waiting to leave for Colonge, Germany. Unlike every other team.... we DIDNT fly out.. we got a TEAMUK bus rofl and drove to germany.... including a ferry over the english channel zzzzzzzzz Very lame lol.
This was my 2nd wcg event and I enjoyed this one a lot more than Seattle for some reason (even though the hostel sucked balls), met some cool people, through my constant drinking week in Colonge because I didn't want to compete in my standard cnc3 tournament lol. Met loads of SC players through midian and hung out with mondragon/elly/lilsusie/midian basically every day. I was even dragged to the TL dinner/drinks even though i dont even have an account on the site :D:D:D I met quite few people from here as well, if any1 remembers me ^_^
Overall, wcg08 was really good week and I drank lots and had super fun timez!!
Right.... well into poker..
After WCG08, I felt almost embarrased at my preformance in the tournament because pre wcg I didn't care but being at the event made me change my mind about playing games and I couldn't concentrate on playing poker anymore Not sure if any gamers who are reading this have had that feeling before but its not good.... I therefore cashed out my roll LOL?!? and starting gaming seriously again.... Until about a week ago.. where I was like LOL wtf is the point gaming, so -EV especially since EA RTS games only have one big tournament a year, wcg... When I cashed out, I left myself $20 just incase something like this happened....
One of my big weaknesses in poker was bankroll management mainly struggerling to move down and taking to many agressive shots, I also have other weakness, tilting to fast which is because of the above. In my restart of poker, I took all this into consideration and have been concentrating on improving my game from the start... I don't really care about making mass $$$ just improving my weaknesses and making $$$ will come naturally.
Here are my graphs since my restart of playing poker, I am aiming hopefully to be deep into 25nl and pushing 50nl by the start of January.
I remember reading NeillyAA blog about his 25k challenege and was really proud of what he was doing until he went and busto/lost most his efforts in 100nlhu ;@ But just like to say wp for lasting while you did
Ive been talking to quite few people on msn about poker recently and would like to shout out to Mcturnbull and Roseeker as ive been speaking to them every day and they are very interested in how I am doing and moving up. Hope I can continue my run because I am feeling quite good about playing poker again, very motivated to get to where I want to go....
Hope I didn't bore you to much, thanks for reading =) CU around
It's always tough for me to put in lots of hands during the school year. That is why Christmas break has always been special. It's the time of the year when I'm at home, ignoring my family, staying up to 5am, sleeping until 4pm, and playing poker all other times. Ahh, what a wonderful time of the year.
Last xmas I was able to boost my PS BR from 1k to 10k+ playing exclusively NL HU [50NL - 200NL]. This year, I will attempt to do the impossible: 10x my FTP BR. (FTP is rigged so this will be extra tough.)
I have gotten an early start with one week of classes and one week of finals left. Here's to hoping the fish are plentiful during the holiday season.
Submitted by : thundza
Full Tilt Poker Game #9383924890: Table Wyley (deep hu) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:43:34 ET - 2008/12/08
Seat 1: TrickyF1sh ($198.50)
Seat 2: drsthundza ($248)
drsthundza posts the small blind of $0.50
TrickyF1sh posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to drsthundza
drsthundza raises to $2
TrickyF1sh raises to $7
drsthundza calls $5
TrickyF1sh bets $9
drsthundza raises to $32
TrickyF1sh has 15 seconds left to act
TrickyF1sh has requested TIME
TrickyF1sh raises to $191.50, and is all in
drsthundza calls $159.50
TrickyF1sh shows
drsthundza shows
js kd TrickyF1sh shows a pair of Tens
drsthundza shows a straight, King high
drsthundza wins the pot ($396.50) with a straight, King high
TrickyF1sh is sitting out
Summary Total pot $397 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: TrickyF1sh (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: drsthundza (small blind) showed and won ($396.50) with a straight, King high
snap crack
So after the failed NL200 shot I dropped down to $2,300. This weekend went well and I recovered to 4k. I won 5 BI today @ NL100 but lost 1 BI trying some NL200. I only played 300 hands of NL200 and was break even the entire time till the very end where I made a set with TT on a TQ2 board and got it in on the flop vs AK which hit a str8 on the river. I quit quickly cause I didn't want to tilt and went back to NL100. Ended the day sitting exactly @ 4k.
I'm not gonna do anymore NL200 till I can do it in a live session with my coach. Wanna do it right this time. After I do a NL200 session with my coach I'm gonna take it slow and whenever the tables aren't good I will stick to NL100. But whenever they are ripe or when I'm doing a session with my coach I'm gonna focus on NL200 unless I drop to 3.5k. And I'm gonna be very careful about tilt, cause it costs SOOOO much right now so I can't afford to tilt at all, not even a little bit.
I think you can clearly see by my HH I'm not doing great....
result : -4.5k today...
so I have like 5.5k left of my roll... its pretty fucking depressing I just got so much destroyed. I don't quite see how I'm gonna be able to rebuild this lol, as every fucking attempt turned out into more destruction.
I woke up this morning kinda hurtin from the shit show last night. Anwyas I grabbed a shower, went out ogt a coffe and I was feeling pretty good to go. I came home and started up a session.
Things went pretty good today even thought I think I only managed to win 35BB which isnt bad really. Better then beingdown right? Anywyas I looked at my Pokertracker today and I just passed the 10k hands at .5/1. I just moved up to this level so it was interesting to see how Im doing.
I had a pretty nasty swing at the start of the month so that set me back a bit. The swings are a bit bigger at this limit of course but its taken a bit long then I thought for me to be able to adjust to it. The past few days Ive been able to get things going and back on the right path. Im only beating the limit for 1.53BB/100 which is alright but I think I can get that a bit better and hoefully by the end of the month its closer to 3. Slow and steady wins the race.
Anyways Im going out for dinner with the brod right now so hopefully that goes well lol.
Im running like complete horseshit for a month and a half now, you know the deal getting it in favorite and losing blah blah blah blah, cash or tourneys the same whatever. The freeroll continues ...
On a side note i just went to 2 interviews for new jobs, one for Reynolds and Reynolds and the other one for a technical support compagny, the last one phoned me back and told me the job is mine but i'm not sure i want to go work for them =) I should start working the 5th of January and if Rey and Rey don't call me back then i'll probably accept and see what happens. Salary is ok and it's like 10 mn from my place so why not, if it's fugly i'll just leave and look for something else i guess !
Here in Montreal the snow just started and the white shit is pouring all over the place, since im starting a new job i won't be able to go back to France and visit my family which makes me sad cuz i miss my young nephew a lot (my first and only nephew so far). I got one older brother and my wife got a younger bro that just announced her by phone that he was gay LEWL, i saw that coming for like 10 years and kept telling her he was gay (i got a sick read on him) she wouldn't believe me and would even get upset when i told her.
So i guess we won't have nephews from him hay ? For now he's hiding the truth to his parents but i just can'twait when the drama is gonna explode i wouldn't miss that on my life, my mother-in-law is old school and i can't wait to see her face when she get the news, KARMA BITCH !!!! LEWLEWLEWL
For now i just stay chill with my wife since i want to have sex for the incoming months but seriously, can't wait LMAO. Life is like a chocolate box, that guy was right =)
A great concert and a small updateby remember87, December 07
Last week I mentioned that I promised myself that I would take a pokerbreak... suprisingly I am actually keeping it! I am studying 10-12 hours a day and when I come home I am too tired to be able to play, even if I wanted to. Guess I will keep on doing this until the 16th when the exame is. A good present if it goes well is to play some 3-500bb deep livepoker (10/20 SEK) against some people here in uppsala.. I am longing for that already!
Besides the school work I had the annual christmasconcert tonight! It went very well and I am so proud over my orchestra! It is a great feeling to play for more then 3000 people and get all the reactions afterwards! I am looking forward to next year already!
GL everyone at the table! I expect you all to run much better now that I am gone
"i'm a completely selfish jerk i do whatever i want and whenever i want but you probably guess that already. in this big game that we play life, its not what u hope for, its not what u deserve, its what u take!"
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Not sure if any gamers who are reading this have had that feeling before but its not good.... I therefore cashed out my roll LOL?!? and starting gaming seriously again.... Until about a week ago.. where I was like LOL wtf is the point gaming, so -EV especially since EA RTS games only have one big tournament a year, wcg... When I cashed out, I left myself $20 just incase something like this happened....
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