Ya so like few lp'ers here, i got into the whole guitar hero thingy. Played it a bit but nothing serious like I see Raszi & co doing. I recently found out it became a wcg game, had I known that I might have tried to become good to classify for brazil just for fun hehe but oh well, too late now.
Anyways, my recent purchase is the drums for rock band. If u guys enjoy that sort of stuff, the drums is really fun too. It actually requires much more physical effort than the guitar and works up a sweat incredibly fast as you move up the difficulty levels. Also, for a real musician point of view, the drums is more to something a real drummer might use, as I have seen people practice with similar things for rhythm and other kinds of trainings, so learning it might actually be useful while also getting a fun sorta workout.
One thing that is pissing me off though is the fact that guitar hero guitar apparently doesn't work with rock band ? Can someone confirm this? I find it pretty ridiculous that I'm going to have to have 2 guitars to play 2 different games. Might be ok for people who live in the states, but the friggin guitar here in bra is like 200+ dollars plus if I already am a nerd for having 1 guitar, 2 will be like, i guess double-nerd. No fun :/. I understand they are 2 different companies and such but nintendo should require them to be universal.
Besides that in poker I have gotten into a hu mode once again. Been doing pretty well. Mixing it between nl and omaha from 2/4 to 5/10. I am finally playing hu omaha on a consistent basis. I basically have no experience in omaha except for some random funnes back in the day. I just jumpred right into 2/4 hu to sorta of learn and am amazed at how bad (usually) the competition is. It really is incredibly soft compared to nl hu. And since in nl a weaker player can sorta hang in there for a long time if his cards are missing 100% of the time, in omaha there is non stop action which ends up working great for me, the less noobie of the match player hehe. Gonna keep having a go at it, I would however like to play vs decent players. So if any lp'ers are up to playing pm me cause I really wanna learn. I will stay at a max of 2/4 for now until I start getting the hang of it.
In my diet quest, i reached my 5th week yesterday (wednesday) and have now lost a total of 12.5 kg's. My fifth week sucked ass as my sister had her festival going on pretty much all week and all I did was stay backstage and eat/drink A LOT. I was extremely surprised when I weighed myself to see I had lost close to a kilo. Pretty sick. My plans right now is to hire a personal trainer for running, I'm gonna try for a short term goal of preparing myself for a semi-marathon type of event. Running by yourself sucks, and most of my friends here work/school (losers), so personal training seems like the best option as its ridiculously cheap here and quite good service.
After a few years of grinding up the limits, I have come to the realization that online poker is definitely not the right path in my life for now.
The urge to constantly be playing midstakes underrolled has taken its toll on my mind and soul, and the disapointment that I have constantly put myself through has made me a very unhappy person.
I've been putting alot of unfair pressure on myself to win alot of money, and have forgotten why I even liked this game in the first place, its become a tedious grind and battle with myself that I can't handle anymore.
I'm going to play the big tournaments on saturday and sunday and call it quits on monday the 29th, taking what little dignity I have left and pursuing a job I am more fit for.
I want to thank LP for everything, teaching me the right way to play and the support I recieved from many of the players, especially DooMeR, Raszi, Fazi, day[9], Robinson and cro)deadman.
I still have a few outstanding debts to a couple players in the community, and I want them to know that I will not forget about them and will pay them back as soon as I can.
My birthday is coming up next week (october 3rd), and I'm getting a new car (my fath,er is buying for me) as well as starting a new job at Atlantic Broadband (nov 1st). (local cable company)
I plan to work there until spring of next year, and then moving to a tropical climate and hopefully restarting online poker with a proper bankroll for atleast nl100 - nl200. (4-10k)
During this break I hope to find more stability and balance in my life.
I'll still be using LP from time to time and continuing to coach my students on my spare time, as well as having home games once a month and visiting the casino every 2-3 months for a weekend of poker.
my first student was deadman, now fenner and bmjr02 and dmcc2462 are my students **edit on ppl asking who my students were
In no means is this a goodbye, more like a cya soon and I wish you all the best of luck.
Saw someone post some rap battles in the ROFL thread and it got me looking around for some good ones. Can't beat these ATL high schoolers. The Next Jay Z fo sho!
NL200 & monthly update.by Cro)Deadman, September 25
I first off want to start by saying that I'm shocked by how little hands I've actually been putting in...I can safely assume its because of the fact I've been playing a huge amount of DOTA and focusing on become really good at it for IHCS and similar.
In my last blog post a lot of people whos opinions I respect were telling me to move up to NL200 so I took their advice having only 6.4k or something in my BR,which is highly unusual for me since I never move up unless I have at least 40 buyins,especially to "Midstakes".
Forunately for me the shot went well and I'm satisified how I've been playing and running,a lot of this lets say "enhanced success" has a lot to do with D_Zoo coaching me,therefor I'd like to thank the man and to everyone whos looking for a great coach who is affordable and has a very nice style of working with people,look the man up,if he can give u sess's it will truly help your game!
Playmoney experience into money?by SCC-Faust, September 25
I've been doing semi-decent on playmoney on pstars.
Question is how much will playmoney benefit real money games in poker? From my experience 1/2, 5/10 NLHE tables for playmoney are not even close of an accurate representation of any money tables as far as I know (although I never did a money table.) Most people will call every game, and large bets won't really scare people off.
Unless micro stakes is played like that, I really don't think that it is good to get in the playing habit with the 1/2 and 5/10 NLHE playmoney tables. However if anyone here has any experience with the 100/200 NLHE table with playmoney, can anyone tell me if this is close to any table in real money? I notice people tend to play more tight, and fold preflop a lot instead of calling every single bet made. I browse this forum frequently so I know a bit about the low stakes poker (since that is the main forum I frequent) but to be honest I've never touched a money table so I can't say.
My hope was that maybe 100/200 playmoney table can give me a bit of practice and an edge for when time comes to play real money (in about... 2 and a half months). Is it better to just wait until I play for real money in the possible situation that playmoney tables aren't valid practice?
Poker is so easy if you play with idiotsby whamm!, September 25
seriously, i just found out after actually looking for idiots to play with, i lost 2bi then just got it right back without even noticing. im going to ride this new theory of mine about playing with idiots and see where it takes me...
1.) I hurt my knee badly in MMA training and cant walk atm ...
fucking depresses me ...
2.) Poker fucks with me like in the old Party poker days ...
down -490 $ today ...
so essentially i am not rolled for Nl50 anymore ...
So u may ask how in the world i can lose 10 buy ins in 1 session of 2K hands of NL50 !!!!!
to be honest i dont really know T_T
I played some hands bad here and there cause i probably wasnt nit enough after playing so many NL100 HU hands ...
+ i just get coolerd and sucked out an unreal amount.
every overpair QQ KK AA runs into a flopped villian set in a 3 bet pot ....
every KK preflop all in runs into AA
every AA preflop all in gets sucked out by random trash
every villian draw hits ... my very strong combos never hit ...
well
Down to NL20
Sad life
maybe i can grind Nl2 together with Neilly and Crownroyal some day
He canceled Letterman and Dave didn't take that lightly:
And Craig Ferguson makes some funnies about J-Mac:
Obama says "Thanks but no thanks"
Nico Pitney makes a good point in this quick post:
Why does John McCain suddenly want to suspend his presidential campaign and postpone Friday's debate? His campaign surrogates are saying it's a typical "maverick" move, that McCain is simply "putting country first." Let's look at the evidence:
1) As Ben Smith notes, McCain's move "is a mark, most of all, that he doesn't like the way this campaign is going. ... The only thing that's changed in the last 48 hours is the public polling."
2) The idea of uniting the campaigns to find a bipartisan solution to the Wall Street crisis wasn't even McCain's idea. A few minutes ago, Obama spokesman Bill Burton emailed to reporters:
"At 8:30 this morning, Senator Obama called Senator McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal. At 2:30 this afternoon, Senator McCain returned Senator Obama's call and agreed to join him in issuing such a statement. The two campaigns are currently working together on the details."
3) John McCain has skipped more votes during this session than any member of the Senate except for Tim Johnson, who had major brain surgery. He hasn't cast a single vote in five months, since April 9. All of a sudden, McCain is demanding that the presidential race shut down so he can return to Washington?
4) A reminder: President Bush was able to debate John Kerry while he was president. For all of his sudden urgency, McCain acknowledged just yesterday that he had not even read the administration's three-page bailout proposal.
5) It's not at all clear that having McCain and Obama back in DC will actually help. "What does seem apparent, though, is that putting the two candidates in the negotiating room is far more likely to distract--and derail--negotiations than having them out on the hustings," Jonathan Cohn writes at the New Republic.
It's impossible to know why McCain chose this course, but it sure seems like more of a political stunt than a maverick moment.
And Bob Cesca had me laughing my ass off with this article:
There are several reasons why Senator Obama is enjoying a double-digit lead in the "honest and trustworthy" category (47 percent to 36 percent according the new ABC News/Washington Post poll). First, Senator Obama doesn't, you know, lie to the American people every damn day. Second, Senator Obama didn't vote with the dishonest, corrupt Bush administration 90 percent of the time.
All along and without regard to the actual status of the economy, Senator McCain has blurted out the well-known talking point "the fundamentals of the economy are strong." Why? Because that's the Bush Republican position. Those exact words. And shortly after President Paulson announced his bailout plan when it appeared as if we were on the verge of a complete meltdown, Senator McCain, in the most Pavlovian sense, couldn't help himself and -- WHOOPS! -- he said it again. Why? Because that's what he always says about the economy.
When he was immediately and appropriately called out for being a doof, he blurted out that everyone in the world misunderstood him. The "fundamentals," he claimed, meant "the workers." In other words, American workers are strong. What the hell does that have to do with the status of the economy? Does it mean the workforce can lift heavy things -- like factory equipment that's being shipped to China? How does one quantify worker "strength" as an economic indicator? Even if a crazy economist somewhere includes the morale of the workforce as a fundamental of the economy, the McCain campaign clearly overlooked the reality that we've lost 1.75 million jobs this year and unemployment spiked to 6.1 percent two days after Sarah Palin's overrated acceptance speech. Not strong, McCain. Bad! But, then again, he really didn't mean "the workers" in the first place anyway.
When this failed, he blurted out something about averting the impending economic meltdown by convening a government commission, ostensibly to study the urgent crisis and perhaps issue a recommendation sometime in the future. Decisive!
When that didn't work, he called for the firing of the head of the SEC, Chris Cox, even though Phil Gramm, the author of McCain's economic plan (pre-crisis), is also responsible for the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 -- a piece of legislation which, along with Reaganomics and Alan Greenspan's love of all things bubble-shaped, is directly responsible for this present mess. Phil Gramm. A man who said that the economic crisis is mostly a figment of our whiny imagination. A man who could be our next Treasury Secretary and steward of the economy. Hire him, but fire the other guy. Because that'll somehow help. Oh, Magoo.
It's worth noting that while that idea was failing, Senator McCain inexplicably called for the firing of the head of the Federal Elections Commission, Donald F. McGahn II. Poor McGahn II. Minding his own business, and suddenly McCain's on television calling him out for screwing the economic pooch.
When that failed, Senator McCain rolled out one of his most egregious lies to date, claiming that Senator Obama, of all people, has been directly responsible for the crisis. Why? Because the former CEO of Fannie Mae, Franklin Raines, once talked on the phone with someone associated with the Obama campaign. Like 16 months ago. And that somehow makes Raines a close economic advisor. Never mind that Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, was on the Freddie Mac payroll as recently as a couple of weeks ago.
Which leads us to Senator McCain blurting out that no-one on his staff is associated in any way with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
What's next, McCain campaign? A Mogwai ate a sandwich after midnight; morphed into a Gremlin; then caused the economic crisis? Or will it be Marty McFly's sports almanac screwing up the space-time continuum? Or will it be Reverend Wright putting a curse on the banks? Whatever is next is bound to be crazier than what's already been said.
I keep finding shit to add but this is getting really long so if you're enjoying this post click the spoiler for more fun videos =):
And some fun Palin video's. First let's hear about her WITCH HUNTING preacher! Second we'll see her give us a great "moose in the headlights" pause about Davis, and then stumped on giving examples of McCain regulating the market, cause, well, he's spent 26 years DE-REGULATING IT!
And let's have John Stewart Explain what's going on:
Scammed by music86 for 2000 bucks :Pby VanDerMeyde, September 25
He pretends to be "Evan" on msn. (same name / picture as Evan has now) His story was that he was in Germany to meet starcraft friends and "finally" got the chance to try out donkish european site as he is outside US.
I tried to call him on phone right now, he didnt answer me first but then he called back.
"Hi im Erling, so you are Even?"
Then he hang up
I got his name / location / phone number / transaction history / nick I sent to confirmed to be him.
who is good at playing an instrumentby Reload, September 25
what are some chord progressions in b minor...being self taught, i never knew how to do all this stuff, i only know how to read notes. i want to start improvising. i don't know why LP is the first place i asked, rofl. just figured there were some good musicians on here.
anyways i'm talking about piano but i'm pretty sure they're the same in any instrument
He canceled Letterman and Dave didn't take that lightly:
Obama says "Thanks but no thanks"
Nico Pitney makes a good point in this quick post:
Why does John McCain suddenly want to suspend his presidential campaign and postpone Friday's debate? His campaign surrogates are saying it's a typical "maverick" move, that McCain is simply "putting country first." Let's look at the evidence:
1) As Ben Smith notes, McCain's move "is a mark, most of all, that he doesn't like the way this campaign is going. ... The only thing that's changed in the last 48 hours is the public polling."
2) The idea of uniting the campaigns to find a bipartisan solution to the Wall Street crisis wasn't even McCain's idea. A few minutes ago, Obama spokesman Bill Burton emailed to reporters:
"At 8:30 this morning, Senator Obama called Senator McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal. At 2:30 this afternoon, Senator McCain returned Senator Obama's call and agreed to join him in issuing such a statement. The two campaigns are currently working together on the details."
3) John McCain has skipped more votes during this session than any member of the Senate except for Tim Johnson, who had major brain surgery. He hasn't cast a single vote in five months, since April 9. All of a sudden, McCain is demanding that the presidential race shut down so he can return to Washington?
4) A reminder: President Bush was able to debate John Kerry while he was president. For all of his sudden urgency, McCain acknowledged just yesterday that he had not even read the administration's three-page bailout proposal.
5) It's not at all clear that having McCain and Obama back in DC will actually help. "What does seem apparent, though, is that putting the two candidates in the negotiating room is far more likely to distract--and derail--negotiations than having them out on the hustings," Jonathan Cohn writes at the New Republic.
It's impossible to know why McCain chose this course, but it sure seems like more of a political stunt than a maverick moment.
And Bob Cesca had me laughing my ass off with this article:
There are several reasons why Senator Obama is enjoying a double-digit lead in the "honest and trustworthy" category (47 percent to 36 percent according the new ABC News/Washington Post poll). First, Senator Obama doesn't, you know, lie to the American people every damn day. Second, Senator Obama didn't vote with the dishonest, corrupt Bush administration 90 percent of the time.
...
All along and without regard to the actual status of the economy, Senator McCain has blurted out the well-known talking point "the fundamentals of the economy are strong." Why? Because that's the Bush Republican position. Those exact words. And shortly after President Paulson announced his bailout plan when it appeared as if we were on the verge of a complete meltdown, Senator McCain, in the most Pavlovian sense, couldn't help himself and -- WHOOPS! -- he said it again. Why? Because that's what he always says about the economy.
When he was immediately and appropriately called out for being a doof, he blurted out that everyone in the world misunderstood him. The "fundamentals," he claimed, meant "the workers." In other words, American workers are strong. What the hell does that have to do with the status of the economy? Does it mean the workforce can lift heavy things -- like factory equipment that's being shipped to China? How does one quantify worker "strength" as an economic indicator? Even if a crazy economist somewhere includes the morale of the workforce as a fundamental of the economy, the McCain campaign clearly overlooked the reality that we've lost 1.75 million jobs this year and unemployment spiked to 6.1 percent two days after Sarah Palin's overrated acceptance speech. Not strong, McCain. Bad! But, then again, he really didn't mean "the workers" in the first place anyway.
When this failed, he blurted out something about averting the impending economic meltdown by convening a government commission, ostensibly to study the urgent crisis and perhaps issue a recommendation sometime in the future. Decisive!
When that didn't work, he called for the firing of the head of the SEC, Chris Cox, even though Phil Gramm, the author of McCain's economic plan (pre-crisis), is also responsible for the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 -- a piece of legislation which, along with Reaganomics and Alan Greenspan's love of all things bubble-shaped, is directly responsible for this present mess. Phil Gramm. A man who said that the economic crisis is mostly a figment of our whiny imagination. A man who could be our next Treasury Secretary and steward of the economy. Hire him, but fire the other guy. Because that'll somehow help. Oh, Magoo.
It's worth noting that while that idea was failing, Senator McCain inexplicably called for the firing of the head of the Federal Elections Commission, Donald F. McGahn II. Poor McGahn II. Minding his own business, and suddenly McCain's on television calling him out for screwing the economic pooch.
When that failed, Senator McCain rolled out one of his most egregious lies to date, claiming that Senator Obama, of all people, has been directly responsible for the crisis. Why? Because the former CEO of Fannie Mae, Franklin Raines, once talked on the phone with someone associated with the Obama campaign. Like 16 months ago. And that somehow makes Raines a close economic advisor. Never mind that Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, was on the Freddie Mac payroll as recently as a couple of weeks ago.
Which leads us to Senator McCain blurting out that no-one on his staff is associated in any way with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
What's next, McCain campaign? A Mogwai ate a sandwich after midnight; morphed into a Gremlin; then caused the economic crisis? Or will it be Marty McFly's sports almanac screwing up the space-time continuum? Or will it be Reverend Wright putting a curse on the banks? Whatever is next is bound to be crazier than what's already been said.
Value betting really, really, really thinby Sicks Macks, September 24
I apparently extract value like a genius, even when I think I'm bluffing scare cards!
Submitted by : Sicks Macks
Full Tilt Poker Game #8214259087: Table Lonesome Cactus - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:02:54 ET - 2008/09/24
Seat 1: Hero ($10.20)
Seat 3: ludmilasmp ($2.15)
Seat 4: Djai79 ($10.40)
Seat 5: chuangxinly ($1.70)
Seat 6: I am a donk 247 ($11.40)
Seat 7: nim7997 ($2)
Seat 8: Vail99 ($4.15)
Seat 9: dodden13 ($1.45)
ludmilasmp posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #1
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
ian235 sits down
ian235 adds $5
Djai79 has 15 seconds left to act
Djai79 raises to $0.40
chuangxinly has 15 seconds left to act
chuangxinly is sitting out
chuangxinly has timed out
chuangxinly folds
I am a donk 247 folds
chuangxinly has returned
nim7997 folds
Vail99 has 15 seconds left to act
Vail99 calls $0.40
dodden13 folds
Hero calls $0.40
ludmilasmp has 15 seconds left to act
ludmilasmp folds
Djai79 checks
Vail99 checks
Hero bets $3
Djai79 has 15 seconds left to act
Djai79 folds
Vail99 has 15 seconds left to act
Vail99 calls $2.85, and is all in
Hero shows
Vail99 shows
Uncalled bet of $0.15 returned to Hero
River (Pot : $9.85)
Hero shows Ace Queen high
Vail99 shows Ace Ten high
Hero wins the pot ($8.75) with Ace Queen high
Vail99 is sitting out
Summary Total pot $9.70 | Rake $0.95
Board:
Seat 1: Hero (button) showed and won ($8.75) with Ace Queen high
Seat 3: ludmilasmp (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Djai79 folded on the Turn
Seat 5: chuangxinly didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: I am a donk 247 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: nim7997 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: Vail99 showed and lost with Ace Ten high
Seat 9: dodden13 didn't bet (folded)
Before I get a bunch of "fold flop" responses... I find I get a lot of value floating hands with so many outs that I won't be given credit for when I bet them (A,5,Q, running clubs, etc).
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