Going to be in Vegas in 14 hours. Yea I know I'm a little late with the main event going onto the 2nd day, but whatever I'm coming. For those who don't know, Mig (46k), Daut (35k) and Rain (40k) all survived to Day 2 of the $15,000 Main Event. Hopefully they can get something happening on the 2nd day. But right now, they are a distraction... because I'm studying for my last final exam. Fuck everyone that is in Vegas right now! I hate you all (until tomorrow)!
On another note, this week I decided to spew some money into some more useful than a sweatshirt. Got a set of Bose speakers for my computer, a new cordless mouse & keyboard, and a baller ass gaming mouse pad. Yes I'm preparing to be a monster at DOTA. I also got a few anime DVDs, that I will quickly review here:
Kurau: Phantom Memory Summary (from Wikipedia because I'm lazy like that): Dr. Amami is a tireless scientist working in the field of alternative energy who at the beginning of the series is on the verge of a major breakthrough in the area of Rynax energy. On her 12th birthday, his daughter Kurau accompanies her father to the lab where an experiment goes horribly wrong and she is struck by a bolt of this energy and falls unconscious. When she wakes up again, it is found that her body has been taken over by the Rynaxes who are actually living organisms and not just a form of energy. One of them is too weak to awaken for ten years, which it eventually does by spawning an identical twin of Kurau, only having the body of a 12 year old. These two people look and interact very much like two sisters. Kurau grows up to be employed as an "Agent": a freelance operative who takes any job that's potentially too dangerous or illegal to involve normal private eyes or the Global Police Organization (GPO). Although barely in her twenties, Kurau is already one of the best in the business, and the rumor is that there's no job she won't take, or anything she can't do. Very few know much more than that, however, because there's no one who really knows her and her past is a complete mystery. In truth, the Kurau the world sees is actually the result of a freak accident in which her younger self's body became fused with an energy-being called a Rynax. This is not a case of two beings sharing one body, however, as the two personalities have merged into a new composite creature that shares two different pasts. As a result, Kurau is the ultimate loner, not quite comfortable with human society and forced to shun close relationships with other humans lest they discover her secret. At the same time, she longs to be reunited with her Rynax "Pair," whose essence sleeps inside her.
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CosMo's Word: This series is such an epic fail. I'm sorry to say, but I am truly disappointed. Pretty much the only DVD from the series worth watching is the first one, since thats the one she does all her Agent ninja style ass kicking missions. After the first DVD, the story takes a disastrous turn for the worst as it becomes all about her twin counterpart "Christmas" and how she loves her so much, and then there is some crying when Christmas is captured, and more crying when they reunited, and then more crying when she rescues her father, followed by more crying when she starts talking to him. OMFG!!! Such a good story line turned to total shit. So disappointing!!! This series would be half decent if they just edited out all this emotional crying bullshit. It puts me on the sickest life tilt. The art is A+, the music is A+ as well, the storyline started at a strong B then quickly fell to a solid F (and yes I'm using a letter grading system rather than the 1-10 scale because I'm educated unlike some of you unschooled fucks). So overall: I'm giving this series a D+ because the first DVD is actually pretty awesome.
Ergo Proxy Summary (again from Wikipedia): The story begins in a futuristic domed city called Romdo,[1] built to protect its citizens after a global ecological disaster. In this utopia, humans and androids (AutoReivs[1]) coexist with each other peacefully under a total management system. A series of murders committed by berserk robots (infected with the Cogito virus) starts to jeopardize the delicate balance of the social order. Behind the scenes, the government is conducting secret experiments on a mysterious humanoid lifeform called Proxy, which is believed to hold the key to the survival of mankind. Re-l Mayer is assigned to investigate some of the murders with her AutoReiv partner Iggy. She encounters a Cogito-infected AutoReiv and a fast and flexible monster. She later learns that the monster was a Proxy, the same sort of creature as another main character who normally assumes the guise of a citizen named Vincent Law. After being hunted down, Vincent leaves Romdo, and Re-l tags along to discover the truth behind the Proxies and the domes.
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CosMo's Word: This shit is pretty fucking awesome. No doubt one of the best DVD's (of any genre) I've seen all year. Let's start off with the art, the opening sequence is just done so well (youtube that shit if you don't believe me). The entire series is very clean, and all of the action sequences are are very fluid, unique, and unrepeated (watch Dragon Ball Z if you don't know what I mean about action sequences being repeated constantly). The music is just okay, kind of on the dark / goth side (except for the opening, which is again so awesome and you should probably be youtubing that shit as you read this) but it's very fitting with the story line. The story is just awesome, with a ton of historical references subliminally woven into the series. The plot becomes a little hard to follow towards the end, but I think the series ended in such a way that it left you wondering but at the same time completed the story well. The only criticism I have for this series is that I wish there were more action sequences since the few that were actually put together were done so well. This DVD series receives a solid A.
I got a few other DVD that I haven't watched yet, but once I do I'll put up a review for them. If anyone has seen any good anime DVD's recently, definitly leave a comment, I'm interested in watching new things.
Going to be in Vegas in 14 hours. Yea I know I'm a little late with the main event going onto the 2nd day, but whatever I'm coming. For those who don't know, Mig (46k), Daut (35k) and Rain (40k) all survived to Day 2 of the $15,000 Main Event. Hopefully they can get something happening on the 2nd day. But right now, they are a distraction... because I'm studying for my last final exam. Fuck everyone that is in Vegas right now! I hate you all (until tomorrow)!
On another note, this week I decided to spew some money into some more useful than a sweatshirt. Got a set of Bose speakers for my computer, a new cordless mouse & keyboard, and a baller ass gaming mouse pad. Yes I'm preparing to be a monster at DOTA. I also got a few anime DVDs, that I will quickly review here:
Kurau: Phantom Memory Summary (from Wikipedia because I'm lazy like that): Dr. Amami is a tireless scientist working in the field of alternative energy who at the beginning of the series is on the verge of a major breakthrough in the area of Rynax energy. On her 12th birthday, his daughter Kurau accompanies her father to the lab where an experiment goes horribly wrong and she is struck by a bolt of this energy and falls unconscious. When she wakes up again, it is found that her body has been taken over by the Rynaxes who are actually living organisms and not just a form of energy. One of them is too weak to awaken for ten years, which it eventually does by spawning an identical twin of Kurau, only having the body of a 12 year old. These two people look and interact very much like two sisters. Kurau grows up to be employed as an "Agent": a freelance operative who takes any job that's potentially too dangerous or illegal to involve normal private eyes or the Global Police Organization (GPO). Although barely in her twenties, Kurau is already one of the best in the business, and the rumor is that there's no job she won't take, or anything she can't do. Very few know much more than that, however, because there's no one who really knows her and her past is a complete mystery. In truth, the Kurau the world sees is actually the result of a freak accident in which her younger self's body became fused with an energy-being called a Rynax. This is not a case of two beings sharing one body, however, as the two personalities have merged into a new composite creature that shares two different pasts. As a result, Kurau is the ultimate loner, not quite comfortable with human society and forced to shun close relationships with other humans lest they discover her secret. At the same time, she longs to be reunited with her Rynax "Pair," whose essence sleeps inside her.
Quick Video Clip:
CosMo's Word: This series is such an epic fail. I'm sorry to say, but I am truly disappointed. Pretty much the only DVD from the series worth watching is the first one, since thats the one she does all her Agent ninja style ass kicking missions. After the first DVD, the story takes a disastrous turn for the worst as it becomes all about her twin counterpart "Christmas" and how she loves her so much, and then there is some crying when Christmas is captured, and more crying when they reunited, and then more crying when she rescues her father, followed by more crying when she starts talking to him. OMFG!!! Such a good story line turned to total shit. So disappointing!!! This series would be half decent if they just edited out all this emotional crying bullshit. It puts me on the sickest life tilt. The art is A+, the music is A+ as well, the storyline started at a strong B then quickly fell to a solid F (and yes I'm using a letter grading system rather than the 1-10 scale because I'm educated unlike some of you unschooled fucks). So overall: I'm giving this series a D+ because the first DVD is actually pretty awesome.
Ergo Proxy Summary (again from Wikipedia): The story begins in a futuristic domed city called Romdo,[1] built to protect its citizens after a global ecological disaster. In this utopia, humans and androids (AutoReivs[1]) coexist with each other peacefully under a total management system. A series of murders committed by berserk robots (infected with the Cogito virus) starts to jeopardize the delicate balance of the social order. Behind the scenes, the government is conducting secret experiments on a mysterious humanoid lifeform called Proxy, which is believed to hold the key to the survival of mankind. Re-l Mayer is assigned to investigate some of the murders with her AutoReiv partner Iggy. She encounters a Cogito-infected AutoReiv and a fast and flexible monster. She later learns that the monster was a Proxy, the same sort of creature as another main character who normally assumes the guise of a citizen named Vincent Law. After being hunted down, Vincent leaves Romdo, and Re-l tags along to discover the truth behind the Proxies and the domes.
Quick Video Clip:
CosMo's Word: This shit is pretty fucking awesome. No doubt one of the best DVD's (of any genre) I've seen all year. Let's start off with the art, the opening sequence is just done so well (youtube that shit if you don't believe me). The entire series is very clean, and all of the action sequences are are very fluid, unique, and unrepeated (watch Dragon Ball Z if you don't know what I mean about action sequences being repeated constantly). The music is just okay, kind of on the dark / goth side (except for the opening, which is again so awesome and you should probably be youtubing that shit as you read this) but it's very fitting with the story line. The story is just awesome, with a ton of historical references subliminally woven into the series. The plot becomes a little hard to follow towards the end, but I think the series ended in such a way that it left you wondering but at the same time completed the story well. The only criticism I have for this series is that I wish there were more action sequences since the few that were actually put together were done so well. This DVD series receives a solid A.
I got a few other DVD that I haven't watched yet, but once I do I'll put up a review for them. If anyone has seen any good anime DVD's recently, definitly leave a comment, I'm interested in watching new things.
30,362 VPPs collected
13,489 VPPs to go
Played a few hands like a monkey, took a beat or two and laid some myself.
For some reason there's always a 50~ or so hand # discrepancy between my PS hand stats and my pokertracker hand numbers (ie PS says I played 5005 hands, PT says 4,952). Dunno why since I always import once I've closed every table down.
Made a few adjustments to opening ranges, which I think worked out alright. I'm a little passive when playing this many tables tho, not sure how to fix it.
Anyway, thank god this is almost over, only like.. 5 more days. I'm stating to get a little worn out ;p
He was in the year below me (im 22 now). I didnt really know him because i always thought he was a bit wierd.
Anyway, hes made the local headlines this week because hes become a dangerous paedophile.
I remembered back at school he used to be able to do a really good impression of Donald Duck. I bet that came in useful later in life when luring children into the back of an old van.
Heres an clip from the news paper article:
He kept children's underwear under his bed and developed perverted obsessions about having sex with babies and children.
Police found more than 12,000 child porn images on his computer and evidence that he had distributed them.
He also sexually abused a boy just six years old.
So i googled his grimey ass and found his myspace
in favourite films he lists "Toy Story"
and under "Scared Of" he lists Black People and The Police... thats too bad.
If you need more proof - just look at this picture i found of him LOL! (this is genuine)
27,621 VPPs collected this month
16,230 VPPs to go
Submitted by : TianYuan
PokerStars Game #13797105185: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2007/12/11 - 16:06:19 (ET)
Table 'Atala' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: lena eggers ($315.70 in chips)
Seat 2: TianYuan ($931.10 in chips)
Seat 3: bp314159 ($154.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Targoncas ($449.25 in chips)
Seat 5: Iraqwhat ($36 in chips)
Seat 6: KADET02 ($27 in chips)
lena eggers: posts small blind $1
TianYuan : posts big blind $2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to TianYuan
bp314159: folds
Targoncas: folds
Iraqwhat: folds
KADET02: folds
lena eggers: calls $1
TianYuan : raises $8 to $10
lena eggers: raises $305.70 to $315.70 and is all-in
TianYuan said, "........"
TianYuan said, "........................."
lena eggers said, "?"
lena eggers said, "?"
lena eggers said, "?"
TianYuan : calls $305.70
Showdown lena eggers: shows (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
TianYuan : shows (a pair of Kings)
TianYuan said, "sdgafdh;adm'gl;gthadgh"
lena eggers collected $628.40 from pot
Summary Total pot $631.40 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: lena eggers (small blind) showed and won ($628.40) with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 2: TianYuan (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 3: bp314159 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Targoncas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Iraqwhat folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: KADET02 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
lena eggers: tyvm
Shoot me.
Or her.
I dont care.
I think this is the first time in a long, long time I made a comment like 'Soooooooo bad' after a hand. She actually apoligized later, and turns out she usually plays 2cent/5cent ; [
I think, mostly, I played much better today than several other days where I won money, I just kept on losing 80/20 situations again and again Oh well.
25,074 VPPs collected this month
18,777 VPPs to go
I took a pause this session to eat (well, I'm not sure you can call sitting out for 5 minutes while you bring dinner a pause) and I really have to make sure I do this everytime I play, cause I just tilt way too easily if I don't.
Nothing special overall but had a funny hand come up..
Submitted by : TianYuan
PokerStars Game #13775647782: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2007/12/10 - 15:55:16 (ET)
Table 'Beltrovata' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: societymax ($214.65 in chips)
Seat 3: cgview69 ($191.30 in chips)
Seat 4: TianYuan ($200 in chips)
Seat 5: moneyymakerr ($202 in chips)
Seat 6: Grinny28 ($368.55 in chips)
Grinny28: posts small blind $1
societymax: posts big blind $2
Holecards Dealt to TianYuan
cgview69: folds
TianYuan : raises $6 to $8
moneyymakerr: folds
Grinny28: folds
societymax: raises $18 to $26
gerrit31 joins the table at seat #1
TianYuan : calls $18
Flop (Pot : $53.00)
societymax: bets $34
TianYuan : calls $34
Turn (Pot : $121.00)
societymax: bets $72
TianYuan : calls $72
River (Pot : $265.00)
societymax: checks
TianYuan : bets $68 and is all-in
societymax: folds
TianYuan collected $263 from pot
TianYuan : shows (high card Ace)
Summary Total pot $265 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 2: societymax (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 3: cgview69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: TianYuan collected ($263)
Seat 5: moneyymakerr (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Grinny28 (small blind) folded before Flop
I play pretty good
OOKOKOK I KNOW IS UC
Ez HOTW IMO.
Even though I played like a monkey 8D If I thought there was any chance of him bluffing I should probably shove turn, although I guess he generally gives up bluffs on rivers after betting that amount on the turn.. Hm.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333448 - Is this the LP-Adam? I wanted to just call flop here because the guy behind me was a big station/bluffmonkey, so I thought an overcall or a raise was possible.
Was over at Myth's place earlier in the week and we were joking about how some poker players are total nits with their money etc... and Myth says something that I found amusing: "You aren't a real poker player unless you occasionally spew some money" So...
This morning I woke up for my final at 7:00, after studying til 3:00. It was pretty cold outside so naturally I was a genius and decided that a t-shirt will do. I get to school at 7:50 with my final starting at 8:00, and I'm freezing my ass off, so I go to the book store to buy a SDSU sweatshirt. The lady who rings me up tells me it's $32.80 or something like that, but I only have $100's in my wallet, so I give her the $100. She then looks down in the cashier and realizes there isn't enough change in the box for it. So she goes off to the back to find more change for her box. It's now 8:00am... so I'm like fuck this, pick up my sweatshirt and leave.
Yes I just paid $100 for a sweatshirt. Am I a real poker player yet Myth? lol
Was over at Myth's place earlier in the week and we were joking about how some poker players are total nits with their money etc... and Myth says something that I found amusing: "You aren't a real poker player unless you occasionally spew some money" So...
This morning I woke up for my final at 7:00, after studying til 3:00. It was pretty cold outside so naturally I was a genius and decided that a t-shirt will do. I get to school at 7:50 with my final starting at 8:00, and I'm freezing my ass off, so I go to the book store to buy a SDSU sweatshirt. The lady who rings me up tells me it's $32.80 or something like that, but I only have $100's in my wallet, so I give her the $100. She then looks down in the cashier and realizes there isn't enough change in the box for it. So she goes off to the back to find more change for her box. It's now 8:00am... so I'm like fuck this, pick up my sweatshirt and leave.
Yes I just paid $100 for a sweatshirt. Am I a real poker player yet Myth? lol
Full Tilt Poker Game #4452069881: Table Gateway (6 max) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:09:13 ET - 2007/12/09
Seat 1: additionally ($136)
Seat 2: Pay4MyBoobJob ($1,188.50)
Seat 3: Hero ($2,352.70)
Seat 4: quadjoker7 ($100)
Seat 5: playbad ($392)
Seat 6: HizzyLizzy ($1,189.90)
Pay4MyBoobJob posts the small blind of $2
Hero posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
quadjoker7 folds
playbad folds
HizzyLizzy raises to $14
additionally folds
Pay4MyBoobJob folds
Hero calls $10
Hero bets $180
HizzyLizzy raises to $1,055.90, and is all in
Hero calls $875.90
HizzyLizzy shows
Hero shows
River (Pot : $2,381.80)
HizzyLizzy shows a flush, Ace high
Hero shows three of a kind, Sevens
HizzyLizzy wins the pot ($2,378.80) with a flush, Ace high
Summary Total pot $2,381.80 | Rake $3
Board:
Seat 1: additionally (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Pay4MyBoobJob (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 4: quadjoker7 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: playbad didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: HizzyLizzy showed and won ($2,378.80) with a flush, Ace high
I can never seem to break these deepstacked über fish. Its getting really anoying.
Good news is the 2/4 games are really soft and if satan will get off my back for just a couple of weeks I will be able to build a roll in no time.
22,351 VPPs collected
21,500 VPPs to go
I really felt like I played horribly today. I'd be up a little bit if I hadn't wasted a couple of buyins at the end.
Well, I mean, it wasn't completely stupid, it was just kinda uneccessary. QQ vs KK AI pf after I 4bet cold (monkey raises, reg 3bets), and KK vs a flushdraw that minraised me on the flop and got there on the turn, where I c/r AI with the king of the suite - which makes no sense cause I thought he had either a flushdraw or some kind of 2p/set, which of course means I can't continue on the turn. Oh well.
Not really a crushing blow but hopefully I won't play as badly tomorrow.
19,538 VPPs collected
24,313 VPPs to go
Had no idea I was up that much early on, but had another of those AA vs KK vs KK hands so I guess that explains it. Very very carddead for the middle stages, and started getting a headache/felt hungry/a little tilty towards the end.
Should probably bring some kind of snack/fruit/energydrink (lol) with me before sessioning
Didn't feel like I played great so I guess I'm happy to still be up almost 3 buyins. Need to fold BB less, need to steal BB more.
Annoying hand:
3rd hand at table, he does the classic 'timebank..... SHOVE'. I soooo wanted to fold. Given that he's 12/8 I'm not sure betting this flop is the best move, probably check behind and go for value turn river. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/331867
I'm gonna get berated for this hand but... http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/331735
I actually tanked the river ;P A million to one with a set but thought he had JT
Oh well, I'm glad I ended up calling!
So far this December, I feel like I'm running really sick bad. This is not a joke. But in reality I can't be running that bad...
In all fairness I'm probably running pretty good. It's just very frustrating to be -4.5 buyins on my PokerEV grapher, and only winning 46% of my showdowns. When your playing, you can actually feel that equity lost everytime you get someone all-in dead to 2 outs on the turn and they get there. It's sick But I feel like I've adjusted well, I'm playing tighter than normal, not tilting, playing shorter sessions more frequently, and I feel very in control when I play. Implementing a stop loss (thanks for the idea sbrugby!) has really helped this month as well.
On a funny note: My PT says I'm a losing player from the hours of 5pm to 10pm at night my time (PST). But I'm destroying the games from the hours of 4am to 10am. Weird? Europeans really need to learn their poker. They are significantly worse than the regulars in the evening hours.
So far this December, I feel like I'm running really sick bad. This is not a joke. But in reality I can't be running that bad...
In all fairness I'm probably running pretty good. It's just very frustrating to be -4.5 buyins on my PokerEV grapher, and only winning 46% of my showdowns. When your playing, you can actually feel that equity lost everytime you get someone all-in dead to 2 outs on the turn and they get there. It's sick But I feel like I've adjusted well, I'm playing tighter than normal, not tilting, playing shorter sessions more frequently, and I feel very in control when I play. Implementing a stop loss (thanks for the idea sbrugby!) has really helped this month as well.
On a funny note: My PT says I'm a losing player from the hours of 5pm to 10pm at night my time (PST). But I'm destroying the games from the hours of 4am to 10am. Weird? Europeans really need to learn their poker. They are significantly worse than the regulars in the evening hours.
4,997 hands
16,929 VPPs collected this month, 26,922 to go
Ok, so ever since I started this challenge I decided to never check my cashier or PT while playing, just so I could play without focusing on wether I'm up or down. I've managed to do this for 7 days now, and was completely in shock when I opened my cashier after todays session - I was up like 3k! I thought I'd be up around 1k~ perhaps, this was better than expected
And a weekly graph:
Maybe some hands later, I ran pretty well about halfway through todays session (ORLY?), after starting out not flopping anything for 2.5k hands, I was suddenly flopping boats left and right.
One poor guy ended up losing with AJ to quads (he 3bet me 3 handed, I flop set on a super dry flop and call in position, check check ten turn cause I think he has nothing, or at least the ten is a little scary, he instasnapshoves A on the river), top 2 in BvB vs my bottom set (he raised me on the flop with top pair and then turned his 2 pair), as well as KK vs AA for a bit over a buyin.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/330943 - I was considering just mucking this flop, but meh I stupidly raised after thinking for a bit. The guy behind me snapshoves, which the only other time I've seen him do, he had a straight (almost the exact same board too). He's a fish but I was 99% certain he never has anything but the nuts here (meaning I'm drawing to a running boat or maybe if I'm lucky, to a queen).
Now I'm gonna watch the new CTS vid.
EDIT: Checked my pokerev and I'm definitely running a little hot, not a super big difference but a few buyins.
Then again, I didn't really need pokerev to tell me that I ran well today haha
14,213 VPPs collected this month
29,638 VPPs to go.
There's about 500 hands missing but the amount won/lost is pretty darn close to correct. One of my biggest days actually (I've never played more than 4 tables of 1/2 before, and I usually never played long sessions 4 tabling, so I think my previous biggest win was like 1200 or maybe 1300).
I played extremely tight honestly, I don't mean I was a complete nit, but well below what I usually play. I think I fixed some things i did incorrectly yesterday, and while I probably played a little less than the optimal amount of hands, the results were quite good.
It also helps that I ran pretty good in QQ vs AK situations
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(two pair, Queens and Jacks)
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