http://fishsticks.liquidpoker.net en-us Fri, 11 May 2007 12:30:36 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=203386 fishsticks Live 1/2/5 game, I have $400 on the table and villains cover. It's a $10 straddle and $20 re-straddle situation (lol live games), so an open raise is going to be to at least $50. Action. I have kings, and end up all in against AK and QQ. TIME TO TRIPLE UP MITCH! Flop: blah blah blah Turn: blah River: Ace obv Horseshit. Fri, 11 May 2007 12:30:36 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=203386 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=202272 fishsticks Played online for a few hours today, and mercifully won a couple hundred. Was down $200 at one point and really had to shake the tilt loose and grind. Good to book a winner - I should probably play more today but to be honest it's good for my psyche right now to get a winner on the books this week. Mercifully, rakeback should be coming in the next couple days, which will make up for the slow... Wed, 09 May 2007 15:59:47 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=202272 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=201866 fishsticks What a terrible couple days of poker. I just can't get a hand to hold up ever it feels. Poker is such a tricky mistress. Lost a big pot in live play tonight. I got 400 all in on the flop with top set of tens against an obvious overpair - and of course he spiked the 2 outer and took all my money. It's funny, people there think I'm like, the most laid back guy ever because I don't throw a tant... Wed, 09 May 2007 02:59:49 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=201866 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=200747 fishsticks This weekend I went to down to NYC to visit friends. Saturday we made a run to AC and played at the Borgata a bunch, which was fun - but I ran poorly and didn't play that well either tbh and ended up like -$50 for the session. Oh wells - still a fun time. Anyways I suppose I finished up $1200 for the week, going to look to get back to the grind today and start in on a new week. Mon, 07 May 2007 08:39:25 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=200747 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=198683 fishsticks Played an online session that went okay this afternoon, cashed $200. Played the live game again tonight, and I think I played quite poorly. I made $150, but I really didn't play very well - but whatever, I guess I keep going to that game since I don't have to play that great to get paid. Up $1250 on the month so far. Thu, 03 May 2007 23:24:36 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=198683 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=197795 fishsticks Beautiful day out today. Slept in, and took the dog to the park for a while. Fun in the sun. Played an afternoon session for a few hours. +$300 on the session. Two full stack losers though that I don't know how I feel about. 1) I have AKs, raise in the CO, button cold calls me. He is BAD, and I'm already psyched. Flop comes Q82 so I make a standard cbet, and he minraises me. I had seen... Wed, 02 May 2007 17:00:10 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=197795 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=197306 fishsticks So the rest of April after my last entry was uneventful. I didn't play a whole ton, and broke around even for the time I played. The first day of May I had a small winner, but gave it all back screwing around with Turbo STTs on Full Tilt - I thought I enjoyed them at first and now I feel I'm just pissing money away with them. Such high variance I feel I'd need a HUGE sample to show a consist... Tue, 01 May 2007 22:33:59 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=197306 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=195414 fishsticks Haven't played a ton, basically been breaking and goofing around. Played a Friday afternoon session that didn't go so well on FTP (played fine, ran crazy bad), made a little cash at UB, and got some of the loot back at FTP playing random STTs while watching the draft and such. Down $50 total for the various adventures, so no big deal really there. I forgot that I actually enjoy STTs, heh. ... Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:21:07 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=195414 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=194231 fishsticks Was going to play an afternoon session online, but got sidetracked and ended up hanging out with friends and getting sloppy and going out for steaks. Good times. Yum. Played for about an hour when I got home and cashed $50. *twirl*. Went to the live game again tonight (yah, it's probably less profitable per hour than online play, but live poker is so fun). Got busted early on with KK vs m... Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:58:48 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=194231 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=193559 fishsticks Played an afternoon session, and lost $200. No real bad beats or such, I was just tired and not thinking clearly and just plain played tilty and bad. Gotta curb that crap. Played an evening session, and ground $100 back. I noticed there were 3x as many players playing 1/2 at UB than .50/1, and with only about 7 tables of 100NL running usually all filled with regs, I wonder if the 200NL games... Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:20:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=193559 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=193177 fishsticks Faired okay at the live game again. The play there is pretty soft, but I'm not sure how I feel about keeping the odd hours I need for late night poker. Anyways I finished up a total of $650 yesterday, so it was a good day for me - and I'm up $800 in my first two days. I hope to keep running/playing well out of the gate to get some buffer cash built up for myself. Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:41:38 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=193177 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=192690 fishsticks Well, yesterday I ran pretty bad online and lost about $100. Oh wells. I went and played some live cash and finished up $250 (net $150 on the day obv), and I'm happy to have found this game, it seems pretty soft. I'm strongly considering mixing in a healthy dose of live play into my routine. Today I ran well and cashed about $450 in an afternoon session multitabling the 100s. Probably headin... Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:05:05 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=192690 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=191013 fishsticks I decided to create a blog so people who are interested can keep up with my poker progress and general life stuff. I put in my two weeks notice at my job about two weeks ago now, and Friday 4/20/07 was my last day at the 9-5'er. I'm going to be playing cards full time to support myself for the foreseeable future. I have a couple months of living expenses saved up in the event I ran bad early... Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:41:46 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=191013