http://pillars.liquidpoker.net en-us Sun, 29 May 2011 23:19:26 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=973577 Pillars Sun, 29 May 2011 23:19:26 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=973577 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=960614 Pillars [b]The Guest House[/b] [i]by Rumi[/i] This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out f... Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:29:45 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=960614 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=958077 Pillars [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/CAP_DS.jpg[/IMG] Posting this to immortalize my first three weeks at the 3/6 and 5/10 CAP games on Stars...and the worst monetary downswing [27k or so] of my poker career. There's something strangely freeing about the helplessness one experiences during stretches like this...the recognition that this game, this gaining and losing of mo... Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:43:46 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=958077 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=957871 Pillars [b]The Journey[/b] [i]by Mary Oliver[/i] One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice-- though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. "Mend my life!" each voice cried. But you didn't stop. You knew what you had to do, though the wind pried with its stiff fingers ... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:46:44 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=957871 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=943653 Pillars [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/2010_results-1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/2010_SNE-1.jpg[/IMG] Poker earnings - $188,500 SNE earnings - $108,000 [b]2010 total earnings - $296,500[/b] 2010 hours played - 720 [b]2010 hourly rate - $412/hr[/b] In 2010 I clicked a lot of buttons. Played mostly 20-50BB tables on Stars, usually bu... Sat, 25 Dec 2010 17:41:50 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=943653 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=576276 Pillars [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/12NL.jpg[/IMG] Poker poker poker. I took a month off from the game in June and had a horrific time getting back into the 2/4 and 3/6 games on Stars during July. In late July I started playing fewer tables and had some initial success but then suffered through the longest break-even stretch I'd ever encountered [100k+ hands]. It began wit... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:53:02 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=576276 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=525569 Pillars [b]New, primary goal:[/b] Learn how to play poker. [b]Sub-goals:[/b] 1.) Play four tables, not twelve. 2.) Think critically about the game. 3.) Stop being a nit. 4.) Raise, bet and fold more often; call less often. My first 10,000+ hands playing four tables... [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/10000_2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/P... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:03:08 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=525569 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=518627 Pillars Poker is a game of cute little bunny rabbits... [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/BunnyWabbit.jpg[/IMG] vials of blood... [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/Vial_of_Blood.jpg[/IMG] ...and strange, androgynous dolls. [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/Doll.jpg[/IMG] Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:57:46 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=518627 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=495982 Pillars So I'm in Vegas until June 20th. I'll be playing a couple smaller NLHE events and maybe some of the larger events at the Venetian. In an attempt to 'minimize the variance' of the trip I'm also attempting to play a bunch of 5/10 NLHE cash. Today I played a short session and booked a small loss. An amusing 5/10 hand: UTG limp, I raise to 5x from MP w/ AJo, player in LP calls, blinds fold... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:01:04 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=495982 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=475136 Pillars [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/MidMay.jpg[/IMG] Interesting results so far this month. Apart from running terribly at 2/4, I also think I'm spewing a bit in a number of pre-flop and post-flop spots, thinking that players are squeezing light / semi-bluffing at a much higher frequency than they actually are. Looking forward to playing some events in the WSOP next month... Tue, 13 May 2008 20:59:48 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=475136 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=461373 Pillars 2008 has been a rough poker year for me. The first few months I ran very badly at both 2/4 and 3/6, somewhere in the area of $30,000 below expectation. The psychological ramifications of this run combined with the increased difficulty of games on Stars led to a pretty sizable loss of confidence in my poker game. Playing poker without confidence is a pretty ugly thing, and certainly helped to... Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:15:12 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=461373 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=459514 Pillars [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/meh.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/meh2.jpg[/IMG] Two solid hours of work! Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:43:05 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=459514 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=449129 Pillars [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/April2008PG.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/April2008PT.jpg[/IMG] I took a week long vacation to visit some friends in NYC last month and the break felt very beneficial. Upon returning, I've found myself regaining some measure of interest in continuing to improve as a player. This = good. :puh: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:34:35 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=449129 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=440392 Pillars [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/Vacation.jpg[/IMG] http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/411769 http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/411770 http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/411771 http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/411773 Sigh. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:06:02 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=440392 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=432995 Pillars 3/6 6-max tables at Stars were very soft tonight. First hour was hell, dropping $3,000 on hands like this: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/404877 Next two hours I managed to make it all back, plus an additional 5 buy-ins, in large part due to these two hands: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/404865 http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/404857 The night in its totality: [IMG]http://i33.photob... Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:00:27 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=432995 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=430212 Pillars [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/pacman.gif[/IMG] Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:11:34 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=430212 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=419849 Pillars [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/HairlessHeart-1.jpg[/IMG] Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:40:43 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=419849 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=419645 Pillars I know there are mixed opinions about the usefulness / veracity of PokerEV graphs, but the 'all-in' graph seems relatively reliable as it's doing pretty simple calculations. Here's my month so far, first in 'all-in luck' then in 'showdown winnings' [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/PokerEV_2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Pillarzz/PokerEV_1.jpg[/... Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:20:14 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=419645 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=412779 Pillars http://www.liquidpoker.net/mytlnet/myhand.php?view=item&id=386087 Despite this hand, and the the incredible softness of the games last night, I ran 3.5k(!) below expectation and booked a $1,000 loss... Hooray! Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:28:24 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=412779 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=411704 Pillars My impression is that the 3/6 6-max games on Pokerstars have gotten much tougher over the past few months. I began to notice this at the tail end of 2007, and feel even more strongly that this is the case halfway through February. The overall skill level of the poker community continues to rise. This not only means that more and more skilled 2/4 players are moving up, it also means that some... Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:33:54 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=411704