http://straate.liquidpoker.net en-us Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142845 straate I'm leaving for lollapalooza the 5th. I want to make 10k in the 3 days before I leave. Day 1 I made 2.75k. Not the best start, I have 7.25k to go in 2 days. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142845 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142844 straate ok... i have 4k left. i was planning on playing more but ended up hanging out with some friends. anyways, i have an entire day to play now and i AM going to hit 10k. Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142844 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142843 straate 5pm here....just hit over the 10k mark :) here's my stats for this 3 day 10k goal.... 21,562 hands +$11,461 6.64 ptbb/100 or 13bb/100 20.65 vpip 17% pfr 3.77 af All in all I'm pretty happy with these 3 days, and will definately be doing a similar goal after I get back from lollapalooza. I get back from palooza the 7th...and i leave for a cruise to alaska on the afternoon of the 12th. I'm ... Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142843 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142842 straate my new goal will be to get a br of 50k+ by saturday the 12th. i need 12k by saturday. this shouldn't be too hard, but will require a lot of playing...but not as hard as the last goal. :D Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142842 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142841 straate I'm +4k as of 3pm on Tuesday. 8k more to go, plenty of time to do it in. I'm happy with everything so far, except a few bad calls I made, but otherwise I think I'm playing pretty well. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142841 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142840 straate ok just another update...last night i lost like 2.5k in 1k hands it was a horrrrrrible run anyways today i log on and made that back and then some in an hour so now im happy :D +6k, 6k to go Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142840 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142839 straate ok... less than 3k to go...basically 2 'half days' to do it also, here is a pic of my Pt stats since the 30th of july sorry this is blurry as hell...idk how to fix it Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142839 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142838 straate so much for my 12k goal... i was like 2.5k away then all of a sudden things went to hell. in 4 hours i lost almost 6k. most unbelieveable hands back to back to back, and losing every coinflip imaginable. i lost mid set to top set on the flop 2 times, got 2 outted 3 times, and also lost KK on a AKJ board vs A4os allin on the flop...for a full buyin....he caught runner runner full house anyways ... Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142838 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142837 straate fucking wierd...anyways started 1 tabling 5/10 just for the hell of it. then i was doing ok so i was like ok ill 4 table. ended up making all my money back that i lost today :D still didn't hit my goal, but im only like 2k short im happy, now im really really comfortable with 5/10 and not intimidated the least bit wahoo wat a wierdass day LOL Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142837 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142836 straate havent posted in like 2 weeks....went on 2 vacations, ended up hitting my 50k goal a few days after i left on the first one, but i have to cash 20k now for school and other expenses, so anyways, my goal will just be to stay at my 50k by sept 1st and get that 20k cashed someone posted a comment about me not posting hands, im really lazy with this blog sorry if you want to see some hands just g... Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142836 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142835 straate w00t good day today. i played a lot ended up 2k. restored my confidence. monday i will start doing half 1/2 half 2/4. im thinking about just 6 tabling at first to adjust to 2/4 and the new regs. yesterday was crazy i made 1k b4 noon, then lost it all in an hour. well today made up for that, and im happy i can finally go to 2/4 =D Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142835 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142834 straate wow what a rollercoaster. only played 1k hands 4-6 tabled. just wanted to check it out. lost 2 set over sets, 1 for 800 1 for 1k+. was up 200, then down 700, then up 700 then even. ended up even, w/my 2 setups so im not too upset about it. anyways ive been talking to a few 2/4 regs and i think im going to just stay at 2/4. my new home =D Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142834 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142833 straate basically was even on 2/4 til yesterday...i also played a lot today. made like 2.5k between today and wed. 2/4 is a lot diff. than 1/2...and i actually like it a lot. i think its really going to help me as i get to higher limits, because i see a ton of different situations. anyways, im hoping to play some 3/6 6max next week, if this wkend continues to go well. stars got new software and al... Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142833 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142832 straate im doing very very very well on 2/4. better than i thought =) running just short of 10bb/100, but only have played 15k hands so far at 2/4. 2moro i plan on having another very hardcore session. =D Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142832 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142831 straate sorry, blog, i havent talked w/u in awhile. okay. last wk basically played drunk 2 times and lost a combined 10k, but recovered it that week. this week im playing lots of 3/6 and 2/4 SH. ive really changed my play and have beeen repopping ppl a ton preflop. +10k since sunday, so i think its working :) anyways, my blog sucks, lol Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142831 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142830 straate I'm on vacation right now in Boston. I'll actually be on vacation for about half of next month. I just wanted to establish some goals, however, for August. I want to make 15-25k in the 10-15 days I have to play. Hopefully then my BR will be 40-50k range then. Also, a long term goal of mine will be to get over the 100k mark by December 1st. I actually think the first goal is going to be h... Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142830 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142829 straate Hey. I go to college in Wisconsin. I am 20. I've been playing a couple years, but it has just gotten to a 'serious' point. I've been playing seriously since mid-April. I played 50NL for about 2 weeks and made about 5k. Then I moved to 100nl and played for another 2 weeks, until I had about 9k. 200nl is a bit tougher. Also, I've had some really really horrid runs. I've made it through them fin... Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142829 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142828 straate Haven't 'felt' like playing for the last few days....I had an amazing start to the week, then even for a couple days...pretty frustrating. Tomorrow (Monday) I'm going to log some serious hands and really try to play a lot and play well. I also decided to prolong the time until I move up to 2/4. I think I want 50 buyins, just to be cautious and really work on my game more here at 1/2. I'm also g... Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142828 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142827 straate cashed out 1k today for some misc. expenses. played some cash games, lost 1k. weeeeeee. 4 days even 1 day -1k. thats ok 2moro i wil kick some ass. Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142827 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142826 straate told u id kick ass. made up for my 1k loss today. i also lost 4 flush over flushes for full stacks. still kicked ass. 2moro ass kicking resumes. peace. Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=142826