http://thestoryteller.liquidpoker.net en-us Sat, 16 May 2009 20:39:57 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=736459 thestoryteller I went to watch Star Trek yesterday and sat next these three irritating trekki geeks who kept making the stupid Vulcan hand sign thing. Everytime it appeared on screen three hands would pop up as if they were giving Spock the Vulcan high five and they kept GIGGLING at every goddamned old school Star Trek reference and the worst was when they giggled during an emotional moment in a lift after lo... Sat, 16 May 2009 20:39:57 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=736459 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=735938 thestoryteller There isn't really a point to this entry but I feel I need to state out loud any small improvements because I'm on the verge of giving up. 2 lessons on I'm breaking even, which I guess is an improvement on losing. After a hand I can usually see what I should have done, so I guess there's some improvement there. Some changes I think could help is to maybe cap my play time at 1.5 hour... Sat, 16 May 2009 01:21:07 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=735938 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=729112 thestoryteller So Rockman was nice enough to school... uh... coach me. I'm really having mixed emotions right now. On the one hand he's a fantastic teacher and I can feel some improvement after just one lesson. I've never been more hopeful that I can move up. On the other hand I've been stuck here forever, and all it take is one bad hand to give me a crisis of confidence and make me wonder if maybe I ... Mon, 04 May 2009 04:04:01 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=729112 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=724089 thestoryteller So after running bad (2 x KK v AA, 2 x top set v runner runner straight, 1 x set over set, 1 x mid set v runner runner FH, 1 x QQ v 55 rivered set etc. etc. etc.), I am supposed to eat this for lunch: [img]http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/4726c82bf955063d49620a22910edb3a.jpg[/img] - my mother-in-law's cooking from yesterday night. The tomato looks like a bleeding scrotum and ... Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:46:04 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=724089 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=710032 thestoryteller I'm running so bad, I'm running like shit I think I should throw in the towel and quit With 2 outs on the river, the fish always hit And I always get stacked though I play like a nit No matter the cards, no matter the stacks My asshole gets violated and stretched to the max Being dealt aces makes me cry like a sop I know the villain will hit his set on the flop Flopping a set makes my... Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:50:30 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=710032 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=645729 thestoryteller [HAND=604860] Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:07:51 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=645729 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=641422 thestoryteller One right after the other, jeez... [spoiler] [HAND=600822] [/spoiler] [spoiler] [HAND=600826] [/spoiler] [spoiler] [HAND=600827] [/spoiler] [spoiler] [HAND=600830] [/spoiler] EDIT: And just after I posted the above... [spoiler] [HAND=600863] [/spoiler] btw, are any of the above NOT coolers? Like, maybe I think they're coolers but they're actually leaks... EDI... Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:29:45 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=641422 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=634960 thestoryteller http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7390109.stm This headline is yet another reason I just love their media. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:12:53 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=634960 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=632628 thestoryteller I'm sure this is of no interest to anyone, but since it's my blog... My wife and I just made bite sized cookies to give away during Christmas... [img]http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/b02316d2d5e7b98e9df364a8618495a7.jpg[/img] And my flowers are blooming again, just in time for the festive season! [img]http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/5c4a053e0e8738db30f85e205a50e5... Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:07:50 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=632628 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=632046 thestoryteller Persuading a short stack to top up: [HAND=592022] Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:07:53 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=632046 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=625164 thestoryteller In the last 700 hands, I've lost JJ vs KT (rivered trips), AK vs 58 (rivered 2 pair), AK vs 72 (turned trips), QQ vs J7 (runner runner straight), KK vs 77 (all in PF flopped set), KK vs 99 (3 bet PF flopped set), KK vs AQ (all in PF flopped an ace AND rivered a flush, just to rub it in) BUT at least I have not punched anything or broken my table yet. Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:51:19 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=625164 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=596505 thestoryteller [HAND=558751] So I sit down at a table with two maniacal Danes. I stack one of them and in the very next hand, the other one stacks me back - my biggest losing hand at NL50. That wasn't the only suck out, of course. Looking back on my losing hands from today's session is just more grief than it's worth. No wonder Denmark is always ranked as the happiest place on earth. I bet there's a bl... Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:45:03 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=596505 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=592174 thestoryteller This flu keeps going away in the morning and coming back viciously at night. I'm just taking paracetamol though... don't like taking flu meds 'cos they make me all light headed and weird and before I know it I'm talking like Sarah Palin... Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:08:06 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=592174 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=590948 thestoryteller This week has been so bad. I came down with the flu on Wednesday morning. Then on Wednesday afternoon my computer breaks down. Repeated attempts to fix it in my woozy state failed until I finally got it stabilised enough to get all my important data out and reformat on Thursday. Spent the whole of today trying to bring the computer back up to 2008 standard. What really gets me is the behavi... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:15:22 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=590948 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=586301 thestoryteller There's a class reunion tomorrow which I have decided not to attend. Since I graduated from the triple science class, half my ex classmates are doctors. Everytime I meet them at weddings they're all talking about the throats they've peered down and the arses they've peered up. When all the doctors start talking about their colonoscopies and what have you, that's when I should be leaning ove... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:43:33 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=586301 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=581757 thestoryteller The strangest thing happened to me yesterday. So there I was, a miserable sinner, taking my first real shot at NL50 this week while dowloading porn via bitcomet. Yes, gambling, pornography and copyright infringement all at the same time. Bad beats and coolers came nonstop until my poker graph looked like it was tracking the value of the Aussie dollar. I was ready to throw my keyboard ou... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:51:37 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=581757 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=579011 thestoryteller After a 13K breakeven stretch, I was forced to take a break from poker because of work commitments. After more than a month, I returned on Saturday and won around 550bb in 2.5 hours, running at about 40ptbb/100. That takes my bankroll past 1,000 and I'm going to start taking shots at NL50. Excited by the prospect, I broke my rule of only playing if I had 2 or more hours to spare (I feel it'... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:40:21 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=579011 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=533828 thestoryteller I've managed to get some of my orchids to bloom =) I'm pretty happy about that, naturally. [img]http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/ea458724d2e47e426ef6b69e2360849e.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/43cba72e4221c7c9d75cf31778c89163.jpg[/img] Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:40:55 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=533828 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=532653 thestoryteller I've heard several people say that reservist training is a "good break from work". These people need to start looking for alternative employment, because if you think that sitting (or walking) in the jungle without a change of underwear for three days is a "good break from work", you are definitely in the wrong job. Anyway, this particular round of reservist training tur... Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:24:42 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=532653 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=527064 thestoryteller I have about 9 hours to go before my reservist training (in Singapore, all males serve in the army at 18 for a couple of years, after which we have to report back once a year for a number of years for reservist training) and I am in trouble. My camoflauge trousers are obviously far too effective for peacetime as I cannot for the life of me find either pair anywhere in my house. Or my mother's h... Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:39:58 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=527064