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DustySwedeDude Sweden. Dec 29 2008 11:22. Posts 8623

Already posted results since it seemed so fitting. This, however, will be a long ass post containing some goals, a decent bit of poker discussion and a couple of hands. Some of the hands are mostly brags

First of all I'd like to say that I'm really, really happy about how this year has gone pokerwise. I've had 4 months when I've made more then 20k€ and overall I should be up about 100k€, probably a bit more. Can't look it up since I suck at pokertracker and have like 5 different datebases. I've lost like 15k in the stock market but my spending habits has been somewhat within reason. Next year I'll first do a semester of law school and then take the following two semesters off to study something else, probably like philosophy or something, and grind a shitload. For the first 5 months of the year, while in law school, my goal is to make 10k€/month and during the rest of they year I'll try to go for 20k€/month. I think these are pretty high goals, but they're doable and I want to get a lot of money out of poker during the next few years so I feel they're reasonable as far as goals goes.

I'll also make sure to work out a lot and eat good. I'll try to lose some fat and overall be really fit during mid summer at the latest. Right now I'm focusing on getting stronger and lose fat, but when I've gotten into shape I'll start running and try to build a lot of muscle. I don't need to be huge, but I'm really tired of not being in shape so we'll just fix that.

As far as poker goes I'm decently happy with my game right now, but it could obviously be a lot better. I don't 3barrel enough, I make a few to many bad calls vs people who just aren't creative enough to make complicated bluffs and I've got a hard time making big folds. Notice that it's a differens between big folds and stupid folds though. I'll work on that and I'll also need to either stop calling stuff out of the blinds or learn to play oop. I'm horribad at that. Right now I'm just trying to be raptor and just be a supernit in early pos and a spewtard 3-betmonkey in late pos. I'm also minraising the button now, which works really well since people really aren't used to it.

One thing that I think I do really, really well is valuebetting. I have a somewhat spewy image so people doesn't really like to fold against me and the last few months I've gotten really good at abusing that. An good example, vs a fish but still, might be this hand from last night:
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I know he hates to fold, and he seemed to donk things into me when he hit so I discountet a flush draw from his range on the river and an A on the turn, which left him with lower pairs and top pair from the flop. My riverbet is a bit small, but I think it might be better for him to pay that off. Vs an competent opponent that is probably suicide, but if people really, really likes to call you'll have to valuebet thinner.

Other cool hands:

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- 2 streets of value with K-high
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- pretty sweet bluff imo.
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- calling a shove pf, a little deep, with ATo.
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- I tried to explain for a friend why I called river and it basically comes down to me being a station and him repping really thin.

I also feel that I've gotten much better at figureing out peoples leaks and abusing them. Poker is still in a phase where most regs doesn't give a damn about being unexploidable but rather wants to play optimal in each hand. It probably gives the highest value, but unless you adjust you'll get owned by other good regs and random retards like me.

I'm thinking of buying a sweet new computer with 2 big screens and everything. Mmmm, rakeback. If/when I do this I'll probably see if I can 12 or 16-table 1/2 6-max just for fun. I might try to record it, or play a session 4/6-tabling later and record just for fun. It was a while ago I actually gave something back to the community.

I'd like to end this post by mentioning a few people from LP. Non-LP people who reads this can just ask me and I'll tell them how much I love them etc.

First of all I'm really happy Saki won that big donkament, he helped me out a bit in the beginning and said some things about tilt and shit that helped. I don't speak to him much but he seems like a really good person, get your ass to Uppsala man!

Gawuss will probably hit a heater soon and be the next polish mid/high stakes reg from LP. He's far too smart to be breakeven at 1/2 for long. Also really cool, for some reason I tend to either really like or really hate polish people. Weird.

Pinball - I promise to actually get my ass south of sthlm some time within the next few years so that I can hang out with you more, lol. I'm lazy though

Joe thx for letting me steal ur blinds all the time .

And for everyone who is currently in a downswing, or just feels like listening to a sweet song:

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trotylion_TT Poland. Dec 29 2008 11:27. Posts 110

AND PROMISE TO NOT 3BET ME SO MUCH IN 2009 kk ? THX
btw why hating polish ppl dude ? ; O

Zografa Bulgaria. Dec 29 2008 11:28. Posts 962

dont 3 barrel/3bet/float me when you play 2/4 ever again ))

The fish call, the shark raise.

DustySwedeDude Sweden. Dec 29 2008 11:30. Posts 8623

On December 29 2008 10:27 trotylion_TT wrote:
AND PROMISE TO NOT 3BET ME SO MUCH IN 2009 kk ? THX
btw why hating polish ppl dude ? ; O

the ones I hate played starcraft and just screemed all the time. I really like Gawuss and you seem nice enough too. I guess I mostly like you, but the bad ones are really bad.

cariadon Estonia. Dec 29 2008 11:41. Posts 4019

Good job !
You stand out from the rest of the regulars i see on micro gaming.
Who do you consider the hardest regulars mid/high stakes ?
Do you mind sharing your approach on investing ?

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DustySwedeDude Sweden. Dec 29 2008 11:50. Posts 8623

I dunno really, have some ideas though. PM me cause I don't wanna share reads in public.

My approach to investing was to buy stuff the would annoy environmentalists, (oil, uranium etc) but that didn't work out so well so I'll probably put like 20k in something safe and boring.

Gawuss Poland. Dec 29 2008 12:42. Posts 2336

You are a sick Swede Dusty. I love your attitude to the game and it motivates me to play more and own everyone at the tables I will put as much effort as I can in 2009 to be at your level and make shitloads of money like you do :D Hopefully we'll have a chance to hang out together during an EPT or something in the coming year

Thanks for the shoutout, I really appreciate it GL with everything

When people ask: What nationality is this guy raking in all the pots? The answer invariably comes back Poland, Poland. Again and again - Karma

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Sweden. Dec 31 2008 09:24. Posts 7243

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ill hold u to those words, sir