I thought this fool was laying in a ditch somewhere after a job gone bad...but instead he's apparently decided to take the live tournament scene by storm. He called me yesterday while I was weight lifting so I don't remember much of what was said except:
"It's a joke."
"It's so easy it should be illegal."
"They're dumber than you."
So after all that he of course offers to sell me a piece of his action...I like to burn money...how could I say no? So now I have an interest to sweat the HPT $1650 main event.
Can you sense my excitement?
He claimed to be really focused and playing well...after dropping like 50k or some sick # like that on FTP...yeah...anyway I figure in a month you should expect a a blog post that goes something like this...
"So I shoved on this donk and didn't hit my 4 outer." Followed by a graph detailing why it was +ev to shove into morons with 4 outs.
...
Uhh... anybody want to buy the % I bought off him from me? =[
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
I'm good at poker.
If I didn't suck, I'd be up 50k this month instead of down 30.
yeah. I think that's about right. I don't even know.
Who cares?
yeah. I think that's about right. I don't even know.
Who cares?
Monday, May 19, 2008
Two Updates in One Day?
This blog is obviously blowing up huge. So like Jay mentioned I took a shot @ 500/1k HORSE and did pretty well. Unfortunately, I dropped 40k yesterday in very short order playing 1k/2k but I'm still up a fair amount in nosebleed HORSE for those who care. Unfortunately the variance is too high for me to continue playing it. While I could continue to grind and take shots I really feel the money is better used investing in things other then poker though I hope to be a staple in these games in a couple years. Interesting notes about the games:
1) The line-ups are often a lot softer then 200/400 games running @ the same time.
2) Since playing in it a lot of high limit pros have given me some respect and offered a lot of help in improving my game which is really nice.
3) The games don't play as aggressive as I thought they would. I mean they play aggressive but I thought they would play extremely aggressive, which was not the case except from a few players (EURO32PLYR & SteveSung come to mind)
The actual grind has been boring though in between such shots since when you're swinging up over 100k over the course of a few days or dropping 40k in an hour grinding 5/10nl seem kind of insignificant. I realized I was really autopiloting when talking to another regular about how "spewy" I am. It's true but honestly it's not in the spots most of the people tell me it is. But because of this conversation, I've decided to try to tighten up a few of my spew spots and really start focusing hard and studying again. Despite dropping 40k yesterday, I'm in as good of a mood as I've been since moving back to the cultural Sahara in which I currently reside and it's almost all because my outlook on the game continues to improve.
You can improve incredibly quick in this game. I remember during the Party days I thought ZeeJustin was living the life with an hourly of $300 and that if I could make just $200 I'd be content and just do that for the rest of my life. Well since going broke and focusing on improving my hourly rate has been considerably higher then that and perpetual greed continues though I focus more on wanting to improve then what the effect on my bottom line is. What is possible in this game constantly amazes me.
I still get no respect for even being decent by any regular @ 2/4 - 5/10nl though but Cole South likes my game so fuck em ;)
Halfrek who won the $1000 & $2500 FTOPS events for over 800k combined has almost inspired me to go back to donkaments but not quite. Absolutely sick results though. If you check his pokerdb he wins 4.33% of tournaments he's played. Unreal. Speaking on donkaments I'll be playing the HPT Detroit (June 6-8th), and events #22 ($3k HORSE) & #26 ($1500 Razz)@ the WSOP (June 11th-15) for sure and possibly some events later on in the series so if you don't suck @ life and want to buy me a drink and/or a lapdance feel free to leave one.
Good luck @ the tables.
1) The line-ups are often a lot softer then 200/400 games running @ the same time.
2) Since playing in it a lot of high limit pros have given me some respect and offered a lot of help in improving my game which is really nice.
3) The games don't play as aggressive as I thought they would. I mean they play aggressive but I thought they would play extremely aggressive, which was not the case except from a few players (EURO32PLYR & SteveSung come to mind)
The actual grind has been boring though in between such shots since when you're swinging up over 100k over the course of a few days or dropping 40k in an hour grinding 5/10nl seem kind of insignificant. I realized I was really autopiloting when talking to another regular about how "spewy" I am. It's true but honestly it's not in the spots most of the people tell me it is. But because of this conversation, I've decided to try to tighten up a few of my spew spots and really start focusing hard and studying again. Despite dropping 40k yesterday, I'm in as good of a mood as I've been since moving back to the cultural Sahara in which I currently reside and it's almost all because my outlook on the game continues to improve.
You can improve incredibly quick in this game. I remember during the Party days I thought ZeeJustin was living the life with an hourly of $300 and that if I could make just $200 I'd be content and just do that for the rest of my life. Well since going broke and focusing on improving my hourly rate has been considerably higher then that and perpetual greed continues though I focus more on wanting to improve then what the effect on my bottom line is. What is possible in this game constantly amazes me.
I still get no respect for even being decent by any regular @ 2/4 - 5/10nl though but Cole South likes my game so fuck em ;)
Halfrek who won the $1000 & $2500 FTOPS events for over 800k combined has almost inspired me to go back to donkaments but not quite. Absolutely sick results though. If you check his pokerdb he wins 4.33% of tournaments he's played. Unreal. Speaking on donkaments I'll be playing the HPT Detroit (June 6-8th), and events #22 ($3k HORSE) & #26 ($1500 Razz)@ the WSOP (June 11th-15) for sure and possibly some events later on in the series so if you don't suck @ life and want to buy me a drink and/or a lapdance feel free to leave one.
Good luck @ the tables.
Leaks in my game:
1. 4bet amount way too much.
2. Too much autopiloting.
3. Failing to extract value in certain spots/vbetting more marginals vs fools who have weak hands that should have been dumped instead of going for free showdown.
4. Idiot tilt.
5. Sucking at poker.
Going to fix 1 through 4 starting whenever I come back from this taking this poker break. P.s. I'm taking a poker break. Maybe.
Summary:
Was up 30k+ on the month.
Lost 20k while tilting for no reason and playing so bad that being on tilt doesn't even justify how badly I played.
Annoyed at myself for doing this every other month.
Still tilting off 100k+ a year. Sigh.
Woeisme
F Poker
2. Too much autopiloting.
3. Failing to extract value in certain spots/vbetting more marginals vs fools who have weak hands that should have been dumped instead of going for free showdown.
4. Idiot tilt.
5. Sucking at poker.
Going to fix 1 through 4 starting whenever I come back from this taking this poker break. P.s. I'm taking a poker break. Maybe.
Summary:
Was up 30k+ on the month.
Lost 20k while tilting for no reason and playing so bad that being on tilt doesn't even justify how badly I played.
Annoyed at myself for doing this every other month.
Still tilting off 100k+ a year. Sigh.
Woeisme
F Poker
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
People come here and leave comments!
That's impressive. Too bad they're all stupid.
Take this one for example:
"Just checking in on you spammer. You will let you guard down eventually and I will find out who you are and crush you...I do not easy forget people that have spoken against me LOL. You thought you were some big "rakeback" guy but your just a little fish loser. At least i get the last laugh...oh yeah, your blog violates at least 3 rules in the Blogger TOS...I am reporting you so if you can afford the $50 to set up a real blog than good for you lol."
This woman has got to be one of the absolute dumbest people I have ever met online. Considering I have been playing online poker for god knows how long now, that is an incredible feat. She's been upset with me for at least six months now (probably more) because I was talking about rakeback. I actually didn't even remember who she was until one day I back tracked some blog posts and read an old one that mentioned her. So apparently she runs some horrific paintbrush website that was put together after finishing a course on web design and air conditioning repair, where she steals news, strategy, and various other content from real websites, respewes it in broken English and plasters it all over the web like her own work. Then she puts up links to freerolls in hopes that random fish will sign up, deposit, and earn her some affiliate revenue. In other words, her only goal in life is to milk poker players for every bit of their rake and suck them dry without giving anything in return. Then she gets all upset when they tell her to go f herself and sign up with a rakeback affiliate. Boohoo. Here's a tissue, retard.
Now she's waging war against me by reporting my blog. Oh no.
Dear whatever your name was:
If I cared at all about your pathetic existence, I'd put your name, social security number and those videos from mardi gras you have hidden in your closet all over the internet. Tell you what, I'll even help you out. I'm too lazy to dig up your website URL, but if you come back here, leave it in the comments, I promise you I will link it and send over the 3.5 people who read this site to sign up for your freerolls. We'll generate you $5 in rake, while players like 3up continue putting up 15k a month for me.
And now this:
"hi there I there I know exactly what you mean ak vs fishes q6 who was the bb i make big raise preflop 4k fish moves in for 10k just cos i got postion ! and willing to put his whole stake on on his gut that im just aking a move with no ggod cards. The fact I have been playing tight and not made no moves was irrelevant obv. runner runner 1 card flush draw for him. another aq vs a2 was a raise b4 me i call in sb. bb calls as well flop comes rainbow with an A I push for 2k rasier folds bb calls runner runner 22 he makes full. My confidence is so low now after lossing 12k that I am now being walked over so I begin 2 tilt end up costing me another 10k my entire bankroll!
Aftermonths of hard work with an initial investment of 1k. I am know question was it worth all the time I put in when there is absoultly nothing you can do to prevent this."
Wow. Look at this fish here telling me his life story. Just wow. Is he serious? Coming over here to tell me about losing 10k? You'd think he was a blog contributer! Does he not realize that we don't care? Does he not realize that I care more about me losing a nickel than him losing $50,000? Is this not self explanatory? The balls on this guy! I wish I could ban certain people from accessing this blog.
Dear fish:
I don't care. In fact, I wouldn't have even published your comment if I didn't need it to make a point. Please never visit this blog again. Thanks.
Other noteworthy things:
1. I chucked off another 6k playing Blackj[cr]ack
2. Immediately after dropping 6k on BJ, I banned myself from playing casino games.
3. Looks like we're all going to be in vegas for the series and possibly will be hitting up the UFC event.
4. Two girls have been asking me to go camping. It will be myself and 4 girls in 1 tent. They promised to share their sleeping bag with me. I'm undecided.
Take this one for example:
"Just checking in on you spammer. You will let you guard down eventually and I will find out who you are and crush you...I do not easy forget people that have spoken against me LOL. You thought you were some big "rakeback" guy but your just a little fish loser. At least i get the last laugh...oh yeah, your blog violates at least 3 rules in the Blogger TOS...I am reporting you so if you can afford the $50 to set up a real blog than good for you lol."
This woman has got to be one of the absolute dumbest people I have ever met online. Considering I have been playing online poker for god knows how long now, that is an incredible feat. She's been upset with me for at least six months now (probably more) because I was talking about rakeback. I actually didn't even remember who she was until one day I back tracked some blog posts and read an old one that mentioned her. So apparently she runs some horrific paintbrush website that was put together after finishing a course on web design and air conditioning repair, where she steals news, strategy, and various other content from real websites, respewes it in broken English and plasters it all over the web like her own work. Then she puts up links to freerolls in hopes that random fish will sign up, deposit, and earn her some affiliate revenue. In other words, her only goal in life is to milk poker players for every bit of their rake and suck them dry without giving anything in return. Then she gets all upset when they tell her to go f herself and sign up with a rakeback affiliate. Boohoo. Here's a tissue, retard.
Now she's waging war against me by reporting my blog. Oh no.
Dear whatever your name was:
If I cared at all about your pathetic existence, I'd put your name, social security number and those videos from mardi gras you have hidden in your closet all over the internet. Tell you what, I'll even help you out. I'm too lazy to dig up your website URL, but if you come back here, leave it in the comments, I promise you I will link it and send over the 3.5 people who read this site to sign up for your freerolls. We'll generate you $5 in rake, while players like 3up continue putting up 15k a month for me.
And now this:
"hi there I there I know exactly what you mean ak vs fishes q6 who was the bb i make big raise preflop 4k fish moves in for 10k just cos i got postion ! and willing to put his whole stake on on his gut that im just aking a move with no ggod cards. The fact I have been playing tight and not made no moves was irrelevant obv. runner runner 1 card flush draw for him. another aq vs a2 was a raise b4 me i call in sb. bb calls as well flop comes rainbow with an A I push for 2k rasier folds bb calls runner runner 22 he makes full. My confidence is so low now after lossing 12k that I am now being walked over so I begin 2 tilt end up costing me another 10k my entire bankroll!
Aftermonths of hard work with an initial investment of 1k. I am know question was it worth all the time I put in when there is absoultly nothing you can do to prevent this."
Wow. Look at this fish here telling me his life story. Just wow. Is he serious? Coming over here to tell me about losing 10k? You'd think he was a blog contributer! Does he not realize that we don't care? Does he not realize that I care more about me losing a nickel than him losing $50,000? Is this not self explanatory? The balls on this guy! I wish I could ban certain people from accessing this blog.
Dear fish:
I don't care. In fact, I wouldn't have even published your comment if I didn't need it to make a point. Please never visit this blog again. Thanks.
Other noteworthy things:
1. I chucked off another 6k playing Blackj[cr]ack
2. Immediately after dropping 6k on BJ, I banned myself from playing casino games.
3. Looks like we're all going to be in vegas for the series and possibly will be hitting up the UFC event.
4. Two girls have been asking me to go camping. It will be myself and 4 girls in 1 tent. They promised to share their sleeping bag with me. I'm undecided.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
online poker. lol.
I run bad. Really bad. Really really bad. Like really terrible absolutely horrendous I don't remember the last time I ran this bad, bad. The scary part is...it can get worse.
Honestly, I don't know how many more OESFD's I can brick. How many 60-40's I can get f'd on, how many times I can lose a coin flip and how many more times the flush can get there against me. It doesn't even matter how many outs I have. I got it in with OESFD + both my hole cards are good if they pair...nope. Get it in FDraw+over+gutter. Nope. Get it in AK vs KJ. Nope. Get it in top 2 vs f draw. Nope. Set vs f draw? Nope. Set vs straight draw? Nope. It doesn't stop.
Running a nice -15kish below expectations. I have no idea how I still have money to buy in.
Then people rathole. Wow that pisses me off to no end...
Of course the combination of running bad and fish ratholing causes me to play bad and tilt to no end. So what do I do? I go play $200/hand blackjack and lose 5k. Nice.
On the brightside, the players are so ridiculously bad that if they continue playing me and continue to have money in their accounts, I will undoubtally be a rich man one day. When and if that day comes, I'll definitely quit writing this blog.
Anyway, on to much more interesting topics: 3up3down.
I know what you're all thinking...why hasn't he been posting his spiffy graphs and boring stories about downswings and all the "mad love" he gets on 2+2...well...this fool has decided to start playing the $500/$1000 HORSE game on FTP. And by playing, I mean destroying it. Not only is this game huge...it's also frequented by the very top players in the world...and our little stripper boy has been showing all those clowns who's boss.
In all seriousness, much love to 3up. He's worked hard and earned all the success he's having. Keep crushin' those fools,
I was watching late night ESPN the other day...for those that don't know...at 5 or 6am they have a segment called ESPN Outdoors. It's usually about fishing with professional bass anglers appearing on the show...well one of them said something really amusing that stuck out:
"A real pro must know how to spawn the fish."
$$$
Jay
Honestly, I don't know how many more OESFD's I can brick. How many 60-40's I can get f'd on, how many times I can lose a coin flip and how many more times the flush can get there against me. It doesn't even matter how many outs I have. I got it in with OESFD + both my hole cards are good if they pair...nope. Get it in FDraw+over+gutter. Nope. Get it in AK vs KJ. Nope. Get it in top 2 vs f draw. Nope. Set vs f draw? Nope. Set vs straight draw? Nope. It doesn't stop.
Running a nice -15kish below expectations. I have no idea how I still have money to buy in.
Then people rathole. Wow that pisses me off to no end...
Of course the combination of running bad and fish ratholing causes me to play bad and tilt to no end. So what do I do? I go play $200/hand blackjack and lose 5k. Nice.
On the brightside, the players are so ridiculously bad that if they continue playing me and continue to have money in their accounts, I will undoubtally be a rich man one day. When and if that day comes, I'll definitely quit writing this blog.
Anyway, on to much more interesting topics: 3up3down.
I know what you're all thinking...why hasn't he been posting his spiffy graphs and boring stories about downswings and all the "mad love" he gets on 2+2...well...this fool has decided to start playing the $500/$1000 HORSE game on FTP. And by playing, I mean destroying it. Not only is this game huge...it's also frequented by the very top players in the world...and our little stripper boy has been showing all those clowns who's boss.
In all seriousness, much love to 3up. He's worked hard and earned all the success he's having. Keep crushin' those fools,
I was watching late night ESPN the other day...for those that don't know...at 5 or 6am they have a segment called ESPN Outdoors. It's usually about fishing with professional bass anglers appearing on the show...well one of them said something really amusing that stuck out:
"A real pro must know how to spawn the fish."
$$$
Jay
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
3 months of suckouts, coolers and tilt.
I have been running absolutely terrible for the last 3 months. My confidence is shot. Everything I do goes wrong:
When I have it, they suck out or have nothing.
When I don't have it, they call.
Any flip, I lose.
Any cooler goes against me.
If I tilt, I tilt large.
3 months of this. I have been mixing in a lot of live play...simply because I need money and they are beyond awful. It's funny, I haven't seen so many runner runners in a row ever. Live is rigged beyond anything I have ever seen. I have been putting my money in 70% or better to somehow lose every time.
One hand I played sticks out in my mind:
I open 67ss UTG, both blind call.
flop 67Jr
Jay: $50
SB: $170
Jay: $350 more
Sb: Call
Turn: T
River A:
SB: ATo
Jay: Muck
I can't beat a live 5-5 game. That's ridiculous. The play is worse than .25/.50 online.
I also played this hand which amused me to no end:
I open KxKx in EP. Both blinds call. Blinds never fold.
Flop is Ac3s4s.
It's checked around.
Turn: 6s
It's checked around
River comes some brick like a red 9 or something. Checked around again.
Sb shows J5o, BB mucks. I show Kings for 1 pair. Then Sb asks me: "Why didn't you bet?" Jay: "Would you have raised?" Sb: "No, but why didn't you bet?" Jay: "Would you have called?" SB: "No but you should bet there." So the rest of the night I tried to play pots against this guy as much as I could. He kept amusing me by winning 1 pot where I cbet $50 into KTx w/ 89o, he called, river came a Ax. Then he shoves all in for a huge overbet having me way covered. So I hollywood it then fold. Someone asks him if he had the straight...he smugly replies that he didn't but because all I do is raise and bet he decided to stick it to me. It was cute he neglected to tally all the pots I won off him where he would limp and call large raises and then fold the flop.
And the best part is...the worst player at the table (a different guy!) who kept putting his money in as a dog vs me and sucking out challenges me to 10-25 HU. IMMEDIATELY my friend sitting to my right asks for half my action. That was an interesting change because I'm usually the one doing the HU challenging. I would have instantly played him had I not been running like absolute hell for the last 3 months but I think it may be time to practice some (gasp!) bankroll management and not get rivered for 5k and then tilt off another 10.
2 things still puzzle me:
1. How in the world am I losing in these games? I should be walking out with 2-3k every time. I am embarassed for myself that I have dropped so low as to retell bad beat stories from 5-5 live games. This is really a new low...even for me.
2. Why don't any of these guys play online? 30 hands an hour sucks!
Anyone want to lay me odds on how long until I am completely busto?
J
When I have it, they suck out or have nothing.
When I don't have it, they call.
Any flip, I lose.
Any cooler goes against me.
If I tilt, I tilt large.
3 months of this. I have been mixing in a lot of live play...simply because I need money and they are beyond awful. It's funny, I haven't seen so many runner runners in a row ever. Live is rigged beyond anything I have ever seen. I have been putting my money in 70% or better to somehow lose every time.
One hand I played sticks out in my mind:
I open 67ss UTG, both blind call.
flop 67Jr
Jay: $50
SB: $170
Jay: $350 more
Sb: Call
Turn: T
River A:
SB: ATo
Jay: Muck
I can't beat a live 5-5 game. That's ridiculous. The play is worse than .25/.50 online.
I also played this hand which amused me to no end:
I open KxKx in EP. Both blinds call. Blinds never fold.
Flop is Ac3s4s.
It's checked around.
Turn: 6s
It's checked around
River comes some brick like a red 9 or something. Checked around again.
Sb shows J5o, BB mucks. I show Kings for 1 pair. Then Sb asks me: "Why didn't you bet?" Jay: "Would you have raised?" Sb: "No, but why didn't you bet?" Jay: "Would you have called?" SB: "No but you should bet there." So the rest of the night I tried to play pots against this guy as much as I could. He kept amusing me by winning 1 pot where I cbet $50 into KTx w/ 89o, he called, river came a Ax. Then he shoves all in for a huge overbet having me way covered. So I hollywood it then fold. Someone asks him if he had the straight...he smugly replies that he didn't but because all I do is raise and bet he decided to stick it to me. It was cute he neglected to tally all the pots I won off him where he would limp and call large raises and then fold the flop.
And the best part is...the worst player at the table (a different guy!) who kept putting his money in as a dog vs me and sucking out challenges me to 10-25 HU. IMMEDIATELY my friend sitting to my right asks for half my action. That was an interesting change because I'm usually the one doing the HU challenging. I would have instantly played him had I not been running like absolute hell for the last 3 months but I think it may be time to practice some (gasp!) bankroll management and not get rivered for 5k and then tilt off another 10.
2 things still puzzle me:
1. How in the world am I losing in these games? I should be walking out with 2-3k every time. I am embarassed for myself that I have dropped so low as to retell bad beat stories from 5-5 live games. This is really a new low...even for me.
2. Why don't any of these guys play online? 30 hands an hour sucks!
Anyone want to lay me odds on how long until I am completely busto?
J
Monday, March 31, 2008
Mad Love on 2+2
So someone who does massive datamining of the 6max games on FTP posted up some results for like the last week and I was the biggest winner ! 2/4, one of the top 10 @ 3/6, and made the winners list for 5/10. This of course resulted is some discussion about me where the general consensus is that I'm horrible and have no clue what I'm doing.
I find this amusing as one of the people who talked about how horrible I was then proceeded to post a graph where he's literally breakeven or 96k hands and from his very lowest point to his very highest point (a period of about 40k hamds) it isn't half of what I made at his level in half the hands. I only know the screen names of a couple of people who've talked trash but of those I know I made more then them this month and I ran 28k below equity. Then somebody who was universally acknowledged as a good player, actually avoids me on another site though doesn't play as high as I do typically on it and I saw him post a hand history of someone elses play claiming it was his own because he needs to feel like he's good by getting acknowledgment from his peers or something. Basically my point is I really wouldn't put too much stock in the Reg Threads on 2+2 since most people who post in them are retarded.
:themoreyouknow*
I find this amusing as one of the people who talked about how horrible I was then proceeded to post a graph where he's literally breakeven or 96k hands and from his very lowest point to his very highest point (a period of about 40k hamds) it isn't half of what I made at his level in half the hands. I only know the screen names of a couple of people who've talked trash but of those I know I made more then them this month and I ran 28k below equity. Then somebody who was universally acknowledged as a good player, actually avoids me on another site though doesn't play as high as I do typically on it and I saw him post a hand history of someone elses play claiming it was his own because he needs to feel like he's good by getting acknowledgment from his peers or something. Basically my point is I really wouldn't put too much stock in the Reg Threads on 2+2 since most people who post in them are retarded.
:themoreyouknow*
Sunday, March 23, 2008
One day it will even out
Right?
I gotta stop taking 25/50 PLO shots though after only playing a few hundred hands I can tell I'm +EV in the game. Even a lot of professionals play the game rather poorly. Unfortunately, I tried to run a bluff where I put a guy on a naked ace where he wouldn't have odd even with a set to draw against a flush and moved in on the turn. He of course did call with the naked Ace but also has a set which while it wouldn't have had odds to draw against a flush had me drawing dead. Oops, good lesson not to try to bluff people off of hands in PLO. I just managed to put up a 21k downswing (not all PLO) in the last 12 hours so my month is basically ruined pokerwise. I'll probably put up a ton of hands in the last few days @ 2/4 6max just so I hit the 100k hands mark I set for the month but unfortunately I don't think it's possible to run hot enough to even come close to my montery goal for the month sinceI'm now up less then 10k.
:youdbewisetorunwellwhiletakingshots
Friday, March 21, 2008
We need a guestbook or something
That's the follow up to the night I was taking lot of shots and ended up full stacking 25/50 PLO for a couple hours later on in the night. Busted my Stars account but played really well. PLO is such a sick action game and interesting from a strategy perspective as well. It really is the future. An example of the soul reading that didn't help me:POKERSTARS GAME : OMAHA POT LIMIT ($25/$50) - 2008/03/17
Table 'Nerthus' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($4194.15 in chips)
Seat 3: Seat 3 ($1825 in chips)
Seat 5: Seat 5 ($12884.80 in chips)
Seat 6: Villain($4755 in chips)
Seat 3: posts small blind $25
Seat 5: posts big blind $50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Qd Ks Qs 9d]
Villain: raises $50 to $100
Hero: raises $275 to $375
Seat 3: folds
Seat 5: folds
Villain: calls $275
*** FLOP *** [6d 6s 8h]
Villain: checks
Hero: checks
*** TURN *** [6d 6s 8h] [7h]
Villain: bets $823
Hero: calls $823
*** RIVER *** [6d 6s 8h 7h] [8d]
Villain: bets $2469
Hero: calls $2469
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Villain: shows [2h Kc Ah 3s] (a pair of Eights)
Hero: shows [Qd Ks Qs 9d] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
Hero collected $7407 from pot
My buddy was in town from up north for a few days and we checked out the Tigers in spring training against the Reds and then went out drinking where I lost another c-note prop betting on what time people started drinking.
Today my boy Briz and I chashed around some donk on Stars who was making a heeb run and moved from being a total donk in 3-6 to playing 25-50 to more 25-50 to more 25-50 again and again and again then down to 10-20 & eventually 5-10 where I decided I wouldn't follow him lower then that and sure enough he ended up moving down to 1-2. Just a filthy sick gambler. Fortunately I was able to c/r AI against him with 3rd pair and the like which is the nuts and held (dude ran crazy hot) most of the time so I made just shy of 9k minus a small loss taking half of my friends action who couldn't get a hand.
Also running really well on FTP now the last couple days as I've been 12 tabling which is made crazy simple thanks to the new auto-top off feature which is the absolute hands down nuts and I love they've finally put that in. I still don't use a HUD and am 12 tabling shorthanded. At least I practice some game selection now?
:gameselectionisthenutsbutimstillretarded<3ftpleavecomments
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Desireless
No motivation, no focus, no desire. Nothing. I don't know...I have lost my poker drive, my poker thought, my poker intelligence, creativity...whatever. I just don't care right now.
I don't want to play. At all. I'm forcing myself. The results aren't good because I'm not caring. Sometimes I'm playing simply out of habit but I'm hating every second of it.
I think I've seen too many hands. It's so reptitive. It's downright irritating.
I really don't know if I want to do this anymore...I'm not saying I'm quitting for good, I'm not saying I won't play tomorrow just because I'm bored, I'm not saying I'll never play...but I just don't want it right now. My head is not in it >85% of the time I play.
Running really poorly doesn't help.
I don't know what I want right now.
I don't want to play. At all. I'm forcing myself. The results aren't good because I'm not caring. Sometimes I'm playing simply out of habit but I'm hating every second of it.
I think I've seen too many hands. It's so reptitive. It's downright irritating.
I really don't know if I want to do this anymore...I'm not saying I'm quitting for good, I'm not saying I won't play tomorrow just because I'm bored, I'm not saying I'll never play...but I just don't want it right now. My head is not in it >85% of the time I play.
Running really poorly doesn't help.
I don't know what I want right now.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Straight Degen
Practically bnsted my Stars account over the past week so I do the only respectable thing, heeb run. Tried finding a flip for 5k and sat and played a little 25-50PLO while I waited for a response. I got one from a nosebleed stake player who also had a busted Stars account and not being able to do anything with it agreed to flip. So I left PLO and he never showed to flip. Unofrtunately the PLO games had filled but 200/400 H.O.R.S.E. was running so I figured "why not?" I was nice enough to misclick in StudHi when I made trips on 6th and save him a bet. Right after I start playing the guy who wanted to flip sat asking me if I still wanted to so I played through Stud8 and then flipped. He had about 3200 bucks and we decided to flip until one of our accounts where busted. I got dealt the stellar hand of Kd4s5s8s but I was somehow actually a favorite against his 2h3h8hJd. Playing way out my roll FTW! If I started smoking weed regularly I probably wouldn't do so much dumb shit with my money but since I'm typically +EV in my shot taking I guess it works out.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Break-even at it's best (worst?)
So like I promised I included a colorful graph for the blog. It's my graph for March so far using PT3 which is a big improvement over PT2. It confirms I do infact suck at poker. A litlte breakdown of what's going on in it.
Half of the hands are @ 5/10nl Full Ring (though I'll often play shorthanded or even headsup at full ring tables) and 45% are 3/6nl & 5/10nl 6max & 10/20nl FR with some misc. filling up the other 5 %.
Hands 1-11,000: I'm just not playing very well.
Hands 11,000-22,500: I'm now playing well but running well below equity in all-in pots and just running bad in the sense you can't quantify.
Hands 22,500-27,750: Variance evened out quick =]
Hand 28,400ish?: There was two donks and one pro playing 25-50 so I sat down to play. I played 3 hands and one of the donks bust and I decide I don't want to play 3 handed with the one pro but another pro(decent but I'd play shorthanded with) sits down and takes the BB from me giving me an extra hand for free. I misplay it and shoot off 4k =\
Hands 28,401-34,700: The grind as usual.
Hands 34,700+: Today. I honestly have no recollection of that nice uptick early on and actually started off by dropping 5k in my first 30 minutes. I couldn't sleep this morning (yes I sleep during the day be jealous) and decided I really want to condition myself to be able to grind well for long hours whenever so I decided to boot up. I played for like 6 hours to essentially break even with a nice 8k swing and a bunch of 5k swings during the session to end down like $167.50 and a couple thousand below equity. Oh well. I get a little sleep and end up booting up again and the games are good. I end up 14 tabling as the 15th table was on a smaller site and shorthanded and the software was just too big of a pain to keep going. I feel I played pretty damn good. I have a ton of meta-game with a really LAG (by full-ring standards) on Stars who love to float and call me down light constantly which results in me triple barreling air and shoving second pair and so forth against him. I think he feels he can outplay me because I'm the other really loose player and play a style which many view as donkey I'm sure because of my aggression in certain spots. Money doesn't lie though as he's shipping more my way then the other way but today was his day. He floated with Q high on a K high board picked up a flush draw on the turn and got there on the river as I shoved sensing he was really weak on the flop due to his timing. He rounded out the night picking up AK against AQ in a blind war though admittedly I misplayed it.
I ended up having to close down tables because I didn't have reload cash and nothing upsets me like that so I called a session shortly after but not before I shoved into Aces knowing it was a horrible shove =\ I'm a donk.
A couple other hands against my Stars nemesis:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2254675
I can't articulate it in a very logical breakdown of the hand but with our history and how he plays he's never leading for that amount with a hand he'll call a shove with. If he does he's calling my incredibly light and I'll adjust but was definitely a good spot to shove.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2254716
Why check the turn? Because he'll do stupid stuff like shove everything even a set and even he can't call 100% of the time if I push.
A really interesting hand which was really fun.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2254784
Played was kind of new to the table so didn't really have any reads. My hand is pretty face up on the river as being a top pair or jacks type hand I felt. That said I felt his range was the same. I really was never getting him credit for the 6. It was obviously a possibility but I didn't give it more then a 10-15% probability he had a 6 or better. I had him on a 9T, TJ, JJ type hand and was really considering he might have JJ since I was running bad though he doesn't show aggression earlier in the hand at any point and is now making an incredibly thin shove against someone without history so had to conclude he has a TJ type hand often enough to call. I actually like his play except I'm a donkey call station. I think I should utilize it more except I'm viewed as so reckless I get called all day here. Maybe I should tighten up in some spots.
Anyways made a few plays I wasn't happy with and ran horrible and just constantly feel like I'm playing break even poker despite being up a very respectable amount this year. I've got other shit to ramble on and on about but I'll save it for another post and keep this one poker related.
:Shipmetothegluefactory
Friday, March 07, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Untitled
I'm off my game the last few days. Apparently starting months off really well is huge for me since I'm prone to tilting frequently when I'm stuck on the month because I'll get almost even or even or up a little and then drop back down and then shoot off. Granted I shutdown immediately after but it still adds up. I don't feel like I'm playing very well and am spending a fair amount of time studying my game. Unfortunately I'm doing it solo as I have no one who's really interested in poker to discuss hands with since most I talk to are "reluctant" pros who while good players and who are capable of thinking about the game but really play out of habit and for the money and have no interest in studying and improving their games. I predict more then half of them are no longer playing come the new year.
So I'm told all my posts are pretty boring (I tend to agree) so in the future I'll try include either some hand histories and discussion about them or maybe some colorful graphs! As far as my personal life it's basically non-existent so there's nothing to tell though even if there was nothing truly interesting will ever make it onto a blog unless I'm getting paid for it so bitch at Jay to post more.
Seat 1: Player 1 ($1273.30 in chips)
Seat 2: Player 2 ($1019 in chips)
Seat 3: Player 3 ($1506 in chips)
Seat 4: Player 4 ($1989 in chips)
Seat 5: Player 5 ($756.25 in chips)
Seat 6: DIAGF ShortStacker ($194.25 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero ($1479.10 in chips)
Player 3: posts small blind $5
Player 4: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [2s 2h]
Player 5: folds
DIAGF ShortStacker: calls $10
Hero: calls $10
Player 1: folds
Player 2: calls $10
Player 3: calls $5
Player 4: checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 9c 2c]
Player 3: bets $40
Player 4: folds
DIAGF ShortStacker: raises $144.25 to $184.25 and is all-in
Hero: calls $184.25
Player 2: folds
Player 3: raises $465.75 to $650
Hero: folds
Player 3 is really good and is basically never going to lead and then shove over my call like that with less then a set or maybe the nut flush draw which is much less likely so it was an instant fold. He then showed top set. Hand would have been interesting had I have 4s, not because I ever get away from it but just on how I would have played when the action got to me on the flop.
Also, now that I think about this I want to go off about it because it's been driving me nuts the last few days. Shortstackers. Not the casual player who buys in short but the regular and often professional shortstackers who infest every table there is with there mindless playing disrupting the flow of the game for everyone else. Move down and learn to play poker. I seriously would delight in joy if they all got convicted of a crime and got raped for the rest of eternity. Typically anytime I hear any pro is doing well I'm happy for them but seeing ImsaKidd's graph where he was a ton below equity made me ridiculously happy. I seriously hope horrible things happen to all these people since I could never hang out with them since I don't even know how they look i n the mirror. I bet half of these faggots think they're hot shit in real life and are the douches who go around saying how they're a poker pro and wear a hat and sunglasses everywhere.
:Ihopetheyallgetaidsandburnslowlyinaspeciallevelofhellreservedforchildmolestersshortstackersandpeoplewhotalkinthetheater
So I'm told all my posts are pretty boring (I tend to agree) so in the future I'll try include either some hand histories and discussion about them or maybe some colorful graphs! As far as my personal life it's basically non-existent so there's nothing to tell though even if there was nothing truly interesting will ever make it onto a blog unless I'm getting paid for it so bitch at Jay to post more.
Seat 1: Player 1 ($1273.30 in chips)
Seat 2: Player 2 ($1019 in chips)
Seat 3: Player 3 ($1506 in chips)
Seat 4: Player 4 ($1989 in chips)
Seat 5: Player 5 ($756.25 in chips)
Seat 6: DIAGF ShortStacker ($194.25 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero ($1479.10 in chips)
Player 3: posts small blind $5
Player 4: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [2s 2h]
Player 5: folds
DIAGF ShortStacker: calls $10
Hero: calls $10
Player 1: folds
Player 2: calls $10
Player 3: calls $5
Player 4: checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 9c 2c]
Player 3: bets $40
Player 4: folds
DIAGF ShortStacker: raises $144.25 to $184.25 and is all-in
Hero: calls $184.25
Player 2: folds
Player 3: raises $465.75 to $650
Hero: folds
Player 3 is really good and is basically never going to lead and then shove over my call like that with less then a set or maybe the nut flush draw which is much less likely so it was an instant fold. He then showed top set. Hand would have been interesting had I have 4s, not because I ever get away from it but just on how I would have played when the action got to me on the flop.
Also, now that I think about this I want to go off about it because it's been driving me nuts the last few days. Shortstackers. Not the casual player who buys in short but the regular and often professional shortstackers who infest every table there is with there mindless playing disrupting the flow of the game for everyone else. Move down and learn to play poker. I seriously would delight in joy if they all got convicted of a crime and got raped for the rest of eternity. Typically anytime I hear any pro is doing well I'm happy for them but seeing ImsaKidd's graph where he was a ton below equity made me ridiculously happy. I seriously hope horrible things happen to all these people since I could never hang out with them since I don't even know how they look i n the mirror. I bet half of these faggots think they're hot shit in real life and are the douches who go around saying how they're a poker pro and wear a hat and sunglasses everywhere.
:Ihopetheyallgetaidsandburnslowlyinaspeciallevelofhellreservedforchildmolestersshortstackersandpeoplewhotalkinthetheater
Sunday, March 02, 2008
I'm runnin' kinda bad..
course not playing super well either but I never play well...so when I run bad...I...uhh...lose?
Bleh. Keep playing a fish HU, he keeps running really really well against me and keeps leaving when he wins a buyin. Standard fish shit. Wish we could play >100bb deep...enormous edge then.
These swings are going to make me quit poker.
Bleh. Keep playing a fish HU, he keeps running really really well against me and keeps leaving when he wins a buyin. Standard fish shit. Wish we could play >100bb deep...enormous edge then.
These swings are going to make me quit poker.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Leave One
Apparently several people used to actually read this thing. Feel free to leave comments and let us know because there's nothing lamer then writing to yourself.
I think it's been about six months since I've posted so here's an update.
October: I have the worst run I'd ever had I ran near 6ptbbs/100 under my all-in equity for over 100k hands. I then tilted massive. I attempted to move down to .5/1 but decided my winrate would be more then twice as high @ 1/2 since I knew the players and how the game played. I went broke.
November: I start off the month broke. By the time my birthday rolled around I had nothing left in my online accounts and spent most of the money in my pocket on top shelf booze for my 21st birthday. Stolichnaya Elit, Dom Perignon, Johnny Walker Blue Label are served to my guests even when I'm broke. If nothing else I'm always a damn good host. The day after my birthday I fly out and move across country to St. Petersburg, FL. I'm waiting on 4k in rakeback to hit my account so I can start playing again.
December: I've got a few bucks now from grinding/propping on smaller sites in late November. I'm doing well getting fat rakeback and playing against softer competition. I fly back to Michigan for the holidays and am doing well enough to cover gifts for everyone & host a nice dinner that my boy cooked that his folks let us host @ their place. I take a couple shots out of my roll @ 5/10NL but do wel @ 75/150O8 when the game's good. Heading into New Year's Eve I made more in December then I did the rest of the year combined. New Year's Eve I play some shorthanded 100/200 O8 where I'm probably outclassed in but stevebets is playing in. Stevebets is abysmal @ O8and I was taking pretty reckless shots. I bust my FTP unable to handle the swings and end December making nearly as much as I did the rest of the year combined.
Conclusions for 07? I've become a much better player since the UIGEA has made games much tougher but I still only made as much as I did the year before when I only played 10 hours a week. However the last few months taught me several things. I finally ran worse then I ever thought was possible and that caused me to be the most flirtacious with being broke I've ever been. That caused me to start focusing on improving my game a lot more rather then merely improving as people around me improved as well. I also learned the importance of game selection which is HUGE. All is well that ends well.
January: I start off the year basically rolled for 2/4 and I'm playing on a bunch of smaller sites propping still but doing well without the extra pay. Eventually I move over to another site and start playing there. My bankroll management has been shaky at best. While I'm not putting myself in a position to go broke again I am taking a lot of shots well above what I'm rolled for. This new site has 200bb buy-ins instead of 100. So @ 2/4NL the max buy-in is 800. This caters to my strength especially against considerably weaker competition. I'm taking shots @ the 5/10nl game and I'm killing it. My edge is so huge I can't believe we're playing for this kind of money since the game is so soft. The only problem is any sort of downswing and I'll have to quit playing in the game.
On the 17th I plat what at that point was the biggest pot I've ever played. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1955429 Yes, I played a pot where I put in over 400bbs OOP with TPTK. I got sucked out on. I made a call afterwards to make plans to go to dinner because I felt I should probably get out of the house before I went on mega-tilt. I stayed on an even keel however and before the hour was up where I had to leave for dinner I managed to bust the villian (should be noted the site has the old Stars rebuy trick so you can get deepstacked in a hurry). I was very pleased with myself for the fact I was comfortable putting in that kind of money with a marginal hand because I trusted my read and more importantly that I didn't tilt and booked a big win. I build my roll to nearly the point where I'm almost rolled to play 5/10nl all the time (granted not that deep) and am still playing a lot of 1/2nl & 2/4nl so I'm not being too horrible with my roll.
Currently: Been playing a lot of 5/10nl on Stars and to a less extent Full Tilt as the 5/10 has been drying up on the smaller sites I'm on. I'm now fully rolled for 5/10nl though I still play lower occassionally and have been taking shots as high as 25/50nl if the games are really good. I also recently started playing the 500-2k HU HORSE SnGs when I don't feel like grinding just to relax and enjoy myself (gambling problem). I'm surprised at how soft the competition is and definitely have a decent edge and suspect and I can afford to keep playing them despite inevitable large swings since I don't play them on a normal basis and am keeping with a lot of other games. I have actually moved away from 6max and have been playing more HU & FR games though I play a decent amount of 6max still. I have also been playing the other games more then I suspect I need to cut down on my shot taking because eventually it will put a big hurt on me since I'm grinding less and taking more shots. I'm staying away from shorthanded games outside of NLHE for a little while and am going to work on improving my split games @ 30/60 since I'm playing break-even in the 75 O8 game and playing horrible in the 100 Stud8 game. Also no more PLO above 2/4 until I make more of an effort to study it & no more 25/50NLHE shots. Basically, I'm being a bit degenerate but playing really well 98% of the time and have been running pretty well too. I'm rolled for the mid-stakes games now and have cash in pocket so hopefully I'll only keep doing better and start blogging more if anyone actually reads it. On a personal note come April I hope to have improved enough and made enough money that I can go regain a life outside of grinding my ass off.
:Leaveacomment
I think it's been about six months since I've posted so here's an update.
October: I have the worst run I'd ever had I ran near 6ptbbs/100 under my all-in equity for over 100k hands. I then tilted massive. I attempted to move down to .5/1 but decided my winrate would be more then twice as high @ 1/2 since I knew the players and how the game played. I went broke.
November: I start off the month broke. By the time my birthday rolled around I had nothing left in my online accounts and spent most of the money in my pocket on top shelf booze for my 21st birthday. Stolichnaya Elit, Dom Perignon, Johnny Walker Blue Label are served to my guests even when I'm broke. If nothing else I'm always a damn good host. The day after my birthday I fly out and move across country to St. Petersburg, FL. I'm waiting on 4k in rakeback to hit my account so I can start playing again.
December: I've got a few bucks now from grinding/propping on smaller sites in late November. I'm doing well getting fat rakeback and playing against softer competition. I fly back to Michigan for the holidays and am doing well enough to cover gifts for everyone & host a nice dinner that my boy cooked that his folks let us host @ their place. I take a couple shots out of my roll @ 5/10NL but do wel @ 75/150O8 when the game's good. Heading into New Year's Eve I made more in December then I did the rest of the year combined. New Year's Eve I play some shorthanded 100/200 O8 where I'm probably outclassed in but stevebets is playing in. Stevebets is abysmal @ O8and I was taking pretty reckless shots. I bust my FTP unable to handle the swings and end December making nearly as much as I did the rest of the year combined.
Conclusions for 07? I've become a much better player since the UIGEA has made games much tougher but I still only made as much as I did the year before when I only played 10 hours a week. However the last few months taught me several things. I finally ran worse then I ever thought was possible and that caused me to be the most flirtacious with being broke I've ever been. That caused me to start focusing on improving my game a lot more rather then merely improving as people around me improved as well. I also learned the importance of game selection which is HUGE. All is well that ends well.
January: I start off the year basically rolled for 2/4 and I'm playing on a bunch of smaller sites propping still but doing well without the extra pay. Eventually I move over to another site and start playing there. My bankroll management has been shaky at best. While I'm not putting myself in a position to go broke again I am taking a lot of shots well above what I'm rolled for. This new site has 200bb buy-ins instead of 100. So @ 2/4NL the max buy-in is 800. This caters to my strength especially against considerably weaker competition. I'm taking shots @ the 5/10nl game and I'm killing it. My edge is so huge I can't believe we're playing for this kind of money since the game is so soft. The only problem is any sort of downswing and I'll have to quit playing in the game.
On the 17th I plat what at that point was the biggest pot I've ever played. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1955429 Yes, I played a pot where I put in over 400bbs OOP with TPTK. I got sucked out on. I made a call afterwards to make plans to go to dinner because I felt I should probably get out of the house before I went on mega-tilt. I stayed on an even keel however and before the hour was up where I had to leave for dinner I managed to bust the villian (should be noted the site has the old Stars rebuy trick so you can get deepstacked in a hurry). I was very pleased with myself for the fact I was comfortable putting in that kind of money with a marginal hand because I trusted my read and more importantly that I didn't tilt and booked a big win. I build my roll to nearly the point where I'm almost rolled to play 5/10nl all the time (granted not that deep) and am still playing a lot of 1/2nl & 2/4nl so I'm not being too horrible with my roll.
Currently: Been playing a lot of 5/10nl on Stars and to a less extent Full Tilt as the 5/10 has been drying up on the smaller sites I'm on. I'm now fully rolled for 5/10nl though I still play lower occassionally and have been taking shots as high as 25/50nl if the games are really good. I also recently started playing the 500-2k HU HORSE SnGs when I don't feel like grinding just to relax and enjoy myself (gambling problem). I'm surprised at how soft the competition is and definitely have a decent edge and suspect and I can afford to keep playing them despite inevitable large swings since I don't play them on a normal basis and am keeping with a lot of other games. I have actually moved away from 6max and have been playing more HU & FR games though I play a decent amount of 6max still. I have also been playing the other games more then I suspect I need to cut down on my shot taking because eventually it will put a big hurt on me since I'm grinding less and taking more shots. I'm staying away from shorthanded games outside of NLHE for a little while and am going to work on improving my split games @ 30/60 since I'm playing break-even in the 75 O8 game and playing horrible in the 100 Stud8 game. Also no more PLO above 2/4 until I make more of an effort to study it & no more 25/50NLHE shots. Basically, I'm being a bit degenerate but playing really well 98% of the time and have been running pretty well too. I'm rolled for the mid-stakes games now and have cash in pocket so hopefully I'll only keep doing better and start blogging more if anyone actually reads it. On a personal note come April I hope to have improved enough and made enough money that I can go regain a life outside of grinding my ass off.
:Leaveacomment
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
So I'm up 30k this month...
then I decide to play 50-100 on FTP on full blown life tilt!
Guess how much I'm up now!
3up3down: "You're so stupid, you put me on tilt. Think about that. You realize you tilt off 100k a year right? I hate you."
So much for him being supportive...
Guess how much I'm up now!
3up3down: "You're so stupid, you put me on tilt. Think about that. You realize you tilt off 100k a year right? I hate you."
So much for him being supportive...
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Turning +$1600 into -$600.
Ship it please. I don't even know how that happened. The players are so so bad, it's ridiculous. I gave 3up some $ and has been playing on merge a bit and had this to say: "They're so bad I play 100% of my hands. How have I not hit a flop yet?" or something really close to that. I giggled. It's true.
Yeah, so it's a small, boring, post but it's a start right?
Yeah, so it's a small, boring, post but it's a start right?
Sunday, January 27, 2008
LOL @ you if you are reading this.
So it's been an eternity since I've written anything here and I know I've been promising to some of you that we'd start this blog up again but the truth is none of us have had the motivation nor the time. I've actually been out of the country for the last 3 weeks (no, the feds aren't after me) and have just returned a few days ago. I would have been back the 29th but some moderately serious problems forced me back earlier.
As for poker, I don't even remember what happened in December nor do I care to. That probably means I won or broke even or didn't play much. Probably a combination of 1 & 3. I tried logging some hands yesterday...was up a quick 2k and then managed to lose it all back to finish at -$150 or something close to that. I am extremmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeely rusty. I don't even understand what I am doing. I'm not reading boards well or thinking about hands my opponents can have or why I'm making a certain action. Part of it is because I'm rusty and part of it is because my mind is somewhere else right now. I want to play but I don't think I should. Actually, I probably should play 1-2 for a while to get the rust off and maybe get my head away from personal life problems cause the 1-2 and 2-4 games have been exceptionally good but I'm afraid I'll just jump into 5-10+ if I see them going with fish/semi fish/anyone else I have even a tiny edge over.
It sucks that I'm in this mental state cause 3up and I found some site that has regular 5-10 and higher with complete morons. I think he's already won more $$$ there this year than he did in the last 3 months of 07 combined. Sigh.
Sucks that this post isn't very amusing, I actually have really funny stories about getting into arguments with non English speaking people in other countries and all doing all sorts of idiotic antics in foreign hotels and how much the service everywhere sucked (oh god, did the service suck!) but I'm not in a great mental state right now and I just don't care to write them up.
J
As for poker, I don't even remember what happened in December nor do I care to. That probably means I won or broke even or didn't play much. Probably a combination of 1 & 3. I tried logging some hands yesterday...was up a quick 2k and then managed to lose it all back to finish at -$150 or something close to that. I am extremmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeely rusty. I don't even understand what I am doing. I'm not reading boards well or thinking about hands my opponents can have or why I'm making a certain action. Part of it is because I'm rusty and part of it is because my mind is somewhere else right now. I want to play but I don't think I should. Actually, I probably should play 1-2 for a while to get the rust off and maybe get my head away from personal life problems cause the 1-2 and 2-4 games have been exceptionally good but I'm afraid I'll just jump into 5-10+ if I see them going with fish/semi fish/anyone else I have even a tiny edge over.
It sucks that I'm in this mental state cause 3up and I found some site that has regular 5-10 and higher with complete morons. I think he's already won more $$$ there this year than he did in the last 3 months of 07 combined. Sigh.
Sucks that this post isn't very amusing, I actually have really funny stories about getting into arguments with non English speaking people in other countries and all doing all sorts of idiotic antics in foreign hotels and how much the service everywhere sucked (oh god, did the service suck!) but I'm not in a great mental state right now and I just don't care to write them up.
J
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