Impulse Control, Willpower, Ego

Hmm why didn't I make any money today
oh, right:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($125.55)
Hero (Button) ($109.05)
SB ($134.10)
BB ($86.90)
UTG ($112.35)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q

, 8

2 folds, Hero bets $3, 1 fold, BB calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) 10

, 4

, 2

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB calls $4

Turn: ($14.50) 6

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $14, BB calls $14

River: ($42.50) 5

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $40, BB calls $40

Total pot: $122.50 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had Q

, 8

(flush, Queen high).
BB had K

, 9

(flush, King high).
Outcome: BB won $119.50

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($64.70)
SB ($22.55)
Hero (BB) ($100)
UTG ($110.10)
MP ($150.90)
CO ($100)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K

, J

3 folds, Button bets $3.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.50

Flop: ($7.50) K

, 7

, Q

(2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $6, Hero raises to $18, Button raises to $61.20 (All-In), Hero calls $43.20

Turn: ($129.90) 7

(2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($129.90) 10

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $129.90 | Rake: $3

Results:
Button had K

, 10

(two pair, Kings and tens).
Hero had K

, J

(two pair, Kings and sevens).
Outcome: Button won $126.90

OH GOD THE BREAKEVEN STREAKS
I didn't even run that bad in terms of all ins, but it's like people 3b and 4b me all fucking day Sad

I need more people to ship me stacks imo

After reading jym's operation, I want to have a good operation too! I'm turning it around! From now on, it's going to be inspiring, god damn it!

I can't wait to play poker. I got myself all excited. I said I'd buy Sennheiser HD280 Pro headphones after I grind it out today. I set a time to start at 6 PM and I'm waiting purposely to create suspense. I'll go dick around and exercise while I wait.

If I am excited about it, there's no way I can fail!

lol wut?

standard soulread:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($68.50)
SB ($100)
Hero (BB) ($104.15)
UTG ($103.80)
MP ($151.55)
CO ($48.70)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K

, 10

4 folds, SB bets $4, Hero calls $3

Flop: ($8) Q

, 8

, 4

(2 players)
SB bets $6, Hero raises to $18, SB raises to $96 (All-In), Hero calls $78

Turn: ($200) K

(2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($200) 4

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $200 | Rake: $3

Results:
SB had J

, 9

(one pair, fours).
Hero had K

, 10

(two pair, Kings and fours).
Outcome: Hero won $197

ship the 6 buyin session
it's called a heater because I'm literally sweating!

today I run hotter than the sun
ship the +5 buyin session
it's like every time I had aces someone had AK
that, and lol memorial day feesh

fuck the rake race, I don't need some 100 dollar prize, lol
ok I actually do, but there's no way I can beat 24 table bots that occupy the top 20 spots

U owned me...fair and square. I'll get my revenge though.
Dude...wanna race to 2/4?

*Last edited by daven on Sun, 31 May 2009, 4:03am; edited 1 time in total*

glad I lost the noob hu tournament fast so I could go back to grinding 100NL

I lost w/e amount of value in the noob hu tournament and won $150 in NL100 instead

Nice start of the month, 6 bi downswing
I count it as a downswing because it's two sessions, June 1 and about ten minutes later on June 2

if I run into another set one more goddamn time...

I just came to a realization. People don't hero call me as often as I think they do or as often as they should. Therefore, any considerations like merging my range should be secondary because people at NL100 just don't adjust. I value bet way too thin, which is bleeding chips. There are benefits to value-betting thin, but the times I value-town myself outweigh those benefits. I need to really slow down and put in less bets in general, as semi-bluffs, as value bets, and run less bluffs in some spots and more bluffs in others.

I noticed the 5-way-raised-pot is a good spot to bluff on the turn because we basically can rep hitting a set against 3 other people who are set mining and the PFR who decided not to cbet because he missed
I expect regs to fold pretty strong holdings when I bet in this spot mostly because I used to only bet with a set and get all folds

I just had a pretty gay session where I'd get 3b like every second hand. Well, maybe I should stop treating the 17/15 players as nits, because they do some 3bing as well. I am leaking in the non-showdown pots department because I need to step up my 4bing in response to aggression from other regs. Also, if I call 3bs I should actually raise the flop as a bluff instead of like lol I missed fold. That's pretty terrible.

Then again, that's because I was playing really aggressive earlier and I was misplacing my aggression, and now I played a session like a granny and lost in non-showdown pots.

I played some HU with Marshall at NL100
he was very tough

but flush > two pair in 3b pot
also 5b shovaments (got all folds)

at least now I am not running bad!

4b/folding too much is a sick sick leak
I just noticed that when you push regs around at NL100 they will start to 4b you small, but when they call a shove they have JJ+,AK anyway

so if they're 4bing me and planning to fold most of their hands, my shove has a very nice price
let's say I have A2o, I 3b their $3.5 open to $10.5
they say "oh you're 3bing IP, I 4b to combat it!" and make it $26
now if I shove I'm putting $89.5 into the pot to win $200
I will win it 25% of the time so I expect $50 return on my investment when I get called
so I'm losing $39.5 every time I attempt my bluff
but they're losing $22.5 every time they attempt their 4b bluff!

but the best hand would be something like 44
I have 35% equity against their range, which means I only lose 19.5 on my bluff! since I gain 26 every time they fold, I can live with getting called 65% of the time!

so make sure to call a 5b shove no less than 60% of the time you 4b (from an opponent who can 5b bluff) which means you should be bluffing 40% or less

no wonder marshall played so bad, he said he was drunk, lol

I'm running hot and cold atm with my 4-bet bluffs. Last month I think I only got shoved on about 10% of the time, so it was insanely profitable. This month it seems like I'm getting shoved on over 50% of the time. I just cant believe they're 5bet bluffing though, I think its bad timing.

Well I need to get this off my chest. It pisses me off the way Marshall is treating me. First we argue about 4b spots and he says calling a 4b with JTs is "slowplaying" JTs preflop, even if his 4b is a minraise. This obviously contradicts the generally-accepted definition of slow-playing. Then he gets all excited and challenges me to HU. Then he plays bad and says I run hot. Then later he claims he was drunk. That's the most tilting experience I've ever had with an FTR member. I much prefer jinxx just swearing at me and calling me bad in FTR IRC. But thinking it over, it would be kind of immature for me to avoid Marshall if I want to reply to a thread and whatnot. I'm not going to stir shit up either.

That type of stuff is even better live, leaving would be -EV for their ego, so they sit there and try to play dick swords with you.

I should add one more thing to the operation title: emotional control. The power of positive thinking is amazing. The way I psyche myself for a session is imagining that I'm going to be up five buyins. I am already planning on moving up to 1/2. I don't even know my BR, I'll check later after I win a few grand to take a shot.

BTW my desktop background says:
FOCUS
DO YOUR WORK. DON'T BE STUPID.
EMOTIONAL CONTROL WILL DESTROY
TALENT ANYDAY.

I got it by reading these threads on 2p2:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54/poker-beats-brags-variance/destroyed-3-6-time-move-up-graph-286574/
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54/poker-beats-brags-variance/100k-hands-w-ahud-338578/

highly recommended inspiration readan

nice links. And nice work on prep for 1-2. Keep on keeping on. I'm about to move to 100nl 6-max (separate roll), it's fun.
As for discipline. Yep, i think that's about what it takes once you have some basics down. I need to get it back, i started by taking a weekend off poker.

I 1-up'd IOPQ.

I am writing this as I have no connection to the Internet. While I lost some money due to losing my connection, it's partly my fault. I knew that my ISP was doing maintenance yesterday and earlier today. Of course, I would have no way of knowing that I would lose my connection again. I'm not sure if deciding to play was EV+ in a vacuum, but it was emotional control+ because I suddenly decided to start up FTP to improve my willpower. That said, I'll get cable in order to have faster interwebs. I am not angry, since I lost money in the past and I can't fix that anymore. However, I'm mildly annoyed that I still don't have a connection. I read that detaching yourself from your emotions through writing about them actually makes you feel better. So while I'm writing this for myself, I do hope to post this when my Internet goes back up just to post something in my operation.
P.S. God damn it, dev, you win again.

Motivation

Italian sports car:

http://www.nikihasler.ch/events/gt/x1maserati_gt_wallpaper_1600x1200_03.jpg

Happy grinding

So I went back in and got back my buyins back. My volume this month was total ass, though. 8K hands in 20 days? Jesbus. I blame my ISP for not being able to play for half a week, but I'll have to make a realistic goal of 11K hands in the last days of this month. So basically a thousand more hands today, and an average of 1K hands per day.

I'd say lets prop bet, but you're not exactly setting your goals high Razz

Anyway... gogogogogo!

it felt like I played a shitton of hands today, but I'm only up to 9K
I blame HEM for not showing my HUD on stars due to which I played only 4 tables. I'll have to fix that. I'm up to 9K hands.

Another short-term goal: if I manage to exercise proper emotional control in the next few sessions like I did today, I will buy myself a tablet and surf the internets with it. Also, I'll draw shite on my computer and it will be awesome.

I'll be going to Vegas soon. Anyone know which casinos are the best?

Venetian. A lot of action there, sick poker room, and the players suck. Plus...the casino itself is plain gorgeous.

You saw Eden of the East? You might like it, but its short.

found the quote in Jack's Bar:

Honestly, I think I lost a lot of money today, something like 2-4 BIs but I don't care and I'm not going to check. In fact, I'm going to buy myself a tablet for not tilting. I caught myself wanting to just shovel on people, a subtle form of tilt I sometimes have. But I think I stopped myself before I made any errors I wouldn't have made otherwise. So it's not like I played well, but I didn't play any WORSE than I NORMALLY do Wink

I said I was going to play a certain amount of time and I did it so I'm rewarding myself by buying a tablet for drawing and interweb browsan

So today I found the willpower to play for an hour. It gets easier when you start rewarding yourself for exercising emotional control rather than worrying about the particulars of your performance. I am going to try to either do something today, failing that I'll try to clear the Bonus on stars this month.

Missed the gold freeroll AND the PPA freeroll, but fuck it. I won more today than my EV at those shits.

I noticed I no longer want to watch training videos. This is because I actually spend every day playing. It's not like I play a lot, I still have a lot to work on in that department, it's just that I finally have the willpower to sit down and play every day. Maybe it's just an hour a day, but it's still something. I will still get 3 weeks of cardrunners next month anyway, so I won't do something stupid like grind out 1200 points for the full month. Instead, I'll take tomorrow off and relax. Play some games. Then I'll take day Tuesday off too and go to the Go club and play more games Wink

then July 1st I can grind out whatever amount I feel like.

I played some HU vs. a nit for funs and profits (lol @ calling 3bs and folding the flop 60% of the time)
then we got it in 2 purr vs. AA and he sucked 200BB deep
... ended up even

Ship the red line:

some of it heads up, most 6m
total for RB should probably be close to $250 if you include the fact that I cleared part of a Bonus on stars

ship the first day, 4bis, played like 4 hours five-tabling
so I told myself I need to put in 75 hours this month
10 hours at NL100 and hopefully 65 hours at 1/2 if everything goes well

4/75 hours complete!
if everything goes as scheduled I will make as much as my friend who works as a software developer so I can brag about how I'm more awesomer than him

congrats, nice graph...
Question on the non-showdown winnings...

I dont play too much so I have 10K hands over the last few months, my nonShow winnings were about even for the first 5K which I was happy about. Now over the last 5K its dropped well below zero ( $21 at 2nl, 5nl), pretty normal over the sample size or something to worry about?

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