Jack's Bar

16 for girls
24 for men

no ID necessary. the bartender always knows your age.

I'd like a mind eraser barkeep, with a crazy straw if you've got one Cool

Here you go!

no really crazy straw though, I have no idea where I put those Wink

Direction for FEB: Gold.
Tentative Direction for MAR, APR, MAY, JUN: At least Gold, shoot for Platinum.
Milestone for JUN: Get me one of those HDX18t's, FPP iPod, and a 1K herman miller chair (goddamn, these things are pricey)

That's pretty much it. And get out of cheeseburger stakes if at all possible, stop being such a goddamn nit.
Fuck monetary goals though, so gg.

Pravda please!

So, I'm about 100K hands in, and my numbers look ok.
Save connectors:

Play more of them. But with the shallow stacks within SNGs, playing connectors is kind of like hemorrhaging chips in the long run. Maybe in big-buyin 200BB starting stack tournaments,THEN I'm playing more connectors, but for now, I'm happy with my game the way it is.

Maybe openraising more offsuit connectors and specific cbetting will do the trick? Or better yet; no coldcalling with suited connectors ever if its more than 5% of my stack.

On to the next 100K!

Its valentine's day, the reason for marketing imo. Be sure you get some today though.
Let me hit some X.O., courtesy of my buddy XTR

Some simple calculations.

To hit Nova, I have to get 10K VPPs in a month, on average, for 10 months. Then I am nova for at least until Feb. '10.

For every single 15+ 1 or 10+1 I play, I get the equivalent of 5 VPPs. So, in a month, I need to play 2K SNGs and maintain this pace to get Nova.

This translates to 80 in a day (25 day month), which 6-tabling translates to a little over 13 per table. at .5 hours average each, I have to grind about 7 hours each day.

This is why I have to increase my amount of played tables. But currently I need some hardware upgrades to do that.

If I double the amount of tables I play, and I think I could do this easily, it would take me a little less than 4 hours a day grinding. Of course, I have to assume I can maintain the same level of play 12-tabling that I can 6-tabling, but this would be no real problem except when headsup, but I tilt like a monkey if my computer slows down, so maybe the times I failed HU while 8-tabling were all hardware related and not my entire fault.

This is my eventual goal so for now, I will withdraw 1.9K to get me a fucking new laptop.

But, at a higher buyin, I may need a larger padding to withstand the swings, so I am shooting for 200BI minimum again. I currently have a little over 2K in my poker account, which means for now the goal should be:

1.9K + (200*16) = 5.1K, rounded up = 5.5K.

if I keep having days like this, it will not take long Wink

Edit: make that 6K, so I buy a good pair of fucking noise isolation headphones.

I can't find afterlife anywhere...

Balvenie 21yr, straight, if you have it.

Av time for a turbo is 45-50 minutes and twice that for 10+1.

Hence you're gonna have to put a lot more hours per day than you wanted

here you go!

Most of your games end in the 100/200/25 level? Nearly all mine get to 200/400 and most to the level after.

Oh and could I have a Ben Nevis 10 straight pls

Most of your games end in the 100/200/25 level? Nearly all mine get to 200/400 and most to the level after.

that was the strangest double post ever.

I think there is a miscommunication here.

Jack's numbers probably reflect the fact that you don't get to the end of every tournament that you play. So while the tourney may last 45 minutes, an aggressive player will average about half an hour per entry.

A ben nevis 10 yr in vintage bottle, coming up!

I too think its a miscommunication error here. 40-45 minutes is indicative of a SNG you are at least HU in if its a turbo, and probably 6-handed if you are playing a normal one.

I just looked at my numbers again, and on average it takes me 33 minutes per turbo.

Yes forgot about busting (oops).

Thanks for the whisky. A real classic highlander with a long chocolaty finish!

I was talking about albums. *sob*

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $15+$1 Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO (t1515)
Button (t1445)
SB (t1390)
BB (t1860)
UTG (t2770)
UTG+1 (t1515)
Jizzy Sawya (MP1) (t1545)
MP2 (t1365)
MP3 (t95)

Jizzy Sawya's M: 34.33

Preflop: Jizzy Sawya is MP1 with

,

2 folds, Jizzy Sawya raises to t90, 4 folds, SB calls t75, 1 fold

Flop: (t210)

,

(2 players)
SB bets t30, Jizzy Sawya raises to t260, SB calls t230

Turn: (t730)

(2 players)
SB bets t90, Jizzy Sawya raises to t480, SB calls t390

River: (t1690)

(2 players)
SB bets t560 (All-In), Jizzy Sawya folds

Total pot: t1690

Results:
SB didn't show
Outcome: SB won t1690

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The SCOOP is nearly here. This means I have under a month to figure out how to play some MTT pokah properly.

Nice.

Oh, and as for FEB Gold, I'm halfway there, so obviously I won't make it. I will abstain from making further volume goals until I procure better hardware.

hmmm

seems like I have to realize that whenever I have the villain drawing to 2 outs, I'm the actual underdog

wtf

edit: this is an example of how I'm running lately.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $15+$1 Tournament, 50/100 Blinds (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button (t1230)
SB (t3645)
Hero (BB) (t1350)
UTG (t2680)
MP1 (t1445)
MP2 (t1780)
CO (t1370)

Hero's M: 9.00

Preflop: Hero is BB with

,

3 folds, CO bets t300, 2 folds, Hero raises to t1350 (All-In), CO calls t1050

Flop: (t2750)

,

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2750)

(2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2750)

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2750

Villain shows King of Clubs

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $15+$1 Tournament, 200/400 Blinds 25 Ante (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) (t5965)
Button (t7535)

Hero's M: 9.18

Preflop: Hero is SB with

,

Button bets t7510 (All-In), Hero calls t5540 (All-In)

Flop: (t11930)

,

(2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t11930)

(2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t11930)

(2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t11930

Results:
Button had Q

, 9

(straight, nine high).
Hero had Q

, Q

(one pair, Queens).
Outcome: Button won t11930

The sad part is that there is nothing one can do about it. I had 2.8K in my stars account last friday, right now I have a little less than 2.1K.

I step in, its to drop a buyin. This shit is really getting to my nerves. Its kind of a helpless feeling, like watching the headlights approaching but you cannot move out of the way. I do not even want to see a showdown anymore. If people need any of 3 cards to win the pot, seemingly one of them has to arrive at least on the turn but mostly on the river every fucking time. Its truly amazing.

Beats can happen. Beats should happen. 10 to 1 means just that, ten to fucking one. Not 250 consecutive times, back to back to back to back to ...

aaah, fuck this shit. Since I can't rely on showdowns at all, I am going to do everything in my power to avoid them altogether.

I was looking for direction. In short, I think I found it.

I'm sorry I'm vague and mysterious, but that is all for now.

C'mon Jack you're going to start getting the results you statistically deserve soon just whatever you do don't let it effect your game! Didn't get to a 2.8k BR without doing the right thing - just keep doing it. Go jack go!

Tnx dude, I'm starting to realize more and more that perseverance is a virtue.

You need strength and willpower to persevere and have a shot at achieving your goals, whatever these may be.

Some inspiration:

Wow nh sir, must be nice to have those 5 stars looking back at you when you're sat a table. Yeah I think that'd do the inspiration trick for me too heh Smile

LOL no, that is just inspiration. In perfect avatar format, I'm just not sure if its appropriate to make it my avatar.

I'm just a lowly silverstar for now, hopefully this will change in the near future Wink

haha oh nice, tricky mr jack sawyer... I must say stars is the most tedius place to grind points that at the micros that I've come across, everywhere else the points seem to increase at like 4 times the speed!

Good luck dealing with the downswing. I hope it turns for you soon.

Tnx dude, appreciate it.

Running bad always goes hand in hand with playing bad. The difference will be subtle, and unnoticeable to any but the most observant of players.

Its the little things that count, and a lot of the little things can become massive when snowballed together, all the while you are sitting there thinking that the planets are aligned against you. In fact they are aligned against you too, since the rate with which 9:1's will lose will seem dauting, specially if it happens multiple times in a row.

For now, 7K seems to be a nice figure to get to while grinding. I will consider that the minimum roll required to play in the $22's and the $33 MTTs.

The key thing about poker is that you have to find a way to maximize your potential returns in as little time on the table as possible.

I have to go out now, I'll finish this post some other time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHZEyI8EY9I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh6lGI1bOkw

so yeah, its all about maximizing effectiveness. sounds simple, and it is, but this is what all of us struggle the most with.

the key thing is how do you go about maximizing effectiveness?
is there some sort of magic pill you can take and be "maximally effective"? books? more importantly, can someone drill it into you?

ninja bump

wtf where are u Jack?

Yeah, just when life's driving me to drink again there's no Jack's Bar at FTR...

Thanks for drpping by guys.

Nah, the bar is closed down until further notice. Since I installed Windows 7 (probably 29 feb, judging by the date on my Vista backup), I have not grinded seriously.

Like all good Hollywood movies, my bar will be back eventually. I just have to deal with a few things first, while enjoying my newfound perspectives on a variety of issues.

Hope the bar opens soon. The wife and kids are out of town 'til Friday, so I have time to tie one on. Hell, I might get crazy and try a couple of tequila shots.

All the best, Jack.

Thanks. I will leave this tidbit;

Antonius:

"No one has ever taught me a single thing about poker. I have never read a book of poker, not a single page. I never got a lesson from anyone. So its very good way to figure out yourself how to play, cuz then you have to use your own ... imagination and think all the situations through and what would be the best options and you'd have to learn from your mistakes ... when you do mistakes you try to remember those to not make the same mistakes again.
Basically, I enjoy playing high stakes poker or any kind of poker where I play with people I have played a lot before, cause I have long history with them and I have my piece of mind there."

But his wiki page says he was mentored. Whatever, he's obviously my new hero.

Thanks for dropping by my (still semi-closed) bar!

1) My view of poker and its various sides has changed a lot (A LOOOOT) over the course of years. I'm fairly bad at explaining myself, but I agree with Patrick hence why I quoted him. Its also a bit odd that Ivey, Antonius nor Benjamine have made no books, whereas Hellmuth, Gordon, Sklansky and soo many more make a new book every passing second.

2) Laura Michelle Prestin

o my, just how pissed off are you?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6.00+$0.50 Tournament, 400/800 Blinds 50 Ante (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB (t4840)
Jizzy Sawya (Button) (t8660)

Jizzy Sawya's M: 6.66

Preflop: Jizzy Sawya is Button with

,

Jizzy Sawya bets t2400, SB raises to t4790 (All-In), Jizzy Sawya calls t2390

Flop: (t9680)

,

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t9680)

(2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t9680)

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t9680

Results:
Jizzy Sawya had 4

, 2

(three of a kind, twos).
SB had J

, A

(two pair, Aces and twos).
Outcome: Jizzy Sawya won t9680

Sup Jack.

Heres a tune 4 ya. Wink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cifLehBXQ8w

Nice one.

Here's a mean flute for you!

http://www.imeem.com/aristafan/music/CXLxwcBR/cesar-martinez-ensemble-que-mas/

I just came to the stunning realization that the first computer that I have ever ever ever used or been exposed to in my life was this thing

An original Apple Macintosh. My God.This means that at some point I will have to buy a Mac, just to return to my roots.

Oh, and I've been studying Chinese recently. And Japanese. I'm gonna expand on my polyglot side.

Zàijiàn!

First I ever used was a TI994a.

What could I possibly return to?

I've always wondered Jack, whereabouts in the world do you live?

put some music in here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbY8Tn-LD1U
music makes running bad less painful

Hey jack found a great drink today only had time for one though so any chance you could line me up a couple on ice with pepsi when you re-open?

Italian Disaronno Amaretto, thanks =)

Sure!

here ya go

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