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+4 BIs last night.

current heater stats: 10.3k hands 8ptbb/100. table selection ftw?

siiiiick stuff man, congrats!

So my 5 y.o. laptop, which has been my baby though out my 3-year poker adventure, finely died. I think it's the motherboard that finally crapped out. I had purchased a new laptop about a month ago, as it became clear the old one was on it's last legs... but I hadn't totally converted to the new one yet, so i didn't play at all over the weekend. I nearly have everything worked out I think (starsplanner was fucking things up), but the screen res on the new one is not as good so there are some adjustments still to be made.

In playing news... the heater continues... the Bonus from 'nova is rolling in now as well, I just didn't have $3000 in receipts from the last month lying around to get all the monies at once. (go figure). I've cashed about $1k so far, and I have $2116 in feeps to cash still (and as a supernova, goddamn do they go up fast).

I made a pretty extensive post about concierge service in the OPR forum with all the details that I wanted to know but couldn't find posted anywhere. Check it out if you'd like: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/pokerstars-concierge-service-q-a-t76539.html

The roll is sufficient enough (esp. with the oncoming Bonus, though I'm trying not to count that at this time) that I'm adequately rolled for 200nl. Seeing as I attribute this latest meteoric rise on hot cards all over the place, and I'm actively aware of a couple of sizable holes in my game (not to mention being aware of the fact that I'm likely unaware of dozens of other holes); I'm more than a bit concerned about moving up in stakes. But after a bit of a chat w/ AndyAKB and others, I decided to set a 5 buyin stop loss and take a shot. So, I did manage a 200nl sesh last night, the first ever for me really, and won a couple of buyins, but also made a couple of donkish plays.

I don't plan to change a single thing about my game going to 200nl... and if I sense that I am playing differently, I'll move back down. I'm going to watch some videos and work on improving my blind play this month. I hope to get in 20k hands in October and finish above breakeven at 200nl. GL me.

BR: $7.3k, (+133k feeps)

congrats on moving up kingnat
keep up the great work

*Last edited by kingnat on Wed, 01 Oct 2008, 10:11pm; edited 1 time in total*

Nice graph. Keep it up.

Also, you idea for Stacks' operation title = hilarious.

So a little funny side story about poker.... notching my 2nd session of 200nl last night, i had a brief chance to sit and chat with Setzy. I've been a huge fan of
Setzy's blog since it's inception... and first posted there 2 years ago next month. Although he had already climbed the mountain once, he and I had kind of started over with mini-rolls on stars, and there were times (see near the top of page 2) that I was actually ahead of where he was... BR-wise.

Kinda funny that at the time we were jawing about whether playing 8-tables of 100nl on a 2k BR was a good idea since it was hard to track all the action. Rolling Eyes

Any way... i remember playing some 100nl in 2006 over Thanksgiving where Setzy and I had been discussing our dissatisfaction with our current inability to win uber monies... I remember it so distinctly I think, because shortly thereafter, he went WAY up, and I went WAY down. But last night sitting with Setzy, it was a bit... "wow, i actually made it".. and which was quickly replaced by "OMFG, i'm so out-classed here, I need to run back to micros!!!" I hope I can get over that soon.

Being an 8ptbb/100 over my meaninglessly small 3.5k sample size, is giving me a bit of a pillow to cry in at night!

BR ~$8k

NH sir continue to play g00t =D

Well that was fun... I shipped in $500 in receipts last week. For an all-time high BR of 8.5k. I put in a rather epic 5.2k session of 20 tabling 200nl on Thursday I think.. where I was down 6 buyins.. before ceasing to play like total dogshit, and finished down only 2.25 buyins. Then on Friday night, the wheels came off.

I got raped in 3 pots.. then was playing suboptimally... totally donking off at least one stack.. and losing several others... for the rest of the sesh, and managed to drop nearly $1.2k in around 1k hands. This time I was ONLY 8-tabling per an agreement with Andy and others to help me improve. I was down to around $6800, and feeling totally blindsided. I think that I could squeeze out a meagar but acceptable w/r at 200nl, so...

So I've dropped back to MTing 100nl.. played a couple of small sessions and floating back up to $7250 or so. I'm going to try to play less often during the week for the rest of the fall. It's a bit of a bummer that just when I feel like I've really nailed down some very fundamental aspects of the game, I need to take time off, but real life is getting in the way. I have a lot of important events this fall that need attention. I need to limit my time to one session per week (hopefully ~4k hands in that sesh). In the past this has created problems because I tend to put a LOT of pressure on myself during that time. If I'm not feeling well or not playing well, it's really hard to stop. I really need to work at being relaxed and comfortable before beginning each session.

gl all

Gl to you sir.

Things go a bit worse.. I did pull out $650 for my new laptop that I purchased, but I also ran/played bad.. and my BR sits at (*sigh*) $5500... how fucking depressing.

Oh well... just need to build it back up... 2 1/2 months at 20k hands per month... let's do this.

When I saw you at the 200 tables Nat there wasn't anything wrong with your game. I am actually quite a big stickler of nitty Bankroll Management, so I think $5500 is a bit too low to be playing 200NL.

One thing I learned throughout the years has been to quit if things go wrong. I saw in your post that you put in a 5500 hand session when you were down 6 buyins. You shouldn't feel obligated to "get it back". Results are results, and you can't change the past, and you can't change those hands you may have butchered. Just focus on the present, play your best, and succeed.

I have barely played in the last month and a half... tons of RL stuff is keeping me away. Lots of papers/grants to write for job stuff... trying to get a 'real' job for next year. Life pretty much blows. I bought plane tickets to fly home with poker money. When i have played occasionally I've tried 50nl HU, and ~8 tables of FR... but only had like 1 real session.

BR: $4600

Basically treading water... still mixing in a FR sesh once per week or so.. some Hu from time to time... have about $1k in fpps waiting to cash... but BR about the same.

BR: $4500 + fpps.

I'm feeling the impending doom of losing my 'Nova status as I don't think i have time to put in necessary hands to keep it going. I guess I'll have it through February. Sunset at 4pm in Maine is the suck.

So i play bad, etc... trying to make too many plays that aren't there... taking time to table select, then trying to make people fold.

Note to FTR: If you want to make people fold... find a pile of nits, if you want to find feesh that call down light... stop trying to bruff them.

Anywho... this blog had a mini-op back in May for hitting 50k hands over a week and a half when the wife and kids left town. Well, mini-mini-op '08 is about to take effect. Wife and kids leaving tonight (weather permitting!)... and I don't leave until Monday. I have tons of other work to do as well, (papers, etc.) but seeing as I have ~16 hours per day to work with... I'm going to set a goal of 20k hands.

I get to play the Saturday Freerolls for once.. and may play the Sunday Million... somethign I've always talked about but have never done (mostly because I have a wide-set vagina).

I withdrew another $500 to by my wife something that sparkles. (I don't typically buy her squat, but after 6+ years of marriage... i figured, wtf.

I shipped reciepts for my feeps finally so I expect that to be shipped today or tomorrow. Leaving me with like 17k fpp atm... and should have that up to another $500 before the end of this m-m-op.

BR ~$4700

im pretty much same roll as yourself, wot games u playing

What does your wife think of this "wide-set vagina" you have?

You need to make more plays in space. You play to win the game. I can't teach you speed, but maybe you can learn it on one of those training websites. You need to be one of those guys that brings his lunchpail to to the poker table every day for lunch. Focus on winning more with suited connectors, unsuited connectors, pairs, suited non-connectors and unsuited non-connectors. Don't worry about any other hands. You can't control what the other hands do.

Smacktard......more like Retard!!! Larf Larf Larf

sowwy

One strike imo ^^^

we're facebook friends!

So new year's is like cool and such.

I think i've earned back some the -EV from above...

Damn, you maniac.
Damn you, maniac.

um... baby jesus loves me more than all of you...

My face is going to hurt when I hit the pavement.

Too bad the naked pics of your wife are worth more than what you owe in sklansky bucks.

.. and so it goes... up like 3.7k since Dec 30th. w00t. Unfortunately my hand count is going to hit a wall as real life wakes up again. I have a plan to stick with 100nl for a good long stretch, and not sweat trying to move up. I'm quite confident that my A game, albeit weak in many places, is good enough to beat 100nl for a decent w/r... perhaps even a good winrate. It's not good enough to beat it for 7.5ptbb/100 long term (<--- w/r over last 25k hands), but i don't need it to be.

I'm aiming to log 30k-ish hands per month, as this should be sufficient to keep 'Nova turned on through June and keeps the sexy rakeback coming in. There should be a half-dozen days throughout the year, where I am able to squeeze in some extra hands, so I'm not 40k vpp from hitting Nova for 09 once my carryover from 08 expires in July.

I also took out 2.5k to fund a trip for my family to some place warm. Pretty nice knowing I can actually use my winnings for the family's entertainment.

My biggest IRL goal is getting more sleep. I typically operate on 4-5 hours for weeks at a time. I realize some may be able to do this.. and believe me I've lived this way for roughly 4 years now. But I think it's bad... i feel very shitty most of the time. I'm more inpatient and unfriendly than I should be. My goal is to actually set a bedtime and do some reading for a bit. Not poker or fiction... more like stuff from work like research papers and such. Exercise will also be included, and I'm considering trying out a bit of yoga to help my back (which goes to pot on a regular basis).

Looking forward to a new year... heh.. this blog has ran for 1 y 4 d... i should've started it when i first joined.

After withdrawl: BR ~$7000

I don't have a lot to report... I've gotten some sleep this week. Though I've been sick so that hasn't helped much. I've cracked 10k vpp for the month, but this is pretty atypical with most of play coming during winter break. I don't expect to have many months where I'm done by the 15th or w/e today is...

I've been pretty breakeven over the last 8k hands.. which is ok I guess... i think i've been playing less than optimal. I got to sweat a friend's HU action for an hour or so.. and really really got me thinking about hands and ranges way more than I have previously.

So while I felt like I was spewing plenty last night, and I got coolered a fuck ton... the incredible thing is I was +$70 on the day, thanks at least in part to being up 1.2 bi's in non-showdown winnings. Now, I probably could've been up on the day had I not contested any pots, and I may have been getting a lot of credit from regs... but it felt like I was actually playing poker... Any way...

GL all

So I've been crushed with work lately... but have had a unique opportunity to listen to some pokher videos on a commute to a off-campus class that I teach. I've mostly been checking out some HU stuff. I'd like to think that I it's possible for me to improve my play. That may sound like a cocky statement, but believe me it is not. I am not a thinking player in general, and have an immense volume of knowledge to learn if I'm ever going to be truly good at poker. But being someone who doesn't have endless hours to grind, chat and study, I don't end up thinking or learning about the game much.

I find the hours that I get to grind part entertainment and part escapism... it allows my brain the opportunity to 'turn off'... not that I don't think while I'm playing (about mundane and basic shit), but I do NOT think about my life's worries and concerns while playing, and that's very relaxing for me.

Anyway... for the past month or so I've tried to pay a bit more attention to table selection, since my un-thinking style requires bad players to profit. I tend to open a lot of new tables and wait for them to fill up. Thus improving my HU play would be a good thing... since lifetime I think i've donated $1k at 50nl hu.. which is plain embarrassing.

So recently I've had success by playing just 1 table and really trying to focus on ranges and player tendencies and it seems to be working better. +8 buyins in the last 1k hands i think... blah blah.. sample etc. The results aren't as important as having a good sense of where I am in many common spots. Reads that weren't coming or were half-crocked while 2-tabling seem to be much clearer at 1 table.

/rant for now...

BR ~$7.5k

So up and down I go... +5 buyin sesh, followed by -8 buyin sesh... I'd like to actually post so HH's in here, on the off chance I could get some feedback about my play. But I also might just put that in the FR forum.. and link it here. I've been meaning to ask about playing medium pairs in the blinds for sometime now.

Bbickes berates (appropriately so) for my atrocious turn bets that look like b/f lines and all too often are b/f lines.. and I've had a horrible time with growing a huge vagina in pots where I have a big hand... and can't size a bet to save my fucking life.

So I only managed to accrue 5 buyins (thanks to an atrocious night of play on the last day of the month) since my 2.5k withdrawl. Meaning I'm taking out $250.. and the new baseline for the BR will be $7250. I ran like baby jesus last night.. and notched a +7 bi sesh, including a 366 bb pot.

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($124.75)
UTG+1 ($101.50)
MP1 ($105.20)
Hero (MP2) ($124.00)
CO ($158.90)
BTN ($89.50)
SB ($130.60)
BB ($25.00)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 8 players) Hero is MP2 Six of Clubs

2 folds, MP1 calls $1, Hero calls $1, CO calls $1, 1 fold, SB raises to $6, 1 fold, MP1 calls $5, Hero calls $5, CO calls $5

Flop: Six of Spades

($25, 4 players)
SB bets $18, MP1 calls $18, Hero calls $18, 1 fold

Turn: Ten of Diamonds

($79, 3 players)
SB goes all-in $106.60, MP1 goes all-in $81.20, Hero goes all-in $100

River: Jack of Spades

($366.80, 3 players)
Hero says "quads good?"

Final Pot: $360.20
SB shows: Ace of Clubs

MP1 shows: Seven of Spades

Hero shows: Six of Clubs

SB wins $6.60 ( lost -$124 )
Hero wins $357.20 ( won +$233.20 )
CO lost -$6
MP1 lost -$105.20

After the hand: SB says "should've known when both of you called"

no shit.

BR ~8k

Um... February has been a very off month.. job interview in NoDaK, plus a lot of IRL making things challenging to get in play. I think I'm ok with that overall.. i had been playing a LOT more than I really can afford time wise, so i just need to be comfortable with at the tables.

Typically when I'm getting in fewer hands I tend to overplay everything when I'm in play, and that usually doesn't work for shit... Case in point over my last two sessions i'm down about 10 bi's. I need to just chill out and move away from 24-tabling back to a more manageable 16-18 or so. I don't know if I actually play THAT much worse when 24-tabling, but I def don't have adequate time to make decisions AND table select during the session as much as I'd like.

Perhaps putting on some type of 15-minute timer that is a "OK.. dump the shitty tables and lets find some feesh"-like signal.

I think my roll is around $7.5k.. it looks inflated due to the $1k reload that I was able to nab in 2 parts.. after depositing the first half and having bickes tell me to email about picking up the 2nd half.. SHIP!.. Also have a sizable load in feeps... and about $1.2k in airfare receipts from recent trips that should work nicely.. and help the roll in this self-induced recession

I pity u sir. U are dragging ur hot wife to shitty Fargo. FARGO FFS.

Who wins game1 and leaves before game2 especially when there's easy $$$? What's it like being Troy's biotch? Jokes son. When are you departing to Fargo?
peace,
Matt

Day trip #1
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/03/03/day.trips.travel/index.html

GL HUing. Don't let the thinking hurt you.

First outstanding session in a month. Should've stopped at +8 buyins, but had the chance to play a complete fish HU... but didn't close done a dozen or more FR tables.. and ended only +5.5 bi's. Still booking a big win is nice for change.

<3 irc.

So I continue to play b/e for the most part... and overall far less hands. I've been thinking a lot lately and I'm going to be taking April off from playing poker 100%. I think I've allowed most of my life to slip into a pile of shit. I don't exercise, I don't sleep well, I drink too much, I don't get enough work done... etc. This needs to change. I've tried (unsuccessfully) to monitor how much I play... but I basically want to play all the time. I don't know if I'm 'addicted' but i definitely have a compulsion to play and that's negatively impacting my life in other ways.

I'm going to finish up my 10k veeps this month, then taking off next month will be my "one failed month at keeping supernova" which means that so long as I don't miss any other months will be fine to keep it if I want to continue messing around with it.

I continually wonder if it would be far better for me to just switch over to FTP... I hate the software there, but due to that, I would almost HAVE to play fewer tables (a good thing), the fixed Rakeback would mean that I wouldn't HAVE to play 30 hours per week to keep 'nova up and going... cuz i wouldn't have to worry about that at all... meh... i hate making emo posts, but I needed to put this out there for myself. I'm off to cut myself now.

if you're not making ~200k vpps a year at stars then the fixed 27% RB at Full Tilt is a better value. Plus with their iron man program and FTP's i will make right about 32% RB there this year.

If poker is negatively impacting your life then definitely force yourself to take a break and smell the roses.

LOL, first switching from Coffee to Tea, now from Stars to FullTilt. Jeez, you really are turning into a woman.

Very Happy

luv ya man!

So... as I mentioned previously I need to get life back to some balance. I'm going to take off the month of April, and starting in May I'll be playing primarily at FTP. I'm going to switch from 20-tabling FR to 4-tabling 6m and 1-/2-tabling HU... I'll start out a bit over-rolled... ($3k for 50nl - perfectly fine for 6m but maybe light for HU). I need to know that I can actually play those games successfully, before I jump up to higher stakes.

This means my family gets an influx of roughly $5k from my current bankroll, so we get to have some fun money for the spring (including a ballin' new gas grill!!, new bikes, new brewing equipment, etc.). We don't really have any debt, so this money is going to be my reward for all the time i've put into poker. Thanks FTR!

I will have one last harrah tonight... going to 14ish-table some full rink. I'm also looking to move $3k from Stars to FTP, if anyone here needs to flip some money, just ship a PM. Thanks.

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