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Posted: Wed, 10 Dec 2008, 12:48pm Post subject: Mid term objectives, Asd Ops 2
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Full House
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I guess today is as good a day as any to start a second thread with updated objectives and hopes 
1st thing i just did is withdraw all my money from Party. Not doing it for me lately (and no Rakeback).
And for the objectives:
1st. move up to 5/10
2nd. get my first 5 figure month (including rb/bonuses)
3rd. log 50k+ hands each month (with RB!)
4th. keep bitching! 
I'll add some more as they come up. In the meantime, I'll post my stats as of today:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/atWJ-_gpnAlKLKPOXW9rAQ
Nothing to brag about there, but it should help me keep track of myself... |
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Posted: Thu, 11 Dec 2008, 12:56am Post subject:
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Full House
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hmm...
Started w a bit of a downswing...
-$350 today. Couldn't hit water if i fell off a boat. My fishy opponents certainly could 
Anyways, i'm not upset since i didnt play terrible or anything, and just stopped playing when i felt microtilt showing its ugly head.
So, things are still looking fine, I'll just keep grinding |
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Posted: Thu, 11 Dec 2008, 1:51am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
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Hrm.. You want to be playing 5/10 LHE soon and you haven't had a $1k+ month including bonuses/rb yet? If you are logging any decent amount of hands, I think you should have hit this landmark at 2/4 or 3/6 long ago if your winrate is even half decent...
Edit- okay your stats page there is working now, my net is just being shitty. Your winrates look good, but I wouldn't recommend trying to jump head first into a 50k hand month if you haven't play that often before. It becomes much harder to keep a good winrate the more you play within a short period of time. |
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Posted: Thu, 11 Dec 2008, 9:41am Post subject:
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Full House
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| KoRnholio wrote: | Hrm.. You want to be playing 5/10 LHE soon and you haven't had a $1k+ month including bonuses/rb yet? If you are logging any decent amount of hands, I think you should have hit this landmark at 2/4 or 3/6 long ago if your winrate is even half decent...
Edit- okay your stats page there is working now, my net is just being shitty. Your winrates look good, but I wouldn't recommend trying to jump head first into a 50k hand month if you haven't play that often before. It becomes much harder to keep a good winrate the more you play within a short period of time. |
yeah, sorry, fixed my own post, meant 5 figures...
I am gettin 4 figures for the past 6+ months
I'm loggin about 30-40k h/month right now, so 50k is not such a big thing.
Take into account the stats shown on the PT3 screenshot are only for PT3 supported sites, and i play other sites too
Anyways, thanks for pointing out the figure mistake! :S |
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Posted: Thu, 11 Dec 2008, 2:16pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
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| Ah okay, that makes much more sense to me Good luck! |
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Posted: Fri, 19 Dec 2008, 2:07pm Post subject:
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Full House
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GRRRRRRRR
all my stats are green except for that 2/4 FR that resists like a mofo!
it just stays there hovering around $-100...
Anyways, logged some more 3/6 and 2/4 6max, nothing of big consequence, just your usual grinding.
I believe for 5/10 I'm not there yet mentally, even though I am rolled for it, so i'll take it easy at these levels at least till February. |
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Posted: Fri, 19 Dec 2008, 4:25pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
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how much of a roll are you running for fr and 6max mixed? and, dont say it here, just pm/email me. i never want anyone knowing how much money we may/may not be carrying online.
i am heading for 2/4, i think. w/o the holiday w/d, i would be shooting at it now. likely i'm there next summer.
lol.....coming to getcha! |
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Posted: Sat, 27 Dec 2008, 8:57pm Post subject:
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Full House
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tried 6tabling FR 2/4 today to kill 3dead hours (is that the right expression? can u kill what's already dead?)
fishy as hell, 3.5/100 over 1.5k hands... niiiice
...running bad, well, not terrible, i mean, my aces only won 25% of the time, but when your hand holds up or u hit a monster... man oh man, do u get paid BIG? oh yeah! |
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Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009, 10:28pm Post subject:
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Full House
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I must be improving at HU...
One of the regs at the prop site just sat out and said he didnt want to play me anymore, cause i'm too good, and he'd rather wait for the fish...
I had been beating him, but i don't think i was totally pawning him.
So this is not to say i'm really good, i'd say i'm decent, but I couldnt agree more with what that dude did...
I sometimes am such a big EGO i'll keep playing and not recognise i'm outmatched. That's a big LEAK for many people. I've been pluggin it lately, with all the table selection and datamining i do, looking for the fish. Still sometimes, its hard to be humble and just leave in defeat.
So, I will say this, this reg is very smart and knows some about poker. He deserves recognition for doing what most people fail to do.
And this is why i say i'm improving at HU, because i am learning the lesson that this dude already knows: If there are fish around, why stay with the sharks? |
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Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009, 10:54pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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agreed. but, all the same, i would love to play you in a half hour small stakes session HU. i know you and i would take nickels as seriously as hundreds...against each other. i say focus on the "regular" game, but keep it in mind as another side challenge.
i have had that leak, too. and, its hard to tell when you are feeding your ego, or just enjoying the severe challenge. either way, it's always better to go in search of fish.
on area i have improved the most right now.... i am ANAL about table selection right now. and, it WAS showing. i will update mine later tonight, hopefully, but, i got absolutely crushed today. i havent had a 40 bb downer in a single session in a loooong time. and, every time i had something solid, they flopped the nuts. i actually had a guy read, correctly, on quads against my boat. but, who can trust that read in a 15 bb+ pot? not me. i read AQ going runner runner to the straight and smashing my AK. i even called it in the chat. saw another four card straight with a ragged 8 hit the river on my friggin set.
just one of those days. i played fine, imo. i just didnt flop well, and when i did, i could tell you EXACTLY what was in his hand. |
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Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009, 6:14am Post subject:
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Full House
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maybe better to play a freezeout with play money, with a side bet, to avoid the rake
playing micro HU is suicide, i only play 2/4+ with 85% Rakeback
anyways... CHALLENGE ACCEPTED |
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Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009, 10:59am Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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| hey, youre the boss. i'll get back to you on when. like i said, i want to get the regular cash game up first. (i kind of have a linear mind....one thing at a time, then the next) |
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Posted: Fri, 09 Jan 2009, 1:20am Post subject:
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Full House
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Posted: Fri, 09 Jan 2009, 10:26am Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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your 1/2 6max rate is sick. and, a 30/22 at that.
i am now suffering from smaller samples and variance, a bit, so i am struggling to get over 2 at my levels. and, i run about 22/17....and am still a bit tight. but, then again, thats only from stars....cake has to be better, i just cant track it.
i may need to update mine in my thread soon. |
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Posted: Fri, 09 Jan 2009, 10:32am Post subject:
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Full House
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| Chopper wrote: | your 1/2 6max rate is sick. and, a 30/22 at that.
i am now suffering from smaller samples and variance, a bit, so i am struggling to get over 2 at my levels. and, i run about 22/17....and am still a bit tight. but, then again, thats only from stars....cake has to be better, i just cant track it.
i may need to update mine in my thread soon. |
yeah, but 2/4 keeps me DOOOOOWN |
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Posted: Tue, 13 Jan 2009, 3:58pm Post subject:
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Full House
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got my feet wet at 5/10 and ran BAAAD
set over set, FH vs quads...
still, i managed to cut my losses grinding it a bit longer
Also played 2/4 and 3/6 where i ran good, wish it was the other way around |
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Posted: Fri, 23 Jan 2009, 7:08am Post subject:
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Full House
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Posted: Sun, 25 Jan 2009, 1:33pm Post subject:
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Full House
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I feel bored now... the challenge is to see how long i can keep up the winrate at Bodog.
This month has been pretty good, but i think i need a holiday, another one. Hard to keep playing when u are unbeatable running good against terrible competition, there is no challenge.
Focus and perseverance, grinding is a job, but how to keep grinding when u have won so much already? I mean, in 15 days, i've made 2months worth of profit, and i dont even have any plans to spend them on anything.
Moving up? too soon... and why? with those donks giving me money, why bother?
50k hands? well that i've almost done (30k at FTP, 5k at Bodog, Xk at the rest of sites) but again... why bother?
not a 5figure month, but close enough, i mean, do i really need so much money??...
Guess i need to find again and renew that interest i had at the beginning, that made me work so hard on my game, cause this is just booooooring. |
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Posted: Sun, 25 Jan 2009, 3:05pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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sock most of it away because variance may likely be coming. however, take a portion of it and do something fun. something that you enjoy doing, poker related or not.....just blow some of the wad.
on a smaller scale, last night, a buddy and i were grinding the DONs, and we crushed. we have both had huge months up in the mid 60's for ITM numbers. however, we felt frisky. so, we 4 tabled up some ultramicro NL games and slapped some fish around. i think i ran 16/100 over a few hundred hands.
long story short, we were there to donk off some cash because we had it to burn. we also realized how much better our hand reading skills have become. it was terribly simple...even at 2NL.
but, like i said, it doesnt have to be poker related. i will be getting into photography again, and i plan to blow a portion of the wad on equipment. when i feel like just blowing some cash, i will jump in the car and drive to a spot, snap off some pics, and spend some time making them look all perty.
whatever floats your boat. |
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Posted: Sun, 25 Jan 2009, 8:32pm Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 26 Jul 2007
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Location: UK
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| If you don't need the money you can always give it charity... |
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Posted: Sun, 25 Jan 2009, 11:23pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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| DrivingDog wrote: | | If you don't need the money you can always give it charity... |
or roll me so i can move up there with you. you'll win it back before too long anyway. |
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Posted: Sun, 25 Jan 2009, 11:32pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
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| Don't worry... Poker doesn't stay boring for long once you hit the variance roller coaster lol |
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Posted: Sun, 25 Jan 2009, 11:56pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
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| asdpikas wrote: | I feel bored now... the challenge is to see how long i can keep up the winrate at Bodog.
I mean, in 15 days, i've made 2months worth of profit, and i dont even have any plans to spend them on anything.
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take a six week holiday? spend the money on some nice beer?
something?
maybe figure out something you want money for.... |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009, 11:47am Post subject:
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Full House
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Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009, 12:02pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009, 12:14pm Post subject:
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Full House
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| Chopper wrote: | | no malos sin buenos? |
hahahhaha
"no hay mal que por bien no venga" |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009, 12:18pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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i tried. my "spanish as a second language" classes will never pay off i guess. that sucks, too, because i am 3 hours short of a minor in spanish at the college level. too much time on conjugation of verbs, tenses, and reading stories. and, not enough time on common language uses and slang. i swear they dont teach you anything over here that isnt written down for them already.
here's my favorite, tho...
"chinga del mundo antes que el mundo chiga yo."
or something close to that. i say it much better than i can spell it. |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009, 1:52pm Post subject:
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Full House
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| Chopper wrote: |
"chinga del mundo antes que el mundo chiga yo."
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LOL i like it! |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009, 2:09pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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| asdpikas wrote: | | Chopper wrote: |
"chinga del mundo antes que el mundo chiga yo."
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LOL i like it! |
if you understand world politics, which i barely do, you would think it even funnier if you knew it was a Mexican saying.  |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009, 2:22pm Post subject:
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Full House
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| Chopper wrote: | | asdpikas wrote: | | Chopper wrote: |
"chinga del mundo antes que el mundo chiga yo."
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LOL i like it! |
if you understand world politics, which i barely do, you would think it even funnier if you knew it was a Mexican saying. |
I do follow world politics, it always confirms my belief that the human race is doomed
and I guessed it was Mexican (they use the word "chingar", we dont)
but... I dont get the joke!  |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009, 3:45pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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arent mexicans a "subspecies" of spanish? didnt they defect to another land? dont the "stereotypical" spanish think mexicans are 2nd class citizens?
at least, thats the image here.
dont get me wrong, i am just playing off a joke here. it isnt how i really feel about mexicans. |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009, 1:12pm Post subject:
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Full House
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| Chopper wrote: | arent mexicans a "subspecies" of spanish? didnt they defect to another land? dont the "stereotypical" spanish think mexicans are 2nd class citizens?
at least, thats the image here.
dont get me wrong, i am just playing off a joke here. it isnt how i really feel about mexicans. |
mmmm.... no, no.... and nope.
No offence intended, but most of us euros just think US is the subspecies (especially after Bush, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Irak, Gaza, Financial crisis, CIA detention centers, torture, disregard for the Geneva Conventions, unconditional support for the Sionist state's crimes against humanity, etc...)
Good thing Obama has changed that image to a much better one in just 1month. |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009, 1:15pm Post subject:
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Full House
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on a lighter note....
I hit my worst downswing in my poker career.
-$1100 at 3/6 6max today.
As always, mostly Murphy's Law, and then a little tilt for an extra $200 just to top it off.
What i've seen today is unbelievable |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009, 1:43pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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back to 25/50c then.
sux. i feel you pain, but on a much smaller level. |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009, 5:07pm Post subject:
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High Card
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asd
don't feel too bad. i've been getting raised pre flop on my initial 3b/r by people with 8 3 unsuited and others of the like all day and losing on the river with much stronger hands up to that.
is this normal!? |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009, 6:10pm Post subject:
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Full House
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| namesrich wrote: | asd
don't feel too bad. i've been getting raised pre flop on my initial 3b/r by people with 8 3 unsuited and others of the like all day and losing on the river with much stronger hands up to that.
is this normal!? |
No. They're retards. |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009, 6:37pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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| DrivingDog wrote: | | namesrich wrote: | asd
don't feel too bad. i've been getting raised pre flop on my initial 3b/r by people with 8 3 unsuited and others of the like all day and losing on the river with much stronger hands up to that.
is this normal!? |
No. They're retards. |
i refuse to let you call me a retard.
seriously, rich, dont let that stop you from raising/3betting where appropriate. they will lose way more money than they will win if they continue to play like that. we NEED these players, though, they make our games more profitable. learn to embrace them....tough as it may be when they put a beat on you.
/hijack of asd's thread. |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009, 8:01pm Post subject:
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Full House
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| asdpikas wrote: | on a lighter note....
I hit my worst downswing in my poker career.
-$1100 at 3/6 6max today.
As always, mostly Murphy's Law, and then a little tilt for an extra $200 just to top it off.
What i've seen today is unbelievable |
Been there. Don't worry you'll get past it. You're better than those fishies. |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009, 8:20pm Post subject:
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High Card
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so basically just stay some what tight agressive and keep playing the statistics on my top shelf hands? group 0-2 stuff...
I ended at -$40 tonight, that may not be a lot for you guys since you're ballers but damn!!! This guy i swear kept hitting on every awesome hand i had. I called a raise pre flop and it was 1 on 1.
I had 33 bb
flop: 336
turn:k
river:6
turns out he had 66
was i wrong for b/r'ing like that?
bear in mind this is the same player that was raising preflop with 83o and K2o etc
rich
bet raised everything he did and ended up losing a good chunk on that hand and it was really deterring- he had |
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Posted: Fri, 06 Feb 2009, 5:41am Post subject:
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Full House
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| namesrich wrote: | so basically just stay some what tight agressive and keep playing the statistics on my top shelf hands? group 0-2 stuff...
I ended at -$40 tonight, that may not be a lot for you guys since you're ballers but damn!!! This guy i swear kept hitting on every awesome hand i had. I called a raise pre flop and it was 1 on 1.
I had 33 bb
flop: 336
turn:k
river:6
turns out he had 66
was i wrong for b/r'ing like that?
bear in mind this is the same player that was raising preflop with 83o and K2o etc
rich
bet raised everything he did and ended up losing a good chunk on that hand and it was really deterring- he had |
quads vs quads? no worries, been there, but that is ok, he will only suck out once in a blue moon. You keep raising your quads everytime and you will make big moneys
PS: I think your $40 may be as important to you as my 1k to me
it's all relative to how big is your bankroll and what stakes you play.
Let's just keep grinding! |
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Posted: Fri, 06 Feb 2009, 5:42am Post subject:
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Full House
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| Chopper wrote: | back to 25/50c then.
sux. i feel you pain, but on a much smaller level. |
thx man, i appreciate it. Hope this helps other people know this can happen and WILL happen. |
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Posted: Fri, 06 Feb 2009, 5:45am Post subject:
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Full House
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| DrivingDog wrote: | | asdpikas wrote: | on a lighter note....
I hit my worst downswing in my poker career.
-$1100 at 3/6 6max today.
As always, mostly Murphy's Law, and then a little tilt for an extra $200 just to top it off.
What i've seen today is unbelievable |
Been there. Don't worry you'll get past it. You're better than those fishies. |
Hope so! thx for the kind words... time to keep grinding! |
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Posted: Fri, 06 Feb 2009, 10:16am Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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| Quote: | PS: I think your $40 may be as important to you as my 1k to me
it's all relative to how big is your bankroll and what stakes you play.
Let's just keep grinding! |
so, what i am hearing, out of others, is that ITS ALL RELATIVE? money is important for whatever level you play? so, rich may feel that 1/2 is "higher" stakes because he plays lower? so, "higher" stakes is a relative term that may not have a universal definition for everyone?
now, where is that guy that wanted to argue that a week or two ago? lol. |
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Full House
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| Chopper wrote: | | Quote: | PS: I think your $40 may be as important to you as my 1k to me
it's all relative to how big is your bankroll and what stakes you play.
Let's just keep grinding! |
so, what i am hearing, out of others, is that ITS ALL RELATIVE? money is important for whatever level you play? so, rich may feel that 1/2 is "higher" stakes because he plays lower? so, "higher" stakes is a relative term that may not have a universal definition for everyone?
now, where is that guy that wanted to argue that a week or two ago? lol. |
I'm reading The Psychology of Poker by A Schoonmaker. I don't think it's too good for any experienced winning player, and so I would only recommend it to new players or mediocre players. But there is one thing in it that is not too bad.
It explains different motives/excuses/objectives people have for playing poker, and while reading it, it made me think how YES, ITS ALL RELATIVE.
We may think it's not like that, but most people dont play poker to make money, or even to win. Of those who do, there are different levels in the priority we give to making money (i have to pay rent, some just want some extra spending money, some are in it for the challenge more than the net winnings).
Our bankrolls affect how we play, and, obviously, whatever our bankroll, we will have a loss-acceptance threshold (Sklansky and Caro spoke about this but I cant remember the term they used).
Given whatever BR and our loss tolerance, losing X% of our BR in a very short time will make us TILT and feel terrible, but X is a percentage, and not a NET value. Thus, losing $40, may feel as bad to someone with certain motivations and a limited BR, as $1k feels to me given my motivations and BR.
cheers all! |
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great thought. and i'm glad to see an "authority on poker" admit we are all different.
and there is NOTHING wrong with that. people that make you feel like they are better, or that you suck, because you dont try like THEY do, really piss me off.
poker is full of these people and its all relative........to ego. |
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Posted: Sat, 14 Feb 2009, 10:16pm Post subject:
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| Chopper wrote: | great thought. and i'm glad to see an "authority on poker" admit we are all different.
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did Ed Miller come out of the closet? |
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Posted: Sun, 15 Feb 2009, 2:58am Post subject:
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| i was referring to sklansky/caro, but.....sure. lol. |
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Posted: Mon, 16 Feb 2009, 2:26pm Post subject:
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Got sooooo crushed today at Bodog....
couldn't hit water if i fell off a boat
Earlier this morning, tho, i crushed FTP at 3/6 FR
I am thinking of not playin at Bodog anymore... support issues, no PT, software...
But the fish! OMG! if i had so many bad beats its because they play sooooo bad.
Anyways, i'm down to about only 1k profit + $500 Bonus + Rakeback (~$600) since i started there 1 month ago, which is the greatest downswing ever after being up so big, but i am playin HU, so maybe these are the breaks. Especially with these fish that will hit a few lucky hands, win 200 off u, and leave the table
Oh, saw the dog online last night too, he was cruisiiiiiing! cheers to u mate! |
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Posted: Mon, 16 Feb 2009, 8:01pm Post subject:
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| just leveling off your "beginner's luck" rush from signing up there. i mean, you know its rigged, right? |
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Posted: Fri, 20 Feb 2009, 9:36pm Post subject:
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UPS AND DOWNS
almost blown my whole $700 Ongame roll playin in the fishy fishy LP 5max tables.
I ran bad. BUT I ALSO PLAYED VERY BAD! I failed to adapt, I was too aggro, I made bad plays, I bluffed too much... TERRIBLE
On the other hand...
I joined a $7 step 1 Sng at Stars, just for the fun of it a few hours ago.
I am now on the last step (Step 6 - $2000 buyin) and I dont even know what to do with it. Montecarlo? Punta del Este?
TBH, I didnt ever think about making it this far. It hadnt crossed my mind i may have to think about a destination.
Well, that is if i win, i just think it funny to do so bad at LHE and so good at NL today. And I must say, I am very happy with how I played the SnGs. I should've done that all day long, and no LHE passive tables! |
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FTR $200 Freeroll at ChiliPoker, November 22nd 14:00 ET
