OPERATION: monies and life management.

Hey, Ive been a member here at FTR for a few months now and I think its about time i made one of these operation threads.

On thursday im off to university which will be preety life changing, with poker being my main form of income to keep me afloat during the next 3 years. Thus I feel now is a good as time as any to create one of these operation threads to motivate myself to play more poker and treat it as a proper job rather than just a hobby. Hopefully this added motivation will rub off on other facets of my life so im no longer such a lazy bastard.

I just read ISF's newest operation thread and it really hit home how many of the problems he has apply to myself to, I also have a bad problem with tilting, ive improved alot in the time ive been playing poker but on certain days I will play very sloppily and drop a few buyins through pure tilt, In months previously ive even taken retarded shots at higher stakes, thankfully something i havnt done in months and shall not do again.

Another poker aim is to become more motivated and play more hands, ive only been taking poker seriously as a form of income for the last 2 months, though I have been playing on and off for over a year. Last month I played 25k hands 8 tabling and that was what i consider a heavy month volume wise...yeah I know im a volume noob Confused

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I also want to improve the structure in my life, at the moment I have very little structure at all, I do things when I want to, which has led to me basically putting off everything, from small jobs to very important things like exams till the last minute. Thankfully I havnt learnt a harsh lesson yet as my cramming abilities and being able to do things quickly have been my saving grace. However in uni this has to stop if i want to get a good degree as well as juggling poker and my social life with it.

Aim 1: Get motivated and play more poker, a minimum of 20k hands per month starting next month.

Aim 2: Get motivated and do jobs when they need doing, rather than at the last minute, with this specifically applying to my schoolwork.

Aim 3: control tilt, dont multitask whilst playing so the tables have my full concentration, dont play when tired/drunk.

So basically this op thread is gonna document my poker success and life from day to day resulting in me hopefully getting a grip and doing some fucking work!

My next post will cover the poker side of things a little more.

Anyways, on the poker side of things, Im currently playing 200nl fullring and have been for the last month or so, Ive grinded my way up from 25nl that I was playing a few months back. I never really played much lower as I felt the rake was too high so when my roll was small i played a ton of hu sngs, i started with 50 bucks that I gained through selling play chips before I was 18, so im basically freerolling Smile

. Ive also been playing some 100nl hu the last few weeks and its insanely profitable if your half decent and you oppenent select well. Current roll is at $8962 which was helped by a + $745 today, my best day at 200nl so far. But Ill be having to make a 2k withdrawal preety soon to pay for some of my accomadation and living costs at uni. Im hoping to come out of uni almost debt free.

I wont be able to update tomorrow as were travelling up to my uni, and staying overnight in a travel lodge. So my next update should be on thursday... if im not to busy getting drunk anyway Smile

. Wish me luck and ill speak to you guys soon.

Sigh. You've done really well so far. Its a mix between inspiring how quickly you've built your roll, and depressing how little mines moved in the same time :p.

As for your aims, maybe look into time management techniques. Actually schedule playing time, time for chores/other jobs, study, whatever. I think a lot of the lack of motivation comes down to just not getting around to things. Ive been there. A lot. My busiest times a good schedule has helped me through, unfortunately I dont do it all the time Sad

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Congrats on the progress so far, keep it up Smile

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Have fun at uni dude. And if u can make a bit of money to support yourself via teh pokers then all the better!

p.s. I HOPE you will be too busy getting drunk to post in here on thursday Wink

Awesome, I look forward to this blog Smile

What uni are you going to, if you don't mind me asking? pm me if you want or whatever.

Instant watch thread.

(ps, i hate people who freerolled their br. hate.)

ah guys, really sorry for not posting in a ridiculous amount of time, not the best timing considering ive just started this op thread! Its because for the last week and a bit I havnt had the internet in my room at my uni accomadation! caused me all sorts of grief. anyways as you may have guessed i havnt played any poker for over a week but in regards to life at the moment its preety awesome, 99.9 percent of the people ive met are decent plus the party lifestyle ive adopted for the last week has been great, if a bit tiring. anyways I shall update this as soon as possible now i have my connection set up.

o and to answer badgers question im in the university of manchester ( the good manchester uni).

haha no way! whenever man, im always up for a drink, im in victoria park halls which is about 15 mins walk from the main campus.

had my first proper lectures today, and they didnt seem to bad, though i still havnt received my proper timetable so i dont know where the shit im meant to be half of the time!

good to hear! Give it a week or two and you wont even be looking at the timetable! Wink

Were there any drinking games on freshers weekend and have you recovered yet?!

haha yeah there was way too many drinking games going on. i went out 6 of the 7 days of freshers and spent an utter shitload. It was worth it tho, had a gd time. however im paying for it now as ive basically fucked my immune system so for the last 3 days ive been fighting off 'freshers flu' which is just basically a cold. I really need to start playing some poker again, Ive realy slacked off lately...

haha nice one athotec sounds like your having a great time, good to hear man - you should start a poker society or something Wink

Hey guys, as per usual ive left it a few days since my last post. This is mainly because im still largely getting used to uni life and ive yet to fall into a proper routine. Ive been having trouble with my course. I ended up dropping latin as i just wasnt feeling the course at all, swapped it for american history 1877- 1988, seems alot more interesting to me. Im doing 6 courses overall, 2 compulsory over the year, so plenty of hard work ahead of me.

Anyways It shouldnt be too long till I get the hang of this uni business and that should result in me playing some poker and making some money. Though im off home for the weekend coming up as its one of my best friends bdays back home and alot of my friends will be there so I think a 3 hour train journey is in order!

On the poker front, untill tonight I literally hadnt played at all for the past 3 weeks. So tonight i searched for a nice fish at 100nl hu, and luckily found one, managed to get 2 tables going against him and I walked away up $325 in 270 hands before he quit me, i wonder if 60 BB/100 is sustainable lol. Anyways im off to bed now as i have a lecture at 12pm tomoz and its 2.45am here at the moment. peace out.

Just played a coupla hundred hu hands today, all at 200nl, felt like getting my feet wet at a limit i havnt really experienced before hu. The tables are just crawling with regs, not many bad players at all. Was down about 150 after playing a semi reg for just under an hour, then thankfully a big fish sat with me with a 160 buck stack which i promptly took off him so i basically finished level for the day. No lectures tomorrow but i still wont have any time for poker as i have a million things to do.

lol well thus far ive really not played much poker at all since ive been in uni, been really busy with stuff, works played a part but mainly the socialising and partying. Im probably neglecting my studies a little bit as tbh, the first year is a bit of a piss take, I only need 40% overall for the year to pass and this year doesnt count towards my final degree, so basically im gonna take it easy, enjoy my first year whilst i still can, as the 2nd and 3rd years are gonna be HARD. Anyways ive been spending alot of money recently so im now gonna fire up some tables and make some of it back.

well I played about 500 hands of fullring and 400 hands of hu today, all 1-2. Didnt go especially well but could have gone alot worse. Got decimated during my fullring session, ran my set of aces into a rivered gut shot str8 where id bet all the way to lose a stack. Then kk into aa where i got 4 bet pre, i flatted and got it in on an 8 high flop. That and loads of other small/medium pots resulted in -$ 600ish for my fullring ses.

Undetered I played some hu 2 tabling against a mediocre player i found at 1-2 and I ended up taking 2 buyins off him to finish the day - $200ish, disaster avoided. Heres a cool hand from the session:

Full Tilt Poker Game #8514773839: Table Vana (heads up) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:03:43 ET - 2008/10/16
Seat 1: sgombro ($200)
Seat 2: ATOTHEC101 ($338.50)
ATOTHEC101 posts the small blind of $1
sgombro posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ATOTHEC101 [7s 9s]
ATOTHEC101 raises to $6
sgombro raises to $21
ATOTHEC101 has 15 seconds left to act
ATOTHEC101 calls $15
*** FLOP *** [Js 8s 6s]
sgombro bets $31
ATOTHEC101 has 15 seconds left to act
ATOTHEC101 raises to $80
sgombro raises to $179, and is all in
ATOTHEC101 calls $99
sgombro shows [Kh As]
ATOTHEC101 shows [7s 9s]
*** TURN *** [Js 8s 6s] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [Js 8s 6s Jc] [Ts]
sgombro shows a flush, Ace high
ATOTHEC101 shows a straight flush, Jack high
ATOTHEC101 wins the pot ($399.50) with a straight flush, Jack high
sgombro adds $200
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $400 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Js 8s 6s Jc Ts]
Seat 1: sgombro (big blind) showed [Kh As] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: ATOTHEC101 (small blind) showed [7s 9s] and won ($399.50) with a straight flush, Jack high

Have a free day tomorrow so no excuse not to grind, will probs just do some bum hunting at 1-2 hu and if theres no one about ill play some weaker players at 0.5 1 and some fullring.

sweet jesus i got drunk last night, not just a little drunk, but properly fucked in half shithoused drunk. My friends have several videos of my exploits which are promptly being put onto facebook lol. Way to many gaps in my blurred memory of last night for my liking. We went out clubbing as we always do on a friday and the offer of £1 shots of vodka and £2 doubles with a mixer were to hard to resist, ended up spending £40 on just booze, bad times.

Anyways ive got a shitload of work to do so i better get to it, laters.

Fun times, you got me wishing I was back at Uni! good luck with the work, but don't work too hard!

*Last edited by ATOTHEC101 on Tue, 21 Oct 2008, 9:15am; edited 1 time in total*

played 850 hands today, had 3 tables of fullring and 1 table of hu up, all 1-2, though i added another table of hu when i found a bad oppenent. Anyways hu today was crazy, found this really bad donk who 3 bet a shiton, often with crap, but simply couldnt fold when he flopped a piece in 3 bet pots, which is always nice. There were plenty of interesting hands during my session.

Heres the first time I stacked him, so far whenever he had a strong hand he 4 bet the flop, to which id folded both times id 3 bet. Also he INSTA shoved the turn and id previously snapped off a river bluff when hed snap bet the river, he generally took a little time to bet when he had a solid hand. Hes bad enough to shove here with overs and other random crap, I 3 bet the flop small with the intention of getting it in hoping hed spew.

Btw, calling 3 bets with j9 off isnt standard for me at all, but this guy was 3 betting ALOT, thoughts welcome.

Full Tilt Poker Game #8575825963: Table Buhler (deep hu) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:54:24 ET - 2008/10/20
Seat 1: tnsstud333 ($232)
Seat 2: ATOTHEC101 ($212.50)
ATOTHEC101 posts the small blind of $1
tnsstud333 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ATOTHEC101 [9c Jh]
ATOTHEC101 raises to $6
tnsstud333 raises to $18
ATOTHEC101 calls $12
*** FLOP *** [6s 4c Jd]
tnsstud333 bets $26
ATOTHEC101 has 15 seconds left to act
ATOTHEC101 raises to $58
tnsstud333 calls $32
*** TURN *** [6s 4c Jd] [7s]
tnsstud333 bets $156, and is all in
ATOTHEC101 has 15 seconds left to act
ATOTHEC101 has requested TIME
ATOTHEC101 calls $136.50, and is all in
tnsstud333 shows [6h Qc]
ATOTHEC101 shows [9c Jh]
Uncalled bet of $19.50 returned to tnsstud333
*** RIVER *** [6s 4c Jd 7s] [2s]
tnsstud333 shows a pair of Sixes
ATOTHEC101 shows a pair of Jacks
ATOTHEC101 wins the pot ($424.50) with a pair of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $425 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6s 4c Jd 7s 2s]
Seat 1: tnsstud333 (big blind) showed [6h Qc] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: ATOTHEC101 (small blind) showed [9c Jh] and won ($424.50) with a pair of Jacks

I then won a medium pot closely followed by the biggest pot ive won in a few months. Btw I realise i played this like ass, i.e. should have 4 bet pre etc, but im not used to playing for this much money hu, I was tempted to ask if he wanted to play a new table so i could buy in for 200 again but i was worried id lose him, so heres the hand. Hed rebought for $400 as its a deep table.

Full Tilt Poker Game #8575882483: Table Buhler (deep hu) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:59:38 ET - 2008/10/20
Seat 1: tnsstud333 ($392)
Seat 2: ATOTHEC101 ($523.50)
ATOTHEC101 posts the small blind of $1
tnsstud333 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ATOTHEC101 [Kc Ah]
ATOTHEC101 raises to $6
tnsstud333 raises to $18
ATOTHEC101 calls $12
*** FLOP *** [Qh 5c Jd]
tnsstud333 bets $24
ATOTHEC101 calls $24
*** TURN *** [Qh 5c Jd] [8s]
tnsstud333 checks
ATOTHEC101 checks
*** RIVER *** [Qh 5c Jd 8s] [Th]
tnsstud333 checks
ATOTHEC101 bets $100
tnsstud333 raises to $350, and is all in
ATOTHEC101 calls $250
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tnsstud333 shows [9c 3d] a straight, Queen high
ATOTHEC101 shows [Kc Ah] a straight, Ace high
ATOTHEC101 wins the pot ($783.50) with a straight, Ace high
tnsstud333 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $784 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Qh 5c Jd 8s Th]
Seat 1: tnsstud333 (big blind) showed [9c 3d] and lost with a straight, Queen high
Seat 2: ATOTHEC101 (small blind) showed [Kc Ah] and won ($783.50) with a straight, Ace high

So im up 700 and cruising, and hes rebought for another 400, after about another 40 mins hes won about 100 back after he value owned me with a turned top pair to my flop overpair, hes 250 bbs deep at this point and i have him covered. Then I lose the biggest hand ive lost for a while, it massively sucked balls. I dont have the hand history as i insta quit str8 away as i was tilted. Basically I have aq in a 3 bet pot where hes 3 bet, except he 3 bet to like 30 pre for some unknown reason, flop comes q 3 6 rainbow, he c bets for 3/4's pot, I make it $140 with the intention of getting it in, he flats, turn comes a 5, I make a commiting bet and he shoves for the rest, i call and he shows 74 for the turned gutter nuts, preety sick lol, but meh, I gotta get used to variance if i play hu.

So now im down about 80 for the day and feeling a bit shit, but thankfully i fired up a small revovery session a few hours later and won $315 against this guy I was completely stomping all over before he quit me.

I would like some thoughts on this hand, as im not really sure a flop 5 bet is the right play, as his small 4 bet sizing really hits me as a 'playing back at the bully rebluff' which would make sense as id check raised 4 or 5 dry flops in the short time wed been playing, about half of them had been bluffs. My thinking is if i 5 bet here he folds almost all his hands bar a2,102, hands that beat me and maybe ak,aq. Whilst if i flat with the intention of check raising the turn i get him to continue with alot of his bluffs which are a huge part of his range, as well as definitely getting it in against ak,aq,aj. Heres the hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #8583089618: Table Berg (heads up) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:26:35 ET - 2008/10/20
Seat 1: nferno21 ($220.75)
Seat 2: ATOTHEC101 ($449.75)
nferno21 posts the small blind of $1
ATOTHEC101 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ATOTHEC101 [Th Ah]
nferno21 raises to $6
ATOTHEC101 calls $4
*** FLOP *** [Ts Ad 2c]
ATOTHEC101 checks
nferno21 bets $8
ATOTHEC101 raises to $24
nferno21 has 15 seconds left to act
nferno21 raises to $59.50
ATOTHEC101 has 15 seconds left to act
ATOTHEC101 raises to $104...

So i ended the day up about $230, which is preety crap considering i was up so much on that donk at 1 point, but hey, shit happens Smile

. I dont have a lecture tomorrow till 2pm which is fucking sweet but as its 3.10am and ive been up since 9.30am i better hit the hay, cheerio.

sweet blog!

good luck with you r operation.

well I havnt posted in ages and its basically down to the fact that ive played zero poker for almost a month. Even though i enjoy poker i get bored fairly easily so the urge to play isnt that great, yet at the moment, i can safely say im the happiest ive ever been. University is the Absolute bomb, I have so many great friends, 3 good looking women on the go and im really enjoying my new found independence. To put it into perspective I went home for the first time last week for 3 days and though I enjoyed seeing my family and being catered for etc I couldnt wait to get back to my 'new home' as i missed everything about it.

Im still a lazy poopyhead unfortunately and my attendance for my lectures is fairly dismal but im keeping on top of my work and got a decent mark in my first essay that went towards one of my courses so things arnt too bad in that respect. Actually played 450 hands of 200nl hu yday but couldnt get anything going and shipped $500, I was a bit rusty but the only large mistake i made was shoving a gutshot on an uber dry board when i got cib by a guy who i had notes on saying he enjoyed check raising dry boards etc, shoulda just given it up when he 4 bet the flop to 90 imo, he had aces and i was the pfr. Gonna fire up some tables now, i feel extremely refreshed as ive just had a 4 hour 'day nap', then im off out later to go clubbing and meet one of my girls, life is good Smile

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Had a few bad sessions in the last week or so where ive lost about $1k in total, all at 200nl hu, most of the money lost was in fairly standard spots but it still sucked none the less. Made a solid recovery last 2 sessions though with +$400 and +$610 in about 750 hands. For the next 20k hands im going to play mostly 6 max as I havnt really tried my hand at it, after a few sessions and some table mining it looks as if the tables are fairly soft and profitable, more so than fullring which imo has become a boring grind full of nits. Heres a hand from today i wasnt sure about.

Villain is an average, slightly losing reg running 25/17/3 over 335 hands with a 7% 3 bet stat from lp.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9143259031: Table Cheyenne (6 max) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:57:32 ET - 2008/11/24
Seat 1: fakker11 ($224.80)
Seat 2: droyconn ($94.95)
Seat 3: mikeden5 ($47)
Seat 4: ATOTHEC101 ($217.25)
Seat 5: bortman1 ($508.25)
Seat 6: Larry Thorne ($191.70)
droyconn posts the small blind of $1
mikeden5 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ATOTHEC101 [Js Jc]
ATOTHEC101 raises to $7
bortman1 has 15 seconds left to act
bortman1 calls $7
Larry Thorne folds
fakker11 has 15 seconds left to act
fakker11 raises to $31
2 folds
ATOTHEC101 has 15 seconds left to act
ATOTHEC101 has requested TIME
ATOTHEC101 raises to $76
bortman1 folds
fakker11 has 15 seconds left to act
fakker11 raises to $224.80, and is all in
ATOTHEC101...

Do you just flat his 3 bet and play some poker, or go with my line and pump it up hoping he spews with worse. Is there ever an arguement to fold to his 5 bet shove?

Heres a nice little Bonus hand which made me laugh. This guy sat for 3 hands before he self imploded.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9143218434: Table Coralie (6 max) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:53:30 ET - 2008/11/24
Seat 1: smally50 ($226.30)
Seat 2: flutter2008 ($231.35)
Seat 3: braampje ($409.85)
Seat 4: FTPickle ($200.20)
Seat 5: bortman1 ($286.05)
Seat 6: ATOTHEC101 ($198)
ATOTHEC101 posts the small blind of $1
smally50 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ATOTHEC101 [Kd Td]
flutter2008 folds
braampje folds
FTPickle has 15 seconds left to act
FTPickle folds
bortman1 raises to $7
ATOTHEC101 calls $6
smally50 calls $5
*** FLOP *** [8d Jd 3d]
ATOTHEC101 has 15 seconds left to act
ATOTHEC101 checks
smally50 bets $35
bortman1 folds
ATOTHEC101 has 15 seconds left to act
ATOTHEC101 calls $35
*** TURN *** [8d Jd 3d] [5h]
ATOTHEC101 checks
smally50 has 15 seconds left to act
smally50 bets $184.30, and is all in
ATOTHEC101 calls $156, and is all in
smally50 shows [Ks Th]
ATOTHEC101 shows [Kd Td]
Uncalled bet of $28.30 returned to smally50
*** RIVER *** [8d Jd 3d 5h] [6c]
smally50 shows King Jack high
ATOTHEC101 shows a flush, King high
ATOTHEC101 wins the pot ($400) with a flush, King high

Peace out

Played another 600 hands today and it went terribly, - $605. One of those im never gonna win days. I dont have any hand histories as i didnt run FTP on administrator mode so excuse their basic illustration. I was down just over a buyin early from basically losing pot after pot, then i got it back with this hand vs the table donator.

ATOTHEC101 $258.90
Villain $ 395.20

I raise to $7, he calls on the btn, both blinds fold.

Flop comes 852 two hearts, I lead for $13, he min raises to $26, I repop to $60 and he quickly shoves to put me in. I wasnt sure if I was good at this point but the guy shoves 8x alot here with a ton of draws also in his range, im basically only beat by sets and maybe 1010,jj. I called and he had 87, my hand held up.

I was about even untill i lost a 300bb pot where i flopped a 10 high flush against this guys set of kings in a 3 bet pot. He was the 3 bettor and i had 109s, felt i had the implied odds to call (maybe a leak) and flopped a flush on a k8q all clubs board. We got it in and unfortunately the turn was an 8 to pair the board :/.

things were fairly steady again untill i lost another 300bb 3 bet pot, Id raised from mp with qj s, button reraised and the sb cold called, I called also (woulda folded if the sb hadnt flatted). Flop came 10 8 3 with 2 diamonds giving me a gutshot str8 flush draw. The sb and myself checked it back to the btn who checked behind. The turn was a queen, sb bet out $49 into $74 pot, I shoved over and unfortunately for me the sb had a set of 10s whilst i didnt improve, lost a few small pots after that before i quit. Overall a shit session but meh, it happens. Probably wont play tomorrow as i have early lessons then a football match so will be quite tired after.

5-10? AA vs KTo?
curious....

No it was me

, I feel quite embarassed to admit this as thats the first lapse in limits ive had in months, but I took a rather ridiculous shot at 5/10 with 8 or 9 friends in my room, obviously it was retarded but im not gonna lie. I guess you know about tableratings.com then lol.

I'm going to be really negative and say how horrendous would you feel if you lost your biggest ever pot while all your friends were watching?

Confused

Oh well, at least it sounds like it went ok... seems a kinda dangerous precedent though.

Na your teling the truth, playing that high was fucking stupid and i shouldnt of done it, nothing more i can say really :/.

Think I might drop down a limit to regain confidence as ive hit a really shitty patch the last 10k hands. I know thats a very small sample but its rocked my confidence a bit as well as my roll, im $1500 worse off than I was when I started this thread. Today for example was fucking crap. Played 800 hands in which I felt I definitely played well, at the very least i kept concentration and didnt make any big spewy mistakes. But unfortunately when your down $500 dollars for the day on sets alone things are never gonna go well, finished down $580 in total for the session. The really annoying thing is there is a ridiculous amount of terrible/mediocre players at 1/2 6 max so its frustrating when your getting pounded by them. I was gonna post some hand histories of some interesting hands but I really cant be fucked right now, maybe next time I update the thread. Hope you guys are doing better than me at the moment.

Just played a sick session of hu. I was just going to search for a donk and maybe play an hours hu before I went to bed, but then i found a very average donkish player sitting at 2 different tables, both already full, i stuck myself on the waiting list and within 20 mins i was playing him on both tables.

This was when the fun started. This guy ran like a kenyan on speed, in the next 2 and a half hours i proceeded to run qq into kk and aa twice, plus ak into kk, all of which got it in either on the flop or preflop, I didnt suck out once. Then I flopped a flush in a 3 bet pot, but nope he had a higher flush, then I flopped the nut str8 only for him to make a flush on the turn. The entire time I can safely say I was playing the best hu poker ive ever played, I was still only down about $550 at this point as id been dominating him in smaller pots. I then asked if he wanted to add a third table as i felt fine and he was definitely there for the taking if i waited long enough.

We played for another 2 hours and in that time I utterly crushed him in non showdown and smaller pots in general. I also stacked him once to make me only down about $100. at about hand 1900 I finally hit the streak of hands id been waiting for and promptly stacked him 3 times in quick succession, after 2200ish hands and 4 and a half hours play I was up $550 before he quit. I ran FullTilt without administrator mode again so I have no hand histories, but as there were so many interesting hands ive asked FullTilt to send them to me, so hopefully ill post them tomorrow. I really should be off to bed as its 7.30 am in the morning but unfortunately im wide awake Sad

, time to watch some dexter me thinks.

Anyways here are the big hands from ydays hu match as FullTilt have sent me the hand history.

If this hand had occured later in the match I would have found a fold as I later found out he would never bluff in this spot and would get all his sets and big 2 pairs in on the flop. But at the time vs a guy who I knew was a big donk, but didnt know how he played, I couldnt find a fold.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

villain (Button) ($277)
Hero (SB) ($228.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A

, J

villain raises to $6, Hero calls $4

Flop: ($12) 10

, Q

, K

(2 players)
Hero checks, villain bets $8, Hero raises to $26, villain calls $18

Turn: ($64) 5

(2 players)
Hero bets $40, villain raises to $150, Hero raises to $196.50 (All-In), villain calls $46.50

River: ($457) 3

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $457 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
villain had 7

, 4

(flush, King high).
Hero had A

, J

(straight, Ace high).
Outcome: villain won $456.50

Standard.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($457)
villain (Button) ($208.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A

, K

villain raises to $6, Hero raises to $20, villain raises to $55, Hero raises to $457 (All-In), villain calls $153.50 (All-In)

Flop: ($417) 7

, 8

, J

(2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($417) 2

(2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($417) 4

(2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $417 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
villain had K

, K

(one pair, Kings).
Hero had A

, K

(high card, Ace).
Outcome: villain won $416.50

Cooler.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

villain (Button) ($369)
Hero (SB) ($322)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7

, 8

villain raises to $6, Hero calls $4

Flop: ($12) 2

, 4

, 9

(2 players)
Hero checks, villain bets $8, Hero raises to $30, villain raises to $100, Hero raises to $316 (All-In), villain calls $216

Turn: ($644) 10

(2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($644) K

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $644 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
villain had K

, 6

(flush, King high).
Hero had 7

, 8

(flush, nine high).
Outcome: villain won $643.50

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

villain (Button) ($302.60)
Hero (SB) ($200.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q

, Q

villain raises to $6, Hero raises to $20, villain raises to $65, Hero raises to $200.50 (All-In), villain calls $135.50

Flop: ($401) K

, 10

, 9

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($401) 5

(2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($401) 5

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $401 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
villain had K

, K

(full house, Kings over fives).
Hero had Q

, Q

(two pair, Queens and fives).
Outcome: villain won $400.50

Then I win a big hand back.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (Button) ($289.25)
villain (SB) ($356.75)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6

, 9

Hero raises to $6, villain raises to $20, Hero calls $14

Flop: ($40) Q

, 9

, 2

(2 players)
villain bets $33, Hero calls $33

Turn: ($106) 9

(2 players)
villain checks, Hero bets $60, villain raises to $286, Hero calls $176.25 (All-In)

River: ($578.50) 2

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $578.50 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
Hero had 6

, 9

(full house, nines over twos).
villain had A

, Q

(two pair, Queens and nines).
Outcome: Hero won $578

Then get coolered fairly quickly afterwards.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

villain (Button) ($503.10)
Hero (SB) ($200.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q

, Q

villain raises to $6, Hero raises to $20, villain raises to $55, Hero calls $35

Flop: ($110) 9

, 9

, 4

(2 players)
Hero checks, villain bets $448.10 (All-In), Hero calls $145.50 (All-In)

Turn: ($401) 6

(2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($401) A

(2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $401 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
villain had A

, A

(full house, Aces over nines).
Hero had Q

, Q

(two pair, Queens and nines).
Outcome: villain won $400.50

My first royal, pity I didnt get much value out of it.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (Button) ($843.85)
villain (SB) ($219)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J

, Q

Hero raises to $6, villain calls $4

Flop: ($12) 3

, K

, A

(2 players)
villain checks, Hero bets $8, villain calls $8

Turn: ($28) 10

(2 players)
villain checks, Hero bets $16, 1 fold

Total pot: $28 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
Hero had J

, Q

(royal flush).
Outcome: Hero won $27.50

Not sure about my value bet here, maybe too thin. I felt villain would 4 bet qq preflop, and my line looked fairly bluffy, hoping to get looked up by all pps under 10s that didnt make a set, plus random 6x combos.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

villain (Button) ($476.80)
Hero (SB) ($384)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10

, 9

villain raises to $6, Hero raises to $20, villain calls $14

Flop: ($40) K

, 2

, 6

(2 players)
Hero bets $27, villain calls $27

Turn: ($94) 10

(2 players)
Hero checks, villain checks

River: ($94) K

(2 players)
Hero bets $64, villain calls $64

Total pot: $222 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
villain had Q

, Q

(two pair, Kings and Queens).
Hero had 10

, 9

(two pair, Kings and tens).
Outcome: villain won $221.50

Won a few moderate pots then stacked him.

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Hero (Button) ($903.85)
villain (SB) ($268.50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J

, 7

Hero raises to $6, villain calls $4

Flop: ($12) 10

, 8

, 9

(2 players)
villain checks, Hero bets $8, villain raises to $22, Hero raises to $62, villain raises to $262.50 (All-In), Hero calls $200.50

Turn: ($537) 10

(2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($537) A

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $537 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
Hero had J

, 7

(straight, Jack high).
villain had 8

, 9

(two pair, tens and nines).
Outcome: Hero won $536.50

Stacked him one more time before he quit soon after.

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Hero (SB) ($1069.60)
villain (Button) ($292.75)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J

, K

villain raises to $6, Hero calls $4

Flop: ($12) 10

, Q

, A

(2 players)
Hero checks, villain bets $8, Hero raises to $26, villain calls $18

Turn: ($64) 2

(2 players)
Hero bets $48, villain raises to $175, Hero raises to $302, villain calls $85.75 (All-In)

River: ($585.50) J

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $585.50 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
villain had 10

, Q

(two pair, Queens and tens).
Hero had J

, K

(straight, Ace high).
Outcome: Hero won $585

The great thing is im finally feeling alot more motivated to play, so hopefully december will be a big month, specially with the holidays providing alot of time to play.

Played another 1250 hands of 6 max today, didnt go especially well again (-$180), things just dont seem to be going for me at the moment, seems as if every c bet is getting raised and every time I make a hand all i get is folds. Was getting completely dicked on early on, specially by this one reg who was on alot of my tables, his stats were fairly unremarkable, something like 18/15/3 but in most pots I played against him he was pwning me constantly. On most tables i was running around 26/22/4.

After getting run over early on I made a nice comeback, winning a few stacks, one was a blind war against this spewy donk id been fighting with, he ended up shoving 66 into my kk which held up.

Not long after I played this hand vs a spewy reg who likes to make moves making the river a fairly easy call due to my inducing river bet size.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($200)
UTG ($330.70)
MP ($217.50)
CO ($405.35)
Button ($438.50)
Hero (SB) ($229.25)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q

, A

4 folds, Hero raises to $7, BB calls $5

Flop: ($14) Q

, J

, 7

(2 players)
Hero bets $11, BB raises to $42, Hero calls $31

Turn: ($98) 2

(2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks

River: ($98) A

(2 players)
Hero bets $42, BB raises to $151 (All-In), Hero calls $109

Total pot: $400 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had Q

, A

(two pair, Aces and Queens).
BB had A

, 8

(one pair, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $397

Also against same villain as above, I liked check calling here as the guy was a check to monkey, monkey bet kinda player, plus he liked raising c bets, and my hand couldnt really stand alot of heat so I thought giving him a bit of rope to hang himself was a good idea.

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Button ($209)
SB ($200)
BB ($228.70)
UTG ($200)
Hero (MP) ($432.40)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 10

, Q

1 fold, Hero raises to $7, Button calls $7, 2 folds

Flop: ($17) 4

, Q

, 8

(2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $12, Hero calls $12

Turn: ($41) 2

(2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $32, Hero calls $32

River: ($105) Q

(2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $86, Hero calls $86

Total pot: $277 | Rake: $3

I then spewed a stack vs another reg. I felt he floats this flop alot plus my turn bet gets him to fold a ton of his range i.e. 66-jj alot of the time. Unfortunately hed basically flopped the nuts but I had to call when he put me all in due to the odds i was getting.

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UTG ($197.45)
MP ($477.40)
CO ($161.15)
Button ($300.70)
Hero (SB) ($201)
BB ($315.15)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 6

, 3

3 folds, Button raises to $7, Hero raises to $22, 1 fold, Button calls $15

Flop: ($46) 5

, 5

, 4

(2 players)
Hero bets $33, Button calls $33

Turn: ($112) 3

(2 players)
Hero bets $72, Button raises to $144, Hero raises to $146 (All-In), Button calls $2

River: ($404) 5

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $404 | Rake: $3

Results:
Button had 5

, A

(four of a kind, fives).
Hero had 6

, 3

(full house, fives over threes).
Outcome: Button won $401

I now have a 2500 word essay to do worth 60 percent of one of my 6 courses, its due in thurs and I havnt started, ma bad :/. Because of that plus football I doubt ill play tomorrow or thurs so should update friday, peace.

GOD IM SO FUCKING TILTED RIGHT NOW. Every possible beat conceiveable happened today, 3 of those buyins to the same huge donkey agro fish. Played 2 sessions today, in the first i played terribly, things didnt go my way i.e. 1 beat and 1 lost coin flip but i compunded by errors by playing like ass, fair enuf. But in the second session where i hardly put a foot wrong, yet still lose buyin after buyin to set over set, 2 fucking outers, running flushes etc etc. Fuck this game sometimes. Im gonna go back to 100nl I think and try and shake off this bad run, im -$2700 since i started this fucking op, and thats in around only 10k hands.

I know im being a whiny bitch but pokers just pissing me off lately, cant seem to win a fucking raffle.

If it helps i ran the worst I ran ever (honest!) today. Just *remember* that you're not interested in the microscopic sample of one day but are just playing a winning long term strategy. GLGLGLGGLGL

well ive restarted playing 100nl till my rolls over 9k again, played a 460 hand session today, played very solidly, only made 1 big mistake to my knowledge, and managed to finish up just over $300 on the ses.

Started off extremely hot stacking this one fish twice in a few hands, then got it in on the flop vs kings wid the nut flush draw, a gutter and an overcard, fortunately i got there. Ran fairly cold from there on, knew preety much where i was in a few hands wid tp tk type hands where i was gonna value town the river but the river on several occasions was really shit so id either have to check fold or fold to a big ass donk bet from the oop villain.

This hand is the only big mistake i made the entire session and it highlights one of my main leaks and thats being a pay off fish, basically the river was an easy fold but i called anyway as i had dem aces :/.

Villain was a fairly active reg running 24/21/3, who was definitely on tilt after spewing/losing several buyins in the previous half hour across several tables, that fact may have influeneced my call but it was bad nonetheless.

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villain (Button) ($218.45)
SB ($242.25)
BB ($261.75)
UTG ($344.40)
Hero (MP) ($198.85)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A

, A

1 fold, Hero raises to $3.50, villain calls $3.50, 2 folds

Flop: ($8.50) 10

, 7

, 6

(2 players)
Hero bets $6.50, villain calls $6.50

Turn: ($21.50) 6

(2 players)
Hero bets $17, villain calls $17

I was torn whether to bet fold $35 on this river or check/call, check/fold, usually I go for the first option but this guys river ag was very high and I only think he looks me up with q10 or maybe at a stretch a10 that i beat plus this deep hes easily capable of a river bluff raise.

River: ($55.50) Q

(2 players)
Hero checks, villain bets $45, Hero calls $45

Rivers an ez fold unless villain frequently turns his worse made hands into bluffs, which id yet to see him do tho id already witnessed a ton of moves from him thus far. His hand at this point looks like a backdoor flush or boat but I call anyway. Good grief

Total pot: $145.50 | Rake: $3

Results:
villain had 8

, 5

(flush, Queen high).
Hero had A

, A

(two pair, Aces and sixes).
Outcome: villain won $142.50

Still a good ses and the one thing I did enjoy was making a solid winning reg my bitch for the entire time I was on his left when we were both 300bbs deep at 1 table. I lost count of the amount of times he raised, i 3bet or called on the button then just took the hand away from him postflop.

Anyways im off to get some tickets and have an amazing night at the local studentfest, who said mondays were boring?

Put in a decent sized session today of 1550 hands for a grand profit of $11. Felt like I played really solidly all session but unfortunately ran like ass again, lost two big flips with ak and qq, 2 outered on river for fullstack when all in on turn, plus getting it in with top set vs flush draw on turn only for him to spike his flooosh. I did get lucky once where i flopped top pair good kick and the k high flush draw and got there vs bottom set. Meh, sure my luck will turn soon.

Heres a few interesting spots from todays session that i posted in the SH forum: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/few-interesting-and-tough-spots-100nl-t79934.html

Played alot of hands since saturday, around 8kish, seems as if ive got the will to grind back again. Still no success though, in those 8k hands im -$150ish, things just arnt going my way at the moment. Yet i feel im playing well again and am back in the groove so everythings cool, off to grandparents now for a huge xmas dinner, im gonna eat my bodyweight in turkey Smile

, merry xmas everybody!

Played another 1300 hands today only to breakeven. Played very solidly all day, no big mistakes and plenty of decent play against the regs. But as usual at the moment, i run like complete shit in the all in department. All in pre kk lost to qq, qq to ak then i ran kk into aa in a lp reg war 140 bbs deep, not to mention missing evrything with an open ended str8 flush draw in a 3 way all in pot.

Yet i feel really good as i have the urge to grind again, played almost 10k hands in less than a week and im definitely playing well, just have to weather this downswing and all should be well.

lol quit after 155 hands today as I was being put on life tilt by the manual controls on my laptop. I left my mouse down at my dads so I tried to play today without. Yet i found I could only play 6 tables as the touch thingy is so slow plus i made several miscliks which were incredibly annoying.

On the brightside I am really looking forward to the new year. I view it as a fresh start both in regard to poker and life in general. Though university is awesome I couldn't have put in any less effort in my first semester than I did. I know the first year isnt very important but my attendance was terrible for both lectures and seminars. This was mainly attributed to my crazy sleeping cycles where i effectively became nocturnal. Since iv'e been back home i've fallen into a far better sleeping pattern and have consequently felt better and more motivated to get things done, thus my aim for the next semester is to go to atleast 75 percent of my seminars and lectures and get no less than a 1/1 in all my essays.

In relation to poker im finding the prospect of new year even more exciting. For the last 7 months or so ive been playing with realtime hud, a free hud which does provide a database of stats on players you've played but on the flipside doesnt provide any other benefits bar that, a programme like holdem manager is infinitely better. This is gonna sound retarded and it probably is but ive actually had holdem manager for a few months now and after failing in trying to set it up on vista I just gave up and forgot about it. But now I feel is a perfect time to get it set up and start a new phase of my poker career as the new year dawns. In the last week or two ive really gained the hunger to grind again and with my funds already diminishing due to the costs of a uni lifestyle I feel the need to make some money.

Ive hit a really shitty downswing in the last 20k hands ive played which has seen me lose around 32% of my roll, not helped by my rusty play caused by a lack of hands since late september. Most of this loss occured at 200nl where I basically got bummed. Ive sice moved back down to 100nl and have effectively broken even for the last 10k hands ive played. Yet I definitely feel im playing way better than i was a month ago and its simply variance that is stopping me from making some good money.

Anyways i've gone on long enough and wish you all good luck for the upcoming year.

In my last post I didnt really set any poker related goals, so here they are:

1. Make $35,000 profit in 09

2. reach 600nl by end of 09

3. Play a minimum of 300k hands in 09

4. beat 100nl at 3.5 bb/100 over 60k sample

5. beat 200nl at 2.5bb/100 over 100k sample

6. Become comfortable 14+ tabling

Overall my results in poker this year have been average, I started with no bankroll back in April and have managed to amass 7k in profit since then(though i was up to $9400 at 1 point) making me easily rolled for 100nl. However I havnt played anywhere near enough hands, only grinding out around 90k cash game hands ranging from 25-200nl. I have no excuse not to play alot of hands next year as I have so much spare time in uni, though I often find myself wanting to do things with my friends rather than play which may be a problem in playing alot. Though my need for money is becoming alot more serious so I wont really have a choice.

Watching you in the new CR video imo

Im such a computer spaz its embarassing, cant get my fucking holdem manager to work properly. Got it set up but now for some reason even after following the instructions it keeps epically failing, gahhhhhhh I hate computers!!!

p.s. fuck vista

I'm curious. Why do you want to 14+ table? Does your winrate (in terms of BB/100 of course) increase you (you personally) increase the number of tables or are you just increasing the number of tables for the hell of it? If it's the former, then I'm impressed. But if it's the former then you have to go over specific reasons why increasing the number of tables you play on at a time benefits you in the long-run.

haha have seen the video now, trust me to sit on the right of the pro. The last hand was preety lol, I think I actually had jj and was intending to get it in if he shoved but when he 5 bet smallish the alarm bells went off bigtime and i felt i was crushed and with 82 bbs left chucked the hand. Probs should of just played some poker but im a donk.

The other hand where he had a set of 8s i had aq.

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