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Old 01-04-2010, 09:25 PM     Post subject: :( #1 (permalink)  
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QOTD:
KILLURSKILLZ: if u have a good hand u should bet otherwise u r a jerk

When someone check raised their set on the flop.



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lol@ the quote

good luck with the op!



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Why poker fucks with our heads: it's the master that beats you for bringing in the paper, then gives you a milkbone for peeing on the carpet.
 
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lol@ the quote

good luck with the op!
Haha, thanks!

I'm going to post hands here and there that confuse me. I'm trying to improve my play and stop spewing.

77/9/3.5 After 45 hands. Fold to cbet 3/6, No real reads. I should have CBet flop. But since I didn't...

$0.10/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
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Stacks:
UTG DawsonS64 ($9.55)
UTG+1 gerstensaft ($10.05)
MP1 Albanerkopf ($25.75)
MP2 Hero ($25)
MP3 haegar2 ($25)
CO AntidushUA ($25)
BTN hookslide13 ($11.50)
SB Diadar ($4.55)
BB smylek ($5)

Pre-Flop: ($0.35, 9 players) Hero is MP2
2 folds, Albanerkopf calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1, 5 folds, Albanerkopf calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.35, 2 players)
Albanerkopf checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($2.35, 2 players)
Albanerkopf bets $1.50, Hero calls $1.50

River: ($5.35, 2 players)
Albanerkopf bets $3, Hero calls $3
 
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SPEWWWW...run hot...SPEWWWWW
 
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And then run hot again!! =D
 
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$50NL Fail.

Back to $25NL for a week.
 
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I wouldn't look at it as fail, but rather, just not time yet. gO get those 25nl donks for awhile, 50 will be there again when you're ready.
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Thanks m2m.

Been running at $50NL for about 6K hands and I feel like I can exploit a decent amount of regs at $50NL. I've found that there are some super aggro regs that are easily beaten, along with some very passive ones, the regs seem more extreme (maybe just the sessions I've played) than at $25NL.
 
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As an idea let me share my current plan for moving up. Don't take shots. Rather just do study sessions at the next higher limit. By study session I mean open like 1 table for 30 minutes and put everyone on a hand on every street - close the table after 30 minutes and fully analyze a hand or two. Then go back to the normal limit for a normal session. Then as time, confidence and fish infested waters dictate it will become natural to flesh out the presence at the higher limit with perhaps a full (shortish) session with a reduced number of tables - but with strict stop loss and a study emphasis - even a stop session and study process to be kicked off whenever anything happens that I don't understand. And even then I would continue the single table 30 minute study sessions until I'm fully moved up and rolled for that limit. The study sessions of course don't need the full BR requirement of moving up so it can all become a gradual thing.
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Not a bad idea, I'll probably do something along those lines at $100NL (not for a few months though), but I'm at $50NL to stay (stop loss at 1K bankroll, but I'm at about $1300 now). I played at $50NL over last summer for about 25K hands at about 3BB/100 and I feel as comfortable now as I did then.

January was such a roller coaster month, I dabbled at HU and realized that the variance is incredible, and my heart can't take it.

I was up $326 at one point, tried $50NL lost 3 buyins, dropped to $25NL and lost another 6 or so, almost to even for the month, started doing well again, played some heads up and got rolled, cleared my $300 bonus and started playing $50NL where I'm running like 3BB/100 over 6K hands, which is is counting my first shot at $50NL where I dropped 3-4 buyins.

Today I plan to use up most of my FPP's playing 280FPP hyper-turbos (6 max). I have 9.5K. My goal is $165 which is about a 44% winrate. Top 2 pay, 3rd gets the 280FPP back. (top 2 = win)

Edit: Ship $154 T$ from 9.2K FPP's! Now I gotta find someone to exchange with.
 
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Just played some of the best poker of my life over the last 1K hands.

Dropped a quick 1.5 buyins and then rallied to finish up 1 buy-in and just felt that I played fantastically.

But this is a game like golf...once you think you have figured it out, you shank the ball out of bounds.

Time to go out and have some fun.
 
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Been playing bad. But I got a sweat from BooG and sweated him, and then later on sweated M2M and learned a lot about 3betting and playing your opponents at 6max.

Work in progress.
 
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And when you thought it couldn't get any worse.

It does.
 
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Keep goin dude, don't worry about the results. I just advocated doing this to sil in his blog and I think it'll apply here too. Take a week where you only open up HEM/PT3 to start up the Auto Import. Don't look at winnings, graphs, stats. NOTHING. Once the week is up, go ahead and look it over for that week compared to the week prior to that. I think you will be pleasantly surprised at both the results and your play. If not, you will be able to easily identify leaks that AREN'T induced by results and are gaps in your understanding of the situation rather than you're down 3 BIs over the last two days.
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Old 02-14-2010, 07:27 PM #15 (permalink)  
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I'm not really results oriented so that won't matter much to me. I'm not only running bad I'm playing bad on top of it.

It is very frustrating. I'm going to drop down to $25NL and play a small amount of tables and work my way back up.
 
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It is very frustrating. I'm going to drop down to $25NL and play a small amount of tables and work my way back up.
enjoy the ride back up!
 
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Old 02-16-2010, 10:05 PM #17 (permalink)  
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Going to go for 20 buy-ins at $25NL before moving back up...yaawn style.

Except I'll mix it up 6max and FR
 
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Old 02-17-2010, 05:46 PM #18 (permalink)  
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Scratch that. I'm revamping my game at $10NL. No more tricky stuff. Just going to own bitches.

Going to win 10 buy-ins down here before moving up.

And stop trying to win every fucking hand.
 
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Old 02-20-2010, 01:44 AM #19 (permalink)  
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Time to tighten up.

I've turned into a Spewing LAG-tard.
 
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Old 02-20-2010, 03:00 AM #20 (permalink)  
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i moved back to 10nl in december and ground it back up through the stakes. It's gotta be good for you, or something.. I moved down to 50nl earlier this week for a 20buyin dose of sorting things out too.
dranger gave me some sage advice way back in November, and it bears repeating:
ABC poker

I interpreted that as something like:
identify and target the fish
careful against reg/nit stats type players
value bet
don't bluff too hard
play position
don't play stupid ranges in ep, nor call stupid ranges in lp/blinds
note opponent's stack size and spr at all times

cool
10buyins should take up to 10k hands, but it's probably worth it.
 
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Old 02-28-2010, 06:03 PM #21 (permalink)  
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I'm going to take the week off. Still playing and running terribad. I have some exams this week and will use the week off to get school work done and also do some poker studying.

Cya next weekend.
 
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So, I've lost it. Although I still play within my bankroll, I am over rolled for any stakes that I can beat at this present moment. I have withdrawn $850 leaving me with $250, 25 buy-ins for .05/.10

I plan to split time between $10 PLO and $10 NLH and working the bankroll back up until I graduate. My game has taken a nose dive, along with my decision making ( CBat28 Poker Player Ranking and Stats at PokerStars )

I'm going to try and strip myself from my bad habits and look at NLH from a different POV by starting all over and studying the BC. I know that I have the capability to win, I just need to get my head on straight. So for the next two months, it's not about volume, it is about quality time spent playing/studying.
 
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So, I've lost it. Although I still play within my bankroll, I am over rolled for any stakes that I can beat at this present moment. I have withdrawn $850 leaving me with $250, 25 buy-ins for .05/.10

I plan to split time between $10 PLO and $10 NLH and working the bankroll back up until I graduate. My game has taken a nose dive, along with my decision making
I'm going to try and strip myself from my bad habits and look at NLH from a different POV by starting all over and studying the BC. I know that I have the capability to win, I just need to get my head on straight. So for the next two months, it's not about volume, it is about quality time spent playing/studying.
so, you probably know i moved down to 10nl back in december, and am maintaining my roll at 50nl levels for the moment rather than moving up - so i unfortunately know what you're talking about...

ABC poker is a good start. Focus on position and starting hand selection pre-flop, just get it right. Then work from there. Discipline, question every call - calling is often a leak, is folding or raising better? Also, 25buyins is kinda tight, i'd prefer 30-35 cos i'm a bankroll nit PLO is higher variance than NLH...

i wish you good luck, but it's not about luck. It's about playing to the best of your ability, cos you can beat these games. Do it. And list the study you are doing, like every week list the time spent each day and what you spent it on.
 
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Thanks Daven. I played about 1000 hands today, started out down 3 buy-ins because of my continuance loose calls, etc. So I took a break after about 300 hands and I ended up down about 1 buy-in on the day.

Felt good to fold fold fold fold. I have been calling WAY too much, like you said. I've been trying to go into hands with a plan and reevaluating ranges on each card instead of mashing, which worked well in my second session. I'm 6 tabling FR, which gives me plenty of time to make decisions.
 
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Oh and about the 25 buy-ins...I have a $100 bonus I'm going to clear in 240VPP, so I have some room there. Also, if I lose 25 buy-ins at $10NL, its over for me lol.
 
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Okay, been pretty profitable at $10NL so far.



I've also been playing some 1 table micro SnG's as of late. They are pretty fun (and profitable), I'd recommend them. I'll probably play a couple more sessions $10NL and then move up to $25NL.
 
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Well, the bankroll is at $450 thanks to shipping $50 to a good friend who has and always will display horrible bankroll management no matter how often I tell him otherwise. So as of right now, I cannot move up.

I have currently made 10 buy-ins in just under 14,000 hands at 10NL. My winrate is at 7.69, and honestly, it is because I tend to zone out while playing, otherwise it could be much higher.

Things that need to happen:
1. Focus while playing. Make my sessions short and when I start losing focus, quit the session and cut down tables to 6-8.
2. Do more studying. Study the amount of time that I play.
3. Use the IRC for more than entertainment. Don't just goof around, actually post hands.
 
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Old 04-03-2010, 06:37 PM #28 (permalink)  
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Until I get to and establish myself at $100NL, I will no longer be cashing out for any reason unless it is due to necessity. I have played through $25NL too many times to keep dropping down due to unneeded cash outs. I'm looking to move up to $25NL ASAP. Once I hit $500 bankroll it will happen, which is just under 3 buyins at $10NL. Need is necessity, meaning I have absolutely no money to get by with. I have about $3500 at my disposal, and $1400 in the market. I will make about another $500 from my on campus job before I graduate. And then I will be in search of a job, I have some connections that I am working on, so I hope one of them works out.

I may have to start playing poker on wireless in the library due to my connection in the dorms cutting out for 10-60 seconds every 10 minutes or so. This is very frustrating and often forces me to sit out of multiple tables. I'm going to give the library wireless a try this afternoon.

Also, I will be depositing again whenever there is another deposit bonus.
 
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Not a very big sample here, but I do feel that I beat $10NL for a decent win rate, 9.5bb/100 for 16 buy-ins.

[x] Beat $10NL with a respectable win rate.


My bankroll has now hit $500 and I feel that I am ready to move up to $25NL. I have been mildly successful at $25NL beating it at 3.45bb/100 over 84,000 hands. I am nowhere near satisfied with this rate, and I am looking to beat it at at least 6bb/100 for 15 buyins before moving up to $50NL. 15 buyins at 6bb/100 will take me about 25,000 hands, which I hope to be able to do in April and a couple weeks into May.


Goals for the month of April (in order):
[ ] Start my career/Find a job for when I graduate in May
[ ] Keep doing well this semester
[ ] Keep studying poker
[ ] 16,000 hands @ $25NL (533 per day)
[ ] 6bb/100

No need to add in keep working out because this is like my constant. I just love working out and staying fit.
 
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good luck with the job finding
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Thanks M, I have some good connections in the mix right now, its just about getting one of them pan to pan out. I hope that by the time I graduate, I will be rolled for $50NL with some cushion, just so if I cannot find a job immediately after, I have unrealized income coming into my Pokerstars account. But I do not want to use that income.

Had my first session at $25NL today in about 45 days. Played 395 hands for a profit of $58. Ran and played well. I will probably get another session in tonight of about the same amount of hands. Table and seat selection is SO SO SO key to sustaining a high win rate. There is no point to sit infront of a deep stacked LAG, when there are 100 other tables going on with plenty of poor players. Also the really loose tables usually tighten up after the loose players busto and all of the regs join off of the waiting list.
 
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$25NL Daily Update

Date Hands Profit/Loss
4/5/10 952 $41.15
4/6/10 243 -$00.80
4/7/10 1095 $39.50

Average 763 $26.60
 
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you beat 10nl well, 25nl isn't much different. You know that already.
good luck finding a job! poker to pay the bills would be stressful without a huge cushion - it's bad enough with that cushion sometimes.... but, depends what you need to get by - making a couple hundred a week is fairly straightforward.
 
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Howdy. My name is CBat and I have Fancy Play Syndrome.
 
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Up about a buy-in at $25NL over about 7K hands. Been playing pretty shitty and had a few coolers the last couple days from some set over sets. I'm dissapointed in my play over the past couple days though. But, I'm pretty happy with the way I played in my 2nd session today of about 1,000 hands. I was up about two buy-ins, got set over setted twice, putting me back down to about even on the session, but rallied back to win 1.5 buyins.

My non-showdown winnings were in the positive for the day too. And usually when this happens, I don't spew and call extra streets and I make timely 3bets and play the 3bets well post flop.

I sweated m2m today in a little $25NL 6m action...he's good. I learned a few things and am interested to sweat some more or receive a sweat, hopefully full ring next time.
 
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Long day today, worked all day, then had classes, then hit up the library to finish an assignment. So pretty exhausted and had trouble concentrating on the assignment while my headache got stronger. So no grinding tonight.

Tomorrow will be very similar. I might have a little bit of time in between classes to get an hour session in or so. So hopefully get some hands in during that time, as it seems to be the only feasible time for it.
 
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My C game > me

Fucking FPS and not folding to obvious strength.
 
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I'm up like 2 buy-ins at $25NL thanks to running over EV. But I'm basically playing break even poker. I should have had a sick session today, but I find ways to just give my money away, which leaves me around BE. I got some leaks I need to fill right now. Maybe I'll do some sweat sessions if m2m is around this week. I forget when he leaves for Europa.

I've started reading Sklansky's book about Holdem (the one talked about in the BC). It is pretty interesting. So far it's nothing I don't know, but it's having me take a harder look at those thing while playing, since I have been neglecting some of them as I play.

But as of right now, I need to stop making hero calls because frankly, the amount of times I am wrong just makes it not worth it.

Lent a friend $55 in some 4.40s yesterday and the quarter million at 30%/70%. He won a 4.40 MTT and placed in like 900th for $69. So, profit $69 for me!
 
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Fun Hand IDK what I was thinking on this hand. The guy was an 86/15/ 10 3bet, I shoulda just got it all in? IDK
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BTN ($19.65)
SB ($73.15)
BB ($19.50)

Pre-Flop: ($0.35, 9 players) CBat28 is UTG
CBat28 raises to $0.75, 4 folds, CO calls $0.75, 1 fold, SB raises to $1.25, 1 fold, CBat28 calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50

Flop: ($4, 3 players)
SB bets $0.75, CBat28 raises to $3, CO folds, SB calls $2.25

Turn: ($10, 2 players)
SB bets $1.25, CBat28 calls $1.25

River: ($12.50, 2 players)
SB goes all-in $67.65, CBat28 folds

Final Pot: $80.15
SB shows high card Queen


SB wins $79.55 (net +$6.40)

CBat28 lost $5.50
CO lost $1.25
 
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Old 04-21-2010, 11:47 AM #40 (permalink)  
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I'd hate life, but tbh I'm not folding that river once so many draws miss and the fact that he could be value betting A9 or some crazy shit here.
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I'd hate life, but tbh I'm not folding that river once so many draws miss and the fact that he could be value betting A9 or some crazy shit here.
I agree 100%.
 
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Been putting in some serious volume over the past few days (about 2k hands per day...which is serious for me with school and work and all). I'm not sure if I'm going to make goldstar since I am traveling on this Saturday and I realized I don't get .1 VPP per hand, but more like .09, which actually makes a pretty large difference.

I've made some bad plays, some good plays, and ran into AA twice for stacks with KK this month (no vice versa's of that this month). Once was my fault when a .9 3bet and 0% 4bet over 300 hands, 4bets you relatively small from UTG, he probably has AA. The other one was standard. Also I've had a few people chase their flush draws to the river vs my overpair/sets and lost stacks there. And once got check raised with AA when I knew I should fold, but jammed. But I still feel very confident in some of the changes that I've made to my game over this month, and I feel that I can crush $25NL and it's only a matter of time before I start. Also I need a little bit more discipline when it comes to the passive reg wakes up with a check/raise vs my overpair.

I played five $10 double or nothings turbos this morning because I couldn't sleep all that well and I cashed in all 5. It's nice winning every all in that you are ahead in (and one when you are behind). Ship $47.80.

Oh and I can't change the title of the post anymore, so I'm stuck with the sad face lol.
 
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You should still be able to change it. Just go to the first post and edit the title. Unless the new format doesn't allow it which would be gay, cuz I've changed my op titles in the past.
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I would've thought you could edit it too? If you can't, lemme know what you want to change it to and I'll change it for you.



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I've tried to change it a few times and it isn't letting me. I can live with the title though lol.

Dave! - Yeah seriously, no point not to 4bet there.


Had a pretty cool session today of about 700 hands. Won just over a buy-in and won 100% of my showdowns, but only went to showdown 10% of the time. Ever since I've increased my 3bet to about 5% with position 3bets and re steals, my red line has pretty much flat lined, I'm a few dollars over even, which is pretty freakin sweet. I just have to work on folding to obvious strength and I'm going to be good to go .

Goals for the month of April (in order):
[ ] Start my career/Find a job for when I graduate in May
Haven't found one yet, but I got a solid interview set with Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which I think I will get
[X] Keep doing well this semester
It's been a pretty easy semester and I should finish with a 3.3+
[X] Keep studying poker
Been going strong with this, but I know I can get even more consistent at this.
[X] 16,000 hands @ $25NL (533 per day)
At ~20K right now with a few days left.
[ ] 6bb/100
Only at ~3 for the month, but I still feel that I've made a lot of progress this month.

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when something cool happens, can i change it to instead? your title can have emotions like full tilt avatars.



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Summer Time, Livins Easy:

Okay, so I'm graduating in three weeks. And I have a lease signed with two friends back near my hometown, which will come to be about $400 a month per person. Right now I have about $4,500 of cash and cash equivalents (not counting poker $$$ because I plan to not withdraw for the rest of the year). Including my necessities like food, gas, and car insurance, I figure I will need about $200 a week, or $800 a month to get by. So with no job, that $4,500 would last me about five months. So that means, I give myself two months to get myself a real job (or become a reg at $200NL, low expectations on that in that amount of time). If I cannot find a decent job, I will go back to working at the grocery store until that happens (worst case scenario).

I'm in okay shape right now, but I've definitely been in better. Ever since my ACL reconstruction surgery, I've gotten a little lazy when it comes to eating. I still workout 3-4 times a week and have been rehabbing the knee, but I want to get myself back into really good shape like I was last summer. I don't think this will be a problem because being healthy is one thing that I've never had to push myself to do. And now that I will no longer be dealing with the college life, I should be able to get myself back to great shape.

My goal is to keep improving both as a person and as a poker player. My girlfriend and I are going to be about 2.5 hours away for the next two years, as she goes to grad school and I look for work. It's going to be difficult, but we have a very good relationship so I think that we will be able to pull through.

When it comes to poker, I'd like to put in 30K hands during May at $25NL and if things go well, move up to $50NL at the end of the month.

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when something cool happens, can i change it to instead? your title can have emotions like full tilt avatars.
haha, sounds good! I'll let you know when.
 
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thx dood. fuck it tho. dont worry bout them stars they will come just worry bout stomping them 25ers. see you at 50NL soon
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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
CO ($19.45)
Button ($34.95)
SB ($25)
BB ($19.95)
UTG ($15)
MP1 ($25.85)
Hero (MP2) ($25)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J, J
1 fold, MP1 bets $1, Hero calls $1, 4 folds
Flop: ($2.35) Q, J, 3 (2 players)
MP1 bets $2, Hero raises to $4.25, MP1 calls $2.25
Turn: ($10.85) 5 (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets $7, MP1 raises to $20.60 (All-In), Hero calls $12.75 (All-In)
River: ($50.35) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)
Total pot: $50.35 | Rake: $2.45
Results:
MP1 had Q, Q (three of a kind, Queens).
Hero had J, J (three of a kind, Jacks).
Outcome: MP1 won $47.90
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