Alexos' Adventures in Donkland

Originally Posted by Genitruc

omg kmind u said I was your only student!

fu our relationship is over

no no no! His lessons are for poker, you're still my only sex ed student

alexos - meh, talk to my secretary

Still haven't got my coaching sessions yet, my coach is too busy beating up on durrrr at 200/400.. what an asshole

I just had a ridiculous session, filled with tears, and pain, and agony, frustration.... but somehow managed to turn things around and managed to profit. Weird. I think play 6 tables + HU and shorthanded tilts me soooo much. I mean, no wonder why HU poker is sooo profitable, you're so prone to either DESTROY or get destroyed, unless you have incredible control over your emotions.

All is good, gn peepz!

Originally Posted by Alexos

Still haven't got my coaching sessions yet, my coach is too busy beating up on durrrr at 200/400.. what an asshole

Sorry I was busy with that durrr match... I was owning him too hard to leave it! Maybe I can coach you today or something?

:P

Blahhhh tilt post!!!

So I grind like 2/5 and 5/10 like a maniac today, end up 9k and somehow below EV still. Cool.

I come back from a pub after a sweet victory for the habs in shootouts, fire up some late nite fishy tables and BOOOOM! Get sucked out on a cpl times and then I decide to play some 20/40 soft game with fishes and lose KQ vs AQ on Qxx flop for a stack. Somehow I lose 9k and back to zero for the day!!. So tilting to work your ass off for 6hrs then lose it all I feel like it always happens, and WE KNOW it's gonna happen, but we still do it and HOPE it won't happen. But it does, it always does. So don't move up to chase losses kids, it WILL happen.

In other news, I've tried making a vid today but I'm really new to this and feel like I'm not quite sure what to talk about. I think that having a certain topic for the vid helps, so maybe I'll try that next time. Anyways I'll keep on trying and eventually I'll post the vid here when I'm satisfied with it!!!

Nite

u record the vid and I'll comment

imo

also 2 bad to hear about that gross end to the day's play

edit : fuck the habs

oh man... that sucks about the 20/40 .. gaaah. who was fish?

Originally Posted by Genitruc

edit : fuck the habs AND the leafs

fyp and qft

If you're doing a training type vid, then I think having a bunch of notes written down on topics can help (its what I did when I did the SNG noobie vid for FTR). That way you can chat through spots etc while playing and fill in dead air with your preplanned talking points.

Mixture of what Ben said as well as mentioning how great of a player I am.

hey guys, check out the new CardRunners coach!

finallllllllllly

CONGRATS FORMER COACH

Originally Posted by Alexos

hey guys, check out the new CardRunners coach!

nh
so, is a 3 month membership worth blowing 10% of my fpps on?

Originally Posted by daven

Originally Posted by Alexos

hey guys, check out the new CardRunners coach!

nh
so, is a 3 month membership worth blowing 10% of my fpps on?

Definitely! I have memberships to all 4 major training sites : DC, CR, Leggo, and Pokersavvy. These guys have coached me for the past 2 years, I def recommend everyone subscribes to at least one.

I also think CR got their act together finally. Since the new website the quality has increased dramatically.

ya tbh i ve been watching CR vids for entertainment value for a while now but it's been hard not to notice how much better the vids have been both in terms of content and overall consistency for the past while

Can you elaborate (if you are willing) on the benefits or perks that these coaching sites offer their instructors? It seems like they would be unable to give fair compensation to top notch players, especially given that they are already making so much playing poker...

Originally Posted by BigLRIP

Can you elaborate (if you are willing) on the benefits or perks that these coaching sites offer their instructors? It seems like they would be unable to give fair compensation to top notch players, especially given that they are already making so much playing poker...

I'm not sure what they pay the instructors, but the high stakes guys have a piece of that company so that makes sense. I'm just offering my coaching services through CR to get more exposure, I'm not making videos or anything like that, so no perks for me They take a small cut.

Things are going well, the month started with a few 25/50 and 50/100 (shortstack) shots gone wrong, but I recovered and I'm set to have another solid month in poker.

I'm also 5-6k away from winning my 3rd prop bet vs Griffey, which is pretty ridiculous given the unfavorable odds I laid myself in this one. What a fish he is

Also, here's an interesting hand from today that made me go "whatttt?". He's a good higher stakes reg..

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($990.00)
CO ($2055.00)
Hero ($2053.75)
SB ($1149.00)
BB ($868.25)

Pre-flop: ($15, 5 players) Hero is BTN
UTG raises to $40, 1 fold, Hero raises to $122, 2 folds, UTG calls $82

Flop: ($259, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $177, UTG calls $177

Turn: ($613, 2 players)
UTG bets $691, Hero calls $691

River: ($1995, 2 players)

Final Pot: $1995
UTG shows:
Hero shows:

UTG wins $1992 ( won +$1002 )
Hero lost -$990.00

whatttt

what do you mean whatttt? Best hand wins. You got owned. Really hard.

Any students yet?

lol brutal hand. Who was that against?

unfavourable odds lmao. riiiiiiiiiight.. I can't win for ass.. and you pull 50k a month.. unfavourable odds mmhmm

I need to stop sucking.. gahhh

good job on the prop bet.. feel free to stop playing at 49k please

Originally Posted by griffey24

lol brutal hand. Who was that against?

unfavourable odds lmao. riiiiiiiiiight.. I can't win for ass.. and you pull 50k a month.. unfavourable odds mmhmm

I need to stop sucking.. gahhh

good job on the prop bet.. feel free to stop playing at 49k please

it was vs Joeyyy

I'm close to 50k, but meh, I gotta pay my lawyers so I need that extra thousand from you

It's okay you get free coaching + moral support from me all day every day!!!! It's definitely worth a few -EV propbets per year, imo!

lmao, I only needed like 1k to win the bet vs Griffey.. I could prolly play 200nl and take it easy right? NOOOOOO, i end up playing some 5 10 and 10 20 and dropped like 6k.

I will not give up, I have about 24hrs to make those 7k and win the bet. I'm taking a break then back to crushing, here we gogogogoo!!!!

This is what I'm talkin about!!! I ordered some Dominos Pizza, finished my Brian Townsend video and booooom!! made like 7k back in 90min!!! SHIP THE MONIES GRIFFEY!! hahaha

Jewel of the day (in pounds ldo):

$2/$5 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($362.60)
CO ($797.40)
BTN ($148.00)
SB ($651.98)
Hero ($674.00)

Pre-flop: ($7, 5 players) Hero is BB
3 folds, SB raises to $17, Hero raises to $50, SB calls $33

Flop: ($100, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $65, SB calls $65

Turn: ($230, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($230, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $144, SB raises to $536.98, Hero calls $392.98

Final Pot: $1303.96
SB shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $1300.96 ( won +$648.98 )
SB lost -$651.98

nh imo

btw how did HU vs Rav go

Very nice .

sick induce! very nice... pretty thin VB in the first place though lol.. does he call worse ever?

If you're willing to call a shove here, I think I like a smaller bet around 110-120ish in terms of both thin value and inducing.

Originally Posted by griffey24

sick induce! very nice... pretty thin VB in the first place though lol.. does he call worse ever?

If you're willing to call a shove here, I think I like a smaller bet around 110-120ish in terms of both thin value and inducing.

I kind of disagree about the bet sizing, i think 144 lets him induce very well since he has 536 remaining. 110 i think is too small, but if he had like 400 i would do it 110, imo...

Also made a vid today, it felt good. I'm not sure I'll make it public yet, but im gaining more experience slowly and i think eventually ill make one worthy to be displayed in public.

Geni - Rav owned my soul a little, i was being pretty aggro, he thought i was monkey tilting, but meh.. i think i played okay, but he doesnt fold so wtv We'll play longer next time

Congrats man. You're fucking sick and da man.

ya no shit about him not folding

he told me you guys were playing HU on a cpl tables and I just shook my head and was glad I table select these days

meh i fold against everyone else except vs you and griffey since ur both FTR monkeydonks.

does the private video contain any roulette advice?

Originally Posted by Ravageur

meh i fold against everyone else except vs you and griffey since ur both FTR monkeydonks.

lol oh man.. sooo true. Though I think you should fold to me and call Alex more.. he's way more of a donkey!

Me, you, geni and alex need some 4-handed fun.. a little repeat of montreal!

Originally Posted by griffey24

Originally Posted by Ravageur

meh i fold against everyone else except vs you and griffey since ur both FTR monkeydonks.

lol oh man.. sooo true. Though I think you should fold to me and call Alex more.. he's way more of a donkey!

Me, you, geni and alex need some 4-handed fun.. a little repeat of montreal!

zomg yes!! we could also invite Andy to push-bot shortstack looollll

hhahahahahah
having andy shortstack our NL50 games would just make them oh-so much more epic

Originally Posted by Genitruc

hhahahahahah
having andy shortstack our NL50 games would just make them oh-so much more epic

haha yesss ok for real like we should actually set a time and actually do this on inter. I'm sure alex could even call platinum club and get them to reserve him a couple tables and maybe even have them block a 6th person!

he ownssss them

oh and having a short-stacker would definitely add an interesting dynamic.

Originally Posted by Alexos

This is what I'm talkin about!!! I ordered some Dominos Pizza, finished my Brian Townsend video and booooom!! made like 7k back in 90min!!! SHIP THE MONIES GRIFFEY!! hahaha

Jewel of the day (in pounds ldo):

$2/$5 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($362.60)
CO ($797.40)
BTN ($148.00)
SB ($651.98)
Hero ($674.00)

Pre-flop: ($7, 5 players) Hero is BB
3 folds, SB raises to $17, Hero raises to $50, SB calls $33

Flop: ($100, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $65, SB calls $65

Turn: ($230, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($230, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $144, SB raises to $536.98, Hero calls $392.98

Final Pot: $1303.96
SB shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $1300.96 ( won +$648.98 )
SB lost -$651.98

NH, what would you have done if he had bet the river?

Lucky - River would be an easy call vs this guy, which is a total insult to the way he plays lol

I just realized it's almost been a year since I started this thread, and I lol'ed at reading the first page of this thread, seeing how much I have improved since then. I'll probably do a recap of this year sometime in December, with new goals for the next year.

As for this month, I'm around breakeven, had some huge swings though but not playing that much either to even out the variance. I'm not that motivated tbh, just can't wait to leave on my Carribean cruise on Nov 15th and have some fun.

So sick. I remember you first starting this thing too. Congrats man.

But I don't want you to go on that long stretch of being unmotivated again. Keep at it!

Originally Posted by Alexos

I'm not that motivated tbh, just can't wait to leave on my Carribean cruise on Nov 15th and have some fun.

yesssssss should be awesome! text me while you're down there and remind me of all the hot inter plat support girls I'm missing out on!

Leavin for the Carribean tomorrow woot woooot!!! Gonna play a bunch of tourneys and maybe a little drunken cash games. Hopefully I will bink a nice score or somethin.

Just re-discovered this video, so I'll put it up here because it cracks me up everytime i see it!! LMAO!!! 400 BABIES!

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

Originally Posted by Alexos

Leavin for the Carribean tomorrow woot woooot!!! Gonna play a bunch of tourneys and maybe a little drunken cash games. Hopefully I will bink a nice score or somethin.

Just re-discovered this video, so I'll put it up here because it cracks me up everytime i see it!! LMAO!!! 400 BABIES!

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

LINK FAILLLLL

Have an awesome trip!!

ok fixed now

"check raise'em with your energy aaaaaces"

looove it

"sikkkkkkkkk call on the riverrrrrrr"

hey guys, long time no updates!!

CPC cruise was a freakin blast, but was very tiring at the same time cuz of so much partying. The boat stopped at 3 islands in the Caribbean, but St-Maarten was my favorite by far, i dont think ive ever seen such clean blue-greenish water ever, not even comparable to Cuba or the dominican... i hope one day ill be baller enough to have a summer house in this true paradise.

As for poker, November has been shit, sort of. I was up like 15k before CPC, but didnt feel like playing at all when i returned, so had to play high stakes to get motivated, and i obv dropped like 15k at 10/20+ to finish breakeven for the month.

I also decided I'm no longer playing below 5/10. I feel like im so much better than the average 5/10 players that there is no point for me to ever play lower again. Today was good as I won about 13k playing mostly 10/20. I think I can start pulling 100k months from now on if I just keep playing fewer tables and table selecting 5/10-25/50 on a cpl different sites.

I still havnt had any request for coaching, lol. I mean at this point I have realized it's rly rly not worth it for the money, since my hourly is >3x more, but i would still love to have like a protege, i think it would be challenging and rewarding at the same time.

peace

Maybe its the sites you play? Nobody really hears about the people crushing the euro sites but if someone has a big month on stars or tilt its usually all over 2+2. Just a guess though since your obviously a solid winner.

Do you offer your coaching services in french?

Originally Posted by Alexos

hey guys, long time no updates!!
I also decided I'm no longer playing below 5/10. I feel like im so much better than the average 5/10 players that there is no point for me to ever play lower again. Today was good as I won about 13k playing mostly 10/20. I think I can start pulling 100k months from now on if I just keep playing fewer tables and table selecting 5/10-25/50 on a cpl different sites.

Gooood luck!

This is also very good news that you're gone from 5/10 on inter.. yessss. Let me own this stuff for a while, till I'll join you up at 10/20!

Hey man I'm waiting on CardRunners to set my free acount up which should happen with a day or two and you'll get yourself a good review if it helps.

I'd be first to sign up to be your protege man, F THE HATERS.

Originally Posted by meeloche

Maybe its the sites you play? Nobody really hears about the people crushing the euro sites but if someone has a big month on stars or tilt its usually all over 2+2. Just a guess though since your obviously a solid winner.

Do you offer your coaching services in french?

lol.. french, english, romanian... and for spanish I couldn't charge more than 50$

Originally Posted by griffey24

Originally Posted by Alexos

hey guys, long time no updates!!
I also decided I'm no longer playing below 5/10. I feel like im so much better than the average 5/10 players that there is no point for me to ever play lower again. Today was good as I won about 13k playing mostly 10/20. I think I can start pulling 100k months from now on if I just keep playing fewer tables and table selecting 5/10-25/50 on a cpl different sites.

Gooood luck!

This is also very good news that you're gone from 5/10 on inter.. yessss. Let me own this stuff for a while, till I'll join you up at 10/20!

wattt, im not gone from 5/10 since it IS included in 5/10+.. so yah, tough luck buddy:P

although 2/5$ is all yours from now on..

Thanks though!

Originally Posted by kmind

Hey man I'm waiting on CardRunners to set my free acount up which should happen with a day or two and you'll get yourself a good review if it helps.

I'd be first to sign up to be your protege man, F THE HATERS.

Lol thanks!

and yah F THE HATERS

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