Brick By Boring Brick

the blue one is rakeback.

the red one is expected winnings.

Also ship shap was stuck 2.4k post some tournaments now only stuck 1.2k on the month!

HOLLA

how is expected winnings calculated?

Originally Posted by Parasurama

how is expected winnings calculated?

I'm pretty sure it's chip equity against the prize pool.



Anyways. This month has been a real grind fest. It's only been 5 days and I already have 11.5k vpps. That's nothing to you SNE grinders but f off its alot to me =(. Anyways after the fucking disaster that was the hyper turbos I have finally started to turn my month around. Except today, today sucked. 8k hands of break even poker for the fucking lose. Including all that I've played about 32k hands of cash for 1k which is about 2ptbb. Needless to say I'm unhappy about that but if poker wasn't gambling they would call it printing monies amirite? I'm only up $500 in tournaments, which is a real fucking drag due to the fucking hyper turbos. So including rakeback and such probably up like 2k so far this month. Which is really cool. Hopefully close to the end of the month I'll be ready to move up to 400nl. =D

Speaking of moving up. I feel this is a very important point to make here. I had this point driven home back when I first started poker actually. Back in about fall 2008 there were several micro grinders hanging out in irc, I think it was like, me yaawn, wems, dwarfman. Anyways we all were 25nl grinders sitting with about a 1k roll. We asked mcat when we should move up, and he told us 1k was good and to move up. Well me and yaawn both play 200nl now, dunno where wems is but dwarfman is still at 25nl fr lol. Anyways enough about the past.

Anyway the point I'm trying to make here is. Unless you hate money, you should be trying to move up and stay moving through the levels as fast as possible. I cannot stress this enough. The latest fad in the microgrinders seems to be see who can be the nittiest with their bankroll. Seriously, this 100k hands of 10nl, is a fucking waste for an example. If you move up to 25nl at say $500 instead of grinding 10nl till like 1k. Say you're winrate at 10nl is like 5ptbb or whatever. But you're winrate at 25nl drops to like 4ptbb. You're still making more money at 25nl so why would you stay back at 10nl? Please don't use the excuse "You guys don't know what it's like at the micros anymore, it's alot harder than it was for you". Frankly thats a load of bullshit. The games at the micros are equally as beatable as they used to be. You're only slowing you're own learning and prohibitting your bankroll growth. You get better by playing hands, playing better players and talking poker with better players than you. Not by sitting at the micros forever until you have a 10k roll or something. Don't just be content with your w.e winrate in the micros you have to stay driven and hungry otherwise your not going to get better and by the time you move up to SSNL and MSNL the games WILL be a lot tougher. So guys move up as soon as you can. 20-25 BI's is more than enough especially if you only play like 2-8 tables. Take your chances but don't be stupid, if it doesn't work you can always drop down and rebuild but you should be aggressively trying to move up. I cannot stress how important this is, even if I don't articulate it very well =/

I brought down the sky for you, but all you did was shrug.

powerful lyrics ITT

Anyways. Life and poker is going very well. My bankwire got in yesterday and I took my parents out for steak and lobster. Turns out they don't like lobster so they just got filets. I had my first bad dinner at Lucky's, which is where I took them, they like overcooked my king crab. Which was moderately meh, It's really dissapointing as their food is usually superb. It happens I suppose.

Anyways due to me getting my bankwire and check from my trust I was no longer life busto as I have been for about a week now so I went back to play some live poker at this local charity room, which I haven't been to in about a month due to my travels and what not. Everyone was happy to see me and wondered where I'd have been and that was pretty cool considering everyone there should hate me for how much I take out of there, but I keep a very friendly table presence and I don't act like the typical young douchebag so I guess that goes a long way. Anyways there's a really hot dealer there, shes about 20 and a 10, not even fucking kidding, and not an IRL 10 an internet 10. Dunno wtf shes doing dealing cards, except for her dad owns the place. Anyways she was happy to see me too which is umm always nice. Anyways, despite how friendly everyone is, or douchebaggy, there is only one other good player and I would describe him as a good nit who likes to use his image from time to time, everyone but this good nit and I were busto with me and him being up about 500ish. Unfortunately him and I are the only ones who buy in full and we just cleaned the table by about 1. So that's how live went.

My jump into donkaments is going well, that is to say I've been running hotter than the sun. I'm fairly positive that I have an edge on like everyone postflop in tournaments, but their preflop edge kinda outdoes my postflop edge unless I can accumulate a 30-50bb stack. Then things get fun cause its like everyone plays fit or fold like a 10nl cash table or something. That being said I've won more than my fair share of flips, which is obvious I guess, to do well in donkaments you need to win those flips. I really can't seem myself becoming a tourney pro, mostly due to the sick variance and how easy it would be to go on a massive downswing. Tournament variance is really sick and I've already had this lesson.

I'm headed back up to college soon as well, back to Ferris State University located in the scenic town of Big Crapids, I mean Big Rapids. I'm moving in with some friends which should be pretty fun, I mean their not nearly as life busto as my friends at home so we should actually be able to go out occasionally as opposed to never. I'm pretty excited I think, I get to take some classes again and continue poker. I told myself I would quit if I wasn't a winning player again by the end of August and I've made about 12.5k since that time so I'm pretty confident about my game and my ability to win, though I could be on some sick heater, and by which case I can just go back to school full time in January. It's actually pretty awesome how flexible my life is atm and I feel really fortunate that I can both do whatever I want and have the money to do it. Not many people in this world can say such things so yeah, it's pretty umm really can't describe how thankful I am for things I have been given.

Oh yeah, Fronz gets sushi whenever he wants and thats bullshit and Fatb outplays me in FR on a regular basis.

Originally Posted by Bbickes

Oh yeah, Fronz gets sushi whenever he wants and thats bullshit

Shipittttt blogged about me ITT

Ok so. Umm last night I dropped 9 BI at 200nl FR. Most of it was coolers and lost flips but there was some misreads and bad play as well, which ya know is standard when things go poorly. Umm, yeah losing 9 BI in about 5k hands really blows. Can't really think about anything else to say about that other than it really came at a bad time because I was taking small shots at soft 400nl tables and now my confidence is shot to shit.

Some thing I want to talk about is a spot where I keep running top two in sets on drawy boards. I would say the last four times I felted top two on really drawy boards I've ran into bottom set all four times. It would be really easy for me to be results oriented and say k f it I'm just folding everything thats not the nuts to flop raises but that would be very wrong. Just because you run into the top of people's range consistently does not mean the play is bad. The boards I'm talking about will be like AQ9 or AQ7 with FD's on board. Where like yes he will have bottom set on occasion but his range will also be weighed with flush draws and gutters as well as flush draws with pairs

Hand 0: 77.384% 77.38% 00.00% 45966 0.00 { AQo }
Hand 1: 22.616% 22.62% 00.00% 13434 0.00 { 99, KdJd, KdTd, JdTd, 9d8d }

As you can see we're a massive favorite on the AQ9 board against his range and just because I ran into bottom set all 4 times does not mean the play is bad. It's really important to keep these things in mind while on downswing. You have to consider their range and not whether or not you keep running into the top of it.

In the real world my cousin is getting married on Saturday which means I have to go get a new blazer today which should be umm fun. I can do some clothes shopping as well for college and whatever. Tomorrow I'm going to get a massage with me mum because my mom is pretty much the bee's knees when it comes to being a parent to me, she's always been amazing to me when she didn't have to so I try to do everything possible for me mum which I'm sure everyone else does as well. I think I'm taking a break from poker until Sunday but that could change if I feel like getting in play. Gotta throw yourself back in the water, ya know?

Today I'm back off to college and such. I probably will be leaving in around 2 hours or so. I'm pretty excited but at the same time I didn't get much sleep last night so I'm really not looking forward to make the drive up there at all. Plus when I get up there, blah blah blah, you know the drill, people wanna do shit. Which is really cool it just sucks that I feel like I'm half dying right now due to lack of sleep. Anyways we don't have cable yet at our apartment and that's pretty unfortunate considering if I miss a Sunday of poker I'll be pretty upset. Either way I'm really pumped about the school year and living with friends again, just not so much right at this moment.


Poker is going, umm, trying to figure out the right words to convey what I want here. I'm up like 5.2k or something close to that this month but my results in cash have been very mediocre. I'm a 3ptbb winner at 100nl and a 6.5 ptbb loser at 200nl. Which is obviously discouraging and I'm not sure why I either play like complete shit at 200 or just run meh and play poorly. I'll have to do a bunch of analysis while there is no cable in the apartment. I feel like a 5 figure month is still very much in reach depending on how much I can get accomplished when the apartment gets cable. That's my goal and I'm sticking to it. I feel like if I underachieve that this month will kinda be wasted because I got off to a really great start and its a shame if I waste that. That being said I cannot control the cards and all I can really do is put in volume and hope everything works out for the best. Hopefully I can find some leaks this weekend and work on correcting them.

Since I try to talk about something useful in my blog I guess I'll talk about the importance of actually playing. Yes you can study all the time and put in the ev calcs and whatever but when shit really hits the fan the most important thing in difficult spots is experience. With experience comes hand reading, tilt control and with bankroll management that is where most of our money will be made. Experience is the difference between oh fuck he c/r'ed me i guess i should fold and hmm he c/r'ed me, what exactly is he trying to rep and how credibly is he repping it maybe I should considering calling or raising here. These things are important to consider and the more hands you play the easier it will be to hand read and develop reads other than stats and you will find poker is far more enjoyable and profitable when you have the experience and skills to play solid, winning poker.

Take care guys.

I've been back up at college since about mid Thursday. I'm pretty much moved in I guess. Uhh, I bought a really nice leather couch and TV yesterday which all get delivered tomorrow the day after I think. My L shaped desk and computer chair are pretty much the bee's knees. I'll get some pictures up around Wednesday I hope, pending on me actually putting stuff where its supposed to go. It's nice being up at college again, being around friends and getting away from my grandmother, that sounds horrible of me but I've been taking care of her almost non stop for the past 2 months and she has bad Alzheimer so it's like taking care of a young child. My stress levels have decreased dramatically since I've left home though I really miss my own bed. I've been sleeping on the floor with a blanket and pillow due to me not being able to find a bed I like yet. The cable guy just came yesterday and I had a friend at the apartment for most of the day so I haven't been able to play much.

Though one thing I want to talk about is how burnt out I'm getting =/ For the first two weeks of this month I was motivated and putting in anywhere from 8-14 hours a day everyday, no breaks, putting in like 8k hands of cash a day and like 10-15 donkaments. Now towards the end of the month I struggle to put in like 3-4k and it's becoming a real drag. Like I'm getting completely burnt out of this game and I'm not quite sure what to do about it. I'm playing fairly well and still running really good, I'm just struggling to put in the hours. Like it's getting to the point where I have to tell myself the more I play the moar BI's in the bankroll but the desire isn't there. I dunno, maybe I should just take a week off and party my ass off and then hit the tables hard again but I get the feeling if I take a week off it will only make things more difficult when the week is over.

Hey dude, just read through your blog. Pretty good stuff so far. Keep it up man. Sucks ur getting burnt out, but meh happens to everyone from time to time imo.

We gotta hit up the casino together sometime when I get back from SOI. Do a lil drinkin, etc. Will be pretty cool to meet up with a fellow FTRer.

P.S. just lost a 1500bb pot at 2nl to BooG while typing this lol. KK < AA ez game :P

So in the last 5 days I've only played about 12 hours. Needless to say, really f dissapointing but tbh I really don't care too much, its welcome week and I'm at college, what was the point of moving here if I'm not going to enjoy it during the only good time to be up here. I've been having a really good time with all my friends that really means alot to me.

So anyways, the small amount of poker that I've played is going v well. I'm trying to learn PLO and I'm running pretty well which always helps when you learn a new game, especially in a game with variance as high as PLO. I mean lets face it, if we all didn't run good learning NLHE we wouldn't be playing would we. Something I've had to learn the hard way is the 3rd nut FH is not the nuts in PLO, that's been a painful lesson. That all being said I'd still like to make my cash game goals finished. I did play a bit of 2/4 this month that I'm very pleased with, I thought I played very well and actually bothered to tableselect very well. I'm about 15k hands away from my cash goal and that needs to be addressed. Frankly I think I'm going to have to do lockdown mode until about late tonight to get that taken care of so I won't have to worry about any of that tomorrow. I actually feel like playing today, which is wonderful.

Take care guys.

[ ] 100k hands cash
[ ] 300 documents
[ ] move up to 2/4


Fail. Fail. Fail.

So I'm wrapping my month up right now as I feel pretty soul crushed to be honest. The variance of learning and playing PLO is absolutely destroying me so I'm probably not playing PLO for a long time anymore. Final tallys for the month are 91k hands cash, 215 documents and I never really moved up to 2/4. I made 7k this month so I really can't complain, I just feel completely beat by this 2k downswing to end the month. College is getting really old really quick, everyone fights all the time and frankly theres nothing I can't stand worse than drama. So that's getting me down as well.

That being said I made 7k this month! Thats pretty awesome considering its way moar than any busto student here at Big Crapids. I think I'm going to go out and celebrate an awesome month! I mean ugh I hate it when I get like whiney and then I put things in perspective about my general well being compared to everyone else in big rapids let alone the world. Damn, how lucky are we, that we get to play a game from the comfort of our homes, whenever the hell we want and make some serious bank. Life is awesome.

Goals for next month

[ ] 150k hands
[ ] Live

Nice on the 7k! Prob bets +ev, weeeeeee. Dude, tbh you crushed this month no matter what happened at the end. Congrats!

Originally Posted by Bbickes

I put things in perspective about my general well being compared to everyone else in big rapids let alone the world. Damn, how lucky are we, that we get to play a game from the comfort of our homes, whenever the hell we want and make some serious bank. Life is awesome.

i like

Originally Posted by daven

Originally Posted by Bbickes

I put things in perspective about my general well being compared to everyone else in big rapids let alone the world. Damn, how lucky are we, that we get to play a game from the comfort of our homes, whenever the hell we want and make some serious bank. Life is awesome.

i like

Keep on killin' bikes, keep this perspective in mind and try not to get too attached to goals that are results-based with this crazy game of variance...

i'm a bbickes fan, ftw

that being said, your ass is mine in a few weeks.

shutup thorne. jello will eat ur ass, the nongay way. lDo

there is nothing that can make your prior statement seem anything but blatantly homosexual

lies LIES. its astroucious and propousterous

I have not updated in awhile so I guess I'll do that. Poker is going reasonably well. I'm around a 5ptbb winner while simultaneously running bad around 1500bbs. I feel I'm playing pretty solid so I'm really happy about that. I keep running KK into AA AIPF and my AA AIPF hasn't won much either but I'm coolering the shit outta people with sets so it all evens out in the end. Like I said I'm really happy with my play and I'm on pace for a very good month. I would like to be at 2/4-3/6 around early November and I really want to make this happen this time around. It's really hard to make reasonable goals due the variance of this game but this is something that I think I can really do if I put in the hours and work on my game. I think my mind and potential is there I just have to put in some very hard work. They say everyone moves up until they are either not smart enough or don't work hard enough and I hope I don't cap somewhere low.

Here in the real world, my roommate correctly guessed what his anniversery gift was when we were talking about what she got him and I kinda let out a little smile when he did and his gf knows and she got upset and thus I feel like complete garbage for ruining the surprise though in my defense there is really nothing I coulda done about it. So I feel like crap, can't describe how bad I feel about it. I dunno if this even merits how bad I feel but w.e. ugh. School has started for everyone so I have a lot of time to work and play poker but have only put in like 22 hours this month which is pretty unacceptable. I'm getting really unhealthy due to eating nothing but garbage and sitting in this chair and couch alot so I need to start running again or something. Basically there are a lot of aspects of my life that need changing and unfortunately I'm putting some on hold because poker then fitness are taking priority and unfortunately again poker is taking way more priority than fitness.

fitness prop bet?
but i'm doing enough exercise already.

I do need to study/work on poker more and play less, you need to do more exercise. Sort something out?

Poker is going terrible, but that's fine umm, you can't run good all the time and right now I'm fairly close to b/e and I'm like 4k under EV. Which is fine, I cannot control the cards once the monies is all in and really all I can do is continue to play good and hope everything works out. I won't deny its frustrating but I've got this new day, new start philosophy thats working out pretty well. I screwed around at 50nl 6m yesterday for confidence and results were lollerable. I think I won like 6 BI in 2k hands and my graph looks like +10BI in non showdown and -4 in showdown winnings. Which was hysterical to me as it's the first time in awhile my AF has even been near that high and my graph resembles a Joe Ingram or griffey graph. Which was cool, you never know what little thing will make you feel substantially better about this game.

I'm also putting in a conscious effort to play more, these past week hasn't been great for volume but again it is kinda difficult to play when you lose all the time. I'm trying to correct that though and want to put in some decent hours.

Here in the real world my cousin is getting married for the second time. It's a big wedding I'm told and frankly, I almost would rather not drive home to go to it. Does this make me an asshole? probably, but it's her second wedding so shouldnt it be small and shouldn't they elope somewhere? Blaggards I say! Anyways me mum asked me to stay home for a week and take care of my grandma.............Let me first say that me mum is one of the greatest people alive and I would do anything for her, but taking care of grandma is like taking care of a 3 year old, a whiney 3 year old. I can't say no to me mum after all she's done for me so obviously I told her I would. So hopefully, umm, trying to figure a way that this next week can go well, pretty much I need to luckbox a donkament!

Also thorne is getting crushed like *insert more smack talk here*

So this month I'm stuck 2k and 5.5k under ev. Yeah. i really couldnt get anything going this month and everytime I tried to I got slammed in the face. Yeah variance happens to everyone but it doesn't mean its not difficult to deal with at times. All I can say is, well theres really nothing to say cause theres nothing you can control about it.

I can't wait till next month and I really hope that I can play better than I did this month. If not hopefully I can find the motivation to just grind through it rather than just give up every session.

Take care everyone.

Most of us have tricks to get thru the bad runs, but they're gears toward specific causes. If you tell us exactly what's going wrong, someone might have some useful nuggets for you.

I am in the black for about the first time in a month. Let me tell you, it feels phenomenal. I feel like I'm playing a lot better and have refocused my game alot compared to last month's 'start a session with some beats, massive tilt, rinse repeat'. Unfortunately this month I only have something like 25k hands in thus far so that's something that needs to be addressed rather quickly. I need to start playing more despite college and such, I spend too much time on the couch these days. Which ya know is fine but I do too much of it.

Take care guys.

25k hands in a week? And that's slacking off?

You know, if you want to improve, maybe play fewer tables? It works for the rest of us.

Originally Posted by dev

25k hands in a week? And that's slacking off?

You know, if you want to improve, maybe play fewer tables? It works for the rest of us.

12 tables? Just have to put in hours obv.

HELLO FRANDZ!

Due to unforeseen circumstances I'm hungover as shit. I intended to play all night last night due to lol weekends and lol weekend warriors, however roommates decided to throw a party in the apartment and I have no hope for moderation so I feel like garbage. Standard stuff. No pics due to me being too lazy to use the camera on my phone yesterday. College is going fine as well but obv theres only so long I can stay in a room with retarded people so I'm kinda happy that I took a lighter load.

Poker is looking up for about the first time in about two months. I'm starting to string together winning sessions again. Unfortunately I've only played like 46k hands, kinda meh. W/E I'm feeling better about my game and confidence is really a hudge part of playing well.

Take care guys.

G'day sirs. Poker is going much better now, I won the 55 6m, as mcat tells me everyone whos anyone has won this donkament, which is cool I had a complete drooler HU who couldnt adjust to me at all and in the words of him I'm a "pusi". Anyway I soul crushed him on 337 with by snap calling his 30bb crai with KJo. He had K8o and I won the donkament. Pretty good feeling that I played him HU so well and he exploded in chat which provided lols for all who watched.

I've started to play a little bit of 6m for a bit which is a refreshing change after the monotony of full ring. OMG HE RAISED ME WITHOUT A SET PRAISE LEE! etc etc. I'm on a giant heater for the little I've played this month but many tag fish were owned on the way to acquiring my winnings such as backraising AA 180 deep and inducing a lollershove. People play bad and are playmasters what can I say?

As you all know bonkthorne finally achieved a big score and I gotta say I'm very happy for him. He's been downswinging for a few months now and has been pretty soulcrushed and it showed. I mean he bubbled so many final tables with everything from soul crushing beats, lost flips and just some atrocious play but still a few months without any nice scores can be seriously demoralizing in donkaments. Just wanted to say congrats buddy, you deserve it and you can buy the BLL's in Vancouver!

Wow... Super proud of you bickes! You deserve lots of profits, so much hard work, so much helpful advice and discussion. I got nothing but best wishes for you sir!

It is time for an update! Poker is going better and better, that being said I could be on a heater so I have to kinda take it day by day but it's nice to be winning again. Making solid plays and correct reads always helps this confidence and frankly confidence is a big part of anyone's A game. The transition from FR to 6m has gone very well and I'm not sure why I ever left 6m in the first place. Hopefully things continue to go well and I continue to play well/ run well.

Here in the real world it was just halloween. Halloween is fun for obv reasons but incase you live under a rock, wimmenz dress like skanks and it is perfectly acceptable. Which makes halloween awesome. I had a lot of fun seeing friends and partying obv. Anyways Vancouver is approaching and with Vancouver comes the pieing of dthorne's face. As someone much wiser than me says ' BING BLANG BLACE, A pie in yo face.' The current debate is what kind of pie to use, it is down to mud, banana creme, or some kind of jelly pie. This will be a pleasant experience for all involved except thorne ofc. Anyways cranberry juice gives me a terrible case of the runs so must bid you all adieu.

Take care sirs.

Hello sirs of all kinds. Poker is going well I guess. Not as well as I'd like it but meh whatever can't control every aspect of this game. I started this month out on a really sick heater like 17 BI in about 9k hands, 4k hands later I was break even and 4k hands after that I am up 10 BI. Poker is funny. Anyways my graph is very high variance because I'm making some thinner river shoves as well as shoving preflop thinner. While I could tighten up I think I benefit more from trusting my reads and sometimes I'm wrong, happens. Also there was some tilt in the 17 bi downer seeing as it was the weekend and every fish had a set, warble garble. Other than that took like 80ish in the FTP double deuce, obv that was very soul crushing but again I cannot control the cards once the monies are arrrrrrrin. To quote the philosopher Dylan "Keep on keepin' on."

Here in the real world I drove to my house today to grab my passport cause like a dumbass I left it here which costs me 6 hours of driving, which I have to run good in order to stay alive these 6 hours as I'm the most absent minded person ever when driving. Std asian driver I kno rite? Unfortunately for me I pre-ordered the new Call of Duty in Big Rapids and am thus unable to attain my game. FML. Vancouver is approaching rapidly and with it is pieing thorne in the face, there will be video and it will be epic. My parents just got back from Hawaii, they took a 18 day holiday, and I had to sit and listen to me mum's delighted stories of how wonderful Hawaii was. While I am happy for them the other part of me says, Laddy Fucking Dah. I've been stuck in Big cRapids where the weather is absolutely atrocious. For winter break I'm going to Florida so I'll get to share those wonderful stories about how nice the weather is when they're covered in 3 feet of snow.

Take care sirs, I'll leave you with a famous fatb quote.


[fat] hiring PA to do ur laundry
[fat] cant u just pay some hot busto chick at ur school lets say x$/m to do it
[fat] put up a flyer lDo
[fat] or just walk around asking hot chicks if they want to make a buck
[fat] may get ur ass kicked for misunderstandments
[fat] but its worth it

So after 120k hands in the last month and a half or so I am winning about 1ptbb. This is unacceptable and I literally facepalm every time I look at HEM. This is really unacceptable because frankly I know I can do alot better. This isn't overconfidence or ego, its more of I know I'm better than 1ptbb at 100nl and I will be studying HEM for a long time to figure out wtf is wrong because I'm either leaking massively all over the place or spewing in some dumb spot.

Anyways I missed Vancouver due to my mother being in the hospital for a bump on her neck that was giving her back pain and migranes which turned out to be nothing serious. Which is great but really unfortunate that I missed out on my one potential vacation this year because no one wants to go anywhere during winter break so I'm pretty much stuck at home this break. F wonderful.

Take care sirs.

I hereby order you to stop saying "sirs" all the time because maybe there are some women who read your thread?!

We missed you in Vancouver, glad everything is ok with your mother. Hopefully you can collect your owed face pieing sometime in the near future!

Hello sirs and madams. ldo.

poker has been going piss poor and it's been affecting my happiness alot. Obviously thats really bad, and starting a few days ago I'm trying to balance life and poker considerably better. Umm. Looking back on this year I've made a lot of mistakes that I really don't plan on repeating. I've learned alot this year and hopefully going into next year things will go much better. Also I have a vacation coming up to sunny warm weather in a few days which will be really good for me.

Happy Holidays and take care.

Hello to all and happy new years i say.

Am currently trying to get back on pace for SNE. HAH. this will last all of a week iyam but as of now am trying to get back on track for sne. If I don't take a day off I will be back on pace in like 15 days.

i hopes seeing you at 50nl isn't a sign of how things have been going in the poker world for you lately.

Hello everyone! Last month was kinda meh, but thats alright. I played like complete shit in the first 15 days and played awesome in the last 15. I'm postponing my SNE chase for awhile due to the fact I need to work on things in my game. Which mostly involves re-thinking my turn play and betting more rivers instead of going into c/c mode as my default. Frankly I just need to slow down and realize that getting back into MSNL simply wont occur overnight and I think now that I realize it things will become easier. IE Ditching 'must win every pot' syndrome is just fantastic.

Anyways. Goals for Feb are as follows.
[ ] Play a decent amount.
[ ] Find something else to do besides poker.
[ ] Eat better.
[ ] Go out and live once in awhile.

Take care everyone. =)


I'll leave you all with a fat-b quote.

[Bbickes] think im just gonna chill tonights instead of grinding
[fat] !
[fat] relaxsations doesnt collect vpps

Originally Posted by Bbickes

[fat] !
[fat] relaxsations doesnt collect vpps

QFMFT - but what the hell is vpps anyway, and who really cares. Life's more than loyalty points

Hi everyone!

This month is starting off very well. That is to say I'm running hotter than the sun at PLO. I've decided that for this month I'm going to mostly grind HU NLHE SNGs, but also I would like to try and relearn PLO. If nothing else this will definitely help with the vpps I need to get back on pace for SNE. I feel that it couldn't hurt to give this game another attempt at learning and so far it's going very well. That is to say people at 50PLO are just, how to put this, f horrible. They make so many massive mistakes that it's almost sad. I find myself laughing a bit with the 'thank you for your money sir, thank you for your money' - Krantz. I mean for example I had a 'reg' stack off with bottom two, twice, in a raised pot on a board where my range was massive wraps and sets. That being said I'm running like the sun and winning slightly more then my fair share of the flips but I suppose that's PLO. It's always a blast to run good, that is to say it's a lot more fun then running poorly.

Take care =)

Yeeeeeah run hot and hit SNE!

Hes so far behind pace. Never gonna make it imo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaGPJ67jA6A

prolly closer than drew at least.

new prop: who gets more veeps in 2010: drew or bikes

over/under of the max of the two set at 350k

GOGOGOGOGOGOGO!

Veep count?

Originally Posted by d0zer

prolly closer than drew at least.

new prop: who gets more veeps in 2010: drew or bikes

over/under of the sum of the two set at 350k

fyp

Originally Posted by daven

Originally Posted by Bbickes

[fat] !
[fat] relaxsations doesnt collect vpps

QFMFT - but what the hell is vpps anyway, and who really cares. Life's more than loyalty points

mini-discussion was classic

gl bb

Hello to all!

This month has certainly had it's ups and downs of which are rather stressful but what can I say, thats life. That all being said I'm having a decent month and there is a fair bit of it left and I hope to get a lot accomplished in it. I have a vacation booked for Florida on March 8th which is shortly after my birthday on March 6th. Awesomeness I will finally be able to legally drink in the land of the free. I'm really excited for the next few weeks, my plan is to pretty much grind myself to death until my birthday and then my vacation will seem all that more amazing.

Take care everyone.

=)

So here we are at the close of Feb and/or start of Mar. Poker did not go as well as I wanted it to last month but w.e. C'est la vie as those frogs across the pond would say. I am going to put in some hard work this month when I get the chance and hopefully hardwork is rewarded with results. If not, again, oh well. I have finally settled into 6m again and am very happy with my choice of game. Which says alot because I have a notorious history of bouncing from game to game. Hooray for that I suppose.

One thing I've noticed lately as everyone starting to 3/4b bluff for no appearant reason whatsoever. Like they don't understand why they're 3bing or 4bing as a bluff and don't understand what to do when they get shoved on. Let me go on to say just because you see something in a video doesn't mean you should incorporate it into your game without understanding why they do it and and how it affects your game. 3 and 4b bluffing have so much riding on gameflow and meta and to do it blindly is frankly just F retarded.

Here in the real world my vacation to florida has been long overdue. My last 3 vacations have all been bufu'ed in some way or another so needless to say I really need this vacation. Like whitney houston without her cocaine.

Take care everyone =)

1) Yes stick to a game
2) Yes vacation
3) Yes regs who like clicking buttons