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Old 11-21-2010, 11:04 PM #51 (permalink)  
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 UPDATE?: November sucks for Poker. BR=$3300ish. Whatever. IT'S SNOWBOARD SEASON!! So for now poker is on the back burner. I deleted that old post cuz I was drunk and didnt like it much. (was mostly my framework for pokerstudy more than a strategy).

November started with me coming back from NYC. Best trip ever. We did tourist shit all day, partied all night. Even lost my phone in a cab after one of those nights but magically got it back from the driver on Halloween . One of my buddies in NYC got one of his photos published in the Nov. issue of Transworld Snowboarding if anybody reads. The snowmageddon section with Luke Love (rode with that kid once too) props to you homie. My early season resort opened up the day before I left for NYC. Snowed so much, the pass closed to get there so I couldnt make it for opening day meh. Got back, first place I hit.

Our area has been getting dumped on since mid Oct. I started work on the 10th, our home mountain opens up the 17th. Got back from NYC hit up my early resort a few times. We have an abandoned resort/church camp or something? like a 10 minute walk from my house. Theres a few jibs and shit set up, hit that a few days. Rode our backcountry mountain pass the day before opening at our home resort (first avalanche rescue of the season, not mine tho thankfully). Goin on 6 days in a row now. Wanna get like 120 days ridin in this season. Only managed like 70-80 last year (fuckin weak btw) could settle for 100. 10 out of 120 so far!! Sooooo stoked on the season the snow is already 10x better than last year soooooooo.........

Poker...I dunno. I love poker but snowboarding is definately first of my list of passions. I work, I ride, thennnnnnn too tired to do much after that. A-game went away after NYC. I've been playing like a donkey for this whole month. I want to play, but I'm so not motivated to play well. Obviously this does terrible things to the BR. I've tripled my BR since the beginning of this year. Almost quadrupled until November bleh. So whatever. I'm content. Gonna keep playin. 100NL is still within reach if I can pull my head out of my ass when I do decide to play. Just wanna ride for now. I really need to be better about when I play and how than just whatever lets play sesh. Either way let it fuckin snow.
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Old 11-25-2010, 05:14 PM #52 (permalink)  
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UPDATE?: November sucks for Poker. Whatever. IT'S SNOWBOARD SEASON!! So for now poker is on the back burner.

Either way let it fuckin snow.
I agree on all counts, although I want to keep playing poker. I'm originally from Austria and it's my first winter here since I was like 2. Just got all my snowboarding gear together and the white fluffly stuff is coming down this week! You should post some snow stuff.

 
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Old 11-26-2010, 12:22 AM #53 (permalink)  
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Not from this winter but you get the idea :P.
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Old 11-26-2010, 07:52 PM #54 (permalink)  
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 Looks like gooooot times!
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Old 11-28-2010, 09:40 PM #55 (permalink)  
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 dneureiter: no plans to stop playing, mostly to stop playing when I shouldnt. Thats almost always now tho sooo....Is this your first year riding?? Either way let it fucking snow mwahahah.
Harley: great times!!! nuttin like stomping your first cab 5 or FS 9, beats any rush in poker.

I gotta say tho the ups and downs of snowboarding can be the same. You wanna learn to 3bet like you wanna BS 7. You gotta get slammed like a fucking lot before you put it down proper. Then you get slammed a lot before you can put down everytime. When you can put it down proper, then its on to the next slam.....(at least theres no hospital time involved in poker slams).
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Old 11-28-2010, 10:09 PM #56 (permalink)  
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 No I've been riding for awhile but didnt bring my snowboard with me to Europe so I'm getting a new one. Going out next weekend. Snow making machines are the shit. I'm not really great in the park (I spin 3's + awful 5's) but I totally know wyhat ou mean about the rush. I <3 the backside of the mountain where I lived in Washington when it snows 2 feet and you just bomb down steep slope and bounce your way down just bearly in control. Then you fall over exhausted at the bottom, quality fun.

 
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Old 12-01-2010, 12:04 AM #57 (permalink)  
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 euro riding sounds dope, probly gnarly mountains in austria huh?
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Old 12-02-2010, 12:48 AM #58 (permalink)  
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 NOVEMBER UPDATE: Played like a lazy dumbass all month. Down like 500-600$ish. Got my hands on 2 comps so no graph but it pretty much shoots strait down . Ran kinda bad but mostly just played like and idiot. Hope to not repeat in December and have my shit together by 2011. Ridins been fun anyways. 15 days in November (need more volume there hehe). BTW anybody know of an easy way to merge 2 PT databases? Heres to hoping for a donk free A game of a December.
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Old 01-02-2011, 10:35 PM #59 (permalink)  
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 END OF THE YEAR: probably the end of this OP as well. Funky year for poker. When I really buckled down and pushed hard I did well. But when I got too busy with RL stuff or just got lazy. Well, I did uh bad? +1800$ for the year. I'm happy with it I guess. I know I could've done much better but I'll take up over down anytime.

Made it to 50NL and even played with 100NL a bit. Roll currently is around 2750$. I had a bad November and December and cashed out 500$ for Xmas. So 2750$ still keeps me rolled for 50NL. I just haven't played it much lately for a few reasons. I have so little time to even play anymore between work and riding every day. With so little time to play, I have even less time to study. When I do play it's rarely A game so I try to avoid playing for more money. I cashed out because it didn't mean shit to my roll as far as the stakes I've been playing (and cuz I needed the cash for presents .

So for now, probly just best to end this OP as I am no longer taking shots at 25NL (more of just a reg for now). I can't even play with any kind of regularity anymore. Goals for 2011: I'd like to play more, dunno if I can but I'll try. Stay at 50NLs and above, I'm fucking rolled for it I should. That also means I gotta stop playing when I shouldn't (tired, lazy, etc.) Mostly just keep moving up. Right now I dont care how long that takes. Probly wont be able to play regularly again until spring soooooo until then? I dunno just gonna probly try to stay at 50NL with few tables. Want to maybe take shots at 100NL again at 3K/30BI's this time around.

Anyways, I'll figure it out later. Now for the year graph! Pretty pathetic towards the end. Could be off a bit too got some on my other comp but whatever.


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 oh and I had to add this because it's been cracking me up all day YouTube - Laughing Shark
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 Hey!! Still here, still playing. Sometimes. Not enough but meh. More of a 50NL reg now. Dabbling in the 100NLs again. First decent month in some time considering the super low volume. Dunno. Feeling different about my play these days. Feeling next level I guess?? I don't know. It's like, I barely play, but when I do and feel A gameness I can bring it...hmm dunno. Like game changed. Slowed down, considering ranges, considering player tendancies.....dunno it's weird. Wish I had more time to play. Really trying not be a BR nit anymore. In the green at 50 and 100NL this month (not saying much with so few hands tho soo..). Feb pretty good so far tho:


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So for now...Goals I guess are to stay away from the micros. Do my best to hold my own at 50 and 100NL. Still not much time to play until the snow melts but I think im doing aight without much game time. Who knows maybe just running good. I just feel better about my game so....where this goes dunno...keep on keepin on i guess.
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Old 03-01-2011, 04:27 AM #62 (permalink)  
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 Hey guys. Still playing when I can. Soooo stoked about this month. Most I have ever won in a single month and probly with least volume of most months aswell.


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Mostly 50NL about 2-4 tables. Some 100NL +250$ish there. I feel like im playing on a different level. Only goals i've had as of late are to PLAY GOOD. That's it. Not trying to cram in hands or play 18 tables. Just PLAY FUCKING GOOD. Feel like I did it this month.

Couple BI's away from moving to 100NL full on. Hope I can continue the play good there. Still not much time to play until the snows all gone soooo just gonna do my best with the time I can find.

Winters been really good so far. Snow is 10x better than last season. Tried learning front flips yesterday, got pretty close to landing some. Gonna need some more practice tho. Doing a little filming with some homies at the local snowboard shop. Just having fun riding and grinding for now.
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 4K$ roll! On to the hundos............
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 Nice Hand Sir!

Knock'em dead at the hunskys!!!
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My turning point in poker was when ___________.
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 man i gotta think about that one...right now im not sure...there were a few 'AHA!' moments somewhere in there...

squeezed in an hour sesh today after riding. +167$ .

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I thought about it. Not even sure if I had a turning point :P maybe im just running good. Nah I dunno. I guess what helped the most lately was quitting my button mashing addiction. I mean, dropping to a few tables. Really spending my time figuring out the table layout. Figuring out where my money is coming from. Thinking about what I want to open vs. different opponents. Thinking about position, stack sizes, image, etc. Thinking, thinking, thinking. I know its all the same shit we read over and over. But when I really slowed down and thought about what the fuck I was doing and why, shit just started coming together. Like, just paying attention and figuring out your opponents goes a long way. I just came to the conclusion (mostly when the money became slightly signifigant) that EVERY DECISION MATTERS! But even if its the smallest most trivial pot, stop and think about it. Perhaps there is something else. Stop trying to think "standard" all the time.

I generally don't participate much in HH reviews and discussions. I kind of don't like to. Not because I'm afraid of having my thoughts berated or anything. I like to read them tho. I like coming to my own conclusions about this kind of stuff. I also like the opposing points of views on stuff, but I like to keep mine to myself. While it may not be optimal, standard, whatever. It's what makes my...style I guess. I dunno. I barely have time to play let alone study. But I try to make up for that with quality play if I can. I have been reading "Small Stakes No-Limit Hold 'Em" for the second time now (next book after "Professional NLH"). I would say a must read for anybody at the 25-100NL level. It's aimed at the SSNL crowd 50-200NL. It doesn't have anything that you can't find anywhere on the net or even in FTR. It's all stuff I've read about before. But it lays out the concepts extremely well and follows with a ton of examples taken from real online play. I had a much better understanding of all of those concepts after reading it for sure. Probly pretty standard for the bigger guys, but it clarified a ton of shit for me. A few other recommended reads are "PNLH" and "The Poker Mindset".

Lately though, I've just slowwwwwwed down to like 2-4 tables and just really trying to take my time on all decisions. There really is so much to absorb, I dont find myself getting bored or autopiloting. I dont care about volume anymore. Really I just try to put down a good short sesh whenever I find the time (maybe a few short sessions if can). The VIP status really doesnt mean much unless your at least supernova. I figure if I can climb the ladder high enough, eventually those veeps come rolling in anyways. CASH $$ > RB $$. I feel like I learn so much more from every session too because I am paying attention and probly actually learning. That learning translates to the next session. I don't have to go back and pick through HH's to see where I fucked up, cuz usually I can tell right away. I do go and look at my tough spots tho, still tho there are a lot fewer to sort through.

SOOO I guess my turning point was focusing quality over quantity. EVERY DECISION MATTERS!!! I'm going to do my best to continue with this 2-4 table max thing. I had my first 4 figure/best month ever with probly least volume ever. Must be something to it...or I could blow it all fairly soon......lets hope not . Oh and I must add PS changing the tables back to the good stuff helped for sure.

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I think that redline is up there cuz I've been scaring out money too soon. Meh.

On another note. I've been riding very well this season, up to like 70-75 days something like that. But my knee now hates me for it (surgery once already), so I'm going to try to sit out a week maybe more (hopefully not) and rest it up. Good news for poker time, bad news for ride time.
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50-100NL mix still 4 tables just more hours.
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Little late with that. Meh. Neways march was good. Trying to focus more on 100NL now. Shaky so far, running under -EV but still doing good umm kind of...maybe? Been riding hard everytime I go out. Hit some sick staircase handrail at copper on monday. But man my knee is in bad shape. Been taking more and more time off the hill. Sucks too cuz I the town has slowed down a lot so I am working like part-time now basically. So good news is I have more time to play....but I'd rather be riding . Couple more weeks and we shut down the bakery for like a month so I'll have nothing to do until almost June. Hopefully I can keep gettin some ride time in if my knee holds up otherwise keep grindin.
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 Are you trying to become a professional snowboarder? If so that's so awesome. I wanted to do that after graduating HS but never had the money to move to Colorado or Cali.

As for the poker side of things all I can say is MORE VOLUME! If you really want the money from poker there's no other way than to put in the hands, especially if you feel like you are playing well. I work part time, go to school full time, and still have found ways to increase my volume over the last couple months by cutting out down time or watching TV or other things that had previously been a standard part of my day.

Good luck at the tables!
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[00:30] <DC> on my hand?
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[00:30] <DC> because I am drunk
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 I snowboard cuz I love it. I wouldn't mind getting paid for it tho . These days you need at least a double cork to hang with the big boys tho. I grew up in Colorado. Moved to the mountains when I was 17 after HS. Get a job at the ski resort. They will set you up in employee housing, free ski pass, free buses running everywhere, rent comes out of your check, it's pretty easy. You just need a few hundred for a housing deposit. Try it for a season, it's fun.

Poker....
I'm fairly new to 100NL so I'm just trying to take it slow for now. Focus on quality, fuck the volume. I've been trying not to play when I'm not feeling it too, otherwise I'm spewy. I want to stay away from the fiddies and stick mainly to 100NL this month. I'll have more time on my hands for the next couple of months tho so I should be able to up the volume a bit.
Neways it snowed 7 inches last night so I gotta get to the mountain .
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