Ravageur's Life Thread

[griffey24]

TSss hand

Just verifying, that Ts7s call is a T high call? (edit: just noticed its 7x for a pair, but I think the rest of my comment holds true other than we beat some 7x combos) I would rather turn my hand into a bluff and try to get him off a bunch of Jx he ends up having than this.
I really see no reason why he's not value betting KQ when you check, it's possible. ATcc, QTcc, 9Tcc, KQcc, KTcc, K9cc, JTcc, AJcc, QJcc, J9cc, 57ss not to mention
a bunch of 7x turning themselves into a bluff.
This is also not even considering the case that you're UTG and he flats AK pre, which is definitely possible as well and adds a ton of combos that would not only play
like this but also shoving river.

If we don't include any AK, any KQ or any 7x into bluff thats still 11 combos. So what are these 5 combos that you beat that call vs utg open and don't raise earlier?
Or the tenish combos you need if we don't count some KQ/AK's.



93, and Q9ss yah standard

AK - nice fold.. I feel like I never fold here but I'm never good.

A6dd - I would usually triple here, but clearly you get called by him in this hand

AQ - vs a whale I'd probably triple but triple smaller on each street. His flop range has tons of draws so I think we can double for sure.

A3 hand - bet turn, he won't find a fold with AQ or KJ and prob not even like AT or QJ/JT stuff.

Q7hh - I'd prob check back riv, mostly because a whale would play 3x like this since he's scared of flush. I would like it better if turn was 4h or something


Gonna grind, will try to check the rest after!

[Alexos]

Wow dude that sucks. You gonna run so good vs darkspewos though. oh wait. :P

[Vi-Zer0Skill]

I skimmed that epic post yesterday. yuck.

all the best

[Ravageur]

Thank Vi-Zero. I played some tilted Tourneys today, let off some steam and then got back to the grind. I think a mistake i'm making is sometimes talking to people on Skype/MSN or even having people rail. It's funny, I'm not the type of person that will go crazy tilty by myself, but when I'm with others I use them as a crutch to whine and constantly feel sorry for myself even in mid-session. The fact that I'm often typing to them the ridiculous beat I just took instead of putting that energy towards slowing my breathing down, keeping my head clear and focusing is a huge leak. Tonight I played another 2k hands 8 tabling and while variance and EV continue to rape me constantly, I don't think I made one tilty play throughout it and was really a couple hands away from making a great comeback (AK into KK at 2/4 and blanking a few big draws).

Time to try to catch a few hours sleep, I have to get up tmr and get to the gym before 5 PM (that sounds easy but it's 7AM right now and haven't slept in a long time) and get back on the four hour diet. Today was my cheat day, but I didn't do anything crazy either than dip into some wine and cheese, have some melba toast...though I did have come chocolate dipped in peanut butter. Sooooo good I will miss that this week.

Past 24 hours (also dropped 400$ on Stars tourneys):

[griffey24]

I agree about your thoughts on being sweated/railed. If you're alone, you get sucked out or bad beat and in your head you're just kinda like "wtf.. godd".. but it lasts a lot shorter than if someone else is there and you start talking about it, or saying stuff like "man I can't believe this is happening". Probably escalates the tilt faster!

[Ravageur]

Yes exactly. Man, p4s was skyping with me during a session and I swear I talked about how the world was stacked against me for 45 mins straight. If I was listening to myself outside my body (makes sense) I would've KO'd myself just to shut me up.

[Ravageur]

Good start to the week. I have a feeling this is gonna be a good week. I've been going to bed later and later and later every day (on saturday night I just stayed up till 8am and went to the gym sunday morning before finally going to bed at 11am lol). So I was pretty happy that I was able to force myself to get up today at around 11 (4 hours sleep ftw) and I just put in a quick session where I didn't run like death. Eating some spinach (who knews chopped frozen spinach was good?) and then will do a few errands and put in another session. I have a bunch of stuff to tackle this week, including hopefully the 2nd round of interviews for a job.

[Ravageur]

Feel pretty good. Played relatively disciplined 2.4k hands today. I took some gross stuff (AK<AK, KK<JJ etc) but the level of fishiness was at an all time high and even variance couldn't stop me. I also played mainly NL 200 where my edge is just way bigger and variance is much lower. If I was smart I'd stay clear of NL 400 altogether but it's too monotonous to always grind the same stakes. I'm also in 2nd in PKR rakerace so I might have to put the betfair site change on hold for a week or two.

[griffey24]

goood job.. keep it up!.. feel free to make a week or two..a month or two :P

[Ravageur]

Only slept 4 hours last night for whatever reason, got up at 6am and immediately got grinding. Put in 1.8k hands of good poker, ran a tiny bit above EV too (reverse reverse jinx). I was supposed to go skiing today but it's -30 celcius out (and obv colder once you get to the top of the mountain) so i'm not sure I'm brave enough to rough that.

I think I will embark on an epic grind today and see if I can really get this month back firmly into the black.

Today so far, all NL 200:

[griffey24]

boooom switch!

[Ravageur]

boooom switch!

Gah, why'd you have to go and do that!

instant doomswtich obv fml

[Ravageur]

I knew I was dead the second I saw the griffey curse.


Just for fun, here we go. This is all within about 25 minutes, I won't include flips.

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

UTG ($179)
MP ($197)
CO ($255.70)
Button ($193.20)
Hero (SB) ($380)
BB ($211.20)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A
2 folds, CO bets $6, 1 fold, Hero raises $20, 1 fold, CO calls $15

Flop: ($44) 4, 6, 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $27, CO calls $27

Turn: ($98) 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $56, CO calls $56

River: ($210) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $276 (All-In), CO calls $151.70 (All-In)

Total pot: $513.40

Results:
Hero had A, A (one pair, Aces).
CO had 8, 7 (straight, ten high).
Outcome: CO won $510.40



No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($446.15)
UTG ($217.20)
MP ($276.60)
Button ($202.35)
Hero (SB) ($223.30)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J, J
2 folds, Button bets $6, Hero raises $20, 1 fold, Button raises $42, Hero raises $202.30 (All-In), Button calls $154.35 (All-In)

Flop: ($406.70) J, 4, 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($406.70) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($406.70) A (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $406.70

Results:
Button had Q, Q (three of a kind, Queens).
Hero had J, J (three of a kind, Jacks).
Outcome: Button won $403.70


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

UTG ($198.30)
MP ($140.90)
CO ($200)
Hero (Button) ($382.62)
SB ($215.55)
BB ($142.43)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, A
2 folds, CO bets $6, Hero raises $21, 2 folds, CO calls $15

Flop: ($45) 4, J, K (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $27, CO raises $54, Hero calls $27

Turn: ($153) 6 (2 players)
CO bets $125 (All-In), Hero calls $125

River: ($403) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $403

Results:
Hero had K, A (one pair, Kings).
CO had A, A (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: CO won $400

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

Hero (Button) ($214)
SB ($191.75)
BB ($195.25)
UTG ($472.55)
MP ($203)
CO ($413.48)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, K
UTG bets $6, 1 fold, CO calls $6, Hero raises $26, 1 fold, BB calls $24, 2 folds

Flop: ($65) K, 2, 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $28, BB calls $28

Turn: ($121) 10 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $67, BB raises $141.25 (All-In), Hero calls $74.25

River: ($403.50) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $403.50

Results:
Hero had A, K (one pair, Kings).
BB had 10, 10 (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: BB won $400.50

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($193.75)
Button ($442.15)
SB ($301.25)
Hero (BB) ($194)
UTG ($175.20)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, K
1 fold, MP bets $6, 2 folds, Hero raises $19, MP calls $15

Flop: ($43) 7, 2, 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $27, MP calls $27

Turn: ($97) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $56, MP raises $145.75 (All-In), Hero calls $89.75

River: ($388.50) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $388.50

Results:
Hero had K, K (two pair, Kings and eights).
MP had A, A (two pair, Aces and eights).
Outcome: MP won $385.50

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($184.95)
UTG ($198)
Hero (MP) ($242.05)
Button ($181.25)
SB ($95.02)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 7, 6
1 fold, Hero bets $7, Button calls $7, 2 folds

Flop: ($17) 10, A, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $12.75, Button calls $12.75

Turn: ($42.50) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $29, Button calls $29

River: ($100.50) J (2 players)
Hero bets $73, Button raises $132.50 (All-In), Hero calls $59.50

Total pot: $365.50

Results:
Button had Q, A (flush, Ace high).
Hero had 7, 6 (flush, Jack high).
Outcome: Button won $362.50


Easy come easy go I guess. Breakeven on day!

[griffey24]

goddd this sucks

ok here we go:

dooooooooooom switch!

[Ravageur]

Should I even bother? I just simply can't remember in my history of 5 years of serious poker a heater that wasn't immediately followed by a downswing of epic proportions. I mean I'm no stranger to variance and losing 4-5 buyins wouldnt' be a big deal. But i'm talking dropping 10 buyins in 30 minutes kind of thing.

Again, these are the hands I just dealt with in an hour span. Someone tell me, am I just being a bitch whining about variance? Like how often does this stuff happen to you other grinders? For some reason I have this impression that variance fucks me more than everyone else but that seems pretty illogical. I'm obv not including the fact that I lost every flip today.

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

SB ($333.09)
BB ($47.69)
UTG ($269.25)
MP ($222.45)
CO ($277)
Hero (Button) ($194)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, A
1 fold, MP bets $7, 1 fold, Hero raises $23, 1 fold, BB calls $21, MP raises $215.45 (All-In), Hero calls $171 (All-In), BB calls $24.69 (All-In)

Flop: ($436.69) 5, 9, K (3 players, 3 all-in)

Turn: ($436.69) 6 (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: ($436.69) 7 (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $436.69

Results:
Hero had A, A (one pair, Aces).
BB had A, 10 (high card, Ace).
MP had K, K (three of a kind, Kings).
Outcome: MP won $462.14

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($126.14)
Button ($213.40)
SB ($67.55)
BB ($180.90)
Hero (UTG) ($376.90)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, K
Hero bets $7, 1 fold, Button raises $22, 2 folds, Hero calls $15

Flop: ($47) 10, 8, 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $40, Hero raises $354.90 (All-In), Button calls $151.40 (All-In)

Turn: ($429.80) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($429.80) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $429.80

Results:
Button had A, A (two pair, Aces and eights).
Hero had A, K (two pair, eights and sevens).
Outcome: Button won $426.80


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

MP ($242.75)
CO ($213.25)
Button ($215.50)
Hero (SB) ($198)
BB ($138.30)
UTG ($210)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 2
2 folds, CO bets $6, 1 fold, Hero raises $20, 1 fold, CO calls $15

Flop: ($44) 2, A, 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $27, CO raises $192.25 (All-In), Hero calls $150 (All-In)

Turn: ($398) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($398) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $398

Results:
Hero had A, 2 (two pair, Aces and twos).
CO had A, 9 (two pair, Aces and nines).
Outcome: CO won $410.25


No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($530.40)
MP ($369.35)
Hero (Button) ($196.65)
SB ($204)
BB ($200)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, A
2 folds, Hero bets $6, SB raises $22, 1 fold, Hero raises $45, SB raises $181 (All-In), Hero calls $145.65 (All-In)

Flop: ($395.30) 3, 9, 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($395.30) 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($395.30) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $395.30

Results:
Hero had K, A (one pair, nines).
SB had A, A (two pair, Aces and nines).
Outcome: SB won $399.65


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

CO ($123.14)
Button ($426.80)
SB ($62.55)
BB ($183.35)
UTG ($219.93)
Hero (MP) ($194)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Q, J
UTG bets $6, Hero calls $6, 1 fold, Button calls $6, 2 folds

Flop: ($21) 10, J, J (3 players)
UTG bets $15.75, Hero calls $15.75, 1 fold

Turn: ($52.50) 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $38, UTG raises $102.25, Hero raises $134.25 (All-In), UTG calls $70

River: ($397) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $397

Results:
UTG had 8, 8 (full house, eights over Jacks).
Hero had Q, J (three of a kind, Jacks).
Outcome: UTG won $394

Villain was a mega-whale in this one, my shove was a fistpump

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

BB ($200)
UTG ($284.70)
MP ($200.50)
CO ($395.28)
Button ($199)
Hero (SB) ($192)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K
2 folds, CO bets $8, 1 fold, Hero raises $26, 1 fold, CO calls $19

Flop: ($56) 10, 7, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $33, CO raises $66, Hero raises $132 (All-In), CO calls $99

Turn: ($386) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($386) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $386

Results:
Hero had K, K (one pair, Kings).
CO had 8, 8 (three of a kind, eights).
Outcome: CO won $383


No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($153.25)
Hero (Button) ($189.80)
SB ($168.95)
BB ($202.60)
UTG ($187)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6, 9
2 folds, Hero bets $6, SB calls $5, 1 fold

Flop: ($14) 9, 3, 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $10.50, SB calls $10.50

Turn: ($35) K (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $26.25, SB calls $26.25

River: ($87.50) A (2 players)
SB bets $65.62, Hero calls $65.62

Total pot: $218.74

Results:
Hero didn't show 6, 9 (nothing).
SB had 3, 3 (three of a kind, threes).
Outcome: SB won $215.74

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

Hero (MP) ($254.85)
CO ($206.50)
Button ($203)
SB ($321.65)
BB ($213.15)
UTG ($424.04)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 8, 9
1 fold, Hero bets $7, CO calls $7, Button calls $7, 1 fold, BB calls $5

Flop: ($29) K, 6, 2 (4 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, CO checks, Button checks

Turn: ($29) 4 (4 players)
BB bets $16, Hero calls $16, CO calls $16, Button calls $16

River: ($93) Q (4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $57, 1 fold, Button raises $180 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero folds

Total pot: $207

Results:
Button didn't show
Outcome: Button won $327



Anyway, there are more bu tI give up. I just looked and I was 0/5 in flips for full buyins. Every one funnily enough was QQ vs AK or AK vs QQ.

[griffey24]

Hand 2) Ak shove on T88dd seems.. I don't know.. unecessary? If you're flatting pre to keep worse in, then keep c/c if anything.

89cc good fold

Rest are obviously gross mega coolers

[Alexos]

Hand 2) Ak shove on T88dd seems.. I don't know.. unecessary? If you're flatting pre to keep worse in, then keep c/c if anything.

89cc good fold

Rest are obviously gross mega coolers

think AK is a fold or shove, its not like we expect him to bluff on later streets unless he has KJ and hits a K and we stack him. With that cbet sizing i'd just definitely fold flop though and not consider anything else.

[griffey24]

ok fine but yah.. if he bets $35ish or something.. I definitely wouldn't shove. I would make it like $76 or something.

Shoving seems pretty pointless here to me. Wanna at least maximize getting it in with the most bs hands that aren't strong draws as possible.

Are we expecting some weird hand like 58ss to b/f here to our shove?

Are we hoping our shove looks drawy, and he b/c with AQ?

[Alexos]

Well if he's betting AQ it's certainly not to fold to a shove on a draw board like this. What are you saying 58ss b/f to a shove, wat?

Anyway, just think this cbet sizing is usually just super strong or draws, and we don't do too hot vs that.

[Ravageur]

yeah these hands were mostly at the same time so that was just spewtilt. My thinking was 'why would bet that big with a strong hand'. owned.

[Vi-Zer0Skill]

i know its super marginal either way but with the 89cc i think you should probably just fold the turn for the sake of lessening variance, unless villain is a donk. you are dominated by basically every FD, which makes it almost a reverse implied odds spot. were u planning to bluff heart/straightening rivers?

what are your tricks for dealing with stress from poker swings?

[griffey24]

Given how many ppl called the turn in 89cc hand, I don't think anyone is calling worse when you bet into 4 ppl.

I would c/c here a lot of the time, since if it checks through to CO or Button, they might bluff some weak hand and try repping a flush when nobody else has repped a flush.

[Ravageur]

i know its super marginal either way but with the 89cc i think you should probably just fold the turn for the sake of lessening variance, unless villain is a donk. you are dominated by basically every FD, which makes it almost a reverse implied odds spot. were u planning to bluff heart/straightening rivers?

what are your tricks for dealing with stress from poker swings?

Yeah folding the 89cc on turn is probably optimal. As far as dealing with poker swings, I have no trick. Poker stresses me out, particularly when there is financial pressure on me. But let's say I had a huge roll and these swings meant nothing to me, I would probably find the grind boring as hell. Like I have told many people, if I ever won the Sunday Million it'd be the last day I play poker (seriously at least). I do think taking breaks is good, and I'm about to put in a quick little session and then hopefully get outside and do something fun and non productive.

[Ravageur]

Had an ok day, only played 1k hands, but was up 600 and then I went and played some outdoor hockey for the first time in forever. I didn't even had skates so had to go pick up those, a stick and some gloves so while that cut into today's profits it was worth it. Looking forward to playing a bit more. I can skate decently but I almost fall when I try to do a hard slapshot - def need to work on that.

[al yell]

outdoor ice hockey is so purely Canadian.

[Ravageur]

Yeah definitely. The rink is pretty awesome, it's an outdoor arena type thing with boards and there's always about a dozen random hockey grinders out there and even a goalie in full gear suited up taking shots. It's like a Molson Canadian commercial.

[Ravageur]

Took a much needed day off yesterday and didn't play a single hand of poker. I did a four-hour body workout and then played over an hour of pickup hockey at the outdoor rink nearby. I will have to take pics of the rink because the ice is amazing for an outdoor facility. My only hockey experience is playing on the river near my house when I was growing up, I never played in a league as I focused on all the other sports (hockey is also ridiculously expensive and your parents have to give up their own lives to drive you to practice nonstop....it's kind of insane that so many Canadian kids do play hockey since it's by far the most restrictive and 'elite' of all sports if you want to make a serious go of it). I also watched Milos Raonic crush again and I'm pretty excited to watch him play Roddick in a couple hours in the Finals of the Memphis ATP Tour event. I have been betting him pretty strong lately and it's fun to have him come through in tough spots. He's almost a 3-1 dog (realistically he's probably a bigger dog than that) so I'm only going to be making some small sentimental bets on him (gotta ride the rungood till it bucks).

Healthwise the four hour body stuff is really getting me excited. I can already visibly see a noticeable difference in my body and I'm finally starting to burn some of the fat that I've been unable to get rid of since I dropped from 205 pounds to 175. I've gotten used to not having all the carbs/sugar highs and I'm no longer even craving dessert. On a more negative note, a few days ago I noticed a strange pressure/ringing in my left ear, and it's only gotten worse over the past few days. I read up about it online and it seems like I may have something called Tinnitus which is an incurable ringing in one of your ears that can even lead to deafness. Kind of scared the shit out of me but it seems there's nothing I can do unless I luckbox and it's something else. I intend on seeing a doctor tmr to get to the bottom of it. It drove me crazy for the first few days and I could barely sleep but I seem to be dealing with it a little better (I can sleep now). Still mega-tilting.


During my last 1/2 session I found myself incredibly bored and making some FPS plays and just wasn't sharp at all, so I figured it was time for another shot at 2/4.

Cue doomswitch blah blahblahbalbhablahbalbhal drop 1/3 of my roll wheeee.

Here are some fun hands...I think I won 2 buyins the entire session and lost all these. 1k under EV ofc.


No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (4 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (Button) ($442)
SB ($934.70)
BB ($758.80)
UTG ($400)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, J
1 fold, Hero bets $12, SB calls $10, 1 fold

Flop: ($28) 9, 3, 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $21, SB raises $66, Hero raises $118, SB raises $856.70 (All-In), Hero calls $291 (All-In)

Turn: ($888) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($888) K (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $888

Results:
Hero had A, J (one pair, nines).
SB had 9, 9 (four of a kind, nines).
Outcome: SB won $1378.70


No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (4 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($440)
BB ($400)
UTG ($406)
Hero (Button) ($1013.10)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 2, A
1 fold, Hero bets $12, SB raises $42, 1 fold, Hero calls $32

Flop: ($92) 7, Q, 6 (2 players)
SB bets $52, Hero raises $127, SB raises $344 (All-In), Hero calls $269

Turn: ($884) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($884) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $884

Results:
Hero had 2, A (two pair, sixes and twos).
SB had K, K (two pair, Kings and sixes).
Outcome: SB won $882


So villain is a huge whale, he's simply not good enough to value anything thin on the river and I assumed I beat all his bluffs. Sigh.

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($411.50)
CO ($394)
Button ($824.10)
Hero (SB) ($691.70)
BB ($718.65)
UTG ($652.90)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, Q
3 folds, Button bets $12, Hero raises $36, 1 fold, Button calls $26

Flop: ($80) 9, 5, 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $46, Button calls $46

Turn: ($172) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $89, Button calls $89

River: ($350) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $175, Hero calls $175

Total pot: $700

Results:
Button had A, K (one pair, fives).
Hero didn't show K, Q (nothing).
Outcome: Button won $697


Same Villain as previous hand, literally 1 or 2 hands later.

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($410.90)
Button ($402.80)
SB ($902.60)
Hero (BB) ($400)
UTG ($791.65)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, Q
3 folds, SB bets $8, Hero calls $6

Flop: ($20) 8, Q, 3 (2 players)
SB bets $15, Hero raises $53, SB calls $38

Turn: ($126) 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $109, SB raises $839.60 (All-In), Hero calls $228 (All-In)

River: ($800) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $800

Results:
SB had 3, 3 (three of a kind, threes).
Hero had 8, Q (two pair, Queens and eights).
Outcome: SB won $1299.60


Same Villain next orbit. I retrospect this is really the only hand I think is a spew....I know he's never folding a club but though I could get him off Jx.



No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($404.90)
SB ($398.80)
BB ($1305.60)
Hero (UTG) ($384)
MP ($817.65)
CO ($154)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7, 6
Hero bets $14, 4 folds, BB calls $10

Flop: ($30) 5, J, 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $22.50, BB calls $22.50

Turn: ($75) A (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $48, BB calls $48

River: ($171) 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $129, BB calls $129

Total pot: $429

Results:
BB had Q, 10 (flush, Jack high).
Hero had 7, 6 (one pair, sevens).
Outcome: BB won $426


No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($78.81)
UTG ($205)
MP ($210)
Hero (Button) ($200.80)
SB ($144.65)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5, 7
1 fold, MP bets $5, Hero calls $5, 2 folds

Flop: ($13) 7, 3, 10 (2 players)
MP bets $6.50, Hero raises $22, MP calls $15.50

Turn: ($57) 4 (2 players)
MP bets $14, Hero raises $53, MP raises $169 (All-In), Hero calls $120.80 (All-In)

River: ($404.60) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $404.60

Results:
Hero had 5, 7 (flush, ten high).
MP had J, Q (flush, Queen high).
Outcome: MP won $410.80


I obv assume he has AQ but I have to crying call see it.

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

CO ($200)
Hero (Button) ($281.65)
SB ($287.67)
BB ($504.64)
UTG ($203)
MP ($188)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9, 9
UTG bets $6, MP calls $6, 1 fold, Hero calls $6, 1 fold, BB calls $4

Flop: ($25) A, Q, 9 (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, MP bets $18.75, Hero calls $18.75, 2 folds

Turn: ($62.50) 8 (2 players)
MP bets $46, Hero calls $46

River: ($154.50) A (2 players)
MP bets $117.25 (All-In), Hero calls $117.25

Total pot: $389

Results:
Hero had 9, 9 (full house, nines over Aces).
MP had Q, A (full house, Aces over Queens).
Outcome: MP won $386


Won't bother posting the rest of the run bad but that was the jist of it.

[griffey24]

boom second set baby!

mannn he coulda won that first set too.

[Ravageur]

yeah that was an epic match start to finish. Not shipping the chance he had in the 1st set tiebreak got to him but whatever Roddick played really well imo and he still had trouble with Raonic, so that bodes well for him versus other top 10 opponents. I'm already so psyched for Wimbledon it's insane. Raonic serve + grass = destruction.

[griffey24]

I feel like compared to the first set or early in the first set.. other than that one 150mph beast he had.. his serve dropped off quite a bit more than roddick's did.

I guess with more experience, he'll be able to keep it up throughout the match. But yah def good match. Could have easily gone the other way.

[Ravageur]

Yeah his 1st serve struggled in 3rd set.

Anyway, today's been a mixed bag of a day. Went to doctor's and got some stuff for my ear/hearing problem, so far it seems to be a bit better so that's a big win. Bad is that i haven't played any poker today as I had to clean up my place as my landlord already started having visits which sucks. I'm starting to lose ground in the rakerace so hopefully I can get in an evening session and get this month turned around.

[andy-akb]

one thing i dont think i asked you about, but what are you taking for supplements other than protein during this diet?

[Alexos]

one thing i dont think i asked you about, but what are you taking for supplements other than protein during this diet?

Any suggestions for that? I read Bulletproof Knees and Mike Robertson recommends a bunch of stuff: Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Greens Plus, Vitamins C, E, Selenium and Fish Oils. I'm not sure how I feel about taking so many pills, you have any knowledge on those Andy?

[andy-akb]

Any suggestions for that? I read Bulletproof Knees and Mike Robertson recommends a bunch of stuff: Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Greens Plus, Vitamins C, E, Selenium and Fish Oils. I'm not sure how I feel about taking so many pills, you have any knowledge on those Andy?

It really depends on what you are looking to do. For just regular health a good multi vitamin should cover most of what you need. Right now I am trying "Athletic Greens" which is basically just a powdered form of a multi-vitamin except everything comes from whole foods [not the store] so that your body is able to absorb it better. Ill give my opinion on how that goes after a month or so of it, but I mean something like that cant be bad.

The most thorough way to figure out what you need would be to get a blood test for your nutritional levels, that way you can see what deficiencies you have. It sounds somewhat intense, but it really shouldnt be at all. Ideally youd be able to make up the deficiencies through your diet, but if that isnt possible, then you will have a really good idea of what supplements to take. Im planning on doing this if I end up going back to Thailand and taking nutrition more seriously.

If you are weight training then there is a lot more to it. A lot of people go pretty crazy with a bunch of different supplements for this, and while there is merit to that, I think if people keep it simple and have a good diet they will see good results. If you want to get stronger and are working out regularly I would say the main ones to get are creatine and glutamine and then just use whey protein in your diet to make sure you are getting enough.

Im not really an expert on the subject and while Im in ok shape dont really have the personal experience to claim to be one either, but have read a lot and am confident in these suggestions.

Basically if you are weight training, it is hard to go wrong with a multi-vitamin, creatine, glutamine, and whey protein. You can mix the creatine and glutamine into one of your protein shakes, so you really are only taking 1 pill a day.

If you want to get more serious about nutritional stuff, there is a lot you can do but that is all really catered towards your specific body, you dont really want to just start supplementing a bunch of nutrients without knowing your own levels.

[Alexos]

Ok yeah, your other post mislead me into thinking you were into taking a lot of supplements :P.. But yeah I think I'll take multivitamin, whey protein, and glucosamine/chondroitin which is supposedly good for joint health. Not a fan of creatine.

[andy-akb]

Ok yeah, your other post mislead me into thinking you were into taking a lot of supplements :P.. But yeah I think I'll take multivitamin, whey protein, and glucosamine/chondroitin which is supposedly good for joint health. Not a fan of creatine.

yea i mean right now im trying some different stuff front the book 4 hour body that dyl mentioned, but im just seeing how it goes for a month or so before really committing to anything other than the basics. what are your issues with creatine? i know a lot of people i talk to irl seem to have some view of creatine that it is a horrible thing, but ive really never found anything scientific saying that it is bad. also, the glutamine is good for recovery, so if you are working out regularly, it is something to consider.

[Ravageur]

Yeah right now I'm just taking a daily multi-vitamin and a scoop and 1/2 of some supposedly high quality whey isolate from 'Revolution Nutrition'. It was almost 100$ so it HAS to be good (yes i'm a huge fish when it comes to this). I read about the other supplements 4-hour suggests but for now I'm really focusing on cutting my body fat % and not interested in weight gain yet. Ideally I'd be down to my ideal % in a month or two and then can focus on putting on the good kind of muscle/weight.


If you're curious, here's what 4-hour body says are the 4 best supplements to take if you're doing weight training.

1. Cissus quadrangularis (2,400 mg, 3x/day)

2. Alpha-lipoic acid (300 mg, 30 minutes before EACH meal)

3. L-Glutamine (80 grams for 5 days straight, 10 grams at a time every 2 hours) and then 10-30 grams post workout.

4. Creatine Monohydrate (5 grams morning, 5 grams evening)

I might stop by at the local nutrition place and see about the last 2 I'll provide a TR), but the other two just seem too tedious.

[Ravageur]

Spent 2 hours at the bank today trying to wire money to a new site and also to get them to sign a moneybookers form which would increase my transaction limits. It continues to amaze me how skeptical and hesitant normal people are when they hear the words 'poker player'. Two hours later everything was settled though so hopefully I can get to grinding a bit more on a faster site starting next month. There's also the Betfair GSOP that starts that I'm interested in. I might even look into selling a bit of myself to lower the variance since it looks like most the buyins are 300$+. It would definitely be nice to ship a tournament to kickstart 2011.

[andy-akb]

Are you taking PAGG? Im trying that now, and its meant for cutting body fat which seems right in line with what you are looking for. For supplements, I typically just go through Amazon or Bodybuilding.com

[Alexos]

Yeah I was comparing whey prices the other day and bodybuilding.com was unbeatable even when factoring in 17$ shipping to Canada. Ended up getting Syntha-6 based on 2p2 reccomendations, hopefully its decent. It cost 55$ for 5.9p, 100$ is a bit fishy Dyl :P haha

[Ravageur]

Hah yeah I will follow your and andy's advice from now on. I should generally just do the opposite of what my intuition tells me to do.

So I got some creatine and L-Glutamine, gonna add that to my protein shakes and see if it helps any. Also will look into some fat cutting stuff, but I don't want to overwhelm myself right now so going to go a bit at a time.

[Ravageur]

Quick update : Poker has been kind of bland past few days, up a bit but haven't played as much as I like.

Saw 'Barney's Version' last night based on Mordecai Richler's famous novel. It's set in Montreal and Paul Giammati and Dustin Hoffman were pretty awesome. It was a few minutes too long and some of the music was way too schmaltzy but either than that it was good. One scene even had me getting a bit emo. It was the scene where Barney finds his dad's dead body (not much of a spoiler).

Anyway, I hopefully fixed my tax problems with the CRA and yesterday I had a consultation with a mortgage broker. She was surprisingly confident that I can get a mortgage pre-approval (I explained that I was a poker player - standard response of fascination and a bit of "you can make money doing that?"). Now I just need to get all my funds in one place, and wait three months. If I only knew this a while ago it would be no problem, but now it's gonna be tough because I have some RSPs that are stuck and there's some people that owe me money that are a bit tight on things so the next short while will be a huge grind to get my funds in one place and bink this mortgage. Right now it seems a bit optimistic to get a place for this summer but I will wait and see.

Note for other poker plays interested in buying real estate: It seems that for Canadians that don't have 'stable declarable income', you need a co-signer (preferably a co-buyer that will sign on the actual purchase not just mortgage) and 20% down. So I'm looking at having to put aside just over 50-55k.

Never heard back for my second job interview with a potentially awesome job, so that was too bad especially since it seemed like a sure thing to at least get another interview but on a more positive note I had my degree transfer accepted at Concordia so school prospects look good for the fall.

About to put in a session, I need a mini heater to finish february here we gooooooooooo

[Vi-Zer0Skill]

good to have cleared up your tax situation. this is going to be the first year I feel really obliged to report my poker income, but I'm not exactly sure what to expect. How much % of your winnings does the govt want?

as for the job, you probably don't need to be worried about that. you don't seem super concerned anyways

[Ravageur]

Huge grind today. 4k hands, was up 2k at one point then dropped a bunch but made a comeback to finish +1.4k on day. With all the EV whining I do, I should mention I ran 500$ ABOVE ev, I definitely had some lapses which are to be expected when you put in a 7 hour day but overall I'm pleased with my play. 3k of those hands were on Betfair and I'm really excited at how many hands I'm going to be able to play due to their amazingly fast software. There's also a new reload bonus on PKR which I intend to grind at the same time but I am intending on moving most of my action full time to Betfair. Right now I feel like a kid at a candy store with all the potential bonuses/promos going on so I'm waking up grind on the mind. I'm also going to try to play some of the Ongame GSOP events starting on sunday so the next 2 weeks should be big poker weeks for me if all goes well.

[Ravageur]

good to have cleared up your tax situation. this is going to be the first year I feel really obliged to report my poker income, but I'm not exactly sure what to expect. How much % of your winnings does the govt want?

as for the job, you probably don't need to be worried about that. you don't seem super concerned anyways

Yeah the job would definitely not be for the money but more for the opportunity to do something new, hopefully meet some new people as well as put myself in some new challenging situations that I'm not comfortable with. The worst part about poker (as anyone that's done it full-time can attest to) is the alienation that is inherent in this medium.

Oh, and my Tax problems were related to some poorly placed investments I made (I overcontributed really badly to my RSPs and had to pay a pretty significant penalty for every month that I had overcontributed).

As for your situation, you guys have a much lower income tax (good) but there's no gray area about poker winnings (bad). I think you're looking at 30%ish? Really no clue. My only advice would be not to procrastinate or be shy about it and seek out professional help and just be open and honest about it all. Since you're a student you will also be eligible for a ton of tuition deductions so you may not be sending much $$$ at all IRS.

[Ravageur]

Another huge grind today. Played pretty much all day except for a stop at the gym. 3.5k hands on Ongame and then 2.3k on PKR, all of that for a total of +800. I'll take it and despite not playing my A game 100% of the time because of these 6+hour sessions, I really just need to keep my nose to the grindstone and grind hard for the foreseeable future. I also did a great job not playing 2/4 even though I was tempted very hard when things were boring the crap out of me on PKR. So far this month I'm +8k at 1/2 and -5.5k at 2/4. Hopefully I've learned my lesson. My winrate is just so much bigger at 1/2 for now and with the bonus whoring I've got going on there's no reason to 'challenge' myself with 2/4 when money is important.

Groundhog day tmr hopefully. I don't expect to put in as many hands as I have to show some people around my appartment and then there's some hockey games/UFC at night but I still am gonna try to play 4k hands minimum.

[Ravageur]

Bleh, groundhog day #5 or something like that. Finished the PKR reload today with 3kish hands there. Also mincashed the GSOP (AQ<KQ to go out) and mincashed the Mill as well. Not to disappointed in the tourneys as I played well, but the cash could have gone better. Just seems like every time I got a bit of momentum something ridiculous would happen like this. Dodge the 1 outer ONE TIME DEALER!:


No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (10 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP3 ($200)
CO ($210.50)
Button ($187.75)
SB ($78)
BB ($315.55)
UTG ($203)
UTG+1 ($38)
Hero (UTG+2) ($209.90)
MP1 ($158.75)
MP2 ($401.49)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A, A
1 fold, UTG+1 bets $8, Hero calls $8, MP1 calls $8, 2 folds, CO raises $38, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls $30 (All-In), Hero raises $201.90 (All-In), 1 fold, CO calls $171.90

Flop: ($468.80) 6, 6, K (3 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($468.80) J (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($468.80) 9 (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $468.80

Results:
UTG+1 had A, J (two pair, Jacks and sixes).
Hero had A, A (flush, Ace high).
CO had J, J (full house, Jacks over sixes).
Outcome: CO won $465.80



I've had a super productive week however, and hopefully I can keep it up. I'll be playing full-time on Betfair in March and I have high aspirations. I'll also see how many GSOP events I can play as I'm secretly hoping to win one of the tourney promotions (Betfair Live in Tallinn sounds like pure madness fun-wise).

[Ravageur]

Just gonna lay down this gauntlet for myself March:

So far it's taken 12k hands of 1/2 to grind 7.5% of a big bonus I only have till the start of April to get. If my math is right, that means I need to grind 100/7.5x12 = 160K hands in March to clear it. 31 days in march, let's say 2 days entirely off, so 160/29 = 5.5k hands/day, a very achievable goal.

Cue 1/2 ironman steady grinding........

[griffey24]

Are you going for the 2.5k? I only ended up clearing the 1k.. and even that took me a while! Good luck, I think your game plan should get it done, nice!

[Vi-Zer0Skill]

wow sick goal for March, I hope you took today off! I'm likely reinforcing what you already thought of, but remember to take great care of your body by exercising and making really smart food choices. What's the max number of tables you'd have open? Seems like it's gonna be 8-10 hour days of online grinding, which sounds really challenging -- I'm obviously rooting for you to succeed!

You should keep a running log of your progress here

[wingster]

160k hands in march, thats sick! If you are behind schedule, after the raked hands promo is finished, you should grind sng's the last few days. That clears the bonus sooo much faster.

Btw. I am hoping to be at Betfair Live Tallinn too

[griffey24]

Do me a favour and don't grind too hard if you're running bad. It's completely not worth losing like $5k throughout the month trying to grind 160k hands for an extra $1.5k!

[Alexos]

Lol wat a sicko.

I'm letting you freeroll on 100$ if you get to 160k hands in March.

[Ravageur]

Motivation! Got a late start today but I wanted to give myself a bit of a cushion for March so put in 4.2k hands. +500 after being down 1k about 3k hands in so pretty happy. Busted the 100$ rebuy GSOP Event #2 today so that sucked since I got it in a 90% favourite on the flop. But if I cash in the next couple NL events I still have a chance for the Betfair Live Tallinn, which would be a huge blast.

I am on a super strict diet and exercise plan so I don't foresee any problems in that area. It really makes such a huge difference when you are able to see the gains you make from eating well and working out. I should have some good before/after pics to post up here soon. I want to wait a couple more weeks as I will hopefully put on a bit more muscle now that some of the fat is gone.

One poker related problem I foresee is autopiloting and generally being way too loose the longer into a session I am. I noticed myself auto-snapping reraises with KQo towards the end and auto-stacking off when I flopped a pair which is probably a bit sub-optimal even though these games are sick aggro and I feel I am owning people generally. You know it's a good sign when you hesitate before making a thin river shove only to get SNAPPED off, assume you lost, and then have the pot shipped to you. The biggest difference between 1/2 and 2/4 players is that 1/2 people just can't fkn find the fold button postflop.


Time to head to the gym and then contemplate maybe a night session. I need a headstart on the epicness that is going to go down in March!

[Ravageur]

Quick update:
Day 1: Only 4k hands, but also was playing a tournament Event 3 of the GSOP and mincashed that keeping me in the running on the leaderboard.

I moved the tables up to 11 just to try it out, and it wasn't feasible with a HUD but without a HUD I can do it although I risk timing out in some spots. Not sure if I'll be able top play tonight to reach my 5.5k mark but we'll see.

[griffey24]

Why does hud have such a big impact? just freezes up your tables that much?

[jyms]

Are you running the hud with the "force on top" clicked?

My Hud freezes the client as well. I can open 6 tables and play fine and close them no problem, but once I have HM and hud running I can no longer open any new tables and can only play the remaining tables. They just freeze as black windows with the logo and never open. It's possibly a Ram problem for me. It sucks because sometimes I end up on only 3 tables with great seats and down't want to leave.

[Ravageur]

Sounds like a Ram problem, mine work fine, but when i'm playing 11 tables there's overlap and when I'm clicking on a table I will click on their hud stats and the pop up stats show up and then I have to click again over and over again and it slows me down and I time out more. That and when I'm 11 tabling I'm not using the HUD all that much anyway so it does me more harm than good. If there was a way to prevent the pop-up stats maybe it would be feasible.


On a life note, all this poker has been making me incredibly tired. Yesterday I played a lot then had a basketball game and I just felt utterly destroyed waking up this morning. Poker definity exhausts you more than you would think. I would like to address Vi-Zeroskill's awesome blog post about the moral challenges of being a professional poker player, but I don't really have enough time right now to do it justice. I'll just say that I relate to a lot of that, and I also feel pretty helpless when it comes to finding something that I have a passion for and that helps society.

Maybe another day I can go into it in more detail as it's something me and Genitruc have talked about quite a bit. Basically our rationalization has been 'become financially independent and then do something good with your money'. Unfortunately, the chicken doesn't come before the egg (or however that saying works) so it's back to the grind for me.

[jyms]

Funny you mention ram, it was my first thought and I just bought 2 more gig today. I will try it tonight.

You mention the pop ups causing grief. I have mine set to "click to open" because Ongame was brutal for slowing down and freezing up when I started playing there if they would open when I just hovered over a stat.

[Ravageur]

So, zero poker today for me except for the GSOP event (busted pretty early since it was Omaha hi/lo rebuy and half the time was spent trying to figure out if I had a low draw or not) but it was a draining day in a different way as I completed a kind of exam type thing for a job application. I wish I could write more about the application but unfortunately I don't think it'd be appropriate or in my best interests . I think I needed a day off poker anyway and tomorrow I will be back at it. Pretty soon I`m going to need a day on the slopes or some kind of reprieve from staring at my computer all day long as today was the first day in a while where my eyes were sore and I felt pretty restless. This means another day off and while my March goals were nice and ambitious, they're just not very realistic. I am hereby amending March hand requirements to 120k hands. That would still be a good total and I have the first week in April to finish the bonus off anyway.

[donkbee]

busted pretty early since it was Omaha hi/lo rebuy and half the time was spent trying to figure out if I had a low draw or not

haha awesome

[Ravageur]

So I cashed out in 3 of the first 4 Holdem events in the GSOP and the first 10 people to do that get the Betfair Live Tallinn package worth 1500 euro. It'll definitely be a sweat to see if I got it or not. I figure there's a decent chance??? I'm still in the 50$ rebuy going on right now, but tons of people left.

So far 2.5k hands of cash, -300$. Hoping to put in another 1.5k hand session right now.

[Alexos]

PLO tourney at 2pm for more clueless donk on donk action. Our 100$ propbet will end up making me lose 1k prob, ty.

[Ravageur]

I'm skillfully dodging today's PLO tournament to grind cash. This means you will obviously bink it, so enjoy.

[Ravageur]

Not gonna write a long whiny post, but today was a pretty stressful poker day. Suffered one of those numb "is this really happening?" points in the session where one fish on one table took 7, yes 7 straight buyins from me in 3 orbits. Basically he stacked me every other hand which stuff like 74 vs my 77, 44 vs my AA, Q10 all in pre vs my AA etc. Anyway, I made a comeback at the end of the session and despite a ton of KK into AAs and the like, I can't feel too bad about being 5.5 BIs under EV and still not losing too much. My biggest barrier right now is playing on a super thin roll due to all the money i've cashed out for the condo. I just really can't suffer these huge swings without risk of going busto, so a heater right about now would be great! ONE TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[bikes]

gl man i wish you the best. heaters should always come at the right time and it seems like now would be an awesome time. failing that just play as much as reasonably possible and stop running like aids.

[Ravageur]

Just a little late night note. Played a late night mini session, 1.6k hands, -300 but was down 1k right away mostly getting into 4-bet shoving wars vs regs who always seemed to have it. This seems to be my biggest problem so far since the site change. I've gone from playing a pretty solid game to being thrown into the wild 5 max games on Ongame. I've tried varying my 3-bet from 7% all the way up to 15% and while I like playing around ~13% which is what I've been doing lately, the biggest problem is that I always figure 'he must be getting sick of me 3-betting so he will FINALLY 4-bet me with air' so then I call off a stack with 10s and they still always have it. I'm not sure if that's just variance or if I'm going to have to start making bigger folds. Basically I'm not folding 99+ in any kind of cutoff/button/sb/bb raising war and I'm 4-bet shoving a lot of suited Axs whenever i'm in SB and BB 3-bets. So far all that nice suited equity hasn't exactly worked in my favour, but I do notice a couple regs getting it in lighter vs me which I think is a good thing. Ideally I want the current dynamic to flip-flop...so that they think I'm getting it in way lighter than I actually am so I can tighten up a tiny bit and win the AIPF wars which is where I am losing/running bad.


Anyway, tomorrow I have to help a friend move so not sure how much poker I'll get to play if any. I'm going to have to put in some insane grind days in the near future to get back on pace for 120k hands this month. Already 5 days in and I've only played 12k hands . Sunday I can hopefully sneak in a 7k hand day or something sick while I play the big mill.

[Ravageur]

Day off today...I helped a friend move and then went and saw The Adjustment Bureau.
It's the early favourite for worst movie I will see this year ainec. I don't even know where to begin, but I will say that that last 10 minutes had me and my friend LOL'ing in the theatre out of fascination that someone could possibly write those words in a script and people making the movie would go along with it. Maybe I'm just a skeptical insensitive ass, but every moment from 30 mins on was near unwatchable. I mean, wtf Matt Damon, I caught a few clips of Bourne Identity on TV last night and said to myself 'damn Damon can be awesome' and conned myself into going today. Sigh. I'm confident that when he reads this blog and sees my disappointment, he will do a complete career 180.

Tomorrow should be a huge day, I get to win the Sunday Mill and also have a great day grinding cash. Can't wait!


I'm also using the privilege of the reverse reverse backwards offset jinx when it comes to the Toronto Maple Leafs recent playoff push. JAMES REIMER ONE TIME DEALER

[griffey24]

Oh man.. this is disappointing... it was that bad? Maybe I'll go see Fighter or The King's Speech instead!

[Vi-Zer0Skill]

gl in the sunday million, my intuition tells me you're going to go deep!

the fighter was definitely awesome, one of the best movies I've seen in a theater

[Ravageur]

Emotinally, today was another pretty frustrating day. I have that 'world is against me' feeling that I'm having trouble shaking. Went relatively far in the ongame 200$ GSOP today, last 100 out of 2000. That's now 4 out of the 5 GSOP NL events that I've cashed in but have yet to get near final table. I was chip avg with AKs UTG +2 and UTG minraises = fistpump shove. But since I was playing cash at the same time so not paying as much attention as I should, I thought the UTG was actually the BB so I just went to do my normal 2.5x and thus minraised instead of shoving. He of course peeled and sucked out on me with A9o and that was that. It felt like a terrible way to bust since my own mistake instead of the usual variance probably cost me a lot of $$$, when my roll is so vulnerable.

I also played and busted the mil JJ<AQ and the friend who I staked busted in the first 5 mins set over set. So that sucked.

I played cash throughout the entire day and seemed to lose every flip and every preflop cooler, but the games were too good to conceivably lose money so at least the day itself was salvaged despite having high hopes for a big score. I also have 10% of Alexos in the Mill and he's above avg stack and in the payout. ONE TIME!!!!!(this march).

I am definitely in the grind mentality which is good after a day off, so I might even play more.

Today so far:

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[Ravageur]

4k hands today for -200 and also dumped 250$ in the GSOP rebuy. Not going to rant today, I actually ran above EV and was down 1k at one point so all in all I'm glad I got some volume in today. Tomorrow's goal is just another 4k hands.

I'm off to the gym, going to add dumbbell swings to my workouts since my gym's too broke for kettlebells. Hopefully it has a good impact.

[donkbee]

That's now 4 out of the 5 GSOP NL events that I've cashed in but have yet to get near final table.

donkaments are tilt!

[Ravageur]

4.5k hands, +1k in cash, -200 in tourneys. Was up 2k at one point but then fell into what seems to be a pattern when I run good. I'm going to call this the 'heat check', which is a term used in basketball when a player hits a few shots so then takes a bad shot just to see if he's still on fire. I notice that I have this problem in poker and it's definitely costing me bigtime.

Case in point: I am up a bunch today, running good, playing good and then I have a sequence where I refuse to a fold a river because I think 'hey i'm running good maybe I am somehow good here' without actually making a logical river decision.



Examples:


No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($209.85)
BB ($267.20)
UTG ($307.50)
MP ($197)
Hero (Button) ($198.15)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 10, 9
UTG bets $6, 1 fold, Hero calls $6, SB calls $5, 1 fold

Flop: ($20) Q, J, 8 (3 players)
SB checks, UTG bets $15, Hero calls $15, SB calls $15

Turn: ($65) A (3 players)
SB checks, UTG bets $49, Hero calls $49, SB calls $49

River: ($212) Q (3 players)
SB checks, UTG bets $237.50 (All-In), Hero calls $128.15 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: $468.30

Results:
Hero had 10, 9 (straight, Queen high).
UTG had A, Q (full house, Queens over Aces).
Outcome: UTG won $574.65



No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($438.40)
Hero (BB) ($203)
UTG ($240.05)
MP ($210.45)
Button ($407.75)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, 9
1 fold, MP bets $6, 2 folds, Hero calls $4

Flop: ($13) 3, 9, 10 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $10, Hero raises $35, MP calls $25

Turn: ($83) K (2 players)
Hero bets $48, MP calls $48

River: ($179) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $121.45 (All-In), Hero calls $114 (All-In)

Total pot: $407

Results:
Hero had 10, 9 (two pair, tens and nines).
MP had J, Q (straight, King high).
Outcome: MP won $411.45




Tomorrow have to get up early for a doctor's appointment, then supposed to go skating at the outdoor rink (if I go I will take pics this time) and then hopefully can get in 4k hands. 4k seems to be a good mark where it doesn't feel like a marathon but it pushes me a bit beyond my normal comfort zone.

[griffey24]

4.5k hands, +1k in cash, -200 in tourneys. Was up 2k at one point but then fell into what seems to be a pattern when I run good. I'm going to call this the 'heat check', which is a term used in basketball when a player hits a few shots so then takes a bad shot just to see if he's still on fire. I notice that I have this problem in poker and it's definitely costing me bigtime.

It's really funny you mention this cause i just read this article yesterday:

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