SMITH WHAT WAS THE BIG MISTERY?

Originally Posted by Smith

Something happened during this graph. Can you guess what?
Discuss

Kind of a waste since you didn't follow up with anything. Share your wisdom or GTFO!

Harley = as lol-curious as my 5 year old twin daughters...

I had already forgotten about that graph... now I need to know as well! OP talk or get shafted!

Let's speculate

- Stopped masturbating while playing?
- Began sacrificing virgins to the poker gods?
- Gouged out own eyes, now plays poker via braille?
- Hacked superuser account, now sees everyone's hole cards?
- Sold house, donated all money to the poor, now karma is repaying big?
- Had testicles removed, now has no ego and is able to focus exclusively on poker, rather than pointless things like getting laid?

Couldn't think of any more realistic / plausible answers.

Originally Posted by Penneywize

Let's speculate

- Stopped masturbating while playing?
- Began sacrificing virgins to the poker gods?
- Gouged out own eyes, now plays poker via braille?
- Hacked superuser account, now sees everyone's hole cards?
- Sold house, donated all money to the poor, now karma is repaying big?
- Had testicles removed, now has no ego and is able to focus exclusively on poker, rather than pointless things like getting laid?

Couldn't think of any more realistic / plausible answers.

Uh... moved up a limit @ 50K hands??? Winrate = x2$

Originally Posted by Penneywize

- Had testicles removed, now has no ego and is able to focus exclusively on poker, rather than pointless things like getting laid?

Yeah pretty much this.

Originally Posted by daven

you got your money in bad a lot at the end and got lucky a lot. Running $1k ahead of ev = you didn't lose too many flips etc

this.

Great graph and really good player probably but he ran SO above EV, not even taking into account coolers, and only had a 4.46BB/100 winrate. He crushed my month money-wise so I don't want to sound mean/conceited/a better player or any of that but I mean his true winrate isn't GODLY. Again, it's very good. Just saying.

It looks to me like he just moved up a level and kept winning.

If he moved up, the bumps on the graph would be bigger I would think unless he jumped like 2nl to 4nl.

You can always tell when a graph has multiple limits. He either got a coach or found IRC. He did play bigger pots in the second half so I could be wrong, the graph as changed somewhat

- Stopped masturbating while playing?

This

and probably this too:

- Had testicles removed, now has no ego and is able to focus exclusively on poker, rather than pointless things like getting laid?

went on a heater /thread

Oops, Sorry, I didn't know anybody even read that. It wasn't meant to be a mystery. Everybody is a little bit right on though. The main thing is that I took Poker a lot more serious. Like A LOT more. I feel like I got a coach, because I put in a lot of learning time and leak finding.

I really put into practice a lot that I learned from here and other places. Stopped giving hookers orgasms, and put people on a god damn range etc... I stopped spewing all over the place, and learned how to play against specific villains better. It's nice when you know you can induce a player to bet and raise for you, and bluff catch etc.. At the same time I stopped being as much of a Pay Off Wizard.

I improved a lot in learning when to bet, and why I am betting against ranges instead of clicking buttons.

I also played a mix of limits, so that's why the graph is a little messed up. I struggled at 10NL then 10NL seemed easy when I tried to get to 25NL in the past. Then when I finally got comfortable at 25NL, I couldn't play 10NL anymore. I always tried to play on autopilot multi-tabling which just killed me. I get bored easily, so I feel that I have to multi-table plus watch TV, read online etc... I turned into a robot who constantly leaked money, and therefore I was not as big of a winner as I should have been.

Moving up limits actually really helped me focus, and stop these really bad habits that I learned.

I know that I ran really good, but being +EV is actually a symptom of playing a certain way. I have a theory that has also really helped in spiking my graph. I'll have to keep an eye on that to see if my theory is correct. But running with Jesus is always fun too! I'll have to check my database to see how many foot prints there were. I ran really good at the higher limits as you can see below.

24,000 hands in is when I said FU to .10NL, and played a mixture of higher limits. Up to this mark was .10NL and .25NL

Break Down:
1NL $538 2,100 hands 12.63 BB/100
.50NL $630 8,000 hands 7.89 BB/100
.25NL $1165 40,000 hands 5.78 BB/100
.10NL $-68 12,500 hands - /100

Originally Posted by Smith

long uninteresting post

I've put together a form for you below, please check whichever box most accurately describes why your results got so much better over that last stretch.


[ ] I have stopped masturbating while playing.
[ ] I've begun sacrificing virgins to the poker gods.
[ ] I gouged out my own eyes and now play poker via braille.
[ ] I hacked a superuser account, and can now see everyone's hole cards.
[ ] I sold my house, donated all my money to the poor; karma is repaying big.
[ ] I had my testicles removed, now have no ego and am able to focus exclusively on poker, rather than pointless things like getting laid.

EDIT: My 666th post, this means you have to answer or the devil will own your soul. See the FTR terms of service agreement.

I play better when I masturbate while playing. I fold my marginal hands so I can continue to look at lesbians licking each other. I only stop watching porn if I have a good enough hand to warrant my attention.