The Aspiring Stacker

liking the look of the last 20K hands there.

graph looks very much...

struggle, struggle, yes, no, struggle, struggle yes, no.. ah ha! SUCCESS.

Originally Posted by scott_owen

graph looks very much...

struggle, struggle, yes, no, struggle, struggle yes, no.. ah ha! SUCCESS.

Haha, totally spot on. The big downswings were my first two attempts at 5NL - was a tough one to crack!

Originally Posted by Petulie

Haha, totally spot on. The big downswings were my first two attempts at 5NL - was a tough one to crack!

when you move up don't over think it, play the same, adjust gradually. The thinking of your villains is the same.. you just have different combinations of villain styles at the table.

be patient, focus, win.

Hey dudes, back from hols and back on the grind!

Man, what an epic couple of vacations. Started off with a week in Amsterdam with Carrotz doing the touristy thing with coffeeshop crawling, canal biking, red light districting and generally lapping up the awesomeness of the city. Unfortunately we came down with a bad ass virus so we didn't manage to hit Sensation (the ultimate rave event) and had a couple of rough days but overall it was one sweet holiday. Carrotz then ditched me for Vegas etc and I stayed on for an extra 4 weeks to catch up with my best friend who's 7 months pregnant just now - bit insane when it feels not all that long ago we were silly teenagers tripping on whatever we could get our hands on to ditch the harsh realities of puberty.

I came back home for a day and was off the next with a couple of friends to hit the highlands. First up was Speyfest aka Spewfest, a wee folk festival, and sadly (or gladly?!) none of us remember much. We were all pretty broken the day after and trying to piece things together. One guy woke up with half his face all swollen - turns out he bashed some chick over the head with a trophy he stole from the pub so she turned round and socked him a good one and he's now sporting a very attractive black eye. You don't wanna mess with those highland farmer girls! I've only got snapshots of bantering to randomers and dancing (if you can even call it that!) around like a headless fairy. I'm sure there's something in the air up there that takes you to that whole other level of wastedness...

We then went camping for a few days and the absolute highlight of my summer was canyoning. Totally never been tempted by any of these outdoorsy things having always been raised to take care and avoid even getting bruised, but a couple of bruises are totally worth the thrills of sliding down waterfalls, abseiling off cliffs and jumping into pools 25ft below!

Sigh, now back to reality. And back to grinding! I missed pokering while I was away. Unfortunately my laptop died so I'm having to use my flatmate's computer in the meanwhile which is a total pain in the cooch as I can't customise everything the way I like. Investing in a new computer soon though and I'm thinking 27" monitor for the ultimate grinding experience, plus it can double as my home cinema as I refuse to waste any time or money on television.

So poker. I'm still total balls at it - ldo. Hit another downswing before going on holiday and being away hasn't helped too much. While I did a fair amount of reading before, I really lacked on reviewing so I'm going to put more effort into that including posting hands, particularly now the carrot man isn't around to criticise my noobieness. I'm also going to dedicate more time to watching videos and actually doing some of the ranging exercises rather than just adding them to my neverending to do list.

Well, this is a post and a half! I'll leave it here for now and move on to the BC, already got a hand I want to post. See youse there.