courtie comments

you could buy gabe a bigger door for his ego.

Originally Posted by bigred

New shoes?

^

Originally Posted by drmcboy

you could buy gabe a bigger door for his ego.

owned

Originally Posted by drmcboy

you could buy gabe a bigger door for his ego.

then he could tip the guy that installs it like 50o cause thats how he rolls.

the man crush we all have on Gabe continues!

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-42015.htm

I've decided I like Gabe, but he doesn't return my phone calls.

this whole thing has totally fucked with my head. i have no idea who is serious and who is not or who is hating and who is not.

the man crush is justified, you are a great player, and part of being a great player I think is having a big ego, or else the downswings crush you. I'm just jealous because you found poker when you were 20(ish) and fresh, and I am old and crusty (29). Had I played in school I could have avoided years of sitting in the cube (I like to think).

OTOH, I can tell based on all you college kids' posts that I got and continute to get laid a lot more than you all.

You're going to have to take the word "-boy" out of your nick soon, crusty ol' drmc

(p.s. see if you can spot my hypocrisy with this comment)

Originally Posted by drmcboy

the man crush is justified, you are a great player, and part of being a great player I think is having a big ego, or else the downswings crush you. I'm just jealous because you found poker when you were 20(ish) and fresh, and I am old and crusty (29). Had I played in school I could have avoided years of sitting in the cube (I like to think).

OTOH, I can tell based on all you college kids' posts that I got and continute to get laid a lot more than you all.

thanks i guess. you are so old.

I'm doing it again.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-42070.htm

drmcsleepy

im so referenced! imagine how big my ego must be!

i never go to the bad beat forum, but I just saw the thing in Feedback so I read the lamb thread - I had no idea people hated you, I am so out of the loop. Now I will actively encourage the man crush.

i'm not hating but i h8 you gabe.

Does that help?

even xman is hating now, im the mod of a forum where no threads get more than 1 post

ur one word pm replies hurt my feelings. i may have to hate you again

couldnt think of anything funny to say so i was hoping you would just keep pming me back until i did think of something

you sure like to think a lot

hey gabe, how many tables do you play and why am i so bad at poker?

Hey, just wanted to say nice win in the Live tourney.

I've always woondered what it'd be like playing at a Final table with loadsa folk watchin. who knows, maybe someday lol

Thanks for all your suggestions for how to spend my money

Originally Posted by gabe

but seriously thats pretty awesome, i know how awesome it feels and you deserve it i guess

Obv I deserved it! Thanks gabe.

Originally Posted by gabe

also im kinda surprised you didnt mention talking to me in your blog, whatever

I was last on your phone list

Originally Posted by Random_Hero

Hey, just wanted to say nice win in the Live tourney.

Thank you very much

Originally Posted by Random_Hero

I've always woondered what it'd be like playing at a Final table with loadsa folk watchin. who knows, maybe someday lol

I never thought I'd ever feel it, it was absolutely amazing. I hope it's not the only time I will ever experience it.

@ your latest blog entry


play ring

Originally Posted by Renton

@ your latest blog entry


play ring

Why?

Ring is boring. Not to mention I am terrible at it ...

deepstack ring poker is complex and interesting

plus $$$/hour is bounds higher at ring.

Originally Posted by Renton

deepstack ring poker is complex and interesting

plus $$$/hour is bounds higher at ring.

I do realize that if I were to ever play poker more seriously for money reasons, I would have to consider ring. That makes me sad

Hypothetically, if I were to start playing ring, where should I start given my bankroll combined with my lack of experience? Should I start at NL100? I have never played higher than NL25, so that would scare me to death. I never played ring unless it was for a PP bonus, so I have pretty much no experience.

you could just beat 25nl for like 10k hands then 50nl then move to 100nl within 2-4 weeks (considering you play like 5-10k hands a week) Play at 100nl and under is ultra-soft.

TYVM for your advice, I will come back to it once I realize that playing MTTs will eventually make me insane ...

obviously the skill is present to play at NL100, BUT ur right u lack experience and mental confidence, which are 2 very important and necessary elements needed to play top shelf poker. i would say NL100 with $3500 total for bankroll so that means u can bank $2500 as a emergency/ courtie chillin' fund...lol. BUT i would recommend u start playing at the NL25 and build ur confidence up and progress to NL50 then NL100, i can not tell u how many hands to play or how long u should stay at each level ONLY you can tell when u are mentally comfortable in moving up. Plus with ur bankroll u have a nice cushion to lay back on so dont be so results orientated just mentally strong!!! Move Up and Rock On!!!

PS- i <3 ur thong by the way!! lol

Originally Posted by donkbee

TYVM for your advice, I will come back to it once I realize that playing MTTs will eventually make me insane ...

btw, I am sure you already know this, but don't start going crazy and playing in the 215's like the stars million all the time. You need at least 20k to handle the variance of high stakes mtts.

Originally Posted by Renton

btw, I am sure you already know this, but don't start going crazy and playing in the 215's like the stars million all the time. You need at least 20k to handle the variance of high stakes mtts.

Yup ... that one time I played it was a one time deal because of the bonus they offered. I won a seat playing a satellite last week, but I decided to unregister and not play the tourney because I felt I should probably just add the $215 to my bankroll.

Thank you for the words of caution. I am very aware when it comes to bankroll management as I truly believe it's one of the most important issues when it comes to being a good player.

Originally Posted by seoul_child1

PS- i <3 ur thong by the way!! lol

Haha thank you, I love it too

And thank you very much for your advice.

That $55 90-man FT hand - I know exactly what you mean. The key here is to value your hand with regard to the board, not as a stand-alone hand (two pair! Woot!). Was there any made hand on that board that didn't beat yours? Anyway I know I'm not actually saying anything useful but time after time I do that same thing - like calling a river raise with QQ on a TTxKx board last night. I mean Jesus, am I ever ahead here, ever?

Anyway, thanks for keeping the blogs alive. FTR needs a woman to show the menfolk how it should be done

Originally Posted by biondino

FTR needs a woman to show the menfolk how it should be done

Trying to win some money so that it seems like I have credentials to I think my bankroll has been stuck at exactly the same spot ever since I moved up, give or take $300 at any given time

Nevertheless! Thanks very much for this post, I really appreciate it. I need to ask myself that MUCH more often ... "what do I beat here?" In that hand, I beat one pair and a bluff. How often does someone push over 20bb with that? Heh

Hi Court:

You know that PS is riggd. ;D

You know those phone scams - after you send money to get your money or prize, they ask you for more money? I've heard that sleeping with Lee Jones is like that.

Just remember that you had that pretty big live poker upswing not too long ago. (Gratz on that btw).

PS - play cash. At very least, it will give you a chance to tighten up your postflop game (plus, stacking off is less frustrating than playing for 5h and bubbling out).

Originally Posted by Blinky

(plus, stacking off is less frustrating than playing for 5h and bubbling out).

But I don't bubble out, I win $20!!

You don't make sleeping with Lee Jones sound like a good thing

Speaking of live tourneys, I think I'm gonna go play that thing tonight. Lee Jones can't get me at the casino, CAN HE??? God I hope not. At the very least, I gotta last long enough for the traffic to go down so that I can re-cross the Oak St. Bridge to go back home

Courtie,

Consider the horse race pardox. Given a large field, the most consistantly fast horse could be a dog to win the race even though he'd smoke any individual heads-up. All of the more erractic, inconsistant, yet sometimes faster horses collectivly eat his lunch.

Originally Posted by Fnord

Courtie,

Consider the horse race pardox. Given a large field, the most consistantly fast horse could be a dog to win the race even though he'd smoke any individual heads-up. All of the more erractic, inconsistant, yet sometimes faster horses collectivly eat his lunch.

TYVM for this analogy, it's really good.

Hmm

Confucius was recently visiting the states and he saw a quarter on the ground.

Confucius picked the quarter up and turned it back and forth and saw that it had a heads and a tails.

As his disciples were watching his every move, Confucius said "fuck coinflips, I want a gumball."

Originally Posted by chardrian

Confucius was recently visiting the states and he saw a quarter on the ground.

Confucius picked the quarter up and turned it back and forth and saw that it had a heads and a tails.

As his disciples were watching his every move, Confucius said "fuck coinflips, I want a gumball."

awesome

chard ...

lol.

Originally Posted by Chard

"fuck coinflips, I want a gumball."

I say the same thing, except I spell it Gambool.

Maybe that's why I have bankroll problems.

Originally Posted by Trainer_jyms

Originally Posted by Chard

"fuck coinflips, I want a gumball."

I say the same thing, except I spell it Gambool.

Maybe that's why I have bankroll problems.

hahaha

move to cash games. tourneys seem too random. a solid style multitabling is much better. and experience gets rewarded.

I want to move to cash games and I will probably get my feet wet soon. I really do love tourney poker though, that's what's stopping me from changing it up now. We'll see what happens ...

Originally Posted by donkbee

I want to move to cash games and I will probably get my feet wet soon.

What cash game stakes are you rolled for? And what will you be playing?

I'm about rolled for 200NL but there's no way in hell I'm playing that. I'll either start at 25NL or 50NL and move up when I feel like I can beat the games. I'll probably enlist the help of a couple cash game players on here before I go ahead with any of this, though.

Shorthanded or full ring?

That's a good question. Whenever I've read about FR vs shorthanded, people always say to play full first and then work up to short. I'm assuming I should do the same thing? How does it work when you're moving up though? Say I start at 25NL full ring and then I switch to 6 max and can win money at that. Then do I go to 50NL and play FR there, or 6 max?

I'm sure it's not this complicated I should just shut up and play poker.

i would beat full ring up till 200nl playing a 14vpip/7pfr nit style to get your cash/tourney kinks out. Then open your range a little until you are playing something like 18/10 aggro nit style, then play the exact same style at 6 max. Start 6 max at 100nl. 100nl six max is probably the softest ring game in existing compared to the money being splashed around.

Originally Posted by Renton

i would beat full ring up till 200nl playing a 14vpip/7pfr nit style to get your cash/tourney kinks out. Then open your range a little until you are playing something like 18/10 aggro nit style, then play the exact same style at 6 max. Start 6 max at 100nl. 100nl six max is probably the softest ring game in existing compared to the money being splashed around.

Cool, thanks for those guidelines.

What exactly is the definition of a "nit"?

I think it's WildBobAA

Originally Posted by donkbee

What exactly is the definition of a "nit"?

Originally Posted by drmcboy

I think it's WildBobAA

I believe you're correct.

a nit is a gambler whose afraid to gamble

Ahh ... yeah I've been wondering that ever since Lukie started calling himself one whenever he talked to me.

you will regret it if you spend your roll

Originally Posted by sandstorm

you will regret it if you spend your roll

I agree and now realize it isn't much of an option ...

you could cash out half of your roll and not have a job until like january or febuary while still having a nice bankroll, however i vote you have a kick ass drinking bing with half of your roll

Courtie, you can take out half your roll and still be overrolled to play 50NL. Best of both worlds - you have $2k to spend on living expenses while being more than rolled for what you'll be playing.

Originally Posted by donkbee

That's a good question. Whenever I've read about FR vs shorthanded, people always say to play full first and then work up to short. I'm assuming I should do the same thing? How does it work when you're moving up though? Say I start at 25NL full ring and then I switch to 6 max and can win money at that. Then do I go to 50NL and play FR there, or 6 max?

I'm sure it's not this complicated I should just shut up and play poker.

I'm still a fan of starting out at FR at any new stake level and then moving to 6-max when you're comfortable.

Originally Posted by theDEEPdish

you could cash out half of your roll and not have a job until like january or febuary while still having a nice bankroll, however i vote you have a kick ass drinking bing with half of your roll

Originally Posted by biondino

Courtie, you can take out half your roll and still be overrolled to play 50NL. Best of both worlds - you have $2k to spend on living expenses while being more than rolled for what you'll be playing.

I've considered this (especially the drinking part ) and it's definitely nice to have it as an option if I really need it. Obviously I would prefer not to go backwards with my bankroll, but half my bankroll is better than none ...

Originally Posted by Warpe

I'm still a fan of starting out at FR at any new stake level and then moving to 6-max when you're comfortable.

I did think this was how it probably should be, although I like Renton's suggestion too. I guess it doesn't really matter that much in the end. Thinking about it, I really don't know the difference between 6-max and FR (when it comes to strat and what kind of hands I'm looking to play and/or hit), so that's something I'll have to look into extensively.

Originally Posted by donkbee

Originally Posted by Warpe

I'm still a fan of starting out at FR at any new stake level and then moving to 6-max when you're comfortable.

I did think this was how it probably should be, although I like Renton's suggestion too. I guess it doesn't really matter that much in the end. Thinking about it, I really don't know the difference between 6-max and FR (when it comes to strat and what kind of hands I'm looking to play and/or hit), so that's something I'll have to look into extensively.

Just something I'd recommend to a relative cash game noob like yourself. Less frequent blinds, more time to observe and get used to the bet sizes, that sort of thing...It can be a little intimidating when it's 3 or 4 handed for a while at a 6-max table and you're not sure of what you're doing.

it seems inevitable you move to cash games

Originally Posted by gabe

it's about friggin' time you moved to cash games

fyp

This is a sad sad day

Play cashgames, and then use profits to now and then buy into tournaments now and then, then you have a steady income and still have the chance to make a huge score now and then when you buy into a tournament. That's what I
m doing, apart from having huge score in tournaments, I'm thinking I might win a big one some day. And I certainly think you'll learn cash games much faster if you play shorthanded, it's also much more fun, I've never been a fan of full ring, but maybe that's just me. 50NL shorthanded with a 2k roll should work out great!

also, playing lots of ring games and clearing bonuses gets you free tourney tickets on most of the ongame sites (hollywood, pokerroom, holdem) etc. you get points as you clear the bonus. use those points and enter a few 30+3's and 50's that way.

Thanks very much guys. You're right, playing cash games doesn't mean I'm kicking MTTs out for good ... And I do know that cash will be more profitable.

Thanks for the HU about Ongame, Terry.

I thought Ongame pulled out of the us market?

Originally Posted by givememyleg

I thought Ongame pulled out of the us market?

umm they did. but courtie's a crazy canadian.

Hi Courtie. Best of luck in your new venture!

I'm in a kind of similar situation to you, pokerwise. I've built a decent bankroll playing SNGs and a few MTTs, and am trying to hone my ring skills.

I've been playing $25NL 6-max on Stars. I find the competition there noticeably weaker during west coast evenings/nights. I also find it a lot tougher at all times of day than I found pre-legislation Party, though with only 3K hands at Party and 7K hands at Stars, some of this could be variance. I'm curious whether the same tables at Full Tilt might be softer.

Even at $25NL, rakeback might make a difference. In my 7K hands at Stars, I've paid about $150 in rake. I think you can get rakeback up to 27% or so at Full Tilt, which applied to my sample would be $40. That translates into a bit over 1PTBB/100. Depending on your winrate, that could be a tiny or a respectable bonus. Stars doesn't have rakeback, but I think most other sites do.

As for how it feels to make the switch -- I think my biggest problem in adjusting from tournament play is retuning my aggression. In SNGs, most of the hands I'm active in happen when the stacks are shallow; I am pushing *often*, sometimes with solid hands but often with top pair, middle pair, strong draw, or bluff-into-weakness hands too. In ring, this tendency has led me to give my stack away inappropriately sometimes. It's also made me lose value when I have the better hand, because I have apparently been value betting too hard. Most of my $25NL opps are backing down a lot faster when they don't connect than my $6 or $16 SNG opps were.

Oh, and about moving up. I'm reasonably rolled for $50NL now, but have arbitrarily decided that I want 30K hands at $25NL first. If I get there and still don't feel like I'm crushing it, I'll review and study up and I guess continue in 10K increments until I'm satisfied.

Last thing - if you don't already have Pokertracker, I recommend getting it. With a HUD (I use the free one, Gametime+) it'll make multi-tabling somewhat easier, but it's worthwhile even if you only use it to track and review your own play. Being able to instantly find your biggest winning/losing hands and review hand histories is awesome.

Hope some of that is helpful =) If you have more questions, or want to trade session reviews sometime, lemme know.

I made some extra $ doing research at my university during my last few years of university. Its a great thing for a science degree. I only worked about 10-15 hrs/week. Keep your eye open for a job like that.

Also, make sure you bonuswhore the cash games. You could make 800$/month on bonuses, since you are canadian. 25Pot-Limit on ongame should be a gold mine for u. Pokertracker and 2 monitors is key as well.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by TerryToma

but courtie's a crazy canadian.

Hell yeah I am!

Originally Posted by avocado

Even at $25NL, rakeback might make a difference. In my 7K hands at Stars, I've paid about $150 in rake. I think you can get rakeback up to 27% or so at Full Tilt, which applied to my sample would be $40. That translates into a bit over 1PTBB/100. Depending on your winrate, that could be a tiny or a respectable bonus. Stars doesn't have rakeback, but I think most other sites do.

They have the FPP program but yeah, rakeback is ideal for sure. Definitely looking into that ...

Originally Posted by avocado

Last thing - if you don't already have Pokertracker, I recommend getting it. With a HUD (I use the free one, Gametime+) it'll make multi-tabling somewhat easier, but it's worthwhile even if you only use it to track and review your own play. Being able to instantly find your biggest winning/losing hands and review hand histories is awesome.

Yupp I agree. I've had PT and PAHUD for a while, so I'm good to go.

Thanks very much for your thoughtful post, I really appreciated it. Good luck with your cash games!

Originally Posted by TerryToma

I made some extra $ doing research at my university during my last few years of university. Its a great thing for a science degree. I only worked about 10-15 hrs/week. Keep your eye open for a job like that.

I would be bored to tears doing stuff like that though I honestly cannot stand lab work, it's sooo tedious. I can see how it would be some good side cash though ...

Originally Posted by TerryToma

Also, make sure you bonuswhore the cash games. You could make 800$/month on bonuses, since you are canadian. 25Pot-Limit on ongame should be a gold mine for u. Pokertracker and 2 monitors is key as well.

Thanks for the reminder to bonus whore, I definitely gotta do that. Two monitors, I'm gonna have to see how this goes and then look into that ...