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    Default itt i stay in bfe NC while everyone else in #rh leaves the crappy places they live

    So whoever knows my story that's cool, if you don't that's cool too. It doesn't really matter so much. What does matter is that for all practical purposes I'm back to break even at life, back to living at my parents with no car and no money, and a net worth of something around 3.9 FPPs and $200. I'm also single for the time being, but all the single ladies can eat a dick because I'm about to get this money and I don't have time for anything with a vagina unless I'm getting paid. And don't ask about how all of this went down, because if you needed to know you'd already know by now.

    Starting today and for the upcoming few weeks I'm going to be playing 50nl fr on PokerStars with a backer. I absolutely fucking hate being staked, but I don't have much of a choice right now.

    This should be a walk in the park compared to what's happened in the past 2 years, so come hang out with your boy spoony in his failblog of fail.
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    LOL @ this being a failblog. Stay with this blog dude. You're gonna pwn and I can feel it.
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    lol failblogs are ftw
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    Don't know OP's story, already rooting for him. GL Spoon.
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    every baller needs a robusto story.
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    get ya grind on dude! do it

    Quote Originally Posted by EasyPoker View Post
    Based on your *seeming* level of knowledge/ability/work ethic more advanced than those playing higher limits than yourself, what level do you think you ought to be playing at and beating easily?
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    Around 200nl FR give or take.
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    good luck man. going on the determination i sense in your post here, i doubt you'll need to be at 50 or 100nl for too long.
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    very best of luck to you spoon
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    spoon, you have a crazy life. gl
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    glgl

    Oh, and congrats on the climb back up to breakeven.
    Last edited by kiwiMark; 04-11-2010 at 06:43 AM.
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    Good luck.
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    [20:19] <Zill4> u guys
    [20:19] <Zill4> so fking hopeless
    [20:19] <Zill4> and dumb
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    glgl
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    Fuck bitches, get paid.

    Gl obviously.
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    I guess I'll go ahead and do a mini update.

    My mouse has been acting weird the past few days and finally died on me for good. When you left-click a lot of the time it doesn't click, and sometimes it left-clicks on its own, like when you fold in spots that cost you pots worth more than buying a new mouse (ie this morning). So I got a new mouse. Yippie. It's basically the same mouse I had before, which is cool since I like it a lot and all of my AHK scripts still worked with it out of the box for table positioning and everything. Trip to get the shit took a long time since I decided to get some food at Chili's and they were slow as fuck. My waitress was about a 7.5 and flirty but stupid as hell so I decided to pass.

    I've been aiming for 6 hours a day at about 600 hands/hour. I'm not really pushing myself in terms of playing hours, but I'm doing review after every session and am trying to take care of my body and mind too, so I think that's what I'm going to stay at for now. I'm not really taking any days off or anything, but I don't feel like I'm at a hard enough pace that I need to.

    So onward to poker. I've played kind of bad and ran kind of bad for 10296 hands/16.22 hours at 2.1 ptbb/100, which is a little over 4 BIs and I'm about even at AIEV. I'm a little bit behind pace for what I want to be playing, but I got caught up in town for a lot longer than I thought I would and that sort of threw a wrench into things. Now I guess I should show some entertaining hands or something.

    Hand 1: Pretty standard lols.

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    saw flop | saw showdown

    UTG ($57)
    UTG+1 ($55.40)
    MP1 ($57.30)
    MP2 ($107.50)
    MP3 ($53.10)
    CO ($50)
    Button ($70.35)
    Hero (SB) ($50.60)
    BB ($50.65)

    Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K
    UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 calls $0.50, 3 folds, CO calls $0.50, Button calls $0.50, Hero bets $4, 3 folds, CO raises to $12, 1 fold, Hero raises to $28, CO calls $16

    Flop: ($58) 3, 9, J (2 players)
    Hero bets $22.60 (All-In), CO calls $22 (All-In)

    Turn: ($102) 2 (2 players, 2 all-in)

    River: ($102) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

    Total pot: $102 | Rake: $3

    Results:
    Hero had K, K (one pair, Kings).
    CO had 6, 6 (one pair, sixes).
    Outcome: Hero won $99

    Hand 2: Pretty standard lols. Variance: My shove has a higher EV if he folds.

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    saw flop | saw showdown

    CO ($18)
    Hero (Button) ($51)
    SB ($101.75)
    BB ($28.25)
    UTG ($50.75)
    UTG+1 ($50)
    MP1 ($50)
    MP2 ($48.15)

    Preflop: Hero is Button with 9, 8
    3 folds, MP2 calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50, Hero bets $3, 2 folds, MP2 raises to $5.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.50

    Flop: ($12.25) 5, 7, 3 (2 players)
    MP2 bets $6, Hero raises to $45.50 (All-In), MP2 calls $36.65 (All-In)

    Turn: ($97.55) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

    River: ($97.55) 2 (2 players, 2 all-in)

    Total pot: $97.55 | Rake: $3

    Results:
    Hero had 9, 8 (flush, nine high).
    MP2 had J, K (one pair, threes).
    Outcome: Hero won $94.55

    Hand 3: AT is a powerful hand in no-limit texas holdem, the cadillac of poker.

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    saw flop | saw showdown

    MP1 ($55.40)
    MP2 ($40.45)
    CO ($49.75)
    Hero (Button) ($50.75)
    SB ($49)
    BB ($71.45)
    UTG ($51.05)
    UTG+1 ($50)

    Preflop: Hero is Button with K, A
    3 folds, MP2 bets $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $2, 2 folds

    Flop: ($4.75) K, K, 5 (2 players)
    MP2 checks, Hero bets $3.50, MP2 calls $3.50

    Turn: ($11.75) A (2 players)
    MP2 checks, Hero bets $10, MP2 calls $10

    River: ($31.75) 4 (2 players)
    MP2 checks, Hero bets $27, MP2 calls $24.95 (All-In)

    Total pot: $81.65 | Rake: $3

    Results:
    Hero had K, A (full house, Kings over Aces).
    MP2 had 10, A (two pair, Aces and Kings).
    Outcome: Hero won $78.65

    Hand 4: More free money.

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    saw flop | saw showdown

    CO ($60.15)
    Button ($63.85)
    SB ($43.50)
    BB ($35)
    UTG ($29.80)
    UTG+1 ($50)
    Hero (MP1) ($54.80)
    MP2 ($74.55)

    Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K, A
    2 folds, Hero bets $2, 1 fold, CO calls $2, Button calls $2, 1 fold, BB calls $1.50

    Flop: ($8.25) 6, 10, K (4 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $5, CO calls $5, 2 folds

    Turn: ($18.25) 8 (2 players)
    Hero bets $15.50, CO calls $15.50

    River: ($49.25) 9 (2 players)
    Hero checks, CO checks

    Total pot: $49.25 | Rake: $2.40

    Results:
    Hero had K, A (one pair, Kings).
    CO had J, Q (straight, King high).
    Outcome: CO won $46.85
    Last edited by spoonitnow; 04-13-2010 at 12:54 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by spoonitnow View Post
    ...I decided to get some food at Chili's ....

    ...am trying to take care of my body ...
    "Just cause I'm from the South don't mean I ain't got no book learnin'"

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    ...we've all learned long ago how to share the truth without actually having the truth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sasquach991 View Post
    Nothing wrong with Chili's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by spoonitnow View Post
    Nothing wrong with Chili's.
    Depends on what you eat (or drink) I guess.

    Anyway, GL

    BTW, I prefered staying in the crappy place I lived. At least in the same state.
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    Update: End of Week 1


    While I planned to put in more volume than I did, I put in 30.35 hours for 19404 hands at 1.94 ptbb/100. I played much better the second half of the week, getting back used to 50nl or whatever you want to call it. You can clearly see it in my red line which is kind of funny in a way but it goes from \ to __ all of a sudden. Though I played better in the latter half of the week, I ran fairly bad all of a sudden around the 12.3k mark when Lee Jones decided I had not been punished enough for my sins.

    Life has finally stabilized. Chelle and I are back together under a set of conditions that seem conducive to me not wanting to eat a bullet. I think the temporary break-up did her a lot of good and I think looking back years from now we're going to look at this past week and a half or so as a crucial turning point for her, and I guess myself.

    I'll be under this staking agreement until the end of the month, and then I'll have to see where I'm at and how to proceed.

    Today I read Forrest Griffin's book "Got Fight?" and it was really, really good. I think dthorne recommended it a while back and I finally found a PDF.

    As always, I'll leave you with some entertaining hands. Some of these might be beats or whatever, but this isn't meant to be instructive or whining or anything, it's just meant to be funny.


    Hand 1: This one has a special place in my heart because it reminds me of the first time I beat 200nl, I had two of these back to back in about 500 hands

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    saw flop | saw showdown

    SB ($49)
    BB ($51.35)
    UTG ($51.35)
    Hero (UTG+1) ($50)
    MP1 ($50)
    MP2 ($54.35)
    CO ($94.80)
    Button ($95.95)

    Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q, Q
    UTG bets $2, Hero calls $2, 2 folds, CO calls $2, 3 folds

    Flop: ($6.75) 6, Q, 7 (3 players)
    UTG checks, Hero bets $5.50, CO calls $5.50, 1 fold

    Turn: ($17.75) A (2 players)
    Hero bets $8.50, CO calls $8.50

    River: ($34.75) 6 (2 players)
    Hero bets $34 (All-In), CO calls $34

    Total pot: $102.75 | Rake: $3

    Results:
    Hero had Q, Q (full house, Queens over sixes).
    CO had 6, 6 (four of a kind, sixes).
    Outcome: CO won $99.75


    Hand 2: No money FR everyones solid

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    saw flop | saw showdown

    UTG ($50)
    MP1 ($52.90)
    MP2 ($47)
    Hero (CO) ($52.85)
    Button ($32.85)
    SB ($39)
    BB ($50)

    Preflop: Hero is CO with K, A
    1 fold, MP1 calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero bets $2.50, 3 folds, MP1 raises to $52.90 (All-In), Hero calls $50.35 (All-In)

    Flop: ($106.45) Q, 9, 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

    Turn: ($106.45) A (2 players, 2 all-in)

    River: ($106.45) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

    Total pot: $106.45 | Rake: $3

    Results:
    MP1 had 8, 10 (one pair, tens).
    Hero had K, A (one pair, Aces).
    Outcome: Hero won $103.45


    Hand 3: New stars buyins are killing the game

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    saw flop | saw showdown

    UTG+1 ($73.30)
    MP1 ($24.55)
    MP2 ($50)
    MP3 ($52.50)
    Hero (CO) ($53.75)
    Button ($39.05)
    SB ($56.10)
    BB ($61.20)
    UTG ($50)

    Preflop: Hero is CO with A, K
    5 folds, Hero bets $1.50, Button raises to $39.05 (All-In), 2 folds, Hero calls $37.55

    Flop: ($78.85) 3, 2, K (2 players, 1 all-in)

    Turn: ($78.85) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

    River: ($78.85) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

    Total pot: $78.85 | Rake: $3

    Results:
    Button had 8, K (two pair, Kings and threes).
    Hero had A, K (two pair, Kings and threes).
    Outcome: Hero won $75.85


    Hand 4: Clearly for meta

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    saw flop | saw showdown

    UTG ($57)
    UTG+1 ($55.40)
    MP1 ($57.30)
    MP2 ($107.50)
    MP3 ($53.10)
    CO ($50)
    Button ($70.35)
    Hero (SB) ($50.60)
    BB ($50.65)

    Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K
    UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 calls $0.50, 3 folds, CO calls $0.50, Button calls $0.50, Hero bets $4, 3 folds, CO raises to $12, 1 fold, Hero raises to $28, CO calls $16

    Flop: ($58) 3, 9, J (2 players)
    Hero bets $22.60 (All-In), CO calls $22 (All-In)

    Turn: ($102) 2 (2 players, 2 all-in)

    River: ($102) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

    Total pot: $102 | Rake: $3

    Results:
    Hero had K, K (one pair, Kings).
    CO had 6, 6 (one pair, sixes).
    Outcome: Hero won $99
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    WTF Spoon I play 50nl @ stars and ppl NEVER monkey shove on me like that preflop

    Re Hand 1: I'm not sure I understand the turn bet? Are you trying to appear weak so he spazzes with an A or are you planning on bet/folding with that sizing?

    Grats on the life stabilization!


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    It's amazing how badly you can play and not fully realise until you look at the red line. I've been like that all week; now that I'm starting to play better and getting a good feel for spots, it's levelled out jus like yours has. Keep it dat way imo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by caddie444 View Post
    Re Hand 1: I'm not sure I understand the turn bet? Are you trying to appear weak so he spazzes with an A or are you planning on bet/folding with that sizing?
    Probably helpful to know he's pretty loose and fairly passive. He'll call with a really wide range of hands on the turn but will rarely raise me without a flush.
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    Jesse just found this today. I hope your going to keep it updated as I look forward to keeping up with your progress.
    GL
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    Update???
    "You start the game with a full pot o’ luck and an empty pot o’ experience...
    The object is to fill the pot of experience before you empty the pot of luck."

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    Quote Originally Posted by spoonitnow View Post

    Chelle and I are back together under a set of conditions that seem conducive to me not wanting to eat a bullet.
    Maybe not updating this Op was one of the conditions?
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    ...we've all learned long ago how to share the truth without actually having the truth.
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    maybe he's not updating since getting back with the missus
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    [20:19] <Zill4> so fking hopeless
    [20:19] <Zill4> and dumb

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