kickass...i want to be a winner.

i lost my roll to black friday on ft, hadn't been that interested but after i lost it i was gutted.
i had like 11 dollars on stars and like 25 dollars on carbon from trying them out but i never liked either as much as full tilt so my money just sat there, actually i think i put money on carbon post black friday but its shit.
okay so here is my plan to play on either stars or carbon and grind my way up from the fag limits to the less fag limits. prolly gonna be stars just cos finding a table/multitableing is a fuck ton easier when there is a bigger pool even though on carbon everyone is shite.
im a little bit drunk, hence having the courage to start a blog, i will be really ashamed if i dont keep it up.
i have a minimum wage job and 2 kids.....im a fucking loser.
i know from playing at my local casino (dusk till dawn) that im not the shittest poker player but i do have a tendency to bot my way through online not really considering anything but the cards in front of me.
i am going to study all the great threads that rpm posted which i am massively grateful for (reading M2Ms blog was a true inspiration even though it took me the best part of a day to get through) a lot of spoons posts i have been to lazy to actually work through are fucking gold, i will do this, this time. something on the lines of....i refuse to float my way through life not achieving anything, this is what i want to do, IT WILL BE DONE. wooo

starting at 2nl i am gonna grind my way up as hard as i find it. im at like 45 dollars on stars now... 5nl when i reach a hundred. GO.

Originally Posted by kickass

(reading M2Ms blog was a true inspiration even though it took me the best part of a day to get through)

i did the exact same thing. likewise, i found it be a hugely beneficial way to spend a day.

good luck sir.

Originally Posted by kickass

okay so here is my plan to play on either stars or carbon and grind my way up from the fag limits to the less fag limits. prolly gonna be stars just cos finding a table/multitableing is a fuck ton easier when there is a bigger pool even though on carbon everyone is shite.

best of luck. I started over on stars from $50 in August, it's definitely doable.

Originally Posted by kickass

i have a minimum wage job and 2 kids.....im a fucking loser.

neither of these things lead me to conclude that you're a loser. If you're managing to support two kids on minimum wage then quite the opposite in fact.

anyway, best of luck and enjoy crushing the fish. Quality time with kids >> quality time (?) playing internet poker though..

neither of these things lead me to conclude that you're a loser. If you're managing to support two kids on minimum wage then quite the opposite in fact.

this is prolly the nicest thing anyone has ever said to a stranger on the internet so thank you. i dont really know what i was going for with calling myself a loser i prolly had a point but forgot it half way through. maybe a little more drunk than i thought.

gonna grind 2nl 6max on stars today when the childrens get to bed (quality time with kids > internet pokerz) an hour or 2 depending on how things go.
i'll prolly post results weekly. then im gonna try reviewing my histories maybe chuck some up here so i can see my progress. kool and the gang, really happy im doing this.

Imo NL2 is huge waste of time if you know to play any poker. So, if your minimum wage allows you, I suggest to add up 50$ to Stars and play NL5. Players there are at least somewhat competent.

Every poker player's dream - to play against competent players...

I'd jump straight to 5NL if you can afford it and have some poker skills, but not to play against better players, to make more monies.

2NL is only a waste of time if you have the skill set and the means of having a BR for 5NL.

i appreciate the concern fellows but id rather not deposit any more, i had $11 sitting on stars for over a year now its 55 just playing 2nl 6 max and i don't even play that often you'd prolly call me a recreational player rather than a reg, i don't think a hundred will be hard to make, if it takes more than 10000 hands ill be surprised.

well after 2000 hands yesterday and only $5 earned prolly gonna be at 2nl longer than i thought also went through robbs practicing ranges thread and did the workings think i need a whole lot more practice at this.

How the hell do you fond time to grind with two kids and a full time job? That's my biggest problem at the moment. When I do have a spare hour or two I'm generally too knackered to concentrate properly.

i live my life in varying degrees of knackeredness i dont think i will be able to play nearly as much as i move up cos my brain is never working properly, sorry no awesome life changing advice.

2000 hands again but 12 tables of 6max is fucking stupid. Im up to 74 so not bad i suppose im crushing it but im really tilted about a 170 deep stack off with KK on the flop against a fag limper with a set of 3s I didnt even think about it just snap called. I haven't done that in fucking ages. MONGOLOID, im posting it as a punishment to myself. easiest fold ever PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

xTony Sharkx (BB): $3.07
abdulan (UTG): $3.62
MarceloteF (MP): $6.06
nightwolfpro (CO): $2.20
KICKASS (BTN): $3.65
stare-misto (SB): $5.31

stare-misto posts SB $0.01, xTony Sharkx posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: ($0.03) KICKASS has K K

abdulan calls $0.02, fold, fold, KICKASS raises to $0.06, fold, fold, abdulan calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.15, 2 players) 5 2 3
abdulan bets $0.08, KICKASS raises to $0.30, abdulan raises to $3.56 and is all-in, DUMBASS calls $3.26

Turn: ($7.27, 2 players) 9

River: ($7.27, 2 players) T

abdulan shows 3 3 (Three of a Kind, Threes) (PreFlop 18%, Flop 89%, Turn 95%)
KICKASS shows K K (One Pair, Kings) (PreFlop 82%, Flop 11%, Turn 5%)
abdulan wins $6.91

Why only raise to 6 pre? I'd of goner for 10 and expected to be called by a lot worse.

i usually do go for 10 and usually do get called by much worse , but i didn't even notice the guy limp i came off as soon as this happened as it was obvious my concentration levels had dropped far below the required amount. god that hand is disgusting. well early morning grind for me then I've go some ranges homework to do.

when the guy shoves like 4x pot u should prolly fold

Originally Posted by bikes

when the guy shoves like 4x pot u should prolly fold

ERM YEAH!

kidz is up no more fishing for me; not bad run up to almost 80 only played 800 4/6 tables=better win rate+less embarrassment. Next its Tesco for a bag of flour, make some badass yorkshire puddings, eat said puddings and then spoons hand ranges exercise (part 1 at least). gonna post workings; now i have to do it.

The following is an exercise in thinking about ranges and what they mean. After each action Hero makes there will be a number like [1], [2], etc. For each number, list what your range is at that point in the hand if you were Hero and playing this hand for real at the table. That's all there is to it.

Assume 100bb starting stacks. The BU is a nitty TAGG who does not 3-bet very much pre-flop and does not seem to call raises with a wide range of hands. He plays fit-or-fold post-flop for the most part. Assume something like 11/9 in FR or 17/14 in 6-max. The SB is a loose-ish TAGG (think something like 18/15 in FR or 27/24 in 6-max) who 3-bets pre-flop 6% and is capable of 3-bluffing OOP. He also leads a lot of flops, c-bets 85%, and c-bets the turn 60%, being very aggressive. The BB is a complete unknown.

It folds to our Hero pre-flop in the CO who raises to 3 times the big blind [1]. The BU calls, and the blinds fold. The flop pot is 7.5 big blinds, and the flop comes T 6 5 . Hero bets 5 big blinds [2] and the BU calls. The turn pot is 17.5 big blinds with 92 big blinds behind. The turn card makes the board T 6 5 J . Hero bets 13 big blinds [3] and the BU calls. The river pot is 43.5 big blinds with 79 big blinds left behind. The river card makes the board T 6 5 J T . Hero bets 26 big blinds [4], and the button folds.

We're going to use our answers in a later exercise.

this is what i am up to, i copy pasted it onto my desktop so i couldn't be influenced by others replies. ANSWERS
PRE stealing pretty wide prolly 22+ A2s+ ATo+ 56s+ 57s+ all broadway.
FLOP C BET. Im expecting the fit/fold villain to be folding a good bit so c betting the lot sounds reasonable.
TURN. OOP im firing a lot all spades all pair + gutters all OESD all Ts all Js 2 pair hands 56 JT all over-pairs all sets. folding most to a reraise shoving all straight flush draws and sets (JT?)
RIVER looks kinda small i dont know what im betting here with this size i can only expect a call from T+ and i think T+ would call more. Am i bluffing? what would i do with weak made hands QQ+ Jx 56 maybe i want a call from Jx QQ thin value/blocking with a big PP? i dont know if i like a bluff here maybe? i expect calling a lot here villains range seems strong...weird tiny bet on river im stumped GG

well i can post bad beats here, i got to see his cards just before a new table popped up when this table came back up i didnt have a big stack WTF i thought did he runner runner flush me....$0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG juan_mi1972 ($1.44)
UTG+1 FizhKiller ($2.82)
CO kicKAss ($3.12)
BTN TuSlick ($2)
SB FlyFR108 ($3.71)
BB yogiberra14 ($5.11)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03, 6 players) kicKAss is CO
1 fold, FizhKiller raises to $0.08, kicKAss calls $0.08, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.19, 2 players)
FizhKiller bets $0.14, kicKAss raises to $0.42, FizhKiller raises to $1.36, kicKAss goes all-in $3.04, FizhKiller goes all-in $1.38

Turn: ($5.97, 2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($5.97, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $5.97
FizhKiller shows a full house, Jacks full of Aces

kicKAss shows a full house, Nines full of Jacks


FizhKiller wins $5.39 (net +$2.57)

kicKAss collects $0.30 (net -$2.82)

made it to 100 5nl tomorrow
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nice work sir. keep on truckin'

thank you Bernard

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pretty happy with that defiantly harder than 2nl though

well not a deal to report as i haven't played much 5nl yet due to weekend commitments over the first 3.5k im crushing at like 11.6ptbb/100 see how that levels out. the good news is dusk till dawns super 50 last night made me 125 pound for free as my bro bought me the seat for my birthday. i came 11th pretty gutted to bust out so close to the end.

just had a fucking stupid lol session stacked an 83/4 3 times isolating almost every limp nobody on the table adjusted just let me run all over this faggot i only played about 100 hands with him lol good egg.

first session of run bad i did really good for like 700 hands then boom lost 4 buy ins on 4 tables in like a 10 hand space gutted had to sit out to regroup, i went back in made 2.5/3 buy ins back was hoping to hit the 200 mark today maybe i was trying to force it. ill review some tomorrow

fuck
played like shit today
down to 150 or so deserves to be less

made my first 10 dollar vip bollocksing thing is it better to save em or cash em, prolly cash it get back some of those dollars a spaz threw away yesterday.
this blog bollocks isnt really going as planned i have hardly done any work away from the tables and my table play isnt improving any. advice anyone?

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Fernando R17 ($12.18)
CO epicwin999 ($4.61)
BTN Spogdna ($9.53)
SB sterre2008 ($5.81)
BB kicKAss ($11.70)

Pre-Flop: ($0.07, 5 players) kicKAss is BB
1 fold, epicwin999 raises to $0.15, Spogdna raises to $0.45, kicKAss says "bluffing rules", sterre2008 calls $0.43, kicKAss raises to $2, sterre2008 says "8-3", epicwin999 folds, Spogdna calls $1.55, sterre2008 calls $1.55


lol fish

Main Pot : ($6.15)
kicKAss: +$2.75 EV (77.20%)
Spogdna: -$1.73 EV (4.40%)
sterre2008: -$0.87 EV (18.40%)

Flop: ($6.15, 3 players)
sterre2008 goes all-in $3.81, kicKAss calls $3.81, Spogdna calls $3.81

Main Pot : ($17.58)
kicKAss: +$10.03 EV (78.70%)
Spogdna: -$2.25 EV (8.90%)
sterre2008: -$1.63 EV (12.40%)

Turn: ($17.58, 3 players, 1 all-in)
kicKAss goes all-in $5.89, Spogdna goes all-in $3.72

Main Pot : ($17.58)
kicKAss: -$2.87 EV (16.70%)
Spogdna: -$3.72 EV (0.00%)
sterre2008: +$14.64 EV (83.30%)

Side Pot #1 : ($7.44)
kicKAss: +$3.54 EV (97.60%)
Spogdna: -$3.54 EV (2.40%)

Side Pot #2 : ($2.17)
kicKAss: +$0.00 EV (100.00%)

River: ($27.19, 3 players, 3 all-in)

Main Pot : ($17.58)
kicKAss: +$0.00 EV (0.00%)
Spogdna: +$0.00 EV (0.00%)
sterre2008: +$17.58 EV (100.00%)

Side Pot #1 : ($7.44)
kicKAss: +$7.44 EV (100.00%)
Spogdna: +$0.00 EV (0.00%)

Side Pot #2 : ($2.17)
kicKAss: +$2.17 EV (100.00%)

Final Pot: $27.19
sterre2008 shows two pair, Tens and Nines

kicKAss shows a pair of Kings

Spogdna shows a pair of Nines


sterre2008 wins $16.72 (net +$10.91)

kicKAss collects $9.27 (net -$2.43)
epicwin999 lost $0.15
Spogdna lost $9.53

shove the flop, dont chat

i thought he might shove over like 88 9x that he might fold for all his dollars as i can never be bluffing when i shove and the chat it was a weird table very chatty and i was involved keeping it fun for them not me. thats my thought process yours is prolly better. thanks for reading my incredibly boring blog

Originally Posted by kickass

made my first 10 dollar vip bollocksing thing is it better to save em or cash em,

if you're talking about stars' stellar bonuses, just cash em as you get em. they dont increase in value like FPP's can (as you get higher in the VIP system)

Originally Posted by kickass

this blog bollocks isnt really going as planned i have hardly done any work away from the tables and my table play isnt improving any. advice anyone?

do the work?

thanks mr rpm sir any advice as to where to start whats vital learning for an aspiring grinder?
moved over to full ring for a while variance and bad play were ruining my weekend. im not giving up on 6 max though i will be back....
nearly at 180 should make the 10s soon enough

do you know how to count card combinations quickly in your head?

i know how is there a faster way than just doing it... ive read spoons post on the topic its a good post relating to blockers that i could prolly smash deeper into my feeble mind.
thanks for the reply anything else would be appreciated

side not at $188 not sure when i want to move up. 5nl is pretty piss playing this gay nitty style could be better though only running at 4pt/bb. i think i was making more at 2nl where i ran really hot.

the best thing to do to improve at nlhe i think is to just do a fuckload of work with ranges. take a hand and break down villain's ranges completely. when facing a bet what hand range (list the hand combinations too) does villain call/raise/fold with? what % of the time then is he calling? raising? folding? what's your pot equity against his calling range? what's your pot equity against his raising range? etc etc. just breaking ranges down completely and studying what they are composed of. you'll find against most of your current opponents that their calling ranges are going to be wayyyyy larger than their betting and raising ranges for the most part, as you probably already know, which has different strategic implications to playing against regs at higher stakes who will typically be less passive. basically, ranges ranges ranges are the key imo.

thanks rpm, obviously i know this is my weakest area prolly subconsciously hoping you'd say something else so i can avoid working on the hardest thing.
not had much time for pokerz this week i did reach 200 took a shot at the 10s dropped 30 moved back down gonna make 250 before move up next time.

made it to the 10s doing okay not great dropped down to 4 tables for a while to get used to it people seem to spaz more its odd watching what folks show up with. maybe its just my experience from my first 4000 hands

you need 100k hands at a stake before you can start making generalizations about it imo. Not that you should -- I don't think it's particularly helpful to. Make adjustments to players, not stakes.

not had much time this weekend dropped below 250 but not gonna move back down till 200 hopfully wont come to that.
other news I got engaged.

Originally Posted by kickass

..other news I got engaged....

Congratulations dude!

Originally Posted by kickass

I got engaged.

ez game

Thanks fellaz.
i moved back down. loosing player with all my big hands at 10nl is ridiculous but i prolly spewed a whole bunch too. so im back at 5nl trying to get my old game back maybe a little extra and get my roll back up to 250. lol. time for some looking at hands working out where i went wrong.

i ran kinda bad today but really felt i played well ended up being 4ish ptbb/100 which sounds okay but it really should've been more. set over set, KK into AA and AK lost em both ldo QQ into JJ lost that. flopped a straight on my first hand on one table from the BB only to have the SB chk jam 2 pair into me turned a boat. Thinking about staying at 5nl till $300 get a more solid win rate and get some faith in my game.

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
7 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($5.83)
UTG+1 ($5)
MP ($5)
CO ($4.60)
BTN ($2.16)
SB ($3.60)
kicKAss (BB) ($5)

Pre-Flop: ($0.07, 7 players) kicKAss is BB
5 folds, SB calls $0.03, kicKAss raises to $0.15, SB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.30, 2 players)
SB checks, kicKAss bets $0.20, SB goes all-in $3.45, kicKAss calls $3.25

Turn: ($7.20, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($7.20, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $7.20
SB shows a full house, Tens full of Jacks

kicKAss shows a straight, Nine to King


SB wins $6.85 (net +$3.25)

kicKAss lost $3.60

i like having a place to moan

I'd pot the flop. He wont fold a piece and you get stacks in more easily.

Originally Posted by kickass

i lost my roll to black friday on ft, hadn't been that interested but after i lost it i was gutted.
i had like 11 dollars on stars and like 25 dollars on carbon from trying them out but i never liked either as much as full tilt so my money just sat there, actually i think i put money on carbon post black friday but its shit.
okay so here is my plan to play on either stars or carbon and grind my way up from the fag limits to the less fag limits. prolly gonna be stars just cos finding a table/multitableing is a fuck ton easier when there is a bigger pool even though on carbon everyone is shite.
im a little bit drunk, hence having the courage to start a blog, i will be really ashamed if i dont keep it up.
i have a minimum wage job and 2 kids.....im a fucking loser.
i know from playing at my local casino (dusk till dawn) that im not the shittest poker player but i do have a tendency to bot my way through online not really considering anything but the cards in front of me.
i am going to study all the great threads that rpm posted which i am massively grateful for (reading M2Ms blog was a true inspiration even though it took me the best part of a day to get through) a lot of spoons posts i have been to lazy to actually work through are fucking gold, i will do this, this time. something on the lines of....i refuse to float my way through life not achieving anything, this is what i want to do, IT WILL BE DONE. wooo

starting at 2nl i am gonna grind my way up as hard as i find it. im at like 45 dollars on stars now... 5nl when i reach a hundred. GO.

AT least u got a job and u got kids. you own me in life achievements by far. I"m also playing 5 nl i'll be making my own ' goals thread' but it'll be more of a place where i cry about my pokerskills

Originally Posted by TheLongGrind

AT least u got a job and u got kids. you own me in life achievements by far. I"m also playing 5 nl i'll be making my own ' goals thread' but it'll be more of a place where i cry about my pokerskills

lol looser. Joke dont get mardy.

A bit of a new goal for me is to play less, fuck moving up for the time being and concentrate on what Im doing more. this means both playing less tables and shorter sessions making sure I have some good time for reviewing. I want to post a couple of hands per session so be prepared to get bored of my endless stupidity. This way I should find some real leaks in my game and not just be posting up bad beats and coolers.

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
7 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($3.60)
kicKAss (UTG+1) ($5)
MP ($10.24)
CO ($0.38)
BTN ($6.45)
SB ($5.23)
BB ($5.57)

Pre-Flop: ($0.07, 7 players) kicKAss is UTG+1
UTG calls $0.05, kicKAss raises to $3, 1 fold, CO goes all-in $0.38, 3 folds, UTG goes all-in $3.60, kicKAss calls $0.60

Flop: ($7.65, 3 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($7.65, 3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($7.65, 3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $7.65
kicKAss shows two pair, Fives and Fours

CO shows two pair, Eights and Fives

UTG shows two pair, Sevens and Fives


UTG wins $6.12 (net +$2.52)
CO wins $1.15 (net +$0.77)

kicKAss lost $3.60

fucking amusment comes when playing against super fish whilst watching seinfeld. whos the biggest fish! lololololololol I have no idea how i bet the initial 3$ btw none at all this wasnt some tilt enduced blowout

things are slow at camp kickass. not much time + cutting back the tables meanses i'm not gettin anywhere in the moving up world. but I am playing a whole lot less spewy. less calling c bets without good reason less not knowing how I got to a point in a hand, more notes. shitty win rate lol

I moved up again as Ive cut my tables down and things is going good up to 280. KATG
Heres one vs a 10/8 i thought he'd have more equity to be honest or set over set either way $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
7 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($3.91)
UTG+1 ($12.59)
MP ($11.37)
kicKAss (CO) ($10.25)
BTN ($12.38)
SB ($10.05)
BB ($7.20)

Pre-Flop: ($0.15, 7 players) kicKAss is CO
UTG calls $0.10, UTG+1 calls $0.10, 1 fold, kicKAss raises to $0.40, 3 folds, UTG calls $0.30, UTG+1 calls $0.30

Flop: ($1.35, 3 players)
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, kicKAss bets $1, UTG folds, UTG+1 goes all-in $12.19, kicKAss goes all-in $8.85

Turn: ($23.39, 2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($23.39, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $23.39
UTG+1 shows a pair of Eights

kicKAss shows three of a kind, Sevens


kicKAss wins $20.01 (net +$9.76)

UTG+1 collects $2.34 (net -$10.25)
UTG lost $0.40
i know my raise is small i missed that UTG limped in. worked out nice though RESULTS ORIENTATED MUCH

played like a badass today really focused no fucking around got coolered KK/AA vs laggy guy still ended session up red line through the roof blue line about even. dont have many sessions like that. RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS. gonna review some. nice to be happy. finally breaking into 10nls is great news for me.

i fucking hate poker. I cant seem to win a fucking hand that isnt fucking stupid, its got me thinking I'm actually shit. I'm gonna chill some then play again later.

didnt play later, played today still sucked lost 30 dollar. I dont know how to beat these tight 3 bet loving regs seems like im being outplayed all day. Has there ever been a JTx board that these guys dont reraise you on. I have no idea what a good calling 3 bet range is no idea how to play even semi well in 3 bet pots no idea how to win with AA if it doesnt go all in pre no idea how to defend my blinds well no idea what the fuck im doing oop no idea what peoples real ranges are to know if my play is +ev. I only know something was decent when i win and that only seems to be with near nut hands.

mardy rant over. start agin tomorrow

well not being very good and have a massive losing streak is crushing to soul and roll. down 5 buy ins today. lucky I moved down eh. all month Ive won $1.27 20 days played 27299 hands thats a massive 6 cent a day wooooop. kill yrself poker.

get used to it. the swings only get worse as you move up. regs are better, your edge is lower, games are more aggressive, higher actual $ amount per downswing is more tilting etc etc. pretty hypocritical thing for me to say, but seriously, don't even look at your results unless you have a feeling your BR might have got to stage where you should move up/down. out of sight/out of mind is a pretty beneficial motto when it comes to alleviating results-oriented tilt in poker imo.

Originally Posted by rpm

... don't even look at your results unless you have a feeling your BR might have got to stage where you should move up/down...

Agreed, but how would you do that?

i'm gonna ask Dylan C if they can add some kind of BR alert to the Cashier function...

what can I say I'm a fish wrapped up in a fish shaped baller costume and I'm not fooling anyone.

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

Agreed, but how would you do that?

i'm gonna ask Dylan C if they can add some kind of BR alert to the Cashier function...

by not opening the cashier or looking at results in your tracking software?

LOLZ!!

ya got me!

Originally Posted by kickass

i fucking hate poker. I cant seem to win a fucking hand that isnt fucking stupid, its got me thinking I'm actually shit. I'm gonna chill some then play again later.

20-table some plo, that ought to sort your head out.

poker is being my friend again. still playing at 5nl but feel like that downswing at 10 has made me a little better. gonna review my biggest losses see if I spazzed or what ever but I think I played pretty clean. prolly post a hand or two not that many folks are bothered bout reading/commenting on em.
I'm quite sad at the state of FTR at the minute I even went over to 2+2 for a look around.

Originally Posted by kickass

I'm quite sad at the state of FTR at the minute I even went over to 2+2 for a look around.

csb.

thanks bicycles. poluting my awesome blog with your sacasms

Originally Posted by bikes

csb.

Yeah, this is pretty much why FTR sucks. Been a long time since we had mods/admins who actually encourage posting.

interestingly enough, FTR's traffic decreased mostly because of black friday and americans no longer giving a damn about poker. not the mods' or admins' fault actually. blame the government.

if someone feel's ftr isn't up to par on traffic it's no one's responsibility but their own to try to make things better. as for your 'awesome blog' no one got any better at poker by bragging how good their running or how bad their running they got good by working really really hard. and finding like minded people who were also working really really hard.

i fucking hate poker. I cant seem to win a fucking hand that isnt fucking stupid, its got me thinking I'm actually shit. I'm gonna chill some then play again later.

this is not a mindset of anyone who is successful at this game as we've all realized early on sometimes bonks and donks have to win otherwise there would be no poker.

again if you don't like the way traffic has decreased on ftr feel free to post more and try to get your friends to post more as well and eventually traffic will increase, or you will discover that frankly most of your improvement comes from what you do off the forums instead of trying to get people to spoon feed you stuff they worked very hard to understand and implement.

as much as the forums have helped my game it's no where near in comparison what i learned away from them and the same can be said for anyone who has had any kind of success at this game.

if you chose the land of 2p2 have fun picking through all the trolls and horrid advice, say what you will about mine at least i tell you exactly what i would do given the situation and reads.

kickass, your 'awesome blog' reads like a diary, full of little more than brags/beats and vague posts about how you're feeling due to recent rungood or runbad. Some vague plans of what you're going to work on, but little mention of the work you actually have done. This quote sums it up pretty well:

Originally Posted by kickass

i like having a place to moan

The fact that you need a place to moan is indicative of suboptimal mental states that are undoubtedly tainting your play in-session. I suggest putting more focus on that than making generalizations about ftr because you're upset over bikes being a meany in your blog.

Ever since I started here, the tone of the admins has been harsh, as "tough love" has been the defacto approach in the poker community for as long as I can remember. Black friday has hit the traffic of most poker sites pretty hard, but as far as I can see -- the BC still has a decent lineup of solid winning players willing to give advice on HHs, and I see you taking advantage of that resource, as you should so I'm not sure what the problem is. A few sarcastic barbs does not equate "stifling discussion" or whatever the accusation is here.

The opportunity exists for you to learn and improve your game. Focus on that. Drop the ego, the butthurt, and whatever else is distracting you from making money and just make money. It's fun.

okay I think you took what I said a little to seriously, "my awesome blog" was sarcasm cos i never write anything of any worth. My comment on the state of FTR was only due to the lack of traffic and yeah its pretty obvious that black friday has a great deal to do with that.
I post on FTR cos I dont have friends who give a fuck about poker, I have learnt a great deal from reading what folks post, and I love being a part of it, even though I hardly ever have any advice for others (cos im fish). I am well aware that I need to study more and play more for that matter, and will prolly never acheive any great long term success because I am sadly lacking in the proper diciplin to study and actually learn
sorry if I offended you (or you think I'm a dick) I actually quite like your blunt opinions, they usualy get me thinking.

I didn't read any of the above posts cuz tldr but I just glanced and noticed this quote:

Quote:
Originally Posted by kickass
i like having a place to moan


advice: if you want to go far in this game you need to change your attitude.

thinking about thing; ive decided to retire this blog as its probably doing more harm than good to my growth as a player. Its intention was to force me into proper study but instead it ended up a place where I whine or "brag". I feel kinda down about the way things have turned out but feel this is for the best. Thanks to everyone who showed support in any way. Change of attitude on its way (hopefuly).
kool and the gang.
luke

Originally Posted by Carroters

Yeah, this is pretty much why FTR sucks. Been a long time since we had mods/admins who actually encourage posting.

^ interesting perception. Maybe accurate, hard to tell for sure

A couple of months ago i noted that the BC was dead, i posted a bunch of hands and they got comments and it was pretty active for that time. It's just about people posting hands pretty much - if people don't post hands then what is there to post about?

Originally Posted by bikes

most of your improvement comes from what you do off the forums instead of trying to get people to spoon feed you stuff they worked very hard to understand and implement.

not intended as a troll or de-rail but i am genuinely interested here:
bikes, what are your views on helping other players become better at the game you earn your $$ from? do you view it as being net-detrimental to you if you have already 'arrived' in profitable poker playing land? what are your views on the fact that helping other players including anonymous lurkers will obviously cut into your own bottom line?

Originally Posted by kickass

I hardly ever have any advice for others (cos im fish).

bad mindset - you will benefit a lot from reading every hand history posted in the bc then writing a reply BEFORE reading what others have written. It will identify parts of your game where your thought processes are consistent with good players, and where there is variance. And you can try to figure out why people disagree with what you think. And this will be equivalent to study = will make you a better poker player

Davan took the time to send me this message (and gave me permission to quote it) and Ive got to say it sounds harder than just using this space as a poker facebook, just full of meaningless status updates and nonsense.

don't kill it. Instead, use it to post a record of what specific things you have been working on. E.g. continuation betting, post the links to classic threads/articles that you have read in an attempt to get better at it. Ask others to post things that they think you should also read - like, if i read a post saying 'i'm working on identifying spots to 3bet' and then a few links to articles/uber-threads about 3-betting then i'm likely to post links to relevant and useful resources that you may not have found yet relating to that topic. At the same time, post links to the relevant hands you have posted in the BC. Make the blog a record of how you are getting better at poker.

I obviously have to take on this challange and do what I intended to do from the start and actually try to improve at this game. I'm gonna start with c betting for 2 reasons, first thats the example Daven used, and second its something that I feel I dont use anything like properly so does require work on my behalf. As suggested I will post everything I read/watch/learn.

Thanks again to you Daven.

on a slightly different note christmas is getting closer and folks are asking me what I want, I would like to tell them a poker book or two, any personal recomendations of anything you all have read and helped with your game particualy related to beginer cash

well its late. I have read 4 articles of varying lengths (Robbs mother fucker took a good while) others were spoons posts from RPMs FTR threads thread thing. I'm pretty unsure of how to continue, Yaawn made some good points about barrell cards that I think will be useful, something I have been thinking about of late since that AJs hand I posted not long back. I have found looking at my c bet stats I'm pretty honest so I should be looking to C bet more often now lets not start spewing. Gonna do spoons exercise http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...et-184775.html tomorrow cos I'm fuckin knackered and I gotz work in the morning. It will be the first thing I do, before I play or read or anythang.

"Professional NLHE", "NLHE Theory and Practice", and "The Poker Mindset" are good reads IMO.

if i were given the task of trying to teach someone to know how to cbet, my first goal would be for them to build an intuitive sense of fold equity. that means going over 100's of flop cbet spots, estimating your opponents total range and what range he will call the CB with, and then figuring out what % of it will fold to your CB. however i'm sure there are a million other ways to go about it, and everybody likes to learn differently etc etc

also, i can vouch for the weasel's 3 book recommendations. they are probably the 3 best poker books i have read.