Operation Get Better

getting the comp. checked out means erasing porn, right?

soooo instead I googled antivirus 2009 and it's obv. a fake and a virus itself and found out how to clear it so I THINK it's done with. I can't wait to get to playing. Had a 2.5 buyin day in like 500 hands the other day forgot to mention that.

I'm up 3 buyins in 300 hands so far today. It makes poker more fun eh?

For sure, but I was clearly just running hot. Plus most of it came in one huge 3bet squeezed pot in which I hit the nuts on turn BUT I actually pwned the other guy by having him dominated both pre and post with TJs vs his T9s.

Ok, played a tad the past 2 days. Tried recording an hour long video but of course it came out completely black with just my cursor on the screen, but the cursor was going crazy throughout the video too. It was really weird, you could hear me and everything but only watch my cursor. Sigh. It was actually pretty interesting and I had some questions and such that I guess I'll ask in the morning. Just kind of std spots I seem to have trouble with.

Anyways, I'm down a little over a half buyin. I really think I butchered one hand which I just posted in the SHNL forum. I was going to post a hand just now in which I think I played fairly well in which I had TP second kicker vs. a bad/aggro player 100bb deep and I bet flop, he minraises, I rr to a committing amount and he only calls leaving me with an awkward AI on the turn which I think I have to ship and he calls with the turned flush. Don't know, I guess I wanted reassurance on it. Also kind of ran bad vs. shorties with them hitting 3 outters so that kind of sucks but oh well. Remind me to write long posts about strategy/questions (as in me saying shit and you all responding on what's correct).

Real life stuff: went to a Christmas party on Saturday and dressed up in a hand-made shirt which was sweet and I should prob. post pics but whatever. Didn't really meet many people as most of them were already friends of mine but still fun. I have flag football tomorrow vs. an all asian team and they bring their asian girlfriends so def. excited.

Full Tilt Poker Game #8311997968: Table Taurus (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:18:13 ET - 2008/10/02
Seat 1: 12pp ($45.60)
Seat 2: JahJanet ($78.05)
Seat 3: kablooey ($102.10)
Seat 4: Babiibear ($100)
Seat 5: ADmitry1 ($48.45)
Seat 6: SuitsUs ($100)
SuitsUs posts the small blind of $0.50
12pp has 5 seconds left to act
12pp is sitting out
12pp has timed out
JahJanet posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SuitsUs [Ks Th]
12pp has returned
kablooey folds
Babiibear folds
ADmitry1 folds
SuitsUs raises to $3
JahJanet calls $2
*** FLOP *** [9c Jc Qd]
SuitsUs bets $5
JahJanet calls $5
*** TURN *** [9c Jc Qd] [2d]
SuitsUs bets $14
JahJanet raises to $28
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs raises to $46
JahJanet raises to $64
SuitsUs raises to $82
JahJanet calls $6.05, and is all in
SuitsUs shows [Ks Th]
JahJanet shows [Ac 9d]
Uncalled bet of $11.95 returned to SuitsUs
*** RIVER *** [9c Jc Qd 2d] [2c]
SuitsUs shows a straight, King high
JahJanet shows two pair, Nines and Twos
SuitsUs wins the pot ($153.10) with a straight, King high
JahJanet adds $20
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $156.10 | Rake $3
Board: [9c Jc Qd 2d 2c]
Seat 1: 12pp is sitting out
Seat 2: JahJanet (big blind) showed [Ac 9d] and lost with two pair, Nines and Twos
Seat 3: kablooey didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Babiibear didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: ADmitry1 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: SuitsUs (small blind) showed [Ks Th] and won ($153.10) with a straight, King high

I am running semi like that lately weeee. I shouldn't be posting in this thread because it'll jinx me but whatever. Definitely playing the best poker of my life and absolutely crushing in SH and HU ever since changing gears a bit the last couple of days. Had some good talks with poker friends and was enlightened. I feel like sharing a few things that have helped but I have to get up early for classes and an exam, ouch, I suck at school.

Anyways, I hope to write more about what I learn throughout my adventures but right now I have made a huge change in my 3bet pots preflop. Regardless if it's me 3betting or if I am being 3bet. HU has helped with this as well as getting advice from others. As for 3betting, I am actually giving myself a range to 3bet which varies between me having position and how tight the original raiser is. I am also squeezing in position a lot more, but again, with a predetermined range. Basically, I have learned that position wins you the most money so play big pots (well all pots would be ideal obv) there as in the long run this is where you'll profit a bunch. Just an FYI but I have also been 3betting with cards just not good enough to call but have good implied odds. This obviously assumes 100bb+ eff. stacks.

Anyways, as far as when I am getting 3bet, I have been adjusting my play according to villain. Obviously some only 3bet with monsters so it's good to fold most hands until stacks are deeper and we can play an implied hand. But vs. regulars is where I am gaining my most money. Instead of folding or 4betting a lot like I used to, I have decided to call a lot more. This is for different reasons such as I feel like I can outplay them postflop and also, which I think is key, it USUALLY forces them to 3betting bluff you a lot less. This is the main reason why I started doing this. It seems to really help villains play a much easier game against you which has been great so far. I have a few hands of where I believe I pwned people but my HEM is being weird. So yeah, haven't used a HUD in days and it hasn't mattered. But basically I have gotten the regs to quit me after a little bit of HU which feels nice since this isn't my main game. BTW - I have raised 100% on the button in every single HU match so far. No one seems to adjust really well. HU is funny/enlightening, I was able to figure out predetermined lines from most every player and it feels cool to exploit these tendencies fairly easily.

Here's a written HH that happened yesterday but HEM won't work and I want to see responses. HU, effective stacks around 150bb, villain is definitely not a regular and pretty bad so far. He's raised on the button a lot, and to either 3bb or 2bb which seemed like random doings on his part. Anyways, not many hands on him but he's 3bet maybe like 6% of the time yet I have done it a lot. I open 87s from the button to 3bb and he min3bets me. I call. Flop comes T74r. He bets 3/4 fairly quickly, I call. Turn 3 giving a two to a flush but not of my suit. He bets 3/4 again pretty fast, I call. River comes a 6 not completing the flush. He bets 3/4 again and I call. How'd I do and why/what range do you put him on?

I ask because I am pretty sure I gave him a decent range for someone of his caliber.

School sucks

Nice to hear .

Wow, sounds like a lot of the adjustments you've made I'm either in the process of making or thinking about myself. Funny that since the small chat we had the other day got me started on thinking about them.

School first man. Even if you need to schedule times for your school needs and work the rest around it.

Looking foward to a bigger post by you on stuff you've realised. Interesting about HUDless. I've been doing the same for about a week now and really enjoyed it.

God, I think that range question is supposed to be an easy one, the problem is a bad player doesnt have to make sense which makes ranges kinda hard. My default assumption about a min 3-bet is a PP. Literally anything from 22-AA. With a guy like this you can throw in stuff like AJ+ and random junk, usually sooted. Depending on number of hands to get that 6% range I guess I'd say mainly PPs.

If anything I'd read more into his bet timing. Fast bets means he's not thinking, and if he had a good hand he'd probably be giving it at least some thought so I dont mind this call down.

Btw, sent a short vid session to the group, would appreciate it if you could give it a look and shoot me any feedback .

Yeah, I am still in the middle of the video but will let you know when it's done! I'm trying to make one or two as well but my computer is really messing up. Viruses galore still. Thinking about reformatting it or getting a whole new one for VERY cheap somehow...maybe used? Not sure how much any of that costs.

Anyways, no one else replied about the hand but I will give you my take. I'd say yes to the PP range and yes to the AJ+ range. But to get where I wanted to talk about is that these guys should never be 3betting us with a polarized, nor even balanced range. It's all hands that "look good". Like any two broadway, regardless of suitedness. I say this because from my experience, I am the first person to start 3betting, especially 3betting a good amount. In my mind, they automatically think that I must be doing it with those good looking hands. I feel as if instead of exploiting my weakness, they decide "if I can't beat him, I might as well join him". I hope that makes sense. As the hand went on, it seemed that his hand strength was now polarized in the sense that he was either semibluffing overs or had an overpair. Not much really else to say but I think if I am calling turn I should be calling the river. He flipped KJo ftl.

Had a nice losing session today. I admit to playing very poorly. I made immediate decisions and couldn't seem to stop. I also played a biggest pot, OOP, with air. This cost me. I think he played VERY poorly but it didn't matter. There was another hand in which I got stacked vs. an aggro guy raising my TPWK on the flop vs. his gutter. He won my stack as I just called down the whole way. He played very very well vs. me this hand, DUCY? Another hand, I had position vs. a regular who I don't have many reads on but was buying in for like 90bb today for some reason. He limped in the sb and I check 45 in the bb. Flop comes 233 and he leads half and I pot raise it. I think I can safely flat here. Needless to say, he 3bet me on the flop, I call and fold a blank turn. I also 3bet with a hand OOP that isn't/shouldn't be in my range. He 4bet and I folded. 3betting was most likely the worst of the 3 options.

It's those kind of mistakes that really cost you. I am down 2 buyins today but could be down slightly less getting rid of those couple of hands. I also have to admit that having HEM not working is kind of messing me up. I can't 4 table and get the reads I want, but I rarely have the patience for 2 tabling. But I am pwning 2 tabling so yeah I'll stick with that. I'm going to study a lot of poker tomorrow hopefully.

Anyways, yeah is there anyway to get any workable computer JUST for poker that will cost like $300 max? I already have a keyboard/monitor/mouse/etc. Will reformatting get rid of my viruses? My programs just aren't fixing them. How much does it cost to get a computer reformatted because I have a friend who does it but he lives out of town now.

Sucky. I just reformatted my laptop because it was playing up (no viruses just going funny). I'm not sure of prices, but since all you need is the PC and not the peripherals you should be able to get an entry level PC for 300 I'd have thought.

Dunno what it would cost to get it reformatted, but you're at Uni man. Find a computer nerd to do it for you, there should be heaps around just waiting for someone to be their friend.

45 hand is an interesting one. I probably just flat flop, but to be honest just folding isnt a terrible option. I mean he's completed SB and minbet flop. We have no reason to believe we have much in the way of implied odds here (if he's on pure steal we likely dont get any more money if we hit on turn). Raising seems bad, you're manipulating his range here and not in a good way.

Sounds like you need to focus a bit more, maybe it was trying to 4-table. Just 2-table with me! Treat as a learning exercise and get the most out of it.

Interesting thoughts on fish 3-bet ranges. I've never really been in a position where I've lead the charge on 3-betting so havent experienced this before, makes sense though. Hell, it explains some of the weird hands people 3-bet (or call 3-bets with).

I immediately think of posting here when I hit a shitload of bad luck in a short span. Not good.

I hate the feeling in my stomach of losing money that means shit when I played my hand perfectly while they play theirs so poorly. I hate the fact of moving down limits coming back into my mind. I hate that I know I'll be right back at the tables as soon as I can when I shouldn't, and knowing I will be away when I should be grinding. I hate the fact I don't have the discipline or attention span to finish learning something from a vid/strat post or some shit. I hate writing this. I hate knowing someone will reply. I hate knowing they won't reply after my last sentence. I hate that people most likely think I just whine. I hate that I only whine. I hate the fact that I have started over, reincorporated a style that worked for me in the past, but it's not netting me money because of running bad. I hate that I can't go 3 days the past 4 months without getting bad beat heavily in a short session. I hate that I can't get online more and talk more about poker. I hate school and knowing I have no job and I keep withdrawling to help fund my life as opposed to getting a parttime job. I hate that I feel I know a shitload more than I did back when I first started beating 50nl/100nl yet I am doing a lot worse now.

I love poker.

I agree with almost all of that.

Originally Posted by kmind

I immediately think of posting here when I hit a shitload of bad luck in a short span. Not good.

I hate the feeling in my stomach of losing money that means shit when I played my hand perfectly while they play theirs so poorly. I hate the fact of moving down limits coming back into my mind. I hate that I know I'll be right back at the tables as soon as I can when I shouldn't, and knowing I will be away when I should be grinding. I hate the fact I don't have the discipline or attention span to finish learning something from a vid/strat post or some shit. I hate writing this. I hate knowing someone will reply. I hate knowing they won't reply after my last sentence. I hate that people most likely think I just whine. I hate that I only whine. I hate the fact that I have started over, reincorporated a style that worked for me in the past, but it's not netting me money because of running bad. I hate that I can't go 3 days the past 4 months without getting bad beat heavily in a short session. I hate that I can't get online more and talk more about poker. I hate school and knowing I have no job and I keep withdrawling to help fund my life as opposed to getting a parttime job. I hate that I feel I know a shitload more than I did back when I first started beating 50nl/100nl yet I am doing a lot worse now.

I love poker.

Nice post. Though I don't have any creative witty reply.

I can relate to that feeling of "being better than I was X months ago, but the results not being better".. its kind of annoying. But you'll get there man. Just keep grinding, and learning and things will come together!

It's funny. I said f it and kept playing tonight. Got down a bunch more and just ended my final session up. It's like I polarizing my posting. Only during my highs and lows.

PS - down 2 buyins in EV wtf!

Ok so I have been doing pretty well since the last update. All winning days, knock on wood. Mainly at 100nl but decided to try 50nl just in case for a few reasons. Here are some hands in which I think I did pretty well. I'm sure a lot will say wtf std and WTF 4bet and wtf man you missed value. For some reason I rarely 4bet QQ at 50nl. A lot of these hands have somewhat of history in them which makes some calls less marginal imo:

Full Tilt Poker Game #8389071356: Table Mar (deep 6) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:44:53 ET - 2008/10/07
Seat 1: Renaud69 ($97.25)
Seat 2: Mr_olakisa ($41.35), is sitting out
Seat 4: SuitsUs ($50.85)
Seat 5: inzaghi37 ($45.40)
Seat 6: Amidon ($52.25)
SuitsUs posts the small blind of $0.25
inzaghi37 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SuitsUs [Qd Ks]
Amidon folds
Renaud69 folds
SuitsUs raises to $1.50
inzaghi37 calls $1
*** FLOP *** [8c Jd Kc]
SuitsUs bets $2
inzaghi37 calls $2
*** TURN *** [8c Jd Kc] [3h]
SuitsUs bets $5
inzaghi37 calls $5
*** RIVER *** [8c Jd Kc 3h] [3d]
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs bets $13
inzaghi37 raises to $26
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs has requested TIME
Lydia89 sits down
Lydia89 adds $50
SuitsUs calls $13
*** SHOW DOWN ***
inzaghi37 shows [8d Qh] two pair, Eights and Threes
SuitsUs shows [Qd Ks] two pair, Kings and Threes
SuitsUs wins the pot ($67) with two pair, Kings and Threes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $69 | Rake $2
Board: [8c Jd Kc 3h 3d]
Seat 1: Renaud69 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Mr_olakisa is sitting out
Seat 4: SuitsUs (small blind) showed [Qd Ks] and won ($67) with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 5: inzaghi37 (big blind) showed [8d Qh] and lost with two pair, Eights and Threes
Seat 6: Amidon didn't bet (folded)

Full Tilt Poker Game #8389093384: Table Nova (deep 6) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:46:34 ET - 2008/10/07
Seat 1: SuitsUs ($65.90)
Seat 2: saymond ($50)
Seat 3: regen77 ($55)
Seat 4: Vocatis ($54.20)
Seat 5: Lutherator ($30.45)
SuitsUs posts the small blind of $0.25
YourWifeLeftYou sits down
saymond has 5 seconds left to act
saymond posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SuitsUs [Jc Tc]
YourWifeLeftYou adds $50
regen77 folds
Vocatis folds
Lutherator raises to $1.75
YourWifeLeftYou is feeling happy
SuitsUs calls $1.50
saymond adds $0.50
saymond folds
*** FLOP *** [8d Kc Jh]
SuitsUs checks
YourWifeLeftYou is feeling angry
Lutherator bets $2.25
SuitsUs calls $2.25
*** TURN *** [8d Kc Jh] [4h]
YourWifeLeftYou is feeling confused
SuitsUs checks
YourWifeLeftYou is feeling normal
Lutherator bets $5
YourWifeLeftYou is feeling happy
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs calls $5
*** RIVER *** [8d Kc Jh 4h] [7c]
SuitsUs checks
Lutherator bets $12
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs calls $12
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Lutherator shows [Qd 2d] King Queen high
SuitsUs shows [Jc Tc] a pair of Jacks
SuitsUs wins the pot ($40.40) with a pair of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $42.50 | Rake $2.10
Board: [8d Kc Jh 4h 7c]
Seat 1: SuitsUs (small blind) showed [Jc Tc] and won ($40.40) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: saymond (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: regen77 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Vocatis didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Lutherator (button) showed [Qd 2d] and lost with King Queen high

Full Tilt Poker Game #8389115840: Table Nova (deep 6) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:48:17 ET - 2008/10/07
Seat 1: SuitsUs ($85.30)
Seat 2: saymond ($50)
Seat 3: regen77 ($54.50)
Seat 4: Vocatis ($54.20)
Seat 5: Lutherator ($10.20)
Seat 6: YourWifeLeftYou ($50)
regen77 posts the small blind of $0.25
Vocatis posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SuitsUs [Qs Qd]
Lutherator folds
SuitsUs raises to $1.75
saymond raises to $6
regen77 folds
Vocatis folds
SuitsUs calls $4.25
*** FLOP *** [As 6s 7s]
SuitsUs checks
saymond bets $7.50
SuitsUs calls $7.50
*** TURN *** [As 6s 7s] [4c]
SuitsUs checks
saymond has 15 seconds left to act
saymond checks
*** RIVER *** [As 6s 7s 4c] [9d]
SuitsUs checks




saymond checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
saymond shows [3d Jd] Ace Jack high
SuitsUs shows [Qs Qd] a pair of Queens
SuitsUs wins the pot ($26.40) with a pair of Queens
saymond adds $63.50
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $27.75 | Rake $1.35
Board: [As 6s 7s 4c 9d]
Seat 1: SuitsUs showed [Qs Qd] and won ($26.40) with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: saymond (button) showed [3d Jd] and lost with Ace Jack high
Seat 3: regen77 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Vocatis (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Lutherator didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: YourWifeLeftYou is sitting out


As for stuff besides school: I have a test Thursday and I am beyond scared. I haven't read ANYTHING all year or paid attention at all so I have to cram today and tomorrow. The professor said 40% get D's and F's so gl me.

I had a flag football game last night against a team of all asians, and a really tall white guy. Anyways, they have like 18 people on their team. This is a HUGE amount considering it's 7 on 7 and last night we only had 7 which isn't unusual. They always bring a large crowd to watch so I couldn't wait to play (large crowd means HOT asians and one hot white girl). We start pwning early which is a surprise since they are really fast and fairly good. They obv. have like a defensive team, offensive team and special teams wtf. I score our first TD on a short pass, my first TD of the year finally. I think the past 2 years I was either first in TDs or second. We pick off a pass on their next drive and we are looking good. Shit happens and we get the WORST luck and start tipping their balls in the air and it miraculously winds up in their hands every time, mostly as TDs. They are all kind of shit talking during this and giving us stare downs after plays we don't gain yards. This is bullshit. The refs fuck up like usual and call penalties on us all day long and none on them. Bullshit. They start abusing the "no contact" part and get no penalties. What the fuck? So this is when our team captain, probably 5'5" but jacked up and comes from a football family, comes up to me saying "Fuck man, if they aren't calling this contact shit I am plowing right through their line." I kind of smile and say yeah I don't blame you. So they hike it, hand it off to their fast as shit running back. I notice the captain still doesn't "plow" through their line like intended which doesn't matter. I get close to the running back and go for his flag when BAM. The captain comes out of nowhere and blindsight tackles the shit out of him. The kid is knocked unconscious for literally 5 minutes. Their whole team and bench is ready to throwdown and my roommate, the strongest of all, starts breaking it up. It was kind of hilarious and the kid was a pussy for staying down that long imo. Anyways the captain leaves and I try to be nice and apologize on behalf of him, gay I know. The asian guy finally gets up and comes directly up to me saying "WAS THAT YOU WHO DID THAT?! HUH?!" I just say what the fuck no the kid who did it left. The refs decide we can still play, 6 on 7 ld0, and for the most part the other team starts saying shit like "I DARE YOU TO TACKLE ME NOW" when they have the ball. They obv. crush now. Bullshit. Some of their guys were cool but others were beyond ridiculous. To end the story, their team somehow gets the captains name and is determined to pay him back. We shall see if anything pursues.

My brother is 25. Happy birthday!

I think that JTs hand is pretty spew OOP, especially on that turn. There are just waaaaaay too many river cards that you can't handle calling a bet to.

In position its a lot better, but I think just accept that you're gonna sometimes have to c/f the better hand OOP and save the light calls for IP when its easier to play.

What Grif said, also you should prolly 3bet pre unless BB is stationny/fishy...or if villain sucks

yeah it was a 3bet pre if stacks were shallower

and villain sucked

OMG A CLICKABLE SMILEY



WAT

Have I ever told you that you are the greatest FTR poster of all time? Damn I love you

Just pwned in a quick session in REALLY good games go me

Awesome to hear you're running well. Hope you get your computer running well again soon. I think your BR is safe from mine overtaking for a bit yet, someone turned my boomswitch off (I thought earlier today they moved it all the way to doomswitch, but I seem to just be running neutral but swingy).

I LAGged today. It was fun .

I want you to overtake me tbh

congrats on the LAG! speaking of that, I have had 2 players at the table and one observer talking shit to me in the chat about how bad I am and how big of a fish and lucky I am because I play a lot LAGGier than everyone now, at least a lot looser than the nitty regs. They won't play me HU or take prop bets though . I need to work on controlling my ego and not worrying about the chat.

Remember, we play to make money, not to wave our ePenises around . I generally just respond with "I like to gambool!" and then hopefully pick up a big hand in the next round or two and stack them.

I'm back under $2k after withdrawal and some coolers, so I think you're safe for now, but I should have a clear run to $5k without any further withdrawals now so I'll be trying to catch back up as soon as I can .

haha dammit because I'm going to have to keep withdrawing for awhile it looks like.

I intended to make a long post about people abusing "power". Not really in poker but just in general. Anyways, the gist was that I am really getting annoyed with people trying to overpower other people. No one needs to read this as it's random, but I have been a very bitter 22 year old the past week and have been close to getting into 3 fights. My roommate beat the shit out of 3 people Sat. night which is probably a story in itself. Cops, ambulances, etc. He was doing the right fucking thing and someone goes and punches him. I'm sick of this shit.

I would need more info to comment, but I've always had low regard for small minded people who are given power (or have it in some other way). As a general rule they'll abuse it just because they can. Fortunately I've generally been in the position where they cant get away with it around me.

I am running terribly yay.

I am in a rock paper scissors league now.

I am hearing weird noises outside of my house.

I want to get stronger.

I can coach you for rock paper scissors in exchange for the poker coaching. Pretty please?

Originally Posted by kmind

I am in a rock paper scissors league now.

oooh man.. is this for real? That's awesome!

What do you do at team practices?

Alexos - yeah of course. Rock paper scissors >>>> poker imo.

griff - haha 100% for real. You get a certain amount of points each week for how well you do. It lasts 16 weeks and each week there is a 32 man tournament. We get to have our own nicknames, kind of like wrestling, and the announcer hypes each match up. If we dress up as our nickname we get extra points too. Winner gets $1000 haha.

haha.. whats your nickname? Kmind?

always throw paper first

Got 2nd out of 32 tonight in rock paper scissors. Dammit. There's a small pic of me and my friends in the local magazine from last week...SHIP! But seriously, I came up with the greatest RPS theory ever and it would have won me the whole tournament had I have not fucked up by accident in my last round, losing 1-2. It was flawless throughout. Ship $75 to "suitsus" at fulltilt poker for the hidden secret. I had this hot mom rooting for me the whole time and sat at my table (she did come with friend's of my friends but come on) so that was sweet. She kept saying stuff like "I KNEW YOU'D WIN!!" and kept high fiving/hugging me. I'm going to try to get some pics on here from tonight soon.

I finally reformatted my computer and I am really excited. It's a lot faster and I finally put HEM and everything on it. I started 6 tabling for the first time in awhile and enjoyed it, running like 27/24. I haven't gotten my set (not plural) paid nor have I gotten AA in awhile. This is all the last like 1k hands or so. I have received KK like 5 times but pretty sure I am losing with it. QQ same story but got it like once. Lost flush over flush. Oh yeah one of those KK hands was vs. a donk and I got pwned on the river when I went b/b/b and the 8 hit giving him the winning hand with Q8s.

edit: The last paragraph isn't a complaint, I'm actually happy with poker right now.

Just lost 2 stacks to 45o and 92s. Same villain. Dammit.

Finished the day up a buyin in 1500 hands. Definitely lost some sklansky dollas but what's new. I think I played pretty well for the most part and made at least one bad play in big pots. One was 200bb deep vs. a regular and I have got to tell myself even though some regulars seem better than others, they are never bluffing when 3 barrelling. Looking back at my hands I received AA and KK a lot . No excuses.

Edit: Bleh just lost Td9d < 5s6s on a Jd7h4d board allin on the flop 100bb. I am down on my session and again even far more with sklanskies. I am coming to accept I'll never run good/normal again.

Poker is dumb.

Typical 3am trip to 711 is not dumb. Highlights include some fucked up sort of chuppy twenty year old saying random shit (not insults) to me and my friends outside of 711 and inside. I guess I should mention he had no shirt and he took off his pants and came in with just his boxers and I saw his weiner. Anyways, I overhear the manager calling the cops on him (he was there I guess for awhile before we got there) and giving them a description when he proceeds to run out of the store with a fucking recee's cup or however you spell it, I look at the cashier and ask if he needs to be caught, he nods. I drop my shit, book it, and run him down into a corner in which my roommate comes running down with another kid from the store and we keep him contained. He starts talking in a british accent on purpose and was completely fucked up on more than alcohol and definitely not weed. I try to be friendly, he starts talking shit. Cops come. They reminded me exactly of the cops in Super Bad or Super Troopers and we all just laugh at the dude and laugh how I'll have to explain to the judge that I saw his "wang". We go back to 711, they give me a free donut. We have to walk by the cops/kid again and he's in handcuffs. I say "how fun in jail man" and he tries to run after me but Snyder, a 24 year old cop, catches him and starts saying shit to him. It was pretty sweet because I just wanted a donut at 3am.

Earlier today I played in a chick-fil-a dodgeball tournament and the first round consists of 12 games and 5 teams in each division and you play all 12 games against the divisional teams and top two make it to the next round. We got fucking 3rd after being 1st or 2nd for the longest time. Dammit.

Oh yeah we knew Snyder was 24 because he busted a highlighter party my friends threw. It was the second one in like 3 weeks but for some reason I didn't have as much fun as I thought I would. The last one was where my roommate beat the shit out of people. I am on such a dry with girls and it's really affecting my head. This shit needs to stop. I'm such a pussy.

Friday I don't really remember what happened because I am so tired but it involved a bunch of plans being fucked so we all just kind of hung out at my neighbors.

My roommate went 16 days without masterbating earning himself a dozen donuts. That's impressive imo.

This is very enjoyable to read.

But study more, imo.

Haha.. awesome story dude! man.. weird stuff like that never happens to me. Maybe cause I don't loiter around 711's enough?

you impress the lady there with your rock/paper/scissors skills?

Thanks guys haha.

I pwned someone trying to play rock paper scissors with me last night, I suggest you DON'T play me.

Anyways, as cliche as this is getting, I am fucking run bad again. Taking wayyyyy too long for this shit to keep going on. I'm talking about runner runners going on in 200bb+ pots, not getting any action on my big hands both pre and post and everyone 5betting my 4bets. 5bets at 50nl are the nuts every time. Shit's getting old. I completely confess to playing some hands shitty. In fact, I tilted and got a FD in on the flop in a -EV spot just to try and chase my losses. Didn't catch it. What sucks more is that when people sweat me I run like God and not only do they think I already play well, I can't get interesting spots in play with their analysis. It's all just standard shit.

I think I promised some pics and here are some:
Me beating my friend in the 2nd round
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1571130067

Me losing in the finals
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1571130067

Not sure how to caption this
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1571130067

LMAO at the third pic!!!!

good stuff!

Dude..... its a pretty well known fact to NOT go paper in the finals! cooome on

sooo.. are there like books on rock/paper/scissors that you've been reading or what?

I still don't get this game...

haha all luck griff. BUT I have been using a pretty good levelling strategy. I may as well say it. We play the best of 3 games. It seems as if NO ONE wants to use all 3 decisions. So, basically the first throw is a complete crap shoot. This is where it's completely 50/50 but whatever. They usually change to something else on their second go and then one the third one they go BACK to the first decision like 60% of the time, 30% choose the one they last chose and 10% go with their 3rd option.

For example: I throw rock first, they throw paper. They are up 1. I then throw rock again because the second option is usually something different and that means I'll either tie with them throwing rock as well or them throwing scissors in which we win. On the third go I can either throw paper and play it safe as they'll usually go rock again or more frequently paper. I could use frequencies and go with scissors knowing like 60% of the time I'll win but they still have a 30% chance of throwing rock again and beating me.

Of course this is my unknown range and I can adjust to eachc opponent

btw alexos - the dude on the left used to be a WWF wrestler or something and the guy on the right goes by "reptile" and wears contacts making it look like lizard eyes if that makes sense. It's so weird.

Anyways, our flag football team isn't good but we managed to make it to the divisional finals tonight vs. the chinese team that I wrote about earlier. They take a quick lead then I catch a pass and somehow they keep missing my flag so I get a touchdown but we miss the extra point. We ended up not scoring again and lost by the slaughter rule. Dammit. But I think I mentioned how there were hot girls that go and watch them play and the hottest came up to me and talked to me for like 10 seconds after the game and gave me a high five which was sweet and I'll take it! haha. I'm sure it was all innocent talk but meh.

Just got another poker check in the mail thankfully, been running low on groceries and shit for awhile now.

Blah on huge life tilt in a huge delimma(sp) but can't say it but just wanted to post it here. Sigh.

Halloween was cool. Went as Mario and friend was Luigi. Will probably post pics sometime soon. Talked with some girls (I think I am pretty good now at talking to random girls) but never got with any of them which I am doing really bad at. I need a girlfriend. People are also fighting outside of my house right now.

Not sure if daylight savings messed up HEM but I just had a session that didn't load for some reason. At least not all the hands. It said I was down $9 but in reality I was up at least $75. This sucks not only for my records but for the prop with griffey. If you haven't read the rules I'm going to be lazy and say to read his blog. Got like 1.8k hands in the past 24 hours and went down a lot then managed to squeek by for a small profit BUT HEM says otherwise .

Hmm, doubt 75$ will make a difference when you'll be up like 5k this month, and play »30k hands, imo..

I like your style

and also my hands finally got imported. Up $60 total over that span now.

nice one and good luck sorting that life tilt out, I'm sure you'll be back on top of things in no time at all

Appreciate it a lot, Gary.

Up 5 buyins now after 2.5k hands. Going to watch some football and hang out with some friends so not sure if I'll get any more hands in before the night's over. Will aim at at least 500 more though.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1571130067

Here's me (mario), my friend (luigi) and my roommate (bruce wayne)

I'm actually playing poker wtf. I'm also informed (hai kingnat!) that my facebook pics don't show unless you are friends with me there which I did not know sorry. If you want to be facebook friends go to the flopturnriver group on there or PM me. It's really not important haha.

Anyways. Played about 4k hands this month so far which is ridiculously good for me. Going to start a session right now. I'm down only $16 today which I am PUMPED about. I played pretty poorly. I liked this hand though:

Full Tilt Poker Game #8799823568: Table Divide (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:21:23 ET - 2008/11/03
Seat 1: iconnect ($53.45)
Seat 2: Dao ($7)
Seat 3: CheapMonday ($50)
Seat 4: southernstyln7 ($20.10)
Seat 5: girl guide 11 ($73.05)
Seat 6: SuitsUs ($70.65)
CheapMonday posts the small blind of $0.25
southernstyln7 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SuitsUs [Ac Ah]
girl guide 11 raises to $1.75
SuitsUs raises to $6
iconnect folds
CheapMonday adds $0.25
CheapMonday folds
southernstyln7 calls $5.50
girl guide 11 calls $4.25
*** FLOP *** [2h 5h 6h]
southernstyln7 checks
girl guide 11 checks
SuitsUs bets $13.75
southernstyln7 calls $13.75
girl guide 11 calls $13.75
*** TURN *** [2h 5h 6h] [7d]
southernstyln7 checks
girl guide 11 checks
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs bets $20
southernstyln7 calls $0.35, and is all in
girl guide 11 calls $20
*** RIVER *** [2h 5h 6h 7d] [5c]
girl guide 11 checks
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs bets $30.90, and is all in
girl guide 11 calls $30.90
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SuitsUs shows [Ac Ah] two pair, Aces and Fives
girl guide 11 mucks
SuitsUs wins the side pot ($101.10) with two pair, Aces and Fives
southernstyln7 mucks
SuitsUs wins the main pot ($57.55) with two pair, Aces and Fives
southernstyln7 is sitting out
girl guide 11 adds $47.60
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $161.65 Main pot $60.55. Side pot $101.10. | Rake $3
Board: [2h 5h 6h 7d 5c]
Seat 1: iconnect didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Dao (button) is sitting out
Seat 3: CheapMonday (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: southernstyln7 (big blind) mucked [8s Kh] - a pair of Fives
Seat 5: girl guide 11 mucked [Tc Th] - two pair, Tens and Fives
Seat 6: SuitsUs showed [Ac Ah] and won ($158.65) with two pair, Aces and Fives

Wow - I think I just hit a small "aha" moment about bet sizing (on our bets as well as villains). Kind of about manipulating the sizes and what not. I also had a moment of a concept I have known about for awhile, two-way betting. Sure I have known about it for awhile and have applied it in some situations but I think I figured out even more spots. I am really tired but yeah somehow I figured out that stuff tonight. In a way I think they can correlate with each other but of course be in their own spots.

Originally Posted by kmind

Wow - I think I just hit a small "aha" moment about bet sizing (on our bets as well as villains). Kind of about manipulating the sizes and what not. I also had a moment of a concept I have known about for awhile, two-way betting. Sure I have known about it for awhile and have applied it in some situations but I think I figured out even more spots. I am really tired but yeah somehow I figured out that stuff tonight. In a way I think they can correlate with each other but of course be in their own spots.

aha moments are good! you getting in more hands this month?

bet is looking good for you right now, and everyone else in the world I made a bet with. 3k under EV in two days of playing.. shippp.. hopefully the trend breaks!

yeah finally getting in the hands needed. Why the hell aren't you running better yet?? I'm really hoping we tie on this bet.

That said I played only like 200 hands today but won just over 2 buyins. Kind of busy day, had to travel a little ways to vote. Again, I think I am playing really solidly. I feel very comfortable. I'm probably not going to play for the rest of the night though.

Originally Posted by kmind

yeah finally getting in the hands needed. Why the hell aren't you running better yet?? I'm really hoping we tie on this bet.

That said I played only like 200 hands today but won just over 2 buyins. Kind of busy day, had to travel a little ways to vote. Again, I think I am playing really solidly. I feel very comfortable. I'm probably not going to play for the rest of the night though.

From what I hear, it sounds like your voting is pretty messed down there. Like you guys gotta wait for hours in line to vote and crap!? No wonder so few ppl vote. I think I waited like 9 seconds this year to get in to vote.

I'll try to run better, tying would be ideal. Preferably tying by both of us reaching our goals and not tying by both of us not reaching our goals :P

haha yeah man first time I voted it took like 2 hours. A lot of people complained today as well but I got in there at a good time (11 am) so I guess everyone was still working and I was first in line basically.

And woops! Def. meant both of us reaching the goal!

I'm away for about a week. After that though I expect you see you online a lot more than recently! I need someone to talk poker and motivate me!!

I'm interested in your bet sizing realisations, I thought you had a pretty good handle on most of that stuff already.

FINALLY. Wtf man, been waiting for updates in your blog. Getting on AIM/MSN is still meh for me but I want to be better at it. Sucks because most of my time online is for school/grinding. The bet sizing stuff isn't THAT great and kind of deals in small pots for the most part (also on turns in biggish pots and less frequently rivers...which should be std anyways, just blocking bets or overbets) so don't be eagerly waiting haha. But I also just think I have a much greater feel on spots to bet/fold, c/c or c/f whether it be on the flop, turn or river.

Also, remember, very rarely bluff with pocket pairs. Especially small ones. Insta-up your winrate by folding them postflop more. That has nothing to do with anything but a "friendly" reminder to myself.

Not much to update .

I keep thinking "I should play some poker" then finding myself doing something else. After this trip (few days away for work then right into a few days visiting friends/family) I hope to be back into it a lot more. I do think one thing is I've gone from chatting poker almost daily to not chatting poker at all.

Good tip about PPs. I keep reminding myself of that, but I keep forgetting too. Folding in general is +EV (even though mathematically its 0EV ).

haha nice little inside joke. Start playing again! Prop bet for hands played during a certain amount of time or something if you keep avoiding it.

Hmm, tempting. On one hand I know I'll struggle to get hands in this month, gonna be hectic and I lose the first week already, on the other maybe its the motivation I need to make sure I do get a bunch of hands in.

Griff - I am using my parents' computer so I want to jot down all my hands played here. I will HONESTLY not cheat AT ALL. Please trust me . So far 377 hands and down $74.90. KK < AK 130bb deep preflop and then FD with what I assumed to be overs/maybe even best hand on flop lost to a set 100bb deep on flop. I also got coolered vs. a very bad player in like a 60bb pot and then lost some money facing small bets that I had to call on the river. So yeah, I actually feel pretty good with my overall play still. Ran slightly higher than normal with 28/24 stats but that's mostly because of variance. I'm usually 25/21 or so.

Alright here are my totals from parents' house:

706 hands / -$15.5

I feel pretty good since I am running $79 under expectation in those 706 hands. I never got a complete stack during this time which is actually a good thing because I think it shows that I played pretty solidly grinding my losses back to almost neutral. I do admit to playing one hand pretty poorly and losing a lot of value; but during the hand I realized that what I had was the essentially the nuts and villain would call with much worse, yet I played semi-passively. No need to post the HH, just believe what I say .

I'm folding a lot more. I know it's the big thing nowadays but seriously do it.

I'm getting 3bet and 5bet shoved wayyyy too often right now. I think I might dedicate this whole day trying to get a better grasp in this area. Just played a session of only 500 hands and down 3 buyins. Lost KK < AA < 99 all-in on flop. AA guy squeezed (he had 3bet 33% of the time over 100+ hands and obv he has it), I elect to just call, other dude calls and flop comes 469r gg. Also lost 5bet shoving JJ into AA vs. a 3bet% of ~16% button vs. sb. Other than that, probably played really poorly. No sets or AA/KK/QQ in any big pots (other than the one I lost) so that's something to be semi-happy about.

I gotta study/run an errand/go to a meeting and the rest should be pretty much devoted to pokah.

Down 5 buyins after 600 hands. AK < AJs allin pre 100bb deep. Meh. Tilting A LOT right now.

Are you assuming people are 4-bet bluffing too much?

Not assuming because I have been shown the bluff

Btw, are you down 5 buyins or 8?

Ahh, so they're 5-bet bluff shoving? And you're 4-bet bluffing then folding?

I'm surprised, I wouldnt expect to see a lot of this at 50nl (I certainly dont). Are you 4-betting too much?

just 5 buyins total. Yeah they are 5bet bluff shoving but also 4betting me very frequently. It could just be variance but I did actually witness the guy's T8o. And yeah I probably am 4betting a tad too much.

I complain way too much. Like not even in this thread or to people on AIM/MSN. I seriously get sucked out on and flip shit and start hitting things. I need this to stop. I think the reason is that I never (at least in my mind) get to suck out nearly as much as people suck out on me so I feel my money is just being fucked over at times. AQ = AQ < 84o 40bb deep (ha so small wtf) but still and then of course a pot in which I lost a stack vs. a HORRIBLE player when he hit his 3 outter on the river (money was going in anyways). And I knew it once I shoved the rest in but wtf. My friends seem to never complain. Especially Alexos (SHOUT OUT). Seriously, in MY mind and how I view his reactions, he seems to take beats very very well. I want to work on the emotional part of the game. Not sure really where to start as I don't want to pay a chunk of change for a coach.

Anyways, I've played 7443 hands so far this month and am up $237.15. Ouch right? I still feel like I am playing really really well which is a little discouraging. That said, I think if a few things happened my way I'd be to at least $400 which gives me slight hope but you can't really think of the "what ifs".

Originally Posted by kmind

Especially Alexos (SHOUT OUT). Seriously, in MY mind and how I view his reactions, he seems to take beats very very well. I want to work on the emotional part of the game. Not sure really where to start as I don't want to pay a chunk of change for a coach.

Yah I agree, Alex definitely does handle it well. Maybe winning $50k a month helps ease the pain??

orrr maybe we're NOT winning $50k a month because we CAN'T ease the pain ourselves.. hmmm.. innnteresting.

Either way, yah tilttt sucks and emotional control is keeey.

I don't know about you,but I play with my HEM running and I refresh to see an updated tally of winnings/losses. I'm starting to think that maybe this constant reminder... just isn't good emotionally while playing. hmmm

Originally Posted by kmind

I think the reason is that I never (at least in my mind) get to suck out nearly as much as people suck out on me so I feel my money is just being fucked over at times.
Anyways, I've played 7443 hands so far this month and am up $237.15. Ouch right? I still feel like I am playing really really well which is a little discouraging. That said, I think if a few things happened my way I'd be to at least $400 which gives me slight hope but you can't really think of the "what ifs".

Aren't we supposed to suck out less? Sucking out implies that you were substantially behind in the hand while getting your money in, which is exactly what we are supposed to avoid doing! In my retrospective look at my HHs, I tend to see suckouts as examples of me playing poorly and getting rewarded for it. This is not good. If we only associate suckouts with bad play, for them and for us, then we'll want to avoid them when we commit them. Yes it can be gratifying, but I don't like to revel in the true misfortune of others. When you play bad and still win, you attract criticism from others...so why not from yourself?

You have been running really poorly, but are still showing a profit for this month. I know nothing about you and your playing, but if things have really been as bad as I've read, then you are a very good poker player. Perhaps this is a month that you'll be minimizing losses more often than maximizing wins, but either way you seem to be doing it well enough to show a profit. Take comfort in the fact that a lesser player would have lost much more money than you. Be confident in your ability to perform! You aren't perfect, and poker is a game of so many estimations and assumed expectations that to be able to consistently profit and understand why you do not (beyond the bad beats) is an astounding achievement.

Fry phish and win monies, sir. Play on.

Good posts both of you. Very much appreciate them!

Griff - seems like another prop bet about not looking at wins/losses until a specified time

ill - yeah very good points. You are right in the fact that I shouldn't complain about me not sucking out but I think I completely worded what I meant to say wrong and meant that I guess I feel like I don't run near neutral EV. But very good point on that and I seem to forget that a lot. Your second paragraph realllly helps me out. I like that a lot and will put that in the front of my head as opposed to the back next time I feel I am running bad.

Now I am inspired to play a session. GL me!

Just sucked out twice in 200bb pots...

ha! suck it tilt!

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

ha! suck it tilt!

THIS IS HOW VCU DOES IT SON

We should suckout less, but our EV should be neutral over long term.

Nice on the suckouts, keep working on the tilt thing. I'm sure you read it in Griffeys log, but he paraphrased something Alexos put to him, which was the concept of Tilt coming with a bill, and how would we react if we played all month and at the end of it got presented with our Tilt bill all in one shot. We'd pretty fricken quickly focus on ways to cut it down, but because it happens as we go theres a tendency to a) ignore it, and b) underestimate the full affect it has on our monthly earn. I'm still not perfect, but focusing on how tilty play affects my overall earnings has helped me with it. "Its just not worth it" is a the sort of phrase that now goes through my mind when I take a beat and feel like I'm about to flip the tilt switch.

Good post, Ben. Speaking of that, the psychological side of poker has really been a main focus of mine recently. I get really jealous hearing others just not fucking care about how unlucky they get or anything, they just keep playing the most EV way they know how. I've also been reading some stuff (in my school book ld0) about certain emotions that kind of hit home with me and made me really think about stuff. For example, I thought about "anxiety" and how this is kind of what makes me not play at levels higher than I am. This was before I started withdrawing too. I just feel like there are spots in which I get really anxious about and surprise me and then I fuck shit up. My immediate thought was to play poker in a much more passive way, allowing me to only put in large sums of money when I heavily expected to be good. Then I realized how stupid that is and laughed. However, I DO think I put myself in bad spots too often and there are times that folding on an earlier street would not only leave me balanced on my feet, but most likely would be more EV in the long run. Some high stakes players kind of gave me this concept unintentionally.

Another concept I think is pretty powerful is, well, "power". I think I wrote something about in real life how power is so fucking ridiculous and I hate most people who abuse it, which is quite often. I'm obviously a hypocrit as I fully admit to committing the same crime at times, but I think I am getting better. That said, and this won't be long, power should be a huge part of your game at a poker table. Sure it's obvious and instinctive to most, but I mean looking at the core definition it's if A can get B to do something B would not normally do, A has power over B. That is a pretty spectacular thing to have on your side in poker.

I am also starting to learn more about the mathematic side of poker. Like psychology, I seem to lack a lot of important knowledge in this regard. I won't go haywire with it, but I think it will help me with different odds in general, knowing how much fold% needed in certain spots, and overall how to play more non-exploitively. Specifically, I am trying to learn more about 3/4/5betting preflop and what kind of ranges, odds, etc. will affect my frequencies because, at the time, I am losing large amounts in this area.

I played a tad bit yesterday and finished down like $50 which is OK because I was +EV. Today, I am up just over 2 buyins in about 300 hands.
The good: I lost a stack KK < 72o on a Q972r board and I just shook it off and laughed.
The bad: He was playing like 75/0/.8 over a small sample and he just c/c flop and then c/r turn. I felt kind of dumbfounded that the 2 helped so I just shipped. Maybe all options are decent there?
The good: I started pushing and raising more in spots that seemed to have a lot of FE and the results have been pretty good.
The good: I started sizing my bets in ways that would allow worse hands to play. Once it included me inducing two overs to c/r on turn and I called. He bet small on the river and hit, but I think I played it well.
The bad: I think I left a lot of EV at one of the tables because some dude was playing 80/40/8 with and we were both 200bb deep. A semi-good part was that he was to my immediate left which sucks but I think if I could just hit one hand I'd get his stack no problem. I mean he was literally betting 50bb into a 2bb pot at times. But the reason I left is that now that I withdraw, I kind of became scared money wanting to play more pots with him but knowing I may get it in with a much weaker range than usual.

Onto the real life stuff. I have 3 tests this week. 2 are gone but the toughest is Thursday and I am pretty scared. I should have all day today and tomorrow to study for it. The good news is that my church basketball season starts Thursday as well so I will have something to look forward to. My church basketball league is sweet because it's REALLY competitive and people will play dirty and stuff and we're all pretty equal. My team usually finishes like 2nd out of 6 teams. Also, one team has a bunch of obnoxious fans (which is really fun to play because I love beating them), one team brings their hot wives and another brings the high school youth girls who are all really hot (I am going to hell). I also had court yesterday for witnessing the shit at 711 I wrote a few posts back but got lost on my way there and came in as they were all leaving so gg me. I got the results though and the court date just got rescheduled until January so I may have to go then.

Originally Posted by bjsaust

We should suckout less, but our EV should be neutral over long term.

Nice on the suckouts, keep working on the tilt thing. I'm sure you read it in Griffeys log, but he paraphrased something Alexos put to him, which was the concept of Tilt coming with a bill, and how would we react if we played all month and at the end of it got presented with our Tilt bill all in one shot. We'd pretty fricken quickly focus on ways to cut it down, but because it happens as we go theres a tendency to a) ignore it, and b) underestimate the full affect it has on our monthly earn.

Haha.. I actually said this TO Alex, and then I'm pretty sure he replied with some comment about how I say nonsense or something So then I posted my nonsense in my blog!

Either way, yah its true. I think I watched some CR vid lately, or maybe it was krantz, saying how ppl's winrates would probably double, triple or more if they could fix their tilt. I'd say thats definitely true.

GL with tests and B'Ball. I've only got 3 games left this season and I just noticed we dropped to last (we'd beaten the other team without a win, but they've managed 2 wins since). Ahh well, next season we'll drop down a division.

Interesting idea on Power, I'd never really thought of it that way.