Operation Get Better

Not much poker playing. Down 1.5 buyins in EV again so that's fun. I don't really care about that nor poker much right now. That's a lie to both, but I wish I didn't. I am very proud of myself today though, went down 2.5 buyins and ended up 1/2 buyin which is what you see at the end of the graph.

I did my pushups
I did my situps
I did not eat chips nor drink soda

Swigg - your advice is something I have been thinking about a lot. It's really short but can be taken in a ton of situations. Thanks man, I tried getting at you on AIM.

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NL Holdem $0.50(BB) Full Tilt Game#10823347628

xristos0 ($140)
4_everrr ($25)
silvertekk ($66.50)
Bazooka_Joe1 ($50)
SuitsUs ($58.25)
RudeboyD ($0)

xristos0 posts (SB) $0.25
4_everrr posts (BB) $0.50

Dealt to SuitsUs 8h 8s
silvertekk raises to $2
fold,
SuitsUs calls $2
xristos0 calls $1.75
fold,

FLOP ($6.50) 3c 8c Kc
check,
silvertekk bets $4
SuitsUs raises to $15
xristos0 folds
silvertekk calls $11

TURN ($36.50) 3c 8c Kc 4h
check,
SuitsUs bets $24
silvertekk raises to $49.50
SuitsUs calls $17.25

RIVER ($119) 3c 8c Kc 4h 4d

silvertekk shows 7c Ac
(Flop 65.6%, Turn 77.3%)

SuitsUs shows 8h 8s
(Flop 34.4%, Turn 22.7%)

SuitsUs wins $116


I'm bacccccccccccccck

What time of day do you usually play kmind? I played 100NL FR when you played it, I played 50NL FR when you played it, and now I'm playing 50NL 6max and I still don't have any hands with you!

edit: just searched you but all your tables have <$4 avg pot

Haha. But I usually play whenever my schedule allows it but I hope to play at night my time (eastern) because there are a lot more tables/fish. I dropped to 5 6-max tables and haven't played too much lately, that's probably why. What's your SN there again?

Edit: 5 buyin day in about 750 hands. Ran 2BI over expectation but stillllll

Feels good.

Greg Monroe, remember? jk jk it's parasurama. i've actually been playing mostly on stars the past week though.

maniac at my table. he's gotten a straight flush and a royal already. (royal beat villain's straight flush too)

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NL Holdem $1(BB) Full Tilt Game#10854139762

eastcoast37 ($340)
OwnedByAGirl ($100)
the1abu ($172)
Trent Wynne ($341)
SuitsUs ($125)

eastcoast37 posts (SB) $0.50
the1abu posts (BB) $1

Dealt to SuitsUs Th Kh
fold,
SuitsUs raises to $3.50
eastcoast37 calls $3
fold,

FLOP ($8) 9d Td 9s
eastcoast37 bets $3
SuitsUs raises to $11
eastcoast37 calls $8

TURN ($30) 9d Td 9s Ah
check,
SuitsUs bets $17
eastcoast37 calls $17

RIVER ($64) 9d Td 9s Ah 4c
eastcoast37 bets $93.80
SuitsUs calls $93.80

eastcoast37 shows 9h 4h
(Flop 89.5%, Turn 95.5%)

SuitsUs shows Th Kh
(Flop 10.5%, Turn 4.5%)

eastcoast37 wins $249

gayyyy

he's still there

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NL Holdem $1(BB) Full Tilt Game#10854253417

SuitsUs ($118)
MAPHACKER ($100)
MnkeyAround ($105)
curran69 ($58.25)
BTF ($64.40)
birddigital ($118)

SuitsUs posts (SB) $0.50
MAPHACKER posts (BB) $1

Dealt to SuitsUs As Kd
fold, fold,
BTF raises to $3
birddigital calls $3
SuitsUs raises to $11
fold,
BTF calls $8
fold,

FLOP ($26) 5c 9d 7d
check,
BTF bets $20
SuitsUs raises to $86
BTF calls $33.40

TURN ($132) 5c 9d 7d 4c

RIVER ($132) 5c 9d 7d 4c Jc

BTF shows 4d 3d
(Flop 56.2%, Turn 88.6%)

SuitsUs shows As Kd
(Flop 43.8%, Turn 11.4%)

BTF wins $129

I hate my life

the tarot kid was messing with you and her

get back on track with the poker

lost some monies today. got drunk and i don't drink. boooooom what the fuck February was weird

results soooooon. will post a bunch of thoughts. fml

Ok, so yeah, "February was weird". It goes far beyond the poker table. I feel as if my whole life has changed in a way. Basically, I have found myself running poorly at poker and in general.

First, let's talk about poker. I immediately went on a big downswing losing a lot, yet showing up with positive EV results which mean very little when all I want is for my BR to go up. I was completely discouraged and had some good talks with a lot of good people but the results kept happening. No matter how much of a favorite I was, I was going to lose. I talked to griffey a lot as well as Ben/bjsaust and this whole prop bet seemed like it was going to screw extra hard with my head because now all this losing was going to result in me losing even more money. This lead to a random late night talk with none other than Sauce. I told him what was going on and he listened and gave me advice like I have always been fortunate to get from him. He started mentioning how I wasn't thinking of the more important concepts in poker, only the smaller details that are needed once the important ones are conquered. Mainly, he wanted me to reshape and think of my starting hand standards. Sounds pretty lame/beginnerish amirite? Well, on my graph you will see exactly when I started talking to him (at 2k hands). I decided to show the EV in my graph just to show that regardless of my tilt, even after my talk to Sauce, my game was changing for the better. It's a tad bit nittier for now but should show an instant profit and I can adjust as I improve. Anyways, here are some key things I liked/disliked about my poker playing this month:

The good:

- I learned a lot about c-betting. I learned that c-betting is a bet just like any other and we should only do so if we'll show a profit. This either means an immediate profit by having the other person fold often enough depending on the board/their tendencies. If this does not exists, we should only c-bet if we still have SOME FE but also a decent amount of equity ourselves. For example, a lot of times we should just c/f a small PP on flops because we only have 2 outs if we are bluffing. With a nittier opening range, especially one that throws out smaller PP in early positions, we can c-bet a lot more.

- I learned that all my raises in all positions should be +EV. This sounds ridiculous but a lot of times, for example, I would just try to steal blinds vs. people that weren't having it and I'd have a horrible hand to fall back on against their range. No more.

- I learned a couple of breathing exercises and at some points during this month I became numb to losing when my money went in good because I didn't care/expected it.

- There are a lot of good friends/poker minds around me and I should talk to them a lot more. Thank you guys.

The bad:

- I stopped putting people on the precise ranges every time that I did back in January. This leads to all sorts of problems. I obviously felt lost calling bets/raising blindly which is just not playing poker at all. This then lead to no more double barrelling and other spots in which I could have profited money as opposed to just c/f the turn.

- I played when I wasn't under the right conditions. I was sick for 2 weeks and a lot of the time I was on nyquil with my eyelids feeling deeply heavy yet I "had" to play since it was nighttime and that's where the fish are. I also tilted a few buyins including shoving Q9o preflop which comes to mind.

- I didn't get a whole lot of time to study/talk to people about poker. I'm not on my computer a whole lot so most of the time was spent actually playing. I hope to be able to talk to my friends a lot more as well as fully watch key videos I neglect time and time again.

There's probably a ton more which I will to later.

As far as life stuff is concerned, February sucked. I found myself sick for 2 weeks, not really attending classes, failed a test, completely lost in every single class, feeling lonely (mainly just about girls, I have really good friends), not making a move on a girl I am 95% sure I could have at least kissed, felt depressed and drank for the first time and most likely because of me feeling down lately. Drinking for the first time is kind of big because I have always been to parties and stuff but never did it because I have a few personal reasons (if you drink it's not like I dislike you at all, trust me, all my friends party nightly about). One person said he was disappointed in me, as he drank with me, which made me sad as my mom always said how proud she was that I never drank and I'm afraid others will say something.

That said, I believe I grew up a lot this month and really do not care what other people say, besides those truly close to me. I feel like the health part of the prop bet enforced me to strive for what I want to be. I have always enjoyed a quote from a song explaining how we should be focusing on the present to get to where we want to be in the future, if that makes sense. Well, this helped because I have always wanted to lose about 15 pounds or so and feel a tad bit more confident. Anyways, the girl I was talking about that I missed my chance with has been talking with me this past week and it really seems like she is interested, yet she lives about 4 hours away. I used to want to wait until I was like over 30 to get married because I was "done with relationships". I found out that I am yearning for one right now. So we'll see how this ends up.

I think the biggest thing I learned this month is that poker is starting to mean less and less to me. Never would I have ever thought I could say this in the longest time, but if it wasn't for the fact that this game makes me more money than any job I could get right now, there's a good chance I'd cash out and quit. I still enjoy it heavily, don't get me wrong, but I am finding friends and family to be time spent much better than at the tables. Maybe it's because my best friend/roommate and I are going to officially live separately after this year, which we haven't really done in a long time. I guess I kind of feel like all this poker playing, and most importantly studying, is just not the way I want to live. Thinking and worrying about poker has finally taken its toll. I'm sure I'll continue to think and worry a ton about it but hopefully not nearly as much.

As for March, I just want to make enough to keep me living. I would like to be at least $1.5k somehow and not really sure what stakes. I definitely have a ton for 100NL but I keep playing a tad differently there, especially 3betting, and I'm down probably $700 or so in EV there this year, most being at FR though. I will probably take on more prop bets, mainly just me thinking of stuff that will better my life so the other person won't even have do anything really, I'll just pay them if I don't complete my list. I enjoy the chips/soda thing as well as adding more pushups/situps a week and then probably adding no more cookies or fries or something. I also want to add more stuff to make me go after things more, as in go after girls, instead of copping out. I'm also trying not to cuss nearly as much, I don't know why. I need to start posting HH with all my thoughts which will be a complete must if I actually stay motivated.[/img]

Good for you sounds like the refocus on your starting hands is really working out - those breathing excercises sound like a really good idea too, I think I'll look some up myself. With all the stuff going on in your life including that 2 week illness pretty awesome you can still show an 8 buy in win for the month

I wouldn't pay any attention to the dude that said he was dissapointed in you because he drank with you... sounds a tad hypocritical in my book but obviously I don't know anything about your circumstances so sorry if I'm off the mark here!

More power to you for deciding not to drink for so long, but don't beat yourself up over having a drink. There's nothing wrong with drinking in moderation, definately want to watch drinking when feeling low though, I find that alcohol is a mood enhancer when I drink whatever mood I'm in it amplifies it. I used to drink alot, now I hardly drink at all, I think the worst thing you can do is feel guilty about drinking because of what other people may think, it's your life at the end of the day Casey. That girl why don't you ask her out and take her some place? So many guys are so full on these days she'll probabally respect you for not having tried anything yet, the best piece of advice someone once gave me about girls is to remember they're human beings, like you and me, just be yourself, and let things happen naturally. The way you're getting a sense of perspective on everything is quality, I think your poker will continue to show really good progress as a result. GL man!

Good read kmizzle. Poker should always come behind family, friends and school. You have the rest of your life to become a badass poker player but you'll only be in college for 6 years or so. GL.

Originally Posted by kmind

I guess I kind of feel like all this poker playing, and most importantly studying, is just not the way I want to live. Thinking and worrying about poker has finally taken its toll. I'm sure I'll continue to think and worry a ton about it but hopefully not nearly as much.

Lots to talk about, but thought I'd focus on that one. Its a real problem of mine too. I'm either all "on" with poker, or sick to death of it. We need to find a compromise. Ideally, be "on" for a couple hours a day, then switch off and go about the rest of our life. While we play, and some study time, but then forget it. I actually think FTR is bad for this. Its so easy to have some spare time and log on to check posts/etc. I really think a good idea would be to have a set time to check FTR. Like morning, or just before bed. Make posts, read threads, etc, but once. Then turn it off till the next day.

Originally Posted by zook

Good read kmizzle. Poker should always come behind family, friends and school. You have the rest of your life to become a badass poker player but you'll only be in college for 6 years or so. GL.

+1 yessss agreed

Wow blogger of the bi-week! Don't let it get go straight to your head now.

wear the rainbow with pride!
also - better yet?

which made me sad as my mom always said how proud she was that I never drank and I'm afraid others will say something.

I hate this feeling and have had it many times myself. Of course I've been busted with it plenty too but Moms forgive luckily if they do find out. Good luck with any chicks you try to get with in the future. I have a girlfriend so I don't really worry much about picking up chicks but my friend is reading this book called "the game" I think he said and said its changing his life as far as picking up chicks. He pretty much considers it a bible now. Maybe you should check it out.

I should try not to cuss as much too, thats a good plan.

Just a warning before reading The Game if you were going to, sure it gave me a lot more insight into what girls want/how they think, but it basically depressed the hell out of me for a long time because it's so fucked up.

I truly appreciate the comments letting you me know you guys read this thing. Much love!

boondock - haha yeah my friend told me about the book a couple of weeks ago and said it was a good read.

para - what do you mean by it's so "messed" up? I ask because I might be on the same page with you about something.

Originally Posted by Parasurama

Just a warning before reading The Game if you were going to, sure it gave me a lot more insight into what girls want/how they think, but it basically depressed the hell out of me for a long time because it's so fucked up.

lol oh man "the game".. I mostly read it cause it was pretty entertaining. I agree with parasurama that it gave me more insight into things like picking up, but alas, I'll be the first to say that I haven't gone out and used anything in the book yet. Mostly cause I'm lame when it comes to picking up!

compliment
question
drink

repeat as necessary until said girl is naked and you're in her bed.


edit: make sure you dont just go out with groups of lads, go on nights out with female friends etc, other women love it.

for example: you walk past 2 restaraunts every day - one is always empty, one always has people sitting at tables and a queue outside. which one would you rather eat at?

Originally Posted by sil693

compliment

The game says you should "neg" her.. or insult her (backhanded compliment rather)

Originally Posted by griffey24

Originally Posted by sil693

compliment

The game says you should "neg" her.. or insult her (backhanded compliment rather)

Yeah my friend was telling me this part of it sort of makes him feel like an ass but he says it works so he doesn't really care in the long run.

That part of it is more about showing her that she's not 'above' you. Many guys act like women are above them in some way. They act all obsequious and it's kind of a turn off. You don't have to insult the girl, but it's the easiest way to make them think they might have to work for your affection.

wow

how many people here have read a book about picking up women?!?

wtf.

Originally Posted by griffey24

Originally Posted by sil693

compliment

The game says you should "neg" her.. or insult her (backhanded compliment rather)

i remember this working well in the 3rd grade, but haven't read the book or picked up anyone in 10 years so idk.

Originally Posted by sil693

wow

how many people here have read a book about picking up women?!?

wtf.

It's a pretty well known book, and it's pretty decent. Entertaining at least!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(book_on_Pickup_Artists)

Ok a little update on the past week.

I have played probably 1200 total hands of poker. I'm like 3 buyins up on this computer and not sure about the other one though I know I am down something. I'm actually playing really well but I haven't been able to play much because I have been super busy this past week. Soooo let's talk about that instead:

First of all, I got Monday off of school but other than that I had a huge exam I studied for. I'm not positive but I think I did ok on it. I really really hope to get a B on it. Last thing I'll talk about school is that there were 4 robberies last night and 1 happened literally at a block away when I was outside walking. I have had basically all my friends tell me about being jumped and the other night I caught some dude sneaking up out of a really small alley. I will be completely surprised if I graduate without being jumped. Enough of that.

I have been texting/calling the girl from VA Tech a lot. It seems to be going well. But there's a twist. It finally snowed like crazy last sunday night and I got to play a lot in it especially with...the girl I truly truly like. We had a snowball fight with a big group and basically her and her best friend just targeted me and my roommate. This caused everyone else's interest to go away and they all left and it was just us 4. We hung out for a little bit and it went well. The next day her best friend then asked me if we could all 4 hang out again so of course we said yes. We decided to go sledding and had a really interesting/fun adventure. We wanted to make smores at the end but 711 was the only place open and they didn't have anything soooo boom they say let's do it tomorrow night! So of course we say yes and again I think that night went pretty well. We took a day off but then I texted the girl I liked if we could hang out before she left to FL for spring break. She said she was leaving at 3pm the next day so it didn't look promising. But boom, her and her friend said they had 11am-1pm free so I skipped class and obviously hung out. I also think that went pretty well but overall there wasn't really any too flirty stuff nor touchy stuff which kind of sucks but there was obviously some little touching. What sucks is she leaves to FL for spring break so now after all this she will be gone for a week. My roommate gets any girl he wants and I obviously think he can/will get with her best friend (who's super hot) and I am praying I have a chance with this girl. What's also is confusing is the VA Tech girl is going to be home like Tues or Wed and we are supposed to hang out and her friends = the girl I truly truly like's friends so I don't know if people are talking about me or what. Pretty confusing.

I am spending this weekend with my brother (who's gf literally almost just died to a drunk driver wtf) and we are going to go out and party and go to the CAA tournament to see VCU dominate. Should be pretty fun.

Everyone watch the VCU/George Mason bball game tonight at 7 EST on ESPN2. I've been on TV the past 2 games a lot as me and my friends go extra crazy so look out for me and watch VCU tear it up (hopefully). I'll be sporting a new mohawk in honor of one of our players.

Thursday I am hanging out with VA Tech girl and she is sleeping over yay.

Dont sweat it man go after whichever girl you actually like. On a side note you live like 30 mins away from me haha.

Bahhhhhh it's tough man there's a lot to it. If anything at all were to ever go wrong with the girl I truly like that would mean it'd be awkward all the time as her brothers, cousins, friends are like my best friends. One of my friends is going to talk to her about me in a non-obvious way so I'll get more info. on this deal soon. I was going to just ship the VA Tech girl but then this morning gave me hope with the girl I truly like again so it's an endless cycle.

You go to William and Mary?

I hear ya. No sir not in school ATM working on getting into the Aprrentice School at the Shipyard. I work full time at the moment selling auto parts at Napa.

Nice man, very good luck! Hang out with CTS sometime imo.

Ok so two things:
1. Check out this http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...90.html#850890 to see me and my friends after winning the CAA championship
2. I play BIGRED in the first round of the HU tournament. I will post interesting HH and all that stuff after it's over. We are playing tonight and not sure what time yet and not sure what site but I guess I will edit this because I think some people want to rail. I will be using no HUD.

Whats CTS my good sir?

Cole South. Extremely good poker player who loves in Williamsburg as well

Alright so played bigred last night and lost. I felt like we both played pretty well for the most part. I won't get into many details but I think I def. played some hands poorly but I do not have any HH. Not to sound like a whiner but I know I had a bunch of huge draws and missed every single time (over 10 outs on the flop). I do not think I ever had a FD hit once and had to bluff my way a lot. The turning point was definitely when bigred c/rai on a TTKX two toned board on the turn when I had a T and he had the FD and hit on the river, which was basically for all 400bb chips. I lost and was left wtih 66 chips. He ended up winning 2-1 when my AJ < KK. Gl bigred and I hope you don't think I think you luckboxed, you deserved it!

Tomorrow I have a prop bet with this girl haha but I won't go into details with that either so gl me.

Originally Posted by kmind

Tomorrow I have a prop bet with this girl haha but I won't go into details with that either so gl me.

lol yesssssssss

all-in baby!

Well, I have to get back my buy-in for the HU tournament somehow

Interesting, most of the time a prop bet with a girl is one you intend to lose...

Originally Posted by kmind

Simple as that, just get better at poker and I believe the BR will increase accordingly. I love learning the game so I don't think this should be too much of a problem but I can't keep fucking my BR up (just dropped 3 buyins on one single hand alone). I have to set some rules for myself. It's 1 am so I am probably just rambling and will think of other stuff later but here are my rules so far:
1. Stop playing in games I cannot afford to play. Most people immediately think of playing higher limits than my BR allows. Well, I tend to love playing some of the higher stakes guys at my level. Sure it's fun, but it is obviously hurting my struggle to move up to 50nl. Now, I may play with one at times, but making sure to stay away from them.
2. After each session, look over at least my big pot hands. See what I did poorly or what I did very well. nice ava
3. Talk to others about the game more and argue with them (yay, who wants to talk to the one and only kmizzle?)
4. Think about the game and argue with myself until I can prove what the most +ev play is.
5. Implement findings from rules 3 and 4.
6. Play a certain amount of hands a month or week.
7. Start taking shots when I feel I am ready (according to BR as well as how well I have been playing).
8. Watch more videos (CR, FTR, GS, etc.).

Meh. There has to be more but like I said I am tired and have an 8 am class tomorrow. Probably go to my classes, take a nap and then play some poker. Oh, and no deposits so this BR is all I have. May play occasional donkaments but basically everything should be ring. Any questions about my background or anything just post because I don't feel like writing it now sorry.

WTF is this? ^^^

Ok quickish update:
Wed. night I played in my first live cash poker game. My brother texted me that a few people from his work play poker regularly and they were going to have a cash game with a $20 buyin. I insta said ok and after his work we left to meet up with all of them. Everyone was very nice. They were also really terrible at poker. I only had $20 cash on me because actually my brother said it was a $20 tournament which kind of sucked so I only had one buyin. Also we didn't have many chips so the blinds were .50/.50 which extra sucks unless you're andy-akb. I go down early and my brother goes up a lot. I then almost triple up when I have 22 and everyone limps and I check in the BB. Let me first say that I was losing because I had AK twice and raised 6xBB and still got 2 callers both times, losing once to Q4o and once to another hand similar but I can't recall it. Anyways flop comes Q24. Gets checked to UTG who's a big bluffer and he bets out a few bucks. There's a caller and then my brother raises. I just flat, the bluffer gets out, other caller calls again. Turn is a blank, I check, other person checks and my brother fires out again. I just call given that my stack is soooo shallow and I want to get two stacks. The other caller folds. River is a blank and I just open shove and my brother has to call. I felt really really bad. After that I won maybe one other pot when I semi-bluffed and then another huge pot against my brother where I was drinking a bit and started calling a lot and called his preflop raise with QJo. He had a semi small stack and shoved the T98 rainbow flop . This brought me to over even again and probably around $30. One guy who was horrible kept getting lucky and then won a pot vs. me by hitting a 3 outter on the river. That was a huge hit to my stack. It was getting late and my brother (my ride) was out and I got 42o in the BB. I check behind. Flop comes A35. I check and the bad player who won that last pot against me starts firing out. He showed his cards every hand and was very aggressive and showed a tonnnn of bluffs. I elect to just flat him. He has me covered and I had about $16 or so to start off with. By the way, when they were betting they bet like 5x pot and stuff so at this point I was at less than a pot sized bet somehow (maybe someone else called, I can't remember). Anyways, turn brings an A and he insta shoves and I insta call. I ask if he has a boat and he goes "A3" which confused me because at first I thought he would just reply with a "yes" if he had it, so now I am scrambling to look at the board to see my heart broken. I'm out. On a better note there was a hot girl that lived there that I graduated with and we started chatting. She's a huge slut but wants to hang out. I'll pass because she really is extremely slutty. But back to the guys, apparently one of the guy's dad has tournaments every Fri. for $35 and like 30 people show up every week. I really think it'd be +EV for me to play but I doubt my brother would play so I will have to befriend these guys.

Anyways, back to Thursday (yesterday). The girl comes over at 11:30am and we insta watch "Summer School" and cuddle until like 2 when her friend picks her up to get a piercing. She says she wants to come back right after so she does around 4. I had to leave at like 6:30 to play in a basketball game so I wanted to use this 2.5 hours to make a move before I knew I would have to do it drunk since there is a big party that night. Well, short story short, she kind of keeps her head down at all times and I get tilted and we don't kiss. One of our friends gets pissed off at me when she picks her up. My roommate is also really pissed off at me because he came home to see me and her cuddling and thought we had obviously at least kissed. I go to my game (we win by 25) and get back around 9 and her and our friends have to go somewhere before the party which is fine because I have to shower. One of our friends tells me she has news on our situation as well as news on the girl I really really like. I finally get to the party and go talk to my friend and she tells me how the VA Tech girl wanted me to kiss her and I'm an idiot blah blah and then goes on to say that the other girl I really really like has always thought I was hot and would, in her words, "date me in a heartbeat" but she's still trying to get over her ex of 4 years or so. I completely understand and to be honest I don't really like her, I am just more interested in her if that makes sense. I get back to the action we start playing beer pong. There's a ton of people signed up and I am hoping that I can win because I'd face...VA Tech girl AND the other girl I am interested in. Yep, they signed up together. Sweet. Well, we win our game and face them. It goes pretty well but is kind of awkward. We dominate. We continue to dominate for the next literally 10 or 11 games. At this point we have our own fanbase. I am started to get upset because this is causing me not to talk to VA Tech girl. I say "We retire!" but my roommate/partner says F that and we play again. It gets down to 1 cup to 1 cup. They hit their cup and my roommate misses. It's up to me. We have the crowd around us chanting my name haha. I shoot...in and out . Yep, that's a good sign. I end up having a good time and have fun with VA Tech girl at the party for awhile. There's also a really weird girl there I want to talk about but I won't because I am tired. But anyways, my friend (girl) says "ok so you kissed her now right". I say no. She goes ok f this I will kiss her before you. She succeeds. I get pissed at myself and ask VA Tech girl if she is ready to go back to my place. We head back and I notice my roommate isn't there and he sleeps in our neighbors bed a lot but it's comfortable so that's cool. I get on the computer for some really random reason I can't even remember and she insta sits on my lap. I'm like yayyy here we go and then boom she goes let's play the mixed CD I got you. It's in the other room so I have to get out of the chair and bring it back in. This time, she doesn't sit in my lap. Sweeeeet. She wants me to play a certain song and I can't find it and then finally I do. She's looking down at this point but fuck it I just go in for it and boooooom. She stops kissing for a little and goes "you know, Stacey got to me first". Another low blow. But that's fine, we continue to make out for like an hour. She's a virgin so I'm not expecting anything at all, which is obviously fine I really don't care at all and completely understand. We finally go to sleep and awake to the construction right outside my house that has been going on for over a year now. She's not used to it so it wakes her up. We finally go back to sleep until like 1pm. We wake up, talk some then make out some more. Her friend picks her up at like 2 and we kiss goodbye. It went really well and she's a really cool girl. We will hang out Saturday but it's going to be weird because she lives hours away and it will be the last time I see her for awhile I'm sure and I'm not really sure what's going on now. Should be interesting to see. I'll probably post some pics. I feel really really weird giving out all these details and am so scared that someone will get ahold of this blog that knows me and show everyone else. VA Tech girl does know I play poker for my "living" and she's literally the only one besides my family that knows. Not even my best friend. So hopefully she doesn't get in a google mode and somehow find this.

As for poker, I have played probably 1700 hands this month and am up like $200. Mostly at 50NL. I actually feel really solid with my game right now. I'm up like a half buyin in EV it says too which is cool.

WOOOOOOT!!!! Kmind you dog!!! BOOM HEADSHOT imo. Good work dude, way to man up and do it. That does blow that she lives a few hours away, but if its worth it definitely stick it out. You obviously like this chick if you are writing this much about her to complete strangers lol. (well SOME strangers I guess)

Nice work on the pokers, and good luck to you sir.

nh sir.

Originally Posted by kmind

Ok quickish update:

lol?

you kissed a girl and you liked it

I just read the whole post. Quick my ass


but nh, sir. nonetheless :P

thanks guys trip report to follow i jhung out with ehr ntday i got lost on the way but it's ok she found me h erfamily was nice to me

Ok so Friday night I mapquest the girl's house and am dumbfounded to see she lives "2hrs 19minutes" away. I literally thought she lived 20 minutes away. Anyways, I text her to see if this was true and then felt more dumb as I think she probably told me about this before I just am bad with my memory. So she says well you don't have to come but of course I want to see her and I get prepared to wake up earlier the next day.

Ok so here comes yesterday. I leave at a decent time. I follow the directions for about 2 hours and then when I am semi-near her place the directions start making little sense (I suck at directions) and then I kind of guessed where to go. This lead me to her high school which was obviously a good sign. However, I was still lost. I called her and she was like "uhh my high school is actually 20 miles away" so I said f it how do I get there? She tried giving me directions but they seemed a little confusing since it was a lot of back roads so I said I'd just keep trying. I drove for like 30 minutes and then wound back up at her high school and asked if she could pick me up haha. I felt/still feel like an ass but she was cool with it and started apologizing herself. She picks me up, we head over to her work which is a bakery and she buys me a delicious cookie. We then head over to blockbuster and I finally get to pay and we get Milk and Role Models. We then proceed to drive around her town and all I can notice is how awesome of a town she lives in and how friendly every single person I encountered was and she reassured me that this wasn't just a random day but it's always very friendly. We arrive at her house and I am in awe. I have no idea how much land she lives on because I couldn't see it all. She lives on a farm and her land goes on and on and in the background there were mountains. It was a rainy day yet everything was beautiful. A complete difference to the downtown Richmond scene.

I meet her parents who are super nice as well as her twin brother who is a lot scarier than I first imagined. All went well there, I think. We head to her basement and start Milk. Her other brother comes down and I have my arm around her and insta-push it off but she kind of reassures me it's fine and he seems really nice so I just say f it. He leaves and we start watching the movie. I won't really go into detail about the movie but it was pretty good but a lot of guys kissing each other which is kind of uncomfortable for me. We had a few makeout sessions which was very nice. We then proceeded to start Role Models but we just kind of made out for 20 minutes instead and got hungry. We then decided to go out to a diner which was awesome. The food wasn't the greatest but it was like less than $7 total for the both of us. She tried to pay again but I am sly. We had a great convo during all this and was really glad I got to know her more. We kind of know it's our goodbyes so she drives around the town for a little and shows me some stuff as we talk. I really really envy her town. It makes me think, though, if I lived there maybe the beauty would fade? So maybe I should just be a regular visitor. Anyways, she drops me off to my car and I follow her to her house as it's easier to get home starting from her place. We hug and kiss goodbye and she asks when she'll see me again and I say when do you want to blah blah and she says soon I get excited inside but try to act cool you know how it goes and she says she wants to hang not this weekend as she has a wedding but the next one. I agree to it. By the way, at this point my phone battery is dead so going home is iffy. She offers for me to stay over but I can kind of see her being reluctant to ask for some reason so I decline nicely. Long story short, I get home in good time and I got "lost" once at the very end but I ended up taking a road that probably lead to me getting home faster so all is good. I call her to say I'm home safely and we say goodnight.

To my surprise, my roommate, downstairs neighbor and old friend who I haven't seen in awhile are awaiting me. My old friend is the craziest kid you'll ever meet and I'm always a little nervous to hang out with him. He asks the inevitable question: "So casey, you drinking yet?" I open up a Miller Lite and say yessir. He's in shock. He probably has 10 or so PBRs down at this point. He demands we go to this one party, a bar or my friends' house who he doesn't really know. The one party turns out they didn't want him to go (because of how crazy he gets haha) and then I'm scared to go to the bar because his goal is to just get me plastered. I quietly insist we go to my friends' who has bought a keg each night for the past week. My roommate and friend want to obv. get with girls but there weren't really any single ones there so they are getting mad and want to go to a bar and I'm still nervous. I finally agree and we head out to a bar right behind my place. It's last call so I cross my fingers for some reason they just won't serve us. Keep in mind I've already started drinking a tad but I'm still new to this so I'm sure I can't keep up with the others. Well, the bartender is more than happy to give us shots. We take a shot of Tequila, Jameson, and a Jagerbomb. I don't really feel anything TOO much at this point. When we head back to my place it kicks in. I don't really know what my friends are saying and I start yelling stuff randomly as the room is spinning for some reason. They want to look at something on the computer so I oblige. I try to start talking but can't make it and just kind of pass out on the bed. My friends wake me up and leave and I say thanks for buying my shots and goodnight. I then am like, wait I've never been this drunk and I don't believe people who are drunk and can't write right at FTR. So I try to type honestly. I end up backspacing a ton but can't really make it and try to hit submit as fast as possible so I can just sleep. I semi-remember posting but completely forgot what I said and it doesn't make sense so I apologize. I also texted my brother, the girl and one of my friends. I woke up to seeing a lot of "what?" texts so I'm sure what I said didn't make sense. I wake up at 10:30 and am still spinning so I just go back to bed until 1. I now feel alright.

School starts tomorrow again which sucks so much. Even though I didn't do much this spring break as far as traveling I have to say it was a success. Selection Sunday is tonight and I have a $5 bet that VCU will be an 11th seed as my friend says a 12 seed. Griff texted me yesterday and is having fun in London which I completely jealous about. Alex is there as well as others.

Here's some poker hands that I lost. I played 300 hands today ended down a half buyin but EV wise I was basically even. I think I played 2 hands really poorly in 3bet pots.

In this hand I think I should have raised less preflop and probably just c/f flop. I have no reads but a 5xbb raise interested me as he had an ironman icon too. I just think he's never folding on the flop and he's raising a bunch but in the hand I was like ahhhh I don't want to c/f and get bluffed but I think it just has to be done:

Full Tilt Poker Game #11155214626: Table Kennet (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:15:53 ET - 2009/03/15
Seat 1: LineWooD1 ($58.90)
Seat 2: savicevic10 ($138.15)
Seat 3: SuitsUs ($50)
Seat 4: cknight82 ($52.25)
Seat 5: stefdinho ($54.90)
Seat 6: lfc33 ($22.80)
savicevic10 posts the small blind of $0.25
SuitsUs posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SuitsUs [Ad Ks]
cknight82 raises to $2.50
stefdinho has 15 seconds left to act
stefdinho folds
lfc33 folds
LineWooD1 calls $2.50
savicevic10 folds
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs raises to $8
cknight82 calls $5.50
LineWooD1 folds
*** FLOP *** [4s 6d 3d]
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs bets $11
cknight82 raises to $44.25, and is all in
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs has requested TIME
SuitsUs adds $19
SuitsUs folds
Uncalled bet of $33.25 returned to cknight82
cknight82 mucks
cknight82 wins the pot ($38.75)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $40.75 | Rake $2
Board: [4s 6d 3d]
Seat 1: LineWooD1 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: savicevic10 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: SuitsUs (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: cknight82 collected ($38.75), mucked
Seat 5: stefdinho didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: lfc33 didn't bet (folded)

This hand is a bit different. Villain seemed pretty loose from stats so far 37/24. Not really sure if I like the bet or not. I think it's not as bad as I thought:

Full Tilt Poker Game #11155683326: Table Ellsworth (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:42:05 ET - 2009/03/15
Seat 1: erol_erfurt ($31.40)
Seat 2: alwhy2Aze ($50)
Seat 3: inTR4NCE ($45.55)
Seat 4: DETAILINGDAN ($26.95)
Seat 5: GOLDRUSH80 ($48.80)
Seat 6: SuitsUs ($50)
SuitsUs posts the small blind of $0.25
erol_erfurt posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SuitsUs [Ks Ah]
inTR4NCE has 15 seconds left to act
inTR4NCE raises to $1.50
DETAILINGDAN folds
GOLDRUSH80 folds
SuitsUs raises to $5
erol_erfurt folds
inTR4NCE calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [6h Js 3d]
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs bets $7
inTR4NCE raises to $40.55, and is all in
SuitsUs adds $12
SuitsUs folds
Uncalled bet of $33.55 returned to inTR4NCE
inTR4NCE mucks
inTR4NCE wins the pot ($23.30)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $24.50 | Rake $1.20
Board: [6h Js 3d]
Seat 1: erol_erfurt (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: alwhy2Aze is sitting out
Seat 3: inTR4NCE collected ($23.30), mucked
Seat 4: DETAILINGDAN didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: GOLDRUSH80 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: SuitsUs (small blind) folded on the Flop

Here's me messing up:
Full Tilt Poker Game #11155314835: Table Lingo (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:21:27 ET - 2009/03/15
Seat 1: SuitsUs ($53.45)
Seat 2: xxANYWAY ($63.65)
Seat 3: alarue ($16.90)
Seat 4: Vova54 ($15)
Seat 5: KingTut01 ($12.90)
Seat 6: howie5 ($15.50)
alarue posts the small blind of $0.25
Vova54 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SuitsUs [7c 7d]
KingTut01 calls $0.50
howie5 calls $0.50
SuitsUs raises to $2.75
xxANYWAY calls $2.75
alarue calls $2.50
Vova54 folds
KingTut01 calls $2.25
howie5 calls $2.25
*** FLOP *** [5s 3d Kd]
alarue bets $14.15, and is all in
KingTut01 folds
howie5 folds
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs has requested TIME
SuitsUs calls $14.15
xxANYWAY folds
alarue shows [Td Kh]
SuitsUs shows [7c 7d]
*** TURN *** [5s 3d Kd] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [5s 3d Kd 4h] [Ts]
alarue shows two pair, Kings and Tens
SuitsUs shows a pair of Sevens
alarue wins the pot ($40.45) with two pair, Kings and Tens
SuitsUs adds $13.45
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $42.55 | Rake $2.10
Board: [5s 3d Kd 4h Ts]
Seat 1: SuitsUs showed [7c 7d] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 2: xxANYWAY (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: alarue (small blind) showed [Td Kh] and won ($40.45) with two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 4: Vova54 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: KingTut01 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: howie5 folded on the Flop

do you ever get into a rhythm playing these short sessions?

First two are spots I dont like. I've taken to c/f'ing a lot without a specific reason/read not to. It really sucks being OOP here, but only other option is to flat. Definately interested in thoughts on it.

squeeze size is way too small in hand 1. Thats a good 3bet size IN position, but you're OOP and its a squeeze. $10 to go since he raised 5bbs to start.

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

do you ever get into a rhythm playing these short sessions?

Meh....I seem to start out hot and then lose as time goes on for some reason. Probably just in my head but this is why I usually do a bunch of quick sessions.

Originally Posted by kmind

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

do you ever get into a rhythm playing these short sessions?

Meh....I seem to start out hot and then lose as time goes on for some reason. Probably just in my head but this is why I usually do a bunch of quick sessions.

this is in your head. trust me, i used to do the exact same thing.

fwiw i now play ~1000 hands sessions and it feels like i always start out down a BI or 2 and try to win it back. Still in my head, but i know where the feeling comes from.

Thanks guys, I used your advice and played a lot of hands the past 2 days. Well, a lot for me (2k). I ended up 2.5 buyins but should be around 5 with EV. Oh well...I feel like I am playing very solidly and am making spot on reads and really trusting my gut. I am falling victim to a few "hero calls" to make sure my read was right and lost (meaning I was right) which is really making me realize how much more I would be up if I trusted myself. I never trust myself with anything but I am learning.

As for life, I am driving up to Philly to see my VCU Rams play UCLA. I'm really nervous but regardless it should be a toooon of fun. I won some lottery thing at my school giving me a really good ticket price and 2 of my friends won too so we are driving up there tomorrow at 2:30 (5 hour drive) and then coming home after the game (starts at 9:50) so that will be kind of crazy. If we win then yeah I am staying up there.

I hung out with the one girl I "really like" last night and that went pretty well yet I think it's just a lost cause which is a sigh/fine. We somewhat flirted but I think she's just not ready. As for the Tech girl, I got kind of drunk and embarrassed myself with her last night with texting but all is good. She is actually trying to travel to my place Saturday night which I hope works out because I easily want to see her and her making this effort to see me makes me feel good.

Great news on the girl Casey!

I made a post a month or two back about calling for information. I felt if I could see what they had, that note would be worth a lot (and it often is worthwhile having), but both DaGoat and Griffey told me off for it and told me to get my information by letting other people call.

So VCU lost and had a chance to win on a last second shot . It was a lot of fun though regardless of driving 6 hours there (with traffic), watching the game for 2 hours and then driving 5 hours back and finally sleeping at 6am. Me and my 2 friends were like the only ones really going crazy and we all wore black paint on our bodies/faces. It was pretty fun but we had to paint ourselves in my car on the way there so some paint is on the seats and I still have yet to clean that up.

VA Tech girl surprisingly was able to take her roommate's car this weekend and visit me for all Sat. Because of this my Friday went a little differently than planned. I went to my friend's bday party and I haven't seen like any of these people in a long time and they all seemed really happy to see me, esp. now that I drink? Anyways, an ex and girl I "talked" to last year (who has like a huge black/football player bf) were there and they actually were all over me all night. The ex has a new bf but was all over me instead, making her bf jealous. I tried to play it off but she wanted to talk privately and stuff but I knew that would be bad news. Then the girl I used to talk to kept bringing me to her room and like kept kissing my neck and stuff and then repeatedly told me she broke up with her boyfriend and for me to stay the night with her. I kindly avoided this knowing I don't want to f things up with VA Tech girl. My friends were pissed at me for this and told me to throw my morals out of the window but I couldn't. Anyways, I also started talking to some girl who later told me she was a stripper and she seemed to be digging me and said "hold on, I'll be right back" and I just walked away to avoid her. There's a tad bit more to the story but basically I just made sure to go home empty handed.

So Sat. comes along and she gets in town around 6 and texts me. We decide to go out for dinner. Apparently our mutual friends think this is our "first date" or whatever and decide it'd be cute for a group of them to visit us at dinner unexpectedly. They also sit directly next to us. Very awkward but I just laughed. We both sat with them after we were done and her girl friends were like "so we're going to blah blah blah are you coming with us or what?" and she responded with "well, I think I'm going wherever Casey goes" in a good way. Instasmile. Her twin brother is also in town but decides to hang out with other people...whew. So we head out to some parties and we seem to have a lot of fun regardless that the parties were kind of lame. We head back to my place and she stays over. We make out a lot blah blah but we also get in a good discussion about our past and past relationships and stuff. I am encouraged when she says she really never does "random hookups" (besides one time with someone I know which really succccks because he's creepy). Anyways, we wake up make out blah blah and she tells me she has a really good time. We pick up her brother and I'm scared to kiss her goodbye but I told her this so when we pick him up and then they drop me back off she says she'll walk me to the door. We get our kisses and she asks if I'd visit her this weekend. I accept knowing it's a 4 hour drive. Her roommate is gone all weekend too she says which is cool. Since she's left we've had good texts or whatever and I'm officially just liking her now. This is also pissing my roommate off because he's finally single and just wants to go out with me looking for girls.

As for poker, I have been messing with RangeStove. Google it if you haven't heard of it but it gives you equity with every hand vs. certain ranges. It's kind of allowing me to see what I should call with in certain preflop spots as well as forming 3-betting ranges, both for value and as bluffs. I lost like 3 buyins recently but was playing really really well, forcing my opponents to make big mistakes and then suckout so I can't really complain. Today I am up over 4 buyins, though only up 1.5 buyins in EV. I really only had one suckout with JJ > KK vs. a 50bb stack. The rest were coinflips and I just won all of them.

Guess who hasnt been on msn for the last week or more?

YOU!!

Ahhhhh BEN! I'm going to write a report about my last week soon but basically poker just isn't cutting it for me though I'm doing ok at it. I'll post results and some more summaries of the gal/life/poker/etc

Ok so here goes. I'll post my poker stuff first so if you don't want to read about my other stuff in my life you can stop.

I barely played any poker this month due to just being somewhat frustrated with it/busy with other stuff. The only reason I am frustrated with it is that I keep trying to plug leaks/change stuff and it's just getting ridiculous as I should be able to get the very basics down. Some topics that I want to work out and don't really know where to start are basically preflop ranges such as 3-betting/3-bet calling/4-betting and what exactly should I be calling with preflop, specifically my ranges (flatting/3betting/etc) vs. stealers. I should probably make a nice long post on my thoughts about it as I have a ton. Anyways, at the end of the month I decided to play strictly 100NL because I'm sick of just staying at 50NL and my roll is beyond good enough even with withdrawing a ton. I'm also thinking about padding my roll by playing more FR unless the 6max games are good. At FullTilt, it amazes me how tight/reg infested the tables are at 6max for 100NL. This leads me to either want to play 50NL 6max or 100NL FR. Anyways, this graph does not include losing $100 to the HU FTR tourney, $75 in rakeback, and then another 200 hands on another computer for $50. I ran like $70 over EV which is obviously very nice and I am extremely happy and content with that I won't lie.



Let's talk about the other stuff now. I have been slacking in two major areas. 1. Getting on AIM/MSN. I want to stop this but my life just seems a lot more busier now and I find myself off my computer (wtf?!) a loooot more than in the past. This means school + other activities. 2. School. Yeah I have been busy with it but I really don't attend lectures anymore unless I absolutely have to. This is bad because 2 of my classes take attendance randomly yet I just, for some reason, don't go. This needs to stop.

Last Thursday my church basketball team won our division championship tournament and got this sweet trophy. I felt good because I was able to make a key steal and layup when the game was tied at the end. This sounds completely like a brag which I hate. Everyone else on the team did really well too. We then played a championship game Friday against the other division which consists of players dunking a lot/former D1 players/etc. We were completely mismatched and undersized and only had 6 players. The gym was also a lot bigger. We trailed by only 8 at halftime and ended up losing by 24. That seems horrible but I was actually pleased with our effort. On Saturday and Sunday I visited Lauren (VA Tech girl). Saturday we ate lunch with her and her friend, watched Animal House, had dinner with her and a mutual friend and then "pregamed" for a party. I also have to mention I saw a few people there, 2 who I was never really friends with in high school and they pretended to be interested in what I was doing. I appreciate the politeness but cut that shit. Another group I was happier to see as I used to hang out with them some. But yeah we pregame in her friend's room before some party. We miss the bus and then finally get there. The only drink they have is a mixture of lemonade, natty light and rum. Gross. But I drank it anyways. I got pretty drunk and "embarrassed" the crap out of Lauren but made her friends laughed and I really didn't care. Lauren also didn't really care she thought it was funny (I think). We get on the bus back home and everyone is drunk and the whole bus starts a VA Tech chant. I insta chant V-C-U! V-C-U! V-C-U! Some gross drunk girl isn't having any of that and bitches out of me. I understand why but it was like way out of line. Anyways, while laying in bed we have a good talk and things go well with that. Wake up late, get some lunch and then I head out. It was a lot of fun and she wants me back next (this) weekend and I bend over accept the whip and say "of course!". What's better though is she was worried her roommate was going to have her fuck buddy there so it'd be awkward, (but she still wanted me there) so she found a ride with a random person to come here Saturday and leave early Sunday. Also, my roommate and her friend are starting to talk and not sure how it's going but if it works out with them then this whole situation should be good...obv. until something bad happens.

As for April, I'm not really sure what I want out of it. Maybe get back on track with priorities such as school and eating/drinking healthier. Again, not going to post a certain amount of hands but I just want to keep me afloat again but at 100NL instead of 50NL. Once I get 100NL down again I'll be very pumped. The major 3-betting is still messing up my confidence as I feel so lost when really I shouldn't. I mean last year I was beating the games. Blah, oh well. I'm also nearing asking Lauren out officially. And by nearing, this weekend might be it. We talk a ton daily and we've talked about how we like each other/long distance isn't an issue/other stuff dealing with this soooo...

I'm down like 4 buyins in 500 hands or less at 100NL. I literally cannot beat this game. Why is this?i hit the top of everyone's ranges everytime

fuck that 5 buyins in 400 hands. i seriously want to withdraw everything. every fucking try

edit: ok so do i keep playing with 37 buyins or do i move down? i withdraw like $600 a month and i barely play

Post some hands. Put a whole bunch up on weaktight if you like.

Thanks, Ben probably will in the morning. I just can't believe I am down over 10 buyins at 100NL this year.

I also want to give a huge shoutout to certain people for all they have given me. I appreciate it so fucking much. You should know who you are.

Also video's please!

6max is so frigging swingy that it's sometimes very hard to keep playing!
Yup, Ben's last suggestion is very good. Do a video so that we can have a look.

dude, check sillystring's post in the march results thread. Swings vs your edge in the game you play.
And volume in April
and enjoy that girl/being a b.ball superstar!!!

Thanks guys. It's getting fucking worse though

Full Tilt Poker Game #11485523716: Table SABUR0 (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:15:31 ET - 2009/04/03
Seat 1: SuitsUs ($105)
Seat 2: imeanttoo ($65.70)
Seat 4: pez gordo ($156.20)
Seat 5: get off me dawg ($100)
Seat 6: filsdupatron ($115.35)
pez gordo posts the small blind of $0.50
get off me dawg posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SuitsUs [Qh Td]
filsdupatron folds
SuitsUs raises to $3.50
imeanttoo folds
pez gordo calls $3
get off me dawg adds $1
get off me dawg folds
*** FLOP *** [Th Qs 3h]
pez gordo checks
SuitsUs bets $6
pez gordo raises to $19
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs has requested TIME
SuitsUs raises to $44
pez gordo raises to $140
SuitsUs calls $57.50, and is all in
pez gordo shows [3d 3s]
SuitsUs shows [Qh Td]
Uncalled bet of $38.50 returned to pez gordo
*** TURN *** [Th Qs 3h] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [Th Qs 3h Js] [5s]
pez gordo shows three of a kind, Threes
SuitsUs shows two pair, Queens and Tens
pez gordo wins the pot ($208) with three of a kind, Threes
SuitsUs adds $100
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $211 | Rake $3
Board: [Th Qs 3h Js 5s]
Seat 1: SuitsUs showed [Qh Td] and lost with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 2: imeanttoo (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: pez gordo (small blind) showed [3d 3s] and won ($208) with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 5: get off me dawg (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: filsdupatron didn't bet (folded)

Full Tilt Poker Game #11485661220: Table SABUR0 (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:26:32 ET - 2009/04/03
Seat 1: SuitsUs ($105.10)
Seat 5: get off me dawg ($102.50)
SuitsUs posts the small blind of $0.50
get off me dawg posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SuitsUs [As Ad]
SuitsUs raises to $3
get off me dawg calls $2
*** FLOP *** [Js 5d Td]
get off me dawg checks
SuitsUs bets $4
get off me dawg calls $4
*** TURN *** [Js 5d Td] [Ts]
get off me dawg checks
SuitsUs bets $10
get off me dawg raises to $28
SuitsUs has 15 seconds left to act
SuitsUs calls $18
*** RIVER *** [Js 5d Td Ts] [3h]
get off me dawg has 15 seconds left to act
get off me dawg bets $38
SuitsUs calls $38
*** SHOW DOWN ***
get off me dawg shows [Tc Ah] three of a kind, Tens
SuitsUs mucks
get off me dawg wins the pot ($145.50) with three of a kind, Tens
SuitsUs adds $67.90
get off me dawg is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $146 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Js 5d Td Ts 3h]
Seat 1: SuitsUs (small blind) mucked [As Ad] - two pair, Aces and Tens
Seat 5: get off me dawg (big blind) showed [Tc Ah] and won ($145.50) with three of a kind, Tens

River is a fold in last one. First ones close, but theres boards so wet I think you played it right.

Why you playing HU? Tell me table only just broke down!

1st ones std
2nd one fold turn, and fold river

Table just broke up, Ben. As for hand 2, I literally cannot win a hand to save my life so I have to keep them honest...amirite?! fml

I want to force myself to take a lot more time analyzing hands and hopefully post them in my blog to make sure I am doing it right. I also want to get somewhat better with stoxev (maybe) and write articles on my thoughts on certain concepts so you guys can rip them apart. I also want to create some videos.

Do you guys think I should stick to 100NL for a little bit with 37 buyins or should I move down to where I feel more comfortable?

Thanks again guys. There's so many fucking insanely nice people on here. Much love FTR.

Looked for you this morning to see if we could try some sweating. You should look to do that as well as some videos.

Tough call on the BRM Casey. My inclination is to give yourself a 30 buyin movedown point, but this is your living. Your call. Keep trying to hop on msn through the weekend, we'll at min chat, hopefully get a sweat session in.

I want to fill you in on my last week but still busy/it's 3:45am and we just had a party at our place.

Short version: I have a girlfriend now since last Sunday. Yay. Though I say stupid shit to her sometimes that needs to stop or else she won't continue it I'm sure.

Also, I am thinking differently again about poker and vow to play this way for my next 10k hands and see how it goes unless it really starts going shitty. I'm also going to only accept an Internal Locus of Control and never check my EV in HEM until the end of the month.