A poker journey, now complete.

I've finally been playing some great poker. Maybe as good as I can play (consistently). I am really happy with how I am thinking and playing.

Unfortunately I am not winning any money. I am a getting coolered a lot still, and also getting sucked out on, and also consistently getting it in good, and also TYING FOR AT LEAST TWO ALLIN POTS EACH DAY WTF?!?!?!?! I am at least sure that Im running like shit and not playing that way.

BR: $1620

yesss playing good = good

I'm on a break until the Monday after next.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...ll-t65393.html

I will survive!

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...37.html#890683

My banner is wrong.

BR is like $1700 or something. I thought I hit 2K but was wrong, and am down 4buy-ins since then. I'm trying to get in more hands (1,500 a day hopefully) and that's leading to more variance. I made some spewy plays today. Lost 2 buy-ins b/c of it. Lost a 3rd on a sss board where my vill called a 3bet w/As8s...gg/gn. Things just aren't working well. I am not beating FR as well as I should. Like 5bbs/100. 50NL 6max has been a coolerfest, where literally I have 10 coolers for stacks in 4K hands.

I feel like I'm running in circles.

WTF who is reading this thread! LOL, just kidding.

Understand that you dont like Sir P, and I am with you on that one. Keep your chin up and dont just fold. You need to be very lucky just to break even if you fold all hands.

Maybe check/raising to 3500 would be a better approach?

I'm trying not to be frustrated and all, but I have lost 15 buy-ins to coolers in my first 25K hands of 50NL. That's $750 (BR is 1700). That means I would have had to Take that and a lack of hands played (meaning little RB) and it's essentially impossible for me to get any-fucking-where with my playing when all I play is FR and 6M and I literally lose all of my winnings to coolers.

So, 50NL: 25K hands played, -70bbs net.

Yea of course I say all that shit and win 6 buy-ins today.

*Blog suspended for lack of content*

Okay I'm back ya'll. Ran well this week, and am now beating 50NL for 3.5ptbb/100 over 30K+. BR is $2600 and I'm about to earn $75-100 in mid-year bonus from FTP, I have another $600 bonus to earn that will buy me a PC, I earn $100 a week in RB, and I'll hopefully be back on Stars in August with my new PC....


at $100NL.

Wish me luck!

Damn that's a solid win rate.

You're going to crush 100nl

Heateraments.

BR: $2800

I can play soooo bad sometimes it's not even funny. I have a lot of hands to post tomorrow, so you guys can let me know how much of a donk I am!

I'm earning my $100 Mid-Year bonus from FTP (40% complete in 1.5 days so...haha.) and then I start on my larger bonus. Played like shiiiiit today. Just terrible. Stacked off light TWICE.

Vill doesn't really have sets here, and will call w/lots of worse two pairs.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG theprodigy14 ($45.00)
UTG+1 crivas0318 ($55.90)
MP1 Boutros915 ($21.40)
MP2 winbui ($53.05)
CO Medock_Purg ($63.95)
BTN Hero ($53.70)
SB chongs2008 ($10.00)
BB DEALDR ($20.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is BTN
theprodigy14 calls $0.50, 4 folds, Hero raises to $2.25, 2 folds, theprodigy14 calls $1.75

Flop: ($5.25, 2 players)
theprodigy14 checks, Hero bets $3, theprodigy14 calls $3

Turn: ($11.25, 2 players)
theprodigy14 bets $5.50, Hero goes all-in $48.45, theprodigy14 folds

Final Pot: $22.25

Hero wins $64.10 ( won +$10.40 )
theprodigy14 lost -$10.75


Turn is a fold, even though he's a donkey.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Texas_Crossfire ($101.90)
UTG+1 THEballer00 ($50.00)
MP1 Hero ($50.00)
MP2 YORKER23 ($122.25)
MP3 vlrhsgo ($50.00)
CO LastOrange ($103.45)
BTN KPoker28 ($51.00)
SB Pitosnb ($55.30)
BB reutets ($95.60)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 9 players) Hero is MP1
2 folds, Hero raises to $1.75, YORKER23 calls $1.75, 5 folds

Flop: ($4.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $4, YORKER23 calls $4

Turn: ($12.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $9, YORKER23 raises to $39.25, Hero goes all-in $44.25, YORKER23 calls $5

River: ($100.75, 2 players)
Hero says "wow"

Final Pot: $100.75
Hero shows:
YORKER23 shows:

YORKER23 wins $97.75 ( won +$47.75 )
Hero lost -$50

Pretty easy fold imo.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG dchainsaw ($59.20)
UTG+1 mellambie ($18.15)
MP1 KONAN11 ($50.00)
MP2 Balato ($51.20)
MP3 zpcm13 ($63.10)
CO HAAAM2 ($28.35)
BTN TiagoPiccoli ($18.75)
SB JL1978 ($25.25)
BB Hero ($74.70)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 9 players) Hero is BB
5 folds, HAAAM2 calls $0.50, 1 fold, JL1978 calls $0.25, Hero checks

Flop: ($1.50, 3 players)
JL1978 checks, Hero bets $1.50, HAAAM2 goes all-in $27.85, JL1978 goes all-in $24.75, Hero folds

Turn: ($55.60, 2 players)

River: ($55.60, 2 players)

Final Pot: $52.50
HAAAM2 shows:
JL1978 shows:

HAAAM2 wins $53 ( won +$24.65 )
JL1978 lost -$25.25
Hero lost -$2

This was really weird. They were both really lose but I didn't think I could profitably shvoe the river.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG RaulF ($55.80)
UTG+1 cowabungaman ($38.05)
MP1 Hero ($68.85)
MP2 MightyAce ($16.75)
CO jle1127 ($50.75)
BTN LA Beauty ($136.70)
SB KcosA ($51.25)
BB SimpleHabits ($50.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is MP1
2 folds, Hero raises to $2, 1 fold, jle1127 calls $2, LA Beauty calls $2, 2 folds

Flop: ($6.75, 3 players)
Hero bets $5, jle1127 calls $5, LA Beauty calls $5

Turn: ($21.75, 3 players)
Hero bets $14, jle1127 calls $14, LA Beauty calls $14

River: ($63.75, 3 players)
Hero checks, jle1127 checks, LA Beauty checks

Final Pot: $63.75
Hero shows:
jle1127 shows:
LA Beauty shows:

Hero wins $60.75 ( won +$39.75 )
jle1127 lost -$21
LA Beauty lost -$21

Std. Oh those donks...

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG obession ($40.00)
UTG+1 Hero ($53.30)
MP1 PlayerMayer ($26.60)
MP2 JUMAESDO ($14.30)
MP3 munkmunky ($48.50)
CO BcuzItsSo ($78.75)
BTN MARCELsN1 ($9.65)
SB JiZhi ($9.25)
BB PatHalsell ($93.80)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 9 players) Hero is UTG+1
1 fold, Hero raises to $2, PlayerMayer calls $2, 1 fold, munkmunky calls $2, 4 folds

Flop: ($6.75, 3 players)
Hero bets $4.50, PlayerMayer calls $4.50, munkmunky raises to $20, Hero raises to $35.50, PlayerMayer folds, munkmunky goes all-in $46.50, Hero calls $11

Turn: ($104.25, 2 players)

River: ($104.25, 2 players)
Hero says "wow"

Final Pot: $104.25
Hero shows:
munkmunky shows:

Hero wins $101.25 ( won +$52.75 )
PlayerMayer lost -$6.50
munkmunky lost -$48.50

He had 3bet a little wide so I bluff the flop and hope to take down the large pot. Not sure about this one.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG MARCELsN1 ($10.15)
UTG+1 JiZhi ($15.00)
MP1 PatHalsell ($85.30)
MP2 obession ($45.70)
CO Hero ($103.60)
BTN KritiKal ($50.00)
SB JUMAESDO ($19.85)
BB BcuzItsSo ($96.30)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is CO
4 folds, Hero raises to $1.75, KritiKal raises to $6, 2 folds, Hero calls $4.25

Flop: ($12.75, 2 players)
Hero checks, KritiKal bets $7, Hero raises to $22, KritiKal folds

Final Pot: $26.75

Hero wins $40.45 ( won +$12.45 )
KritiKal lost -$13

Had a 3bet% of like 10 in a short period with nothing shown down. I'm pretty sure this is the top of his range so no big deal. It's weird limp-shoving profitably.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG linuxx23 ($41.20)
UTG+1 Hero ($54.50)
MP1 JiZhi ($14.45)
MP2 YouAreForgiven ($68.75)
CO pariah88 ($10.00)
BTN JDizzzle72 ($24.75)
SB millionairguy ($19.60)
BB ferkchi ($23.30)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is UTG+1
linuxx23 raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1.50, 2 folds, pariah88 calls $1.50, JDizzzle72 raises to $5.50, 2 folds, linuxx23 folds, Hero goes all-in $54.50, pariah88 folds, JDizzzle72 goes all-in $19.25

Flop: ($83, 2 players)

Turn: ($83, 2 players)

River: ($83, 2 players)

Final Pot: $53.25
JDizzzle72 shows:
Hero shows:

JDizzzle72 wins $50.60 ( won +$25.85 )
Hero wins $29.75 ( lost -$24.75 )
linuxx23 lost -$1.50
pariah88 lost -$1.50

I made a recovery later after spewing off alot. Another hand I couldn't find but I had AA and misplayed ever single street and allowed the villain to play perfectly.

H1: I don't like the overbet shove. I raise smaller, let villain make mistakes.
H2: If villain is a huge donk I probably just stackoff due to the wacky draws/underpairs/air I've seen show up on turns like this in my experience.

H3: Nice fold. If this guy is weaktight and he's overshoving flop he always has a set. Obviously look up a maniac though.
H4: I don't think I would go for 3 streets into both these guys. Check to induce.
H5: I dunno what your reads are but lol
H6: Essentially, this is one of those weird spots where we aren't betting for value (worse hands don't call) or a bluff (better hands don't fold), but rather 'protection' I guess...had a huge conversation about this with stax, let me know if you want to discuss the situation in detail. Due to your position I think this is probably the most effective play.
H7: I dunno I need reads - edit: oh half stack/dead money etc, probably fine.

Played some Capped 6M and normal, ran unbelievably bad on the capped tables, losing four 30BB all-ins with at least 70% equity on the flop (and 3 of them with 80%+ equity) so that was chuckle-worthy. Won a stack at the normal tables but lost a bunch of tiny pots to end down a buy-in rather than up two. It was really fun though so I'll do the capped shit again.

how have i never played a hand with you?
just checked HEM, nada

Originally Posted by daven

how have i never played a hand with you?
just checked HEM, nada

My last 40K hands of 50NL FR have been under the name "kleith" not Illfavor.

Originally Posted by Illfavor

Originally Posted by daven

how have i never played a hand with you?
just checked HEM, nada

My last 40K hands of 50NL FR have been under the name "kleith" not Illfavor.

i know
i was searching on kleith.
don't get too paranoid now

Chalk it up to table selection. :P

BR= $3000 O WOOOOOOOOW. I didn't even notice.

So I took my first shot at 100NL today. Plus $1.5 buy-ins in 400 hands. WATWAT! It was the same, tbh. Absolutely the same.

Lol then I had to withdraw $1600 from my roll to pay for my gf's computer, which was the whole point of me playing online poker seriously in the first place. Kinda a milestone for me. Only $200 of it is actually coming from my roll, but it's easier for me to pay for it this way. So I'll be back at 50NL for a few weeks, earning my PC bonus money and RB and then probably moving to a new site to bonus whore at 100NL.

Go me!

Gotta love not getting your shit thrown back in your face over and over again at the tables

I've been playing poorly my last few sessions, and running average. A better player would be winning a lot more than I am just by folding in obvious spots and stealing in obvious spots. There are times where I think to myself "I could triple barrel here" and don't do it, and the villain almost always shows down a marginal hand.

I'm just not good at this game yet and I have to do something about it. I'm going to post more in the FR forum because those guys are good at what they do. I have no way to analyze my postflop play easily because my tracking program (Poker Copilot) is mostly just a more accurate PTR. I dunno but I might be having my "I'm just not that good" moment, which is good I guess. It bums me out a little but all I can do about it is study more and be confident I'm playing in the correct conditions. I spend a lot of time in the IRC which is great, but most of it is not poker-related which needs to change imo.

Oh and the support line for Rakebackpros is atrocious.

This operation is 6 buy-ins from being complete. I think I can now say I'm at least an average reg at 50NL. Lifetime earnings for 50NL/PL Full Ring 3ptbb/100 over 45K hands.

BR: $3237

gogogo solid earnings

Originally Posted by Illfavor

I have no way to analyze my postflop play easily because my tracking program (Poker Copilot) is mostly just a more accurate PTR.

Solution: Short stack??

How'd withdrawing that $1600 and buying a sweet computer feel? How's it feel that this crazy hobby be paying off? NICE JOB ILLIN'!

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Originally Posted by Illfavor

I have no way to analyze my postflop play easily because my tracking program (Poker Copilot) is mostly just a more accurate PTR.

Solution: Short stack??

NOOOOOOOOO!

And yea BooG it felt pretty awesome. The day I get the comp will be one of the best days of my life, ldo.

1600$ for a computer??????? what was it gold plated. seriously , I built my Quad machine for about £400 or could have put a good gaming graphics card in for about £500 which translates at about $800.

Originally Posted by Keith_MM

1600$ for a computer??????? what was it gold plated. seriously , I built my Quad machine for about £400 or could have put a good gaming graphics card in for about £500 which translates at about $800.

It's a Macbook Pro for my gf. Well worth the price imo, given how long she has wanted it.

Ow that hurt. 500 hands, -3.5 buy-ins. Lost two stacks vs. villains w/combo draws that hit on the river, a few other smaller coolers and some bad play. I stopped before things got too bad.

Edit: 1000 hands, - 4.5 buyins. I got cold4bet from the BB w/KK otb. Guy had a 3bet% of 9 so it seemed he was aggressive. He obv has AA every time. He then proceeded to say it was an easy fold for me. I then proceeded to check his PTR and he's got 8K hands at 50NL, one his biggest pots won being a suckout w/KK when he called a 6bet allin preflop (as though someone 6bets w/QQ or AK) w KK>AA and when he called a 4bet OOP w/AJo. Sigh. Today, in total, I'm only down 3 buyins bc I was up 1.5 from this morning, but it still kinda sucks. One more session tonight, which is technically tomorrow morning.

I really don't want to whine here, and I don't need to. Standard negative variance .

So I'll talk about something that's very important: Goals. Here are some short term and long term ones.

This week: Play minimally, enough for Ironman but I'm moreso looking to get a lot of studying done this week.

This month: Clear a significant portion of $600 in bonus so I can finish it off next month, buy a PC and begin bonus whoring. I'm going to bonus whore because I cannot make Supernova on PokerStars this year, so I don't have any point in playing there.

This year: End the year with a 10K BR. This pretty much involves me playing 10K hands a week for the last 5 months and doing well at my stakes. ~3ptbb at 50 and 1.5 ptbbs at 100NL.

One year from today: Be a SuperNova on Pstars (assuming they DON'T change the VPP process for FR) and have a 20K BR.

nice, get it done!

Rather than complain about my All-in EV or something I'll post some good/bad hands.

Literally the first hand I was dealt today.

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

MP1 ($51.35)
MP2 ($51.85)
CO ($52.30)
Button ($79.45)
Hero (SB) ($50)
BB ($118.50)
UTG ($50)
UTG+1 ($64.60)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A
BB bets $1.50, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1.50, 4 folds, Hero raises to $7, BB calls $5.50, UTG+1 calls $5.50

Flop: ($21.25) 7, 10, J (3 players)
Hero bets $15, 1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $57.60 (All-In), Hero calls $28 (All-In)

Turn: ($107.25) 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($107.25) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $107.25 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had A, A (one pair, Aces).
UTG+1 had 9, J (two pair, Jacks and nines).
Outcome: UTG+1 won $104.25

I won this hand but I dunno about the turn call. I don't remember villain but I think he was your typical bad reg. Preflop is annoying too I guess. I usually just 3bet here but calling should be ok.

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

UTG+1 ($10)
MP1 ($30.15)
MP2 ($18.25)
CO ($10)
Button ($54.20)
SB ($41.85)
FlAvAFlaaaav (BB) ($50)
UTG ($45.55)

Preflop: FlAvAFlaaaav is BB with K, Q
UTG calls $0.50, 4 folds, Button bets $2.50, 1 fold, FlAvAFlaaaav calls $2, UTG calls $2

Flop: ($7.75) 3, 10, K (3 players)
FlAvAFlaaaav checks, UTG checks, Button bets $5, FlAvAFlaaaav calls $5, 1 fold

Turn: ($17.75) 9 (2 players)
FlAvAFlaaaav checks, Button bets $8, FlAvAFlaaaav calls $8

River: ($33.75) 6 (2 players)
FlAvAFlaaaav checks, Button checks

Total pot: $33.75 | Rake: $1.65

This was one weirdly played. No reads. I forgot to convert it correctly, but villain had AcJc.

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

UTG ($45.45)
UTG+1 ($7.60)
MP1 ($9.50)
MP2 ($19.45)
CO ($84)
Button ($8.50)
SB ($10)
Hero (BB) ($56.75)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, K
3 folds, MP2 bets $2, 3 folds, Hero calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.25) 6, 5, K (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $3, Hero calls $3

Turn: ($10.25) K (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $7, Hero raises to $15, MP2 calls $7.45 (All-In)

River: ($39.15) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $39.15 | Rake: $1.95

This guy was my hero. Could never fold top pair, any kicker.

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

UTG+1 ($51.35)
MP1 ($51.85)
MP2 ($25)
MP3 ($50.70)
CO ($79.20)
Hero (Button) ($50)
SB ($111)
BB ($50)
UTG ($118.85)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 2, 2
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.50, 1 fold, MP2 checks, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.50, 1 fold, BB checks

Flop: ($2.25) 10, 2, 5 (4 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 bets $2.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.25, 1 fold

Turn: ($6.75) 5 (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $6.75, Hero raises to $22, UTG+1 raises to $37.25, Hero raises to $47.25 (All-In), UTG+1 calls $10

River: ($101.25) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $101.25 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had 2, 2 (full house, twos over fives).
UTG+1 had Q, 10 (two pair, tens and fives).
Outcome: Hero won $98.25

and about six hands later...

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

UTG+1 ($96.75)
MP1 ($52.65)
MP2 ($11.50)
MP3 ($49.95)
CO ($80.70)
Hero (Button) ($97.50)
SB ($108.30)
BB ($54.80)
UTG ($72.40)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7, 7
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.50, 4 folds, Hero bets $2.25, SB calls $2, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1.75

Flop: ($7.25) Q, 3, 7 (3 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $5, SB calls $5, UTG+1 raises to $27.25, Hero calls $22.25, 1 fold

Turn: ($66.75) Q (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $67.25 (All-In), Hero calls $67.25

River: ($201.25) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $201.25 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had 7, 7 (full house, sevens over Queens).
UTG+1 had A, Q (three of a kind, Queens).
Outcome: Hero won $198.25

My largest pot EVA!!!! !!!!!!

I just looked at H1 quickly as I am about to eat dinner and you played it perfectly fine IMO. (hint, SPR is like 2 on flop :P)

I just looked at H1 quickly as I am eating dinner and I threw up my food. (hint, SPR is like 2 on flop Razz)

haha jk. Just stoppin it to show some love to the grind, because I couldn't stick it out anymore lol. Maybe some other time.

Illfavor I like your goals and the fact you know you have to study. Damn I wish I would balance my time playing with studying better. I tend to think I have limited time so I better get some hands in=Fail if no balanced with studying!

Harley it's a simple matter really. Just don't play as much . Next time you're going to play, look at your graph and realize that studying will make you more money in that hour or w/e than struggling at a game you recognize you should be able to beat!


So I was going to post a bad beat hand, but then thought "Well wtf good will that do? *delete*"

Discipline, friends.

How to tilt me: snap shove/5bet bluff w/AQ and win a race w/JJ.

I'm so sick of seeing graphs, people complaining about All-In EV and negative variance in general (and I don't just mean on FTR). Unless you're on a 50K+ hand/15+ buy-in, downswing I've never felt like there was much to complain about. I looked at a graph of my last seven days today. I saw that at one point I was down eight buy-ins in 2K hands. I never noticed this while playing at all, and continued to play as well as I could as a result. I had lost $400 in about 4 sessions of 50NL and had no effing clue. (that's about 1/4 of what I have online currently)

It's pretty much that easy guys. Just don't look at the goddamn graphs unless you're studying, in which case it still isn't important.

Study well, play well! (those are listed in order of importance, imo)

Poker is going well. I am focused. I am playing with thought. I am not being results oriented in the least. My online bankroll is $2100 (after withdrawing down to 1600 two weeks ago) and I have nearly $1200 of real life money that I am being refunded in various ways that I happily get to return to my BR. Once that's in I will probably purchase my PC before I clear the $600 bonus fully just in case my Macbook craps out before the end of August. I should be back at 100NL by mid August if everything goes mostly okay.

Originally Posted by Illfavor

I'm so sick of seeing graphs, people complaining about All-In EV and negative variance in general (and I don't just mean on FTR). Unless you're on a 50K+ hand/15+ buy-in, downswing I've never felt like there was much to complain about. I looked at a graph of my last seven days today. I saw that at one point I was down eight buy-ins in 2K hands. I never noticed this while playing at all, and continued to play as well as I could as a result. I had lost $400 in about 4 sessions of 50NL and had no effing clue. (that's about 1/4 of what I have online currently)

It's pretty much that easy guys. Just don't look at the goddamn graphs unless you're studying, in which case it still isn't important.

Study well, play well! (those are listed in order of importance, imo)

21 buyins behind this month dude. At a mix of 50nl and 100nl. Barely in the black for the month with this shit going on...

Daven, I guess I just have the benefit of not having a tracking program that tells that specific information. I've had huge stretches of BE poker in my career and nothing else to blame but myself, so when I see people talking about AIEV all the time I can't possible understand how it would benefit them that much as a player.

I was really just saying this http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...nt-t87577.html before you said it

damn looking solid ill

Thanks AFChung.

Took second in a $4.40 180 man Donkament. Played pretty meh HU and stationed off a lot of chips then got it all-in as a 5-1 favorite and lost, which was interesting because I was completely indifferent to the bad beat. I just didn't care. Thanks to M2M for helping once I got to the FT! These tournies are LOLeasy to cash, but they take so much time I'm not sure how worthwhile they are for me. But I'll take the $140 BR boost w/o complaining. They kinda seems like a super easy way for someone with ~$600 roll to make a lot of money if they have the time!

I have like $180 on Stars and $2100 on FTP and ~$1100 irl money that's get getting returned to me from the computer purchase, so the BR is looking alright. As long as it's 7x what it is a year from now I'll be happy

Quick update:

I'm playing lots of HU, watching the pr1nnyraiding series on DC (it's amazing) and seeing immediate results in my FR play.

LOL @ DIS MORNINGZ. Ran bad, played well, gotta grind a lil' moar.

hey we are like the run baddest yet most earningest because skillz own

play goot = ownage!

Played 2K hands of 50NL FR and got kicked around by the deck.

Played 300 hands of HU and played bad + coolered nicely.

Player 500 hands of 100NL FR and made it all back, and then some.

I'm playing about 4-1hr sessions every day now, and it feels good.

play moar 100nl imo

Folding to $10,000

Goals:
-Have a $10K combined bankroll (FTP and Stars) by December 1, 2009.
-Play 30K hands a month now that school has started.
-Continue getting better while playing at 100NL.
-Once I hit $5K, focus much more heavily on HU play.
-Starting BR: $3900
-Stakes: 50NL HU/FR, 100NL HU/FR
-Tools: Soon to have HEM, PCp and teh IRCz.
-Also, make this blog more audience friendly. Maybe make it actually interesting?

HERE I GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!111z

I'm still interested.

gogogo

Highlights from my latest HU session:

Villain is a maniac who overbet shoves all button minraises. Exploitable? Mayyyyyyybe...
$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
2 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
SB Hero ($99.45)
BB LongshotLar ($21.25)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Hero is SB
Hero raises to $1, LongshotLar goes all-in $21.25, Hero calls $20.25

Flop: ($42.50, 2 players)

Turn: ($42.50, 2 players)

River: ($42.50, 2 players)

Final Pot: $42.50
LongshotLar shows:
Hero shows:

LongshotLar wins $42 ( won +$20.75 )
Hero lost -$21.25

Same guy

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
2 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
SB LongshotLar ($45.85)
BB Hero ($73.85)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Hero is BB
LongshotLar calls $0.25, Hero checks

Flop: ($1, 2 players)
Hero bets $1, LongshotLar goes all-in $45.35, Hero calls $44.35

Turn: ($91.70, 2 players)

River: ($91.70, 2 players)

Final Pot: $91.70
LongshotLar shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $91.20 ( won +$45.35 )
LongshotLar lost -$45.85

Same guy

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
2 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
SB LongshotLar ($37.80)
BB Hero ($119.90)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Hero is BB
LongshotLar calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1.50, LongshotLar calls $1

Flop: ($3, 2 players)
Hero checks, LongshotLar bets $3, Hero calls $3

Turn: ($9, 2 players)
Hero checks, LongshotLar bets $9, Hero raises to $18, LongshotLar goes all-in $33.30, Hero calls $15.30

River: ($75.60, 2 players)

Final Pot: $75.60
LongshotLar shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $75.10 ( won +$37.30 )
LongshotLar lost -$37.80

Same guy

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
2 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
SB Hero ($109.15)
BB LongshotLar ($49.20)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Hero is SB
Hero calls $0.25, LongshotLar raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($3, 2 players)
LongshotLar checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($3, 2 players)
LongshotLar bets $3, Hero calls $3

River: ($9, 2 players)
LongshotLar bets $9, Hero calls $9

Final Pot: $27
LongshotLar shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $26.50 ( won +$13 )
LongshotLar lost -$13.50

Other guy who I wasn't sure how he played his draws, so I included them in his range.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
2 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
SB Hero ($55.35)
BB WT_greer ($21.35)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Hero is SB
Hero raises to $1, WT_greer calls $0.50

Flop: ($2, 2 players)
WT_greer bets $0.50, Hero raises to $1.50, WT_greer calls $1

Turn: ($5, 2 players)
WT_greer bets $2, Hero raises to $7, WT_greer calls $5

River: ($19, 2 players)
WT_greer checks, Hero bets $15, WT_greer goes all-in $11.85

Final Pot: $42.70
WT_greer shows:
Hero shows:

WT_greer wins $42.20 ( won +$20.85 )
Hero wins $3.15 ( lost -$21.35 )

Flop raise in that last hand is pretty meh. I'd later come to find out that I was smoked by his donking range. He was this LAG type who c/f all air and minbet all pairs. Pretty much the easiest villain to play against I have ever encountered.

Just doing some operation window shopping.....looks like you're cooking pretty good.
Those hu hands are crazy........
Are you steady at 100nl now? Or just testing the waters?

Nah I'm still kinda bouncing back and forth between 50/100 while I earn this bonus 12-tabling.

Hey Ill,

For what we talked about before, I posted two hands in my operation that I thought were similar....one went well the other didnt. I deleted the results.
I'd like to know what you think about how they are different...

Hai hata! I'm back, just droppin in so I can start getting emailz for all you d-bag's op's and whatnot. I'll be hittin up teh IRCaments probs monday.

Nice work with the blog/BR/poker/etc! Everyone's so far ahead now... *cries*
*wipes tears since Marine's don't show weakness*
*turns on BOOMHEADSHOT FROM 500 YARDS switch*
*gets to 200nl before Illfavor*

But seriously, I need to get on the grind again, SOON! lol Ive been fiending for teh pokeraments for 92 days.

Shall we prop? I'm moving up at $10k, and my current BR is $4k. If you can do it before December, you'll probably beat me. School's started and I can't really play many hands a day anymore.

Some short goals:

-Clear my $200 in "Biggest Bonus Ever" from FTP at 50NL FR the next two weeks.
-After that, split my time evenly between 50NL HU and 100NLFR.
-After around 10K hands of each, gauge my growth and more than likely play predominantly 50NLHU for 50K hands or so. If by the time I am done I have reached a>5K BR, consider moving up.

Just played my worst session in like 3 months. Lost two buyins through just shit play. I think I was literally on software tilt the entire time bc FTP was freezing and Poker Copilot was fucked up. I'm going to go meditate and do some other things, then come back later for some FR.

Just spent the last 4 hours playing the worst player in the history of poker. I of course ended down 4 buy-ins.

Fuck this game.

^^^^what a whiny bitch ITT ^^^^

You stamped out of the IRC like a whiny bitch imo.

Originally Posted by BooG690

You stamped out of the IRC like a whiny bitch imo.

Yea I'm inclined to agree.

I pretty much only have 90 minutes a day Mon.-Thurs. to play poker. I've decided to focus solely on HU after I clear the last half of this bonus in the next three days. I have the buy-ins to play terrible and learn at 50NLHU, because I want to be one of the best at this.

Like, I really want to be one of the best HU players on FTR. It will take a lot of work, and I'll need a lot of luck and help, but I'm willing to take my lumps in order to be great at this game.

*Edit*: I am 100% serious about this. I hope a change in attitude becomes evident. I want to do this.

GL dude! I, too would like to learn HU, but the roll is still a lil short to be playing yet. I'll start playing some sessions there at probs 3k+.

BR somewhere around $4500 I think. Played tired but ran hot. I probably have another week of 12 tabling to clear this shit, but I'll get it done. HU is on its way, niggaaaassss!

Had a nifty 3 buyin day (1.5HU and FR each). I beat 50NL FR for 4ptbbs in August, but dropped 10buyins HU. I'm pretty much extremely spewy HU currently, which sucks, but I'm working to change that. So much of it is just waiting for the cards to fall your way and I just get impatient 300 hands in and I'm down a stack to the loose idiot who c/r's bottom pair and I can't hit anything. Anyhoo, life is good. HU is fun and interesting, and FR is mind-bogglingly slow and easy.

HU variance is something I'm learning to deal with. I have a tiny sample size, but so far the format is kicking my ass. Being down 7 buyins in 5K hands really doesn't mean anything but I'm mostly positive I'm playing terribly too. I think it's time for some intensive HH review later today.

I just played a HU "regular" for like 100 hands. He flopped quads twice in 3bet pots and I just went ballistic. Only lost those two buyins but omfgwtfquads. He was super aggressive and I just waited for my spots and when I picked them he had quads so I couldn't do much. His style was unbelievable exploitable assuming I ever get hands/flop good spots. I also only flopped top pair once in those 100 hands (he had quads)

But we're not talkin' jyms-level tilt here.

Originally Posted by Illfavor

But we're not talkin' jyms-level tilt here.

really what does this accomplish? nothing positive that I can think of.

It's understandable now that I seem to have become some running joke in IRC. Unfortunately most of the IRC micro donk regs think they are moving forward and learning something by being there but what they are learning is how to waste a ton of time and think they are getting better. Most, I said most, IRC regs have been there for long enough that if they could have any honest thoughts within themselves they would see that they are just part of a clique with intentions of bringing others down and not really helping themselves. I am perfectly fine with them all taking there shots but I just want you guys to know, I do see them. Don't ever think I forget, and keep your head up.

I would also like to say with my mod powers I could delete any of these posts oir threads at any time and they would never be seen again, not even by the admins. There is no restore button.

jyms,

There was a more lengthy apology here, but after further thought, my reactions are more mixed. You threatening my threads with deletion doesn't really mean anything. If you think that's appropriate then that's fine, but we can bring it up with someone else if need be. If you want to go and delete threads where people said something derisive about yourself, then go ahead and do it, but realistically you doing such a thing would be an egregious abuse of power, and really the suggestion of it really doesn't correspond to my image of a person given such authority. While I acknowledge that what I said was wrong, and the inappropriate way to treat another human being, you did very little suggest that it was an inaccurate qualification. Do whatever you need to in order to feel comfortable with this situation. I'd like for this to not get too out of line and lead to any serious consequences here in this great internet poker community.

I was just pointing out a fact. I have no intention of deleting any threads, I haven't in the past nor in the future. I just figured I would let you know that I could. You guys may continue with your little soap opera that is the IRC and all have a little laugh, but do us a favor and keep your grade 5 childish games out of FTR and stick to what you are trying to do and that is to get better and fold to $10K. Last I checked I never spoke in this thread but I sure as hell noticed my name dropped in a reference meant to cause a stir. If you didn't want to play the game then don't.

gl jyms.