***SUPAR OFFISHAWL DRANGER IS AWESOME BLOG***

Title catchy enough for ya?

Anyways, hello good sirs (and ladies) of the Flop Turn and River poker forum. Has been a coon's age since I have made one of these figured it is about time in light of recent events.

Recent History:
Black Friday was a mess, lost $1.1-$1.7k (been too long I forgot how much exactly) on FTP. Since then haven't played much until the last 2 months or so. Deposited $50 onto the Merge Network (best option available, etc) in November/December I believe. Purchased PT3 since HEM2 is the aids and wouldnt let me purchase HEM1 at the time, and to date have brought said roll up to the quaint amount of $270.

Goals/Objectives of this Blog:
1.) Play on average 14 hours a week. This is only 2 hours a day so should be fucking cake, but I'm a lazy bitch. C'est levie.

2.) Post a fucking MINIMUM of 3 hands a week in here. I haven't posted a hand since the 80's so this should at least get me going. 3 hands a week out of 14 hours a week should be fucking simple. DO IT GOD DAMMIT.

3.) Will post monthly graphs and probably give periodic updates on how the grind is going.

4.) Will use this as my ranting, raving thread from time to time, deal with it.

5.) Will also use this as my personal life tracker blog thing. More on this to come.

Poker Goals, Bankroll Requirements:
- My goals for poker are pretty simple. Move up stakes at a leisurely pace, learn as much as possible and enjoy the process. While I'll try to keep strict limits on the minimum of how much I need to play, there will be no ceiling and it is subject to change based on illness, etc.
- More specifically, I'll be playing at 4nl FR despite being massively overrolled for it until I have 10,000 hands there at FR(hopefully by the end of this month, unlikely though. After that take a long shot at 10nl, etc.

Bankroll Shizz:
- Nothing too specific here, just some basic guidelines.
- Minimum of 20 BIs before your first shot at a limit.
- 5 BI shots maximum w/ said 20 BIs.
- Move down as you see fit, don't be tied to one limit because 'that's what I'm rolled for.' If the games are bad that day, mix tables or move down. Make +EV decisions for yourself.

Personal Goals:
NUMBER FUCKING 1.) Stop drinking pop. Seriously, its turning you into a fat shit. Also, stop snacking all fucking day then eating two dinners.

2.) Lose 30lbs this year. Pretty ambitious, but I've beefed up pretty good in the last year. I am 6'3" roughly 210-215lbs, used to a walking around weight of 185. This is the goal I will be aspiring to hit.

3.) Work and school take priority over poker. Every time. Bear this in mind when you go back to school this fall for the first time in 3 years.

I'm sure I will think of more to add to these goals, but will do so in thread and maybe update these lists, make it more presentable, etc as time goes on.

Gl me!

Mega start! im in for the ride. GL n shit!

Good luck with your OP DRANGER

Originally Posted by dranger7070

stop snacking all fucking day then eating two dinners.

This. I porked out till I reached 243 and all of a sudden was wondering why my feet didn't get wet when I took a shower.

Looking forward to frequent and classic dranger updates.... no big deal.

Superbowl party had to bail. Was already high and drunk that day. Bikes knows of this.

@stargrinder: lolololol NO BIG DEAL THO

Originally Posted by dranger7070

Personal Goals:
NUMBER FUCKING 1.) Stop drinking pop. Seriously, its turning you into a fat shit. Also, stop snacking all fucking day then eating two dinners.

2.) Lose 30lbs this year. Pretty ambitious, but I've beefed up pretty good in the last year. I am 6'3" roughly 210-215lbs, used to a walking around weight of 185. This is the goal I will be aspiring to hit.

3.) Work and school take priority over poker. Every time. Bear this in mind when you go back to school this fall for the first time in 3 years.

Gl me!

good luck you, hope it all goes great

Originally Posted by dranger7070

Personal Goals:
NUMBER FUCKING 1.) Watch the fucking Big Lebowski!

2.) Lose 30lbs this year. Pretty ambitious, but I've beefed up pretty good in the last year. I am 6'3" roughly 210-215lbs, used to a walking around weight of 185. This is the goal I will be aspiring to hit.

3.) Work and school take priority over poker. Every time. Bear this in mind when you go back to school this fall for the first time in 3 years.

I'm sure I will think of more to add to these goals, but will do so in thread and maybe update these lists, make it more presentable, etc as time goes on.

Gl me!

fyp

ok, so if you haven't watched the big lebowski then watching your diet has to fall to 1b on your list, at least until you fix this life omission

ps, the thread looks naked without the posts from bikes! (+d0zer, + etc?!)

good luck dranger! hope you crush it!

...don't know what d0zer's talking aboot up there ^^^ DAVEN IN DA HOUSE!

@ dranger when are you going to start posting those bc hands? looking forward to your stats review after 10k, how many tables you planning?

Originally Posted by d0zer

good luck dranger! hope you crush it!

...don't know what d0zer's talking aboot up there ^^^ DAVEN IN DA HOUSE!

man if you and i were different people this would confuse the hell out of FTR even more than it already does! hell, almost as confusing as if easypoker suddenly turned up again and started posting, oh, that's right...

herro and good ruck

Originally Posted by daven

@ dranger when are you going to start posting those bc hands? looking forward to your stats review after 10k, how many tables you planning?

I'll post them by Saturday every week at minimum. Probably will just stick to the minimum 3 a week for a week (or 4) until I get back into the swing of things.

I'm playing 4-6 at a time, usually 6 so it's probably going to take a bit for me to get to 10k. If I stick to my schedule of 14 hours a week minimum, I'll post my first one in ~2 weeks.

Just finished a very satisfying 4 tabling session. Tables FILLED w/ spewtarded morans that wanted to donate to the dranger Fund.

Think I'm going to start doing one session 6 tabling (afternoon/evening sessions, possibly 8 on Friday thru Sunday for weekend warriors) and 4 tabling an hour long session in the am. Got to take a TON of notes on the reg feeshes (lol regs at 4nl amirite) and was able to follow action VERY easily on all tables. I struggle with this on occasion w/ 6+, something I need to work on.

As a result, tagged 4 or 5 hands for review so will def meet the 'quota' this week.

Alright, so I haven't played a hand of poker in 5 days. Reason being....

I'M GOING TO A FATHER!!!1!!1!!!!1!!!

A girl I seen off an on last fall called me the other night at work and informed me of the impending birth of my first child in 4 months. I've been at her place talking to her about what we're going to do, etc. I've also been celebrating with friends, breaking the news to my family, and spending my hours contemplating what I have to do to prepare for this massive life changing event. It's insane how protective of her and the little one growing in her I am already.

Needless to say, I'm scared, excited, depressed, ecstatic, etc all rolled into one and I've been an emotional ball of gay the last 5 days. Feels like one day I'm bursting with pride an excitement the next I'm crying my eyes out due to fear and anxiety over the massive changes that are imminent.

The girl in question and myself have agreed we're going to keep the baby and are going to try to have a relationship for the baby's sake. Spent the last few days with her and I don't think it will be too much of a problem. She's really pretty (awesome for my own personal happiness) and seems to find me attractive for whatever reason and her personality isn't wtf (yet).

Not sure how much I'm going to be able to play poker in the next week or two, but I'll keep this updated as new information comes along.

Congratulations, that is big news indeed. Hope all works out well for you.

congrats on the fatherhood,kids bring a whole new dimension to your life. it doesn't seem long since my eldest was born but he started school in september . you are in the elation stage at he moment , but first 6 months are pretty tough,they eat shit and cry and your sleep schedules will get all out of whack, leading to tiredness and crankiness.We were lucky in that ours pretty much slept through the night from fairly early on , but you always hear the horror stories of the kids that don't .
Make sure you make a real effort in the next couple of months to actually sort out a relationship with the mother as once the kid comes along and the tiredness sets in ,without a strong relationship to fall back on it will be easy to get into arguments and resentment. Babies seem to have an inate ability to cry and make life difficult when theres stress or tension around them.

I'm more than willing to have a relationship with her. If it ends up not happening, it's because it was her choice not to. I'm a product of a broken home and I remember what it was like as a kid not knowing what it was like not knowing where my dad was and wondering if he cared about me. I will never do that to any child of mine.

holy fucking shit dranger's gunna be a daddy!

Good luck dude, good to see you doing the right thing -- if you ever need to talk/vent about baby shit, hit me up on skype

You know I will buddy! Thanks for the vote of support!

I remember what it was like as a kid not knowing what it was like not knowing where my dad was and wondering if he cared about me. I will never do that to any child of mine.

Good attitude^

you'll need a lot of f'n patience the first while but the time really goes fast just remember that. The time where they wake up every 2 hours seems like it lasts years but its a snapshot in your life only...

Goodluck

well this blog too an unexpected direction. knew it would be fun.

exciting stuff bro

Originally Posted by d0zer

Good luck dude, good to see you doing the right thing -- if you ever need to talk/vent about baby shit, hit me up on skype

inb4 dranger's next post:
'is battle sex ok when she's 5 months pregnant?'

Fkn better be.

Congratulations sir. I have money on Merge, PM/email me if you want some of it for irl swapz.

Alright so, fucking crazy shit been going on lately.

Found out about 10 days ago I was going to be a dad. 2 days later stepdad's mom goes into the hospital (she's been in and out for the past 2 years), passes away 2 days after that. Get sick with the flu the next day, get out over that the same day of the funeral, come down with a cold the next day. Found out that day that the baby probably isn't going to make it full term due to some complications in the pregnancy. Found out an hour ago she's been rushed to the hospital with labor pains, and in all likelihood will lose the baby tonight. I won't be able to make it up to see her til tomorrow morning due to work. What. A. Fucking. Week. (and a half)

Sorry I've lost track of the blog already and when I get posting again I'll have new goals anyways (loldrangeraments). Stay tuned.

holy effing shit dude, that's a lot to go through in a short time. Mojo sent. Drive over the border -- I'll help you forget all about it

Just got word from her mom. She lost it. Excuse me while I crawl into a hole and die for a couple days.

Much love d0zer

crazy fortnight dude. best with everything.

Ah Shit. Tough times dude, tough times.

I guess at least things can't get any worse.

Alright, got that shit behind me for now. Time to get this thang back on track. I'm heading in a new direction with my poker playing (surprise, surprise). FR just really really bores me now and I spew like a fucking monkey at 6max. That leaves the only other game I've dabbled in (other than plo):

HUSNGs!

I'd like to average 10 a day for the first month. I'll be playing the $6 turbos on Merge. Bikes has a decent bit of experience in these so I'm taking on multiple coaching sessions from him in the coming months.

Pretty rough getting started out, tho today has been much better. I've had some runbad, but I've also tilted/meh fuck it'd more than a couple games away.

I'll probably switch to reg speeds when I move up. They don't have them below the $10.50s (wtf?). I prefer reg speeds because I suck at end game and would rather stack the faggot at 15/30 blinds instead of shove-festing at 50/100.

So yeeaahhhhh. I'll post the occasional hand, dunno if I'll have a set goal per week or anything because thats going to be doomed to fail. I have a few resources at my disposal already and I will make goals on what I plan to learn and comment on how that's going. Will probably also have my uber tilted days where I rant and rave, so stay tuned!

March Goals:
[ ] 250 games
[ ] download Universal Replayer and replay at least 1 game from a previous day before starting session.
[ ] Watch some DC videos using my free week.
[ ] finish reading mers' (HUSNG instructor) free ebook, then do it again.

Edumacation Gawls:
[ ] End Game. Learn It. Live it. Love it.
[ ] Overbetting.and.underbetting.
[ ] minraise/calling vs mr/folding vs open shove, vs open folding
[ ] adjusting to different player types (this goes along w/ pretty much everything, but definitely needs to be included)

Originally Posted by dranger7070

Alright, got that shit behind me for now.

Thank God it's behind you because you're not remotely ready to be a Dad. I hope you learned a lesson and wear a fuckin rubber next time. Now, go play pokerz.

maybe I didnt mention it itt, but I wore 'a fucking rubber.' Shit happens, bro. =/

What I listen to when I play:

RainyMood.com: Rain makes everything better.

Fuck. Just had a good sized couple paragraphs typed up and somehow closed the window on accident.

In short:
- Playing lots of games, 53 so far on the month. Should smoke my 250 game goal.
- Have been reviewing some games on Universal Hand Replayer. This program is awesome for SNG/Tournament use.
- Have been tilting a bit due to some run bad, but I take a break after the match I started tilting. Get a glass of water, stretch, play with dogs and then get right back on the horse and maintain taking notes on every villain.

In short, pretty happy with the way things are going despite losing my ass. Can only get better!

Headed to bed, then dinner with Pops. Goals for this weekend (no work, don't feel like going out) are 50 games, review at least 5 games. Take notes and adjust ldo.

Played 34 games from Friday thru this morning at 2am. Really not feeling it today. Very tired and have a headache/upset stomach/etc. So probably not going to be able to round out the 50. Pretty pleased w/ my production the last two days though. Definitely think I could get it done if I forced myself to do it today, but I'm pretty sure that would ensure me playing my F- game.

I haven't reviewed any games yet this weekend, so I'll review some after I wake up from my nap.

Starting this week (monday), I'm going to make Monday and Tuesday my light playing/heavy study days and then slowly ramp up the # of games I play Wednesday thru Sunday, peaking on Friday and Saturday. This is mostly due to weekend warriors (god bless them) and to help me avoid burnout. Also gives me some structure so I HAVE to review my games instead of 'naw dawg, just running bad.'

I suck at poker, and therefore should study. A lot. On that note, bikes will be coaching me pretty consistently over the next two months. Pretty excited about that, since he's going to rip my HU game apart. This will hopefully allow me to get to the $50s/$100s by the end of the year. Which would be fkn AWESOME.