Supernova 2010

Originally Posted by BankItDrew

Update:

I'm a level 47 on Call of Duty MW2.

I lol'd

fuck i love this man

should go for the 1.25million vpp milestone imo

I got back on the grind today...

PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha, $0.02 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($1.19)
Button ($4.61)
SB ($0.45)
BB ($1.76)
Hero (UTG) ($3.47)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9, K, Q, K
Hero bets $0.07, MP calls $0.07, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.17) 10, A, Q (2 players)
Hero bets $0.10, MP calls $0.10

Turn: ($0.37) J (2 players)
Hero bets $0.10, MP raises to $0.67, Hero calls $0.57

River: ($1.71) J (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks

Total pot: $1.71 | Rake: $0.05

HAHAHAHAH amazing

$1.66 is definitely better than level 42 in MW2. nh sir.

SNE yet?

Originally Posted by KillsAids

Goldstar yet?

FYP

i'm playing 75k hands a week these days. Should i move to stars and take over your account/the action on your sne prop bet?

Update:

So I've played three times this week, in this new month. It's going really well thus far, only like 12k hands but I'm up about 10 buy-ins. I took about 3 weeks off before this and I really regret it. I felt extremely lazy and unproductive. It's not like I went to Vegas or Niagara Falls or had a bunch of shit to do, no. Instead, I bought COD MW2 (as you already know) and am a level 57, began watching Lost and now at S.2 E.10, and have just been fucking the dog.

As far as SNE 2010 goes, maybe when I'm playing 400nl I will be grinding my ass off again... as if I ever was lol! Hopefully I'll be at 400nl soon, as I'll take a shot when my roll is where I want it to be. I took out a few big withdrawals recently so the path to 100 buy-ins is a slow one; $2500 for my car and $2000 for a theatre system for Lost and COD.

I came across one of my favorite posts in any poker forum recently. It's by a poster named MalkasGambit from 2+2. I strongly recommend that everyone takes a glance.

I haven't written a blog on here in quite a while. Over the past year, I've been going through one of the worst downswings of my poker career, and truthfully its just not as fun to blog when you don't have pleasant things to write about. Its been a combination of many things that contributed to my downswing: I lost a ton of money in backing, I took some shots at higher stakes($25/50, $50/100) games that weren't successful, I displayed poor bankroll management in sports betting(betting up to $5000 per game when I clearly shouldn't be), and quite frankly I've run like complete **** this entire past year.

But I'm not writing this blog to complain, and I'm sure as hell not writing it to gather sympathy. Rather, I want to share with everyone how I deal with running badly because I think it may be my biggest strength as a poker player, and its something I routinely see people do horribly wrong. In addition writing this out will only serve as more motivation for me as I try to right the ship.

I've played professionally for six years now, and over that time I've had quite a few close poker friends. And at one time or another, each of them has run worse than they ever thought imaginable and come to me for advice. I always try to give my best advice, but I feel as if it constantly rings hollow when someone who is not running poorly tries to counsel someone who is. The person who is running poorly begins to buy into the absurd notion that the one giving the advice has never experienced such a downswing and, therefore, probably can't truly relate. Therefore, I'd like to take this opportunity to demonstrate that to be false. I am indeed going through one of those times right now, yet I'm going to practice what I preach.

Let me start off with a quick confession: If you've ever come to me whining or complaining about running bad, I probably tried to cheer you up or make you feel better. However, what I was really thinking the entire time you complained to me was how big of a ****ing idiot you are. I probably knew you were in a bad mood and wouldn't take kindly to hearing my true thoughts, so I kept them to myself. But now that I'm the one going through it, I really don't care about holding back. Variance is the lifeblood of poker. Its what keeps the fish coming back. Its what enables us to do what we do for a living. To curse variance the second it turns against you is shortsighted and ignorant. To allow it to affect your game or your work ethic is just beyond stupid. If you're running badly right now, you probably don't want to hear this; You'd probably rather continue to buy into the myth that you're simply unluckier than everyone else because that provides a bit of temporary satisfaction to the masses of idiots who misunderstand the fundamental concepts of variance in poker. However, I think that if you honestly read and consider what I have to say then you'll admit I speak the truth.

I just got back from a vacation home to Maryland to see family and then to New York for a wedding. Plane tickets, rental car, a new suit for the wedding, wedding gifts, hotel stay, nights out with friends, and a bunch of other stuff ended up costing me over $4000. And when I got back and examined my finances, I realized that I was now getting dangerously close to no longer being able to live the lifestyle I've grown accustomed to(some lower stakes players may find it silly that I "need" to spend as much as I do, but imo if you're willing to work for it then you deserve to enjoy the benefits). So I started back grinding by 18-tabling plo8/nlo8 and trying to put in close a minimum of 5000 hands per day. The results sucked. I ran worse and worse despite my increased efforts. And now I find myself right on the brink of having to either make money immediately or cut back on some of my spending habits. I'm choosing to do the former. I'm confident that I can make that choice because I've done it before- My first blogs on this site detailed how I turned $3000 into $80,000 in just over 4 months, and I did it without ever playing over my bankroll(the lone exception being the very beginning when I played live $1/2 NL with only $3000. However, live $1/2 is so ridiculously soft and I played such a safe style that even with only 15 buy-ins I still felt completely comfortable). The method is actually ridiculous simple, but sticking to it seems to be difficult for most. Here it is:



1. Find a poker game that you can beat consistently(this is obviously the tough part, and this blog is aimed mainly at those who have already accomplished this)

2. Make sure you're bankrolled properly for the game

3. Shut up about running badly because honestly nobody cares. Man the **** up, and just get over it. If you're following step #2 then no downswing should ever truly matter.

4. Work your ass off

5. Profit



Thats it! Thats really all there is to it. I will note that many people seem to let negative variance affect their play, and if this is the case then you have to take a step back and double-check that you're still doing step #1. Otherwise, theres nothing else standing between you and your desired financial goals.

The truth of the matter is that people seem to want to find a way to avoid step #4. They see the stories about tournament winners and wonder why that can't be them. Or they focus on the superstars of the poker world who seem to be able to make ridiculous sums of money just by playing a few hands of ultra high stakes games, and they bemoan the fact that they weren't lucky enough to have been born with such natural ability. Or they do anything else to avoid the simple fact that if you are willing to work hard enough for it, then you will be successful enough to laugh if the face of variance. Yes, it is true that, just like in every other field, certain poker players seem to be very successful without putting in a ton of work. But those people make up less than 1% of the player pool. They're no different than the people born into money, the great athletes who seemed to have won the genetic lottery, or the worker who networked his way into a job he never deserved. And focusing on them is just a waste of our time. Not only that, but it causes us to lose sight of all of the blessings we do have as pro poker players. I can decide today that I "feel" like having a lot of money again, and if I put in the proper work then a few months down the road I'll have that money. 99.99% of the general population simply cannot do that. They work predetermined hours for a predetermined salary, and they don't have the option to simply work harder and make more money. Thats not something we should take for granted.

I own all of the DVDs of the TV show Entourage, and over the past few weeks my roommates and I have been watching it the entire way through. My favorite character on the show is by far Ari Gold. At first, it was simply his humor that drew me to him. However, I've also begun to greatly respect the way he goes about his job. He encounters negative variance that is not his fault all the time(for those who haven't watched the show, Ari is an agent and his main client often completely ignores his advice which has caused tremendous problems, as Ari is almost always correct). Yet each and every time, Ari finds himself in a tough spot due to something entirely not his fault he responds by simply working harder. No complaining, no excuses. Just a determination to be the very best. And as a result, hes the absolute best agent in Hollywood. Call me silly for getting inspiration from a fictional character, but I think its a pretty good example.

People are full of excuses for why they can't work hard. Some people will claim that money isn't the only thing so they don't see the reason to work so hard if it doesn't make them happy. Fair enough, I really can't argue with that. However, if thats your excuse, then don't let me ever hear you complain about variance again. If you want to enjoy your easy little life and not work that hard, then you forfeit your right to blame variance for any of your financial shortcomings. Stop blaming variance and realize that the reason you aren't as successful as you wish is due to your own personal decisions. Other people will point out that I'm single and don't know what its like to have to take care of a family while also playing poker for a living. Thats true, as I don't know what its like. However, I do know that you can communicate your financial goals with your family and that it doesn't take a ton of time to let them know that you care and love them each day. I mean, are you really trying to tell me that you just absolutely have to spend all the time you watching TV with your family? Is that really the quality bonding time that you just can't give up? I think that the truth is that people use that as yet another crutch to fall back on in order to explain their poor work ethic. Or yet another excuse I'll hear is that people can't play too many hands before falling off of their "A" game. To me, thats basically like saying "I'm not very mentally tough, and I'm just going to make excuses instead of working to improve on that." There are people in this world who would kill to have a job as easy as playing online poker. Or I've also seen people say that because they are in the middle of a downswing they need to take some time off. Yeah, I'm sure that not working is the solution to your problems.What you really need to do is toughen up and continue to put in the hours.

So there you have it. I'm going to work my ass off these next few months. I'm going to sacrifice doing many of the things I'd enjoy doing in favor of playing more and more poker. And I'm most definitely not going to complain about variance. When I get to where I financially want to be, maybe I'll take things easy again or maybe I'll create new and bigger goals to strive for. I'm not really sure yet. But I do know that I'm not happy where I'm at right now, and instead of making excuses I'm going to man up and work my way into a better position. Next time you find yourself in a downswing, realize that you need to make a decision: Do you want to make excuses and get sympathy from everyone or do you want to do what it takes to be as successful as you want? The choice really is yours, and you need to realize that doing the former is detrimental towards the latter.

Fucking amazing repost sir. Well worth the read.

well found post - i was about to post a deep cooler vs a maniac. Instead, I'm going to man the **** up and work harder - cheers dude

Wow.. just wow. That post is incredible, hats off for re-posting as it's something I (and I'm sure all the serious players on FTR) seriously need to do.

Update:

So I had my worst session today since I can remember. I've been using HEM for exactly one year now and I lost more money today than any other session in my database (7 BI) after 3150 hands. I was aiming for 4k hands but it was just getting ridiculous. I ran nearly 3 BI below EV, but I think I was just getting owned overall. I already admitted to playing bad and I think I know where I made mistakes but I'm still open to some advice. Here's the big hands that I lost:

Hand 1

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($409.50)
Hero (BB) ($271.25)
UTG ($52.70)
UTG+1 ($214.65)
MP1 ($200)
MP2 ($404.55)
CO ($184.35)
Button ($287.35)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, K
5 folds, Button bets $4, 1 fold, Hero raises $18, Button calls $16

Flop: ($41) 10, 6, J (2 players)
Hero bets $30, Button calls $30

Turn: ($101) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $68, Button calls $68

River: ($237) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $153.25 (All-In), Button calls $153.25

Total pot: $543.50
reg villain shows

hand 2

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($92.40)
UTG+1 ($40)
MP1 ($98.10)
MP2 ($40)
CO ($200)
Button ($210.50)
SB ($237)
Hero (BB) ($222.15)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, J
4 folds, CO bets $6, Button calls $6, 1 fold, Hero raises $24, 1 fold, Button raises $79, Hero raises $196.15 (All-In), Button calls $125.50 (All-In)

Flop: ($428) A, 5, 2 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($428) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($428) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $428

reg villain shows

hand 3

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($101)
UTG ($105)
UTG+1 ($241.90)
MP1 ($200)
MP2 ($304.95)
MP3 ($24.50)
Hero (CO) ($200)
Button ($200)
SB ($38)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 10, 10
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $2, 3 folds, Hero bets $10, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls $8

Flop: ($23) 9, 4, 3 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $14, UTG+1 raises $231.90 (All-In), Hero calls $176 (All-In)

Turn: ($403) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($403) J (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $403

villain donk shows

hand 4

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($324.10)
Button ($123.75)
Hero (SB) ($201)
BB ($60.95)
UTG ($54.35)
UTG+1 ($200)
MP1 ($44)
MP2 ($99.15)
MP3 ($37)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 8, 9
UTG calls $2, UTG+1 bets $6, 5 folds, Hero calls $5, 1 fold, UTG calls $4

Flop: ($20) 4, 8, J (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $10, UTG+1 calls $10, Hero raises $40, UTG calls $30, UTG+1 raises $60, Hero raises $155 (All-In), UTG calls $8.35 (All-In), UTG+1 calls $124 (All-In)

Turn: ($456.35) 7 (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: ($456.35) K (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $456.35

full stack donk shows and shorty shows


hand 5

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (4 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($293.05)
UTG ($121.85)
Hero (Button) ($284.65)
SB ($235)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6, A
UTG bets $8, Hero calls $8, 2 folds

Flop: ($19) 6, 3, 8 (2 players)
UTG bets $16, Hero calls $16

Turn: ($51) 9 (2 players)
UTG bets $18, Hero calls $18

River: ($87) K (2 players)
UTG bets $79.85 (All-In), Hero calls $79.85

Total pot: $246.70

whale villain shows

hand 6

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($31)
UTG ($37)
UTG+1 ($45.40)
Hero (MP1) ($215.90)
MP2 ($232.40)
CO ($70.05)
Button ($95.15)
SB ($69.15)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 9, 9
2 folds, Hero bets $8, 2 folds, Button raises $14, 2 folds, Hero calls $6

Flop: ($31) 9, 6, A (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $15, Hero raises $30, Button raises $66.15 (All-In), Hero calls $51.15

Turn: ($193.30) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($193.30) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $193.30

huge donkey villain shows

I lost a bunch of other 100bb pots but they are not really worth posting. Today sucks but I feel OK.

Originally Posted by BankItDrew

I took about 3 weeks off before this and I really regret it. I felt extremely lazy and unproductive.

almost exact same thing here...i kno the feeling -_-

need reads for these hands - HUD stats are fine
I thought we played a similar game for some reason, but maybe not. My comments are based on the games i play and my style = reg's perception of my style...

hand 1: i 3b smaller, but that's probably just a function of FTP's 3.5x standard due to bet pot button. Flop sizing is gross, way too big. Turn and river you turn your hand face up, nh villain.

hand 2: meh, squeeze is ok if you must - but I prefer polarising in this spot. I fold to the 4b, but shove QQ+/AK.

hand 3: wow, that's gross. Thing is though, his range is sets, overpairs, and 89/9T/34. meh, I probably play it the same vs an unknown

hand 4: pre-flop is marginal with utg shortstack. Flop is fine.

hand 5: I really don't get it, river is a fold

hand 6: nice hand

don't think we should be c-betting hand1 flap.

hand3 we need a pretty decent read to call that.

hand5 fold preflop, fold turn.

hand6 running out of interesting hands?

lol wtf who was it that called you down in H1?

(if you don't wanna mention it that's cool, maybe put x's and stuff in his name or give a hint? )

you can have 98s in your range so he should really just fold the turn, AJ, TT+,98s,JTo (not sure what your 3bet range is but just making an assumption) for sure outweigh the combos of diamond suited trash that you fire river with when u brick. In fact you could have Ad6d (or many other 6dXd hands) and be turning your hand into a bluff on the river, this guys call down is retarded - what was his timing on the river? (I'm guessing he just snapped it off trying to 'own your soul' when this call really just shows he's a monkey retard imo). Guess he just put you on AK. (As played on flop checking or betting depends on your reads)

H2 call

H3 meh, lots of factors go into this one, game flow, is he on tilt, etc. without any good read/reason for him to do this with a ton of worse I'd just fold - your price is terrrible

daven - I'll post hud reads next time.

dozer - Yup, ran out of big pot hands that I lost and were also interesting. I'm sure there were a few mid-size pots that were good but I didn't bother recording them this time.

M2M - Ya, he snapped it off on the river.

hand 1 probably give up the turn
hand 2 is ok, call pre sometimes
hand 3 is not good
hand 4 obv fold pre
hand 5 fooooooooooold pre
hand 6 c/c flop

Originally Posted by BankItDrew

daven - I'll post hud reads next time.

dozer - Yup, ran out of big pot hands that I lost and were also interesting. I'm sure there were a few mid-size pots that were good but I didn't bother recording them this time.

M2M - Ya, he snapped it off on the river.

lol stfu d**** AMIRIGHT

pretty sure it's time for an update, amirite?

LMFAO i just requested my hh for the last 24hours from pokerstars. apparently i played after the stripclub last night.

Update:

Last Saturday I lost my glasses so now I'm blind. Also, slept with someone that I wish I hadn't.

Tuesday I made a stripper cry, who took my money, then I got a black eye in the parking lot.

Yesterday I left hundreds of $ worth of sports memorabilia in the back of a cab. Due to this horrid week plus alcohol - I threw my blackberry and now it doesn't work.

Worst week of my life (excluding deaths and stuff like that).

What I learned: I'm never drinking again. I've recently been a raging alcoholic and I'm tired of this shit. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to get my ass in gear and dramatically turn things around.

Everything with the goals of this thread has been an epic failure except for the not smoking. I haven't bought a pack this year and I'm two weeks smoke free.

congrats for not smoking!


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Seriously though, gl with life sir.

I wonder how this thread will go when bikes moves in with you. Many lul's i bet. Cannot wait.

Originally Posted by sweetlemon69

i wonder how this thread will go when bikes moves in with you. Many lul's i bet. Cannot wait.

wat

bikes is movin to canadia with bot for a year.

Originally Posted by sweetlemon69

bikes is movin to canadia with bot for a year.

Since when and who is bikes?

Moving to Canada with a bot sounds sooooo sitcom

So I decided to open up PokerStars again today, being the 2nd time in like a month (the other time I was hammered as fuck). A small % of the reason why I've been reluctant is because I recently had my computer formatted and didn't bother to save my HH database. So, I got it up working again and am now trying to configure the HUD as per my liking. I'm posting a request for recommendations on your own personal HUD's. What are you viewing?

My default is:

Player name; # of hands
---new line---
VPIPP; PFR; 3Bet

??? then what?

Fuck databases, jsut spend $50 and buy a shitload of recent HH's to use for stats.


Also you need steal stats (positional awareness) fold BB to steal and probably fold to turn cbet.

get rid of 3bet %. Otherwise it's fine imo.

call preflop raise % is nice. flop cbet / fold to flop cbet I also have.

So I decided to get my ass in gear this week, after taking a month off. What did I do during that month? Play Call of Duty, watch LOST, and fuck the dog.

I started playing again on Tuesday and have put in 25k hands since then. I was actually break-even after the first 16k hands but I've been running like GOD himself since then, I am $2000 above EV, which is ridiculous. Put in 4k hands today and finished +11 buy-ins.

Also, I started going to the gym again, I haven't smoked for a month and haven't had a drink in two weeks. Cheers to not drinking on St. Patty's day nor the Lemonstravagenza this Friday.

Here's some pictures of this 'new game' I started playing:

Second winds are nice ehh?

nice graph

did you get a pet?

Yeah 2nd winds are nice. For me, and prolly most other people, this is how things go: If I take a bunch of time off, a month for instance, I fall off of my 'A' game. I think this is fairly standard across all sorts of professions. The problem with poker, is that every time this happens - I lose a bunch during my first session (which is what happened). So it's hard to get the motivation to play again when I'm a little confident of losing money for the first 10 hours or so, which delays my return even further, prolonging the problem.

Re pet: No, not yet. Wuf sold me on a Savannah but I've since then changed my mind. I'm thinking of getting fish instead.... I know, kinda lame. I just don't want the responsibility that comes with a pet outside of an aquarium.

get a gross lizard

Get rabbits obv.

As the 'husband' of a woman who works in animal education: If you can't take care of a cat or dog, just don't bother getting a pet.

You can't bond with a fucking lizard like you can a fellow mammal.

You ever met the motherfucking bird that lives downstairs? Birds are good for laying eggs and being eaten but not for living in the room next to the motherfucking computer mmmK?

rite. and fish are lame responsibilities.

Just get a fucking dog and find an off-leash dog park to go to. Fantastic chick magnet. You'll be laid in a week or two unless you go out of your way to fail.

Carroters wins the lolz, d0zer wins the common sense.

Originally Posted by d0zer

You ever met the motherfucking bird that lives downstairs?

Yes I have, and I motherfucking hate it. I chose to crash in that room instead of listening to one of the other guys snore. 8am I motherfucking wake my ass up to that god damned bird squawking like it was being beaten. I nearly did just that.

drew feed it a nacho. quiets him.

I'm waiting for the day ge00fish tilt strangles that fucking bird.

I haven't slept for 22 hours now and am going to try and stay up as late as possible and thus canceled my gym session today. All in an attempt to get to sleep at a reasonable hour tonight.

sweet update bra

ship me your aim or msn please. need ask you a few questions

Originally Posted by BankItDrew

I haven't slept for 22 hours now and am going to try and stay up as late as possible and thus canceled my gym session today. All in an attempt to get to sleep at a reasonable hour tonight.

hahaha this exact thing happened to me yesterday as well. i just woke up today though, so let's hope I'm back to normal

Well, I wish I had some better sleep in me.

First of all, I tried to stay up like I said I would earlier. What ended up happening was I fell asleep on the couch for 2 hours at 3pm. I am currently lying in my bed after waking from a 3 hour slumber. I don't normally post on stuff like this very regularly but I sometimes feel better when I can get things off my chest, or in this case, off my back:

What I'm about to describe to you, only takes place when I am either: sleep deprived; or sick. My first episode occurred five years ago with I had a horrible case of the flu. I was asleep for only a couple of hours then all of a sudden - I am awake, except, I cannot move. Then, I felt a presence in the room. I begin to freak out then suddenly awaken and say 'fuck that' to trying to get back to sleep. They're called 'night terrors,' along with other names. Information can be found here: Night terror - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia What's extremely interesting to note is that of the sections that describe the 'In Adults' and the 'Treatment' sections. They describe me perfectly.

My history with them, including tonight:

Before 2010, it only happened to me a few times. A really bad one was when my gf and I were sleeping in my bed and were asleep on our sides facing each other. I awaken, open my eyes, look at her, but cannot move. Her face then becomes distorted, demon like. I try to move but can't. I begin to yell to her but she does not move. Her eyes are open and staring back at me. At this point, I'm screaming. Then I awake in a sweat. She is asleep but I wake her fucking ass up anyways and tell her what happened while demanding to know why she would wake up when I was yelling at her.

Night terrors / sleep paralysis has happened maybe 6-7 times in my life, twice in the last 3 days.

Two nights ago, I'm sleeping in my bed. All of a sudden, I feel like I'm in the movie 'Paranormal Activity' because I'm being dragged out of my bed. I awake yelping.

A half hour ago, this happened to me: Fell asleep at 2 am, three hours later, I am dreaming about trying to get to sleep while my brother is in a sleeping bag on my floor, playing his PSP or something. I'm lying on my stomach and I'm playing with my cell phone. He says: "I think someone is coming in this room." I feel something get on the foot of my bed, but don't know what it is and cannot see it. I figure it's just him messing with me. Then it sits on my back and puts its hands on my through, strangling me. I'm thinking, "WTF DUDE GET OFF OF ME." It turns out to be not a practical joke, I think I'm going to die. I'm able to spin to my back and look up at this thing strangling me. It's nothing but a shadow, with weight. I awaken myself, scared as hell, in this dark room, with a back that felt like someone heavy had just been sitting on it.

I was really scared. Since then, I've been typing, put the light on, and have been listening to the radio, so I feel a little better now. However, I'm not going back to sleep. My back still hurts. I'm an atheist and am 99% sure that this is all in my head and a result of sleep deprivation. The fact that I'm not 100% certain, has me terrified.

No word of a lie, I get those after I've done a few nights of work. Also keep note of the temperature/pressure outside changing, ie, the past few days have been changing to the insane heat we're about to have. My body is affected by that BIGtime. Next time you're here you can ask Lina on how many times I've lept from our bed ready to fight someone after I've finally regained control

VPP count: 37k
My Supernova status officially runs out at the end of this month due to playing less than 7.5k vpps in each of March and February.

I played (3k hands) today for the first time in like a month and it went well overall. Here are the biggest losing hands for me of the day:

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (Button) ($220.15)
SB ($171.60)
BB ($121.90)
UTG ($212.50)
UTG+1 ($206)
MP1 ($130)
MP2 ($207)
MP3 ($203.60)
CO ($103)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, K
3 folds, MP2 bets $8, 2 folds, Hero raises $24, 2 folds, MP2 calls $16

Flop: ($51) 5, 4, 10 (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($51) 10 (2 players)
MP2 bets $48, Hero raises $196.15 (All-In), MP2 calls $135 (All-In)

River: ($417) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $417

Villain shows

Hand 2:

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($202)
SB ($186.75)
Hero (BB) ($207)
UTG ($200)
UTG+1 ($223.15)
MP1 ($179.25)
MP2 ($207.15)
CO ($223.75)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, K
4 folds, CO bets $8, 2 folds, Hero raises $24, CO raises $48, Hero raises $64, CO raises $167.75 (All-In), Hero calls $117 (All-In)

Flop: ($415) 5, 4, 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($415) 2 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($415) 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $415

Villain shows

Hand 3:

Lost a coin flip AI pre vs a 66bb stack

Hand 4:

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 ($211.10)
MP1 ($305.90)
MP2 ($106.40)
MP3 ($100)
CO ($200)
Button ($205.40)
SB ($223)
Hero (BB) ($232.55)
UTG ($200)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, 8
UTG bets $6, 2 folds, MP2 calls $6, 3 folds, SB calls $5, Hero calls $4

Flop: ($24) 8, K, A (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, MP2 checks

Turn: ($24) 9 (4 players)
SB bets $18, Hero raises $36, 2 folds, SB calls $18

River: ($96) Q (2 players)
SB bets $66, Hero calls $66

Total pot: $228



Villain shows

I completely fucked up on the turn raise size amount and reluctantly called the river bet. It's not horrible I guess, but whatevs.

Update

On Thursday I had PK laser eye surgery on my left eye. Will be having my right eye done this Friday. I've been having to put drops in them quite a bit and it is really uncomfortable. Each eye is going to run me $2700, FML.

Today I played my first session for a week or so and it was quite up and down. I wtfpwned some players and the same happened to me. I'm going to post my biggest pots lost where I made vital errors, along with three large pots where I wtfpwnd villain. Enjoy!

Also, I'm not confident in achieving SNE this year and am looking for buy-outs at like 75%. Any takers? You can has your monies now! Offer expires at the end of this month.

Hand 1:

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 ($224.20)
Hero (CO) ($348.75)
Button ($250)
SB ($207)
BB ($100)
UTG ($201)
UTG+1 ($279.35)
MP1 ($220)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J, K
4 folds, Hero bets $6, Button raises $20, 2 folds, Hero calls $14

Flop: ($43) 7, 3, K (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $23, Hero calls $23

Turn: ($89) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $58, Hero raises $140, Button raises $149 (All-In), Hero calls $67

River: ($503) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $503

villain shows AKo

Hand 2:

At first I thought I was ahead of this reg, then I felt like bluffing.

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($200)
SB ($231.05)
BB ($262.20)
UTG ($209)
UTG+1 ($200)
Hero (MP1) ($203)
MP2 ($223.50)
MP3 ($206)
CO ($218.80)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J, J
1 fold, UTG+1 bets $6, Hero calls $6, 5 folds, BB calls $4

Flop: ($19) 4, 5, 3 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 bets $12, Hero calls $12, 1 fold

Turn: ($43) 10 (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $26, Hero raises $58, UTG+1 calls $32

River: ($159) K (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $62, UTG+1 raises $124 (All-In), Hero folds

Total pot: $283


Hand 3:

Here is a reg that I felt like bluffing then bluffing again. What the hell was I thinking?

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP3 ($203)
CO ($201.75)
Button ($212.15)
Hero (SB) ($236.85)
BB ($83)
UTG ($260.85)
UTG+1 ($203.50)
MP1 ($164.35)
MP2 ($200)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 3, 3
2 folds, MP1 bets $4, 1 fold, MP3 raises $13, 2 folds, Hero calls $12, 2 folds

Flop: ($32) K, 10, A (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 checks

Turn: ($32) J (2 players)
Hero bets $20, MP3 calls $20

River: ($72) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $40, MP3 raises $152, Hero folds

Total pot: $152

Hand 4:

Villain is a loose n00b and I just didn't feel like folding.

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (7 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 ($200)
CO ($239.15)
Button ($362.85)
SB ($244.35)
BB ($295.05)
UTG ($304.95)
Hero (MP1) ($211.40)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 10, 10
1 fold, Hero bets $8, 2 folds, Button calls $8, 2 folds

Flop: ($19) 8, 2, 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $12, Button raises $24, Hero calls $12

Turn: ($67) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $30, Hero calls $30

River: ($127) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $300.85 (All-In), Hero calls $149.40 (All-In)

Total pot: $425.80

Villain shows A4o


Hand 5:

I think this guy was a semi-bad-reg with a line that doesn't make any sense. Also, I sorta thought I had great equity on the turn then just felt like I was ahead on the river. This and the previous hand were out of my norm, I don't usually call down light like this. When I do though, I'm usually ahead.

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($239.80)
Button ($200)
SB ($200)
BB ($212.35)
UTG ($239.55)
UTG+1 ($278.65)
MP1 ($203)
Hero (MP2) ($468.55)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 7, A
3 folds, Hero bets $8, CO calls $8, Button calls $8, 2 folds

Flop: ($27) 7, Q, 3 (3 players)
Hero bets $16, CO calls $16, 1 fold

Turn: ($59) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $32, Hero calls $32

River: ($123) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $60, Hero calls $60

Total pot: $243

Villain shows AKo

Hand 6:

Villain is also a semi-bad-reg. The following line is one that I don't remember ever taking until today. I did so thanks to a recommendation of a friend of mine. Perfect turn and river I admit.

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (7 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($437.75)
SB ($267.50)
BB ($496.20)
Hero (UTG) ($203)
MP1 ($231.85)
MP2 ($222)
CO ($399)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 6, 6
Hero calls $2, 2 folds, CO bets $10, 3 folds, Hero calls $8

Flop: ($23) 6, 9, 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $12, Hero calls $12

Turn: ($47) A (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $34, Hero calls $34

River: ($115) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $48, Hero raises $147 (All-In), CO calls $99

Total pot: $409


Villain shows AQo

How do you make so much money at this game?

I have no idea. I'm not that good. And it's definitely not volume.

I lolled at the JJ hand.

Bud i'll do the 75% out. can u emt it to me? I pulled everything from stars

i'll also take the buyout just because!

I'll bite on the buyout as well

Originally Posted by sweetlemon69

Bud i'll do the 75% out. can u emt it to me? I pulled everything from stars

Woah!!.. all at once? BOC.

Bankit... I'll take the buyout as well.

Originally Posted by sweetlemon69

Bud i'll do the 75% out. can u emt it to me? I pulled everything from stars

Shipped

kingnat
Bbickes
killsaids

What are your Stars usernames? I know I should know this...

killsaids (Courbevoie). kingnat and BB have the same usernames too on stars afaik

Originally Posted by KillsAids

killsaids (Courbevoie). kingnat and BB have the same usernames too on stars afaik

shipped

congrats and thanks, i'll just wait a few hrs for them to confirm SN and location.

Bbickes (Dryden)

Originally Posted by Bbickes

Bbickes (Dryden)

shipped and congrats

received, ty sir

kingnat (Old Town)

why would you buyout, this is a lock lol

Dude, sleep paralysis is horrible. It's like the most annoying thing that can happen. Fucking terrifying at times actually. Next time you get it, wake yourself up like as much as you can i.e look a light for a few seconds or sit up in bed for a lil while.

It's so horrible when you're totally paralysed but the evil weird presence is just slowly coming towards you, speaking to you, saying normal things that are still hella scary like "man can I have one of your beers?" I hate sleep paralysis, fucking bad. I'm drunk btw, but that really reminded me of bad times. Take it easy.

I'll buy out for 75% also. spoonitnow(Boonville)

thx for the condolences carroters, it's been pretty brutal

Originally Posted by kingnat

kingnat (Old Town)

shipped and congrats

now i just have to convince pat leave, i hope he runs out of diapers soon.

rcv'd ty sir

LAWL VARIANCE

This is a screenshot of my last 30,000 hands. Just redic.

sick U giraf bra.

So you gunna make supernova before end of september?

not by end of september

veep count: 405k ish