OPERATION: monies and life management.

I run gooooot! March thus far:



http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2165/...ch1st3r.th.jpg


Played average to poor for first 1200 hands then the last 1k is today's second session where I played great, and ran like a Kenyan jesus on speed! My sort of combo.


Heres some big hands from March thus far:



#1
sorry sir no bluffing for you today (villain and I have a decent amount of history and he's one crazy bastard capable of a ton of plays)


Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

UTG ($325.65)
MP ($245.15)
Button ($322.75)
SB ($41)
Hero (BB) ($347.20)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif
UTG bets $7, 3 folds, Hero raises to $26, UTG calls $19

Flop: ($53) Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, 6http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 7http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players)
Hero bets $30, UTG calls $30

Turn: ($113) 3http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
Hero bets $62, UTG raises to $124, Hero calls $62

River: ($361) 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $145.65 (All-In), Hero calls $145.65

Total pot: $652.30 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (one pair, Aces).
UTG had Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (high card, Ace).
Outcome: Hero won $649.30



#2
I love to make them spew (Villain is another laggy reg who I also have agro history with, I make my flop 3 bet small so it looks like im simply trying to resteal, my small turn bet leaves room for him to shove over with his air whilst giving myself good stack/pot ratio to shove the river if he just flats.)

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

UTG ($203)
Hero (MP) ($338.50)
CO ($262.45)
Button ($560.20)
SB ($275)
BB ($200)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif
1 fold, Hero bets $7, CO calls $7, 3 folds

Flop: ($17) 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (2 players)
Hero bets $12, CO raises to $28, Hero raises to $52, CO calls $24

Turn: ($121) 10http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players)
Hero bets $48, CO raises to $203.45 (All-In), Hero calls $155.45

River: ($527.90) 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $527.90 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (two pair, Kings and fives).
CO had 6http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (two pair, nines and fives).
Outcome: Hero won $524.90



#3
I :heart: coolering suckas



Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

UTG ($106.15)
MP ($280.45)
CO ($155.40)
Button ($24.80)
Hero (SB) ($269.45)
BB ($283.70)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif
1 fold, MP bets $7, 2 folds, Hero calls $6, BB calls $5

Flop: ($21) 10http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 10http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $10, 1 fold, Hero calls $10

Turn: ($41) Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $33, Hero raises to $82, BB raises to $266.70 (All-In), Hero calls $170.45 (All-In)

River: ($545.90) 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $545.90 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (full house, Jacks over tens).
BB had Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, 10http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: Hero won $542.90



#4
Run good one time vs huuuuge fish who shipped $635 to me during the session.



Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

BB ($246.95)
UTG ($200)
MP ($300)
CO ($218.30)
Hero (Button) ($397.75)
SB ($209)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif
2 folds, CO bets $7, Hero raises to $21, 1 fold, BB calls $19, 1 fold

Flop: ($50) Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 10http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players)
BB bets $16, Hero raises to $58, BB raises to $152, Hero raises to $376.75 (All-In), BB calls $73.95 (All-In)

Turn: ($501.90) 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($501.90) 4http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $501.90 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (flush, Jack high).
BB had 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (straight, Queen high).
Outcome: Hero won $498.90



Lets hope my run good continues and I can make 10k this month, I HAVE to put in more hands, I put in such pathetic volume. Anyways im out, peace.

Wow nice graph for march so far Atho, keep it up mate!

nice graph man. and GL on the 10k gogogogo.

Thanks alot for the kind words guys, much appreciated.


Things are still ticking over nicely, didn't play on Tuesday or Wednesday but put in another 1000 hands today and made another 3bi's. Heres 2 of my more memorable hands of the session for your enjoyment:


#1
How not to play AA


Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

Button ($282.95)
Hero (SB) ($275)
BB ($78)
UTG ($244.15)
MP ($255.55)
CO ($189)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif
UTG calls $2, 1 fold, CO calls $2, Button calls $2, Hero calls $1, BB checks

Flop: ($10) 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (5 players)
Hero bets $8, 1 fold, UTG calls $8, 1 fold, Button calls $8

Turn: ($34) Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (3 players)
Hero bets $26, UTG calls $26, 1 fold

River: ($86) 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
Hero bets $86, UTG raises to $208.15 (All-In), Hero calls $122.15

Total pot: $502.30 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (full house, nines over fives).
UTG had Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (two pair, Aces and nines).
Outcome: Hero won $499.30




#2

Not a bad flop ( Also like my baby turn bet to avoid the possibility of it checking through)


Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

Button ($200)
SB ($75.45)
BB ($80)
UTG ($95.35)
Hero (MP) ($200.80)
CO ($540.65)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif
UTG calls $2, Hero bets $9, CO raises to $26, 4 folds, Hero calls $17

Flop: ($57) Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 4http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $40, Hero calls $40

Turn: ($137) 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players)
Hero bets $30, CO raises to $474.65 (All-In), Hero calls $104.80 (All-In)

River: ($406.60) 2http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $406.60 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (four of a kind, Queens).
CO had Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (two pair, Aces and Queens).
Outcome: Hero won $403.60



I'm off to bed now as I'm knackered, will put in some serious grindage over the next 3 days (though I do have an essay due in Monday :(, night!)

Just played a really good session, probably the best poker I've ever played, was really in tune with what was going on for 3 hours straight, funnily enough I ran like wank but I really don't care, the fact I played well is far more important to me.


I also think I may have found the worst reg I've ever seen, this guy 18 tables yet plays 30/28/5 with a 3 bet % of 25 over 350 hands. He's so easy to play against, pf just 4 bet him super light (he folds to 4 bets a ton of the time), flat decent hands in lp when he is the blinds (he'll squeeze like it's his job) and finally just let him do the betting, when checked to he won't hesitate to fire multibarrels with air. This hand basically sums his horrendousness:



Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

SB ($152.25)
BB ($214.50)
UTG ($76.10)
MP ($203.20)
CO ($233)
Hero (Button) ($360.50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif
2 folds, CO bets $6, Hero calls $6, 1 fold, BB raises to $27, 1 fold, Hero raises to $60, BB calls $33

Flop: ($127) Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, 4http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $74, BB raises to $154.50 (All-In), Hero calls $80.50

Turn: ($436) 3http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($436) 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $436 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (high card, Ace).
BB had Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: BB won $433


Even though it's really late here I'm still feeling good so might put in another ses.

Gahhh!!!!! I havn't had access to the internet since Thursday due to the fucking connection nazis based at my accomadation. They cut me off as apparently my computer was sending out a ton of signals to other computers etc etc, was possible it was attributed to limewire and other peer to peer transfering programmes but as I don't use anything like that I was a bit lost as to why they cut me off.


Anyways they finally reconnected me today, was looking forward to putting in a big session after not playing for the last 5 days and bam, I try to start up Holdem manager and all I get is this message

'The following error occured when trying to open the datebase:failed to establish a connection to '127.0.0.1'.


Currently searching for a cure on the manager forum and it seems this problem has been widespread amongst microsoft users throughout the last 5 days and is probably caused by some sort of recent download. Yet I could really do without this as I'm a complete computer spaz :/.


Fucking computers.

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Originally Posted by ATOTHEC101

Anyways they finally reconnected me today, was looking forward to putting in a big session after not playing for the last 5 days and bam, I try to start up Holdem manager and all I get is this message

'The following error occured when trying to open the datebase:failed to establish a connection to '127.0.0.1'.

Currently searching for a cure on the manager forum and it seems this problem has been widespread amongst microsoft users throughout the last 5 days and is probably caused by some sort of recent download. Yet I could really do without this as I'm a complete computer spaz :/

Fucking computers.

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Hey. Been reading the site for years now but figured my first contribution should be to help and give a little something back!

I had the same problem and resolved it with the below (taken from the HEM forums).

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1: Go to "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc" and open the "hosts" file with notepad
2: Delete "::1 localhost"
3: Enter as replacement "127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotation marks)
4: Save the file
5: Restart PostgreSQL service

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You should now be able to launch HEM properly. Hope this helps!

Nice first post, thanks alot mate, much appreciated.

Hey, just started following the operation. Good stuff, and glglglgl.

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Hey, just started following the operation. Good stuff, and glglglgl.

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Thanks Robb, good results for Arsenal on the weekend!

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Hey, just started following the operation. Good stuff, and glglglgl.

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Thanks Robb, good results for Arsenal on the weekend!

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Hate to cheer for spuds, but good game to them - helped us out a ton!!

Well last night was fun, I'm still a little bit drunk and trying to keep my spellin in check. last 5 k hands iv'e broken even but have played well so I'm not to displeased.

Anyways back to last night: I feel like I have preety good game when it comes to women, I'm not that fond of coming onto to girls so yday was nice as this reeeeally hot girl (like a 9/10) approached me and started grinding so obv I get in there sharpish, then after an 2 hours(ish) of getting with her i notice all my mates have dissapeared and that it's 3am, fuck. So I get her number and walk home. When I return I'm greeted by my friends having a huge arguement with some lads from the ajacent accomadation, I roughly know the guys they're argueing with and it's safe to say they are not nice guys, who are also drunk after going on a pub crawl themselves, the one guy, who easily has 4 stone and 3 inches in height on me twats my friend, I lose it and and end up charging him down, beating him untill im wrenched off by my own group then looking trying to fight with the rest of his friends who by this point have backed away substantially.


Put quite a big damper on the night but I wasn't gonna let him get away with what he did. Apart from that was a decent night and I feel reasonably hangover free (probably because i'm still a lil drunk), gonna play poker later so I shall update in a bit, cheers.

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i'm still a lil drunk), gonna play poker

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play drunk, get paid ;)

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Originally Posted by ATOTHEC101

i'm still a lil drunk), gonna play poker

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play drunk, get paid ;)

please explain to the people who speak english (even though apparently you're from england) what it means when someone "twats" on someone else. thanks.

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please explain to the people who speak english (even though apparently you're from england) what it means when someone "twats" on someone else. thanks.

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lol, it's English slang for when someone hits someone else, just feel it's a better more expressive version!

Yet It can even be used in different situations i.e I feel like a twat for even making my last post in the first place as I sound like a dick sack :oops: , damn alchohol.


edit: girl was also not a 9/10 like I said above, but was only a 7 or 8, was mayybe exagerating just a little bit...

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edit: girl was also not a 9/10 like I said above, but was only a 7 or 8, was mayybe exagerating just a little bit...

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lol, beergoggleaments.

also +1 for "twat" being a far better word than hit or punch.

running so bad at the moment, down $1600 in my last 10k hands, just shipped $1300 in my session just gone, fuck hats. I feel like I'm playing decently too, bar a stretch of 1k hands where I played horrendously.

So much for my 10k month, I'll be lucky to have a breakeven month the way things are going.

Well the month is winding down and I'm back home from uni for Easter, and the overal synopsis of the month up to this point is summed up in one word: unsatisfactory. Started off the month very well (obv running like god) then for the next 7k hands I played way better than I had for the first 3k and was broke even (meh, but standard). Then for some reason I started a session and played 600 hands of the worst spewy poker ive ever fucking played, was painful to watch. That unfortunately has resulted in a bit of a downswong over my last 5k hands where I feel I'm playing decently (if a bit loose) but am getting shafted left right and centre. So thus far not including rb and bonus I'm only up $800 or so in 16k hands which is fairly gash. Hopefully I can finish the month strong at home and make some maney.


Anyways I played my 2nd round match vs jimmy44 on Tuesday and it was a very enjoyable if slightly frustrating experience. It lasted just over 2 hours and in the end he won 2-1.

For the first hour or so I dominating preety hard, playing really well and my big bluffs wern't being picked off, my favourite being a 3 bet pot where I flatted on the btn with 108s, flop came q10x 2 spades and I called jimmy's c bet, turn was a blank, he checked as did i, river completed the flush and he bet 65ish into 120, Obviously he could have worse here but he hardly ever has a flush so if im going to call I think it's better to just raise and try and fold out his better hands that were going for a checkraise on the turn, I raised to 178 and he folded after timing down quite a bit. Had him down to 100ish on one table and 280ish on another then unfortunately I ran into a cooler situation where I raised the btn with kq, jimmy flatted with j9 hearts, flop came k10x 2 hearts, i c bet, jimmy raised and I called, turn was obv the worst card in the deck for me, the q of spades giving me top 2 and jimmy the str8, he bet big on the turn and I shoved to put him in, I didn't boat up on the river. After 15 mins or so I got it in with aj vs his a10 with my now ever dwindling 60 bb stack and he spiked a 10 on the flop, first match to jimmy.

Other big hands of the firs 2 matchs include a a 3 bet pot with me 3 betting 1010, jimmy flatted 44 and the flop was kk4, i c bet and jimmy flats, turns a j, I check, he fires 70 into 120ish and I call thinking he's floating a ton, rivers a j also and we check it down. The other was when I raised k6, jimmy called with j10, flop is k82 and jimmy donk bets, now jimmy's donk betting range, specifically on dry boards was fairly weak most of the time so I call happy to let him bluff off chips, turn is an 9 and he fires again, I call, rivers a 7 and he insta shovels for another 110, I'm not happy at this point and funnily enough I immediately thought of j10, I should have folded but my read was that he was weak all hand so i called, probably a mistake. Probs the biggest hand was when I flatted 88 from the bb, flop was 983 and I just let jimmy barrel every street before I checkraised the river, board reading 983kq, imo the q isn't a great card for me as if i raise i'll get a ton of credit as j10 makes the nuts plus he could always have it himself but I have to raise regardless.

In the other match I just couldn't finish him off, I'd grind him down to 70-120 chips then we'd get it in with my aj vs his aq, qq vs kk, and jj vs ak and he'd double up. I finally won after 4 betting 88 when effective stacks were 110bb, he shoved with aj and I spiked an 8 on the flop, I let off a sigh of relief to finally win a preflop all in.


Onto the last match, by the time it was 1-1 I had a 450 to 350 chip advantage, to his credit this is where jimmy starting owning the crap out of me, he really changed gears and was 3 betting a ton. In the three 4 or 5 three bet pots I actually played with him I lost every one. In the first I had to check fold the turn after a terrible turn card came, I had jj no spade on a q8x9 3 spade board oop with jimmy firing the turn. In the 2nd I 3 bet aq and made a mistake in c betting a 679 no draws flop, jimmy raised and I folded. In the 3rd I flatted jimmy's 3 bet with 78 s, flop came jkk 2 hearts and he checked, I quickly fired out a 3/4s pot bet and looked quite strong but alas jimmy checkraised and I sigh folded. In the biggest hand I'm unsure but I think I got bluffed quite badly. Jimmy 3 bet and I flatted in pos with 54s, flop came 237 2 diamonds and jimmy checked, I checked back as he had already checkraised me once in a 3 bet pot minutes prior, turn was the 5 d's so the board read 2375 three d's and jimmy leads for almost pot, I call thinking he had overs with a diamond alot of the time, the river is a a 3 of clubs i.e, a toal blank and after a few seconds jimmy over bets 225 into 110 putting me all in... I timed right down and ended up folding worried about overpairs but If id been in that position again I would have called and I feel I made a mistake. I also 4 bet bluffed and got insta shipped on to lose another 25 bbs.


Anyways we battled back and forth for another 15 mins or so before he 3 bet me again (for the last 30 mins or so I'd been minraising my btn to limit the effectiveness of his 3 betting), I had a8 and flatted (maybe had reverse implied odds with this hand but he was betting such a high % I called anyway), effective stacks were 115 bbs deep. flop came 558 2 d's and jimmy made his standard 3/4s pot c bet. Now with the dynamic of the match I was fairly confident if i made a small raise here jimmy would ship super light as im repping such a small range as with all bigger overpairs I would 4 bet pre, flush draws I'd raise bigger and with 8x/underpairs he would expect me to just call and see a turn. So i'm only really repping 5x,88 and maaybe aa/kk. So I almost minraise and he insta ships, I call and the river blanks out harmlessly with a 7 on the river, he turns over 77 to win the match with a 2 outer, gg.


Overall was a good tough match that just didn't go my way so can't be too downhearted as I played well, congrats go to jimmy for his win and gl in the next round.

Awesome summary! I couldn't do it any better!
On the 23753 board hand, calling my bet with 45 (knowing that I was not that aggressive) would be a mistake ...

And gg mate!

hey jimmy, tell me what you had in some of those hands I mentioned ;)!

rofl, just played my first tourney for aggggges and got booted out in last place!!!

It was a 75$ buyin deep stack 6 max tourney with 8k for first and I can tell it's not gonna be my day when 2 ftops winners sit to my direct left lol.

Anyways first 3 pots I open with aq, a5s and 99 I all lose, wiffin the board with the first 2 vs the table drooler (I just check down on semi coordinated boards) and the 3rd i c bet a q high flop only to check it down vs qj. I then open a9s from the cutoff, drooler min 3 bets, i call (implied odds ftw) flop comes a93 two hearts, he checks i bet 160 into 220 and he pops it to 680, the thought of aa crosses my mind but fuck it, i have top 2 and blockers to aa bitch, I shovel, he shows AA ldo :/.

Thought I'd share the brief story of my redabble into mtt's, conclusion: EPIC FAIL.

I won't hold my breath but my distinctly average month may have been somewhat salvaged by a late month surge. Since I've come back home im up $1700ish in 3600 hands and I still have a day of play left, horrah!

Will post overview of month tomorrow, now im off to relax and watch some t.v.

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God I just wrote this all out once and managed to somehow delete it but here it is again anyway.


Month overview is as follows: 21.5k hands played =+$3800 cash games (90 percent 200nl), +$340 bonus, +520 in rb and - $175 in tourneys including the FTR hu thingy = $4,485.


I'm fairly happy as with less than a week of the month left I was only up $1.2kish including rb and bonus. Can't wait for April now as I'm at home over the easter holidays and won't be back at uni untill the 18th so i'll have plenty of free time and little distraction to play a shit ton of hands, 40k hands and 10k in profit is the aim, though I'm concentrating far more on volume than profit as I can't really do much but play my A game and unfortunately variance just doesn't comply with you sometimes.

Also I'm taking my laptop back to manchester with me and will be playing all my poker on it for the forseeable future, thus no more split databases between my l top and my comp at uni.

finally on a random note I checked my tableratings for the first time in a week or so and it seems that the site has gone a bit tits up. I've lost around 70k of my hands that were there last time I checked and thats alot considering I only play 15-25k hands a month on average. Browsing the 2+2 threads it seems alot of other players have had the same problem so meh.


Anyways shall update in a few days to see if my upswong continues.

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I'm concentrating far more on volume than profit as I can't really do much but play my A game and unfortunately variance just doesn't comply with you sometimes.

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I just started reading, you're doing a great job here and remind me of myself! I started playing in about my 2nd year of uni, and I started with $50. A lot of hours/fun/frustration/cashouts later I'm happier.

I'm juggling studying, partying, girlfriend, going on holidays with my poker and making a pretty good fist of it so it's good to see someone else in the same boat doing good

Thanks alot for the supportive words Salsa, nice to know a few people are enjoying my thread!

wow, alot has happened in only a few days since my last post, I've completely got the will to grind back like I did when I first started playing, played 8k hands already this month (I 6-8 table).

This is gonna sound weird bet the biggest revelation is that over the last few days something has clicked, so many things that just didn't make sense before and that I would never have thought of now feel really familiar, I'm perfectly comfortable playing 30/26/4 against a bunch of regs and it's almost as if I can read their thoughts and know what they are gonna do before they even do it, a very weird feeling. I still spew now and again but I'm doing it less and less and if I don't feel 100 percent I quit and take a break.

I'm incredibly excited about the future in regards to poker and just hope I can keep up what I'm currently doing. I really need to get to sleep but I have so many thoughts floating round my head that it might prove difficult.


Will update in a week or so to inform how my month is going but at the moment it couldn't be better.

little semi brag, heres my last 23k hands of 1/2, obv running hot.


http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/488...ndsof12.th.jpg


I have another 16k hands of 1/2 on my other comp where I'm only up $2.5k or so, these hands are from my ltop.



In regards to this month I've played 15k hands and am up $4100 not including rb so am on course for a decent month. I have been slowing down volume wise last few days though so need to pick up the pace yet I have alot of work due in that I havn't started so that may prove difficult.

I just realised that I passed $20,000 in online poker earnings today :), and considering what I started from I'm fairly happy with that!


In regards to this month things have gone a little bit awry but not too badly, have basically broken even this week but am still on track for a 10k month If I finish strong. Am currently up a little over $5k through 22k hands, wish me luck!

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I just realised that I passed $20,000 in online poker earnings today :)

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feels good eh!?! Race to 100k?

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I just realised that I passed $20,000 in online poker earnings today :)

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feels good eh!?! Race to 100k?

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ha you're on! Could take us a while though...

Meh, arrived back at uni on the 19th, my fucking nazi accommodation internet monitors have blocked me from using HM due to some 'security risks' apparently caused by post gres thus consequently I haven't played any poker bar a few hundred hu hands since my last post :(. I'll be going home reasonably soon to revise for my exams at the end of this month so I'll be back to playing but until then no grindage for me. What makes it worse is that I suck major ass at hu.


April was a solid enough month for me, not what I'd hoped but I only played for 14 days of the month so I coudn't expect miracles. Played 23k hands and made a bit over $4k including rb, dropped over a k in the last day I played too.



Anyways thought I'd update as I havn't in a while, peace.

Played my first 2/4 hands since I was a donk today, gonna be mixing in alot of 2/4 with my usual 1/2 games for the time being. Went ok as I made almost 2 buyins and games were def decent as there were some huuuuuge whales playing, twice with me having the jesus seat but I was ridiculously card dead for most of the session.


Only played 7k hands so far this month but am currently up just under $4k including rb, running fairly well obv. Exams coming up so I doubt I'll be doing much playing, but after that the summer is gonna be sick, got a huge euro trip with 3 of my friends planned, we're using his large/ish camper and will be travelling throughout central and southern europe for all of July. The last stop being Amsterdam as one of my friends lives in the Hague, can't wait.


One problem I'm having at the moment is that my sleep cycle is so ridiculously messed up, Didn't sleep last night and don't plan too till tonight as to rectify things, mehhh, gonna be a long day.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6...12and24.th.jpg

41k hands of 1-2 accounting for $15.5k, the rest is 2-4.

dude. Wow. Looks like i have some catching up to do in that 100k race. Impressive stuff.

Currently in an internet cafe in rome, a week into the trip, have already ventured through 6 or 7 countries, having a great time, though it is obscenely hot and I seem to spend most of the day sweating like a gypsy.

can you post your non-sd winnings when you get back? i wanna know of it looks anything like mine =x

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can you post your non-sd winnings when you get back? i wanna know of it looks anything like mine =x

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Looking at the graph you posted in your blog, no my red line doesn't look like yours. Over a decent sample at 100-200nl my red line was slightly negative, mainly due to me playing somewhat abc poker. Since I've moved to 2/4 40k hands ago my red line is basically hovering around even, due to the fact I'm playing far more poker, than just robotic abc.


Anyways the trip was preety sick last month, had a great time, but now have to get back to the grind, though that's been made difficult last few days due to me picking up a preety violent stomach bug, I can't really eat anything without...you get the picture. The drive back from one of my mates in Holland all the way to the west coast of Britain was hell, specially because it took 3 hours to drive 10 miles from Dover to the motorway, thanks upturned lorry. The main reason it was so shit can be attributed to the fact I was sitting in the pack with a fucking high temperature and trying to not shit myself. I semi slept/unconscious for almost the entire 12 hour journey, though apparently I was sleep farting and absolutely killed the other 2 in the van lolz.


My favourite locations on the trip were Rome due to it's natural beauty and gd nightlife, plus tons of things to do. Budapest due to the legedary people we met in the hostel and great nightlife once again, Dutch people are awesome. Berlin for similiar reasons as Rome, though more for it's history rather than natural beauty, that title went to Luzern in Switzerland. We also discovered a hidden gem in the Croatian coast, had such an amazing time driving down it, stopping and setting up camp every day to swim in the Adriatic which was right by us the entire drive.

I can also safely say Eastern Europeans do not like westerners...at all. Had alot of problems with the authorirites over there, mainly because they're heavy handed corrupt bastards trying to fuck over people like us.


We obv ended the trip in Amsterdam which was awesomely messy to say the least. Highlights include getting utterly blazed at around midday in one of the coffee shops (which did great coffee btw) then quickly ventured out to visit the porn mueseum, we even had several tourists taking pictures and filming us as we stumbled and giggled our way through the exhibits and pictures. That plus 2 great nights out visiting the horribley smutty yet equaly hilarious red light district resulted in a very successful stay.


Bottom line, a great trip was had.

Only played 10k hands so far this month, and it's been a really tough 1, ran HORRIBLY for the majority of that and consequently played poorly to. Then finally I have a good session last night and boy was it needed.


http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9665/gdsession.th.jpg


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