Graveyard for Fun Hands

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blaah.. yah I can relate. hit me up on msn!

Man, I wonder if anyone in the history of online poker has suffered the swings that we have had at midstakes (I say this at the risk of sounding self-absorbed but whatever). Obviously this has something to do with the way we play but who else has months and months of solid profit and then lose over 100 buyins in 2 months. My downswong is at 75k now - only the start of it coming from above 5/10 and what 50k now for you? All this in two months seemingly playing the same. Poker has gotten to be such a sick thing. God I hate momentum.

I remember when people thought that 20 BIs was enough for a limit. I regularly have 10-15 BI swings daily. This is my second >100 BI downswing (Amazingly, I can't remember how I recovered from my last one). You may have had your >100 deflowering with this most recent one and we've both had several >50 ones. Poker is just such a sick sick beast. Those insightful downswing posts of "Just when you think it can't get any worse, it will" don't even really cover it. It's more like "You will be entirely convinced that there is no way you will ever win at poker again, period". How does one go from the biggest winners in the game to losing at a much more rapid rate than the biggest megafishes you've ever come across?

It's just such a futile thing trying to retool or work hard on your game when you lose every flip and are on the wrong end of every cooler. The edge that gives opponents seems insurmountable - that is, the dynamic in which your opponent views you as always trying to get unstuck (and unfortunately you are even if you're not tilted in the slightest) and thus seem to soulread you nonstop - the illogical trap of "If i have the best hand he will fold and if i'm bluffing he will call". You can't help but second-guess every marginal decision and every 3-bet pot you have an incredibly marginal session make/break decision. It's like when you lose a couple buyins HU vs someone you should quit them, except at 6 max it's compounded 5-fold. If you implemented a stop-loss, you simply wouldn't be able to ever play poker. We both took extended breaks of no poker, took a vacation, tried playing shorter sessions, executed good game selection etc. It's really a fascinating thing, the psychology of a downswing. There must be so many subtle and unconscious things which lead to one, as that can really be the only explanation (either than poker is rigged obv).

Anyway, I could go on but the whole thing really interests me as I've experienced this soul crushing experience several times over the past few years now and never really posted too much about it (I thank some of my friends, especially you Genitruc and Alexos/Griffey for listening to the odd msn rant). I'm sure there's something in our makeup which causes it as players who I believe (perhaps incorrectly) we are both as good as are able to navigate around these pitfalls where we cannot. There's a self-pitying side that wants to take solace in whoever it is that said that the difference between being stuck in the limbo of midstakes and getting to HSNL is the outcome of your five biggest pots (no idea who said that so i might have imagined it because it's probably something someone like me made up to make themselves feel better) but I'll try to avoid that cop-out.

Sorry for the hijack, but it was related to what you're going through, and this glorified whine wasn't worthy of it's own thread and I'm too embarrassed to post in the Tilt forum :p

Here's to better days.

Btw, you should play some RUSH poker. I just shipped a buyin there and I already feel like my better days are just around the corner.....seriously though it's actually pretty fun. I just got 2 tables of it up and must've played 1k hands in an hour and it's super fishy. It'd be interesting if they got nl 200 or nl 400 going...

great post

also lol @ "+100 deflowering"

can't imagine going through a 100BI downswing, I would have quit poker or quit life a few times before getting there. sigh

gl guys

im due for a vacation soon, any interpoker events coming up?

nothing on the immediate radar but you will be among the 1st to know next time there s another sweet promo

moved down to mainly nl100 euro today just to clear my head and really take it slowly with each decision. also played a 30 euro rebuy.

I haven't had back-to-back winning sessions since December 10-11.

Today looked like it might be different; I was in 2nd place with 38 ppl left in the rebuy (1st was 10k whee) and got it w QQ vs the fishy chip-leader who limp-shoved 77. Flop 458 turn J river 7 gg.

The nl100 games were really soft, unsurprisingly.

The 1st buyin I lost came when a 38/35 player raised the CO, I repopped TT and shoved over his small 4 bet (shipped a buyin over to his QQ).

Next buyin came when a lagg squeezed from the BB after a I raised from the CO and a weak player flatted from the SB, I shoved A8s and he snapped w KK.

Next up was 3-barelling AQ on J9T board where turn and riv bricked vs an 85/24 who ended up with QJ and timebanked before calling the river shove 125 bb's deep.

Then I punished KK from the SB and got 3 callers. An unknown 50/25 minraised my c bet on 258r. Vs most passive players who limp-call from EP it's a pretty trivial fold (or call flop and fold to further aggression) but a splashy player can just have so many random hands either trying to bluff me off of AK or "see where they're at (then convince themselves into callin it off lol)" with a hand like 78... I shoved and lost to 222.

next I squeezed KK huge to a raise and 3 callers. SB (45/4) flatted and flop came AA4 and I pot-shoved (god my squeeze was soooo big) and he snapped with A5o gg.

Following buyin came when the 85/24 fish from the 1st buyin, now sitting with 350bb s decided to donk out for the first time of the session on AK4cc fd flop. I flatted A6s (no FD). Normally vs this player I'd raise for value (he's usually bet-calling gutters and Kx) but I had just rape-called him twice in a row for big pots with 3rd pair and A hi after his draws missed and he full-potted the riv OOP. It felt like he was tilting so I wanted to let him spew, figuring he'd have lots of pure air.

Turn paired the 4 (board now AK44ccss) bringing a spade draw and he potted again, I flatted. Riv 9s and he potted for about 80bb s and I snapped and shipped him the biggest nl100 hand of the session to his 67s that bet the flop w 7 hi, turned the flushdraw and rivered the flush.

Final buyin came after I repopped AA on the BTN and a loose player flatted from the CO 90bb's deep. Flop K83r, I 2/3 potted it, he called, turn 8 and he shoved his last 60 bbs or so into me and I called and lost to his A8o.

Biggest hand I won in the 800 hand session was 57bb's. Feel like I stayed very level-headed throughout and took lots of time with every decision, so can't complain about that. To say that the results are/have been frustrating is just such an understatement... At least this didn't happen at stakes 4x higher today.

Prob gonna fire up another session in a few minutes.

Rav - nice post man. I don't think I've ever had a >100 buyin downer, but I've definitely had my share of >50-60ish buyin downers. I can relate to the ridiculousness. Hell.. I started this month running like 35 buyins under EV in like 7 days lol.

Wish I knew a good way to deal with these downers though. I mean, it all comes down to the belief that poker variance will/MUST turn at some point. The second you stop believing that is prob big problems... or probably just quitting.

Rushpoker - I agree.. rush poker is definitely a fun break from the normal grinds with standard regs etc. Just play every hand.. since nobody has reads on you.. feels good!

Geni - how did your coaching session end up going? what stakes did you play during the coaching?

coaching was really great grif. played 2-4, 4 tables, and sucked out on a reg after floating the flop in a rr pot and also somehow got it aipf w QQ vs a tight villain I had been rr a lot (action went i 3 bet, he 4 bets small, i click it back, he 6 bet-shoves) and won on a KQJT 4 flush board (i had no flush card).

it was really awesome to brutally dissect each spot as it happened. the differences in our decisions were mainly minor betsize adjustments and checking back a couple flops with big hands where I tend to just auto c-bet.

It made me feel both good about my game and eager to go deeper into the details of each hand as it happens. looking forward to the next session (as long as i m not busto!).

What kind of spots did he suggest to consider checking back instead of auto cbet?

K, play Rush poker IMMEDIATELY. I play rush poker, made 15 BIs there in like 1k hands and then ship 2nd in 100k gtd for 20k being a massive lucksack (veiled brag). goooooooooogogogogogo

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Originally Posted by Ravageur

K, play Rush poker IMMEDIATELY. I play rush poker, made 15 BIs there in like 1k hands and then ship 2nd in 100k gtd for 20k being a massive lucksack (veiled brag). goooooooooogogogogogo

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wow huge, awesome!

an example of checking back was when a loose passive called from the blinds and I had A8s on AAK in pos

have had crazy things going down personally lately and haven t had a real grind since saturday night.

i was blown away by the softness of the nl100 euro games and would be grinding hard if I weren t about to pass out right now. plan is to grind the fuck out of those games and I'll make a point of posting detailed updates tomorrow and thursday then reevaluate on friday.

gl

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Originally Posted by Genitruc

an example of checking back was when a loose passive called from the blinds and I had A8s on AAK in pos

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wowza... why would you ever check this if you can get 3 streets vs Kx against a loose passive?

that was my point but he s only got a K like, 17% of the time and when i check back i ll let him hit a card that gets 1 or 2 streets of value vs so many other hands in his flop-air range

or at least that s what i felt was being suggested...

sort of disagree there... AAK board seems like the worse to do this on, since if he hits a a pair on the turn its gonna be third pair, unlikely you get 2 streets.

I'd like it much more on an AA2 board for example.

I could see this play working vs more aggressive fish though.

just so you know, in this spot we were facing a 65/17 who flatted from SB

Decided to stop after shipping 8 bi's in my 1st 900 hands today. Just looking to regain confidence and that sense that, invevitably, the money will come my way.

Had the doomswitch hit me as soon as I unclicked "auto-post blinds". These were all from my last orbit :


$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, February 03, 10:08:20 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 18 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $517.16 USD )
Seat 2: vmars ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 3: Landeron ( $47.00 USD )
Seat 4: themadj ( $20.00 USD )
Seat 5: biempica ( $127.53 USD )
Seat 6: rfhtypfrfh ( $177.29 USD )
biempica posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
rfhtypfrfh posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ah: :ac:
HERO raises [$4.50 USD]
vmars raises [$13.00 USD]
Landeron folds
themadj raises [$20.00 USD]
biempica folds
rfhtypfrfh folds
HERO calls [$15.50 USD]
vmars calls [$7.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :7c: :8h: :kh:
HERO bets [$35.00 USD]
vmars raises [$80.00 USD]
HERO calls [$45.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :5d:
** Dealing River ** :6s:
vmars shows :7s: :8c:
vmars wins $158.50 USD from main pot
vmars wins $60.00 USD from main pot

***** Hand History for Game 2010606963 ***** (Party)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, February 03, 10:00:33 ET 2010
Table Table TH 3259 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $95.50 USD )
Seat 2: moskuvodka ( $100.50 USD )
Seat 3: ante135 ( $104.10 USD )
Seat 4: dajcomasz ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 5: HuruUkko10 ( $78.30 USD )
moskuvodka posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
ante135 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :qd: :5d:
dajcomasz folds
HuruUkko10 folds
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
moskuvodka calls [$3.00 USD]
ante135 folds
** Dealing Flop ** :5c: :9d: :3d:
moskuvodka checks
HERO bets [$8.00 USD]
moskuvodka calls [$8.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :jd:
moskuvodka checks
HERO bets [$21.00 USD]
moskuvodka calls [$21.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :tc:
moskuvodka bets [$68.00 USD]
HERO calls [$63.00 USD]
moskuvodka shows :7d: :kd:
moskuvodka wins $5.00 USD from main pot
moskuvodka wins $189.00 USD from main pot

***** Hand History for Game 2010637088 ***** (Party)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, February 03, 10:13:22 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 18 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $403.16 USD )
Seat 2: vmars ( $216.50 USD )
Seat 3: Landeron ( $41.50 USD )
Seat 4: __*CVM*__ ( $98.50 USD )
Seat 5: biempica ( $160.88 USD )
Seat 6: rfhtypfrfh ( $160.29 USD )
biempica posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
rfhtypfrfh posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ac: :ad:
HERO raises [$5.00 USD]
vmars folds
Landeron folds
__*CVM*__ folds
biempica calls [$4.50 USD]
rfhtypfrfh folds
** Dealing Flop ** :5h: :th: :2c:
biempica checks
HERO bets [$11.00 USD]
biempica calls [$11.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :td:
biempica checks
HERO checks
** Dealing River ** :4d:
biempica bets [$33.00 USD]
HERO calls [$33.00 USD]
biempica shows :ts: :ks:
biempica wins $96.00 USD from main pot

The last one was vs the biggest fish I've seen in a long, long time, about 3 hands after getting stacked by the 78o in 4 bet pot.

Oh well, shipped a few bi's and the games are juicy as fuck. I'm looking forward to some more easy ownage over the next few days.

today's grind is gonna be about volume. looking to 6-9 table for a few hours, then reevaluate after a break.

hopefully i can play well and put in at least 3k hands.

just taking a break after bout 2k hand session, made a coupl ebuyins at the cheeseburger stakes. prob gonna fire up another session in a bit.

played another short session and things went kind of meh but still managed to play 3.3k hands and ship about 5 bi's that are worth several fast food meals.

2k hands today, 4 more cheeseburgers made

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Originally Posted by Genitruc

2k hands today, 4 more cheeseburgers made

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dude, you're gonna get fat. Happy fat men rock. Enjoy small stakes unlimited holdem for a while longer!

1k hands today, shipped a quadruple cheeseburger

Dropped 10 buyins today in 2.1k hands.

I'm very tilted and annoyed... and bored by poker. 5 days of grinding
slowly at cheeseburger stakes and boom there goes a big chunk of my
profits because of a bunch of pure horseshit.

Just because I'm tilted and don't feel like doing anything else,
I'll post the last few big hands from today's session (whee the last
7 buyins disappeared in the last 700 hands)

Table Bad Beat TH 118 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: 0ace0king0 ( $106.16 USD )
Seat 2: kokkencool ( $37.00 USD )
Seat 3: Tracksau ( $50.10 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $119.05 USD )
Seat 5: CHEVAL_PL ( $206.95 USD )
Seat 6: 8-Betty-8 ( $119.75 USD )
Tracksau posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ac: :qc:
CHEVAL_PL raises [$3.00 USD]
8-Betty-8 folds
0ace0king0 folds
kokkencool folds
Tracksau calls [$2.50 USD]
HERO raises [$11.00 USD]
CHEVAL_PL calls [$9.00 USD]
Tracksau calls [$9.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :8h: :7c: :qs:
Tracksau checks
HERO bets [$22.00 USD]
CHEVAL_PL calls [$22.00 USD]
Tracksau folds
** Dealing Turn ** :6s:
HERO bets [$85.05 USD]
CHEVAL_PL calls [$85.05 USD]
** Dealing River ** :3s:
HERO shows :ac: :qc:
CHEVAL_PL shows :9s: :8s:
CHEVAL_PL wins $247.10 USD from main pot

Villain here is a squeeze-happy monkey. Usually I'd 4-bet bluff quite a bit
pre but I didn't want to let him shove shit like AJo. Flop is perfect for floating and after he checks
the turn I almost always win unless he's slowplaying something... But what can he really be
slowplaying?

Table Table TH 4445 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $207.15 USD )
Seat 2: eldudarino ( $113.29 USD )
Seat 3: Torppo ( $104.30 USD )
Seat 4: Shogunnnn ( $107.40 USD )
Seat 5: kakarotto_ ( $147.95 USD )
Torppo posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Shogunnnn posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :tc: :6c:
kakarotto_ folds
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
eldudarino calls [$3.50 USD]
Torppo raises [$13.50 USD]
Shogunnnn folds
HERO calls [$10.50 USD]
eldudarino folds
** Dealing Flop ** :5h: :kc: :8d:
Torppo bets [$18.00 USD]
HERO calls [$18.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :5s:
Torppo checks
HERO bets [$14.00 USD]
Torppo calls [$14.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :ah:
Torppo checks
HERO bets [$161.15 USD]
Torppo calls [$58.30 USD]
HERO shows :tc: :6c:
Torppo shows :5c: :4c:
HERO wins $102.85 USD from main pot
Torppo wins $210.10 USD from main pot

Win a flip one time plz?

Table Table TH 6692 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: GoldRoger1 ( $142.22 USD )
Seat 2: SDucKiller ( $112.00 USD )
Seat 3: JESSICA99 ( $140.98 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $102.22 USD )
Seat 5: CorlyWorly ( $100.00 USD )
GoldRoger1 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
SDucKiller posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :jh: :jc:
JESSICA99 folds
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
CorlyWorly folds
GoldRoger1 folds
SDucKiller raises [$10.00 USD]
HERO raises [$20.50 USD]
SDucKiller raises [$101.00 USD]
HERO calls [$78.22 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, Kc, 5h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ As ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8h ]
SDucKiller shows :ad: :qd:
SDucKiller wins $9.78 USD from main pot
SDucKiller wins $201.94 USD from main pot


Table Table TH 6692 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 3: Duffy_Duck ( $148.49 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $101.50 USD )
Seat 5: marcnap ( $96.66 USD )
Duffy_Duck posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ad: :6d:
marcnap calls [$1.00 USD]
Duffy_Duck raises [$4.50 USD]
HERO calls [$4.00 USD]
marcnap folds
** Dealing Flop ** :td: :3d: :3s:
Duffy_Duck bets [$8.25 USD]
HERO raises [$26.00 USD]
Duffy_Duck raises [$44.50 USD]
HERO raises [$70.50 USD]
Duffy_Duck calls [$43.75 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :6s:
** Dealing River ** :3h:
Duffy_Duck shows :kc: :kd:
HERO shows :ad: :6d:
Duffy_Duck wins $201.00 USD from main pot

Table Table TH 4112 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Seat 1: markusso1 ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 2: ztalin666 ( $21.15 USD )
Seat 3: MilanIsBak ( $184.30 USD )
Seat 4: RiSc ( $105.65 USD )
Seat 5: galopo ( $78.76 USD )
Seat 6: WZL2006/07 ( $124.35 USD )
Seat 7: HERO ( $213.10 USD )
Seat 8: texas_truk ( $119.71 USD )
Seat 9: *SILICIO* ( $106.15 USD )
Seat 10: MikePez ( $99.50 USD )
*SILICIO* posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
MikePez posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :as: :ac:
markusso1 folds
ztalin666 folds
MilanIsBak folds
RiSc folds
galopo folds
WZL2006/07 raises [$3.00 USD]
HERO raises [$10.50 USD]
texas_truk folds
*SILICIO* folds
MikePez calls [$9.50 USD]
WZL2006/07 folds
** Dealing Flop ** :7s: :8h: :5d:
MikePez checks
HERO bets [$16.00 USD]
MikePez raises [$50.00 USD]
HERO raises [$186.60 USD]
MikePez calls [$39.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :9c:
** Dealing River ** :8s:
HERO shows :as: :ac:
MikePez shows :6d: :6s:
HERO wins $113.60 USD from main pot
MikePez wins $199.50 USD from main pot

Here both players in the blinds were massive whales so I didn't
really want to isolate pre. Much more fun to flat and get lots of value postflop.

Table Table TH 8192 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $84.75 USD )
Seat 2: GUSSfather ( $122.59 USD )
Seat 3: TYforMONEY ( $111.76 USD )
Seat 4: joker82xxx ( $74.27 USD )
Seat 5: BalderC ( $87.00 USD )
TYforMONEY posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
joker82xxx posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :kh: :kc:
BalderC raises [$3.50 USD]
HERO calls [$3.50 USD]
GUSSfather calls [$3.50 USD]
TYforMONEY calls [$3.00 USD]
joker82xxx calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :tc: :8d: :2h:
TYforMONEY checks
joker82xxx checks
BalderC bets [$12.00 USD]
HERO calls [$12.00 USD]
GUSSfather folds
TYforMONEY folds
joker82xxx folds
** Dealing Turn ** :4h:
BalderC bets [$23.00 USD]
HERO raises [$69.25 USD]
BalderC calls [$46.25 USD]
** Dealing River ** :ac:
HERO shows :kh: :kc:
BalderC shows :td: :ts:
BalderC wins $177.00 USD from main pot

Table Bad Beat TH 160 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: adviser82 ( $20.00 USD )
Seat 2: HERO ( $169.40 USD )
Seat 3: nemam ( $90.64 USD )
Seat 4: pppeter2 ( $131.17 USD )
Seat 5: mrxxxxx ( $97.25 USD )
Seat 6: Ravnen11 ( $154.97 USD )
Ravnen11 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
adviser82 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :6d: :8d:
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
nemam calls [$3.50 USD]
pppeter2 folds
mrxxxxx folds
Ravnen11 folds
adviser82 folds
** Dealing Flop ** :6c: :4h: :8d:
HERO bets [$8.50 USD]
nemam raises [$17.00 USD]
HERO raises [$157.40 USD]
nemam calls [$70.14 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :5d:
** Dealing River ** :5h:
HERO shows :6d: :8d:
nemam shows :7c: :8s:
HERO wins $78.76 USD from main pot
nemam wins $179.78 USD from main pot

Table Table TH 8984 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: talitintt1 ( $91.50 USD )
Seat 2: ribiba ( $119.25 USD )
Seat 3: keksulya ( $107.87 USD )
Seat 4: goulut31 ( $75.90 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $210.94 USD )
goulut31 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :qh: :qd:
talitintt1 folds
ribiba folds
keksulya raises [$3.00 USD]
goulut31 calls [$2.50 USD]
HERO raises [$13.00 USD]
keksulya folds
goulut31 calls [$11.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :4h: :4c: :jh:
goulut31 checks
HERO bets [$13.00 USD]
goulut31 raises [$31.00 USD]
HERO raises [$183.94 USD]
goulut31 calls [$30.90 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :kd:
** Dealing River ** :8h:
goulut31 shows :ks: :4s:
HERO shows :qh: :qd:
HERO wins $135.04 USD from main pot
goulut31 wins $151.80 USD from main pot

Annoying thing about a session like this is that it makes me impatient to just move back up and ramp up the variance and say fuck you poker.

whoa blogs are censored?

nice

Made 13 cheeseburgers in 2.4k hands today.

There was so much ownage it was just disgusting. It's sick to say, but
I don't even think I ran particularly hot. I was just in Matrix mode where I could
basically see everybody's cards. After about 10k hands at nl100 I think I have
most of the regs figured out and set up for soul-ownage pretty badly.

Here was the 1st big hand of the session :

***** Hand History for Game 2021292967 ***** (Party)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, February 09, 05:50:38 ET 2010
Table Table TH 1269 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: wedda ( $179.61 USD )
Seat 2: stamping ( $98.50 USD )
Seat 3: RELATIVE1 ( $129.36 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $109.35 USD )
Seat 5: GroZ_z ( $115.05 USD )
wedda posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
stamping posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :3s: :3h:
RELATIVE1 calls [$1.00 USD]
HERO raises [$4.50 USD]
GroZ_z calls [$4.50 USD]
wedda folds
stamping folds
RELATIVE1 calls [$3.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :3d: :jh: :5d:
RELATIVE1 checks
HERO bets [$12.00 USD]
GroZ_z calls [$12.00 USD]
RELATIVE1 calls [$12.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :qc:
RELATIVE1 checks
HERO bets [$31.00 USD]
GroZ_z raises [$98.55 USD]
RELATIVE1 folds
HERO calls [$61.85 USD]
** Dealing River ** :8s:
GroZ_z shows :5c: :5h:
GroZ_z wins $5.70 USD from main pot
GroZ_z wins $233.70 USD from main pot

That had me thinking that the vomit-inducing session from yesterday was just gonna
continue to infinity. Thankfully, I stopped getting completely fucked by the deck
and went into full-out cyborg mode.

I have to run right now and don't have time to post and comment on many hands,
but I'll post this one that was particularly juicy, vs a pretty solid reg
(solid by cheeseburger standards, which doesn t mean much, I
mean what is he really repping on the river besides trips? He INSTA called
the turn raise, not even a thought... and why would he bet oop for value with Ax
when I'm repping a fking monster that is usually boated up on the riv?) :

***** Hand History for Game 2021684129 ***** (Party)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, February 09, 08:29:17 ET 2010
Table Table TH 6929 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: BaGaLuGa ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 2: chazzmm ( $102.00 USD )
Seat 3: eb3 ( $113.55 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $109.50 USD )
Seat 5: wheldon1 ( $109.95 USD )
eb3 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :jc: :ks:
wheldon1 folds
BaGaLuGa folds
chazzmm folds
eb3 raises [$2.50 USD]
HERO calls [$2.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :td: :2c: :6c:
eb3 bets [$4.50 USD]
HERO calls [$4.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :as:
eb3 bets [$8.00 USD]
HERO raises [$21.00 USD]
eb3 calls [$13.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :ah:
eb3 bets [$30.00 USD]
HERO calls [$30.00 USD]
eb3 shows :jd: :qd:
HERO shows :jc: :kh:
HERO wins $114.00 USD from main pot

yay mad cheeseburgers

In that previous bunch of hands.. I'd probably just raise the T6cc on the flop instead of floating his bet. These donk b/f K high boards like madness.

KK hand is meh.. easy to say 3bet pre but obv you know thats an option. If he's the type that will fold to 3bets with those positions, I like to 3bet those guys pretty polarized with those positions.

But gg 13!

grinded the shit out of the last 3 hours of a promotion today.

at one point I was 14-tabling with 6 turbo tables. it was a real test of endurance and I think i handled it well. towards the end I made two calls that, in hindsight, I don't really like, but i think the ev i lost in not plkaying my A game was more than compensated by the fact that I was sitting with my B game vs a ton of fish and the possibility of earning a few more hundred bucks for the end of the promo.

enough multi-tabling, probably gonna move up to double-cheeseburger stakes tomorrow. so far i ve made something like 33 buyins in 11k hands at nl100 and built up a decent online cushion for nl200.

maybe upgrade to some Big Macs soon?

wp tho, gl at 200nl

hmmm dbl cheeseburgers then quarters pounders w cheese then bigmacs imo

played some 1-2 including a deep table and made a couple buyins this aft.

then there were some incredible 2-4 PLO games running. the variance is dangerous, but we re talking 3 tables with more than half of the table seeing like 70% of flops.

i won every pot without showdown and lost the 3 all ins with 70%, 45% and 60% equity each time for a pretty big loss. i don t really regret it though since the games were amazing and i think i played perfectly with a massive massive edge. annoying because 2 of the 3 allins were on my last orbit vs the same opponent who i had been destroying.

meh griiiiind tomorrow.

god when i think about it plo has been responsible for a lot of this downswinging. i can t say it s from bad play either; i ve now lost my last 7 all ins with between 40 and 70% equity at the 2-4 and 3-6 tables.

fak

Bump for being my favourite thread on FTR. So sick on so many levels.

It's hard to use the word "deserve" in conjunction with poker so I won't, but I hope things start to consistently pick up for you.

In the last hand where you had KJ, did you have a range of hands in mind that villain can have that missed the river like flush draws, or just had the feeling he was full of shit? Fun stuff either way.

tilted beyond belief

grinded the cheeseburgers up really well and have played 3 sessions since moving back up to more reasonable stakes

in the 3 sessions i ve lost enough to approach a new low point

i made an infinitely long post with all of the big hands, but the new ftr forum didn t want to let me post it because of all the "images" (i guess all of the HH s have "images" with hole cards and whatnot) so no use looking for sympathy. let s just say that the deck has been fucking me harder than ever.

so far through 7k hands of nl my W$@SD is 31%.

i just wanna vomit blahblahblahblahblahblah. i feel sorry for myself. congratulations to me!

so fucking boring, waiting for this to end.

played well today and got buttfucked yet again. there was an amazing 2-4 plo game running and I sat and immediately had this happen :

$400.00 USD PL Omaha - Wednesday, February 24, 08:20:59 ET 2010
Table Table OH 711 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: Scirea10 ( $557.50 USD )
Seat 2: HERO ( $458.60 USD )
Seat 3: multiplexa ( $307.20 USD )
Seat 4: fishfork ( $419.10 USD )
Seat 5: MDALVA ( $388.70 USD )
MDALVA posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
Scirea10 posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ad: :ks: :tc: :jc:
HERO raises [$14.00 USD]
multiplexa folds
fishfork calls [$14.00 USD]
MDALVA folds
Scirea10 folds
** Dealing Flop ** :th: :ts: :3d:
HERO bets [$25.50 USD]
fishfork raises [$89.25 USD]
HERO calls [$63.75 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :jd:
HERO checks
fishfork bets [$159.37 USD]
HERO raises [$355.35 USD]
fishfork calls [$156.48 USD]
** Dealing River ** :qd:
HERO shows :tc: :jc: :as: :kd:
fishfork shows :kd: :qc: :qh: :4c:
HERO wins $39.50 USD from main pot
fishfork wins $841.20 USD from main pot

Built my stack back up to about 230bb s then
lost a 500bb pot with 78% equity 5 betting pre then losing the 52/48
with my :ah: :as: :qs: :th: vs a flopped pair and straight draw.

Moved down to another amazing plo 200 euro game and had this beauty fuck me in the face after building up a decent stack :

$200.00 USD PL Omaha - Wednesday, February 24, 09:05:44 ET 2010
Table Table OH 453 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $541.75 USD )
Seat 2: SFFF ( $198.00 USD )
Seat 3: LOOLOLOLOL ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 4: ThePursuer ( $196.10 USD )
SFFF posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
LOOLOLOLOL posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ah: :9h: :ts: :9c:
ThePursuer calls [$2.00 USD]
HERO raises [$9.00 USD]
SFFF folds
LOOLOLOLOL folds
ThePursuer calls [$7.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :9s: :4d: :7s:
ThePursuer checks
HERO bets [$21.00 USD]
ThePursuer raises [$84.00 USD]
HERO raises [$252.00 USD]
ThePursuer calls [$103.10 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :5c:
** Dealing River ** :6h:
HERO shows :ah: :9h: :ts: :9c:
ThePursuer shows :4h: :7h: :3s: :7d:
HERO wins $85.90 USD from main pot
ThePursuer wins $392.20 USD from main pot




During this downswing, I've sporadically been taking shots at incredibly
juicy plo games. So far I'm 0 for my last 9 getting it in on the flop for
200bb+ pots.

back to the cheeseburgers.

solid february so far

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8315/februarysofar.jpg

just sat at an amazing plo 2-4 table and squeezed QQTT on the button 250bb s deep

flop AT2ss I pot villain calls.

turn 6 villain checks I pot he shoves I call

villain flips top set and ships the 2k pot, my biggest contested pot in a while, obv ggfu to me.

another big loss and my BR is at a new low

also just noticed your post Dex

thanks for the support. things will turn around, it s just sooooooo mind-numbingly boring waiting for it to happen. if just ONE or TWO of the past 9 huge plo pots I ve played had gone my way things would be completely different.

it s very BR risky playing those games, but when they re good, they softer than any game i m ever played at NL. i m talking a 40/15 "reg" sitting with 3 or 4 90/5 players and then me.

gl to you man.

oh yeah about the KJ hand (re : Dex) :

villain called my turn raise VERY quickly. he didn t seem terrible or braindead.

in his shoes, what hand makes sense to bet half pot with on the river? If he has Ax, besides the fact that it s hard to make trips, he has to be scared that I have a monster so leading makes zero sense (unless he s on some meta-game level where he things I m raising the turn with JT looking for a cheap showdown)

generally though, ppl at these stakes fear the nuts pretty badly so even with a hand like AJ I'd expect him to check call while expecting to see a rivered boat.

however, if he simply imagines what his hand could look like to me, I can easily figure he d think "hmmm i can have trips in this spot so I bet!"

just a level thing I guess but the deciding factors in this spot were the speed with wich he called (seems like he d wanna pause and figure out a plan with a marginal made hand like Tx that 2 barelled)
and the fact that when he polarizes his range to trips or better I beat a ton of his bluffs like clubs or straight draws that whiffed.

hmmm maybe i should be really pissed right now but i m not.

i hereby solemnly pledge to play nothing besides nl100 euro until i win at least 30 buyins NO MATTER HOW GOOD OTHER GAMES MIGHT BE.

also, i just reread my longwinded blurb about the KJ hand dex. all i really need to say about it, since it happened while playing a ton of tables was that the thought process was "hmm weird what is he representing? Ax or better. would he usually lead out with Ax that isn t full? doesn t seem to make sense. can he be bluffing? yes. do i beat a decent number of his bluffs? yes."

call.

Just got pumped up and fired up a session of cheeseburger stakes.

dropped 5 buyins in my first 450 hands and I don t think it s possible anymore to be clearheaded at the tables. this has just been going on for way too long to be possible. i won t even talk about the hands because it s besides the point. posting coolers and beats doesn t make it better or easier to get motivated.

i m not gonna go near a poker table until march 1st. the extent of my desperation, frustration, and general sense of having had my nuts ripped out of my scrotum time and time again over the past 4 months is impossible to explain. it s too much to bear at the moment.

last post for february :

[IMG=http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8704/ggfeb10.jpg][/IMG]

Awesome responses to the KJ hand, both the longhandand and shorthanded, and I really appreciate you taking the time to reply. You made it easy to follow your thought process in both explanations and it was an interesting insight.

The graph is obv gross :(

FWIW I think the 30 buyin mini-op might still be a good thing to focus on because it's potentially a way of looking past the immediate frustrations of session by session results.

Good luck in March and run good man.

I just took some time to reread everything I've posted in this blog since the summer.

Even though countless posts and articles and cheesy new-age psychology books have been written about reacting to adversity, I feel like it could be helpful for me to make yet another February post to articulate some general thoughts about the best way of overcoming this epic 4 month-long rut.

I have a big ego. Much of it is founded upon and nourished by the notion that my creativity and sensitivity empower me; it's no coincidence that I chose to pursue classical piano rather than physics or medicine or business despite feeling attracted by those other paths to varying degrees. When playing poker, this big creativity-based ego is the source of both great strength and glaring vulnerability. It empowers me to think about hands in sometimes unusual and "brilliant" ways but also makes me a huge sucker for the rush of marginal plays that serve no purpose outside of increasing variance for variance's sake.

The advantage is that in my poker "career" I've found myself in tons of unusual spots that most people who have patiently grinded up the ranks as small winners have never been in. I have become an extremely proficient handreader. The drawback is that I have often tilted myself by taking risks that are unnecessary to beating the various games I've played, thereby reducing the amount of "tilt-free" hands I play and increasing the frustration from seeing more straightforward, boring, disciplined players (players who would never sit HU vs me) move steadily up the ranks. There is tremendous power in being able to change gears, make hero calls and gigantic bluffs. Keeping these abilities in check and knowing when to metaphorically "release the big dogs" becomes the issue. For me, it's a constant dance between genius and madness.

This summer I feel like I struck a great balance where I was always capable of making big calls and folds without necessarily seeking out those spots unnecessarily. I had reached a space where I wasn't looking to prove anything. The internal beast that hungers for the cally-bluffy poker-crack was always present but rarely the one driving the bus. I simply let it speak when it was crying out too loudly to be ignored. I think that there are a few things I was doing during that period (roughly from august to early november, when everything went to hell) that can be learned from and help me draw up a plan going forward.

1 : assuming that most of my opponents suck

This is pretty self-explanatory. When I assume that people read hands and well as I do, I often end up levelling myself. Most of the people I am playing at low and midstakes simply aren't that bright or talented at poker. They don't worry about balancing ranges or exploiting others.

2 : taking an extra second before a crazy play to ask myself "is my inner beast compelling me to do this? is it crying out? or am I just looking for a way out of the boredom of these cheeseburger stakes and their dairy queen regs?"

If I think it's the beast that smells blood, I go with it. If I think I might just be getting bored, the decision is easy.

3 : find a regular time to play with space for "creative session planning"

Routine and ritual are important in order to provide a form of automatic momentum. Being inflexible doesn't make much sense either since many of my biggest wins have come vs epically bad late-night fish. I need to find a loose playing routine that can by supplemented by occasional random fish-hunting.

4 : begin every session with no more than 6 tables

Nothing fancy about this. I can always add on a couple as I settle into the session and see other great tables opening up. Starting up with too many can instantly get me feeling frantic and lead to the subtle tilt of feeling rushed.

5 : during sessions, direct all of my energy on maintaininga balanced state of mind

I don't need to worry about technical poker details while playing, instead I need to be focused on sustaining a performance mindset and being immune to results and zen-like in my fascinated, curiousity-based concentration.

6 : no plo for the time being

The games have been insanely profitable, but variance is just too high and my confidance simply can't withstand more brutal swings right now.

7 : A Simple Plan

I'll restrict my game-selection creativity according to the following rules :

-no nl200 until I've made 30 (after today's session, 35 lol) buyins at nl100

-no nl400 until I've made 20 buyins at nl200

-nothing above nl400 until I've made another 20 buyins there

-play 80k hands of NL in March, following the above BR rules. With RB and bonuses, I should be more than ready to get back on the horse in April if I'm able to be focused, disciplined and patient.


One thing to consider is being staked. Someone offered to front me 10k so that I can play higher and I have to admit it's tempting but I think I like the idea of returning to some simple, disciplined, routine-based grinding without the hysteria of massive swings and crazy implied life-tilt when running bad.

It's kind of weird you posted that because in my last post in this thread I actually typed a question along the lines of:

"What part(s) of your style of play or personality might lend themselves to the swongs you go through?"

But I deleted it before posting because it seemed a little personal.

I understand what you mean about your ego feeling it hasn't been rewarded with what it feels it's entitled to, cuz that's pretty much how I tend to feel. I can't reason or accept that bad people, or stupid people, succeed. I don't understand how people don't want to be better, or won't try if they do. I don't understand how people fail upwards when I am capable, confident enough to be decisive and act, but the only breaks I catch are temporary lulls in a frustrating monotony. Life is so much easier when I stop for a moment, assert control and switch those thoughts off. I take a knock, they come back and everything gets harder again. It's weird, but if the alternative to thinking too much is thinking less, then the solution is to think, be aware and focus on thinking less. It sounds counter-intuitive to a degree, but for myself at least, it takes conscious effort to let things slide and stop thinking too much. I have to catch myself or the default reaction is the part of me that benefits me least. I would hope that over time, prolonged conscious effort will give way to a natural much calmer, contented reaction.

If you're anything like me, the goals you've set out will give you focus and by extension the work to achieve them will give you the results you need, including the natural automation of better reactions through repetition if nothing else. I appreciate that you have extensive experience of playing poker, but there's logging hands and then there's playing within a purpose and rules that you consciously adhere to. We don't stand to learn in the former what we would in the latter, even if technically we would have wanted the same result all along.

You alluded to it but there's a great quote that says the distance between genius and insanity is measured only by success. Well it's application and effort that's going to put mileage between them. If you know what you want, keep going.

Ramble ramble ramble, but as much as I often want to be distanced from people the depth in variety of the human condition is fascinating. I hope if nothing else you find some positive reinforcement in what I've said.

Also try to stop getting 2-outered. Poker is a skill game, work on your not getting lucksacked skill.

Good post man!

I can relate to a few of those things for sure.

The "taking an extra second" thing is definitely good. In fact, I have two side by side monitors and in between them is a post it note that says "WAIT 3 SECONDS". It also happens to say "STOP at 4 BUYINS LOSS" and "BET/FOLD!"

Though I'll admit that the fact that these notes are perma there makes them easy to ignore.

I also agree with your 6 tables to start. Though on stars I feel like my starting pace is always slow, since I'm usually just waitlisting a ton of tables anyhow.

The strict 100nl and no shot taking is probably a good call!

thanks for the comments guys really appreciate them

starting up the new routine tomorrow bright and early. hopefully the sick canadian karma means i ll run good for 17 days or so.

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Originally Posted by Genitruc

starting up the new routine tomorrow bright and early. hopefully the sick canadian karma means i ll run good for 17 days or so.

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Haha I have tested the sick canadian karma... and as of 10am March 1st... it did not hold true :P

Buttt.. who cares.. sick game yesterday! boooya!

I havent read your blog in a while, so sick that your downswing hasnt ended yet. I really hope your new gameplan will turn things around for you. GL man

Hey thanks for the encouragement wingster.

On march 1st, the starting day of my new routine, I felt sick, like I had the flu.

Turns out it wasn't the flu. It was mononucleosis which led to viral meningitis and a compromised liver. I've basically been in bed for 3 entire weeks and it looks like I could have almost that much time left being sick.

Played 4 tables of nl100 today for about 2.5 hours and it felt great. I really enjoyed the hands and felt like I played great. Too bad I ran like pure death and lost 4 buyins... The highlight hand was backdooring the nut flush on AKJT9ddd (i had A4dd) and losing to the backdoored straight flush (KQdd) and then losing w TT on KKT in a 3 bet pot to quad K's.

Really? Thanks poker!

Either way, I felt pretty lucid (1st time really since the beginning of this b.s.) and enjoyed it. Looks like I m now only 36 buyins away from nl200.

dude this is epically bad.. WTF!

same thing i said to griffey... don't give up on poker because you are way too good. im not sure how much it helps but its obvious you are on a very tough path right now, and i hope that changes very soon

Hi there (to the 3 or 4 people who read this blog from time to time).

As of this coming Monday, I will have been struggling through my illness for 7 weeks. The progress has been encouraging, although unpredictable. I'm nowhere near 100% and it turns out that this is pretty typical of adult mononucleosis. Plenty of people I've talked to have spoken of "full" recovery periods ranging from 3 months to a year or even never... I'm pretty confident I won't fall into the "never" category, but it is a little depressing, not having run once in almost 2 months after being close to fully prepared for my first half-marathon.

My tentative plan is to take it easy for one more weekend and then to start playing somewhat seriously again on Monday. Something like 3 hours of 4-tabling for the first week seems about right, exclusively at nl100. I was lucky enough to take down 2nd in a freeroll yesterday for 1k euros and hopefully I can take some of that momentum moving forward.

I'm not sure exactly how closely I'll stick to the plan I had drawn out just before falling ill. The buy-in requirements made a lot of sense when I had a "grind it out and make some solid rakeback" mentality but I'm not sure how optimal it is to be sitting at nl100 if I'm playing very attentively on 4 tables. We shall see.

Regardless, week 1 of my comeback will be all nl100, all 4-tabling. The single goal I have is to foster a completely zen-like awareness, a calmness, an openness and a totally curious state, as detached as possible from results. I don't fucking care if I drop 25 buyins, I just want to do some good and interesting thinking at the table.

Hope folks are doing well.

glad to see he's still aliiiive!! illnesses suck eh, makes u realise how unimportant other things are in relation to health.

glgl get better, make manies

Hey dude,

I'm glad to hear you're on the way back to 100% I hope this process speeds itself up for your sake.

Get better man!

thanks Is, played 2 teensy-weensy sessions this week and made 1$/hand so far... baby steps imo.

Back to the grind.

Starting back off, as promised, at nl100. Played about 4k hands of good solid poker since Tuesday.
Unfortunately, nothing seems to have changed. I feel pretty unfazed by the runbad but a couple times tonight
I almost lost it.

Here are the highlights over the first 4k hands back at the tables :

When villain 3-bet the turn I kind of wanted to puke. This was definitely not what I expected :

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, May 14, 07:25:08 ET 2010
Table Table TH 1244 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: ko1obok ( $115.15 USD )
Seat 2: BBanzai74 ( $91.45 USD )
Seat 3: ywpeme ( $106.64 USD )
Seat 4: leperan ( $170.63 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $239.72 USD )
BBanzai74 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
ywpeme posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :3d: :3s:
leperan folds
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
ko1obok folds
BBanzai74 calls [$3.00 USD]
ywpeme folds
** Dealing Flop ** :ah: :kc: :5d:
BBanzai74 checks
HERO checks
** Dealing Turn ** :3c:
BBanzai74 bets [$6.00 USD]
HERO raises [$22.00 USD]
BBanzai74 raises [$40.00 USD]
HERO raises [$214.22 USD]
BBanzai74 calls [$41.95 USD]
HERO wins $148.27 USD
** Dealing River ** :kh:
BBanzai74 shows :ks: :kd:
HERO shows :3d: :3s:
BBanzai74 wins $180.90 USD from main pot

There was history in this hand, mainly my history of owning villain on a couple tables,
him reloading and me continuing to own him. I decided to take this line as soon as I checked the flop :

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 15, 02:34:41 ET 2010
Table Table TH 6397 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: grnx ( $96.28 USD )
Seat 2: Pistolen ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 4: nik752 ( $79.45 USD )
Seat 5: PROLION ( $115.79 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $104.50 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
grnx posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :kd: :qs:
Pistolen folds
nik752 calls [$1.00 USD]
PROLION folds
HERO raises [$4.50 USD]
grnx folds
nik752 calls [$4.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :ad: :4s: :3d:
HERO checks
nik752 bets [$5.50 USD]
HERO calls [$5.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :as:
HERO checks
nik752 bets [$12.00 USD]
HERO calls [$12.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :3c:
HERO checks
nik752 bets [$25.00 USD]
HERO calls [$25.00 USD]
nik752 shows :tc: :jh:
HERO shows :kd: :qs:
HERO wins $93.00 USD from main pot

Villain here was an unknown. I v-bet lighter than almost anybody else I've seen since coming back (at the cheeseburgers stakes, that is).
Tilting part of this hand was villain tanking the river before calling; I was 100% sure I was good and fist-pumped when he called :

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, May 14, 07:20:28 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 95 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $148.79 USD )
Seat 2: vmars ( $138.35 USD )
Seat 3: nuri42 ( $151.24 USD )
Seat 4: Skerekasko ( $97.00 USD )
Seat 5: Vfhbz ( $137.90 USD )
Seat 6: ntinos69 ( $103.00 USD )
nuri42 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Skerekasko posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :tc: :ts:
Vfhbz folds
ntinos69 calls [$1.00 USD]
HERO raises [$4.50 USD]
vmars folds
nuri42 folds
Skerekasko folds
ntinos69 calls [$3.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :3c: :2s: :6h:
ntinos69 checks
HERO bets [$8.00 USD]
ntinos69 calls [$8.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :9h:
ntinos69 checks
HERO bets [$21.00 USD]
ntinos69 calls [$21.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :6s:
ntinos69 checks
HERO bets [$115.29 USD]
ntinos69 calls [$69.50 USD]
HERO wins $45.79 USD
HERO shows :tc: :ts:
ntinos69 shows :ac: :ah:
ntinos69 wins $204.00 USD from main pot

Similar hand here, shoving less than trips vs weak players. Pretty standard, but amazing
how many ppl only go for 2 streets in spots like this :

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, May 14, 06:46:26 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 268 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: Vasikus ( $197.41 USD )
Seat 2: sam28at ( $97.50 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $114.32 USD )
Seat 4: vmars ( $97.00 USD )
Seat 5: evetiia ( $86.26 USD )
Seat 6: Mr_sushi ( $98.63 USD )
evetiia posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Mr_sushi posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :jd: :js:
Vasikus folds
sam28at folds
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
vmars folds
evetiia calls [$3.00 USD]
Mr_sushi calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :qs: :8s: :6h:
evetiia checks
Mr_sushi checks
HERO bets [$8.00 USD]
evetiia calls [$8.00 USD]
Mr_sushi folds
** Dealing Turn ** :qc:
evetiia checks
HERO bets [$21.00 USD]
evetiia calls [$21.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :5s:
evetiia checks
HERO bets [$81.82 USD]
evetiia calls [$53.76 USD]
HERO wins $28.06 USD
HERO shows :jd: :js:
HERO wins $172.52 USD from main pot

Villain here was an unknown 21/17, opening plenty of buttons and playing pretty straightforwardly. Pretty obvious
thought process here (standard c-bet, bet turn to get him off less than Kx) until the river, which is one of 4 cards (any ace)
that I was planning on shoving. Couldn't believe he had what he had... :

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 13, 07:32:58 ET 2010
Table Turbo TH 1151 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: gumol8787 ( $103.39 USD )
Seat 2: HERO ( $99.00 USD )
Seat 3: John_3:16 ( $105.80 USD )
Seat 4: foritaly ( $103.65 USD )
Seat 5: Pheipes444 ( $72.08 USD )
John_3:16 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
HERO posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :jd: :6d:
foritaly folds
Pheipes444 folds
gumol8787 raises [$3.00 USD]
HERO raises [$10.50 USD]
John_3:16 folds
gumol8787 calls [$8.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :kc: :qc: :3d:
HERO bets [$15.00 USD]
gumol8787 calls [$15.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :2s:
HERO bets [$21.00 USD]
gumol8787 calls [$21.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :ad:
HERO bets [$52.00 USD]
gumol8787 calls [$52.00 USD]
gumol8787 shows :ah: :kh:
HERO shows :jd: :6d:
gumol8787 wins $196.00 USD from main pot

Villain I called down with K hi in earlier hand. Are you fucking serious? Welcome back to poker! :

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 15, 02:24:26 ET 2010
Table Table TH 405 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Seat 7: HERO ( $113.79 USD )
Seat 9: nik752 ( $96.23 USD )
nik752 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
HERO posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :th: :jd:
HERO raises [$2.50 USD]
nik752 calls [$2.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :3h: :2h: :8s:
nik752 bets [$4.50 USD]
HERO calls [$4.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :tc:
nik752 bets [$5.00 USD]
HERO raises [$21.00 USD]
nik752 calls [$16.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :jc:
nik752 bets [$67.73 USD]
HERO calls [$67.73 USD]
nik752 shows :9h: :7s:
nik752 wins $189.46 USD from main pot

FFS part 2 :

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 13, 08:37:19 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 95 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: maros12 ( $89.87 USD )
Seat 2: Hubzter1 ( $88.80 USD )
Seat 3: Negodemus ( $180.51 USD )
Seat 4: maltese60 ( $54.31 USD )
Seat 5: gildegum ( $89.00 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $108.55 USD )
maros12 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
HERO posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :5c: :5h:
Hubzter1 folds
Negodemus folds
maltese60 folds
gildegum folds
HERO raises [$2.50 USD]
maros12 calls [$2.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :9d: :9s: :3s:
HERO checks
maros12 bets [$4.50 USD]
HERO calls [$4.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :5d:
HERO checks
maros12 bets [$11.25 USD]
HERO calls [$11.25 USD]
** Dealing River ** :as:
HERO checks
maros12 bets [$71.12 USD]
HERO calls [$71.12 USD]
maros12 shows :ad: :9h:
maros12 wins $176.24 USD from main pot

FFS part 3 :

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 15, 01:52:40 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 108 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Seat 3: Lepsos ( $10.27 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $132.15 USD )
Seat 6: ImBabyBern ( $18.50 USD )
Seat 7: mixta ( $81.74 USD )
Lepsos posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :kc: :9c:
HERO raises [$3.00 USD]
ImBabyBern folds
mixta calls [$3.00 USD]
Lepsos folds
** Dealing Flop ** :qh: :td: :6c:
HERO bets [$5.00 USD]
mixta calls [$5.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :jh:
HERO bets [$14.00 USD]
mixta raises [$73.74 USD]
HERO calls [$59.74 USD]
** Dealing River ** :qd:
mixta shows :qs: :tc:
mixta wins $160.98 USD from main pot

And the biggest hand I've played so far since starting back up again :

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 13, 03:47:43 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 2 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: U2ME2 ( $259.60 USD )
Seat 2: poolbar1 ( $92.80 USD )
Seat 3: strongberg ( $16.75 USD )
Seat 4: mudimuhi ( $45.75 USD )
Seat 5: elsheriff ( $15.38 USD )
Seat 6: PlymCuda70 ( $48.45 USD )
Seat 7: exp3r7 ( $59.39 USD )
Seat 8: padicoph ( $16.00 USD )
Seat 9: Maximus176 ( $106.34 USD )
Seat 10: HERO ( $221.79 USD )
strongberg posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
mudimuhi posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ah: :ad:
elsheriff calls [$1.00 USD]
PlymCuda70 folds
exp3r7 folds
padicoph folds
Maximus176 folds
HERO raises [$4.50 USD]
U2ME2 calls [$4.50 USD]
poolbar1 folds
strongberg folds
mudimuhi calls [$3.50 USD]
elsheriff raises [$14.38 USD]
HERO raises [$31.01 USD]
U2ME2 calls [$31.01 USD]
mudimuhi folds
** Dealing Flop ** :6c: :6s: :7c:
HERO bets [$45.70 USD]
U2ME2 raises [$102.40 USD]
HERO raises [$140.58 USD]
U2ME2 calls [$83.88 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :5c:
** Dealing River ** :3d:
U2ME2 shows :ac: :kc:
HERO shows :ah: :ad:
U2ME2 wins $460.46 USD from main pot


I dunno, do any of these hands seem bad?
Maybe it's normal for this to happen in the span of 2 decent sessions worth of play and I've just forgotten what poker feels like?
At least we're only talking about losing several cheeseburgers... Still pretty fucking frustrating.

nice mix of pwnage, suckouts, coolers and bluffs gone bad.

ugh want to puke after this hand :

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 15, 05:46:15 ET 2010
Table Table TH 1318 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 4: Wojtas! ( $108.80 USD )
Seat 5: ZelotITO ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 7: SHANSTER22 ( $93.73 USD )
Seat 8: _jenky ( $170.64 USD )
Seat 9: 100%Rigged ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 10: gioshar ( $50.67 USD )
SHANSTER22 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
_jenky posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :tc: :ts:
100%Rigged raises [$3.50 USD]
gioshar calls [$3.50 USD]
Wojtas! folds
ZelotITO folds
HERO calls [$3.50 USD]
SHANSTER22 folds
_jenky folds
** Dealing Flop ** :3d: :8c: :2h:
100%Rigged checks
gioshar checks
HERO bets [$8.00 USD]
100%Rigged raises [$29.00 USD]
gioshar folds
HERO calls [$21.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :3c:
100%Rigged checks
HERO checks
** Dealing River ** :kh:
100%Rigged bets [$67.50 USD]
HERO folds
100%Rigged wins $67.50 USD
100%Rigged wins $67.00 USD from main pot

I had like 12 hands on villain, nothing to speak of 14/14... he showed :as: :6s: maybe i suck at poker.

Very tilted, unfortunately to the point of feeling like I need to stop playing.

Had a disgusting session this morning, took a break when I felt like I was getting impatient.

Restarted after a little while ago, committed to be focused, patient, etc. I lasted 180 hands before feeling so tilty I had to shut it down :


Here villain is a hyper-aggro spewy 40/30 player over a decent sample :

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 15, 06:36:53 ET 2010
Table Table TH 5286 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Rocker8319 ( $184.77 USD )
Seat 2: HERO ( $104.00 USD )
Seat 3: eDDy1988 ( $106.80 USD )
Seat 4: kjAAllin ( $192.85 USD )
Seat 5: Idontmuck ( $101.50 USD )
Seat 6: @Klass ( $100.00 USD )
kjAAllin posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Idontmuck posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ks: :qs:
@Klass folds
Rocker8319 calls [$1.00 USD]
HERO raises [$5.00 USD]
eDDy1988 calls [$5.00 USD]
kjAAllin folds
Idontmuck folds
Rocker8319 folds
** Dealing Flop ** :js: :3d: :4s:
HERO bets [$10.00 USD]
eDDy1988 calls [$10.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :kc:
HERO bets [$23.00 USD]
eDDy1988 raises [$91.80 USD]
HERO calls [$66.00 USD]
eDDy1988 wins $2.80 USD
** Dealing River ** :3h:
eDDy1988 shows :ac: :ad:
eDDy1988 wins $207.50 USD from main pot


Here villain is a pretty weak reg. I've seen a lot of ppl raising light their first orbit utg lately so I figured pre would pick up the pot quite a bit, also I can obviously rep a very strong range. As played, his hand is face-up and it sure feels like I can do a good job of repping AK KK QQ with the check-bet-bet line. Since the top of his range is JJ, maybe QQ once in a blue moon, seems like he kind of has to fold river (unless he puts me on pure air? nh sir) :

***** Hand History for Game 2180075243 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 15, 06:30:24 ET 2010
Table Table TH 5286 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Rocker8319 ( $180.95 USD )
Seat 2: HERO ( $110.55 USD )
Seat 3: eDDy1988 ( $109.80 USD )
Seat 4: kjAAllin ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 5: Idontmuck ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 6: @Klass ( $98.50 USD )
eDDy1988 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
HERO posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
kjAAllin posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :kc: :8c:
kjAAllin raises [$2.50 USD]
Idontmuck folds
@Klass calls [$3.50 USD]
Rocker8319 folds
HERO raises [$15.50 USD]
eDDy1988 folds
kjAAllin calls [$12.50 USD]
@Klass folds
** Dealing Flop ** :ah: :9h: :2c:
HERO checks
kjAAllin checks
** Dealing Turn ** :6d:
HERO bets [$21.00 USD]
kjAAllin calls [$21.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :ac:
HERO bets [$73.55 USD]
kjAAllin calls [$63.00 USD]
HERO wins $10.55 USD
HERO shows :kc: :8c:
kjAAllin shows :ts: :tc:
kjAAllin wins $201.50 USD from main pot


This is the hand that put me on tilt. I had played my first 100 hands or so pretty perfectly:


***** Hand History for Game 2180080322 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 15, 06:33:51 ET 2010
Table Table TH 6630 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: doni73 ( $130.48 USD )
Seat 2: Diegonher ( $20.00 USD )
Seat 3: bispos2010 ( $52.99 USD )
Seat 4: ...Five0.. ( $63.15 USD )
Seat 5: SAGAVE ( $59.77 USD )
Seat 6: Wojtas! ( $116.75 USD )
Seat 7: daddoufunk ( $197.10 USD )
Seat 8: HERO ( $109.35 USD )
Seat 10: morZsolt ( $99.00 USD )
Wojtas! posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
SAGAVE posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ad: :9d:
daddoufunk folds
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
morZsolt folds
doni73 folds
Diegonher folds
bispos2010 folds
...Five0.. calls [$3.50 USD]
SAGAVE folds
Wojtas! folds
** Dealing Flop ** :9s: :4h: :as:
HERO bets [$6.00 USD]
...Five0.. calls [$6.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :4d:
HERO bets [$13.00 USD]
...Five0.. calls [$13.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :2d:
HERO bets [$42.00 USD]
...Five0.. calls [$40.65 USD]
HERO wins $1.35 USD
...Five0.. shows :ah: :4s:
HERO shows :ad: :9d:
...Five0.. wins $124.80 USD from main pot

I'm not nearly as strong mentally as I thought I was. 5k hands of running like death and I already want to stop playing. Last night I felt frustrated but had an overall sense of things being ok. Now I can't say that I feel good about things overall at all. Fuck. Wtf am I supposed to do? Take another "break to clear my head" after basically not playing for 3 months? This is embarassing and absurd.

The greater the challenge the greater the opportunity for growth. Sorry if you were in no mood for altruism. It's evident that you're going through a rough time. You've done nothing but offer your encouragement in regards to my poker efforts and it has carried me a long way. Allow me to reciprocate by reminding you that if it's important to you to succeed (defined only by you obv) then the fortitude and clarity of mind will return to you. Also, stop trying to merge your quitting range imo.

In general, I'd say doing stuff like the K high (KQ) c/c down is probably unecessary high variance for how things are going for you.

Your JTo flop call on the low board float is probably not great. Better off floating with cards that he's likely to bluff. Also you don't even have a backdoor draw potential. I'd rather raise the flop if I wanted to continue with that hand.

TT hand - I'd probably bet turn for value. Don't expect him to go for the double value c/r. The river is probably close. It hits some of his air range, but also induces him to shove his air.

K8cc hand - why not bet the flop on A high board OOP? I really wouldn't shove that river ever, he's not gonna believe you rep anything credibly after checking the flop.

Rest of hands are lame obviously!

thx is

Today's session didn't start so well.

Here I had been winning every pot to start the HU. I felt like he'd be trying too hard to win this pot so I planned to call any pair down for at least 2 streets. Pretty lame the way it played out:


$100.00 USD PL Texas Hold'em - Monday, May 17, 08:28:33 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 280 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Seat 5: ifoh ( $102.32 USD )
Seat 9: HERO ( $131.47 USD )
ifoh posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
HERO posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :jd: :4d:
HERO raises [$2.50 USD]
ifoh raises [$8.00 USD]
HERO calls [$6.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :6d: :qd: :5d:
ifoh bets [$13.50 USD]
HERO calls [$13.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :4h:
ifoh bets [$33.75 USD]
HERO raises [$108.97 USD]
ifoh calls [$46.07 USD]
HERO wins $29.15 USD
** Dealing River ** :kd:
ifoh shows :ad: :2d:
HERO shows :jd: :4d:
ifoh wins $201.64 USD from main pot

Here villain had taken 3 pots off of me in about 2 orbits, flopping or turning monsters every time. I thought he'd think I was looking to outplay him here, esp with all the semibluffing opportunities the turncard brings:


$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, May 17, 07:12:16 ET 2010
Table Turbo TH 1417 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: PitrCrouch ( $196.60 USD )
Seat 2: prolevel ( $55.72 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 4: ko1obok ( $106.10 USD )
Seat 5: flush-girl ( $120.50 USD )
PitrCrouch posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
prolevel posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :qs: :qh:
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
ko1obok calls [$3.50 USD]
flush-girl folds
PitrCrouch calls [$3.00 USD]
prolevel folds
** Dealing Flop ** :2s: :8h: :5d:
PitrCrouch checks
HERO bets [$10.00 USD]
ko1obok calls [$10.00 USD]
PitrCrouch folds
** Dealing Turn ** :jd:
HERO checks
ko1obok bets [$23.62 USD]
HERO raises [$86.50 USD]
ko1obok calls [$62.88 USD]
** Dealing River ** :3h:
HERO shows :qs: :qh:
ko1obok shows :5c: :5s:
ko1obok wins $201.50 USD from main pot

Nothing to say here, just lol:

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, May 17, 07:11:28 ET 2010
Table Turbo TH 1417 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: PitrCrouch ( $197.60 USD )
Seat 2: prolevel ( $55.72 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $129.35 USD )
Seat 4: ko1obok ( $118.10 USD )
Seat 5: flush-girl ( $55.25 USD )
flush-girl posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
PitrCrouch posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :th: :td:
prolevel folds
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
ko1obok raises [$12.00 USD]
flush-girl calls [$11.50 USD]
PitrCrouch folds
HERO raises [$27.00 USD]
ko1obok folds
flush-girl calls [$18.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :tc: :qc: :6c:
flush-girl checks
HERO bets [$25.00 USD]
flush-girl calls [$24.75 USD]
HERO wins $0.25 USD
** Dealing Turn ** :9s:
** Dealing River ** :jc:
HERO shows :th: :td:
flush-girl shows :ac: :4d:
flush-girl wins $120.50 USD from main pot

So far AA is my biggest loser since coming back to the tables. Nothing changed this morning. Vs an aggro 32/25 who fucking tanked before calling. What a douche:

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, May 17, 07:25:24 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 1 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $148.56 USD )
Seat 2: Teawser ( $103.03 USD )
Seat 3: urajoke ( $103.50 USD )
Seat 4: maros12 ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 5: crusher23 ( $227.70 USD )
Seat 6: DriverNo1 ( $91.02 USD )
DriverNo1 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ah: :as:
Teawser folds
urajoke folds
maros12 folds
crusher23 raises [$3.50 USD]
DriverNo1 folds
HERO raises [$11.00 USD]
crusher23 calls [$8.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :td: :2c: :4d:
HERO bets [$15.00 USD]
crusher23 calls [$15.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :7h:
HERO checks
crusher23 bets [$28.00 USD]
HERO raises [$121.56 USD]
crusher23 calls [$93.56 USD]
** Dealing River ** :6h:
HERO shows :ah: :as:
crusher23 shows :ts: :7s:
crusher23 wins $294.12 USD from main pot

Oh well. Made a bit of a comeback and didn't lose too much. Feel like I played really well. A friend of mine made what I think was a great point a couple nights ago when he said that "taking breaks" from tilt in games where I'm probably +ev with even my C game is kind of stupid. Gonna just try to grind things out no matter what variance hands me. This hand was the result of a very specific read where I had seen villain check back a very strong hand previously vs me in pos on riv. Also I had been 3-betting him more than most and kind of expected the 4-bet bluff:

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, May 17, 08:05:37 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 1 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $145.35 USD )
Seat 2: samtheblin ( $18.74 USD )
Seat 3: urajoke ( $134.32 USD )
Seat 4: maros12 ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 5: crusher23 ( $372.58 USD )
Seat 6: DriverNo1 ( $79.85 USD )
DriverNo1 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :7d: :7h:
samtheblin folds
urajoke folds
maros12 folds
crusher23 raises [$3.50 USD]
DriverNo1 folds
HERO raises [$11.00 USD]
crusher23 raises [$20.75 USD]
HERO calls [$12.25 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :tc: :6h: :2c:
HERO checks
crusher23 bets [$35.00 USD]
HERO calls [$35.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :jc:
HERO checks
crusher23 checks
** Dealing River ** :5c:
HERO checks
crusher23 bets [$59.50 USD]
HERO calls [$59.50 USD]
HERO shows :7d: :7h:
crusher23 shows :ks: :9s:
HERO wins $234.50 USD from main pot

damn that 77 is some sick ownage

Just finished my longest session since starting up again. Somethign like 2.5k hands 4-6 tabling.

The session was absurd and epic but I've decided to only post hands I played vs a 55/18 fish who was beyond maniacal. Enjoy:

***** Hand History for Game 2185213311 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 01:51:27 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 2: Dawol ( $34.70 USD )
Seat 3: manouche67 ( $33.20 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $109.60 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $274.80 USD )
Seat 6: silvertrix ( $137.81 USD )
Dawol posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
manouche67 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :qh: :qd:
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
bronx@ calls [$3.50 USD]
silvertrix folds
Dawol folds
manouche67 calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :5c: :4s: :tc:
manouche67 checks
HERO bets [$10.00 USD]
bronx@ raises [$20.00 USD]
manouche67 folds
HERO raises [$35.50 USD]
bronx@ raises [$251.30 USD]
HERO calls [$60.60 USD]
bronx@ wins $165.20 USD
** Dealing Turn ** :ad:
** Dealing River ** :kh:
HERO shows :qh: :qd:
bronx@ shows :ts: :qs:
HERO wins $219.70 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185231599 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 02:51:40 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 3: lajaune ( $37.25 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $253.89 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $153.35 USD )
Seat 6: silvertrix ( $87.53 USD )
lajaune posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
silvertrix posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :qc: :8c:
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
bronx@ calls [$3.50 USD]
silvertrix folds
lajaune calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :4d: :td: :7c:
lajaune checks
HERO bets [$10.00 USD]
bronx@ calls [$10.00 USD]
lajaune folds
** Dealing Turn ** :2c:
HERO bets [$30.00 USD]
bronx@ calls [$30.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :6c:
HERO bets [$210.39 USD]
bronx@ calls [$109.85 USD]
HERO wins $100.54 USD
HERO shows :qc: :8c:
bronx@ shows :kc: :6c:
bronx@ wins $307.20 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185239076 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 03:24:56 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: xuan88 ( $220.02 USD )
Seat 2: Hegge1 ( $107.65 USD )
Seat 3: 8black ( $98.50 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $342.32 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $101.50 USD )
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
bronx@ posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ah: :kh:
xuan88 folds
Hegge1 folds
8black folds
bronx@ calls [$0.50 USD]
HERO raises [$3.00 USD]
bronx@ calls [$3.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :as: :2d: :ac:
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$8.00 USD]
bronx@ raises [$20.00 USD]
HERO calls [$12.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :ks:
bronx@ bets [$36.00 USD]
HERO calls [$36.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :6s:
bronx@ bets [$282.32 USD]
HERO calls [$41.50 USD]
bronx@ wins $240.82 USD
bronx@ shows :9s: :8h:
HERO shows :ah: :kh:
HERO wins $199.50 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185242160 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 03:41:41 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: xuan88 ( $155.77 USD )
Seat 2: Hegge1 ( $88.15 USD )
Seat 3: 8black ( $121.60 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $277.97 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $252.60 USD )
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
bronx@ posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ad: :kh:
xuan88 folds
Hegge1 folds
8black folds
bronx@ raises [$2.50 USD]
HERO raises [$10.00 USD]
bronx@ calls [$8.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :qd: :js: :8c:
bronx@ bets [$11.00 USD]
HERO raises [$33.00 USD]
bronx@ raises [$88.00 USD]
HERO folds
bronx@ wins $66.00 USD
bronx@ shows :4c: :6h:
bronx@ wins $84.50 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185242808 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 03:45:45 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: xuan88 ( $111.77 USD )
Seat 2: Hegge1 ( $140.15 USD )
Seat 3: 8black ( $120.10 USD )
Seat 4: jurista ( $81.31 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $313.97 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $206.40 USD )
jurista posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
bronx@ posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :qh: :qc:
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
xuan88 folds
Hegge1 folds
8black folds
jurista folds
bronx@ calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :th: :3c: :6h:
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$7.50 USD]
bronx@ calls [$7.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :4h:
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$22.50 USD]
bronx@ calls [$22.50 USD]
** Dealing River ** :ac:
bronx@ checks
HERO checks
bronx@ shows :as: :jd:
bronx@ wins $64.00 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185243157 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 03:48:02 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 2: Hegge1 ( $138.65 USD )
Seat 3: 8black ( $120.60 USD )
Seat 4: jurista ( $82.31 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $334.47 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $180.90 USD )
8black posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
jurista posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ks: :kd:
bronx@ calls [$1.00 USD]
HERO raises [$6.00 USD]
Hegge1 folds
8black folds
jurista folds
bronx@ calls [$5.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :4s: ad: :5c:
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$13.50 USD]
bronx@ calls [$13.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :2s:
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$30.37 USD]
bronx@ calls [$30.37 USD]
** Dealing River *** :8s:
bronx@ checks
HERO checks
bronx@ shows :ah: :8h:
bronx@ wins $97.74 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185244174 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 03:54:28 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 3: 8black ( $100.10 USD )
Seat 4: jurista ( $90.31 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $378.80 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $118.92 USD )
8black posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
jurista posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :qd: :qh:
bronx@ calls [$1.00 USD]
HERO raises [$7.00 USD]
8black folds
jurista folds
bronx@ calls [$6.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :7d: :6s: :jh:
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$15.50 USD]
bronx@ calls [$15.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :2c:
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$34.87 USD]
bronx@ raises [$356.30 USD]
HERO calls [$61.55 USD]
bronx@ wins $259.88 USD
** Dealing River ** :as:
bronx@ shows :ah: :th:
bronx@ wins $235.84 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185245804 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 04:03:52 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: kangoo111 ( $73.50 USD )
Seat 2: Donkmaster ( $106.30 USD )
Seat 3: 8black ( $86.75 USD )
Seat 4: GIWRGOS85 ( $19.00 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $566.93 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $100.00 USD )
8black posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
Donkmaster posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :qh: :td:
GIWRGOS85 folds
bronx@ calls [$1.00 USD]
HERO raises [$4.50 USD]
kangoo111 folds
Donkmaster calls [$4.00 USD]
8black folds
bronx@ calls [$3.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :qc: :qd: :th:
Donkmaster checks
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$10.87 USD]
Donkmaster calls [$10.87 USD]
bronx@ raises [$34.42 USD]
HERO calls [$23.55 USD]
Donkmaster folds
** Dealing Turn ** :5c:
bronx@ bets [$47.10 USD]
HERO raises [$61.08 USD]
bronx@ calls [$13.98 USD]
** Dealing River ** :3h:
HERO shows :qh: :td:
HERO wins $212.87 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185247094 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 04:09:09 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: kangoo111 ( $68.80 USD )
Seat 2: Donkmaster ( $104.45 USD )
Seat 3: 8black ( $81.75 USD )
Seat 4: GIWRGOS85 ( $38.40 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $368.68 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $288.12 USD )
8black posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
Donkmaster posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ah: :6c:
GIWRGOS85 folds
bronx@ calls [$1.00 USD]
HERO raises [$4.50 USD]
kangoo111 folds
Donkmaster folds
8black folds
bronx@ calls [$3.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :5s: :7s: :8h:
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$7.87 USD]
bronx@ raises [$27.55 USD]
HERO calls [$19.68 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :3c:
bronx@ bets [$32.80 USD]
HERO calls [$32.80 USD]
** Dealing River ** :8s:
bronx@ bets [$131.20 USD]
HERO calls [$131.20 USD]
bronx@ shows :kc: :8c:
bronx@ wins $390.10 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185251213 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 04:26:49 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: kangoo111 ( $120.19 USD )
Seat 2: Donkmaster ( $154.48 USD )
Seat 3: 8black ( $170.63 USD )
Seat 4: IamScared ( $27.50 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $492.08 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $107.85 USD )
Donkmaster posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
kangoo111 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :7c: :tc:
8black folds
IamScared folds
bronx@ calls [$1.00 USD]
HERO raises [$4.50 USD]
kangoo111 calls [$4.00 USD]
Donkmaster folds
bronx@ calls [$3.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :2c: :7d: :3c:
kangoo111 checks
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$14.50 USD]
kangoo111 folds
bronx@ calls [$14.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :8d:
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$43.50 USD]
bronx@ calls [$43.50 USD]
** Dealing River ** :qd:
bronx@ bets [$429.58 USD]
HERO calls [$45.35 USD]
bronx@ wins $384.23 USD
bronx@ shows :ac: :9d:
HERO shows :7c: :tc:
HERO wins $217.70 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185251936 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 04:30:07 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: kangoo111 ( $107.19 USD )
Seat 2: Donkmaster ( $123.99 USD )
Seat 3: 8black ( $165.63 USD )
Seat 4: IamScared ( $48.00 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $407.12 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $214.20 USD )
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
bronx@ posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :jc: :8c:
kangoo111 raises [$5.00 USD]
Donkmaster folds
8black calls [$5.00 USD]
IamScared folds
bronx@ raises [$16.50 USD]
HERO calls [$16.00 USD]
kangoo111 calls [$12.00 USD]
8black calls [$12.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :qc: :tc: :7d:
bronx@ bets [$68.00 USD]
HERO raises [$197.20 USD]
kangoo111 folds
8black folds
bronx@ calls [$129.20 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :th:
** Dealing River ** :jd:
bronx@ shows :as: :ad:
HERO shows :jc: :8c:
bronx@ wins $458.90 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185258735 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 05:07:50 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: HotStink ( $76.63 USD )
Seat 2: Donkmaster ( $162.23 USD )
Seat 3: Orald ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 4: IamScared ( $34.71 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $524.58 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $199.87 USD )
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
bronx@ posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :7h: :7c:
HotStink folds
Donkmaster folds
Orald folds
IamScared folds
bronx@ calls [$0.50 USD]
HERO raises [$5.00 USD]
bronx@ calls [$5.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :th: :td: :8h:
bronx@ checks
HERO bets [$9.00 USD]
bronx@ raises [$24.00 USD]
HERO calls [$15.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :7d:
bronx@ bets [$45.00 USD]
HERO calls [$45.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :qs:
bronx@ bets [$112.50 USD]
HERO raises [$124.87 USD]
bronx@ calls [$12.37 USD]
HERO shows :7h: :7c:
HERO wins $396.24 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2185265716 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 19, 05:52:16 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 75 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: HotStink ( $165.82 USD )
Seat 2: CarpoDiem ( $16.90 USD )
Seat 3: Orald ( $101.50 USD )
Seat 5: bronx@ ( $401.36 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $355.44 USD )
CarpoDiem posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Orald posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :4c: :6h:
bronx@ raises [$3.50 USD]
HERO calls [$3.50 USD]
HotStink folds
CarpoDiem folds
Orald folds
** Dealing Flop ** :ks: :3h: :4h:
bronx@ bets [$6.37 USD]
HERO calls [$6.37 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :6d:
bronx@ bets [$10.62 USD]
HERO raises [$42.48 USD]
bronx@ calls [$31.86 USD]
** Dealing River ** :jd:
bronx@ bets [$349.01 USD]
HERO calls [$303.09 USD]
bronx@ wins $45.92 USD
bronx@ shows :kc: :2c:
HERO shows :4c: :6h:
HERO wins $708.88 USD from main pot


I'm exhausted.

looks like a lot of fun

whats with the second hand, seems rigged :)

haha damn I never find these maniacs.

what was your net on this whale?

hmmm i left the table w a 780bb stack and probably made 2 or 3 buyins overall

Had started to get a little momentum going then played 1k hands this morning :

***** Hand History for Game 2190297962 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 22, 04:04:00 ET 2010
Table Table 50BB TH 40 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Blobs189 ( $121.10 USD )
Seat 2: philandrin ( $157.47 USD )
Seat 3: rodperjo ( $96.47 USD )
Seat 4: monkeyboye ( $195.50 USD )
Seat 5: toumpinio ( $57.70 USD )
Seat 6: scofield_h ( $104.10 USD )
Seat 7: fazekband1 ( $267.71 USD )
Seat 8: abderitano ( $26.90 USD )
Seat 9: HERO ( $202.30 USD )
Seat 10: satoro ( $215.35 USD )
toumpinio posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
monkeyboye posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :kd: :td:
scofield_h folds
fazekband1 folds
abderitano folds
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
satoro folds
Blobs189 folds
philandrin calls [$3.50 USD]
rodperjo folds
monkeyboye folds
toumpinio folds
** Dealing Flop *** :tc: :5c: :ts:
HERO bets [$7.00 USD]
philandrin raises [$14.00 USD]
HERO raises [$28.00 USD]
philandrin calls [$21.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :9c:
HERO bets [$58.87 USD]
philandrin calls [$58.87 USD]
** Dealing River ** :4d:
HERO bets [$61.00 USD]
philandrin calls [$60.10 USD]
HERO wins $0.90 USD
philandrin shows :ad: :th:
HERO shows :kd: :th:
philandrin wins $313.44 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2190451542 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 22, 05:46:23 ET 2010
Table Table TH 7917 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: ##%%** ( $98.50 USD )
Seat 2: jaser ( $54.30 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $160.54 USD )
Seat 4: pokerciko1 ( $20.00 USD )
Seat 5: @bewater ( $137.97 USD )
Seat 6: Sneaky_one ( $115.90 USD )
jaser posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :9d: :9s:
pokerciko1 folds
@bewater calls [$1.00 USD]
Sneaky_one raises [$5.00 USD]
##%%** folds
jaser folds
HERO calls [$4.00 USD]
@bewater calls [$4.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :9h: :8s: 6h:
HERO checks
@bewater checks
Sneaky_one bets [$7.75 USD]
HERO raises [$28.50 USD]
@bewater raises [$132.97 USD]
Sneaky_one folds
HERO calls [$104.47 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :4d:
** Dealing River ** :ad:
@bewater shows :td: :7d:
@bewater wins $286.19 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2190289949 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 22, 03:58:06 ET 2010
Table Table TH 2688 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $201.00 USD )
Seat 2: 6flo ( $31.00 USD )
Seat 3: igie³ ( $111.18 USD )
Seat 4: obsolete ( $133.95 USD )
Seat 5: MJsDoctor ( $187.38 USD )
MJsDoctor posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :9s: :ts:
6flo folds
igie³ folds
obsolete raises [$3.00 USD]
MJsDoctor folds
HERO calls [$2.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :5s: :9c: :3s:
HERO bets [$4.87 USD]
obsolete raises [$14.00 USD]
HERO raises [$35.00 USD]
obsolete raises [$116.95 USD]
HERO calls [$91.08 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :qd:
** Dealing River ** :kc:
obsolete shows :5d: :5c:
obsolete wins $265.40 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2190491192 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 22, 06:11:52 ET 2010
Table Table TH 7917 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: maupos1 ( $106.27 USD )
Seat 2: jaser ( $69.71 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $162.17 USD )
maupos1 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
jaser posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :2c: :2s:
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
maupos1 calls [$3.00 USD]
jaser calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :3h: :2h: :td:
maupos1 checks
jaser checks
HERO bets [$7.87 USD]
maupos1 calls [$7.87 USD]
jaser folds
** Dealing Turn ** :4h:
maupos1 checks
HERO bets [$20.00 USD]
maupos1 calls [$20.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :qd:
maupos1 checks
HERO bets [$130.80 USD]
maupos1 calls [$74.90 USD]
HERO wins $55.90 USD
maupos1 shows :ad: :5h:
HERO shows :2c: :2s:
maupos1 wins $213.04 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2190470053 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 22, 05:57:44 ET 2010
Table Table TH 2688 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $500.04 USD )
Seat 2: illibar ( $56.54 USD )
Seat 3: ivaylo666 ( $91.70 USD )
Seat 4: massimo7u ( $105.85 USD )
Seat 5: ALASKA^ ( $63.23 USD )
ALASKA^ posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ah: :9h:
illibar calls [$1.00 USD]
ivaylo666 folds
massimo7u raises [$4.50 USD]
ALASKA^ calls [$4.00 USD]
HERO calls [$3.50 USD]
illibar calls [$3.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :ad: :8c: :6s:
ALASKA^ checks
HERO checks
illibar checks
massimo7u bets [$13.50 USD]
ALASKA^ folds
HERO calls [$13.50 USD]
illibar folds
** Dealing Turn ** :9s:
HERO bets [$25.00 USD]
massimo7u calls [$25.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :3s:
HERO bets [$457.04 USD]
massimo7u calls [$62.85 USD]
HERO wins $394.19 USD
HERO shows :ah: :9h:
massimo7u shows :6h: :6d:
massimo7u wins $217.70 USD from main pot


***** Hand History for Game 2190482583 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 22, 06:06:16 ET 2010
Table Table TH 7917 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: maupos1 ( $113.17 USD )
Seat 2: jaser ( $58.71 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $270.17 USD )
Seat 4: ivaylo666 ( $102.50 USD )
Seat 5: @bewater ( $296.07 USD )
Seat 6: Sneaky_one ( $92.90 USD )
jaser posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
maupos1 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ah: :ad:
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
ivaylo666 calls [$3.50 USD]
@bewater calls [$3.50 USD]
Sneaky_one calls [$3.50 USD]
maupos1 folds
jaser folds
** Dealing Flop ** :kd: :3h: :7c:
HERO bets [$15.50 USD]
ivaylo666 calls [$15.50 USD]
@bewater folds
Sneaky_one raises [$45.00 USD]
HERO raises [$251.17 USD]
ivaylo666 calls [$83.50 USD]
Sneaky_one calls [$44.40 USD]
HERO wins $167.67 USD
** Dealing Turn ** :5s:
** Dealing River ** :qh:
HERO shows :ah: :ad:
ivaylo666 shows :3d: :3s:
ivaylo666 wins $299.90 USD from main pot

i still seem to be confused by the crazy variance i m experiencing. i dunno, i v bet thin and everything, but does this shit really happen to everyone as much as it seems to happen to me? this is in the span of an hour of play.

i can t take this.

trying to fight through this but not sure i can.

more from today :

***** Hand History for Game 2190677894 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 22, 08:39:45 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 182 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: skull80 ( $36.90 USD )
Seat 2: HERO ( $105.00 USD )
Seat 3: V.N. ( $166.55 USD )
Seat 4: muahaha! ( $261.99 USD )
Seat 5: ladydonk ( $86.31 USD )
Seat 6: bobs93 ( $99.50 USD )
skull80 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :8c: :9s:
V.N. folds
muahaha! folds
ladydonk raises [$3.50 USD]
bobs93 folds
skull80 calls [$3.00 USD]
HERO calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :jh: :ts: :qh:
skull80 checks
HERO checks
ladydonk bets [$7.87 USD]
skull80 folds
HERO raises [$27.55 USD]
ladydonk raises [$74.94 USD]
HERO calls [$55.26 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :td:
** Dealing River ** :jc:
ladydonk shows :qc: :qd:
ladydonk wins $172.62 USD from main pot

i decide to make a questionable play OOP vs a guy who has been 3 betting me a ton:

***** Hand History for Game 2190737619 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 22, 09:29:14 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 175 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: Zacsker ( $80.77 USD )
Seat 2: john1992 ( $104.50 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 4: S7h7a7man ( $310.25 USD )
Seat 5: oleeejorma ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 6: KickYourAc ( $92.50 USD )
Zacsker posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
KickYourAc posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ah: :5h:
john1992 raises [$3.50 USD]
HERO calls [$3.50 USD]
S7h7a7man raises [$15.50 USD]
oleeejorma folds
KickYourAc folds
Zacsker folds
john1992 folds
HERO calls [$12.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :ad: :qh: :9c:
HERO checks
S7h7a7man bets [$17.00 USD]
HERO calls [$17.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :2h:
HERO bets [$67.50 USD]
S7h7a7man calls [$67.50 USD]
** Dealing River ** :2d:
HERO shows :ah: :5h:
S7h7a7man shows :ac: :qd:
S7h7a7man wins $201.50 USD from main pot


I make a big shove where this nit is folding everything less than AK after the hand plays out like this :

***** Hand History for Game 2190716817 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 22, 09:12:53 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 42 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Cecilia85 ( $153.00 USD )
Seat 2: john1992 ( $134.20 USD )
Seat 3: Trucker2k ( $101.45 USD )
Seat 4: nysser ( $105.92 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $264.60 USD )
Seat 6: vasilis19 ( $50.00 USD )
Trucker2k posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
john1992 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
vasilis19 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :8h: :6h:
nysser calls [$1.00 USD]
HERO raises [$5.50 USD]
vasilis19 folds
Cecilia85 calls [$5.50 USD]
john1992 raises [$17.50 USD]
Trucker2k folds
nysser folds
HERO calls [$12.50 USD]
Cecilia85 folds
** Dealing Flop ** :kh: :7s: :3s:
john1992 checks
HERO checks
** Dealing Turn ** :qc:
john1992 checks
HERO bets [$23.00 USD]
john1992 calls [$23.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** :ts:
john1992 checks
HERO bets [$223.60 USD]
john1992 calls [$93.20 USD]
HERO wins $130.40 USD
john1992 shows :ks: :kd:
HERO shows :8h: :6h:
john1992 wins $273.40 USD from main pot


A donk raises when the perfect card for his spewy tendencies hits the riv for him to bluff a missed draw (I mean, think about the equity he had on the flop... seriously... and for the board to comme off like this etc etc FUCK ME) :

***** Hand History for Game 2190681444 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 22, 08:42:54 ET 2010
Table Bad Beat TH 175 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: muahaha! ( $86.20 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $123.85 USD )
Seat 4: S7h7a7man ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 5: ALASKA^ ( $150.64 USD )
Seat 6: mrxxxxx ( $123.45 USD )
S7h7a7man posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
HERO posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :9s: :js:
ALASKA^ calls [$1.00 USD]
mrxxxxx folds
muahaha! folds
HERO calls [$0.50 USD]
S7h7a7man checks
** Dealing Flop ** :as: :9h: :5s:
HERO bets [$3.00 USD]
S7h7a7man folds
ALASKA^ calls [$3.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :td:
HERO bets [$6.75 USD]
ALASKA^ calls [$6.75 USD]
** Dealing River ** :9d:
HERO bets [$22.50 USD]
ALASKA^ raises [$51.00 USD]
HERO calls [$28.50 USD]
ALASKA^ shows :9c: :th:
ALASKA^ wins $121.00 USD from main pot

Value-shoving the turn :

***** Hand History for Game 2190279745 ***** (Boss)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 22, 03:49:33 ET 2010
Table Table TH 7917 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 2: Philcart ( $29.62 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $114.30 USD )
Seat 4: ski2die ( $115.70 USD )
Seat 5: Vfhbz ( $101.04 USD )
Seat 6: mitricboss ( $174.68 USD )
Vfhbz posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
ski2die posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :ks: :th:
mitricboss folds
Philcart folds
HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
ski2die folds
Vfhbz raises [$10.00 USD]
HERO calls [$7.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** :kh: :ac: :6c:
Vfhbz bets [$15.00 USD]
HERO calls [$15.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** :ts:
Vfhbz bets [$25.00 USD]
HERO raises [$88.30 USD]
Vfhbz calls [$50.04 USD]
HERO wins $13.26 USD
** Dealing River ** :js:
HERO shows :th: :ks:
Vfhbz shows :as: :qs:
Vfhbz wins $199.58 USD from main pot


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