1600th post!
Shot time. Careful, it's considered fuel





During the timespan between the 1st post here, and this 1600th post, I have seen myself mature from an innocent and naïve kid who thought that straight beats flush, once he actually learned wtf a flush was to a mofo bastard that stacks people for fun.
During my "previous run" or "roll" if you wish, I reached great heights. I saw myself as the next up-and-coming god of poker, huds were for pussies, I bluffed and semibluffed left and right. I had to wthdraw all of my previous roll to pay, obviously, for some very unforeseen and foreseen real life shit. I am thankful of having that money, pretty significant for me at that time (even though, today I see on full tilt the Rail Heaven table throwing around with my whole previous roll in 10 big bets, sigh)
I decided to rebuild my game from the ground up, taking care of every leak before its ingrained into me when I become a bigshot, and the errors will be more costly then.
You have to think about my game like some kind of nebula: full of cosmic matter, but still in essence shapeless and worthless. I just spend such a long time setting shape and essence into it, and the Jack Galaxy is almost ready.
Today, I still think HUDs are for pussies, and I am made of iron now. Humble and not proud, and still not totally fearless, but strong and tougher, I should probably change my forum name to Tony Starks. I steal orphan pots. I value bet thin. I assign ranges and act upon reads. I understand timely aggression. I understand board texture. I understand position. I now "know" when to bluff. I have developed an uncanny "feel" for the game. I know who I am up against, at all times. I am tighter than before, more aggressive in the right spots than before, not ever getting out of line, but only optimal.
I am not playing "Tight, Aggressive Poker" , but rather "pure poker". I see shit now. I don't go after stats, I'm not a baseball player. I don't give a shit about my RBI, Strike Out, and Left on Base percentage. I read souls.
The one leak I have right now, is that I am still not totally fearless. So when my soulreading fails, i am sorely out of luck. I am working hard on this.
And I am not a 1-trick pony. I do omaha/ omaha8, stud, razz, horse even, limit, no limit, pot limit whatever. Just not NLO/NLO8: that's not a game, that's trappers paradise. Good luck to anybody foolish enough to play that. And no 5CD Draw cuz I'm not a cowboy.

I have three beautiful women in my life right now that care for me (they don't know about each others existence, but whatever). I had a lot of friends, but my friend count seemed to have dwindled these days, traitors have revealed themselves and true ones have also revealed themselves. I have gotten enough of the style of music I like (lounge, lo-fi, house, bossa) , to last me 3 to 4 lifetimes. I have not gotten onto MSN for the past 2 or 3 months at least.

Right, now, on to my leaks. One of these is my tourney game during mid-game in large tourneys. I suck bigtime here. My early game is pretty much perfect, since I pretty much always reach the first break. However, afterwards, I suck bigtime.
I have been playing at least 2 small-buyin tourneys daily to remedy this. It seems like I have to increase my "gamble".
I don't want to win donkaments by getting lucky, rather, I want to now exactly wtf I am doing and start recognizing the donkament stages better.
Also, I'm tougher, but not fearless enough.
I still do not want to move up. I want to destroy 25NL for a massive winrate first. I am technically rolled for like 50NL, and maybe even a thin 100NL. The plan is to move up to 50NL when I have 160 buyins (I can't remember the math I made to come up with this, but generally its for confidence) for it, then I'd have no excuse to play 25NL anymore. Conservative, yes, I know. If I can somehow start averaging $100 daily profit (as in $100 for my pocket, the rest for the bankroll), I'll start living off this shit and live like a king. I think this will happen around 400NL at least.
But I'm not taking shots till I'm ready. Its very, very soon though.
My final table skills are pretty sharp as well, coming from a SNG background. However, since concentrating on cash I have done poorly to cash in SNG's for some reason.




Cliff's Notes: PWN cash, Suck @ Donkaments




So, here are a few recent beauties I wanted to share with you

PokerStars Game #18757112219: Tournament #95382209, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/07/12 - 01:39:01 (ET)
Table '95382209 15' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Cerebrum34 (3510 in chips)
Seat 2: romanator (4408 in chips)
Seat 3: 59stacker (1590 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: Alec76 (11256 in chips)
Seat 5: Big Ends (9985 in chips)
Seat 6: ssr1971 (1511 in chips)
Seat 7: sc00ter888 (4880 in chips)
Seat 8: Avi_Tristan (4909 in chips)
Seat 9: silviafreek (1550 in chips)
Cerebrum34: posts small blind 75
romanator: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Avi_Tristan [ :Ac:]
59stacker: folds
Alec76: folds
Big Ends: folds
ssr1971: folds
sc00ter888: folds
Avi_Tristan: raises 300 to 450
silviafreek: folds
Cerebrum34: folds
romanator: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [:Js: ]
romanator: checks
Avi_Tristan: checks
*** TURN *** [Js 3h 6h] [:Kd:]
romanator: bets 450
Avi_Tristan: raises 650 to 1100
romanator: calls 650
*** RIVER *** [Js 3h 6h Kd] []
romanator: checks
the fuck you want? a showdown? fuck you
Avi_Tristan: bets 3359 and is all-in
romanator: folds
Uncalled bet (3359) returned to Avi_Tristan
Avi_Tristan collected 3175 from pot
Avi_Tristan: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3175 | Rake 0
Board [Js 3h 6h Kd 9h]
Seat 1: Cerebrum34 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: romanator (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 3: 59stacker folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Alec76 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Big Ends folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ssr1971 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: sc00ter888 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Avi_Tristan collected (3175)
Seat 9: silviafreek (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)


LOLdonkaments

PokerStars Game #18757320489: Tournament #95382209, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/07/12 - 01:54:03 (ET)
Table '95382209 15' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Cerebrum34 (4535 in chips)
Seat 2: romanator (11013 in chips)
Seat 3: Hammerhead (5720 in chips)
Seat 4: Alec76 (12067 in chips)
Seat 5: Big Ends (10785 in chips)
Seat 8: Avi_Tristan (6134 in chips)
Seat 9: couzidudbc (295 in chips) is sitting out
Big Ends: posts small blind 100
Avi_Tristan: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Avi_Tristan [:Jh: ]
couzidudbc: folds
Cerebrum34: folds
romanator: folds
Hammerhead: folds
Alec76: folds
Big Ends: calls 100
Avi_Tristan: checks
*** FLOP *** [:Td:]
Big Ends: bets 400
Avi_Tristan: calls 400
*** TURN *** [Td 5s 4s] []
Big Ends: bets 400
Avi_Tristan: calls 400
*** RIVER *** [Td 5s 4s 2d] []
Big Ends: bets 1000
the fuck you think? you can vbet me? fuck you!
Avi_Tristan: raises 4134 to 5134 and is all-in
mrs skillda is connected
Big Ends: folds
Uncalled bet (4134) returned to Avi_Tristan
Avi_Tristan collected 4000 from pot
Avi_Tristan: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4000 | Rake 0
Board [Td 5s 4s 2d 6h]
Seat 1: Cerebrum34 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: romanator folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Hammerhead folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Alec76 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Big Ends (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 8: Avi_Tristan (big blind) collected (4000)
Seat 9: couzidudbc folded before Flop (didn't bet)



LOLvalue

Table #9019141 - The 19th Hole
Starting Hand #452725514
Start time of hand: 11 Jul 2008 16:35:03
Last Hand #452724304
Game Type: HOLD'EM
Limit Type: NO LIMIT
Table Type: RING
Money Type: REAL MONEY
Blinds are now $0.10/$0.25
Button is at seat 4
Seat 1: louyann - $18.70
Seat 2: Nimaz82 - $34.04
Seat 3: AlanB - $9.75
Seat 4: KiPIcarus - $4
Seat 5: JackSawyer - $46.03
Seat 6: danti - $28.09
Moving Button to seat 5
danti posts small blind ($0.10)
louyann posts big blind ($0.25)
Shuffling Deck
Dealing Cards
Dealing [:Jd: :Jc:] to JackSawyer
Nimaz82 raises to $1.25
AlanB folds
KiPIcarus folds
JackSawyer calls $1.25
danti calls $1.25
louyann calls $1.25
Dealing Flop [:Jh: :Kc:]
danti checks
louyann checks
Nimaz82 bets $4
JackSawyer calls $4
danti folds
louyann folds
Dealing Turn []
Nimaz82 bets $9
JackSawyer raises to $30
Nimaz82 folds and shows [:Ks: :Qd:]
crap!
Taking Rake of $1.55 from pot 1
JackSawyer doesn't show
JackSawyer wins $29.45
Seat 1: louyann - $17.45
Seat 2: Nimaz82 - $19.79
Seat 3: AlanB - $9.75
Seat 4: KiPIcarus - $4
Seat 5: JackSawyer - $61.23
Seat 6: danti - $26.84
End Of Hand #452725514




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Just don't go around making pussy drinks.





this just became serious bizniz