Learn what I think I know...

Probably bad timing to start this being I'm tied up until the weekend but better late then never...One lesson that was really hard for me to learn was that I am not as good as I thought I was. I spent all of highschool playing poker ( (almost legally) online and casinos). I never had a job as my hobby was paying for everything. I had one of my really good friends go threw this phase with me and he actually recommended this site to me. Which really has been pretty amazing.

Then the real world kicked in. I graduated from HS and moved to LA to attend film school. Three years later now done with school and no fucking clue about where to go. I stopped playing all together as there has been no time. So, I depost $50 on stars and here I sit a few months later.

My goal is to learn everything I missed the first time around and pick up a whole lot more. This blog will follow actually two goals or so I have planned. A) Grind 5nl to a $700 br and withdraw $600 to deposit onto tilt and bonus whore (Ive actually never done the bonus whoring thing). I want to leave $100 on stars to play the micro sunday tourneys. MTT's have always been my main focus so it has been interesting putting the focus on rings. B) Grind 5nl at tilt while bonus whoring to get my br over 1k. Where I will then re-evaluate.

It may seem pretty stupid to put so much focus on 5nl but I have never consciously "grinded" out a limit...Thanks for reading and check back for updates

First in - glglgl

GL , but can I suggest that when you get to 250$ move up to 10NL. fpps come along slowly at 5nl and quicker at 10nl. It made a hell of a difference to my bonus clearing once I'd moved up to 10nl. At $700 you want to be thinking about 25NL and once you are comfortable atthat limit then you should be set to go Bonus whoring. Aiming to do it at 5NL is asking for a lot of heartache.

nice, good luck

Thanks for the support guys! My br is over $250 now. The issue is IDK if moving up is good while I am still trying to figure out my ring game. Currently my br can stand a $5 blow and it doen't bother me that much. $10 is kind of scary being I would only have 32bb. Am I being over conservative?

today went pretty well. Had a few hands early on that set me back but I came out on top in the end. Have to take a break for a little bit. Will return tonight with more playing!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($2.85)
Hero (UTG+1) ($4.95)
MP1 ($4.97)
MP2 ($1.98)
MP3 ($1.92)
CO ($1.30)
Button ($2.95)
SB ($1.71)
BB ($2.34)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A, K
1 fold, Hero bets $0.08, 4 folds, Button calls $0.08, SB calls $0.07, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.26) K, 4, 7 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.18, Button calls $0.18, 1 fold

Turn: ($0.62) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $0.38, Hero folds

Total pot: $0.62 | Rake: $0


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($0.51)
UTG+1 ($1.46)
MP1 ($3)
MP2 ($0.69)
CO ($5.07)
Button ($6.67)
SB ($1.35)
Hero (BB) ($4.94)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, 10
2 folds, MP1 bets $0.12, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.25) 4, 6, 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $0.20, Hero raises to $0.65, MP1 raises to $2.88 (All-In), Hero calls $2.23

Turn: ($6.01) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($6.01) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $6.01 | Rake: $0.30


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 ($4.53)
MP1 ($2.78)
MP2 ($4.69)
CO ($6.02)
Button ($1.04)
SB ($9.12)
Hero (BB) ($9.79)
UTG ($2.11)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, K
UTG calls $0.02, 2 folds, MP2 bets $0.04, 1 fold, Button raises to $0.10, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.60, 1 fold, MP2 raises to $1.26, Button calls $0.94 (All-In), Hero raises to $9.79 (All-In), MP2 calls $3.43 (All-In)

Flop: ($10.45) 8, 5, 7 (3 players, 3 all-in)

Turn: ($10.45) K (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: ($10.45) 2 (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $10.45 | Rake: $0.50


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 ($3.98)
CO ($0.97)
Hero (Button) ($5.40)
SB ($4.64)
BB ($1.01)
UTG ($1.83)
MP1 ($4.54)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, A
2 folds, MP2 calls $0.02, 1 fold, Hero bets $0.10, 1 fold, BB calls $0.08, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.23) 5, 9, 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.12, BB calls $0.12

Turn: ($0.47) A (2 players)
BB bets $0.02, Hero calls $0.02

River: ($0.51) 7 (2 players)
BB bets $0.77 (All-In), Hero calls $0.77

Total pot: $2.05 | Rake: $0.10

edit: hand 4 villain actually did just what I wanted him to.

AK hand - why are we check/folding the turn?

TT - lead this flop, please

AQ - why not raise the turn after you finally hit your hand on a rainbow board?

KK - you can raise smaller since you want action here - they can't all have AA. I would 4bet to $.30 and then 6bet/all-in.

AK: button was super loose, I didnt want to have to re-evaluate river when he for sure would barrel again. Figured I would save the $$.

TT: I checked because villain was very aggressive and I figured his likely hood of stacking off was better if he had to act after my three bet.

AQ: I wanted to look weaker than I was. I figured if I just called behind he would shove considering his small stack.

KK: I raised more because there was a limp, a minraise, and another mini raise in front of me. I either wanted money in PF or everyone to fold.

I have stats running on these guys during the hands. Would it be more helpful if I posted villains numbers?

Originally Posted by revolvingiris

I have stats running on these guys during the hands. Would it be more helpful if I posted villains numbers?

Yes.

OK, at least you're taking reads into account. Still, the c/r is a VERY scary line and it's sometimes hard to get all the chips in with it. Sometimes, you're better off just leading the flop/turn. In this case, it seems all the chips were going in regardless.

Also I don't like giving the "minbet free card." I think a lot of villains at 10nl and 25nl try to get a "nearly free card" with their draws when they play this way. This was a pretty dry board, tho, so meh. Min-bets are a pain in the ass - they can mean made nut hands or total garbage, and different donk-villains play them differently, so it's a nice thing to make a note on.

Tonights session was meh...Tried a vew different moves that didnt work too well. Here are some hands.

villain 42/8 12 hands

PokerStars Game #29010899312: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/06/05 5:00:55 ET
Table 'Gotho' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: bonesaw55 ($1.75 in chips)
Seat 2: GIRLvsZOMBIE ($2 in chips)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS ($1.97 in chips)
Seat 4: gottgabgas ($1.16 in chips)
Seat 5: retzo030 ($1 in chips)
Seat 6: idodgedeuces ($1.97 in chips)
Seat 7: Silent_Allen ($5.28 in chips)
Seat 8: Positiva888 ($2.97 in chips)
Seat 9: Trigga ($4.44 in chips)
bonesaw55: posts small blind $0.01
GIRLvsZOMBIE: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to revolvingIRS [4c 5c]
revolvingIRS: raises $0.04 to $0.06
gottgabgas: folds
retzo030: folds
idodgedeuces: folds
Silent_Allen: folds
Positiva888: folds
Trigga: calls $0.06
bonesaw55: raises $0.04 to $0.10
GIRLvsZOMBIE: calls $0.08
revolvingIRS: calls $0.04
Trigga: calls $0.04
*** FLOP *** [7d 7s Ac]
bonesaw55: checks
GIRLvsZOMBIE: checks
revolvingIRS: checks
Trigga: bets $0.24
bonesaw55: folds
GIRLvsZOMBIE: folds
revolvingIRS: folds
Uncalled bet ($0.24) returned to Trigga
Trigga collected $0.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $0.40 | Rake $0
Board [7d 7s Ac]
Seat 1: bonesaw55 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: GIRLvsZOMBIE (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: revolvingIRS folded on the Flop
Seat 4: gottgabgas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: retzo030 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: idodgedeuces folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Silent_Allen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Positiva888 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Trigga (button) collected ($0.40)

Villain 56/14/0.3 over 10 hands

PokerStars Game #29011084658: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/06/05 5:14:22 ET
Table 'Gotho' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: flakika ($5.33 in chips)
Seat 2: GIRLvsZOMBIE ($2.46 in chips)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS ($3.12 in chips)
Seat 5: kecko1 ($1.34 in chips)
Seat 6: idodgedeuces ($1.89 in chips)
Seat 7: Silent_Allen ($5.22 in chips)
Seat 8: aprendiz1976 ($2.11 in chips)
Seat 9: Trigga ($5 in chips)
aprendiz1976: posts small blind $0.01
Trigga: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to revolvingIRS [Qc As]
flakika: folds
GIRLvsZOMBIE: folds
revolvingIRS: raises $0.06 to $0.08
kecko1: raises $0.12 to $0.20
idodgedeuces: folds
Silent_Allen: folds
aprendiz1976: folds
Trigga: folds
revolvingIRS: calls $0.12
*** FLOP *** [4d Qd 5s]
revolvingIRS: checks
kecko1: checks
*** TURN *** [4d Qd 5s] [3d]
revolvingIRS: bets $0.25
kecko1: calls $0.25
*** RIVER *** [4d Qd 5s 3d] [3s]
revolvingIRS: bets $0.35
kecko1: raises $0.54 to $0.89 and is all-in
revolvingIRS: calls $0.54
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kecko1: shows [Qh Qs] (a full house, Queens full of Threes)
revolvingIRS: mucks hand
kecko1 collected $2.61 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.71 | Rake $0.10
Board [4d Qd 5s 3d 3s]
Seat 1: flakika folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: GIRLvsZOMBIE folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS mucked [Qc As]
Seat 5: kecko1 showed [Qh Qs] and won ($2.61) with a full house, Queens full of Threes
Seat 6: idodgedeuces folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Silent_Allen (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: aprendiz1976 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Trigga (big blind) folded before Flop

PokerStars Game #29011455465: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/06/05 5:39:22 ET
Table 'Gotho' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: flakika ($5.90 in chips)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS ($2.08 in chips)
Seat 6: idodgedeuces ($1.74 in chips)
Seat 8: leddster ($1.51 in chips)
Seat 9: komarik100 ($5.31 in chips)
flakika: posts small blind $0.01
GIRLvsZOMBIE: is sitting out
revolvingIRS: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to revolvingIRS [Ad Ah]
GIRLvsZOMBIE leaves the table
idodgedeuces: raises $0.04 to $0.06
leddster: calls $0.06
komarik100: calls $0.06
flakika: raises $0.26 to $0.32
revolvingIRS: raises $0.40 to $0.72
idodgedeuces: folds
leddster: folds
komarik100: folds
flakika: calls $0.40
*** FLOP *** [Qs 6d Jc]
flakika: checks
revolvingIRS: bets $1.36 and is all-in
flakika: calls $1.36
*** TURN *** [Qs 6d Jc] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 6d Jc Qd] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
flakika: shows [Qc Qh] (four of a kind, Queens)
revolvingIRS: mucks hand
flakika collected $4.14 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4.34 | Rake $0.20
Board [Qs 6d Jc Qd Kh]
Seat 1: flakika (small blind) showed [Qc Qh] and won ($4.14) with four of a kind, Queens
Seat 3: revolvingIRS (big blind) mucked [Ad Ah]
Seat 6: idodgedeuces folded before Flop
Seat 8: leddster folded before Flop
Seat 9: komarik100 (button) folded before Flop

PokerStars Game #29011084658: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/06/05 5:14:22 ET
Table 'Gotho' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: flakika ($5.33 in chips)
Seat 2: GIRLvsZOMBIE ($2.46 in chips)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS ($3.12 in chips)
Seat 5: kecko1 ($1.34 in chips)
Seat 6: idodgedeuces ($1.89 in chips)
Seat 7: Silent_Allen ($5.22 in chips)
Seat 8: aprendiz1976 ($2.11 in chips)
Seat 9: Trigga ($5 in chips)
aprendiz1976: posts small blind $0.01
Trigga: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to revolvingIRS [Qc As]
flakika: folds
GIRLvsZOMBIE: folds
revolvingIRS: raises $0.06 to $0.08
kecko1: raises $0.12 to $0.20
idodgedeuces: folds
Silent_Allen: folds
aprendiz1976: folds
Trigga: folds
revolvingIRS: calls $0.12
*** FLOP *** [4d Qd 5s]
revolvingIRS: checks
kecko1: checks
*** TURN *** [4d Qd 5s] [3d]
revolvingIRS: bets $0.25
kecko1: calls $0.25
*** RIVER *** [4d Qd 5s 3d] [3s]
revolvingIRS: bets $0.35
kecko1: raises $0.54 to $0.89 and is all-in
revolvingIRS: calls $0.54
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kecko1: shows [Qh Qs] (a full house, Queens full of Threes)
revolvingIRS: mucks hand
kecko1 collected $2.61 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.71 | Rake $0.10
Board [4d Qd 5s 3d 3s]
Seat 1: flakika folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: GIRLvsZOMBIE folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS mucked [Qc As]
Seat 5: kecko1 showed [Qh Qs] and won ($2.61) with a full house, Queens full of Threes
Seat 6: idodgedeuces folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Silent_Allen (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: aprendiz1976 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Trigga (big blind) folded before Flop

PokerStars Game #29011927874: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/06/05 6:10:24 ET
Table 'Gotho' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: konex ($1.94 in chips)
Seat 2: DrMeister1 ($5.08 in chips)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS ($2 in chips)
Seat 5: hotte-josh ($1.40 in chips)
Seat 6: vishus90 ($2.23 in chips)
Seat 7: maciu88 ($1.95 in chips)
Seat 8: junkyard5800 ($1.36 in chips)
DrMeister1: posts small blind $0.01
revolvingIRS: posts big blind $0.02
Alena.ru: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to revolvingIRS [8h Qh]
hotte-josh: folds
vishus90: folds
maciu88: folds
junkyard5800: calls $0.02
konex: folds
DrMeister1: folds
revolvingIRS: checks
*** FLOP *** [6h Jh Ks]
revolvingIRS: bets $0.04
junkyard5800: raises $0.06 to $0.10
revolvingIRS: calls $0.06
*** TURN *** [6h Jh Ks] [Tc]
revolvingIRS: checks
junkyard5800: bets $0.10
revolvingIRS: raises $0.22 to $0.32
junkyard5800: raises $0.92 to $1.24 and is all-in
revolvingIRS: calls $0.92
*** RIVER *** [6h Jh Ks Tc] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
revolvingIRS: shows [8h Qh] (high card King)
junkyard5800: shows [Jd 8d] (a pair of Jacks)
junkyard5800 collected $2.63 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.73 | Rake $0.10
Board [6h Jh Ks Tc 3c]
Seat 1: konex (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: DrMeister1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: revolvingIRS (big blind) showed [8h Qh] and lost with high card King
Seat 5: hotte-josh folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: vishus90 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: maciu88 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: junkyard5800 showed [Jd 8d] and won ($2.63) with a pair of Jacks

I spent a majority of the evening reading higher level thinking and tried to apply it here lol. It didnt work for me as you can obviously tell it looks like a 4th grader got ahold of my PS account. Maybe tomorrow my head wont be shoved SO far up my ass.

hand 1 b/f turn and c/decide river
hand 2 I'd personally c/c
but b/c like Robb says is not bad
hand 3 yeah actually .3 would be better as Robb said
hand 4 perfect villain can has an ace, hopefully worse than ours

didn't read unconverted hands

Sorry for not converting them. It was late and my brain was dead.

I played a little over 1k hands today. It was a feat for me being I dont think I have played that much before. It has been up and down all day but ended on a high note. Here are some converted hands .

Villain just sat down so no stats.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($4.07)
UTG ($9.96)
MP ($14.46)
CO ($6.68)
Button ($6.82)
Hero (SB) ($6.62)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 10
3 folds, Button bets $0.15, Hero raises to $0.45, 1 fold, Button raises to $1.25, Hero calls $0.80

Flop: ($2.55) 5, 7, 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $1.60, Hero folds


Obv trying to make a play. Even though villain didnt have a ton behind to bet the turn with. I thought I could still get him off it. I thought wrong, although Im sure there is a reason for my incorrect thought process.
Total pot: $2.55 | Rake: $0.10

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MP1 ($1.93)
MP2 ($10)
CO ($3.31)
Hero (Button) ($4.93)
SB ($1.99)
BB ($2.40)
UTG ($10.06)
UTG+1 ($4.90)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, A
UTG calls $0.05, 2 folds, MP2 (poster) checks, 1 fold, Hero bets $0.25, SB calls $0.23, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.65) 6, 3, J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.30, SB raises to $0.65, Hero calls $0.35

Turn: ($1.95) 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.15, SB calls $1.09 (All-In)

River: ($4.13) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $4.13 | Rake: $0.20


Just a poorly played hand...
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UTG ($5.33)
UTG+1 ($2.46)
Hero (MP1) ($3.12)
MP2 ($1.34)
CO ($1.89)
Button ($5.22)
SB ($2.11)
BB ($5)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q, A
2 folds, Hero bets $0.08, MP2 raises to $0.20, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.43) 4, Q, 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks

Turn: ($0.43) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.25, MP2 calls $0.25

River: ($0.93) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.35, MP2 raises to $0.89 (All-In), Hero calls $0.54

Total pot: $2.71 | Rake: $0.10

Villain 45/9 over 11 hands

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MP2 ($3.61)
CO ($1.50)
Button ($12.77)
SB ($7.73)
Hero (BB) ($7.86)
UTG ($5.32)
UTG+1 ($3.40)
MP1 ($6.65)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, 10
UTG calls $0.05, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0.05, 4 folds, Hero bets $0.20, UTG calls $0.15, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.47) Q, 7, 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks

Turn: ($0.47) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.25, UTG raises to $0.50, Hero calls $0.25

River: ($1.47) K (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $1.15, Hero folds

Total pot: $1.47 | Rake: $0.05

First TT hand - just flat the 3bet preflop.

AK + air hand - nothing wrong with check/folding AK on flop that misses you sometimes, especially oop.

AQ stack off - OK depending on reads. If he's agro/bad enough. I suppose he showed up w/ a flush and you're kicking yourself?

AQ: he actually had QQ...after this session I played more and lost 3 buy ins...not a good day yesturday.

Played for a little bit this morning. Things went much better than yesturday. Cant tell if its because I played better, variance, or both (probably both). I felt more confident betting and laying bigger hands down. Which so far I have seen is the best defense, FOLD. One JJ hand stuck in my head that I could have folded. I wanted to, but it seemed like too many hands were in his raising range to fold.

Villain Stats: 20/9/2 this hand I wanted to fold but too many seemed to be in his range to make the call. However, I think my mistake in line of thinking was that he waited till the river to raise me (usually=pretty strong).
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Button ($10.36)
Hero (SB) ($8.44)
BB ($14.48)
UTG ($7.78)
UTG+1 ($2.97)
MP1 ($9.65)
MP2 ($6.12)
CO ($4.30)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J, J
3 folds, MP2 bets $0.10, CO calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.30, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.20, CO calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.95) 5, 4, K (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks, CO checks

Turn: ($0.95) J (3 players)
Hero bets $0.50, MP2 calls $0.50, 1 fold

River: ($1.95) 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $1, MP2 raises to $3, Hero calls $2

Total pot: $7.95 | Rake: $0.35

Villain Stats: 24/6/.6
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UTG ($5.95)
UTG+1 ($4.19)
MP1 ($2.78)
Hero (MP2) ($8.63)
CO ($1.81)
Button ($11.08)
SB ($6.73)
BB ($3)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 8, 8
3 folds, Hero bets $0.15, CO calls $0.15, 2 folds, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.47) Q, 10, 6 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.20, 1 fold, BB calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.87) 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.30, BB calls $0.30

River: ($1.47) Q (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.70, BB calls $0.70

Total pot: $2.87 | Rake: $0.10


Villain Stats: 45/12/2
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BB ($5.01)
Hero (UTG) ($9.10)
UTG+1 ($5.22)
MP1 ($7.45)
MP2 ($10.33)
MP3 ($17.82)
CO ($6.78)
Button ($9.79)
SB ($10.09)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, Q
Hero bets $0.15, UTG+1 calls $0.15, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.15, MP3 calls $0.15, 4 folds

Flop: ($0.67) J, 6, 4 (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, MP3 bets $0.05, Hero raises to $0.20, UTG+1 calls $0.20, 2 folds

Turn: ($1.12) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.45, UTG+1 calls $0.45

River: ($2.02) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.10, UTG+1 calls $1.10

Total pot: $4.22 | Rake: $0.20

Villain Stats: 45/15/3.5
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UTG+1 ($1.01)
MP1 ($4.10)
MP2 ($1.46)
Hero (CO) ($4.68)
Button ($1.91)
SB ($1.94)
BB ($3.19)
UTG ($6.18)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, A
UTG bets $0.10, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.35, 3 folds, UTG calls $0.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.87) 8, 8, 7 (2 players)
UTG bets $0.50, Hero raises to $1, UTG calls $0.50

Turn: ($2.87) K (2 players)
UTG bets $1, Hero raises to $3.33 (All-In), UTG calls $2.33

River: ($9.53) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $9.53 | Rake: $0.45

45/10/3
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($5.13)
Hero (MP2) ($9.57)
MP3 ($5.70)
CO ($6)
Button ($9.88)
SB ($12.89)
BB ($7)
UTG ($9.93)
UTG+1 ($5.74)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J, J
1 fold, UTG+1 bets $5.74 (All-In), 5 folds, SB calls $5.72, 1 fold

Flop: ($11.53) A, 2, 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($11.53) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($11.53) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $11.53 | Rake: $0.55


Villain Stats: 45/12/3
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($10.77)
Hero (MP2) ($6.30)
MP3 ($12.19)
CO ($5.32)
Button ($1.92)
SB ($5.84)
BB ($11.07)
UTG ($6)
UTG+1 ($9.65)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q, A
UTG (poster) checks, UTG+1 bets $0.20, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.20, 2 folds, Button calls $0.20, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.72) A, 6, 10 (3 players)
UTG+1 bets $0.35, Hero calls $0.35, 1 fold

Turn: ($1.42) K (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $0.35, Hero raises to $0.70, UTG+1 calls $0.35

River: ($2.82) 4 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks

Total pot: $2.82 | Rake: $0.10


Villain 9/8/1
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($10.84)
Hero (SB) ($6.39)
BB ($11.11)
UTG ($1.93)
UTG+1 ($6.69)
MP1 ($9.95)
MP2 ($4.81)
CO ($9.42)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 10
UTG calls $0.05, 2 folds, MP2 bets $0.25, 5 folds

Total pot: $0.17 | Rake: $0


Villain Stats: 46/8/1
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($5.03)
Hero (UTG+1) ($4.76)
MP1 ($5.48)
MP2 ($6)
MP3 ($12.32)
CO ($12.50)
Button ($4.90)
SB ($6.94)
BB ($6.10)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9, 9
1 fold, Hero bets $0.15, MP1 raises to $0.25, 5 folds, BB calls $0.20, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.77) 9, K, 2 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, MP1 checks

Turn: ($0.77) 4 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.60, MP1 raises to $1.20, 1 fold, Hero raises to $4.51 (All-In), MP1 calls $3.31

River: ($9.79) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $9.79 | Rake: $0.45

I dont have stats for the bottom hand. However my read was his bet was actually kind of weak. The fact that he limped and then 4x seemed to put him in the 77-TT range. I thought I had folding equity being I had been representing a tight range and if not we were off to the races. His 99 to my AK pf:

I will hit an A or K 33% of the time. So I win 8.49 if I win once and I loose 4.06 (x2) = 8:12 twice when he wins. For a thin protit of .37c.

Our equity is AK: 47%
77-11: 52%

Now I dont quite understand how to calculate Folding Equity but I figured he wasnt calling this about 50% of the time. So I actually make 1.60 every time he folds. I figured it was a profitable gamble?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($30.33)
MP2 ($8.44)
Hero (CO) ($4.06)
Button ($4.90)
SB ($9.20)
BB ($9.93)
UTG ($5.88)
UTG+1 ($16.29)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, K
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.05, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.05, Hero bets $0.25, Button calls $0.25, 2 folds, UTG+1 raises to $1, 1 fold, Hero raises to $4.06 (All-In), 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $3.06

Flop: ($8.49) 7, A, Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($8.49) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($8.49) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $8.49 | Rake: $0.40

Today was pretty shitty. Cash sucked and I was completly card dead in the quater million. I think its been a good 4 hours since I last hit a flop with anything. I actually was delt 2 playable hands the entire tourney so it was a quick game for me...I hate today.

PokerStars Game #29102366296: Hold'em No Limit ($0.02/$0.05) - 2009/06/07 15:18:33 ET
Table 'Mathilde' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: edoss141 ($11.59 in chips)
Seat 2: turboburbon ($4.96 in chips)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS ($5.11 in chips)
Seat 4: Chainick ($5.95 in chips)
Seat 5: ignitee ($4.93 in chips)
Seat 6: djjeffypoo ($9.52 in chips)
Seat 7: naruto9009 ($6.62 in chips)
Seat 8: alfk ($5 in chips)
Seat 9: alliku22 ($10.02 in chips)
naruto9009: posts small blind $0.02
alfk: posts big blind $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to revolvingIRS [Qc Qd]
alliku22: folds
edoss141: raises $0.10 to $0.15
turboburbon: folds
revolvingIRS: raises $0.35 to $0.50
Chainick: folds
ignitee: folds
djjeffypoo: folds
naruto9009: folds
alfk: folds
alliku22 leaves the table
edoss141: raises $0.50 to $1
revolvingIRS: raises $4.11 to $5.11 and is all-in
edoss141: calls $4.11
*** FLOP *** [4s 6s 8c]
*** TURN *** [4s 6s 8c] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [4s 6s 8c Kh] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
edoss141: shows [Ks Qs] (a pair of Kings)
revolvingIRS: mucks hand
edoss141 collected $9.79 from pot
esox_l joins the table at seat #9
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10.29 | Rake $0.50
Board [4s 6s 8c Kh 7h]
Seat 1: edoss141 showed [Ks Qs] and won ($9.79) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: turboburbon folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS mucked [Qc Qd]
Seat 4: Chainick folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ignitee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: djjeffypoo (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: naruto9009 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: alfk (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: alliku22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

This was the hand that decided if I was up or down for the session. Apparently Im just not that good.

Switching to 10nl instead. Moving up > being too over rolled.

Things are going much better at 10NL. I think its a mixture of playing smarter and getting a member ship at grinder school. Ive been watching a few of the videos and already its helped. For sure have been paying attention to position so that has helped. Very excited for tomorrow!

Nice ....

I'm glad to here the 10NL is working out for you.


Focus on Playing Situational Poker.


Good Luck

lol well, today went much worse than I had hoped. Down 2.5 buy ins and I'm not sure completly why. Tables were stacked well, wasnt being bothered, thought I was playing aware but who knows...My virtual machine crashed on my so I lost all my HH and am waiting for PS to send them to me. Ill post in the BC whenever they arrive.

I cant repost in the original thread (locked) but I was not calling nutsinho the "Weiner of FTR". I was saying I feel like "I lost my nuts"...Just want to make sure that was 100% cleared up.

Today I have changed my opperation. MTTs have always been what I like to play. I gave 10nl a short run (under 10k hands) but I think my brain is wired more to MTT.

My new goal is to build to 1.2k. WWEEEE!!!!

My blog banner updated the wrong info. I keep trying to change it but its not updating. My roll is at $550, which is still good

My overall profit for ol play hit 1k today. Its been actually kind of hard for me to get there. Ive only been playing ol since last year and even at that I didnt play a ton in 08.

I played in a 6-max $2.20 today with 1680 entrants that lasted 7.7 hours to finish, came in 2nd. I was pretty pleased but overall not that excited. I think I played ok, but am not to sure what I messed up on. I know I felt a ton of pressure when I was HU and it didnt take long for villain to have my stack. I wasnt like crushed or anything but a mix of missing flops and not catching a ton of hands I think is what did it (minus my experience of course).

I guess tomorrow I will troll through the tourney HH and post some hands Im not to keen on.

I also tried to set up mIRC to see if anyone wanted to railbird but for some reason I was unable to connect.

Oh well, heres to tomorrow and I am glad to be apart of the 1k club

Today I hit my target goal..kinda. Ive won two tickets to big sundays which boosted my roll to over the 1.2k mark.

I am very pleased as this is the first time I have set an actual poker goal and completed it. I dont know what to shoot for next so I guess thats the first step tomorrow.

I am still looking for a MTT coach. I personally dont know what to look for in my own game to really improve. So I will be very excited to see how the searching continues.

Woah, you completed your goal pretty fast, 50$ to 1200$ should take more tha a month but damn!!!

Congratulations, I'm sure you played a shitload of hands, keep doing good and don't stop blogging

Originally Posted by DaD01ng

Woah, you completed your goal pretty fast, 50$ to 1200$ should take more tha a month but damn!!!

Congratulations, I'm sure you played a shitload of hands, keep doing good and don't stop blogging

Thanks for the kind words! It actually took me a little under two months to complete.

Mainly I tried to follow Shaun Deeb and just play as many MTTs as my BR/time would allow. I have learned a TON and am excited to see whats next. I have to thank everyone at FTR for putting up with my comments/questions. I have benifited 10x over from the advice given to me.

I finally found a coach and had my first session the other night. It went extreamly well and my eyes were opened to smaller things that I never really knew before. However, these smaller things are what makes a good poker player better.

Today I had my first 1k in a day profit. Which is pretty big as that was 100% of my br added in one day. Without a doubt I would not have had made this much if it wasnt for my coaching session. I was recommended to take shots at bigger buy in (still applying BRM) MTTs and obv it was a profitable move . I ran ok, variance was on my side, and the coaching session made today possible.

I have another session set up for next Monday and am even more excited to learn more tiny things that will make huge difference in my game.

Weeee! I took 5th in the sunday $22 20k gtd on stars for a little over 2k.

Its nice to go deeper in tourneys as you learn so much about reading people/playing styles. Overall I felt like I played pretty well but for sure made a few mistakes. Now to review the whole thing and see what I can improve on!

Congrats on the cash, pretty nice boost to the roll!

Thanks M2M! Its nice to know that donking around can pay off at times ....


Today was garbage, never got hands, never won a flip, was out setted with AA twice. Def a variance day for the books.

I have been getting killed in every MTT I have played since my deeper run in the $22. I kind of takes the fun out of poker when you make mathematically good choices and great reads only to be 2 or 3 outted. I know I have run well to get my br up to where it is. But now I can surely see variance kicking in.

TBH it kind of makes me nervous to even enter into a MTT. Like I have worked so hard to get up to where I am only to just get unlucky. I have lost 1/10th of my br not playing outside proper br management (I never play higher than $22 MTTs) since my deep run. My plan of action might just be to drop down and only play $11 180 mans until this down swing turns a little better.

I was running pretty well today but couldnt make it deep in anything nor could I win a flip...I also hate when I cost myself having more chips. The hand below caused me from having a big stack to being forced into push fold where I busted...Ask me why I folded pre...I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $3.00+$0.30 Tournament, 1000/2000 Blinds 250 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (Button) (t28852)
SB (t66826)
BB (t97651)
UTG (t51997)
UTG+1 (t30934)
MP1 (t30913)
MP2 (t14453)
MP3 (t93481)
CO (t20890)

Hero's M: 5.50

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5, 5
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t2000, 2 folds, MP3 calls t2000, 2 folds, SB calls t1000, BB checks

Flop: (t10250) 5, 4, Q (4 players)
SB bets t2000, 1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t4000, 1 fold, SB calls t2000

Turn: (t18250) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 bets t6000, SB calls t6000

River: (t30250) A (2 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 bets t18684 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: t30250

mmm shove pre and flip imo

Yeah...I just about hung myself when I saw the 5 hit...I knew the fold pre was bad but I autoclicked it. I hate life...

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...20.html#919394

Scroll to the bottom to see how today has been going so far

Ugh...I was 10th out of 22 people left and this hand came up. So close to another final

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $20+$2 Tournament, 2500/5000 Blinds 625 Ante (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 (t121223)
Hero (CO) (t102765)
Button (t119876)
SB (t289500)
BB (t133855)
UTG (t139807)
MP1 (t223572)

Hero's M: 8.65

Preflop: Hero is CO with J, J
2 folds, MP2 bets t12999, Hero raises to t102140 (All-In), 1 fold, SB raises to t191281, BB calls t128230 (All-In), 1 fold

Flop: (t385974) 3, A, 6 (3 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t385974) 8 (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t385974) 4 (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t385974

Results:
SB had Q, Q (one pair, Queens).
BB had A, A (three of a kind, Aces).
Hero had J, J (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: BB won t385974

Continuing to run terrrrrrrrrrible. I could post all of the grossness in my other thread but no one really gives a shit...Ive switched to playing 180 man and 45 man turbos for variance. Even this isnt going good. Cant win a flip, cant suck out, and cant win when a crushing fav.

I really dont understand why poker is so swingy. It seems like it would be a consistent lose, win, lose, win, back and forth sort of thing. Not consistently winning or consistently losing. I go on these tremendous not even down swings but just never winning a hand. Its so sick and there's nothing to do about it. I fucking hate life.

Cashed out half of my roll (emergency) and am switching to STTs. Why?
1. So I can learn what its like to grind.
2. Gain a better understanding of ICM and how I can apply it.
3. Maybe less variance?
4. Should be able to move up in VPP ranking (just fun).
5. Understand position, value of stack size, value of other players stack size, and better bubble play.
6. Learn how to multi table better.
7. Still play MTTs on Sundays but the rest of the week is a grind fest.

Good choice. SNG's are probably a better way to steadily build a roll as opposed to MTT's which seem to be more unpredicatble and dry spells last longer etc. Anyway good luck, make Platinum or something hot like that

Haha my VPP status is dead broke compared to yours.

4th down swing day in a row with SnGs...Hoover around even win 50 loose 50 win 50 loose 50. Im studying my fucking ass off over ICM and SnGwiz says my plays are pretty good. Maybe Ill end up +ev long run??? Currently I was +8 buy ins and now Im down 9 over 90 sngs...

SNG variance is pretty sick too, especially if you're playing turbos. Keep at it though, apparently you need like 1000+ games to have a decent sample. 90 is just a little crack in the road.

Yeah these are turbos and the variance is super sick. However, I am learning a ton so I guess its worth it for the cheap education.

Back to tourney Sundays! I love sundays because I can take a break from SnGs to play the bigger stuff again. Today was kind of lame. I bubbled a sat to the sunday mill, lost a billion coin flips and am finishing up my last 180 man for the day. Here are the hands that knocked me out of the lottery. Thought it was funny. OH! And my first 1 outter

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 11 Tournament, 150/300 Blinds 25 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB (t8250)
Hero (BB) (t5990)
UTG (t4654)
UTG+1 (t3075)
MP1 (t9790)
MP2 (t4545)
MP3 (t7305)
CO (t2450)
Button (t8565)

Hero's M: 8.87

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, Q
UTG bets t4629 (All-In), 7 folds, Hero calls t4329

Flop: (t9633) 9, 7, K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t9633) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t9633) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t9633

Results:
Hero had Q, Q (one pair, Queens).
UTG had 7, 7 (three of a kind, sevens).
Outcome: UTG won t9633

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 11 Tournament, 200/400 Blinds 50 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 (t7525)
Hero (MP3) (t986)
CO (t7158)
Button (t2300)
SB (t9215)
BB (t4370)
UTG (t7130)
UTG+1 (t7550)
MP1 (t8390)

Hero's M: 0.94

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 2, 2
3 folds, MP2 bets t1200, Hero calls t936 (All-In), 4 folds

Flop: (t2922) 3, 2, K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2922) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2922) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2922

Results:
MP2 had Q, Q (three of a kind, Queens).
Hero had 2, 2 (three of a kind, twos).
Outcome: MP2 won t2922

Sigh! My down swing has ended...wow it feels like a 10 ton truck has been lifted off of my heart!

I made two final 3 finishes in 180mans tonight one of which I won. I had a sick heads up battle that never seemed to end. I started down 1-3 in chips so it was nice to be able to make that come back. My villain would call AIs super light so I had to change gears a little bit to combat his style.

Over all I feel good right now

nicely done.

Yesturday went pretty well. Cashed a few 180s and took one down.

Then I just had a whim and joined a 11 6max. I tend to do pretty well in 6max events. Probably because there are less players and they really allow me to be more aggressive (which I love).

Anyways, I got down to the final 24 (there were like 1100 people) and lost AK to AQ AI pf . Which kind of sucked because the stack I would have won would have given me a top 6 stack. Oh well, I think I played very well over all and I handled the beat pretty well.

Im really trying to focus on just picking good spots and fuck results. Which in turn helps me to understand why I need to put in more volume. Here's to SUnday, WEEEEEE!

Back from a moving break. My girlfriend and I found an apartment in Minneapolis so we have been moving into that for the past week. We're actually very excited about the move as we have been long distance for the last year due to me living in Los Angeles. So its been nice to finally be able to enjoy each other at a close distance. Girlfriends who support poker are very +EV IMO. This can be a pretty brutal game so finding someone who is positive and helps remove the edge makes things much better. Plus its awesome having someone get excited with you when you have a great day. Granted odds are your either paying for dinner or a spa session later lol

Onto the poker! Last two days have been ehh. I've had to cash out half my roll due to the move, financial shit, etc. So I am floating around 2800 right now which kind of set me back but I think by the end of next month I should be back up to where I was at. Not that it really matters because I'm not trying to get "even" or anything. I just really need to focus on multi-tabling and putting in more volume. Two players I am kind of mimicing my September after are fly44 and littlehippie. Both are very solid players and stick mainly to turbo 180 mans which is what I have been doing for the most part.

On a more positive note I hit silver star today! Which made me feel pretty good as this is the first time I have moved up from the bronze. Granted its not that cool being I basically paid for it but it does mean that my volume was higher this month despite the fact that I didn't make as much $. Oh well, I'm a winning player and as long as I remain a student of the game I will continue to improve.

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Ok, so my new thing is 180 mans only. I play at least 40 a day and I play for 6 hours.

Sept 1. Went great, had a pretty good day with only a few mistakes.

Sept 2. Terrible day...Either everyone was at the top of their range or I was card dead. Then to make it worse I made bad plays deep and I deff could have made more than I did today. Lesson learned: Be fucking patient and stop calling AI's so wide. A2s and A6o are not good hands!

Originally Posted by revolvingiris

Ok, so my new thing is 180 mans only. I play at least 40 a day and I play for 6 hours.

Sept 1. Went great, had a pretty good day with only a few mistakes.

Sept 2. Terrible day...Either everyone was at the top of their range or I was card dead. Then to make it worse I made bad plays deep and I deff could have made more than I did today. Lesson learned: Be fucking patient and stop calling AI's so wide. A2s and A6o are not good hands!

i feel like you still make too many wide, sweeping generalizations and are still too results oriented

yeah + 1 to sweeping generalizations. don't forget you'll have pot odds to call anything all in at times etc. just focus on their range, no more blanket statements!

I get locked up in "looking at things as a whole" and forget sometimes that not all things need to be like that. Its time to dig deeper into the rabbit hole to get better.

Last general consensus ill ask The better you get, the more you need to focus harder and find smaller and smaller problems?

Yeah I think you may be right about that. I have some reasoning but don't feel like explaining here.

good enough, yes or no is fine

Tomorrow begins part 2 of my grinding 180's for the month. I am trying hard to just stick to the $12 and see how well I do. I splurged a little yesterday and played some regular MTTs which I prob wont do again.

I have learned a little something about grinding. Holy shit is this not as easy as I thought. I play 8-12 180's at a time while still being able to get reads on people but when I am done my brain is fried! 6-8 hours of this can be a redic metal work out! Tomorrow I am going to try and hit the 70 played in one day mark which will be a new record for me. I also have to work on the little things! Make good general decisions and then study the microscopic later!

As a side note, variance is gross in these but its fun to watch it come and go. Its kind of weird but you can like see and feel it while its going on. Kind of cool though, volume > variance.

So this month started out great. Shit sucks now...fuck poker and oh yeah, my life.

What sucks is that I'm not good enough to be able to tell if its me fucking up or variance or both. This can be such a gross game.

Insufficient sample size. Please play another few thousand games, ty

its hard to play thousands of the 180 mans but I am working on it. Down swings like this usually dont happen so its pretty gross as I am way better than average at these.

Did I mention I had a 18ish buyin 'downswing' at cash yet I'm still a winner?

or how about making it to a final table with a gross chip lead to then loose a 3 outer and then MISCLICK your tourney away? Yeah pretty fucking rocking day. I'm going to go blow my brains out now.

Sir I have experienced it all with MTT's+cash in terms of running bad/playing bad/misclicking/tilting/spewing/2 outered/1 outered in 3bet pots/runner runner this that etc - but so has everyone else. There's really nothing you can do but keep playing and eventually you'll become desensitized to getting your ass raped and be able to brush it off easier.

Increase your study/play ratio for the time being in favor of study since you're probably less likely to play your A game in this state of mind and you likely have a shorter tolerance for losing at the moment.

Prob super good advice...it just sucks as this month I was testing how much volume I could put in to see if pro status was do able...my dreams shot right the fuck down.

You know what's funny, this month I was also testing how much volume I could put in to see if 'pro status' was doable. My graph looks worse than yours, I'm up about $100, and there is a very, very large dip. I decided to forget the volume goal (100k hands of cash) altogether and focus on something else.

There's something I should mention though, my dreams aren't shattered - and neither should yours.

I'm spending wayyyyy more time studying than I am playing, I sugguest you do the same. Just figure out what your leaks are, how you can improve. Work your ass off, and move up faster - playing less volume and thinking/studying more.

Once you get to higher stakes you'll manage to be able to bring in decent money without having to put in excessive volume - although I do know for MTT players and the variance you have to go through putting in a ton of volume is definately a priority (I think?). Focus on quality first though, worry about grinding 1000 tournaments a month or whatever the figure may be when you've reached that point where you know your game.

Come to IRC or something, if you wanna chat about this stuff shoot me a PM or whatever.

^ what micro said

I think a good mindset to have is "the best players have the smallest and the shortest downswings"
Then you can always say if I get better I won't have to deal with this shit anymore

But it's also nice to know if you put in a shitton of volume every month you'll never have a losing month unless you run ungodly bad

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Does this qualify as running grossly bad?

Micro as always you give great advice. I should study a TON more than I do. So I guess thats what I am going to be focusing on. Ill jump into the IRC more, I need it!

No you're just playing bad.

But yeah running like shit probably has something to do with it, the combination of running bad + playing bad will typically result in losing alot of money.

Now is where we take a few days off and study.

Yeah, thanks for kicking my ass . Im not going to play again until wed. Should give me enough time to think things over and study new concepts.

Ive been focusing on trying to learn combinations so I can quickly apply them in game. I posted a thread in the beginners circle where I went over 4 hands just kind of figuring stuff out.

I also heard a very interesting thought today when I was reading a tilt post. The quote went like this; "I used to think that I would just get bad beat-ed a ton. I would see these players playing TPGK fast against other players and then I would always lose with AK or better. What I finally realized was that my overly tight image caused players to tighten their ranges against me".

Some very good food for thought.

So I was going to start a new blog today. One full of positive remarks, poker concepts, and anything else that a winning player would post. However, I think I am going to just keep one going. I want to be able to look back on this blog at the end and see the transformation I went threw as a player. I think there will be plenty of positive revelations plenty of players can relate so. So this blog for me will be the only one.

I had a revelation about down swings over the last 24 hours. First I will start out by saying this. I am a very NOW person. When I want things I want them now and I will do anything I can to get that thing. So when I have a great beginning of the month and then a big down swing I keep playing over and over and over trying to figure out what it is that changed. I almost become obsessive compulsive about my losses. This is something that I am working on but it has been very hard.

So this last week or so I have been getting KILLED. I bet I have lost more 80-20's, 70-30's than I ever have in my life all in one week-ish. Now this last Sunday, I was beaten up so much my entire body was numb. I mean I felt like I was punched so many times that all I could do was sit like a robot and shove AI...Then all of a sudden it all went away. I have no idea what it was or why it happened.

All the pressure was lifted off me and I could feel everything. It seriously was like I broke threw a door and all the tilt was basically left behind me. It was one of the weirdest experiences of my life. Since then I have wanted nothing more than to jump right back into the game and play. I took today off as I needed it to study and what not. But tomorrow will be a great day whether I win or lose. I know I will be clear and ready to make amazing decisions.

So here is the graph for my month. It actually went pretty terrible. I usually run 30% ROI in 180s and I ran half that this month. My luck adjusted is off as well and is MUCH higher than that. I also got to end the month on a down swing so yay me.



Here are the numbers:

I just received this in my PS email:

Hello revolvingIRS,

Congratulations on your performance in the MTT TLB for September. You have also been issued with a ticket to the Monthly TLB Top 1000 $20,000 Freeroll, which will take place on October 11 at 15:00 ET. The tournament will be deployed in the client in the next couple of days.

If you have any questions regarding your prize or the MTT TLB, please let us know.

WEEEEEE, I didnt even know I was close to it !