Operation: Gamble and Fight

GAMBLE

Not a good day for me -_-

PokerStars Pot-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($309.60)
Hero (SB) ($198)
BB ($200)
UTG ($37)
UTG+1 ($45.60)
MP1 ($40)
MP2 ($200)
CO ($200)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 2, 2
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $2, 3 folds, Button calls $2, Hero calls $1, BB checks

Flop: ($8) 7, 6, 2 (4 players)
Hero bets $7.60, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $7.60, Button calls $7.60

Turn: ($30.80) K (3 players)
Hero bets $22, UTG+1 calls $22, 1 fold

River: ($74.80) A (2 players)
Hero bets $16, UTG+1 calls $14 (All-In)

Total pot: $102.80 | Rake: $3

Results in white below:
Hero had 2, 2 (three of a kind, twos).
UTG+1 had J, 4 (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: UTG+1 won $99.80


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com


UTG ($20)
UTG+1 ($153.45)
MP1 ($105.20)
MP2 ($96.10)
MP3 ($101.35)
CO ($79)
Hero (Button) ($99.50)
SB ($19)
BB ($126.45)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 10, 10
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1, 4 folds, Hero raises to $5, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $4

Flop: ($11.50) 2, 7, 9 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $7, UTG+1 calls $7

Turn: ($25.50) 7 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $18, UTG+1 calls $18

River: ($61.50) Q (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $36, UTG+1 calls $36

Total pot: $133.50 | Rake: $3

Results in white below:
Hero had 10, 10 (two pair, tens and sevens).
UTG+1 had A, Q (two pair, Queens and sevens).
Outcome: UTG+1 won $130.50

GAMBLE

I'm tilted :/

Misplayed a couple of hands, got two outered allin three times within 300 hands, and didn't win a single meaningful showdown. 1,000 hands is enough for today. Oh and yesterday was almost as bad.
The two day combo is really whats tilting, plus maybe I think I've been having too many energy drinks lately - didn't have one today and I feel generally grumpy and tired-ish.

Hands played this month: 65,725
$ won this month: $3,574.55
FPPs: 79,386

On the bright side, I owned the shiz out of some 50NL and 100NL sixmax games for kicks the other night, then met a cool guy who said he used to play 5/10 and was around for the UB superuser scandal. He apparently went busto a ways back so now he just sticks to the low stakes games. I played him some heads up and lost $70 It's true what they say, people mind less losing to people they like.

Played 3k hands today, spewed like a retard, lost $300, am taking the day off tomorrow.

GAMBLE

Took the day off yesterday but did a lot of theory work in the evening, and I'm pleased with the result.

I played a two-hour session 6-tabling and made a lot of money, plus I was super-happy with my play. The only things I feel I did wrong were: not tightening my CO raise range after a 15/13 limped UTG+1 (he reraised, no surprise), flat calling vs a different TAG who limpreraised in middle position vs my BU with 130BB stacks (not sure if I should fold, 4bet, or call here - folding seems superexploitable but this happens so rarely I assume he's on a real tight range here), and 3betting light then shoving a flop with what I felt was good FE vs a donk with 50BBs - called me down with 88 FTW. It was all part of the 'unexploitable preflop strategy' thing, but why bother with that vs donks? Value bet, value bet, value bet.

EDIT: almost forgot

Hands played this month: 70,081
$ won this month: $3,598.20
FPPs: 85,497.

Well behind target on hands, I think I may have set that goal too high. Multitabling an average 40 hrs/week is fkking tiring, probably -EV after a while, and definitely -FT (Fun Time). Still sitting at about $5k after counting FPPs. So just barely behind target on monies.

Stars is not connecting well for me, so the night's over.

FIGHT

Godddd, I really made an honest effort to get to training this morning but I slept in by 20 minutes. Get an alarm clock plz. Oh well. I went to the gym in the afternoon instead, and I will be there for training tomorrow - dammit!

Went dancing with Bun (I think I'm spelling that wrong as it turned out I'm pronouncing it wrong but whatever) again on the weekend, man that girl knows how to work it. I like her, real down-to-earth and cool.
Damn I'm a sucker for the ladies, like 50% of them I 'really like'. It's better this way I think

Damn Pokerstars keeps superlagging out on me today, same as it was last night. This better not become a recurring theme at the internet cafe or I'm not happy.

On the plus side, I made it to training this morning =]

Well I had a fun day yesterday. Went out with that same girl, the one who I called Bun but from now on I'm going to call Apple (her name is Thai for apple and I srsly can't pronounce her name right) and her sister + sister's BF. He's from Ireland, goes by the name o' Buzz, cool guy. Pretty laid back. I definitely got the wilder sister^^

So we went to the beach, did a little swimming, played some of that Thai hackey-volleyball game with a cheapo plastic ball, had Mexican for supper, and then went and saw Max Payne at the cinema. We sat up in those VIP seats I described way back at the start of my blog, and Apple was real excited (she actually jumped up and down at one point, lol); clearly she hadn't been in there before =p

Oh and I tried port for the first time, FYI it's basically like sherry and it's served in ridic small portions and is stupid overpriced, so I won't be getting that again. Ah well, Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

And now on to the interesting bit... but before that, I'll tell you, and I don't think I mentioned this before, but I used to play a lot of guitar and have found myself missing it lately. If I were to write a song right now, I know what I'd call it. I'd call it, The 'oh shit the condom broke' Blues. Yup. 2nd time in my life. First one was RIGHT after my girlfriend at the time had stopped taking birth control pills and was fertile again... awesome. This time was in Thailand, which I mean, obviously, this is not good. The crystal ball fortells blood testing in the near future.

Whaddaya think, if I get AIDS or something crazy, should I just stick with the girl and get medicines and make one of those "we're both HIV+ but we had an HIV- baby" babies? That's not a terrible life. And actually I've heard that they've got a million new drugs for the hiv, and if you catch it right now your life expectancy is still something like age 70 with treatment. Not bad.

Fingers crossed.

FIGHT

I'm having a crisis of faith.

When I first arrived here, I was all full of piss and vinegar, ready to train my ass off to become the best, wanting to come out on top every time I sparred somebody, and looking forward to a few years from now when I'd surely be on top of the world.

Now after some experience I find I don't love it enough to train full-time and become the BEST... and with that realization, all my motivation goes out the window. I just don't care any more. Even jiu-jitsu, which I was mad for just a month ago, doesn't get me excited today. Doing only so-so in the competition has something to do with it I think, but so does this: when competing, I didn't get a huge rush or feel like it was a real fight or anything close - it felt like nothing more than another roll on the training mats. WTF?!?! I worked so hard leading up to this, shouldn't I be feeling more?!? One of my friends was talking about how, for some people, the matches are fights in a real sense, whereas for others, this is only a sport. Turns out I fall into the second category, and it's just not enough.

So now what? Do I stay out my time here in Thailand, or go home to Canada? If I stay, do I train? If I go, what do I do with myself? I've still got poker, thank God, but I need something more.

Life's a bitch when you're fickle.

GAMBLE

I'm reeeeeal tempted. If I cash in my FPPs, I'll have $10k in my bankroll. THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE!!!11!!!1!

On the other hand, I was recently made to understand that the concierge service is way better value. So I reeeeealy ought to wait =p

Anyways, I had a downswing a ways back (you can tell because all I do is bitch) and then took it easy for a bit to de-tilt, so I'm way behind on volume and there's almost no way I'll make $8k.

Still did decently though:
Hands: 86,574
Money won: $4,351.50
FPPs: 105,979

Soooo, alltogether thats just about $6k, with 4 days to go.

Hum, actually, averaging $500/day for 4 days isn't that unlikely... I'd say I have a 15-20% chance of making it =]

Yessssssss... $630 on day 1 of 4. I'm gonna make it!

It was higher too, but I ate a couple of EPIC bad beats near the end to lose about $200. Ah well.

Met a pretty girl at the internet cafe^^ Going for a midnight snack now. Woot!

Really cool blog, have enjoyed reading it.

Keep it up with the training. You are probably losing motivation because you are not training as much as you were to start off with.

At the moment I train about 10 hours a week of Judo, Muay Thai and BJJ/Grappling plus working a normal job. Generally I find that the more I train the more motivated I become for more training, while if I slack off it starts gettting easier and easier to miss more training sessions.

Cant say much about Muay Thai as have only recently started but you will find that if you train enough BJJ things suddenly start to click. You have to put the time in.

If you want to be successful competition you have to have the right mindset. If you go into fights thinking "Im ok, Ill try my best to win" you will most likely loose. You have to hate losing and be convinced that you will win every time you step onto the mat.

Originally Posted by Keilah

GAMBLE

I'm reeeeeal tempted. If I cash in my FPPs, I'll have $10k in my bankroll. THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE!!!11!!!1!

On the other hand, I was recently made to understand that the concierge service is way better value. So I reeeeealy ought to wait =p

In case you want some more concierge info:

Kingnat's Concierge thread:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...-a-t76539.html

Summary: assuming you're talking about the 1.5k bonus, concierge is ~$113 better value.

Also, nice little chart that someone on 2p2 made that compares the FPP values depending on how you use them:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...inside-264816/

Originally Posted by Keilah

Anyways, I had a downswing a ways back (you can tell because all I do is bitch) and then took it easy for a bit to de-tilt, so I'm way behind on volume and there's almost no way I'll make $8k.

You should check out the IRC channel sometime. Talk pokerz, bitch about beats, chat, etc.

Originally Posted by JinxT4

You should check out the IRC channel sometime. Talk pokerz, bitch about beats, chat, etc.

This.

Originally Posted by badgers

Originally Posted by JinxT4

You should check out the IRC channel sometime. Talk pokerz, bitch about beats, chat, etc.

This.

Aye aye, keptain. Be there tomorrow.


GAMBLE

or,

SUCCESS! no wait... EPIC FAIL!

Yah I went insane and blew today almost all the money I made yesterday. I CAN STILL MAKE IT THOUGH... three days to go, that's one more than when I first counted. Just need... $600/day for three days. Doable!

FIGHT

Well, they say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Plenty of ways that applies to me. Let's see:

A) Intended to grind like mad in an attempt to meet my goal for the month - went drinking and couldn't play the next day due to hangover. FAIL.

B) Started Thai language lessons, my intent was to study for an hour or two today before going to the next class, lost track of time and didn't realize I had to be there in half an hour. FAIL.

C) Came here to Thailand intending to train like mad, get in ridiculous good shape, become a kickass fighter. Decided I don't like it enough. FAIL (sort of).

D) Stopped fooling around with many girls to see just one in an attempt to be good. Now I'm starting to feel attached and she certainly is; I'll shortly be leaving the country and not coming back any time soon. FAIL.


Man, I'd kill for something to zone out on and stop my brain for a while but that isn't a total waste of time like video games... Oh wait, teh pokerz! I my job.

Nice OP Keilah, quite the journey you've got goin on over there. I'm still mesmerized by your avatar.

Any updates?

OPERATION: GAMBLE AND FIGHT - THE EPILOGUE

It's certainly been a while since I updated. Here's the Cole's Notes version:

-Got sick of the injuries, quit training. Seriously, if the price of strength is a loss of overall well-being, I'm out.

-Stopped man-whoring, kept seeing Apple; I like her quite a lot and she's obviously crazy for me. I've kept in touch with her and I'll see her again the next time I go to Thailand.

-Decided to go back to Canada a little early. This was for a number of reasons, the most prominent being: A) avoiding having to do another visa run just to stay one more month, B) I want to catch as much of the snowboarding season in Canada as possible, and C) I didn't feel like I fit in/belonged there once I stopped training. All in all it was time to move on.

-Spent the last 2 months or so of my trip drinking, partying, and playing poker. The only exercise I got was dancing, swimming, and in the bedroom, and now I'm back to basically the exact same fitness level as when I arrived in Thailand. Pretty lol really!

-Did in fact manage to more than double the bankroll I arrived with, even though I was living off of my poker money 100%, and got my ptbb/100 back up to 2 (still want higher ldo). Satisfactory =]

I hereby declare this operation completed! Thanks to everyone who followed - it's been a trip.

Epic. 5 spades... (if it wasn't for all the 'i has women problems' getting in the way of bangin' chicks, getting wasted, kicking ass, and dragging pots, this would easily be a 6 spade thread.)

Women problems are the best kind of problems IMO.

theres nothing wrong with being a man whore...just keep it covered and you should fine....

Originally Posted by kingnat

Epic. 5 spades... (if it wasn't for all the 'i has women problems' getting in the way of bangin' chicks, getting wasted, kicking ass, and dragging pots, this would easily be a 6 spade thread.)

+1. Solid blog Keilah (<-- spelled correctly ).

so sick man, sad to this this blog end,i really enjoyed it.
5 1/2 spade imo