i have been pretty bored with poker lately so i havent been talking too much about it. its been going okay, i had expected it to be a little better, but mainly i should be playing more overall.
i havent played really in the last 10 days. one of my very best friends died 9 days ago. it has been pretty rough. ive been thinking a lot lately and trying to put things in perspective since then.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
PokerEv graphs or it didnt happen!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaapok45a4g ay5wphe o5 i6 rirn6 hwpp4n` <-- that, is what the title would look like typed on the wrong keys. also, i believe my 'a' key was broken. anyways, ive totally forgotten about this blog for awhile. sept ended up bad, down 4.5k. I made up for it this month though. up 6.3k ish. yes to cash games.
ok now the reason for this post. no more complaining about poker. dont tell me bad beats or any of that crap. just run the last session you had in pokerEV. as long as red line is okay you should be happy. and if pokerev says you are a losing player, then you probably are.
ok now the reason for this post. no more complaining about poker. dont tell me bad beats or any of that crap. just run the last session you had in pokerEV. as long as red line is okay you should be happy. and if pokerev says you are a losing player, then you probably are.
Friday, September 21, 2007
busted gf again
In another home game. But to be fair she did bust me first and then i re bought. We ended up heads up and I won.
Poker has been terrible. I haven't played much this month, less than 600 games but im down over $3800. My worst month before was down about $25. Its pretty frustrating because I know im playing well but the variance is just sick huge. I just can't imagine playing mtts for a living. ok im sick of talking about poker and about playing. ill probably be doing hw all weekend and wont get much chance to play. hpefully i can still get supernova * 2 by the end of the year.
Poker has been terrible. I haven't played much this month, less than 600 games but im down over $3800. My worst month before was down about $25. Its pretty frustrating because I know im playing well but the variance is just sick huge. I just can't imagine playing mtts for a living. ok im sick of talking about poker and about playing. ill probably be doing hw all weekend and wont get much chance to play. hpefully i can still get supernova * 2 by the end of the year.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
busted my gf in a home game
$10 buyin. I staked her getting 50% of her winnings, pretty good deal for her considering she has no idea how to play. She doesnt know hand rankings or what her options are when its her turn to act.
Here is the hand:
BB t30 i have about 900 chips and limp Jd9d in the Co+1 after 3 other limpers. ave stack is like 700. button limps too and SB completes so 7 handed we see a flop of Qd2d8h (or something like that.) Everyone checks around, which is very impressive in a live donkey game. Turn is a 2 and it checks around again. River is Kd checked around to my gf who is to my right who pushes for about 300 into a pot of 210.
Now her being a n00b she likely has a big hand. maybe a 2, a flush, or a king, and possible a boat but she probably would have bet the turn. I finaly decide i beat most flushes and she could have KJ or something and i push. In retrospect i should have just called but it is fun going all in live plus i had a few beers in me. Especially since the girl on the button folded top pair. She might have called had i not pushed. I thought it was close but a call, now im not so sure. Jman was on my left and he says he would have folded so it was probably a fold. Oops.
edit: almost forgot the best part. she had As3s. which is a sick bluff for her. Its a decent bluffing spot but its even better for her since everyone knows she "must" have a had. Ok but the best thing is she thought she had a straight. AKQ, ya know? She thought it was a straight because it is in cribbage. And whats hilarious about that is that it isnt a straight in cribbage. A 3 card straight cant wrap around (Ace is low only)
Poker hasnt been going too well. Im down like $1200 this month but I havent play a whole lot. School is going ok but I just know writing a billion papers is going to suck.
The good thing about poker is ive gotten much better at not caring about results. I can usually just look at the hands that are all in and say to myself what my equity is and be done with caring. But obviously im not perfect at it yet because losing big pots still pisses me off.
Here is the hand:
BB t30 i have about 900 chips and limp Jd9d in the Co+1 after 3 other limpers. ave stack is like 700. button limps too and SB completes so 7 handed we see a flop of Qd2d8h (or something like that.) Everyone checks around, which is very impressive in a live donkey game. Turn is a 2 and it checks around again. River is Kd checked around to my gf who is to my right who pushes for about 300 into a pot of 210.
Now her being a n00b she likely has a big hand. maybe a 2, a flush, or a king, and possible a boat but she probably would have bet the turn. I finaly decide i beat most flushes and she could have KJ or something and i push. In retrospect i should have just called but it is fun going all in live plus i had a few beers in me. Especially since the girl on the button folded top pair. She might have called had i not pushed. I thought it was close but a call, now im not so sure. Jman was on my left and he says he would have folded so it was probably a fold. Oops.
edit: almost forgot the best part. she had As3s. which is a sick bluff for her. Its a decent bluffing spot but its even better for her since everyone knows she "must" have a had. Ok but the best thing is she thought she had a straight. AKQ, ya know? She thought it was a straight because it is in cribbage. And whats hilarious about that is that it isnt a straight in cribbage. A 3 card straight cant wrap around (Ace is low only)
Poker hasnt been going too well. Im down like $1200 this month but I havent play a whole lot. School is going ok but I just know writing a billion papers is going to suck.
The good thing about poker is ive gotten much better at not caring about results. I can usually just look at the hands that are all in and say to myself what my equity is and be done with caring. But obviously im not perfect at it yet because losing big pots still pisses me off.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
didnt play for 5 days
oops. brewer games, weddings, partys, drinking at noon for badgers games all seemed to get in teh way this week. i played sunday for the first time since monday. i also was on a sick tear of drinking 8 out of the last 10 days. heading to bed now because we are tailgating early tomorrow for the brewers game. im gonna try and catch up and play a lot this week but it might be tough with school starting.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
keeping it going
Ive been trying to play a lot lately. Gf went home and ive had a lot of time. ive played 44 hrs in the last 8 days. that a butt load for me. SSing cash has been going okay but I made a few mistakes recently. I only have like 8k hands logged but hopefully im just running bad because my results arent good. unfortunately pokerEV tells me im running good. but they way it works it can only analyze allin hands. so like if i didnt get AA for 2ooo hands straight its not going to tell me i am getting unlucky there when really i am.
im really tired due to drinking / going out like everyday this week. thats all for now
im really tired due to drinking / going out like everyday this week. thats all for now
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
too much stuff!
is going on right now. i did not get to play as much as i had planned last week. moving out turned out to be like a 5 day process (and moving in another day). i believe i played less than 2 hrs for those 5 days. boo. however my gf came back which was absolutely amazing. it was really good to see her. as hard as it was to not be with her for 35 days i think that something like that will really strengthen our relationship.
anywho, i want to grind a lot to get supernova x 2 by the end of november. why am i not farther you ask? well i played a few thousand games on FT in the past and also basically didnt play more than 15 hrs a week all summer. also a gf really bogs down my playing time. so that is one of my goals for now. i also have a few shortstacking goals but sadly i wont be sharing those as it goes along with my thought process on how to beat games shortstacking.
and finally here is my last goal: http://curtainspoker.livejournal.com/118615.html
if i can ever have that attitude about poker i will be invincible. my hourly rate would skyrocket as i could play in the highest possible stakes to increase my hourly rate. obviously the swings would be sick and i would have lots of losing days but that wouldn't matter.
i know i am getting closer to that state each day but i want there all the way. playing mtts helps a lot. i always go in with the mindset of i wont cash big. honestly i think its terrible to go in excepting to score huge even though some might say im being pessimistic, but really its just realistic. if i was hoping to score huge everytime i would have runs of 100s where i wouldnt final table and that would just kill me. luckily when you go in just expecting to play well you can almost always be happy. well by you i mean me, because i am awesome at poker.
anywho, i want to grind a lot to get supernova x 2 by the end of november. why am i not farther you ask? well i played a few thousand games on FT in the past and also basically didnt play more than 15 hrs a week all summer. also a gf really bogs down my playing time. so that is one of my goals for now. i also have a few shortstacking goals but sadly i wont be sharing those as it goes along with my thought process on how to beat games shortstacking.
and finally here is my last goal: http://curtainspoker.livejournal.com/118615.html
if i can ever have that attitude about poker i will be invincible. my hourly rate would skyrocket as i could play in the highest possible stakes to increase my hourly rate. obviously the swings would be sick and i would have lots of losing days but that wouldn't matter.
i know i am getting closer to that state each day but i want there all the way. playing mtts helps a lot. i always go in with the mindset of i wont cash big. honestly i think its terrible to go in excepting to score huge even though some might say im being pessimistic, but really its just realistic. if i was hoping to score huge everytime i would have runs of 100s where i wouldnt final table and that would just kill me. luckily when you go in just expecting to play well you can almost always be happy. well by you i mean me, because i am awesome at poker.
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