pokr happenings

ran -5k in equity at nl200 this months, very frustrating.

I have made great adjustments to my game and I’m now winning alot w/o showdown. This is the main reason why I thankfully only broke evne this month instead of losing huge. I think my biggest leak at 6 max is letting my ego take control because i seriously will not let someone else be the table captain… the FPS i pull is hilarious because i feel this uncomprehensible urge to make him mahh bitchhh

planning on dropping to nl100 hu and playing 30k hands of that and maybe trying to move up limits that way.

random fps

POKERSTARS GAME #17805852218: HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) – 2008/05/30 – 21:09:08 (ET)
Table ‘Clorinde IV’ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: freddddd090 ($141.20 in chips)
Seat 2: mike_the_cat ($99.20 in chips)
mike_the_cat: posts small blind $0.50
freddddd090: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mike_the_cat [3c Tc]
mike_the_cat: raises $2 to $3
freddddd090: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [9s Qs 5c]
freddddd090: checks
mike_the_cat: bets $4
freddddd090: raises $8 to $12
mike_the_cat: calls $8
*** TURN *** [9s Qs 5c] [9c]
freddddd090: bets $21
mike_the_cat: raises $63.20 to $84.20 and is all-in
freddddd090: folds
Uncalled bet ($63.20) returned to mike_the_cat
mike_the_cat collected $71.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $72 | Rake $0.50
Board [9s Qs 5c 9c]
Seat 1: freddddd090 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: mike_the_cat (button) (small blind) collected ($71.50)

POKERSTARS GAME #17781986636: HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) – 2008/05/29 – 19:23:38 (ET)
Table ‘Laertes II’ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: mike_the_cat ($255.20 in chips)
Seat 2: majch ($103.90 in chips)
majch: posts small blind $0.50
mike_the_cat: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mike_the_cat [2c 8c]
majch: raises $2 to $3
mike_the_cat: raises $7 to $10
mike_the_cat said, “so tilted again”
mike_the_cat said, “asdgkldsf”
mike_the_cat said, “beating cat”
majch: calls $7
*** FLOP *** [Qh 6d 9d]
mike_the_cat: bets $13
majch: calls $13
*** TURN *** [Qh 6d 9d] [4d]
mike_the_cat said, “punchign it”
mike_the_cat: checks
majch: checks
*** RIVER *** [Qh 6d 9d 4d] [Kh]
mike_the_cat: bets $32
mike_the_cat said, “cat says”
mike_the_cat said, “if u call”
mike_the_cat said, “it doesnt eat for a week”
mike_the_cat said, “and i agree”
majch: folds
Uncalled bet ($32) returned to mike_the_cat
mike_the_cat collected $45.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $46 | Rake $0.50
Board [Qh 6d 9d 4d Kh]
Seat 1: mike_the_cat (big blind) collected ($45.50)
Seat 2: majch (button) (small blind) folded on the River

chat is my greatest weapon imo

lifehapnningz

Got a job working as a grounds keeper at a expensive resort mid-way through May. I did it to mostly to appease my parentals but I don’t mind the work. I am learning lots of random things that will come in useful in the future, and I get to hang out on a beach in beautiful late spring weather all day. Oh, and my entire body is sunburned now.

tonight I was invited by a friend who had tickets to a monster truck show lol

so cheesy so bad. they actually turned the lights off in the stadium , announced that spaceships wer eapproaching, then had this moon-rover looking van drive in…and painstakingly slowly transform into an awkward looking stilt monster??

the thing talks in a robot voice about it being protector of the universe and i being to get excited because it has these lazer cannon devices that look like they could shoot flames

SUDDENELY its arhc nemesis REPTAR (i know this because i was listening) enters the arena and i get excited for transforming stilt-monster robot showdown.

5 minutes pass while reptar transforms into awkward and very unimpressive stilt monster…

then the great finale :

they talk for literally 10 minutes about the power of dreams and then leave.

wat

SPENDING MIKE’S MONEY IS SO DELICIOUS

Mike screamed uncle so I let him buy out of our nl100 prop bet.

THINGS THAT I HAVE SPENT THAT MONEY ON SO FAR.

LIKE X 2 OMFG QUIZNOS

I have 204$ of free Mike money left to blow. There will be updates. (and blood)

I finished off April relatively well, except for a -1k day on the 30st but who’s counting.

I tilt really bad when i have bad days like that, so I didn’t play for the first 10 days of May. The time off did some good because I feel really confident at nl200 and a 3.5 ptbb winner over the 30k hands i’ve put in since mid April.  I usually advocate against using the pokerEV program as it tends to make even the most levelheaded guy whine about his luck but It’s heartening to see that if if my luck were exactly neutral I’d be winning at 5ptbb! All of this info is garnered from a relativelysmall sample size but at least I am seeing some results from my renewed interest and focus in making BLANG$$$BLANG$$$.

I’ve been hiking alot lately; there are some great trails around here in the Okanagan. My favorite so far is OK mountain park because it’s got some fun incline trails. I hiked up there with my friend Moza one day, it was fun, i made one of those statues made of rocks and left it near the top. So this guy Moza doesn’t make one, but was so inspired that he goes up the next day and fking one ups the shit out of me.

asshole!

Might play sunday donkaments next week cuz its my dream to win a billion dollars in the lottery o wait i mean tournament. haha dammm i went there

poker haiku

NL200

has been swingy and rough but I

am running like shit

Todays Graph

Well I have played about 10-12k hands of NL200, break-even / down a little bit. I’m getting some gnarly coolers so I am not too worried…things will iron out and everyday I feel better about my ability to succeed in this environment.

I signed up for CR again, mostly just to have something to watch when I’m really bored but I wanted to see Raptor play HU and p3achy keen play some 6 max and FR.

monday session

f(x) = sinx

first off congrats to patrick on a monster day, he found a guy at 25/50 cap that was just crazy and had run his stack up about +12k before losing nearly all of it back.

 

gameplay from today was weird. I either was mega ultra cold decked or I coolered people. In my benefit I had AA vs 33 A3x board, T7 vs 88 on 986 board, AA vs KK aipf. Unfortunately I ran AT into AJ on AJTAx board, and KJ into QT on a K9xJ board in a pot where the flop was 3 bet. It’s tough to complain much though any day that you’re +4 buyins.

 

 I was very happy with how i played this hand

by inducing a bluff raise vs a crazy player by betting small on river

bet status: 12.8k hands 7.59 ptbb

1st real post. Poker topics first, and then random musings.

I made a prop bet with Mike to see who can achieve the highest winrate at nl100 over 30k hands.

I feel like I can win 5 -6 ptbb long term at this limit but he has the advantage of running like a sweet baby kenyan jesus on his side.

Here’s my graph so far

Winning at 8.09 ptbb thanks to a +6.5 buyin day today.

I used to be a 3 ptbb winner this time last year because I never really thought about WHY I’d be making plays, flop textures, bluffing scare cards, floating, and correctly estimating and weighing opponent ranges in situations.

But I have learned a TON in the past few months thanks to to watching patrick play on FTP. Also, I played nl50 and nl100 HU for a 10k hand period or so and I found that really improved my hand reading abilities. Also it kind of turned me into a station.

 

poker related goals this month are as follows:

-Win 30k hand prop bet vs mike at nl100

-Establish myself at nl200 with a comfortable bankroll and win 4ptbb (longer term?)

-Play 50k+ hands this month. Last month I only played 30k but I really was playing the best I ever have at 6-max.

I’ve really struggled at nl200. It’s very shocking to me beacause the games are virtually identical to nl100 with the exception of slightly more aggressive regulars. Admittedly I have been very unlucky when I’m taking shots but I went through the same cycle when I moved up from nl50—> nl100. I think I tend to overadjust and level myself when playing higher stakes. I get really aggressive if I think someone is 3 betting me light when in reality the best way to adjust is to take your lumps and start opening tighter in late position. 4 betting and calling 3 bets and bluff raising or floating are options but with the image I had at most of the nl200 tables I’d be looked up like a hard word in a dictionary.  I guess I amto a certain extent intimidated by the amount of money in play, and even though I’ve had several  -1k days and logged about 40k hands at nl200 lifetime.

 

 

In other news I think I need to never drink and smoke at the same time again. I have been getting hangovers worse than usual lately and they just brutalize the entire following day. I think I’m getting old.

I want to learn to do something new this summer, thoughts that sprung to mind are

a. rock climbing – I am strong but I am also heavy this would require me to change alot of my exercise and diet habits

b. bartending – I don’t want to drink alot but it’s pretty cool to be able to mix a wide assortment of drinks with flashy style.

c. squash / racquetball – I already play racquetball a bit but there is a sad lack of leagues for a player of my skill around town. Young players that want to learn are few and far between.

Anyways, some longer term goals that I have are:

a. sort out what the shit I am going to do for a career

b. improve my blues/rock guitar technique and start learning jazz. I will probably take lessons beause everything I’ve done has been learned from the internet and guitar pro 3.

c. travel somewhere exotic and hot and pick up a few STD’s (standard imo)

d. learn basic stock market / investing stuff and invest 10k this summer. Also, deposit enough into my RRSP so it can get underway

Depending on Patrick’s results, we may be going to Uruguay for the LAPT. The place is called Punta Del Esta and it looks absolutely fantastic. It’s a coastal tourist town, the kind of place that just explodes during the summer time but has very few year-round residents. Plane tickets are going to run about $1k but that’s alright since we’ll be there for about 5 or 6 days just chilling on the beach. I won’t play the $2500 main event unless I do very well in the upcoming 4 months that seperate this post and the tournament. The side action should be really fun and unlike most online players I really enjoy playing live poker because I have the patience / a sense of humour regarding the differences between a live and online game. I just love bs’ing with players at the table and I think most people think I’m a freak and a weird dude when I start talking at the live games haha. I’ll probably get shot in Uruguay.

 

I have supernova status on pokerstars which makes me kind of a big deal. I get a good amount of FPP’s along with my winnings but you never really notice them or realize that they have cash value through use of the concierge.

 

I am thinking of buying a studio Les Paul using FPP’s

 

 

sexy imo, but I don’t want to look like a tool with minimal technical skill and wielding this supreme piece of guitarist weaponry so I’ll hold off until I’m better / more understanding of what it means to own a nice guitar.

 

Finally, I’d like to say that Halo just isn’t as good of a game as everyone thinks it is. It’s so shallow there is no real deep strategy that goes into the game. Too much of it is about not having idiots on your team and avoiding getting killed by rockets.

play cod4

this is my log

my b key is sticky

 

eat your vegetables