A new start at poker

When I turned on my computer my computer screen didnt want to cooperate. It worked for 0,5 seconds and then the screen went black. If I turned it off and then on again it would work for another 0,5 seconds but nothing more. Since it didnt work on my friends computer either I decided to go get a knew one.

So here it is: A 24" Samsung, its just so much bigger then my old 20" .




Guess I can play 8 tables know without having to worry about the overlap (if I actually do it is another thing, guess I have to test and see the results, both hourly winnings and how much I acutally improve)

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Yesterday me, my dad and some friends went to the casino i Stockholm. I must say its always nice to come there and play. This was my third visit and there will be plenty more! The atmosphere is great, most of the dealers are nice and professional and the people are nice chatting with around the table.
We arived there around 6.30pm and I ended up on a table away from the others. We all played 20/20 with a maximum BI of 2k (SEK) Unfortunately I came to a table that was pretty tight. I could raise to 140 utg and get the blinds! That is somewhat strange. Last time I was there, standard was to raise 180 and get atleast 5 calls! But after an hour of play or something the play loosened up and they didnt have the nuts everytime I tried to play a pot.
I must say most of the players are pretty hugh fish. Guess the level of play is like NL50 online. Some worse... So the value is great!

Most fun of the day came after 3h when a player, who according to rumors played higher stakes, joined the table. You can say he created action! His goal was to raise raise and raise. He made up goals like: I will win the next 8 out of 10 hands! When he raise he got like 6-7 calls. He got away with some hugh bluffs and got some decent hands too so he made 1k into 7k the first 20 minutes. Then his "luck" started to run out a little. He called (!) a players AI for 2k with 43s. He was like a real roller coaster with hugh ups and downs. He sat immedately to my right so I was hoping to hit some hands and get a lot of value out of him. But I only got one hand where I had KdQx on Ts Qd Jd 5d and potbeted AI and he folded 9s3s. Guess if I had bet 1/2 the pot he would call but since I couldnt put him on a hand at all I decided to get it over with and hope he called with some random hand... I guess I was a little tilted too after I lost a hand where I had QQ versus QJ on QT6

The last hour I made a questionable play against the most decent player at the table. He had raised a lot, made some squeezeplayes and he was capable to 3bet light pre and bluff a lot post. He rarely showed up a good hand.
One guy limped EP, I made it 160 in late pos with 99, FI 3bet on the CO to 400 and both the limper and I called. Flop Q73r and it was checked to FI who bet 300 into the 1200 pot. Limper folded. I hadnt seen him bet that little with hands like TPTK before so I ruled out AQ and also KQ since I think he would call that pre. So left was all pocketpairs and random CB hands. I decided to put him AI for 1400 more. He thought for a while and then called with JJ. It was a good call but I am not shure it was a terrible raise from my part either.. but I am not shure... any ideas?

I ended 900 down on my play, but since I staked one of my friends and he won 6k I ended up.. So I am happy. Think I have won like 20k or something these three visits!

Time to write an essay for school and then just chill the rest of the day!
Cheers!

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so I have studied some last time and havnt been able to play much poker. But I tried to play some today and got stuck 5BI in 600 hands. I was outrivered twice for 2 outs and couldnt win any coinflips.

One hand though I am very doubtful if I played it right... I guess he has a Tx here lots of times... was close on folding but but...
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/543149

On saturday Im going to the casino! Cant wait for that.. Post here if you are planning to play there yourself!

Cheers!

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Because I didnt post a result for august when I joined LP I now post my results so far (since I started playing at FTP, 6 weeks ago).
I didnt know I managed to play 60k hands so I am happy with that. The past 2 weeks hasnt been that productive though.




I am up about 4300$ in play and gotten about 1600$ in rakeback (included september). Excluded RB thats about 3BB/100, which is not bad but not good either. Why I´m a bit happy is becuase I had a downswing (you see that pretty easy on the chart ) where I played bad and was a bit unlucky.

In NL100 I played 17/13/3 over 50k hands and so far in NL200 I´ve played 18/14/3. I could loosen up some more but w/e.


I am longing to put in some hours in October at NL200 so I can improve my game and eventually move up to NL400!

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I dont know why I dont play much poker right now. I have been able to put in 1 hour of play the last like 4-5 days, and that is pretty bad. I have some stuff to do in school, an essay has to be written until friday for example, but its not so much that I wont have time to play. I guess I´m not discplined enough. CS, series and friends takes a lot of time right now. Got to change that if I want to move up in levels!

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My first goal for FTP was to pass the 6k mark so I can play 6 tables of NL200. This morning I did just that It was quite a relief since I was very close several weeks back but then I had a 2k downswing, playing bad and ended up being unlucky in big pots.

But now I´m setting new goals! Next one will be at 10k where I will start playing 2 tables of NL400, and when I pass 14k I will be playing 6 tables of NL400. Besides a few hands, I have never played NL400 before, so that will be very exciting! Is there a hugh difference between these two levels?

No more poker today now. I will study a bit and then play paintball with some friends. Wish you all a good weekend!

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I havnt been playing poker for some days now. Everything started when I was going to upgrade my iphone from 1.0.2 to 2.1... I forgot to make a backup in Itunes so all my stuff and many of my contacts was erased! I also lost my precious list of people who owe me money (I think I remember them all but who knows...)
So, most of yesterday and today I have been playing with all the new programs and features that is available. New ringtones, new programs, new layout, genius and lots of other stuff thats fun to go through! Since poker was #3 on the to-do-list (Iphone - school) and I didnt even get to #2 the poker had to be suffered.

If any of you have an Iphone I´d be glad to recommend some of my favourite programs. Also feel free to recommend some of your own!
For a closer I just have to say: I love my Iphone!

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For the first time I´ve tried to play 8 tables instead of 6. My winrate was pretty good but I am a bit worried about my stats.
Normally I play 18/14/4 (at unibet I played like 20/17/4, but I have tightened up a bit at FTP since everyone else seems to play tight too) but when I added two more tables I managed to play 13/10/3 (over 4k hands). I guess I can get away with it at NL100 but at higher levels I need to loosen up some. So I guess I´ll play 8 tables as long as I play NL100 and then go back to my original 6 when I move up...

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I actually played my first winning session today since I started this blog. I really cant blame anything else but me for this. Lets hope I can play like today and keep going up from now

Today I want to have your opinion. I had some problems today with how fast or slow I should play some hands. What do you think?

The first two hands I think I played too fast. Especially considering I have the nuts and not much can catch up with me.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/526205
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/526213

Then I tried to compensate by playing very slow. Too small a bet on the river to be playing it this way?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/526216

Finally the last hand for today:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/526207
I cant put him on anything else but a big pair, kinda like JJ-QQ and in that case I dont have the odds to call the flop. Correct? Can he do this with AK?

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I played earlier in Kulturnatten and everything went pretty well. The city is full of music and its a long time since I saw so much people in the streets.
I live in the middle of the city so I am able to see everything in first view. I thought I would enjoy it but its very very enoying! They´ve decided to put the international stage just under my appartment so now the music is not only in the streets but also in my home... That would have been ok if they played good music but its like 100 drums that are making sound in irregular rythms.. I am thinking of three possible solutions: Either cut the sound cable, throw in like 50 eggs into the audience and see if they disappear or just play such loud music inside that they wont hear the stage anymore.. Got any better suggestions?

I also were at a opening ceremony with thousands of other people. The city have decided to light up Domkyrkan (Uppsalas cathedral) so it will be visable at night. Before the only landmark was the castle but now we can also see the beautiful church. Since I see the cathedral every time I come home this will be a nice improvement

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