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I basically don't even play poker that often and when I do shit like this happens. Just check my last 4 hands. Everything fucking sucks for me right now.

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PokerStars Game #25331521655: Tournament #143506692, $1.00+$0.10 Holdem No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2009/02/25 5:43:30 ET
Table 143506692 1 10-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: xhanny21x (1330 in chips)
Seat 3: eubanksd (1460 in chips)
Seat 4: Luettgens (2850 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2815 in chips)
Seat 6: Polarfuchs86 (1985 in chips)
Seat 7: bOssyMen (495 in chips)
Seat 8: ludiz (3360 in chips)
Seat 9: Henrikkc (705 in chips)
xhanny21x: posts the ante 10
eubanksd: posts the ante 10
Luettgens: posts the ante 10
Hero: posts the ante 10
Polarfuchs86: posts the ante 10
bOssyMen: posts the ante 10
ludiz: posts the ante 10
Henrikkc: posts the ante 10
ludiz: posts small blind 50
Henrikkc: posts big blind 100

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
xhanny21x: folds
eubanksd: folds
Luettgens: calls 100
Hero: raises 300 to 400
Polarfuchs86: folds
bOssyMen: folds
ludiz: folds
Henrikkc: folds
Luettgens: calls 300

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $1,030.00)

   
Luettgens: checks
Hero: bets 600
Luettgens: raises 1840 to 2440 and is all-in
Hero: calls 1805 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (35) returned to Luettgens
Hero said, "rofl"

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $5,840.00)

   

River (Pot : $5,840.00)

   
Hero said, "so unlucky"

Showdown
Luettgens: shows (two pair, Aces and Nines)
Hero: shows (a pair of Aces)
Luettgens collected 5840 from pot

Summary
Total pot 5840 | Rake 0
Board  
Seat 2: xhanny21x folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: eubanksd folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Luettgens showed and won (5840) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 5: Hero showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: Polarfuchs86 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: bOssyMen (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: ludiz (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Henrikkc (big blind) folded before Flop

PokerStars Game #25331519314: Tournament #143506675, $1.00+$0.10 Holdem No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2009/02/25 5:43:21 ET
Table 143506675 1 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: CardBias (2455 in chips)
Seat 2: beby855 (1375 in chips)
Seat 4: Andiebyne (1185 in chips)
Seat 6: steff2808 (820 in chips)
Seat 7: threeof56 (3475 in chips)
Seat 8: Yogoi (2945 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero (2040 in chips)
Seat 10: paula 223 (705 in chips)
CardBias: posts the ante 10
beby855: posts the ante 10
Andiebyne: posts the ante 10
steff2808: posts the ante 10
threeof56: posts the ante 10
Yogoi: posts the ante 10
Hero: posts the ante 10
paula 223: posts the ante 10
Hero: posts small blind 50
paula 223: posts big blind 100

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
CardBias: folds
beby855: folds
Andiebyne: folds
steff2808: folds
threeof56: folds
Yogoi: folds
Hero: raises 200 to 300
paula 223: raises 395 to 695 and is all-in
Hero: calls 395

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $1,470.00)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $1,470.00)

   

River (Pot : $1,470.00)

   

Showdown
Hero: shows (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
paula 223: shows (a flush, King high)
paula 223 collected 1470 from pot

Summary
Total pot 1470 | Rake 0
Board  
Seat 1: CardBias folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: beby855 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Andiebyne folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: steff2808 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: threeof56 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: Yogoi (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 10: paula 223 (big blind) showed and won (1470) with a flush, King high

PokerStars Game #25331879107: Tournament #143510138, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/02/25 6:08:04 ET
Table 143510138 1 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Hero (1610 in chips)
Seat 2: SnowRus (1280 in chips)
Seat 3: Milkmachine (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: Ch3wi3 (1470 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: Merdy33 (1460 in chips)
Seat 6: solocap (1490 in chips)
Seat 7: ritple (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: jutang90 (1470 in chips)
Seat 9: Str@ngerr (1750 in chips)
Str@ngerr: posts small blind 10
Hero: posts big blind 20

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
SnowRus: folds
Milkmachine: folds
Ch3wi3: folds
Merdy33: calls 20
solocap: folds
ritple: folds
jutang90: folds
Str@ngerr: calls 10
Hero: raises 80 to 100
Merdy33: calls 80
Str@ngerr: calls 80

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $300.00)

   
Str@ngerr: checks
Hero: bets 200
Merdy33: calls 200
Str@ngerr: folds

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $700.00)

   
Hero: checks
Merdy33: checks

River (Pot : $700.00)

   
Hero: bets 450
Merdy33: raises 450 to 900
Hero: raises 410 to 1310 and is all-in
Merdy33: calls 260 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (150) returned to Hero

Showdown
Hero: shows (a flush, Ace high)
Merdy33: shows (a straight flush, Five to Nine)
Hero said, ":LOL"
Hero said, "LOL"
Merdy33 collected 3020 from pot
Hero said, "LOLOL"
Hero said, "OL"
Hero said, "OL"
Hero said, "OLO"
Hero said, "LOL"
Hero said, "OL"
Hero said, "OLL"
Hero said, "OL"
Hero said, "OLL"

Summary
Total pot 3020 | Rake 0
Board  
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: SnowRus folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: Milkmachine folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Ch3wi3 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Merdy33 showed and won (3020) with a straight flush, Five to Nine
Seat 6: solocap folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: ritple folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: jutang90 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: Str@ngerr (small blind) folded on the Flop

PokerStars Game #25331945718: Tournament #143510138, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/02/25 6:12:27 ET
Table 143510138 1 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Hero (170 in chips)
Seat 2: SnowRus (1250 in chips)
Seat 3: Milkmachine (1440 in chips)
Seat 4: Ch3wi3 (1440 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: Merdy33 (3020 in chips)
Seat 6: solocap (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: ritple (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: jutang90 (1470 in chips)
Seat 9: Str@ngerr (1710 in chips)
solocap: posts small blind 10
ritple: posts big blind 20

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
jutang90: folds
Str@ngerr: folds
Hero: raises 40 to 60
SnowRus: folds
Milkmachine: folds
Ch3wi3: folds
Merdy33: folds
solocap: raises 160 to 220
ritple: folds
Hero: calls 110 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (50) returned to solocap

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $360.00)

   
Hero said, "LOL"

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $360.00)

   

River (Pot : $360.00)

   

Showdown
solocap: shows (three of a kind, Eights)
Hero: shows (high card Jack)
solocap collected 360 from pot

Summary
Total pot 360 | Rake 0
Board  
Seat 1: Hero showed and lost with high card Jack
Seat 2: SnowRus folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: Milkmachine folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Ch3wi3 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Merdy33 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: solocap (small blind) showed and won (360) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 7: ritple (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: jutang90 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: Str@ngerr folded before Flop (didnt bet)

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Seems to be more my style, games are faster, and its actually more fun than the long boring tourneys. All this together and it seems like faster profits.

I have been practicing table selection by joining only tables where the guy has a donkeyish name like larryG321 or something stupid (generally people with names like these suck, even in other online games).

So I play pretty super aggressive style in these raising nearly every hand. Mixing up the raises, sometimes limping. Rarely folding anything PF unless big Raise or RR.


So, since I'm new and haven't had much variance yet, any advice from any of you who play low/micro stakes NL HU HE ?

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Just a little something to entertain you if you are bored:

I'm sure people have all heard the add "in bed." to the end of every fortune cookie phrase to provide funny results (it works like 90% of the time).

Lately I've been trying to add other things to the end (whenever I eat at Panda Express).
I found that you can add "in/at Poker." to the end just as succesfully.

Here try it out:
http://www.chinese-fortune-cookie.com/fortune-cookie-phrases.html

Little and often makes much.
If you continually give, you will continually have.
Trust your intuition. The universe is guiding your life.
Keep in close touch with what your competition is doing.
Your skill will accomplish what the force of many cannot.
You can always find happiness at work on Friday.
All your hard work will soon pay off.
You deserve respect and will get it.

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http://www.donkeytest.com/prep.html
So I scored really shitty on the test 91(worse than last time I took it 18 months ago which was 99).
Anyone care to explain some of the answers more in depth?
Here are the answers I picked:

+ Show Spoiler +

PS- This test was really long and like 30% of the answers I was really unsure between 2 choices because I don't play these limits or cash games. For example, the first question. I knew 72o is the worst hand in a ring game and heads up low cards are worse (32o). But I chose A just because I probably wouldn't play either hand and basically flipped a coin to choose because they are equally shitty.

Other questions are just insanely hard situations that I would never be in and have no clue how to play. I'm more of a Tight Aggressive player. For much of these I chose the most conservative answer (fold).

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nvm

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So the other day I was driving to work like I normally do down PCH (Highway 1, it runs down the west coast of USA). Its somewhat of a scenic drive from Huntington Beach to Seal Beach. There are wetlands, nice beach views, oil rigs out at sea, and there is even the occasional naval gunship docked at the military base. Anyways this gives me time to think or reflect (if I'm not listening to music).

Usually I am running late or even if I'm not I hate the fact that people drive like 10-15 mph slower than the speed limit (because I usually drive at -5 to +5). So I got to thinking, Poker is a lot like freeway/highway driving.
There are a lot of shitty drivers out there and most of them you can get past. You can use your skills and judgement and slip into a 3 second passing window and take a lead position on the freeway (at least until the next intersection).
You can calculate when to start coasting to conserve gas when you see a red light a quarter mile ahead, or likewise you can calculate that it'll be green by the time you get there so you don't need to break.
You can dodge and weave in traffic all the way from the back and be at the front of the pack at the next red light.
You can keep your eyes scanning way ahead for cops as you break the speed limit meanwhile keeping focus on driving.
Usually you can always pick out a top contender in the pack of cars to try and stay ahead of.
You can make a luck based decision to get into the right hand lane at a red light even if there are more cars if you take into account that 40-50% of the that lane will turn and give you an edge in the 'race'.
You can make similar decisions based on what kind of car a person is driving; Generally the bigger the vehicle the slower the driver who likes to cruise, and its best to get behind sports cars because they obviously like to go fast. You can even think 3-5 cars ahead and add them all up +1, -1, and take which lane will move fastest. Its not fool proof, but it is a +EV strat just like counting cards in Blackjack.

Its almost as good a feeling as winning a big hand as it is rolling up to a 20 car stop light and making it to the front of that pack after 4-5 miles.

But just like poker, you can't always make it there. No matter how good you are. Sometimes the shitty drivers form a slow moving road block and just don't let you pass, sometimes you hit every red light and can't get an edge, sometimes the right lane stays full and lose you 3 positions, sometimes the sports cars drive slow and throw you off- sometimes the vans haul ass (like me ;P ).

But just like Poker you keep at it, keep driving the way you do and it pays off in the long run. Don't give up just because you're having a bad streak of luck with the old men Ferrari drivers or the cellphone girl doing her makeup and blocking your opportunity to slip in today.
You can't win them all but you will win more often then not, and that's the only way to win.

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