I will...

I just cant seem to beat it! Everything goes ok, i'm winning 10++BB, get sucked out few times and back to zero...

I'm playing underrolled (got $10 lol), usually 4tables with 100 big blinds buy in (max is 250BB - $5)

this is a super-fast call, right? Villian is 36/18/3.2
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i was totally lost in this hand >.<
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so for now, my graph and stats look like this:

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In my last blog I started my ultimate quest - to go up from $0.50 to $1000.

So as I planned i balled $0.1BI tournaments, got up to $2!
It was a long and hard struggle! Even had to bring my laptop to toilet once cuz of diarrhea... It was that intense!

Then, decided to try out playing little Limit Holdem. Damn, its like playing with 9 call stations! You never know what they might have... So if you dont have at least AA or 2pair - better fold...

After getting some lucky hands, I decided to try out HU LH, just for kicks... And got damn lucky! Got to play few guys who would raise to sky with their MPMK... I gladly accept the money!

But then it began.... I regained my confidence back... What a bad thing confidence is... I tryed out NLHE. Playing shortstack of course. First 1k hands went ok, as I would win some all-ins and lose some. So in the end I would be left with some profit.

But today everything went wrong. Had $8, opened 6 shortstack tables, and lost 4 all-ins in 30mins, won - 0... And I thought being AA, KK, QQ, AK tight will make a difference...

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And that is what "being pwned by board" means:

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So how do you guys play tight poker in lowstakes fullring?

All-in is a coin flip...
If you make top pair or smth, they wont call you (cuz they are tight too)...
Bluffing 5 times and winning will be equaled out by losing a bluff once (same with stealing BB)...
So all you do is keep losing money with BB and getting lucky/unlucky.

While i was playing it seemed that 8 out of 10 ppl in the table were playing according to GroT's guide. So if they raise, they dedicate themselves to that hand.
So, guys, can you explain where is the profit? I dont think you can start playing loose on a FR, cuz somebody WILL have better hand, and I already told you about bluffing.

It's getting really frustraiting, cuz everything I read about poker seems to not apply for lowstakes FR NLHE.

So, I'm back to nuts hunting in limit holdem...

PS, I am starting to feel, that Titan poker doesn't like multitablers... Cuz if I play 2 tables - I can at least play with profit, but with 6 tables - board is always against me.

NL HE


L HE:


Edit: another sweet hand, and my patience is breaking... Guys help!
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I'm starting my blog to write about my ultimate quest to be ballin!

But first, I'll introduce you with my short poker history. I came here from TL.net, lead by curiousity, "why do all starcraft players started playing poker, whats so good about it?". Got interested. Espacially after I watched several episodes of High Stakes Poker.
So, as any noob, I don't wanted to risk my money, but really wanted to try out. Singed up for a free $50 on Titan Poker. Of course, the very first thing i did, was lose $40... Then somehow i caught up to $20 playing very tight shortstack microstakes. But such play can drive you mad, especially if you're new and still don't have the patience. So long story short, I went broke... Well ALMOST broke! I was left with about $0.5. This is where my ultimate quest to become a baller begins!

So you may ask "what can you do with $0.5?"
Here's the answer!



Yup! $0.1 BI tourneys lol! This shot is made after finishing second in 10ppl/0.1BI tourney. Before going broke, I already grasped a lot of things in microstakes, and I had practised microtourneys as well, so I obviously CAN win. It's just that, I sometimes lack the most important thing - patience!

So today is my second day of my quest and I'm glad to show you the results! A whooping $0.5 for a 1st place in same tourney! I've got a f*cking dolla now!!!



This tournament was really nerve-wracking, as I, being one of 4ppl left, was almost out with 500chips (BB=200), but my desperate all-in was called by the chip leader and I finally got lucky. Little by little rebuilding my way to top, I could finally feel the relief, when i had 13k vs 2k chips.

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So now, my friends, here I will ask for your guidance as to what would be a better way to complete my quest!

I will consider my quest as finished, when I reach $1000. Then I will start playing poker

So my plan should be to play nanotourneys till i reach $5? $10? What should I do then?

And I also wanted to expand my knowledge by asking some simple questions:

Is overpair - a pocket pair that is higher that any card on the flop?

Is underpair - a pocket pair that is lower than the highest card on the flop?

What is "aggro"?

Ok, that's about it. Till next time and I hope there will be such! Wish me luck! >.<

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...microstakes and not doing well... It seems that everybody is playing by the rules of Grot's guide. So I usually encounter these situations:
let's say I raise with TT and in the end villian wins with QQ or KK or something
raising with low pair is out of question... haven't won even once
and when i finally get good pair and raise, all of them fold...

I know i just started (like week ago) but it seems that I'm stuck in one place, pressing the fold button... And if I don't - I end up like this:

(nick: StonedRobot, dunno how do you get that Hero thingy)
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Starting a new hand (#1040887000)
Starting a new hand (#1040887000)
TheProfessionnal posts Small Blind $0.01
dancam1977 posts Big Blind $0.02

Holecards
Your cards
StonedRobot raises to $0.08
EllasVoelz folds
grubycygan007 folds
lore33 folds
woyanro folds
dimcik folds
CaeruleusFlos folds
TheProfessionnal calls $0.07
dancam1977 calls $0.06
Dealing Flop
TheProfessionnal bets $0.24
dancam1977 folds
StonedRobot raises to $1.09
TheProfessionnal goes All-in $0.69
Dealing Turn
Dealing River
TheProfessionnal shows Straight
StonedRobot shows Two Pair
StonedRobot wins with Two Pair $0.16
StonedRobot wins with Two Pair $0.16
$0.16 returned to StonedRobot
$0.16 returned to StonedRobot
TheProfessionnal wins with Straight $2
TheProfessionnal wins with Straight $2

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