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Hi fuckers,

Fancy some donk on donk action? I propose 10NL but no fucking stupid all in bullshit - let's play sensible! FTP or Pokerstars.... Respond now - game will start in 10 minutes.

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Some how - my blog is rated 5 stars - how does this happen? Probably someone being funny - wish since I have extra attention and possible readers I could come up with something witty or interesting to post.

I'm just going to use this as a hand review as I have the last couple of posts. Didn't play last night - wife was giving me the shits and so I would have played tilted - went to bed early instead!

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Finished a small 6 max session again just now.

I'm really happy with the end result. I went down about $130 at one point but even though this was a result of a terrible re raise all in with KK on a 89T flop against a 40/25/2 fuckwit - i still didn't tilt in the slightest and just kept trying to play every hand one at a time.

I ended only down about $12. BTW (for Loco) stats for the session were 18/12/5.33

So the good with the bad (would like advice on all hands though if you think it's warranted)

THE BAD
1. donkey (me) can't fold KK but this guy was a serious fucking maniac - i was re raising him every single hand but he just kept calling me and taking pot away from me on the turn

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FullTiltPoker Game #4247501165: Table Lindell (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:52:29 ET - 2007/11/21
Seat 1: leo97 ($48.25)
Seat 2: vMario ($51.85)
Seat 3: Hero ($51.65)
Seat 4: akarileyescobar ($52.75)
Seat 5: Crzzy2000 ($74.10)
Seat 6: JOEYBUTTAFUCO ($57.25)
JOEYBUTTAFUCO posts the small blind of $0.25
leo97 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
vMario folds
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero raises to $1.75
akarileyescobar folds
Crzzy2000 calls $1.75
JOEYBUTTAFUCO calls $1.50
leo97 folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $5.75)

   
JOEYBUTTAFUCO checks
Hero bets $4.50
Crzzy2000 folds
JOEYBUTTAFUCO calls $4.50

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $14.75)

   
JOEYBUTTAFUCO checks
Hero bets $11
JOEYBUTTAFUCO raises to $23.50
Hero raises to $45.40, and is all in
JOEYBUTTAFUCO calls $21.90
Hero shows
JOEYBUTTAFUCO shows

River (Pot : $105.55)

   
Hero shows a pair of Kings
JOEYBUTTAFUCO shows a straight, Queen high
JOEYBUTTAFUCO wins the pot ($102.55) with a straight, Queen high
Hero adds $50

Summary
Total pot $105.55 | Rake $3
Board:  
Seat 1: leo97 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: vMario didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Hero showed and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: akarileyescobar didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Crzzy2000 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: JOEYBUTTAFUCO (small blind) showed and won ($102.55) with a straight, Queen high

FullTiltPoker Game #4247431239: Table Marina (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:32:33 ET - 2007/11/21
Seat 1: ThomasHahn ($67.65)
Seat 2: appendizitis ($42)
Seat 3: Hero ($50.45)
Seat 4: ure a towel ($49.25)
Seat 5: baronej ($36.15)
Seat 6: saymond ($89.70)
ThomasHahn posts the small blind of $0.25
appendizitis posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
Hero raises to $1.75
ure a towel folds
baronej folds
saymond raises to $6
ThomasHahn folds
appendizitis has 15 seconds left to act
appendizitis raises to $10.25
Hero raises to $50.45, and is all in
saymond folds
appendizitis calls $31.75, and is all in
Hero shows
appendizitis shows
Uncalled bet of $8.45 returned to Hero

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $90.25)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $90.25)

   

River (Pot : $90.25)

   
Hero shows a pair of Kings
appendizitis shows a pair of Aces
appendizitis wins the pot ($87.25) with a pair of Aces
Hero adds $41.55

Summary
Total pot $90.25 | Rake $3
Board:  
Seat 1: ThomasHahn (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: appendizitis (big blind) showed and won ($87.25) with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Hero showed and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: ure a towel didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: baronej didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: saymond (button) folded before the Flop

FullTiltPoker Game #4247554475: Table Papyrus (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 7:07:17 ET - 2007/11/21
Seat 1: oktoberfestbier ($49.50)
Seat 2: JOEYBUTTAFUCO ($41.25)
Seat 3: Katja Thate ($50)
Seat 4: Hero ($57.50)
Seat 5: Crzzy2000 ($248.30)
Seat 6: ukefan ($8.75)
ukefan has 5 seconds left to act
ukefan posts the small blind of $0.25
oktoberfestbier posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
JOEYBUTTAFUCO raises to $1.75
Hero raises to $6
Crzzy2000 folds
ukefan folds
oktoberfestbier folds
JOEYBUTTAFUCO calls $4.25

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $12.75)

   
JOEYBUTTAFUCO checks
Hero bets $10
JOEYBUTTAFUCO raises to $35.25, and is all in
Hero calls $25.25
JOEYBUTTAFUCO shows
Hero shows

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $83.25)

   

River (Pot : $83.25)

   
JOEYBUTTAFUCO shows two pair, Aces and Eights
Hero shows two pair, Aces and Eights
Hero wins the pot ($80.25) with two pair, Aces and Eights
JOEYBUTTAFUCO is sitting out

Summary
Total pot $83.25 | Rake $3
Board:  
Seat 1: oktoberfestbier (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: JOEYBUTTAFUCO showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 3: Katja Thate is sitting out
Seat 4: Hero showed and won ($80.25) with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 5: Crzzy2000 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: ukefan (small blind) folded before the Flop

FullTiltPoker Game #4247455120: Table Marina (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:39:19 ET - 2007/11/21
Seat 1: ThomasHahn ($71.35)
Seat 2: appendizitis ($93.85)
Seat 3: Hero ($49.25)
Seat 4: ure a towel ($55.45)
Seat 5: baronej ($33.35)
Seat 6: saymond ($74.90)
ThomasHahn posts the small blind of $0.25
appendizitis posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6

Holecards
Dealt to Hero
Hero raises to $1.75
ure a towel calls $1.75
baronej folds
saymond folds
ThomasHahn calls $1.50
appendizitis calls $1.25

Flop (Pot : $7.00)

   
ThomasHahn checks
appendizitis bets $5
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero calls $5
ure a towel folds
ThomasHahn folds

Turn (Pot : $17.00)

   
appendizitis has 15 seconds left to act
appendizitis bets $10
Hero raises to $42.50, and is all in
appendizitis: AK?
appendizitis has 15 seconds left to act
appendizitis has requested TIME
appendizitis folds
Uncalled bet of $32.50 returned to Hero
Hero mucks
Hero wins the pot ($35.15)

Summary
Total pot $37 | Rake $1.85
Board:  
Seat 1: ThomasHahn (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: appendizitis (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: Hero collected ($35.15), mucked
Seat 4: ure a towel folded on the Flop
Seat 5: baronej didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: saymond (button) didn't bet (folded)

FullTiltPoker Game #4247513125: Table Lusso (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:55:50 ET - 2007/11/21
Seat 1: samgranger14 ($111.35)
Seat 2: Xaratax ($59.35)
Seat 3: BlitzedKrieg ($48)
Seat 4: NoRookie ($47.50), is sitting out
Seat 5: ann-eye-elation ($74.20)
Seat 6: Hero ($58.75)
Xaratax posts the small blind of $0.25
BlitzedKrieg posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
ann-eye-elation folds
Hero raises to $1.75
samgranger14 folds
Xaratax calls $1.50
BlitzedKrieg calls $1.25

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $5.25)

   
Xaratax bets $5.25
BlitzedKrieg has 15 seconds left to act
BlitzedKrieg folds
Hero raises to $57, and is all in
Xaratax has 15 seconds left to act
Xaratax has requested TIME
Xaratax calls $51.75
Hero shows
Xaratax shows

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $119.25)

   

River (Pot : $119.25)

   
Hero shows a straight, Queen high
Xaratax shows two pair, Tens and Eights
Hero wins the pot ($116.25) with a straight, Queen high

Summary
Total pot $119.25 | Rake $3
Board:  
Seat 1: samgranger14 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Xaratax (small blind) showed and lost with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 3: BlitzedKrieg (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: NoRookie is sitting out
Seat 5: ann-eye-elation didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Hero showed and won ($116.25) with a straight, Queen high

FullTiltPoker Game #4247434151: Table Lindell (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:33:22 ET - 2007/11/21
Seat 1: Br1-st3w ($20)
Seat 2: vMario ($52.30)
Seat 3: Hero ($48.50)
Seat 4: Digard_92 ($19.50)
Seat 5: Crzzy2000 ($82.45)
Seat 6: JOEYBUTTAFUCO ($72.35)
vMario posts the small blind of $0.25
Hero posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
Digard_92 folds
Crzzy2000 folds
JOEYBUTTAFUCO raises to $1.75
vMario folds
Hero raises to $6.50
JOEYBUTTAFUCO calls $4.75

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $13.25)

   
Hero checks
JOEYBUTTAFUCO checks

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $13.25)

   
Hero checks
JOEYBUTTAFUCO checks

River (Pot : $13.25)

   
Hero bets $8
JOEYBUTTAFUCO calls $8

Showdown
Hero shows a full house, Aces full of Jacks
JOEYBUTTAFUCO mucks
Hero wins the pot ($27.80) with a full house, Aces full of Jacks

Summary
Total pot $29.25 | Rake $1.45
Board:  
Seat 1: Br1-st3w is sitting out
Seat 2: vMario (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Hero (big blind) showed and won ($27.80) with a full house, Aces full of Jacks
Seat 4: Digard_92 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Crzzy2000 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: JOEYBUTTAFUCO (button) mucked - three of a kind, Aces

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Hi Guys,

Played a small session tonight. Again i am trying not to play weaktight (loco...).

Ended session 16/11/3.33 (6 max)

These two hands felt a little weaktight - but I'm not sure...

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/318783

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/318781

Would really like advice on those two hands.

Also - any chance I coulda got all the money in here? How did I play this? I think I played it fine - except maybe let him bluff the river?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/318777

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deary me what a dreadful night. I think I forgot how to play again.

Biggest hands (that I lost) - calling too much i think and reading too many threads in strat forum here has made me think i need to push with tptk (balla c/r turn style)!

Comments and instruction would be great please! Thanks guys

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266136 -- I played this terrible - so obvious i was beat i shoulda just called or folded. This was the first one i lost for the night which put me on momentary tilt (see QQ hand coming up later)

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266138 -- Seriously wtf is this? I can't call that bet on that board the way this was played can I? wobbly said I can't fold if i call the min raise on the turn but offered nothing else - would like comments on how i should played this through

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266141 -- Coulda got away from this but not after a couple of beats in quick succession (tilt)

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266142 -- Plain fucking dreadful

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266143 -- Standard crap

I only won one hand for $42. second biggest pot was $10. I really felt like I played crap tonight which i think you will all agree with quite easily.

NEGATIVE 3 BUYINS.. GN all GL HF (fun?)

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Ok Guys - a few regulars on this site that I respect have had a little dig at me on a thread that I resurrected which I'm sure is OK in their minds - even if in my mind I believe they might have taken my comments about Anon not quite as they were intended.

I don't wanna talk about that though and they have reinforced for me my goals for the rest of the year. As most of you that know me probably already know - i am a full-time senior consultant for a telecommunications company - I travel interstate on business pretty much every second week and I also have a wife and two little boys. I don't get to play poker that often. However when I do I don't play the right limits and I don't play long enough sessions.

Loco said it perfectly:

Maybe this is why you've been stuck at the same limit for so much time with the fear of moving up, your goals are set pretty low and you are easy to impress, that's no good for a poker player.

I'm easily impressed by players on this site that have so much success but that's slightly misspent as I know how much time and effort they put into it.

I have always played with at least 40 buyins for my limit and I have never stretched myself or put myself to much of a test. I think I have always been scared of failure (?) I guess.. I mean I have grown what was ostensibly $13 to what I have now and I definately don't want to lose that however my 2.8K BR is one month's mortgage payment..

So I decided (last night - before I had Loco and Ket make comments about me - though as I said these were reinforcing) that I would take a shot at this game and see how far I can go.

Ramble ramble. Cliff notes:

I'm going to play solid sessions - at least 1.5 hours a night, 5 tables. I'm going to progress like so:

50NL till 3K
100NL till 4.5K
200NL till 8K
And then we will see where from there?

1 January 2008 I must have played 100K hands and play my best and hopefully the results will put me between my 100NL and my 200NL goal.

GL to all and GL to me! I'm going to keep this updated more often so I can track my progress!

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I have been working in Melbourne the last couple of weeks and i spent every single night playing poker at the Crown (home of the Aussie Millions). They have these tables which are computers and you have an account with a swipey card. It's much like playing online except you are with other people and can look at them and talk to them etc which adds the live element. I had an absolute ball the whole two weeks. Didn't have a single losing night.

I Put $80 in my account on the first night. Left with 743.05 but had cashed out at least 100 for drinks etc during the two weeks. As i walked out of the casino i put the $3 into a poker machine and bet MAX. Got the feature first hit and scooped $100. Total profit from the adventure would have been close to $1k playing 0.5/1 NL. Not bad i think!!

I've got money online at Interpoker. I put $800 on there at the start of the month. Got down to about 680 and then tried their casino. My wife and I have been playing their dastardly poker machines every since. So when i got back from Melb the wife and I played the pokies and got my balance down to about 600 after ups and downs.

The wife went out to the shops on the weekend and I ran it down to 500 going nuts. Then i put another $50 in and played my favourite poker machine (slot machine). I started betting $2 a hit and suddenly the best guy you can get on the machine comes flopping down X X x X X - he's the guy that gives the feature and i got 5 of them!! I look down at the balance and it's $625 in one hit!! Damn that felt soo good!! I then continued to work that up to over 700 before i left. Balance on the site was like 1150 or something!!

We get it back down to like 1050 and i'm like WE HAVE TO STOP THIS - my poker bankroll was the biggest it had every been (approx $3500) and I thought NOW i start playing poker again.

But we couldn't stop. So on Sunday night we played again. We hit feature after feature after payout after payout and all of a sudden we have 1600 on the site and my BR is a whopping 4125!!!!!!!

We swore that was it. Now i would play $100NL and try and make something of the poker. But last night we played again!! And before we knew we had lost about 300. Then I played poker and the wife went to bed. She went to bed when i had 1300 on Interpoker and when i finished my poker session (v short one) i had 1335. So of course i thought i will just play $35 before i go to bed!

45 minutes later i have $1130! I go to Pokerstars and transfer 170 across through Neteller so my wife won't know i just went and blew another 170!!! SO SICK

So my BR was 4125 and i was geared up for some cracking poker. Now my BR is $3655 and I'm spewing as even if not having a crack with a "free" 4 buyings for $100NL i could have done 8 x 50 buyin sngs or even more! AND to make matters worse I don't know if I can play poker while I could go play slots at the casino!

Bright side... sort of.. my highest ever BR was just below 3500 and i currently have 3655. I've made $330 on Interpoker and only played a few hundred hands!

I asked them to ban me from the casino but they can't - it's linked and they would have to ban me from the poker too! So sick! When i played poker last night it was kinda boring cause i was winning like only 8 bucks per table etc for 45 minutes work and even if i won a $50 buyin it would still be peanuts compared to what I win and lose playing those stupid fucking slot machines!

HELP!! Ahaahhahaha arrggghhhh

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I just got to work and my phone rings. It's my wife.

She says - "What have you done to our son?" - i'm like wtf? Both my boys and my wife were fast asleep when i left home. They are going to a Wiggles concert today (Wiggles are a v popular kids music group which my oldest boy (3) absolutely loves).

So my wife says to my boy when he wakes up -

"Are you excited about going to see the Wiggles today?" to which he replies

"No me not wanna go - me want stay here and play poker"

"It's the Wiggles!"

"My wanna play poker!"

Oops?

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I found out last night that i also run bad in live poker!

So i was at the pub last night for my weekly live poker game. About 5 tables - $5 buyin. Busted early - nevermind.

So i join a SNG table. Busto early with gay stuff that i played perfectly like a turned trips with A kicker against aggression where i got off soo cheap against a guy that turned the FH.

Second SNG i join a few hands in i get dealt AA. Wow - things are looking up. A few limps, i raise big - a few calls (they are all calling stations pretty much) and take that hand down and knock out one player in the process.

Next hand - i look down - AA. Well fuck me don't remember that EVER happening before. Raise and call before me. I repop again. All in. All in. All in. (3 way all in).

88 vs TT vs my AA. Flop is x x T (bugger!).
Turn is A (yeh baby).
River is X.

I knock out two more players!

Couple of hands later - JJ. Get it all in on the flop vs 99 and holds up. Knock ANOTHER player out.

3 handed was cruel to me - but i get to HU with about the same chips as the other guy.

Final hand. Look down see QQ. I raise he calls.

Flop is Qd 7c 2s. I'm OOP so i check. He obligingly bets - i push. He says "aahh ok.. i call". He turns over Tc 6c.

I'm like - ship me the winner's checque baby!

Turn is 8. River is 9.

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I was thinking of posting this as a new thread - but i will start as a new blog entry and see if any of you guys help me out.

I'm very disillusioned at the moment with regards to my poker skills. I'm starting to think perhaps i am actually no good at poker regardless of the fact that i have been playing for almost 2 years (almost every day).

I'm in a patch at the moment of about 70K hands where i have made no money (except for rakeback and bonuses) which is obviously a little hard to deal with because during this time i have also tried to move from 25NL to 50NL.

The last few days i know i have been playing very good TAG 6 max poker (50NL) and for a few hours of work i get no results. Then last night i lose 100 at same tables (starting to get frustrated at the end). Frustrated... folded to me in the SB i raise 4x. BB re raises. I reraise with QK. BB calls. Flop is Q 7 x. I bet and get re raised big. I push and he calls. He has A7 and hits A on river. I wouldn't normally play like this and results aside it was a terrible spewy thing to do. I normally avoid sb vs bb (i have a bigger penis than you) wars....

But the main thing i noticed during last night was how i played strong draws etc and other situations where i was sure i was just getting played back at - i play sooo weak, like sickly weak tight. why would i do this with over 60 buyins for 50NL.

WHY AM I SCARED OF GETTING MY MONEY IN? HOW CAN I STOP THIS? HOW CAN I STOP PLAYING WEAK TIGHT?

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