Doctorstu

Start my new job on wednesday but due to huge uni fees etc I'm a bit low on funds for the victoria poker championships buy-in next week.

If anyone wants to stake me I'm offering 65% of all winnings or, if you want a sure-thing I'll pay back 15% on a loan (need $1050). Loan would be paid back on the 31st.

If anyone can help me out I'd really appreciate it, just gimme a pm.

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I moved from my living with my dad in Carlton to living with my best mate Sam in East Brighon yesterday. My room isn't ready yet so I'm staying in the small one but I'll be moving into my big one later this week. Expect some balla pictures of my new digs.

After almost a week without poker I'm going to finally get back to it tonight. Plan is for a trip to play 1/2 and 2/3 at crown and some SNG and then home for the late-night PStars donkaments and some 25NL.

OOOOOOOOOOOOO Lack of content.

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I stupidly forgot to enable instant hand histories after my switch to pokerstars tonight but anyways.

It's been an interesting week to say the least. I got a part-time job doing technical support for primus telecom, my ex-girlfriend is paying me back the $500 she owes me and I'm moving in with my best mate. There hasn't been much time for poker but I loaded $50 onto pstars tonight with the intention of grinding 10NL for a few weeks.

After three hours I am currently up just under 5 BIs ($98.40) after playing some really A-grade poker. I really have no reservations about playing beneath my normal limits while I grind up a new bankroll so this is already a lot of fun. Hopefully I can get some charts going now that I've remembered the damn hand histories!

Currently planning on playing in the $340 buy-in NLHE, the $240+100R and the $1,100 HU events at the crown victorian poker championships next month, it's going to be insane.

Anyways the next time I post I'll probably be moved into my new place in brighton complete with a couple of 22" LCDs I want to buy to flank my 23" apple cinema display. PIMP? Oh yeah.

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So I decided to start playing some 10NL last night and after getting up 5/6 BIs I'd had enough and took to the 25NL tables.

Managed to end up 2 BIs and called it quits after feeling that my game was a bit off after making the jump to total online play.

My fish-moment of the night came at 4:00am after a few drinks when I re-installed FTP and went looking for some heads-up to pass the time. I totally forgot about re-doing my custom SNG filters and accidently rego'd for a $50 HU pot limit omaga hi/lo game.

I'm not a big PLO hi/lo player but I managed to hold my own for an epic 20 minute struggle against a vastly superior opponent. He caught a nice hand and sent me packing. I pretty much fumed for a good hour before passing out in bed.

I've decided that it's time for me to get a job after my first 4 months of unemployment since I turned 12. It's really affecting my ability to play poker as I'm stuck as low-limits after paying off ~$4000 in uni fees for next semester. The job hunt is going well and it looks like my old position (IT Support Officer/Systems Administrator) is pulling in an extra ~5-10k a year nowadays so I've applied for about 15 jobs right off.

Thinking about giving poker a break for a few weeks and focusing on the theory rather than the live-game for a bit. Being a non-mathematically minded person I've always had to rely more on the psychological aspects to provide an edge rather than just playing the numbers. I've consigned myself to brushing up on my maths skills and getting everything I can memorized before I begin hardcore play again.

I'm looking at what books to buy next, hoping someone can give me some suggestions. I've got/read:

Winner's Guide to Texas Hold'em by Ken Warren
The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky
The Psychology of Poker by Alan N. Schoonmaker
Super/System by Doyle Brunson
Poker: The Real Deal by Phil Gordon
Phil Gordon's Little Green Book by Phil Gordon

Definitely planning on buying:

Harrington on Hold'em vol 1-3
Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players
Mike Caro's Book of Poker Tells

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I've decided to move from playing 2/3 at crown casino here in Melbourne to playing some micro-stakes online. I've got about $200 on pstars so I think I'll start off slow playing 6-handed 10NL and work my way up from there.

Boring blog out.

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