Memoir

Today i toke my 3rd shot to NL100. I play solid poker, dont tilt, but somehow, i always get smashed. I crush NL50 @ 9BB/100, but somehow, i just cant win on NL100. I get coolered, bad beated all day. 2 days @ NL50 recovering, 1 day taking a shot, 2 days recovering, and it goes on and on and on.

Do you guys have any specific advice on moving up? Is there something i just dont recognize on NL100? I dont feel i play bad, PT shows i dont play bad, yet i lose.

I think i have some huge leaks in my game, which i dont aware of. This can be one explanation. Therefore, im thinking about getting a coach. Does it worth it? If so, who would be a good coach in my case? For how much? I'm absolutely clueless about this coaching thing, any advice is appreciated.

I include the pt stats, if anyone can post any advice, i will be really grateful!




Thx guys, gl all!

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Today is my birthday. Now i'm probably get as drunk as possible ASAP. Why? Look at this:



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run good -> bad beat, bad beat. rebuild, run good -> bad beat, bad beat. i guess nothing more to say i'm happy i could finish in the green, but this was exhausting. i swear, NL100 has more donks than any limit.

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standard?

Edit: only 40 dollars, and comes with some real american songs:
Chuck Berry Back int he U.S.A
Sweet Home Alabama from Lynryd Skynyrd
God Bless the U.S.A. from Lee Greendwood

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I woke up with a bad mood. Dunno why, my gf slept with me, we had a great night, everything was fine, but i just wanted to kill myself. Emo feelings 4tw!
Anyway, i started my forenoon session. A friend of mine asked me to let him watch as i play, and give him a "lesson". I dont think i'm good enough to do this, but it seemed to be fun, so whatever, ok. It started well, i teached him some basics, and made some really good plays, inducing bluffs, and valuebetting.

But after 360 hands, the sickest downswing came. I couldn't win a pot, every single one of my made hands run into monsters. The best example is this:

Submitted by : Ezekiell

POKERSTARS GAME #17535772226: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/05/19 - 04:55:27 (ET)
Table 'Hudrus' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: thebean85 ($60 in chips)
Seat 2: Haloth2 ($102.25 in chips)
Seat 4: qwertyman1 ($284.70 in chips)
Seat 5: Juice It Up ($218.70 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($106 in chips)
Haloth2: posts small blind $0.50
qwertyman1: posts big blind $1

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
Juice It Up: folds
Hero : raises $3 to $4
thebean85: raises $9 to $13
Haloth2: folds
qwertyman1: folds
Hero : raises $29 to $42
thebean85: raises $18 to $60 and is all-in
Hero : calls $18

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $121.50)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $121.50)

   

River (Pot : $121.50)

   

Showdown
Hero : shows (high card Ace)
thebean85: shows (a flush, Ace high)
thebean85 collected $119.50 from pot

Summary
Total pot $121.50 | Rake $2
Board  
Seat 1: thebean85 (button) showed and won ($119.50) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: Haloth2 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: qwertyman1 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Juice It Up folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Hero showed and lost with high card Ace

POKERSTARS GAME #17544559300: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/05/19 - 14:53:54 (ET)
Table 'Posnania V' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: KarmaTIll ($176.95 in chips)
Seat 3: MarcoTCF ($117.65 in chips)
Seat 4: Dodgydoc ($207.40 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($160.85 in chips)
Seat 6: beta77 ($94.50 in chips)
beta77: posts small blind $0.50
KarmaTIll: posts big blind $1

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
MarcoTCF: folds
Dodgydoc: calls $1
Hero : raises $4 to $5
beta77: folds
KarmaTIll: raises $13 to $18
Dodgydoc: folds
foxhoundzr2 joins the table at seat #2
Hero : raises $22 to $40
KarmaTIll: raises $39 to $79
Dodgydoc said, "av it"
Hero : raises $81.85 to $160.85 and is all-in
KarmaTIll: calls $81.85

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $323.20)

   
Dodgydoc said, "large"

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $323.20)

   

River (Pot : $323.20)

   

Showdown
KarmaTIll: shows (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
Hero : shows (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
Hero collected $321.20 from pot

Summary
Total pot $323.20 | Rake $2
Board  
Seat 1: KarmaTIll (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 3: MarcoTCF folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Dodgydoc folded before Flop
Seat 5: Hero (button) showed and won ($321.20) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 6: beta77 (small blind) folded before Flop

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Today morning i decided to take a shot @ NL100 w 20 buyins. I always use this style to move up. Well, it went reeeeeeally good! I dunno, if i have a sick heater in the last 30k hands, or i just learned how to play good, solid poker /probably both/, but May is like heaven now! Maybe cuz i've born in this month

The first stats+graph of NL100:





I had KK vs AA 2 times, and a set over set as u can see /obv where /, and i started the session without confidence, but it worked out well!

I'll log an other session this evening, and update after it.

gl all!

update: 800 hands, won 50 dollars, but on my last hand, i lost 1.5 buyins. sigh. whatever, this was a good day

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NL50 is going great! I had some swings, but generally, all's good! 6max is really fun, i enjoy playing. I don't think any of the regulars has an edge on me. My roll is very healthy, and soon i'll be taking my 1st shot @ NL100. Just a few more buyins...
Pics or it didnt happen obv:

My last 3 days:


Overall NL50 stats:


And the graph:


I gave one of my friend 50 bucks to play NL2 as a stake 2 days ago. That worked out well too, he's @ 180$ now, so some cash will flow back to me in few days

ADVICE pls!
I want to buy a new monitor. I have some options:
- cash out ~350 to buy a 22" HansG /generally Samsung, but in a different name/
- buy a 22" Samsung from the FPP store for 40k FPP
- buy cash bonuses from FPP, then cash out

What do you think, which would be the best?

gl all!

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"Fuck you all, fuck this world, fuck everything you stand for!" - Slipknot

Fuck poker too.

Okay, no big deal, i lost 4 buyins today, worst day ever, np. But in 340 hands FFS! 3 set over sets, flopped nutflush vs rivered full, and my favourite: flopped straight vs bottom pair. Ofc till river, he hits his full. Only 4 buyins, cuz i hit my stop loss, i bet if i would have continued playing, i'd have went busto in 3-4 hours :D

So this was brutal. BUT i understand, sometimes good, sometimes bad. I ran really good in the last 2 weeks, well, this had to come I'll recover in 2 days, i swear At least i hope

I'm going to take a day off, relax a bit, watch some movies, play some tennis, whatever, just get away from poker

gl all!

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I started 6max 2 weeks ago. I had to realize, fullring is not profitable for me, it didnt fit my playing style. So i switched, watched a lot of videos /grinderschool subscription 4tw/, learned a lot /from books/, but mostly from here. U guys are fantastic, i really appreciate the help i got in PM's, on msn. U know who u are, thank you!

Todays session was great, NL50 is going good, and i have improved a lot. Here are the stats, and the graph from the last 2 weeks:





I'm running good, not godly, but i have no complaints The bad beats are evening out, and finally, i can avoid the situations, where i'm beat. I mean, i can fold AA in a reraise pot when the fucker hits his set, fold lower straigts, blabla... The biggest leak was this in my game, i couldn't let great hands go. A RL friend helped in this, thank you too /i know u dont read this shit, whatever /

So thins are great! I almost cleared a 50$ bonus, so my roll is ~1500$ now. My plan is to play NL50 till end of May, cuz i will cash out a bit to buy a new 24" monitor /it about ~360$ here/. When i hit 2200-2300, i'll take a shot to NL100!

Now i'm going to sleep a bit, cuz im fucking tired... A friend of mine calls me at 2AM, when i just finished my session. He said, he's in deep shit. What the...? He had to write a puzzle solving program in JAVA till 7AM, with 3 different solving algorythms /if anyone interrested: backtrack, AAsterik, Widthsearch/ The guy helped me a lot when i was in hole, and ofc he paid for me to do it. I finished the program at 6:40, he got an A on it, so i'm like shit. Havent slept in 34 hours, so i will pass out /its 4:41PM here/. Hopefully, i'll be able to do an other session in the evening.

gl guys, see you at the tables!

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So i decided to take a shot @ NL50 with 20 buyins. I never was a bankroll nit If i lose 2 buyins, i move down, rebuild, blablabla...

I guess it went really well:





Obviously, i have played my biggest pot in my life:

Submitted by : Ezekiell

POKERSTARS GAME #17372879689: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/05/12 - 06:05:22 (ET)
Table 'Menippe III' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: mealface ($78.80 in chips)
Seat 2: davo124 ($50 in chips)
Seat 3: Sick V ($47.25 in chips)
Seat 4: damir111 ($27.25 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($120.95 in chips)
Seat 6: Fra omega ($148.50 in chips)
damir111: posts small blind $0.25
Hero : posts big blind $0.50

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
Fra omega: calls $0.50
mealface: folds
davo124: folds
Sick V: calls $0.50
damir111: calls $0.25
Hero : checks

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $2.00)

   
damir111: checks
Hero : bets $1.50
Fra omega: raises $3.50 to $5
Sick V: folds
damir111: folds
damir111 leaves the table
Hero : calls $3.50

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $12.00)

   
Hero : bets $8.50
hoa1986 joins the table at seat #4
Fra omega: raises $21.50 to $30
Hero : calls $21.50

River (Pot : $72.00)

   
Hero : checks
Fra omega: bets $27
Hero : raises $35.50 to $62.50
Fra omega: raises $35.50 to $98
Hero : calls $22.95 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($12.55) returned to Fra omega

Showdown
Fra omega: shows (a straight, Eight to Queen)
Hero : shows (a straight, Nine to King)
Hero collected $239.90 from pot

Summary
Total pot $242.90 | Rake $3
Board  
Seat 1: mealface folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: davo124 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Sick V (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: damir111 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Hero (big blind) showed and won ($239.90) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 6: Fra omega showed and lost with a straight, Eight to Queen

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