A new start at poker

Its been a long time since I made a blogupdate. I have kinda taken a pokerbreak of some sort. I have played some live (at the casino and at a homegame) but nothing online and I dont know why really. The only explanation is that I havnt felt for it. The past weeks I have hanged around with friends, been at a LAN-party and tryied to do some schoolwork etc.. This week I will write an essay at school so I dont know how poker it will be now either. But after that I hope I can have the drive to put in some hands and let my bankroll grow so I can go to Vegas this summer

I also owe you a March-update:
I played a somewhat ok amount of hands (regarding I didnt play in the end) and came up with around 20k. However the results wasnt that great. I lost about 2k online and 1,5k live. Then I get some RB so I guess March results was like -$3k.
I cant say it isnt deserved. I havnt played that great online (even if I run under expectation) and I dont put too much an effort to win in homegames, then I just want to hve fun. Maybe I need to pull myself together and make some results soon. Otherwise poker is just taking up a lot of time. I will take a year off after this semester and play poker, travel some and work out etc. If I cant do any good results then I will quit poker and concentrate on the things I really want to do with my life.

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what is happening? tried some NL200 to boost myself. When I even cant win there I think its time for a break. I got it in with trips on a Q82 board and JJ draws out, I push an openended straighflushdraw and both a higher flush and a straight calls etc etc. I outplay them in sooo many pots but I cant win any big ones.

Its good I can be busy with a big schoolpaper I have to write. I thought I was on to a big breakthrough and this comes... bläää!

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right now its a good combination of running bad and playing bad that makes my bankroll go like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAOVkKWNfdo&

I am not doing anything drasticly wrong but here and there I try to make a play when I really know I shouldnt.. When I get it in good, they draw out and when I get it in bad (with monsterdraws etc) I cant hit. Dont know if I should take some days of or something.

Lesson learned: dont take unnecessary risks when you are on a downswing (play a bigswing style).
BR rule: Before I thought of going up to NL600 when I reached 20k but I think I need to change that to 25k (the swings are pretty big already on NL400)
Newest purchase: A new laptop so I can grind from anywhere in the world this summer

GL everyone at the tables!

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I found a chatconversation between Phil Hellmuth and one of the best limitplayers in the world, HOSS_TBF, that took place on UB recently in a 3-way limit game. I think Hellmuth became somewhat tilted

Its taken from hoss_tbf blog and I have excluded some parts so it wont be tooo long (but its still long).. if you want to read the whole chat you can find it here: http://hoss-tbf.livejournal.com/18125.html


PHILHELLMUTH: but now I'm going to punich weakness
PHILHELLMUTH: and your over plays will get me even
PHILHELLMUTH: OVER PLAYS!!!!!!!!!!
PHILHELLMUTH: OP!!
PHILHELLMUTH: what a joke

as he says this, we are dealt a hand where it goes cutoff raise, phil rr the button, i call in bb, co calls
flop comes KK8, phil and i cap, other guy folds
turn is a 2--i bet, phil raises, i rr, phil . . . folds

HOSS_TBF: OVERPLAYS!
PHILHELLMUTH: U or me?
PHILHELLMUTH: I had 7-7
HOSS_TBF: guess that answers that question
PHILHELLMUTH: U called 3 cold
PHILHELLMUTH: in BB
PHILHELLMUTH: crunk would have 30k less if deck broke even
HOSS_TBF: phil you'd have 8 million less if deck broke even
TURNTHECAROFF: true story
PHILHELLMUTH: u morons cannot even play LH right, how U gonna beat

we then play a hand where the flop is jt6, we cap the flop, phil bets and i raise turn
river is a 6, phil checks, i check my J5 behind, he shows 96o for trips

HOSS_TBF: phil you see what i check behind last hand when you make 666
PHILHELLMUTH: U such a moron I make those checks everyday
PHILHELLMUTH: tons of times
HOSS_TBF: but i do them while actually playing well
….….….….
PHILHELLMUTH: raise and bet every street
PHILHELLMUTH: what a joke
PHILHELLMUTH: this ***cin moron turn firing OP MF
PHILHELLMUTH: ****
PHILHELLMUTH: brutal
PHILHELLMUTH: I never hit vs the moron
PHILHELLMUTH: fuyck
PHILHELLMUTH: RWGHwwshnjEDTYuj
PHILHELLMUTH: i SIT AND PLAY SUPER GITH AND MORON PLAYS EVERYHAND AND STILL WINS EVERTY POT
PHILHELLMUTH: **** YU 2
PHILHELLMUTH: THI ISNT POKER
PHILHELLMUTH: wheres the math??????????????????
PHILHELLMUTH: this isn't aupposed to happen
HOSS_TBF: phil, this is sincere: maybe you should do your breathing exercises
HOSS_TBF: i honestly do not want you to have another panic attack
PHILHELLMUTH: I really should
PHILHELLMUTH: but I ran four miles and feel great
PHILHELLMUTH: but U right I do need to settle down
PHILHELLMUTH: just beat after beats seems unbleieavbel
PHILHELLMUTH: steamed me up way too much
PHILHELLMUTH: I prob need meds, never takin em before though
….….….….
PHILHELLMUTH: wtf sick

PHILHELLMUTH: coolers and ****
HOSS_TBF: QJ vs 88 J on flop is really a cooler?
(Phil capped the flop, raised the turn and bet the river with 88)
PHILHELLMUTH: what U thionk>?
HOSS_TBF: i think it's a coinflip
PHILHELLMUTH: rreverse flops I scoop[ em both with BEST hand as usual
PHILHELLMUTH: BEST hand syndrome I have
PHILHELLMUTH: made me millions
HOSS_TBF: instead you lost both with worst hand?
HOSS_TBF: i wonder if they gave out anti-bracelets
HOSS_TBF: how many you would have
PHILHELLMUTH: yeah
PHILHELLMUTH: what a joke
HOSS_TBF: OP?
PHILHELLMUTH: moron gets every raise in when tiny favorite
PHILHELLMUTH: pathtetic play
PHILHELLMUTH: I give U zero action hoss
PHILHELLMUTH: and U still take ace rag and win every pot
PHILHELLMUTH: U beat my QQ and my AK
PHILHELLMUTH: and U hit mirca;ces
PHILHELLMUTH: ALL THAT, and I will beat you for 200K by end of year PROMIS
PHILHELLMUTH: cause you just another OP
PHILHELLMUTH: 66k in front of U, PEEEUUUU sir
PHILHELLMUTH: its semlls bad from ehre
PHILHELLMUTH: zero acrton from me
PHILHELLMUTH: what a sucker
PHILHELLMUTH: plqys every single pot
PHILHELLMUTH: and pays off like a slot machine
TURNTHECAROFF: lolololol
HOSS_TBF: *exactly* like a slot machine
….….….….
PHILHELLMUTH: just keep up the OP suckers
PHILHELLMUTH: wow look at these beats u put on m,e

PHILHELLMUTH: I dont understand
PHILHELLMUTH: I play only AJ's and

PHILHELLMUTH: and U guys saw them up with A-9s
PHILHELLMUTH: I should have 50k right now
HOSS_TBF: maybe if you started with 200k
PHILHELLMUTH: no action we see if u hit your hands son
PHILHELLMUTH: Im a folding machine
PHILHELLMUTH: then i stick U!!!
PHILHELLMUTH: this is such BS
PHILHELLMUTH: fold folf fold
PHILHELLMUTH: I fold every button
PHILHELLMUTH: and every small blind
PHILHELLMUTH: and then U morons beat A-J
PHILHELLMUTH: or AK
PHILHELLMUTH: makes me sick U have no patience, no game
….….….….
now we play a hand where i open the button with TT, it gets 4-bet back to me with phil in the big blind, flop 872, phil and i cap, other guy folds
turn is a 9, phil checkraises and i call down. i win when phil shows A9, he then says . .

PHILHELLMUTH: so sick
PHILHELLMUTH: I sit here on the sideleines folding
PHILHELLMUTH: like an 11 time champion
PHILHELLMUTH: and y'all just get lucky
TURNTHECAROFF: folding folding folding
TURNTHECAROFF: finally he picks up the 3RD BEST HAND in a 3way pot
PHILHELLMUTH: are you ****** kidding me
PHILHELLMUTH: yeah I got colleed
TURNTHECAROFF: you were drawing 2 3 outs the whole hand phil
PHILHELLMUTH: cooler agauin and again
PHILHELLMUTH: yes dummy, ace has to hit when I slow play preflop?
PHILHELLMUTH: it came for me to lose max
TURNTHECAROFF: keep slow playin those ace rags phil
PHILHELLMUTH: U are so bad its scary
PHILHELLMUTH: but the deck saved U so far
PHILHELLMUTH: never seen a guy win with 10-4 off suit more than you
HOSS_TBF: i prefer the term "10-4 doublesuited"
HOSS_TBF: and that's because you LIMP ACES (and check back the flop)
PHILHELLMUTH: lol
….….….….
PHILHELLMUTH: wow amazing
PHILHELLMUTH: hoss Im having scurity review this session first time ever
PHILHELLMUTH: thats the truth
TURNTHECAROFF: LOLOLOL
PHILHELLMUTH: one of the most brutal sessions of my life
PHILHELLMUTH: cause I stayed strong
PHILHELLMUTH: and showed top rate hands all night
….….….….
PHILHELLMUTH: sure just **** me over hand after hand
PHILHELLMUTH: this isn't funny anymore
PHILHELLMUTH: Im gonna enjoy my revenge
PHILHELLMUTH: lol
PHILHELLMUTH: I had KJ
PHILHELLMUTH: lol
TURNTHECAROFF: hilarious phil
PHILHELLMUTH: yes they found a queen for ya'll
PHILHELLMUTH: congrats this is my biggest loss in two years playing online
PHILHELLMUTH: Limit holdem

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hate these kind of days. Came AI 6 times when I was more then a 50% favourite and lost all of them. This one felt the worst:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/652886

no more poker for tonight. even if they want to give their money to me they fail and I must have some type of stoploss..

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The last couple of days I have felt an eager to grind, a feeling I havnt had in a long time! I have put in a lot of hands and I am very happy with my game. I really feel I have a great edge if I tableselect somewhat, and even if the table is full of regs I know I can beat the game.

The only problem right now is that my result isnt following my play. I have met a ridiculous amount of setups and I loose most of the flips. It feels like I should be up like 10BI, instead I am down a BI or two. However, if I just continue to play like I do the brakethrough will come soon, I can feel it!

Cheers!

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I had the chance to get a new record month. I actually was at that point today but a nasty ending with AKvAA, AAvTT, QQvAA etc ruined it. Even if the result isnt the best so far I have played the best poker in my life so I am very happy. I feel I got a hunch how the game should be played and I think I can beat NL400. My goal is to beat NL400 now for a few months and then hopefully reach NL600 before the summer!

Totally in February I ran 22/18/3,7 over 19k hands and had a BB/100 of 4,3.
Online: +5k
RB: +600$
Live: -400$
Total of 5200$.

Im very satisfied with that!

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the casino night didnt end the way it supposed to. My friend (S) busted his stake early on and I didnt play that well and lost some. The positive side of the night was that they finally had opened deep stack tables so you can buy in for 200bb instead of the ordinary 100bb. Ofc there was only regulars sitting at those tables so there wasnt that much value but still it was fun.

After a few hours we decided to go home to him and just hang out instead. It ended with a 7h marathon session of HU that didnt end until like 7AM. We started off pretty smooth with 200bb stacks 1/2SEK. After about 30 min when I was down like 50bb so I decided I wanted to gamble. When he limped his SB I pushed with J7 and wanted a call from like AT or w/e. Instead he began to laugh and instacalled with QQ Hehe. First time ever I do something like that and it ends like that. REBUY!

I lost the second rebuy pretty quickly when he hit almost everything so I bought in again and decided not to loose more then 3k this night. Then a pretty sick hand came up. standardraise pre and a flop of 987r. I have 87 and position. There is a lot of trashtalk already before the betting takes place so I think he has some kind of hand. He even says that he dont think I have 2pair on that board and that he is ahead.. hehe nice read sir! He bets, I raise and he calls. Turn is a K. He checks, I bet and he calls. River is a 6. At this time more then 400 is in the pot. The only hand I am really scared of is T9 but its not likely so I go for thin value and push for about a potbet. He instacalls with A9! SHIPIT!

At this point I began to run sick! I hit every board and almost the nuts every time! He almost started to flat like trips because he knew I had the straight He also started to tilt so I felt the HU was going to end pretty soon. An important key hand came up where he 3b me oop and I call with JJ. Flop is 632 with 2 hearts. He bets out, I raise and he calls. Turn is the 8h (I have Jh). He checks and starts his trashtalking. (I have to admit he his pretty good at it and I made some mistakes during the HU because of it.) At this point I dont think he has the flush. If he had a hand like AhKh he should have 3b the flop and I dont think he has something like Th9h since I dont think he would 3b it pre. A hand more likely is AhKx or w/e. While I was thinking he kept talking about how he had the flush and when I questioned his line he like didnt understand what I meant. After I while I bet, he instapushed and I snappcalled and he showed AxKh - almost my read.. Unfortunally he hit the A on the river so back to even stacks again.

Around 5AM another friend (M) who had been on the casino until this point came by to sleep a few hours. We talked him into joining and it only took like 5 hands until I bust S. 5 minutes later he came in and demanded revenge. 5/10 and I will get it all back!! Hehe this could end up in a slaughter. Only 10 hands in or something the first blood came when M busted and went to bed. S and I continued and I raped him until he only had like 200 left. At this point he wanted to flip, he won it and after that he just started to crush me I began to run crap, getting like K4, T2 93,1% of the time and missed all the flops. He started to get really aggressive too and a combination of the time (around 6AM) and my lack of cards I played so passively that you could think I belonged at HU NL10. I didnt manage to play back at him at all and I just surrendered... He took pot after pot until he too became so tired we couldnt play anymore. All my profit from the 1/2 game was gone and the final result was that we shared Ms money Pretty fun and sick night!

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poker is going like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyFuWtyZGo&

6th winning day in a row! Hope the casino doesnt spoil it tonight..

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Today I finally hit my new bankroll all-time high December/January was bad pokermonths which resulted in a 50% decrease of my bankroll. Finally its up again!
I guess its a combination of me playing very well and running a bit hot too. I dont run that überwell, I loose a lot of coinflips etc, but instead I guess I hit my opponents worse half of their range in a lot of spots. If I dont loose a lot of money the next days it will be my best month ever!

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