100% vpip fish 500bbs deep at NL25
vlseph, Dec 21 2008
I got a long night. No coffee, no breaks. Just, money.
Already lost 300+ bbs here, I'll get it all back. Fuck you ndmba, I'm getting my moneys back.
9 fast tables of NL10 + 3b light = fun
vlseph, Dec 20 2008
yeah so everytime I take a shot at NL25, I get lots and lots of standard bad beats coolers suck at flippingz etc.
I kept trying it til I dropped to around $400, so I had to jump back down to NL10.
I decided to 9 table it (usually 4-6) just cause I didn't want to think and just fucking plow through fish who don't even want to win a pot.
I decided to make it a little interesting cause at NL25 I had a guy 3bet me every time I open from the button, and found how annoying it was. I eventually tilted and stacked off AT vs his AK pf and said fuck it. I tried 3 betting random suited connectors and small pp. I ran this session at 21.3/18.4/9.5 over about 1k hands and got like almost 500 bbs. I think I ran like a couple triple barrel bluffs which is generally not really a part of my game yet and stole like maybe 1/3 to 1/2 of the pots. It was an extra swingy session, but caught a lot of nice flops and what not towards the end.
(I get a very sick sense of pleasure 3 betting 53s, flopping two pair, and stacking JJ.)
Anyway here is the session graph
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I also am going to start playing micro MTTs where the buy-in is like 0.5% of my bankroll or smaller and try getting a nice run for a br boost.
I just don't understand how a couple months ago I crushed NL25 with so relative ease and now it seems like THE impossible gauntlet of doom or something. I am bringing my same game from NL10 if not a little tighter and it just doesn't seem to work or maybe this is just standard variance running bad, but whatever it is it's making me mad. It's not like the increase in the limit is scaring me like "oh no that's so much more money!" cause I've already been there and done that, and I'm really desensitized to the value of a dollar (or dimes?) when I play poker now anyway.
I don't know if I will be able to deposit extra cash from Cake Poker now at the end of the month to take a shot at NL50 if I can't even beat NL25 anymore...
Maybe I will just 9 fast table NL10 for life and earn like $50 an hour or some shit.
Also going to Vegas on Christmas Eve. I really don't want to go and my parents are dragging me and my sister. We go almost every year and actually just came back from Vegas this summer. I'm only 19, so I've outgrown most of the arcade games and get tired of them really easily and other kid stuff, yet I'm not old enough to go gamble or drink, so it's like I'm in purgatory. I think I'd be okay with it if I could bring my laptop and just sit in the hotel room and play poker online, but internet in a casino costs like $24 a fucking day!
Finished my last exam today, too. Scored like 74 on the final of my Biology class :
Don't really care about it, just want to beat NL25 NOW!!!
edit: I have HEM and tried to find a 'fold to steal stat' but couldn't see it. Only see 'fold to steal from sb/bb' etc. I saw this stat in a deucescracked video but I seem not to have it. If anyone knows about it send me a pm 
dear god plz stop the bad beats and coolers
vlseph, Dec 19 2008
especially when I'm taking a shot at a higher limit.
yay rerolled for nl25! ran very well
vlseph, Dec 18 2008
(note: graph is this month. I was playing NL25 but I dropped down to NL10 5700 hand mark I estimate.)
so after a very quick run at NL10 I picked up 10 buy-ins over 6 hours.
I then took my shot at NL25 after studying earlier and ran well. There was a supernova on one of my tables but he was a very solid TAG and I had position on him, so I chose to stay cause the rest were fishes. I clashed in about two hands with in and won both pots.
Then he proceeded to crush the rest of the table and got 200 bb deep (like me after stacking him once) so I decided I'd call it quits and end my session.
Here I'm going to post three hands and comment on them (something which I will try and do more of in the future, esp the ones where I lose).
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Submitted by : vlseph PokerStars Game #23043844103: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/12/18 19:52:17 ET
Table Rhodope 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: 7ChRiStIaNo7 ($7.80 in chips)
Seat 2: Sathok ($26.25 in chips)
Seat 3: kosta greco ($28.55 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero ($42.05 in chips)
Seat 5: sixers03 ($24.30 in chips)
Seat 6: destroya6 ($15.40 in chips)
Sathok: posts small blind $0.10
kosta greco: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero  
Hero: raises $0.75 to $1
sixers03: folds
destroya6: folds
7ChRiStIaNo7: folds
Sathok: folds
kosta greco: calls $0.75
Flop(Odds) (Pot : $2.10)
  
kosta greco: checks
Hero: bets $1.50
kosta greco: raises $2.50 to $4
Hero: raises $9 to $13
kosta greco: folds
Uncalled bet ($9) returned to Hero
Hero collected $9.60 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand
Summary
Total pot $10.10 | Rake $0.50
Board
Seat 1: 7ChRiStIaNo7 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: Sathok (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: kosta greco (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Hero collected ($9.60)
Seat 5: sixers03 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: destroya6 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #23043566347: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/12/18 19:41:44 ET
Table Alascattalo 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($30.95 in chips)
Seat 2: edistosailor ($9.05 in chips)
Seat 3: kenEs2Papi69 ($23.95 in chips)
Seat 5: mandagrind ($42.30 in chips)
Seat 6: mike291md ($15.90 in chips)
edistosailor: posts small blind $0.10
kenEs2Papi69: posts big blind $0.25
SPEWTARD: sits out
Holecards( Odds) Dealt to Hero  
mandagrind: folds
mike291md: folds
Hero: raises $0.75 to $1
edistosailor: folds
kenEs2Papi69: calls $0.75
Flop( Odds) (Pot : $8.20)    kenEs2Papi69: bets $0.25
Hero: raises $1.25 to $1.50
kenEs2Papi69: raises $1.50 to $3
Hero: raises $8 to $11
kenEs2Papi69: raises $11.95 to $22.95 and is all-in
Hero: calls $11.95
Turn (Pot : $54.10)  River (Pot : $54.10)  ShowdownkenEs2Papi69: shows   (a straight, Four to Eight)
Hero: mucks hand
kenEs2Papi69 collected $46 from pot
SummaryTotal pot $48 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: Hero (button) mucked
Seat 2: edistosailor (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: kenEs2Papi69 (big blind) showed and won ($46) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 5: mandagrind folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: mike291md folded before Flop (didnt bet)
PokerStars Game #23042754721: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/12/18 19:10:53 ET
Table Rhodope 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: damir222 ($18.05 in chips)
Seat 3: kosta greco ($32.05 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero ($25.25 in chips)
Seat 5: sixers03 ($23.80 in chips)
Seat 6: donk_e_69 ($20.45 in chips)
-NoName369- will be allowed to play after the button
kosta greco: posts small blind $0.10
Hero: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards( Odds) Dealt to Hero  
sixers03: folds
donk_e_69: folds
damir222: folds
kosta greco: raises $0.75 to $1
Hero: calls $0.75
Flop( Odds) (Pot : $10.20)   kosta greco: bets $1.75
Hero: raises $4.75 to $6.50
kosta greco: raises $24.55 to $31.05 and is all-in
Hero: calls $17.75 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($6.80) returned to kosta greco
Turn (Pot : $104.60) River (Pot : $104.60)  Showdownkosta greco: shows   (a pair of Jacks)
Hero: shows (a straight, Three to Seven)
Hero collected $48.50 from pot
SummaryTotal pot $50.50 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: damir222 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: kosta greco (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 4: Hero (big blind) showed and won ($48.50) with a straight, Three to Seven
Seat 5: sixers03 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: donk_e_69 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Hand 3. This is where I stacked that NL25 Supernova. I can't believe he had balls to shove JJ into me with a queen showing, I was running a solid game and did not look spewy at all even!
Hand 2. Here I stack off with a PP+oesd against a 71/7~ fish or something like that.
I think essentially my hand is only an OESD because my set outs will not always be clean. In the future I think I will opt to just take the cheap draw instead and draw only to the straight.
Hand 1. This happens after hand 3 takes place (HH posted in weird order didn't feel like fixing it) and I think he's trying to make a move on me or something and he drops out after I 3 bet him on the flop.
I feel like I'm picking way better spots to cbet now and I'm really putting ranges on villains before doing so rather than just mindlessly cbetting 70% of flops without regard to texture. My non-sd winnings are a positive this session which is good. Before I became a thinking player my non-sd winnings were on a negative trend. So I feel a lot better about my game and hope to keep improving it and finally roll through NL25 and move up to NL50 this time
Also my cousin finally replied to me when I told him about the possible upcoming Swedish poker ban. He is not too worried with it and will only deal with it when it happens.
I do hope he comes back to the States soon, I feel I have so much to learn from him now by watching his sessions and possibly have him watch over mine and commenting. When I first saw him play, I was just introduced to poker and was amazed at just watching the hundreds and hundreds of dollars flying around his tables.
GL to the rest of you sick LP grinders!
i think i finally know what a "sick level" is
vlseph, Dec 17 2008
Submitted by : vlseph
PokerStars Game #22995012035: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/12/17 5:34:59 ET
Table Montezuma IV 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: mingoi ($15.90 in chips)
Seat 2: ESP Kid ($13.25 in chips)
Seat 3: all3nvan ($14.15 in chips)
Seat 4: C@SÁNOVA ($12.60 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($21.45 in chips)
all3nvan: posts small blind $0.05
C@SÁNOVA: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards
Dealt to Hero  
Hero: raises $0.30 to $0.40
mingoi: calls $0.40
ESP Kid: folds
all3nvan: raises $1.20 to $1.60
C@SÁNOVA: folds
Hero: raises $1.90 to $3.50
mingoi: folds
all3nvan: raises $10.65 to $14.15 and is all-in
mingoi said, "haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
Hero: folds
Uncalled bet ($10.65) returned to all3nvan
all3nvan collected $7.50 from pot
all3nvan: doesnt show hand
Summary
Total pot $7.50 | Rake $0
Seat 1: mingoi folded before Flop
Seat 2: ESP Kid (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: all3nvan (small blind) collected ($7.50)
Seat 4: C@SÁNOVA (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Hero folded before Flop
no comment. let me shoot myself
edit: my gf sometimes read this when she is really bored andwants me to talk about her cause you know how girls think it's cute.
i'll balance this blog life tilt with a picture of me and her.
almost ran like god through a $4 SNG. progress?
vlseph, Dec 17 2008
yeah so I threw up like 5-6 $4 SNGs, but then something happened and I was running insanely well.
there were a lot of fun hands, this one is the highlight of the night.
neilly was in my SNG and I saw him earlier with like 1000 chips or something when the bb was like 150. and here he comes back and has position on me with 10k.
then: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/590102
this is so fucking sick. he had almost like 12:1 to call with his remaining stack, and had to fold.
i asked him what he had in a pm after linking him the hand (i promised him in chat) and he told me he had + Show Spoiler +
. this is my only hand with neilly, and he went on to bust pretty soon after.
note: I hate playing with neilly oop
random pot committed call with terrible hand, just cause I have so many chips:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/590125
and the guy who waits ten years before shoving with AK calls me a donk
this hand skyrocketed me to #1, pretty much guarenteed me the FT:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/590130
I c/rai pretty confidently with my combo draw, and he fucking snaps it off and I see I'm in deep shit. but I'm running good tonight.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/590141
I squeezed the original raiser who had like 33 pfr and had been min opening in lp the last couple of hands. the cold caller is like 44 vpip. this is a great time to pick up a lot of dead money with a squeeze, and unfortunately I run into a hand 
I get berated by almost everyone here for snapping off J6s, but unfortunately I was committed by my squeeze and ran into an actual hand.
things fell apart shortly after that but I find in a lot of my SNGs now I am a more consistent finisher getting pretty far, even though i do not have that one sick score or multiple decent scores yet. I feel I'm improving a lot in my MTT/SNG game and I'm willing to 3 bet light and squeeze light, even though it did not work out for me THAT hand I feel I would do it if given the opportunity again just because of the villains.
I also played NL10 today only on 4 tables, and practiced taking more observations on my opponents and trying to open up my 3 bet range in order to improve my game. I run into a few coolers and lose two buy-ins but whatever, I do feel my game has improved even though my profits cannot reflect that.
I have only one more exam before I am done (this Friday) and after I get done with it, I'm going to really focus on my poker game. I feel I've opened up my game considerably just by a few minor tweaks talking with my friend allen and edzwoo who I just met I think a day or two ago?
Fuck the money, it's about the game
p.s. any other no limit micro grinders want to talk about hands over AIM or whatever?
PM me if you are willing to help me out or even want help because I believe I can help out too, or just if you want to have another person to discuss with. just send a PM with your AIM and I'll reply with mine. I'd like to get someone who is good at MTTs as I'm trying really hard to improve my game in those, and would like more opinions.
afk studying about the eyeball. peace out LP
p.p.s. WTF THE LP HOODIE SHIPPING COSTS $32???!?!?!?!
p.p.p.s. fuck study gonna go
running bad at nl25 underrolled now
vlseph, Dec 16 2008
brb tilt blog.
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gonna go rape NL10 for 19 buy-ins or something starting tomorrow.
fuck you suck out fishies.
SHIPPED FIRST PLACE BUT STILL FML WHY???
vlseph, Dec 15 2008
ok so this tournament is "crazy payout" in that the pay is randomized. 10th place is the best and it pays $240.
I tried losing but I was running too good...
Why can't this happen when I want first place??
Oh well $70 ship.
I suck at donkaments HELP!
vlseph, Dec 14 2008
So I really want to be an all around poker player and I feel my cash game is pretty good right now. I've been playing a lot of freerolls and FPP buy-in tournaments to try and get better, but I always seem to get stuck.
I'm either too tight or too loose and I never seem to be able to get the right mix.
Has anyone else had this problem where you just seem like you can never build a stack and you're always playing in a tournament and NEEDING to shove steal the blinds for your 5 BB stacks?
I played in four $4 180SNGs earlier and bustoed out of them all around the 70th place mark. Gonna try a couple more...
sick day short stacking NL200
vlseph, Dec 13 2008
I started the day studying for my chem final and I got like a 23/34 points on it, translating to a 73 average for the class. I was sweating the ride home about how I'd have a C and it'd fuck my GPA beyond belief since I'm going to get a C in Bio, too.
Found out 73 is curved to B- yayyy
Then I got bored and started short stacking NL200. I've been doing 4-6 NL100 tables with the rest adding up to 8 in NL200 tables. I started with my roll at around like $1800-1850, and I'm just now finishing with $2300 in the bank. Never had a day like this before.
The notable hand was me starting on this one table...
First hand, I wake up with KK and ship it against AQ on a Q high flop and double up to $80.
Next hand, I see a raise, 3b, and I wake up with KK AGAIN (this is right after the first hand) so I 4b ship this. Original raiser flats and so does 3 bettor so I get scared naturally of Aces or something. Some raggedy flop comes and both villains ship QQ and TT and I flip out cause I'm still having the best hand and I need to dodge 4 outs total to win this sick pot. I closed my eyes and my kings hold up, netting me about $237, and like $200~ side pot for QQ dude.
Next hand again, I see KK and I just laugh to myself. I open for 3xBB and it gets folded around and I just tell everyone I got it three times in a row and that's just crazy, all on same table.
So that brought me to $2k~ and I took a break, ate dinner, and grinded another $200-300
Got a $5k freeroll on Cake tomorrow 5 gold chip R&A (I have 61, they are basically FPPs converted into tokens), and another $5k RTR freeroll on Sunday. Got only ONE week of school left, one blow off easy class exam on Tuesday and Biology final on Friday which I still need to study for. SHIP ME NON FAILING GRADE PLEASE!!!
p.s. never expected short stacking to be this profitable, was doing it just to clear my bonus! Which is sitting at about $20 pending... almost done!!! Maybe I am addicted to short stacking from today now hehe, but I really miss playing a lot more post flop interesting situations that require me to think a lot more.
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