Hi. I'm wilswils.

SOOOOO it's been quite a long while since my last update.

Here is what has happened.


So yea, i got a new job doing ADSL tech support which is actually insanely easy. Most customers are just confused and i love helping out customers who dont know what a home button is, and im completely serious. They get all happy when you help them so i feel its like +karma for me. Also the pay + benefits is great (vision/med/dental/19$ hr), schedules posted 5 weeks in advance with 100% shift swapping allowed, nice managers, and a pretty good school shift schedule (24-27 hrs a week which is ezzz). I've decided that i CAN! make time to go back to poker online and wont need to w/d my FTP roll just yet. I was on an epic -1500$ downswing that was really just the cause of playing when i was tired, running a bit bad, but then just playing like dog poo @ 100nl (FR / 6 MAX) and getting crushed. Solution? Take a long break and restart @ 50nl, and play some LOL1/2 live with my fellow degens direleif and philrocks123.

So where to begin?

Well after the first break me phil and sputgop head on over to one of the many casinos in edmonton. Sputgop sits down at a 1/2 UNCAPPED omaha / he game, while i sit down at good ole 1/2 HE. Nothing great really happens until this one hand where i lead into some internet hot shot with a NFD + TPTK on a 9h7hJcKh board, where he flat my SB raise. He calls my turn bet and then open shoves the river when it bricks and i check to him, he then looks at me and goes "i knew u were on a big semi bluff. I floated you on purpose"

life tilt

he fucking looked at me and said

I FLOATED YOU ON PURPOSE

i didnt know what i could do i swear to god i blew a few blood vessels at this dude who was probably some 2+2 ass mongrel

anyway, i proceed to get AA in sb with 1 LP limper. i pop it up to 15 (1/2 plays like 2/4 tbqh) and 2+2 faggot min-reraises, and LP shoves all in for 150 more. I have about 300 in front, say "Thank you jesus i have waited so long to stack this retard" and announce "I RAISE ALL U CAN EAT LOLOOloLOll`olo`lol`" and shove it in. He stares at me with this insanely retarded hollywood stare then snap calls his 350~ stack with KK. Sb had like 78 or some shit

Flop Q 10 7

turn K
/puke

The disgusting thing is after he hits the 2 outer he smugly smiles at me like he planned this all along, so disgusting. As he scoops my monies he goes "Better luck next time"

funny thing? he went busto when i left the table about an hour later KAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAK ^________________________^

anyway after i busted iw ent over to sputgop's table and i lol'd as he accumulated a 1500$ stack from his starting 250$ investment. It was disgusting, people were playing retardedly loose in this omaha game, calling 50$ bets because they had "pot odds" with their 8 high gutterball flush straight draws.

DRAWING TO THE NON NUTS IN FULL RING OMAHA = WINNING PLAY AT THE CASINO CLEARLY

anyway sputgop wins a big pot when his top 2 improve to a top boat on the river, whihc also end up flushing 2 other shorties. He checks to a black dude who fires out, and a tighty whitie who flat calls. Sputgop throws in a beefy 3x reraise and gets flat called by both of them (?????), they muck as he turns up top boat kek

philrocks123 is a donk and busts shoving 67cc into a 10c8c8s board and gets snap called by AdAh. Turn lets him get there with his dirty flush, but river is an Ac and hes out having lost his 200~ish buyin.

Nothing much happens till a week later when we start playing our epic .25/.50 H.O.R.S.E homegame, so fun. Its so disgusting how HE is so popular that all these other fun poker variants are over looked. I ended up getting run over in razz by SOME IDIOT WITH A J10 SHOWING calling me down when i had A5 showing, 5th and 6th street pair me up and i lol as i puke fold. of course everyone was a lil drunk and or high at this point so it was meh. omaha hi and o8 are so much funner , and playing anything with a limit betting structure is so much more refreshing. I suggest anyone who plays homegames lots to really , really step away from HE for one or 2 sessions and just play HORSE or even just omaha/holdem/pineapple DC and you'll really expand your poker knowledge / skills. Stud is a game i really want to get better at , i'm pretty bad with the odds :<

Anyways im almost always a donater in our horse homegames cause i have a bad habit of trying to bluff off my monies in limit games. Philrocks123 just calls anything because "HEY! I GOT POT ODDS, SO I MEAN 10J9K RAINBOW MUST BE GOOD IN HI LO RIGHT" "9c? 3 bet in stud? LOL I CALL! POT ODDS IN A 4 WAY POT! HUH? I HIT RUNNER RUNNER RUNNER STR8? LOL I RUN GOOD" "ILL CALL YOU DOWN WITH A Q SHOWING ON MY BOARD IN RAZZ NEDAY IN THE HOPES THAT U PAIR UP"

OH there was on epic hand w/ me vs direleif / sputgop. 20$ Sng, he limps from SB and i look down at Ks4c and i check it. blinds @ 50/100

flop comes 7h8h8c he checks and i fire 200 to steal. He thinks and raises to 600, and i flat call. Turn is a 10c or something like that. He thinks and checks. I check behind

River is a 6s, and he pots. I think and think, and say "i think K high is good here", and throw in the monies. He has this "fuckkk" look on his face as he goes, "ya got me, wait, whats your kicker" and he turns up Kh4h D: EPIC CALL RUINED

There's also another hand in our cash game where we're not playing horse where i snap call philrocks123 on a 10Q89 rainbow board with AK when he 3/4's turn and pots river. what does he say? "thats a bad call wils, i can have almost anything there" GRRR DESTROYED

i also got them hooked on greasy spoon chinese food. located in downtown edmonton, and here's its location.

[Dirty porn store] [Church] | road | [Restaurant] [Dirty bar] [Soup kitchen] [Police station]

I am not fuckign kidding. thjis place is like the SEEDIEST fucking place ive ever seen, cracked walls, hobos and crackheads and whores walking all about, gang signs plastered everywhere. AND A FUCKING PORN STORE RIGHT NEXT TO A CHURCH WTF?
Anyways, the food is delicious and cheap, and i highly recommend any edmontnians go there. Name is double greetings wonton house.
just make sure u wash ur chopsticks and shit before u eat, youll thank me later.

ANYHOO, today i fired up some 50nl FR just for funsies and made 4-5 buyins i think, ended up stacking off a buyin with AK on As 3s 3h board but thats cause K3 > AK.It was nice to post a win right after a long break :<


Also, in one month ill be getting a corgi pup.
this is what they look like



Good price , good breeder, bloodlines checked, wheeeeeeeee!
cons? 2 1/2 hour drive one way to get it, and same drive to come back.
have to cut hours at work to raise it at home, because i want to make sure the dog wont be a big douchebag when he grows up, and the first 2-3 months you have it are really important, so cutting my work hours from 30-37.5 to 24-28 hours is a worthy sacrifice.

That's about it for updates

gl frens :<

-wils

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Ever since i've gotten my new job at telus i've found that i'm just wayyyy too fucking tired to do anything when i get home (mentally) and it's totally affected my game. I've decided to withdraw my 3k bankroll from FTP, deposit like 600$ on PS, and just grind that on the side while using the rest of the BR to play live with DIRELEIF (hi lo master) AND PHILROCKS123 (emo poker player). I've just gotten tired of internet poker and my play reflects that ._.

I'll be finishing off the rest of this month on FTP and just get silver medal for iron man, use the points and buy some random shit from the FTP store (Altho that'd affect the 300$ rb check id be getting..hmmm)

Gl all, and farewell FTP next month <3

-wils

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ugh ive been break even @ 100nl for the last 8-10k hands the last few days, feels like ive been breakeven forever, which i have if i include my last 3-4 shots -.-

so fricking annoying , i've been making adjustments to the way i play in certain pots and it's just shit all over me in some cruel twist of fate

for e.g the one time i dont 3bet AKs i end up getting stacked by A7 on A72 board , i am so bad

the thing is i recognize these leaks / mistakes too late and by then it's like !@%!%!@%!%!@%!@%

i also got raped by FTP software "lag" you know , where the software decides to "cling" to your mouse and then pause momentarily. ended up donating a BI to andrew song after attempting to repop a squeeze he did from the SB w/ 1010

/shrug

ive been getting raped in the big pots but winning all the small / medium ones

TT

-4bi day meh

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zzzzzz work starts tommorw @ telus WHERE THE FUTURE IS FRIENDLY

havent been pokering much, 50nl is crazy boring and people are really bad other than the -4 BI in like less than 500 hand session that i played, februrary has just been pretty decent , up about 15 BI @ 50nl or so with minimal effort / time spent : , i think ive only played like 9-10k hands so far..

this month'll be pretty low for rakeback as far as last month's comparison is concerend, but meh someday ill take another shot at 100nl when i feel up to it, i've made a strict mental note to not ever take a shot when

-im tired
-i feel like doing something else
-im not 100% motivated to play my best

fortunately, me playing my B game is still good enough to net a profit @ 50nl FR because its like [insert comment which is comparable to shooting fish in a barrel and or taking candy from babies]

i will tell one announcement tho

I will be hitting up the live casinos much more with my good friend DIRELEIF (the omaha hi lo pro who ran his 1$ br up to 3k playing Hi/Lo only- A TRUE PROFESSIONAL)


therefore, my oldschool poker stories of yore WILL RETURN!

Next post wont happen until i hit up the cas and play with horrible 1/2 fish.


GL all

-wils

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i use the same title as albon cause im lazy

been padding the BR @ 50 NL fr because its so stupidly easy

was killing it for the past 3 days @ a pretty decent rate, somewhere around 8-12 ptbb or whatever it was ;o

then i played a 500 hand session last night where i ran bad for once in a week or so, and it was literal running bad ;o

I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE IT WAS 4 EPIC 2 OUTERS within 500 hands! Luckily i only lost about 4 Bi's and i wasnt super deep, and i got it in as the favorite each time so meh. It feels great actually, running "Bad" at a tiny limit like 50nl, perhaps this means i should move up to 100nl right now BECAUSE IM TOTALLY DUE TO HAVE MY LUCK TURN AROUND RIGHT !!111

Also got a new job @ telus that has pretty baller benefits, and the pay is right about what im making /hr playing 50nl anyway :

(everything is working out to me making around like 20-25~$ish @ 50nl, which is really decent for my age and making more than most other students living in shithole edmonton)

I've decided that i need to focus on BR building first and foremost, so i am going to get the Ole' BR to 5k (need another 1.8k after yesterday's -4bi session) before i make any sort of move towards coaching for 6max (where i really , really want to get better at. 45k hands of break-fucking-even @ 50 and 100nl 6max makes me want to puke). But for now, pounding FR nits and getting drawn out on is funner i guess. I'm just a glutton for FR punishment ;o

hmm.

it's always sunny in philadelphia is an e-mazing show

fwiw


gl all

-Wils

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Welll...4 days off a little bit of advice and sweating from some friends later i think i've realized a few leaks that i had that weren't apparent at all. Headed back down to 50nl FR and just grinded it out using a few new techniques and ideas and was able to grind up 4 BI's w/o too much difficulty - i dont know how psychological it is, but i find 50nl just sooo much easier to read than 100nl which seems so much more volatile. I have a feeling it's part running bad / playing bad that affected that tho.

There are some people who offered me coaching that i will definetly take up their offers on, as soon as i get my rakeback back for the month. expect a pm soon.


Gl grinders
-Wils

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After all the stupidity the past 10 days or so, i'm no longer even playing competent enough to beat 50nl. I moved back down today and played retarded, spewing left and right because i thoguht people were "making moves", and basically trying to be an idiot hero. Only lost 2 BI's before i got a grip of myself and quit. BR got chopped up pretty good so i definetly, definetly need this break, played way too much this month, much more than i usually do (like 80-90k hands). Guess ill cruise into early feb and collect my 850$ rakeback, and set the following goals for myself:

-REFOCUS, i've lost almost all focus playing poker
-TILT control. Tilt never used to be a problem for me until the last couple weeks, when i started tilting in a long, long time. It's affected my play and patience greatly. big signs of a break needed
-Re assess my game. Run bad > play bad > change game > lose confidence > play bad some more
-Get some help. I'm still looking for a coach from NL100/200+, 6 max or FR, either is fine, Altho i'd prefer 6max coaching simply because i think it's a tougher game.
-Reinstate stop-loss. 2 BI stop loss = 2 hr break.
-Dont play if i'm tired in any way whatsoever. I've found ive been getting insanely sloppy / tired after 500 hands of playing 6max, which has never happened before, probably has something to do with this "poker depression" i've gotten myself into. I was used to seeing a 2k+ BR for most of the month and then all of a sudden seeing it less made me kinda sick, and it shouldnt
-By end of feb: solidly into nl100 both 6max and FR. BR: 3.5K NOT counting rakeback.

Would like any PM's for anyone offering their services (price can be negotiated), or just anyone who would like to talk hands / and discuss the low stakes.

gl

-wils

oh and lastly , one thing alot of people have been doing

DONT BLAME YOUR DOWNSWINGS ON JUST LUCK, OR DOOMSWITCHING, OR LEE JONES BEING A FGT. DONT POINT FINGERS WHEN THINGS ARENT GOING WELL, THERE IS NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF.

I'm guilty of this too

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ffs

for the last 10 days i've been getting raped at 100nl , its like nothing i can do is working , typical stuff like not being able to hit when i need to , not getting action on my big hands even i have a great image, basically it's been feeling like nothing's going right and it's affected me mentally when i move up each time greatly, where i start off playing good then spiral down after getting frustrated, start playing not so great and then rage quitting.

the last 7-8 shots ive taken have all ended in me either being down 2-4 BI's within 400-1.5k hands, or getting up 1-2 BI's then losing it all and ending back down. i dont get it, its like i cant do one fucking thing right to just net ONE positive day @ 100nl, >both< 6 max and FR.

I can beat 50nl easily, but its super frustrating going back there, rebuilding, and getting beat down again when i move back up to take another shot

BR has yo-yo'd from 2.2k to 1.7k the last week , 2-4 BI downswings arent that much yeah, but the fact is when they're like that for the last 7-8 times i've taken a shot its super frustrating, especially when i rebuild and have to try again

it just feels fucking annoying to be stagnating
ugh



WTB A COACH WHO IS PROVEN WINNER @ 100NL to 200NL over a large sample size

drop me a pm , im on ftp

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after emo downswing day back on track, recovered br and then some gonna take a couple days off

when i get that upset over poker by losing somehting as measly as 4 bi's its time for a break --

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You know those days where you just want to quit? It happens like once or twice a month ?

Had mine today.



ran bad, got killed by shorties, ran bad

tempted to quit until feb.

/puke

wah wah to the idiot internet gangsters

the last 5k hands are today's session of death

it's called shit happens, and this was a fun place to poker fun at it

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