Trials, Tribulations

Had a shitty session tonight. Played about 1k hands and lost 4 buyins (was looking to keep increasing my roll so I can keep up with my campaign to move up in stakes), but that was just not happening for my tonight. I just decided to call it quits. I'm tired anyway.

Went to go watch the F1 race in Montreal today. It was my first time ever, and I always wanted to go watch a race. All I can say is it was SICK SICK SICK. Seriously, it was absolutely unreal. I used to watch the races every weekend and it's just a totally different experience when you're there. The only thing is if you don't have an awesome spot you won't know what the hell is going on. But seeing those cars whiz by makes it fine by me. They're so much faster than they look on tv. Awesome day and I tanned a few shades lol.

So I finally got PT3 (trail version hehe) so I can now make graphs. I've seen everyone posting theirs, so I'll contribute as well. I was talking to a friend and showed him this and he thinks it's really good. I just thought it was mediocre at best (I haven't really compared it to other graphs so idk). He said I should post this as a brag so here I am haha.

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Well I've finally broken the $100 mark! I'm happy because that was a littl goal of mine. Now just to make another 100 so I can move up stakes again to NL10. I thought I was going to have to adapt moving up from NL2 to NL5 but it's pretty much the same thing, and it's beaten pretty much the same way.

I find myself constantly winning, but the biggest thing holding me back is my stubborness to lay down Kings or Queens when I know the other guy has me beat with Aces or something like that. That and bad beats. They always have the potential to lose you a buyin in a second. I really need to work on laying the good cards down when I know I'm beat.

So it's Formula 1 week in Montreal. Went downtown tonight and it was crazyyyyyyyy. Crazy crowds, crazy cars, crazy hot girls. Maseratis, Lambos, Ferraris, SLRs, Porsches....mmmmmmmmhhhh so nice. I'm actually going to see the race on Sunday, so that should be awesome. Taking my dad, who just flew in from Africa tonight.

So all in all, gotta keep the grind up so I can build the roll and move up limits Oh ya, and it's my birthday today. Happy birthday to me.

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Well today was a really good day for me pokerwise I actually played some good solid poker that got me winning consistently. Before yesterday I had been feeling really discouraged and felt that perhaps I wasn't cut out for poker, because I really couldn't see any progress at all. In fact, I think I was losing even more than when I first started. Well, I'm glad to say that I made 11 buyins today, but I lost a few in the process (2 or 3 of them to a fellow LP member hehe. I wasn't outplayed it was just badluck and perhaps stubbornness. But then again which of us do like to lay down KK) and finished the day with +7 buyins. That is really really good for me, someone who was struggling to get any positive cashflow at all previously. As my roll increased, I could allow myself to play more and more tables (before I didn't have the roll to let me do that), and the more tables I played, the more quickly I was winning (SC multitask skills ftw).

I think things have finally started clicking for me. I owe thanks to a lot of people and things for starting me off on the right foot and providing priceless advice. LP has been super helpful thus far and I love the community Special thanks to FA, tloapc, Oddeye, Booyaka for giving me so much of their valuable time to explain stuff to me. Thanks to GroT/Jelle for writing that super helpful beginners guide. Also thanks to Tien who wrote 2 great articles on playing 6max. I look forward to learning more and more, as I have merely touched the tip of the iceberg

Hopefully I will keep this up and can move up in stakes soon

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So I sent an e-mail to FTP asking them why the hell I can't transfer any money. Turns out it has absolutely NOTHING to do with being a brand new member or having never deposited. The reason was simply that my personal details were not complete and they needed me to send them a photo ID to prove my identity. W-O-W! Thanks for telling me earlier FTP. Assholes.

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Well I had a super long conversation with a friend about my game and the emotions attached to it and I'm feeling much, much better. Thanks Eric . I started playing again, right now, I'm breaking about even, but my game has improved so much after talking to him (Thanks again, Eric). The only problem now is my roll is slowly wilting away with blinds and me playing good hands that I have to fold. I've got about $14 on FTP. Hopefully I can build this back up without going busto, but their minimum of NL10 is kind of hurting my crippled-as-it-is roll. OH WELL LOOK AT THAT. I just lost one of my buy ins:

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Full Tilt Poker Game #6648267630: Table Lake Sahara - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 7:13:04 ET - 2008/06/01
Seat 1: BigVW181 ($2)
Seat 2: elfuhr ($9.40)
Seat 3: reptilis ($9.65)
Seat 4: YouGotSerbed ($7.20)
Seat 5: kobra1337 ($5.20)
Seat 6: lazymej ($7.70)
Seat 7: DopeyMcDope ($8.60)
Seat 8: -dendemeier77- ($3.20)
Seat 9: Sphinxx777 ($1.85)
elfuhr posts the small blind of $0.05
reptilis posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #9

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to lazymej
YouGotSerbed calls $0.10
kobra1337 folds
lazymej raises to $0.50
DopeyMcDope folds
-dendemeier77- folds
Sphinxx777 folds
elfuhr folds
reptilis folds
YouGotSerbed calls $0.40

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $1.15)

   
YouGotSerbed checks
lazymej bets $1.15
YouGotSerbed raises to $2.30
lazymej calls $1.15

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $5.75)

   
YouGotSerbed bets $4.40, and is all in
lazymej calls $4.40
YouGotSerbed shows
lazymej shows

River (Pot : $14.55)

   
YouGotSerbed shows two pair, Aces and Jacks
lazymej shows a pair of Aces
YouGotSerbed wins the pot ($13.10) with two pair, Aces and Jacks

Summary
Total pot $14.55 | Rake $1.45
Board:  
Seat 1: BigVW181 is sitting out
Seat 2: elfuhr (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: reptilis (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: YouGotSerbed showed and won ($13.10) with two pair, Aces and Jacks
Seat 5: kobra1337 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: lazymej showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: DopeyMcDope didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: -dendemeier77- didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Sphinxx777 (button) didn't bet (folded)

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Ok so overall I'm having a pretty horrible day. I was playing a few hours in the afternoon and things were going soooooooooo slow. I was getting incredibly shit cards the whole time, only getting something decent ever so rarely. I was still positive though.

I was talking to Oddeye and he was explaining some stuff to me, especially about aggression and betting. So I tried some of the cbetting he was telling me about and scaring people out of the pot. This has not worked well for me at all. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Oddeye gave me bad advice - he is leagues and years ahead of me in terms of play, experience and gamesense. I guess I didn't understand how to employ it correctly and it is too advanced for my play.

So I started the day at $33. At the moment I am at about $17. I'm just pretty discouraged right now.

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Submitted by : lazymej

Full Tilt Poker Game #6639333343: Table Goldring - $0.05/$0.10 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 15:47:22 ET - 2008/05/31
Seat 2: charlidis ($5.70)
Seat 3: poppaloo ($3)
Seat 4: guikalil ($3.55)
Seat 5: stanmannus ($9.40)
Seat 6: janfolkers ($6.40)
Seat 7: GHOSTRIDER350 ($14)
Seat 8: lazymej ($8.60)
Seat 9: Camaron043 ($8.80)
charlidis posts the small blind of $0.05
poppaloo posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #9

Holecards
Dealt to lazymej
guikalil folds
stanmannus folds
janfolkers folds
littaboy sits down
GHOSTRIDER350 raises to $0.20
littaboy adds $4
lazymej raises to $0.45
Camaron043 folds
charlidis folds
poppaloo folds
GHOSTRIDER350 calls $0.25

Flop (Pot : $1.05)

   
GHOSTRIDER350 bets $1.05
lazymej has 15 seconds left to act
lazymej folds
Uncalled bet of $1.05 returned to GHOSTRIDER350
GHOSTRIDER350 mucks
GHOSTRIDER350 wins the pot ($0.95)

Summary
Total pot $1.05 | Rake $0.10
Board:  
Seat 2: charlidis (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: poppaloo (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: guikalil didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: stanmannus didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: janfolkers didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: GHOSTRIDER350 collected ($0.95), mucked
Seat 8: lazymej folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Camaron043 (button) didn't bet (folded)

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Hi everyone,

I made a topic for this in Main but sadly it pwnt by the Mods. So ya I have $40-80 (fluctuates as I play lol) on FTP that I want to move onto Pokerstars. If anyone can help me out I'll appreciate it a lot.

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Submitted by : lazymej

Full Tilt Poker Game #6627613909: Table Bush Garden - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:11:29 ET - 2008/05/30
Seat 1: Dexter BH ($1.90)
Seat 2: fuels tech ($8.75)
Seat 3: el_nino_10_10 ($10.45)
Seat 4: Carlenn ($3.65)
Seat 5: lazymej ($13.25)
Seat 6: Bulbash ($5.35)
Seat 7: Minigun2 ($2.10)
Seat 8: Imfrenchlol ($14.15)
Seat 9: flowers1-4 ($5)
Dexter BH posts the small blind of $0.05
fuels tech posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #8

Holecards
Dealt to lazymej
el_nino_10_10 folds
Carlenn folds
lazymej calls $0.10
Bulbash folds
Minigun2 has 15 seconds left to act
Minigun2 calls $0.10
Imfrenchlol has 15 seconds left to act
Imfrenchlol folds
Dexter BH folds
fuels tech checks

Flop (Pot : $0.35)

   
fuels tech checks
lazymej bets $0.35
Minigun2 has 15 seconds left to act
Minigun2 raises to $1.30
fuels tech folds
lazymej folds
Uncalled bet of $0.95 returned to Minigun2
Minigun2 mucks
Minigun2 wins the pot ($0.95)

Summary
Total pot $1.05 | Rake $0.10
Board:  
Seat 1: Dexter BH (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: fuels tech (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: el_nino_10_10 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Carlenn didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: lazymej folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Bulbash didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Minigun2 collected ($0.95), mucked
Seat 8: Imfrenchlol (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: flowers1-4 is sitting out

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What a crazy day today. Been playing the FTP NL10 tables and I decided it was time to take another stupid poke at NL25, obviously while being under-rolled (I had about $60). I was doing pretty well - was up $10 after a while. But then as most of you know all it takes is a big pot and some stupid decisions to lose it all. And that is exactly what happened (lost an all in 2 pair vs quads). I had the feeling all along he had a set or greater all along and knew I was going to lose but curiosity got the better of me. After that I went back to NL10 to try and make back some money. Things just got worse and I had about $25 until I started working my way back up.

Had a pretty good run and now i'm back up to $70. I've been aiming to get to $100 for quite a while now. I got quite close at $90 a couple of days ago. It's so hard to keep the money going up.. And it takes a really long time to build it up, and it's gone in a flash. It's really frustrating, but I can definitely say that I'm learning a lot.

I started on Titan poker as well and was up earlier but now I'm down a few bucks. It's seems really tough to get money from their NL5 tables. People rarely call you when you bet or raise.

I guess I just have to tough it up and put the hours in on the tables. It's discouraging though because I've pretty much spent 10+ hours per day trying to build up my roll (following Grot's guide) and I either make just a few bucks, break even, or lose a hell of a lot. Having a good run on FTP right now though

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