I Send Dota2, You Send Steam Gameby Gadget, October 04
I'm willing to trade a copy of Dota 2 for pretty much any Steam Game. Best offer wins. I'm not totally sure on the value of Dota 2, let the offers begin.
I'm trying to get a hold of some videos by learnedfromtv that are on pokersavvy. Problem is, they seem to have a VIP system which means you have to sign up to poker sites through them and pay rake to pay for the subscription. Not actually paying the subscription directly.
So if somebody has videos from learnedfromtv lying around or a subscription to pokersavvy, please send me a pm and we can work something out. I'm looking for the poker series "PLO fundamentals" in particular.
Tryin to play only small stakes this month as it is a very busy time for my buisness right now. Priority, time, and most of my energy is focused on buisness but still gettin some hands in. Decided to keep it low so I would not stress over the swings or otherwise be distracted from my resposibilities. Just over 1500 hands and boasting an impressive 4.24 bb/100 so far. High above my average (1.08) but I have also been refining a few aspects so we will see if there are any long term improvements. Most notably I have been avoiding trap plays by check calling marginal holdings on the river vs attempting to get value. I find that the equity lost by missing the value bet is comensated by the bluff induction gained, and I avoid getting raised on the river with weak hands that force me to make harder decisions. Idk if this is good or bad, but im giving it a try for at least the next 10k hands and will see what happens.
I want to get a hold of a few videos on pokersavvy, but the only option seems to be to sign up to poker sites through them, and pay the subscription by paying rake. Which is not an option. So if anyone has an account there I'd really appreciate if we could work something out.
option b would be if somebody has an account on bestpokertorrents.com and is willing to help me out. it costs $5 to sign up, but the process is a pain in the ass, so if someone would just borrow me their account I'd send them $10 on stars.
Going to sleep now, drop me a pm if you can help me out. It would be much appreciated.
I've been a starcraft player since beta (sc1 beta!) and have always seen many tired starcraft players go to poker and earn some money on their skills. Why not me?
So first thing I did was to go to pokerstrategy (because they sponsored TSL3 or something) and find a pretty beginner friendly set of strategy articles, and better yet, some free money that I can get on titan poker. I go through the articles, find out that I should play as a TAG and to the 0.01/0.02 tables I go!
I sit and fold my way through preflop (12% VPIP), following the chart from pokerstrategy. This is what gives the slow declining trend in the red curve above. Folding blinds, or occasionally raising/checking only to fold to the reraise.
Once at flop, I generally fold/check if I don't have a good made hand. Occasionally though I do a continuation bet from a weak made hand or just from position + villian check with nothing (or raise because I actually hit). People sometimes react to cont bet with a raise, which makes it easy for me (fold!), or they fold (yay!). These are the jumps in the red curve.
But most often they just call my cont bets, which just makes me confused... Say that I have pocket pair jacks, i raise preflop, someone calls. Flop is (for example) 2, 6, Q rainbow. I bet about 70% of pot OOP (should I?) to try to figure out if villain hit on the queen or not. Villain call. Another harmless turn. What do I do then? A villian with higher pocket pair or hit on the queen would raise me I assume, but anything lower would probably fold. There are very few draws on the table... AK maybe?
Anyway, a handful of times I actually got a strong made hand on the flop, bet, and got someone to reraise or at least check my bets all the way to showdown. This is the blue curve, and is the reason I am going plus.
I guess I should be happy that I am going plus from day 1, but I still feel completely lost after flop, and the only reason I feel comfortable preflop is that I have my chart to follow... My most subtle play is the occasional continuation bet.
Sometimes I see people coming to my table (I tried playing 2 tables at once, and omg did I get confused!) and play really a lot of hands, VPIP of like 60/70%. And they manage to somehow outplay (or something) the others at the flop and will go from 2 dollars up to 6 or 8 in half an hour, while I take two hours to get from 2 to 3 with some luck. They dont seem like the fishes that dont have any clue, at least not to me. Have these guys understood something about the game that I havent, or are they just lucky? I would like to be able to do that as well!
I guess I should read some articles on basic play on flop. Or at least reread the ones at pokerstrategy. Any other suggestions on articles or other material?
Special thanks to Rapoza for first help, and to Fudyann for recommending fpdb!
So i had this idea. you know the show Dexter right. How the guy goes and kills the bad guys. I think they should make a new one but they guy kills all the bad politicians and businessmen.
I don't really have much to complain about, but I feel uneasy for some reason and was hoping to sort of post my stream of consciousness and maybe be able to reconcile my inner issues.
Is it possible to love after you've loved and been burned? I find myself struggling with so many insecurities and doing stupid things. So standard, but after we sorta got "official" (agreed to see each other, but not tell the whole world which I preferred) I got like 3 texts from 3 different girls that I was talking too. And retardedly I agreed to meet them individually at a private place. Nothing happened but I don't know what I'm doing but I think it stems from the fact that...
I am afraid my new gf will someday eventually leave me? Like I think I would have this fear regardless of whoever I was dating and so I'm pretty sure it stems from within me. I feel uneasy all the time, and even though I like her, I find myself building walls, and trying to not fall in love with her. It just sucks to be vulnerable?
It's so dumb to try and control people, hide who you are, and play the game. If anything they will just leave you later instead of now. I'm too afraid to just DO and instead think of vanilla activities that won't offend anyone. I WANT to enjoy myself now, and believe that when she's with me she wants to be with me. And one day she will leave when she wishes to leave (which is a natural part of life). I hate trying to control the outcome but I can't help myself.
I like her, but I don't feel as though I could love her. And it's strange to say that already. I was thinking about one of the girls who texted me...and I feel as though I could love her. And then I realized for me, love is a desperate, passionate, somewhat pathetic thing. It's not pure or good? It's when she needs me so badly, as much as I need her so badly...It's pathetic you know? But at the same time you always feel needed? My current gf, she seems like a whole person, balanced with school, friends, and me. And I really dig that. I always thought I would be the same and I told her that I would put school above anything right now. And I thought I wanted a girl who wanted the same thing. Anyway she agreed, and for some reason it bothered me....MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE...Like I would want her to say something like "No, I want to put you first. But since you asked I will try..." wat the fuck is wrong with me?
She can bring out the best in me, but also makes me feel like a desperate fucking man...is this wat degens feel like?
When we walk together on campus, everyone always stares...she's so beautiful...and wears outfits that look like it belongs in magazines...I remember when I was younger I used to stare at the couples where the guy was fugly, and the girl was way out of his league....is life being nice to me right now?
I went ahead and made a purchase this morning as I had some new money to put to work. After some deliberation, I decided to initiate a position in Vodafone (VOD) at $28.49 per share this morning.
Vodafone is a telecommunications company based in the UK with 400 million customers in over 30 countries. Not only does it operate with a significant presence throughout the Middle East and Europe, it operates throughout developing countries in Africa as well. Beyond that, and perhaps most importantly, Vodafone owns a 45% stake in Verizon Wireless. This significant stake gives the company a large position in the United States making Vodafone a truly global company. It is also important to note that Vodafone is entirely wireless in its business, so it is not held up by the decline in popularity of land-line telecommunication and is ready for the future.
The stock currently sports a dividend yield of ~5%, (not including "special dividends" which brings it up to 7% for 2012) and has raised dividends each year since the year 2000. While Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) may look just as attractive as VOD at first glance with their high yields, you will note that both Verizon and AT&T are taking on debt to increase their dividends each year, while Vodafone recently decreased its debt to $36 Billion. Compare that to $42B for Verizon and $60B for AT&T and VOD starts to look much more attractive. With a P/E ratio of 12.87, VOD is attractively valued. It's payout ratio (the % of its net income paid out to shareholders) is 94% which seems high and unsustainable, but it isn't uncommon for a telco company or any utility to have high payout ratios as a lot of the money flowing in is profit for established companies. And compared to the 261% payout ratio of AT&T and the 231% payout ratio of Verizon, again you can see VOD is a much more attractive option.
With the European Debt Crisis staring us in the face it might seem scary to initiate a position in a primarily European company, but I think that Vodafone would soak up a lot of market share in the event of a collapse and is currently well positioned for the future. I'm happy with my purchase and am looking to deploy some more money to work for me later this month.
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