So how do you guys play when nearing the bubble of a tournament?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/userpoll/draw.php?poll_id=1295
Poll: How do you play when nearing the bubble in a tournament?
(Vote): I swipe up the blinds.
(Vote): I call the people swiping up the blinds and clear em out.
(Vote): I fold everything and pray.
(Vote): I'm chip leader, I spend the time polishing my bracelet.
is anyone willing to trasnfer 2.5k on Ipoker for my 2.5k on stars? unless i know ur balling im gonna ask for u to transfer first i dont care the increments =_= even if you want to do 200 at a time or something. Again my stars money for your ipoker moneys
Life
Well, it's been almost 2 weeks since I sold my car and we have been using just one car for the family, and I'm happy to say that the transition has been really smooth so far. My wife had last week off of work for Spring Break so that was the true test for us, since her biggest issue with having one car was that she would feel stuck at home while I was at the casino. We managed though, and I think I almost have her convinced to downsize the SUV into something more fuel-efficient with just as much cargo space. Now I just have to teach her how to drive a manual for maximum efficiency.
I also found that we did some things during the week to just avoid using a car. Two days in a row we biked somewhere that we were going to go instead of driving; once to go to the park for lunch, and once to go to a close-by restaurant for Easter Brunch. That was the first honest exercise I've gotten all year so I felt pretty good about that.
Savings
The change seems like it will really help with lowering monthly costs as predicted. Insurance went down from $200 to $90, which is more than I was expecting. Obviously, the cost of the car is gone too ($305 per month). And I got an added boost to income this month as the car had a warranty on it that I got a refund for ($1,900). Granted, that was paid for with the purchase of the car, but it's nice to get it back. And finally about $200 in yearly registration fees.
Total Savings: $590 per month for the next 12 months
That's $7,080 in extra money for the year, hard to say no to that.
Potential Future Problems
I'm a little worried about when the WSOP starts because my wife has to work until June 8th so I might have to buy a cheap used car for June or something if we can even find a sitter for the little one. I'm going to assume that I can buy and resell a used car on craigslist for no loss on the value of the car, so the cost of picking up a second car for one month I'll estimate at $330 ($150 for registration, $100 for one month of insurance and say $80 for extra gas use since my wife will have extra access to a vehicle). I'll be actively working on a solution to that problem, but some ideas besides getting a second car are:
-Carpool. Seems odd for a poker player, but maybe I can find someone to pick me up for the first week and either split gas money or return the favor a later week. Total cost avoidance: $330, 100%, but comes with dependence on someone else.
-Hotel. Could stay at the Rio for 5 days @ 50 /day with one of the many people coming in for the WSOP and bring my own food to avoid getting owned by casino food. Total cost avoidance: $80, 24.4%. Plus avoid DMV waiting and take some cost burden off of a player staying at Rio anyways. Decent option, but probably underestimating the cost of a room there, and my wife's annoyance with me for being gone for a week while living in the same city.
-Rent a car. Seems like an OK idea, but in reality I feel like it would be a net loss. I ran a quote for it though to check it out. Looks like getting the cheapest model from June 1st through June 8th would run me $245 after tax. So total cost to me if I include the $80 of extra gas spent for having the 2nd car available would be $325. Total cost avoidance: $5, 1.5%. But I also ran a quote for June 4-8th bc June 1st is a Friday and if I can get one ride on Friday and rent a car for the following weekdays it would run me $204; $284 after gas. Saving me $46 or 14% from buying a car, and all the hassles.
I think renting might be the best idea as far as maximizing independence and minimizing hassle, glad I ran the quote on that.
Anyways, I guess I'll wrap this long post up. Probably could have split this post up into two entries, but my fingers just kept on trucking, as it were, so enjoy the bonus info and let me know if you have any other ideas, comments, or questions.
First things first man you fucking with the worst, I'll be sticking pins to your head like a fucking nurse. - ODB
I'm doing really well, but I should be more focused on how I'm playing. My roll is at 940€, though only because I played some SNGs for VIP points and also got 200€ rakeback for last month. Either way, I'm halfway through to my goal (500€) and looks like I'll be reaching it soon if I keep playing like I'm playing. Nuff said, here's my results:
Considering I've been at my girlfriends place (in Umeå, northern Sweden)and spent lots of time with her family n relatives n shit, the amount of hands I've played pleases me.
Next cut I'ma post here is So What (hence the blog title) by Miles Davis, which is from a very very famous jazz record called Kind Of Blue. If there are any jazz cats out there you probably already know this one, and for anyone else that hasn't I hope this can maybe get you to listen to something different from what you usually do. Jazz can be difficult to get into sometimes, but this track is straightforward and just dope. Enjoy and cu around!
Artanis11 $5,300.00 poker stakes
AndrewBoccia $750.00 poker stakes
quocy04 $400.00 400 of 1k left
david kent $120.00 poker
li $2,000.00 poker stakes
Reid $350.00 canada
thyrandaal $40.00 canada
dad $330.00 gamblin
goal - pay these off asap and get a nice place on the beach here in CR, when my 1 year lease is up :-)
upon arrival I was 20k in MU (cost 10k for everything (had a canada move go bad 3500x2 7k) 10k owed to staker but x2 for any $ non poker related, rent / moving / airplanes / food / other stuff, etc;
ill comeback to the page to mark off debts when i get em paid up and update you guys np ;-)
mad respect,
I want to do everything correctly now guys,
Show me the master ways;
GL LP,
win!
Ryan
I'm still a little hungover, groggy and felt like getting some stuff down on paper and felt like some of this might have some value for the LP crowd. Just going machine gun style:
-Anyone interested in health, wellness, medicine, tech should read "End of Illness" by David Agus. He covers basically all the health threads that popped up in the general forum over the last year and it's basically a hack on health and wellness.
Alcohol:
-not all wine is created equal.
-not all tequila is created equal.
-et al
To all the young, broke kids:
grow/improve/acquire knowledge/build quality relationships, make some $$$$$, start drinking better alcohol you will not be disappointed. i guess it's all subjective but a really good glass of wine is orgasmic and after a lot doesn't fuck you up the next day. ditto w/ tequila, rum, whiskey, scotch, cognac, vodka, et al.
$5/bottle tequila and rum is horrible. i'm not saying you need to go broke buying $10 shots at the bar but pick your liquor of choice and scale up. i will be surprised if you are disappoint.
This holds true for basically anything that you enjoy in life.
Hangover Remedy:
-sleep+time
-ICE COLD water. nothing better.
-frozen fresh picked fruit
-maybe little bit coffee or painkiller
if you can stomach it and the weather is nice:
-walk+fresh air. try to push yourself to the point you get some natural endorphins, painkillers, anti-inflammatories kickin in.
-eggs + bacon + steak (w/e you like)
Food Related but Non-Hangover related:
asparagus is (the) nuts right now. get that shit fresh picked. lil bit evoo. sea salt. garlic. pepper. roast that sumbitch up for like 20-25 min. lil bit evoo. grated parmesan cheese. lemon. that's where it's at this april.
add in steak of choice and gameover. you've won.
oh shit, cab or malbec of choice? man nukka pass go like 20 times, don't go to jail, and land on boardwalk holla.
House Music:
-don't sleep on hernan catteneo. if you enjoy a bit more deep, progressive, house'y, electronica'y stuff thus nukka gets it better than anybody.
-as far as mainstream right now. avicii and sebastian ingrosso are killin it. if you wanna give new house music a try check them out. they've been killin it for a while but all these f swedes are murderin shit. imo they've kinda started their own new sub-genre of swedish house ownage.
-if you are completely new to house: thomas banghalter. daft punk.
Aside from letting you guys know about the Tough Mudder event, I'm trying to see if there's anyone going to any of the many events that are held around the world.
It would be a great time to do this event, as well as meet up with some fellow LP`ers along the way and team up for this event, since some of the courses require help from other people.
I've been talking to some friends, and we got a 5 person group so far that will enter the Diablo Grande event in Northern California. Taho filled up too fast.
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so i call a 3x BB raise with 8d9d... not a typical play for me but it's just micro. 5 players to the flop, which comes:
9h 8h Jh
i bet 2/3 pot and get called by the guy who did the initial 3x BB raise. turn comes:
9h 8h Jh 6s
i bet about 2/3 of the pot again and he has me covered and tosses in enough to put me all in. i call and he turns over 9c 10h and proceeds to hit his straight on the river.
should i just not play connectors? i feel the need to since every time i play big hands i either run smack into bigger hands, or get some fool calling all my bets with absolutely nothing and ends up making a straight or flush on the turn and river.
EDIT: i was early pos and initially just called, he was mid-late pos. didn't really play with him long enough to figure out a pattern
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We have now completed a review for each of the tournaments played April 4. As a part of determining fair compensation for these events, it has been decided to credit your PokerStars account with at least the tournament fee of every tournament in which you suffered a timeout. In addition, for any tournaments in which you were then materially affected – we have also credited your account with the total amount invested for the event. Please read our findings below:
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i admit i didnt get cracked on the river for once, but wtf 4bet me with k4 suited?
either there's some new israelian tactics i don't know of, or my pokerstars picture disturbs my opponent
Had a good first day on stars today.
There software makes poker 500% better its ridiculous how much better stars is than every other site put together...feels awesome!
anyways, was hu vs the #1 player on the tourney leader board, he won the monthly last 3 months and is #1 yearly, he bested me, kinda played a lil too lag, usually have that problem first few days back at ft's, gonna tone it down some n hopefully get the 1sts; hes a friend on skype, was a fun match to say the least, gonna go visit him on the beach here in CR soon
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