Been awhile since I have wrote a blog on here, still need to write up my SNE year end wrap but never really have. Lost alot of money at the end of it and was pretty unhappy. Been taking it easy so far this year, playing less tables rather then 24 tabling all day.
Got an email from stars saying that they reserved a few spots for SNEs to play in the 10.3k NAPT LA bounty shootout that is televised on ESPN2 with 81 player cap. I talked with some friends and they said PLAY IT and sell a bunch of action, so I figured why not! Have played some live 5/10 cash before and a few live tourneys (including 1st place osheas midnight tourney in vegas lol). Nothing with a real signicant buyin as of yet because somehow I am a massive live nit but a huge maniac when it comes to playing in games online.
Already have sold 51% of my action so far, probably going to sell something like 75%-80%, not really sure yet. If your interested let me know thru comments or pms
I have life run good on my side so probably going to end up winning this! Went to XS in Vegas for the first time ever for PS grinder alexandert's bday on Monday. Deadmau5 happened to be there as well, was alot of fun. Place is loud as fuck music wise, our table was in terrible spot ( as most seem to be) and was insanely crowded. Luckily if you drink enough you don't even notice this.
is the shit! I think the games are softer at 25nl, more so than the regular 6 max games. My apm comes in handy clicking autofold. And for your viewing enjoyment. The lollerhand of the night.
Submitted by : ChrisKim47
***** Hand History for Game 28478990952 ***** (Full Tilt)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, February 24, 12:07:24 ET 2011
Table Warp Speed (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: YABabyAllright ( $10.62 USD )
Seat 2: Hero ( $184.16 USD )
Seat 3: Blazing_IKON ( $27.24 USD )
Seat 4: Bizzard99 ( $87.86 USD )
Seat 5: mingatos ( $36.94 USD )
Seat 6: TDWillingham ( $29.92 USD )
Bizzard99 posts small blind $0.10 USD.
mingatos posts big blind $0.25 USD.
So my FTP account recently got suspended and one of my friends is going to stake me 1k on stars for what will probably be a month. What would be a fair way to do this?
Hey guys long time since I wrote a blog. I would've posted sooner but a combination of disinterest and lack of internet have made it tough. The reason I say disinterest is because I noticed in one of the comments in an older blog I did someone posted something along the lines of "Why do you get a featured blog and not me? I have boring life stories to tell aswell", I don't remember exactly what it was but it was something like that. Comments like that really demotivate me from posting at all, I only post cause I feel some people are interested and it's a good way of getting shit off my mind, but if people don't wanna read then there's no point in me writing anything. I don't say this cause I want people to start kissing my ass, just explaining why I haven't posted sooner. Anyway I didn't even choose to make my blog a featured blog, nor do I remember any mod asking me if I wanted it to be (They may have, but I don't remember it)
Anyway, quite a few things have changed in my life since the last blog post. I've been back in England since September and went halves on a brand new house with my parents, which we all moved into mid November. It's a 3 story 5 bedroom house, the 3rd story has 2 really big bedrooms, one which I'm using as a bedroom and the other is basically a games room with a sofa, TV, PS3, computer and chair in that I mainly just use for quiet poker time, but also a decent place to have some friends over and chill a bit. It's a tad boring living at home at times but it's comfortable at the same time and I definitely miss home when I'm away for a long time.
As I was saying about lack of internet in the first paragraph, we were supposed to get connected on December 7th. Well, December 7th comes and without notice or warning the technicians fail to show up, it turns out they sent us an email saying they couldn't come, but how in god's name are we supposed to read an email saying that they can't install our internet at the moment, when we don't have internet!? Naturally, we called to complain the following day anyway, and they said that the installation would be delayed until late December or early January at the soonest. Several phone calls over the next few days, horrible service from Sky and we told them to fuck off and ordered internet with Virgin Media. Unfortunately, the main reason we couldn't get internet was because the BT technicians in the area were very far behind schedule, and both Sky and Virgin Media had to use the same technicians to install our internet anyway, so we didn't get a better quote on when to expect the installation from them either, I think they told us January 9th or something. Because of this, I was unable to get online at all during the second half of November and most of December. I ended up getting a USB mobile broadband dongle, however it was unreal slow and choppy, and frequently dropped during the day hours, like multiple times per hour. So in order to get any poker hands in I had to wait until midnight or 1am when it was a bit more stable to start my session, and since I was/am trying to get on SNE pace I usually didn't end up going to bed until some time between 7 and 10am. Anyway, we didn't get ADSL installed until about 3 weeks ago and when we did get it, it didn't even work properly. Random disconnects were occuring very frequently, the router light would just turn itself off and then reconnect itself anytime between 10 seconds and a minute later. This probably happened 10 times a day if I spent a good amount of time in front of the computer. It has settled down for the most part now and for the past week and a half or so I've had about 2 disconnects, which is definitely still more than I'd want, particularly when pokering, but it's a lot better than nothing or the USB dongle I was using before. Highly tilting though to go 2 months without proper internet, and then when you finally get it, it's still tosh.
Without the internet I usually ended up playing FF13 or GT5 on the PS3, watching DVDs and Top Gear and getting super interested in cars in general. It motivated me to start learning, I know, I know, I'm 26 and don't drive and that's sad but better late than never I guess. I booked my theory test beginning of February and I'll be taking it on the 25th, if I pass I'll book my practical and start a 1 week, 30 hour intensive course the previous week before my test date and hopefully pass first time and be on the road before long. Being a lazy nobsack I've put about 1 hour studying in so far, if that, and achieved like 31/50 on a mock test with nothing more than common sense, like my knowledge on the subject is virtually nonexistant. Some of the questions are hilariously dumb and I'll be very insulted if I don't pass (Need 43/50) when I do the real thing. Here's an example of a stupid question:
Unfortunately they're not all quite this easy, lots of them hinge on actually knowing what various roadsigns are or various rules and regulations which you need to have learnt and can't rely on logic, but still, I'm gonna be pretty embarrassed if I don't pass considering about half of the questions are on a similar level of stupid as the question above.
Having an interest in cars motivates me to attain SNE, as it would provide enough FPPs to purchase a Porsche Cayman S by year's end, which is obviously a pretty sick car and is probably far better than anything else I'd likely be getting as my first car. I was even thinking of using the FPPs to pay for a part of a 911, and paying the rest with cash if the year goes well and I make good money on top of SNE, but naturally I'm a lazy bastard and as much as I'd like to end up with a Porsche as my first car, it's a real struggle to put that much time in for me particularly when running poorly as I am at the moment, in fact, last year I made a total of 45k VPPs for the entire year. I even set a picture of a white Cayman S as my desktop backdrop to motivate me some, I'm not sure it works, but can't hurt I guess, unfortunately though, I'm already quite far behind having spent a couple of weeks in London in January and having terrible internet until a couple of weeks ago. I'm currently at 89k VPPs and SNE pace is 147.5k VPPs.
I've been missing Korea quite a lot lately so I'm going back for a 3 week stay in April and I'm pleased to say Ket will be joining me. I can't wait to enjoy the food there and the bars I used to frequent and hopefully catch up with some old friends who are still there, if there are any left. There's virtually nothing to do or anywhere to go in my home town, it's weird that I start to miss home when I'm in Seoul for any length of time given how much better it is than here, but then when I'm back here I begin to miss Seoul too. Can't win I guess. Not gonna say much about it but I also broke up with my girlfriend lately, we're still close though and I'll be seeing a lot of her in Seoul. That will also be an obstacle to my SNE pursuit, so during my 3 weeks in Korea I really don't see myself playing much poker, and even when I do play I'm definitely not going to play anymore than 6 tables on my laptop, I struggle enough with 9-12 tables on a 30" monitor, but on a laptop it would be impossible.
Another obstacle to my SNE chase is World of Warcraft. Yes indeed, I'm wasting time playing that damn game once again. I don't think I would have, but the expansion came out late December or whenever it was and I was dying to get my hands on it when I had no internet, so obviously when my internet started working again I logged on, got from 80 to 85 in 2 days and have already put in like 4-5 days in-game played time in like 2 weeks. I don't really think Cataclysm is that great though, but it's still very addictive, currently the queues for heroics are really long for anyone but tanks, infact it takes about 25-35 minutes for me to get a group on my Mage. It takes an absurd amount of time to gear up compared to WOTLK, you need to grind all the rep factions to exalted, spend ages levelling professions up and farming mats, or pay insane amounts of gold to get your hand on epic gear now. Some people may think this is a good thing since it makes it harder for scrubs, but I disagree, it isn't really any "harder" to get the items, it just requires a lot more time, I mean it's not difficult to kill a bunch of mobs for mats or run x heroics, it's just a matter of time. In all the time I've spent on it I only have 3 epic items, in the same time frame I would've had all epics, would've at least BEEN to every existing raid etc in WOTLK. It's really just the amount of time you need to put into it to get anywhere that I'm disliking about Cataclysm, I like the way the talent trees have been reworked, some of the new content and spells and whatnot, but yea, just way too time consuming and that's very bad for anyone who wants to play lots of poker.
Anyway since this is a poker site and my life isn't really all that interesting I mayaswell leave the blog with a few screenshots of my year so far:
Here is the reports page, there's also like 4k hands of 2c/5c NL on top but it wasn't exactly serious and had no effect on the money won since it's such small stakes, so I filtered that limit out:
I still feel like my NL game is fairly competetive which is a nice feeling considering I've barely played any for months. I think I put in 15-20k hands of 0.25/0.5 euro on ladbrokes at the end of last year running at 8.5BB/100 or so, but apart from that really haven't played any for a long time. I'd like to win about $500 more at $3/$6 just to get that limit green on my stars PTR. I'm not going to try and make that winrate = x like I tried for so long at 50c/1 but I'd just like it to be green. I know it doesn't matter all that much since in my HEM I can see I have a lifetime winrate of 3.5BB/100 at 3/6, but still, I'm kinda OCD and I'd like it all to be green. Hopefully it won't take long to make 1 more buyin.
Currently 27 buyins under EV, but I was 32 buyins under EV at some point earlier in the year so I guess it could be worse. I also feel like I've ran really poorly in terms of flopping hands, running into hands, and poor board runouts on top of running below EV. I'm certainly not amazing at PLO by any stretch of the imagination and I've done some very dumb things even over the past couple of days, but I do feel like I have a small edge at $2/$4 PLO and potential to have a very large edge in the future with more experience in the game. It certainly doesn't help my winrate playing 9 tables (12 the last 2 days), which is a lot for someone who has 4 tabled for years, nor does having a connection that has disconnected me a sum total of about 10 times over this sample size and folded me off of every hand at every table, sometimes with reasonable amount of $ in the pot. It's hard to say if my feeling is correct though, the swings that are possible in PLO is just ridiculous, I heard that krmont22 had a 200 buyin downswing, and he's a 4+BB/100 winner at 1/2 and 2/4 PLO over large sample sizes.
Think that's all for now, gonna finish eating this paella and get grinding some more WoW like a silly little nerd and prob put in a bit of Theory test studying before going to bed at like 3 or 4am I guess. Feel free to leave feedback, positive, negative, neutral, hate, love, whatever :>
I hit black card last night...by ChrisKim47, February 23
While also magically turning on the doom switch.
So I got questions for you guys, who are more rake, bonus savvy. What do you guys get with your black card? If you get the cash, do you have to clear the bonus?
I have no idea what ironman is. Does that program work against black card or can you earn points on ironman, while still earning the same amount towards black card. Sorry I'm so noob.
bad knee be damned! was pretty cool, ryan couture filled out our paperwork so me and my gf are getting ready to go in just a couple minutes. really looking forward to it, gonna be going practically every day
the tourneys im gonna play is
3000+300 FR tourney
5000+500 SH tourney
25000+1000 FR main event
package of 34800SEK ~ 35k = 5 460$ or 3980€
ive already sold 10% looking to sell 30 or atleast 20% more
any1 interested? ive played alot of mtts, shipped i think five 700 player+ MTTs and most of them will play pretty deep as the main event is a 3 day tourney with slow blindstructure, the value will be decent.
havent played any bigger livetourneys before but i think i can navigate decently both deep and shortstacked.
soooo, any1 interested, got 30% more to sell
10% 550$
5% 225$
or if any1 just wanna buy % in the main event 10% will be 405$
I don't know who to message for blog/account deletion so if someone with the right powers sees this please delete my entire blog and/or account also.
I haven't posted much in the past few months but you guys were really helpful when I played poker, I wish you all the best in the future. I need to move on with my life.
If anyone is thinking about starting poker I strongly advise that you don't waste your time with this shit game.
So i officially made my first order in China and it feels weird to be doing this wholesale/retailing thing again. I used to import video game accessories and it was pretty interesting and fun, wanted to go into cell phone spare parts but just as i was going to i tried playing poker and it kind of sucked out my life but was still worth it coz of the money i made off it, now i have this 3 year hole where i did not do or think about anything but poker, it has consumed my life in a way and honestly its really tough to balance two things for me and do well in both.
After a week I followed up on my order and the supplier said it hadn't been processed yet so obviously i get pissed for not being informed earlier, i go on tilt and tell them to cancel and they do then this morning i was told the order had been shipped and i told me to pay AFTER receiving goods, thats very rare so thats some good news since I might be able to get a good credit line going if things go well. I do have problems with DHL here thoough since they randomly charge ridiculous customs duties rates form time to time so maybe edzwoo or anybody here with experience in china imports and DHL regulations can enlighten me how to go around it. thanks and good luck to me
BTW: Ill repost these two recent movies I watched (available on torrents now with decent copies)
1. "Inside Job" - explains very clearly (for those who still don't clearly understand) how the world financial institutions with the help of new financial deregulation laws and instruments, namely derivatives, have singlehandedly given financial institutions to "print and create" money for themselves by giving them unlimited earning potential thru the use of imaginative means. They have grown so powerful and huge over time that it is practically an industry which needs no actual commodity, just ideas to sell and bet against for profit without any regard for it's negative impact on the global economy.
2. "The next 3 days" - russel crowe stars in this thriller which is really exciting to watch and heartwarming at the same time. highly recommend you watch this with your wife or girlfriend - the way the hero acts for his girl/wife is so heroic you're partner will actually feel you will do the same for her if it actually happened to you lol
update:
got a stake from dinos friend for 50nl and its ok, at least i get to play poker occassionally with no goals and pressure, theres a good chance i can make enough money monthly to get by and pay for some smallish bills and focus more on my business project. if either one goes well then it might help the other go better.
How to fill the hole in my CV?by Night2o1, February 22
Sup guys.
I'm overall feeling better since I withdrew my roll. I've gotten a bit of an itch to start playing again, and I'm not completely averse to the idea, but I want to stick to my guns and get another income stream before I redeposit so that I don't have to cripple myself by withdrawing from my BR.
Anyway, I am looking for some suggestions on what sort of work I ought to look for. In the spoiler is the CV I used to get a couple of random gigs off craigslist and such. It isn't necessary to read it but suggestions are welcome..
I strive to learn and better myself each day. My work ethic is very high; I strive to do the best job possible under any circumstance.
Work Experience
-August 2007 through March 2008
Faloh Construction, supervisor Mr. Rick Faloh, 407-709-3059
I worked as a producer and assisted in the research and development of high-quality concrete handrails & trim for an upscale condominium development.
My responsibilities were to meet the quality of product required and quota of production each day. I also assisted with other activities around the condominium development such as the installation of live plants and the concrete products themselves.
-April 2007
Ultimatespace Festival, supervisor Mr. Barry Thomson, 406-697-4217
I volunteered as an Assistant Manager of a charitable event for local Billings, Montana charities STEP, Growth Thru Art, and the Billings Art Association.
My responsibilities included the organization of event attendees, musical events, dance shows, the setup and breakdown of tents and stages, and maintenance of the grounds throughout the day. With my helpful oversight, several thousand attendees enjoyed a smooth two day event.
-March 2006 through August 2006
Sebastion Group, supervisor Mr. Stephan Sebastion
I worked on an on-call basis for a Dell contractor. Our tasks were to travel to large office buildings and replace their old computer hardware with new hardware.
My responsibilities included the correct removal of old hardware and installation of new computers. I interacted with the office workers to keep them informed. I also managed 2-4 co-worker's duties throughout the day, keeping them on-task and efficient. I assisted in leading the team to beat rigorous schedule deadlines.
-Various events
I have also worked at least one event as an assistant for each of the following companies:
DeWalt Tool Company
PrintService Group
Education
-Graduated Winter Park high school in 2005
-Currently earning a General AA at ValenciaCC
Anyway, there is a conspicuous hole there for the last 2 years. Should I just leave it empty and explain it individually (how to frame it?)? Write self-employed for 2008-2010 and expound upon further questioning? Again how should I frame it? I feel I worked hard and under very stressful and demanding conditions as a poker player during this time, but how can I translate this or simplify it to something a random joe-employer will understand?
I'm not sure what to do right now. I think it'd be best and easiest to get a part time job like.. delivering pizzas. You make decent cash that way and it has low barriers to entry. Any suggestions? I'm not even sure what 'more ambitious' or profitable work may be available. Maybe I will go sign up with the local labor pool but that is kind of crappy, randomly getting 1 day minimum wage gigs and such. I live in Orlando, Florida BTW
two decent movies worth watchingby whamm!, February 22
Great russel crowe movie, nice thriller
Great follow up to watching "capitalism, a love story", it explains very clearly why the U.S. and a lot of the E.U. countries are fucked up financially, narrated by Matt Damon
I recommend you guys download these two at torrents, decent quality rips out there
here is a link to get you started. I have necessary files and know how to get it installed properly if anyone is interested as well. Hoping maybe to get a group together to at least get through hell once. The boss fights are much much harder in this mod. Even trash mobs have got a huge boost.
gogogo?
ps, if you interested just post your aim/msn here or pm it to me and we'll get a doze group going
Had a 5 fig day yesterday. That was nice, first one in a while. Got an eye infection that have kept me away from BJJ a week or so and then a cold that's messing with me a fair bit. I've read a decent bit and school is still going really well so I guess overall I'm ok with this month, even though some of my goals went down the drain. But I'm happy that I'm doing well overall in life and still manage to put in a decent amount of hands. Not any huge numbers in profit or hands, but still semi-solid so far.
New roomie is awesome, <3. Me and the gf is talking about adopting him.
Really looking forward to the next UFC event, Alexander Gustafsson, Swedens great hope in MMA, is fighting James Te-Huna in a fight that'll probably be a lot of fun and end with a highlight real knock out. The other fights seems cool too, assuming BJ manage to stand a little bit with Fitch rather then getting dry humped for 3 rounds. I think Gustafsson will be top10 material within 2-3 years, the guy has sick stand up, seems to have a lot of power and is just getting stronger. Dunno if he'll fight in light heavyweight for the rest of his carrier or if he has to move up, but still.
Nick "oh-you-de-ent" Ring fights in his first fight back from knee surgery. That might be fun.
Got 5000 SEK (just over 500€) on Shugan Rua to fuck up Jon Jones next month. 500 to win 1300 or so I think, I might try to put more down.
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