I made an account here a while ago when I first learned how to play Texas Hold'em. Fresh off a nice live-table win with a group of friends, I thought crushing micro-stakes would be a mere speed-bump in my road to poker stardom.
One lost $20 poker-stars deposit later, I ragequit online poker and swore to never play again. Well, that didn't last too long, and I put another $20 onto pokerstars to see what I could do.
Until two days ago, I was the classic fish - I thought everyone else at the table was a fish and never had good hands. Combine that with one horrid downturn of luck around hand #5000 and you have a pretty bad poker player.
Over the last few days, I've been on a tear, more than doubling my bankroll and playing nice tight poker. And for all the articles I've read online about becoming a better player, I never got better until I became a lot more disciplined. Although, these tips have helped me out enormously:
1) Choose Fishy Tables: I've been paying extra care to choosing better tables and switching out of slower ones. It has helped my winnings so much thus far.
2) Don't overplay marginal crap: One of my biggest leaks (and a reason for the downswing in showdown winnings) has been to overplay my hands if I felt my opponent was bluffing (sometimes yes, usually no.) I would take the A7s I raised on on the button and play, and when the flop hit K76 rainbow, I would be calling down bets, re-raising, and doing some crazy insane shit. Thankfully, I've now found the fold button.
3) Don't do insane things with top-pair: This has been another one of my major leaks. I would be shoving all-in with top-pair weak kicker and be losing a lot of money to bigger hands, which brings me to my next point...
4) If the re-raise you post-flop, be very afraid: 10,000 hands too late, I'm finally noticing some betting patterns. Players are often very willing to call and re-raise pre-flop with just about any decent hand, but post-flop is a different story. I've lost so much money on high pairs by betting on the flop, getting called, betting on the turn, getting min re-raised on the turn, calling their re-raise, and getting stacked by a two-pair, straight, or higher kicker.
5) C-bet wisely: I think only today, I've learned how to cbet wisely. I used to cbet on just about any flop and get called on any sort of draw another player would have. If they hit that draw, I lost a lot of money. I'm still learning to cbet dry flops while staying away from the drawy ones.
Atleast I'm plugging up some of the bigger leaks, but there is plenty of work to be done. At this rate, maybe I'll be moving up stakes in a week or two!
I'm always looking for advice/help/pity, or anything that will help yet another poker newbie.
And to wrap things up, a collection of schadenfreude over the last few days. May you laugh at my misfortune! (The first one is rather cute.)
PokerStars Game #54744021375: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2010/12/23 19:27:37 ET
Table 'Komppa' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: hapahauli ($2.08 in chips)
Seat 2: GoComplex ($2.22 in chips)
Seat 3: souro ($2.55 in chips)
Seat 4: noccon1 ($3.71 in chips)
Seat 6: Chypik19 ($2.17 in chips)
GoComplex: posts small blind $0.01
souro: posts big blind $0.02
crispinosk8: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hapahauli [Ac As]
noccon1: folds
Chypik19: raises $0.04 to $0.06
hapahauli: raises $0.10 to $0.16
GoComplex: raises $0.36 to $0.52
souro: folds
Chypik19: folds
hapahauli: calls $0.36
*** FLOP *** [8s 4h 5d]
GoComplex: checks
hapahauli: bets $0.56
GoComplex: calls $0.56
*** TURN *** [8s 4h 5d]
GoComplex: checks
hapahauli: bets $1 and is all-in
GoComplex: calls $1
*** RIVER *** [8s 4h 5d 7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GoComplex: shows [2s 2h] (a straight, Four to Eight)
hapahauli: shows [Ac As] (a straight, Four to Eight)
GoComplex collected $2.02 from pot
hapahauli collected $2.02 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4.24 | Rake $0.20
Board [8s 4h 5d 7d 6h]
Seat 1: hapahauli (button) showed [Ac As] and won ($2.02) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 2: GoComplex (small blind) showed [2s 2h] and won ($2.02) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 3: souro (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: noccon1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Chypik19 folded before Flop
Er, Not really. After breakeven november i'm six buy ins at nl100 down this month. Seems I'm not leaving university yet. I keep running into aces preflop lately but w/e.
Nevertheless I've progressed a lot lately and got an hour of coaching from _____ which I think was really helpful, actually way more than I expected.
Business going great, we ordered a 2nd shipment of kettlebells and on a personal note I really look foward to pressing a 32kg bell.
Anyways, for January I really want to turn things around and share some of what i've learned with others (not just lp) so i'll be blogging on another site. I have 2 months of vacations and looking foward to make the most of them .
So I woke up today and for some reason I was just in a heads up mood. I opened up a couple of HU tables and after a couple of regs dodged me, one had the testicular fortitude to battle me to the death. I fought a 7ptbb winner at nl100 over 80k hands. I ran very good but I absolutely dismantled him in every hand. I'm quite sure I played some of the best poker I ever have and I'm really pleased. The only downside was that I kind of spazzed and ran bad vs another guy and dropped 4 or 5 buyins to him.
Overall I'm really pleased I finally had a reasonable winning day on my own.. this month has been absolutely heart breaking. I've felt almost dead inside. No emotions or happiness.. Just depressed and miserable. It sucks having this kind of response to just a downswing in poker but every big swing is still a huge % of my bankroll plus I'm broke IRL right now and I so badly want to get into a stable situation. Well, whatever, I'll try to ride the variance until I'm in a better position. Feeling good right now.
Hey guys, I spent the last few weeks playing around on NL25 6max on my spare time, and have moved up to nl50 6max. I'm doing very well, but still have some spots that are giving me a little trouble.
I'm going to be posting hands daily, if any NL25+ player(s) (winning or losing is fine from mindset perspective) can give input on most hands, I would be greatly appreciative, and swap MTT advice. Would also just be great.
I'll be posting most 50bb+ pots that I win or lose in daily after each session is over.
imo nothing wrong with asking for help from great players;
6max during week and MTT's on sunday with fpp buy-ins to atleast 2 215 buy-ins and a few hundo of my own in other mtts is how the games gonna be played by me for now on
(check my 6max on ptr nl50 and below before flaming me about playing cashgames please, i do realize it says -54k, but my 6max has always been profitable. I've also spent the last two years learning to play on a much higher level which has helped a lot, along with balugawhale, nananoko, ansky videos etc;
YAYYY! After being the laziest 180 grinder ever I finally put in some real volume this month lol. Managed to get 23k vpps this month which is really high for me.Although Its pretty low compared to all the SNE sickos on this site but still haha.
Also managed to win the $44 turbo twice this month. And got 2nd in the $8 turbo as well. All the while running great in 180s as well. Just a good dec overall!
so if you saw my last blog from a few days ago you saw how i was basically killing 10nl, +20bi from sunday-wednesday...well here's the balance of that.
This is why I love the issue of Marijuana - it's a place where I see both sides come together in agreement, from extremely right wing conservatives to super left liberals.
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself" - Jimmy Carter
Count this among the 10 things nobody ever expected to see in their lifetimes: 700 Club founder Pat Robertson, one of the cornerstone figures of America's Christian right movement, has come out in favor of legalizing marijuana.
Calling it getting "smart" on crime, Robertson aired a clip on a recent episode of his 700 Club television show that advocated the viewpoint of drug law reformers who run prison outreach ministries.
A narrator even claimed that religious prison outreach has "saved" millions in public funds by helping to reduce the number of prisoners who return shortly after being released.
"It got to be a big deal in campaigns: 'He's tough on crime,' and 'lock 'em up!'" the Christian Coalition founder said. "That's the way these guys ran and, uh, they got elected. But, that wasn't the answer."
His co-host added that the success of religious-run dormitories for drug and alcohol cessation therapy present an "opportunity" for faith-based communities to lead the way on drug law reforms.
"We're locking up people that have taken a couple puffs of marijuana and next thing you know they've got 10 years with mandatory sentences," Robertson continued. "These judges just say, they throw up their hands and say nothing we can do with these mandatory sentences. We've got to take a look at what we're considering crimes and that's one of 'em.
"I'm ... I'm not exactly for the use of drugs, don't get me wrong, but I just believe that criminalizing marijuana, criminalizing the possession of a few ounces of pot, that kinda thing it's just, it's costing us a fortune and it's ruining young people. Young people go into prisons, they go in as youths and come out as hardened criminals. That's not a good thing."
Robertson has in recent years come under fire for increasingly flamboyant comments, such as calling for the assassinations of foreign leaders and blaming gay people for the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
Conservatives signing up for drug policy reform
The segment, while significant for illustrating a key conservative stalwart's shifting opinion on the drug war, was mainly a plug for a new conservative group called "Right on Crime," which parlays the arguments of groups like the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) into conservative-leaning messages.
"Our marijuana prohibition laws, which send people to prison for merely possessing a plant, are clearly immoral," LEAP executive director Neill Franklin, a former Baltimore narcotics officer, told Raw Story.
"As a Christian, and as a former law enforcer who is now working to undo the damage these laws have done to our families and our communities, I'm glad to see Pat Robertson joining the chorus of faith leaders calling for reform."
Some faith-based groups, like the Council of Churches and Church IMPACT, also helped promote California's failed Prop. 19 ballot initiative, which would have legalized marijuana cultivation, sales and consumption by adults over 21-years-old. It failed to gain a majority in the state's 2010 elections.
President Obama has maintained his opposition to the legalization of marijuana, although his Department of Justice has largely taken a hands-off approach to states where voters have approved the drug's use if prescribed by a doctor.
Pat Robertson was a Republican candidate for the presidency in 1980, but saw his political ambitions dashed in the primaries by Ronald Reagan. Though he later earned Robertson's endorsement, President Reagan went on to significantly escalate the war on America's drug users.
This video is from the 700 Club, broadcast by the CBN Network. (Segment on marijuana law reform is at beginning.)
getting full rss feeds questionby whamm!, December 22
is this available here at LP? or is this some feature or software i need to buy or install? all i get are 2 sentences and a link. im not really good at this, just started exploring another aspect and i need to figure out some stuff so anyone with good web knowledge can answer. thanks guys.
Hi I tried to take a shot at 50NL rush last month but I ran a little bad and tilted tried 100NL for one bi like a retard. After dropping down again finally with my bankroll crippled.
I continued to lose at 25NL and I decided that I'm not that good and I'm going to be switching almost completely to PLO maybe not such a good idea but I'm sick of hold em and learning a new game is refreshing. I ran in godmode too but not getting ahead of myself
How many BI do I need to play plo comfortably? I currently have 48bi 25nl is that enough? Should I watch that series with Learnedfromtv on cardrunners I don't have the patience to watch it. Is anything from slowhabit really good advice or bad? obviously I'm not buying those books lol but its out there on the internet
Full Tilt withdrawal issues?by curtinsea, December 22
Anyone else having trouble getting their money from Full Tilt? I cashed out my bankroll with a bank transfer when they blocked Washington residents on November 12th, and still have not received funds. All Full Tilt has to say is "sorry for the inconvenience" and "we're working on it" and "thank you for your patience" blah fucking blah.
Is this the beginning of the end?
I mean on the scale, my withdrawal is tiny, surely they can do something for me. I hear about them compensating others for withdrawal issues but all I get is bullshit.
Thanks for listening to my rant, comments are encouraged
Yo i was spending some time with my dad and he had dvr'd this movie and wanted me to watch it together with him cause we both like... i dunno movies like that sort of.
wtf? is this just the most stupid movie ever??? was denzel washington seriously blind???? how the fuck can he shoot a bird out of the sky with a bow and arrow
is it supposed to be god guiding him through the whole entire movie? what's the fucking point then, why does god make him kill everyone in his way instead of just getting the bible to magically appear at the publication place
i feel like i missed something and am completely dumbfounded by the entire story, cause from my perspective it's terribly written and should have never been made into anything
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