Seriously finding it difficult to gather up the testicular fortitude to click "sit in" when I can't win a hand. If they have any equity at all, they hope (and I know) that it will be realized.
When I'm not getting coolered by morons, I'm getting drawn out on or just straight sucked out on. So fucking tilted. 11K more VPP to go for milestone, which is like 35K hands or something. Please run good. Please fucking run good.
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hedo is such a mix of bad and good. missing that dunk at the end made me embarrassed to be a magic fan. god he really made a jack ass out of himself tonight. for the record i still think he's good specifically on our team, but jesus christ when did he forget to shoot 3's. didn't think he was that bad of a shooter, and thought him generally to be a better shooter. plus he's such a fucking defensive liability. i'm just gonna go ahead and write this one off as transitioning + lack of practice issues but it's really discouraging.
on another note, there's no way hedo is going to start over richardson. richardson can actually shoot/make shots (although he shot poorly), drive to the hoop, and play defense. all flagrant shortcomings of hedo. on the other hand i do think having a point forward is somewhat nice considering i still think hedo really knows how to find dwight.
gilbert was hardly allowed to play today but i wouldn't be surprised to see him and nelson sharing the pg position quite evenly. nelson is a much better 3 point shooter imo, and can drive pretty well, but for being a pg he turns the ball a concerning amount of times. i think gilbert is more athletic and can make more "tougher" shots but shoots at a lower % from the 3 but turns the ball over less frequently.
dwight played pretty well today numbers wise but i was surprised he kept going at tyson chandler. dwight's offensive game has improved tremendously and it's really pissing me off that he didn't go to hakeem the mother facking dream olajuwon's camp earlier
instead he's wasted a few years with patrick i've never won a ring ewing. i still think dwight tried to hard to find his own shots against tyson, esp since he kept going to his strong side but he performed over all pretty well.
in general though i see a lack of confidence from our team. like everyone's wondering if they are allowed to take the shot. there are long stretches where i feel like dwight all the sudden feels uninvolved, or bass passes up a shot out of fear of taking nelson's or dwight's shot. there's got to be a certain level of trust where they stop questioning who is taking the shot and move on realizing they are taking the highest % open shot.
on a side note earle clark i thought was just fodder in the trade but he's looking like a solid C+ player. he shot with a lot of confidence and his shot selection was fantastic.
nelson although shooting near perfect from 3's def chose some bad shots but i think he sometimes has to considering he has to make the play (time is winding down).
dwight played really well, sort of took some bad shots but i suppose he's earned them with all the rebounding/defense he puts in.
richardson took some very good shots but just wasn't a good shooting night in general. a few 3's rimmed out.
pretty questionable about arenas considering he played very little, and the time that he did play was constantly interrupted by fouls. i think gilbert will fit in well once he realizes that he can in fact take some big shots. like i think he doesn't want to look like an ass taking too many shots considering he's playing on the floor with nelson/howard but i don't mind him taking some big shots. i actually want him to. i actually think there might be a point in time where he can start over nelson, but i feel svg will correctly remain loyal to nelson and diffuse potential locker room issues (correctly juggling egos. nelson would have a hard time being 2nd string and dwight would prob feel bad too considering him and nelson are bffs. wouldn't want to see a drop in effort/productivity/defense)
jj is jj. takes good shots, passes the ball well. listens to the coach.
b.bass likewise.
never really knwo what to expect from hedo =.= i really hope tehy force him to go through some decent shooting regiment.
speaking of which....
On April 20 2010 18:50 mnj wrote:
-when derrick rose finally learns to shoot he might become the best pg to ever play the game. he's already beating ppl to the basket when they are playing like 5 feet off of him. imagine when he finally has confidence in his shot. it will be disgusting.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/stats?playerId=3456 check out the steady increase in 3 point percentage. his fg% is about the same but he's become a much more confident shooter. which doesn't mean it just helps his 3 point shot but he takes jump shots more comfortably as well. of course he still drives and this makes an important part of his fg percentage but it's night and day the way he's changed his game because of his improved skills. i def remember his rookie year d.rose attempted very few 3's in general and passed up on them. took midrange jumpers hesitantly and really made his living laying up the ball. he has a lot more finesse this year and has a much more confident and balanced game.
it's a great time to be a chicago fan :/
speaking of which, i'll talk about my own views on fan etiquette.
1) it's not ok to be a celtics fan or a lakers fan unless you are from said city or have strong ties with the city ie you went to school there. as a matter of fact this carries over to football. patriot fans are the worse. i want to say like 75% of patriot fans have no affiliation with the city of boston. likewise with the NYY. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE BRONX U SHOULDN'T BE A NYY FAN. there's nothing more tilting than NYY fans from queens imo.
2) this make's it tough to be a fan if you are not a nyy fan, lakers fan, celtics fan, patriots fan, STEELERS fan, penguins fan, bears fan, bulls fan.
3) don't swap bandwagons. sit your ass still and be patient. i root the orlando magic which has gone through shaquille OMG o neal, tracy mcgrady, grant hill, penny hardway. we have traded all these players away and have nothing to show for. we've traded all our valuable pieces for pieces of shit players. on and we passed on c.anthony, c.bosh, d.wade for....milicic....who once again no longer plays for us, and once again we got no one for. we also traded away trevor ariza another player to add to the list of solid players. so instead we pay rashard lewis 2x of market price and lock him into a paralyzing contract restricting our next several years. next year dwight will be the biggest fish on the market. if he leaves orlando all my hopes and dreams will be crushed. i near expect this to happen considering our gm mr otis smith has been shitting on franchise for the past 15 years. i tell you its tough to be a magic fan.
4) if you live in minesota, toronto, or memphis it's ok to "root" for exactly 1 other team. as long as they are not in the play offs. if hometown team or state team is in the play offs you must stick to original team.
there are probably some more rules that i could prob think of but i'm pretty tired. kinda meant to talk about how my date went tonight with some chick i totally had a crush on back in h.shcool. but because i was an awkward nerd never had a chance. now that i'm a baller out of college it's totally cool. had a few drinks and talked alot about life. she's kind of a weird breed. she was in the gifted program with me but always managed to make friends outside of our circle. we had a few drinks and walked around a lake near uptown. anyway things went well taht's really all i have to say about that.
also as a caveat to the above list, if you are a girl you are allowed to root for bandwagon teams like the indiana colts or the patriots. esp since they make those cute necklaces that all girls seem to wear. and only later realize that a horsehoe is not only a luck charm but the actual emblem for the indiana colts. but a note to any potential girls reading this, if you are in fact a real fan and root for one team it is strangely and largely attractive. there was this one girl named allison in my h.s who later went to college with me who always rooted for the minesota vikings. i was always impressed and turned on every time she wore purple (she was also on the u.f dance team) esp those fitted jerseys.
also one last note about this girl, apparently she liked me for the longest time but i just had no facking clue so i never pursued her. fucking shit luck imo. neways off to bed. gnight. or good morning. depending on where you are from.
Did NOT want to sleep being down after being that much up, decided I was either gonna:
1) Make it back
2) Keep playing till SNE/busto/dead
Made ~$600 in just a few games yesterday too (a lot less stressful), so I'm making back what I dumped on MTTs lately. Its hard to take a break from poker when I know that the money is just there waiting for me
I haven't seen a good movie in the theatre in AGES. I know I've missed quite a few. What have you guys seen lately that was good? And by lately I mean the last 3 months, hehe.
Right now I wanna see:
Tron
Tangled
The Fighter
Narnia
True Grit
The Tourist
Black Swan
The Social Network
The Town
Championship week in my two money leagues I'd like to thank d_zoo for playing 49er WR Michael "Diva" Crabtree against the Chargers instead of Jacoby Ford or Mike Thomas (jkjk). Seriously, I was sweating Cutler and the Patriots Defense even though my team performed well. Basically, I drafted like a mofo this year in both leagues (1st five picks: Ray Rice, Jammal Charles, Roddy White, Arian Foster, Matt Forte/Hakeem Nicks). I also gambled on Kyle Orton and Josh Freeman having big years, which turned out nicely. Now I just have to fade the Dry Paint Chargers for one week...
Poker-wise the last two months has been ok. Unfortunately, I don't feel like I've progressed very much ability-wise in the last year, which is troubling. The first graph is my last 50k hands at Party. Rigged imo. The 2nd is my last 50k hands on Full Tilt. 90% 50nl 6max with some 100nl mixed in.
The problem is every time I move up to 100nl I lose 5 buyins the first day, and then I move back down. I eventually make the money back at 50nl, and try again.
I'm not a big fan of watching vids. How do you spend your time away from the table?
Showdown LANGErckkk: shows (high card Ace)
Hero: shows (a straight, Seven to Jack)
Hero collected $35.68 from side pot
boumlay: shows (three of a kind, Jacks)
Hero collected $79.85 from main pot
Summary Total pot $117.53 Main pot $79.85. Side pot $35.68. | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: boumlay showed and lost with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 2: jet_ya888 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: gedaspoker folded on the Flop
Seat 4: mouse100 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: LANGErckkk (small blind) showed and lost with high card Ace
Seat 6: Hero (big blind) showed and won ($115.53) with a straight, Seven to Jack
free poker lesson for computer helpby Steal City, December 21
I need someone to help me speed up my computer. I've done all the standard things... what i think is damaging the performance is the excessive start up programs. I disabled the ones I thought i didn't need and couldn't even connect to the internet. Going one by one and doing it would take forever..
since that might not be the only problem i need some computer guy who's well rounded. I also need someone who i can trust. I'm not that idiotic when it comes to PCs but I don't want someone trying to squeeze a free lesson who knows only as much as i do.
20k hand sample, trying a more LAGgy style, and just not understanding why I am not progressing. Is the sample too small? Could this possibly be variance over 20k hands? I am just flabbergasted at my game right now.
I literally spend all my time studying poker. I listen to podcasts, read tons of poker books, I have a coach, I am constantly monitoring my moods while I play to control tilt, and yet I can't seem to be above breakeven, let alone at the moment I am a loser. It seems I can't have a day where I profit/lose less then 3BI. I take some bad beats, especially lately, but there still appears to be a huge hole in my game somewhere and I have literally no clue where it could be. Really starting to discourage me as I am putting so much effort into getting better at this game, yet I don't see the results I am expecting for my time invested.
Looking through PTR, is this normal?
AA - win% 91.67%, amount won -8.80,
KK - win% 76.92%, amount won -33.01
IDK, this is probly just standard, and I am just complaining as usual, but it is really beginning to fuck with my confidence. I generally sit down at these stakes and always feel I am the best player at the table, yet my results clearly speak the opposite.
Ending the bitch/whine/rant now. Thanks for reading if you made it this far
Done bitching about bad beats for awhile (I hope). Here's a graph of $3.30 90 Man KO Sngs from the last couple weeks. Had an additional break even stretch for 48 sng's on my laptop that aren't included plus a session of 16 from today where i was + 30 buy ins. Overall the last 48 sng's i was +100 buy ins. variance man, variance.
by the way im taking names of all the haters out there. I cannot wait for what the future holds for me in this sport. I'll be eating your babies and shitting on everyone.
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