And I just hit the 40 mark like 2 weeks ago, so sweet And I'm about to win HOTW finally, so its a double brag!!
Really close to the 6 digits now, considering rakeback+live poker.
Moved up kinda, playing a lot more 115s now, was getting too bored. Have changed my cbetsize a bit lately: + Show Spoiler +
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PokerStars Game #53010430935: Tournament #333626293, €50.00+€2.25 EUR Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/11/20 18:20:32 AT [2010/11/20 17:20:32 ET]
Table 333626293 1 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: stas342891 (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (1500 in chips)
stas342891: posts small blind 10
Hero: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
stas342891: calls 10
Hero: checks
Hero: bets 960 and is all-in
stas342891: calls 960 and is all-in
River (Pot : $3,000.00)
Showdown Hero: shows (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
stas342891: shows (a flush, King high)
stas342891 collected 3000 from pot
Hero finished the tournament in 2nd place
stas342891 wins the tournament and receives €100.00 - congratulations!
Summary Total pot 3000 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: stas342891 (button) (small blind) showed and won (3000) with a flush, King high
Seat 2: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Queens and Sevens
PokerStars Game #53011234756: Tournament #333632021, €50.00+€2.25 EUR Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/11/20 18:36:28 AT [2010/11/20 17:36:28 ET]
Table 333632021 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Eraseunavez (1290 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (1710 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
Eraseunavez: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 40 to 60
Eraseunavez: calls 40
Showdown Eraseunavez: shows (a pair of Nines)
Hero: shows (a straight, Seven to Jack)
Hero collected 2580 from pot
Eraseunavez finished the tournament in 2nd place
Hero wins the tournament and receives €100.00 - congratulations!
Summary Total pot 2580 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Eraseunavez (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) showed and won (2580) with a straight, Seven to Jack
PokerStars Game #53053613179: Tournament #333910771, $55.00+$2.50 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/11/21 15:13:50 AT [2010/11/21 14:13:50 ET]
Table 333910771 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: sfgafan (1520 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (1480 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
sfgafan: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 40 to 60
sfgafan: calls 40
sfgafan: checks
Hero: bets 900 and is all-in
sfgafan: calls 900
River (Pot : $2,960.00)
Showdown sfgafan: shows (a pair of Deuces)
Hero: shows (a pair of Nines)
Hero collected 2960 from pot
Summary Total pot 2960 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: sfgafan (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) showed and won (2960) with a pair of Nines
Also took one day to play MTTs because of HU boredom too. Lost flips for the CL to bust 11th in 2 tourneys, but got 2nd in another one to finish up at least. Still wasn't happy cause I lost to the biggest idiot ever at HU, the guy would call down any pair at the FT and raise any air 100% of the time. So first hand of HU he c/r me on the flop and I say to my friend on msn: "oh he's gonna donate on 1st hand already, he prob has J2o". Then on the turn I say "gg unless he hits his gutshot".
PokerStars Game #52915812300: Tournament #331147864, $20+$2 USD Holdem No Limit - Level XXVII (2500/5000) - 2010/11/18 20:53:03 AT [2010/11/18 19:53:03 ET]
Table 331147864 24 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: ynnad22 (356922 in chips)
Seat 8: Hero (723078 in chips)
ynnad22: posts the ante 1000
Hero: posts the ante 1000
Hero: posts small blind 2500
ynnad22: posts big blind 5000
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 5000 to 10000
ynnad22: calls 5000
Showdown ynnad22: shows (a straight, Nine to King)
Hero: mucks hand
ynnad22 collected 702000 from pot
Summary Total pot 702000 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: ynnad22 (big blind) showed and won (702000) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 8: Hero (button) (small blind) mucked
And then at even stacks he open shoves next 5 hands, I get 99 he has AA gg, fuck tournaments.
First one is from Cake (Spermonium), 2nd from Pacific (LoLmart). Check my profile on chipmeup for more info. If you want to win some money along with me, chip me up!
Reserved 35 of the 45% i'm selling. 10% to go!
All sold.
... My leaks, that is. Or is it even a leak? Maybe just bad luck.
Hi, I'm trying to learn to not suck, so I've been playing a lot. There's this one thing I keep losing to over and over. It's when I have overpair or top pair top kicker on a seemingly blank board.
I'm just going to post a couple of examples, there's 10+ of these over ~7k hands, I don't know if I'm supposed to be a master hand-reader or if I should just play the odds... Or something in between I don't know.
Maybe I just bet too weakly to maximize gain when I should be trying to protect my hand?
Anyways here you go, feel free to call me terrible etc.
Submitted by : adeny
PokerStars Game #53032978137: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2010/11/21 12:00:44 CET [2010/11/21 6:00:44 ET]
Table Zerlina 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Mctwist09 ($2.79 in chips)
Seat 3: willsonnn ($0.83 in chips)
Seat 4: fucanto ($2.98 in chips)
Seat 6: Mix3rr ($1.09 in chips)
Seat 7: Valega :-D ($6.27 in chips)
Seat 8: HamsterXL ($2 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero ($1.51 in chips)
Mctwist09: posts small blind $0.01
willsonnn: posts big blind $0.02
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
MihoRedd joins the table at seat #2
fucanto: raises $0.06 to $0.08
Mix3rr: folds
Valega :-D: folds
HamsterXL: folds
Hero: calls $0.08
Mctwist09: folds
willsonnn: folds
fucanto: bets $0.64
Hero: raises $0.53 to $1.17 and is all-in
fucanto: calls $0.53
Showdown Hero: shows (two pair, Kings and Eights)
fucanto: shows (a full house, Sixes full of Eights)
fucanto collected $2.90 from pot
Summary Total pot $3.05 | Rake $0.15
Board
Seat 1: Mctwist09 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: willsonnn (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: fucanto showed and won ($2.90) with a full house, Sixes full of Eights
Seat 6: Mix3rr folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: Valega :-D folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: HamsterXL folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: Hero (button) showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights
Submitted by : adeny
PokerStars Game #53029850267: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2010/11/21 9:33:44 CET [2010/11/21 3:33:44 ET]
Table Fredegundis V 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: twocut ($3.04 in chips)
Seat 2: bazsanszki ($0.82 in chips)
Seat 4: nammax ($2 in chips)
Seat 5: BratWu ($5 in chips)
Seat 6: dodge321 ($3.94 in chips)
Seat 7: NaDTriNa ($6.13 in chips)
Seat 8: Hero ($1.70 in chips)
Seat 9: kslacker2 ($1.84 in chips)
BratWu: posts small blind $0.01
dodge321: posts big blind $0.02
Yahan588: sits out
Hero: bets $0.30
twocut: raises $1.34 to $1.64
Hero: calls $1 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.34) returned to twocut
River (Pot : $3.51)
Showdown Hero: shows (a pair of Aces)
twocut: shows (two pair, Queens and Nines)
twocut collected $3.34 from pot
Summary Total pot $3.51 | Rake $0.17
Board
Seat 1: twocut showed and won ($3.34) with two pair, Queens and Nines
Seat 2: bazsanszki folded on the Flop
Seat 4: nammax (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: BratWu (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: dodge321 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: NaDTriNa folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: Hero showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 9: kslacker2 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Submitted by : adeny
PokerStars Game #53029759976: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2010/11/21 9:29:00 CET [2010/11/21 3:29:00 ET]
Table Kalypso II 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: MillieMutt ($1.85 in chips)
Seat 4: Emby59 ($4.96 in chips)
Seat 5: ktire1982 ($1.87 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($1.52 in chips)
Seat 7: TheBigChees1 ($0.87 in chips)
Seat 8: O`Capuchina ($2 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $0.01
TheBigChees1: posts big blind $0.02
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
O`Capuchina: folds
MillieMutt: folds
Emby59: folds
Trader820 joins the table at seat #2
ktire1982: raises $0.08 to $0.10
Hero: calls $0.09
TheBigChees1: calls $0.08
Hero: bets $0.20
ktire1982: raises $0.78 to $0.98
Hero: raises $0.16 to $1.14 and is all-in
ktire1982: calls $0.16
River (Pot : $3.14)
Showdown Hero: shows (a pair of Queens)
ktire1982: shows (a pair of Kings)
ktire1982 collected $2.99 from pot
Summary Total pot $3.14 | Rake $0.15
Board
Seat 1: MillieMutt folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Emby59 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: ktire1982 (button) showed and won ($2.99) with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 7: TheBigChees1 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: O`Capuchina folded before Flop (didnt bet)
i left nl100 feeling extremely comfortable with playing in position with a wide range against any player and any range. i played around 30/20 vpip/pfr.
@ nl200 i'm getting 3 bet to hell. getting 3 bet by the button when you are utg is such a tough spot.
alot of these pots are now 3 bet pots and i guess it will take time before i grow completely comfortable in 3 bet pots.
a weird spot that keeps coming to me is when BU or CO opens and the SB 3bets and I have like TT/JJ/AQ in the bb. i remember 4 bet bluffing somewhat regularly at nl100 but it seems as though these hands are a little to strong to 4 bet bluff but not strong enough to just flat and play oop. just wondering what you guys do here.
also i'm getting 3 bet alot when i open utg from certain buttons and it is hard to keep track and identify a range for them. i mean i know it's their right as they have position on me but is there no other adjustment than to narrow my range? i feel like incorporating 4 bet bluffs is the only answer but it is some what difficult to play enough hands and have solid enough reads to 4 bet bluff without getting reshipped by the nuts.
Cardistry, also known as XCM (xtreme card manipulation) is the "extreme" manipulation of cards. This involves intense moves and flashy displays. It can also be incorporated into magic routines.
Since poker is played with cards, and this is a poker community, I think cardistry is an art which may interest some of you. I have found it to be very useful for relieving stress. It's something very fun to switch to when you're trying to enforce a stop-loss. Just a few minutes of practice will make you forget about the downswing you just had.
Here are some demonstrations:
Some magic applications:
A downside to Cardistry is that it can be difficult hobby to start up, let alone knowing where to start. It's very easy to get discouraged early on when you can't do anything and you're dropping cards all over the place. But with the right guidance, and if you talk to people with more experience / use the internet, you can build up your foundation relatively quickly and perform some pretty impressive moves.
I've been doing cardistry for about a month and this is an awesomely visual yet easy cut that I just learned. (the cut itself took 4 hours)
That said, I'd encourage everyone who's stayed interested enough to watch all those videos and gotten through my post to give cardistry a try. If you're lost on where to start, you can PM me and I'll direct you to some resources. When you get better, don't show off too much in public if you still want to be invited to poker games
Who would put me up for the night ?by Gawuss, November 20
A couple days ago before falling asleep I had this idea to go on a spontaneous trip by myself to some random city in Europe for a few days or maybe a week. I would turn off my mobile phone, not say anyone where I'd go and just spend the whole time on a whim doing whatever I want without any worries. And now here's the question: Who would put me up for a night or two and hang out together, show me around and just chill ?? If you'd be willing to do so, just write where you live so that I can make a list of places I could visit It's not that you'd have to be with me all the time. I even think that going to a city where I don't know anyone would make the trip more interesting but it'd be great if any of you wanted to meet up if there was such option.
I don't give much of anything back to this community, so here's a little something that may benefit those of you who take it to heart.
First of all, let's look at the obvious: we're seated for hours on end. What does that lead to? Think about it: your knees are flexed, so your hamstrings are in a shortened position and they, inevitably, will shorten. Your hips are flexed, shortening your hip flexors and your rectus femoris (one of your quadriceps; the only one that crosses the hip joint). This tightness will lead to changes in the kinematics (movement) at the hip, knee, and ankle (Kinetic Chain).
Your arm or arms are stretched out in front of you, probably mostly just the side you use for your mouse. At the shoulder, this is called protraction. This changes the kinematics at the glenohumeral joint (shoulder). Depending on how bad it is, how long you've been like this, etc. it can lead to impingement at the shoulder. A quick test for this is to take your hand and place it on your opposite shoulder, leave it there, now bring your elbow to the ceiling. You feel a pinch? You may also notice it in overhead exercises like military press, incline bench press, skull crushers, etc.
Scapular Protraction: http://figureathlete.t-nation.com/img.../2008/08-FIG131-training/image009.jpg
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Scapular Retraction: http://figureathlete.t-nation.com/img.../2008/08-FIG131-training/image007.jpg
So, if your shoulders are constantly protracted, then the muscles on the posterior (rear) side will be put in a lengthened and essentially weakened position (Length-tension curve), namely your rhomboids, middle trapezius, and lower trapezius. This leads to winging and tipping of the scapulae (your shoulder blades). Winging and tipping essentially lead to instability/pain at that joint. This also puts the muscles on the anterior (front) side in a shortened position, which usually then become more dominant. This is often referred to as pec or pectoral-dominance as the muscles generally affected are the pec major and minor.
Let's talk posture. I can pretty much guarantee that your posture sucks. No big deal, right? Wrong. Maintaining crappy posture throughout the day has a variety of long term effects. Depending on how much time you put in on your computer, having your mouse at a different height than your keyboard may lead to a functional scoliosis (lateral curvature of the spine). Additionally, flat back and forward-head posture are common among people who spend a lot of time at their computers. As you can imagine these lead to neck and back problems.
This is really just the tip of the iceberg to be honest. If there's a significant amount of interest in this, I may post some follow up stretches/exercises prescribed with the internet poker player in mind. If not much interest is shown, you can always google exercises, or go pay for physical therapy (chiropractors can't help you, don't burn your money).
Oh ... My ... God!! Yes!! If I could post graphs I would but I'm a noob and can't get it to work. Anyways so I was hanging out with my buddies last night till about 1 am and decided I feel good enough to play a NL 100 session. I usually use a 3 buy in stop loss but I looked at my cashier 25 minutes into the session and I was down $500. HOw? I don't even know... All I could remember was getting sucked out on for 2 of my stacks and where the other 3 went? So naturally I keep playing and a little over a hour later I'm down $1100 (Although this was my fault as I can remember I called off a 175 bb flop shove with a double gutter). So I go to sleep dreadfully. I wake up today and having a day off of work I decide to recover. Started off rough going up $200 and then down $300. And then I started shitting on people over and over and over again. I didn't really start making hands till the last couple hours of my 9 hour session today - Mainly just rebluffed a lot of regs and played solid against the fish and random. I just finished about 20 minutes ago and I made $1250 plus about $150 in rakeback. I can't believe I got out of this nightmare so easily... Ship it!!! So from last night and today's session stats are: 8.6k hands, $600 below EV, 20/15/4.5, and made $270 including rakeback.
Is 8k hands a large enough sample? Trying to figure out why I keep losing. I feel like I'm playing solid enough. Generally speaking these stats tend to fall in line with winning players dont they? Just seems like if I'm not getting slowplayed, I'm value betting the worst hand vs droolers in spots where I simply have to bet.
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And I'm about to win HOTW finally, so its a double brag!!
(a flush, King high)
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It's not that you'd have to be with me all the time. I even think that going to a city where I don't know anyone would make the trip more interesting but it'd be great if any of you wanted to meet up if there was such option.
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