randomly read a bunch of old lper's blogs like sakisaki's and some others as well....
it was kinda crazy cause it seemed like the original group of lpers seems to be or was a pretty tight group who readily helped each other become good players through advice and support.
lp seems alot more isolated lately (not that i'm complaining or whining, just merely stating)
neways i guess it has some what inspired me and i guess this is a somewhat official reach out to any players who beat nl100+
obviously the nature of help in regard to poker is rather difficult due to the fact that nl200 players can help nl100 players but often nl100 players will be unable to help nl200 players.
neways not looking to start chatting everyday with poker discussions or anything but would like a few people to p.m every now and then.
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a little back ground info on me:
- i still play nl100
- am massively over rolled for it
- i occasionally play nl 200 and will prob permanently move up soon
- am sort of looking for coaching, but feel like i can beat or figure out how to beat nl200
- my goal for online poker is kinda low (maybe due to a skewed perception that nl400 is extremely difficult) but i would like to reach nl 600 some day
- i play alot of live poker these days (u just make so much more so much easier if online poker was this easy back in the day i really curse being born/introduced to poker 3-4 years too late, i play nl 2/5 live and occasionally nl 1000)
i played just a little under 30 hours this month and am actively trying to learn how to multi table =.= (i know this sounds stupid but i would love to be able to play like 8-10 tables instead of 4)
Year summary so far + october resultsby Joe, November 01
Hello Lp!
Year summary so far
October is over and since it has been the first month of this year in which I finally put in some decent volume, I am gonna post some results and thoughts about this year so far.
Until september this year I was quite lazy and instead of putting in decent volume and making some steady profit at 5/10NL and 10/20NL like last year, I was putting in 10-20k hands per month on average and mostly taking shots at 25/50NL or higher.
It didnt go very well as is usually the case, partly because obviously the games are pretty tough to beat and partly because you know, pokersites preffer grinders above shot-takers and most of the time they remind you about that when you try and take a shot at higher games, as documented by the following photography (in the spoiler) taken by someone from within pokerstars a couple years ago: + Show Spoiler +
Apart from online cash games, I played quite a few big live events and only made 1 small cash in them, which cost me quite something.
An unpleasant realisation
So, in the middle of August I took a look at my results and I found myself having a total net profit for the year in the range of what I was able to win or lose in 2-3 days at 25/50NL+.
The resolution
After realising that, I decided I really need to stop being lazy and taking retarded shots hoping I will just hit a heater and instead start putting in way more volume of good solid play in games for which I have a good bankroll and which I know I can beat (mostly meaning 5/10NL).
To accomplish that, I decided to move mainly to Pokerstars because one of the reasons I wasnt putting in the volume was that there simply wasnt enough tables at Prima very often and I didnt want to play lower or wait for games etc, I wanted to just join whenever I felt like it and always have enough tables to play. Since most action at PS is at the 20-50bb tables, I started playing a shortstack mostly (had some experience with shortstacking before, but obviously I had to put in some time into doing some math), but of course when there was good action at deep tables I played those too, not purely shortstacking.
The reality
Sadly, I didnt quite avoid playing 25/50NL+ in august yet and while it went okish at first, I got reminded about my resolution not to play those games by Pokerstars very soon: in a span of about 4-5 days in the beginning of september, I managed to lose about all of my yearly profit so far while ev-wise I should have been breaking even.
After that, I really decided strongly that I would stop playing higher than 10/20NL and except from a couple hundred of hands when there was a sick uberfish and I had the direct position, I really didnt.
I also decided I was going to play a lot in October, which by my standards I did. I played a total of 171.34 hours, which is 5 hours and 32 minutes a day on average. Thats probably at least like double of what I was putting in in the first half of the year, probably even more.
October results
Luckily, it proved to be the right way for me atm and I booked quite a solid month:
I am definately very happy with the amount of hands I put in. I am also quite satisfied with the results of 5/10, where I think I should be able to at least keep such a winrate longterm. I am still angry at myself for playing those couple hundred hands at 25/50NL, I could have had a really good month if it werent for that. Still, its kind of tough when I got used to winning or losing in about 2 days what I now made in a whole solid month of playing 5/10NL.
Shortstack vs. deepstack results
Anyway, since I was mixing in playing with all kinds of stacksizes from 20bb up to maybe 300bb, I was quite curious how I was doing when on a shortstack and when deeper.
First screenshot is results filtered by stacksize under 30bb:
Thats it for the results. From now on my plan is to put in a minimum of 50k hands every month, mostly at 5/10 with some 10/20 with good table selection. I hope to be able to achieve a winrate of about 2 BB/100 at 5/10 over a large enough sample size (250k+ hands). If I manage to achieve that I will then maybe allow myself to start taking some shots again, but only while still maintaining a decent amount of volume.
Other than online grinding I will most likely attend EPT Prague in December and before that I will possibly make a trip to Los Angeles and then to Hawaii. Its suppossed to be a non-poker trip for the most part, but since I havent visited The Commerce casino yet, I am definately gonna go and play there a bit if I am in LA. If anyone from the area wants to meet up, just leave a message.
Hope everyone had a good halloween. Mine was pretty good. This year I was Maverick from Tom Cruise. A bunch of my buddies and I had a little pre drink at my place and then ended up going over to our other buddies place for a Keg party. It was a pretty good once, dece ratio lol. Got absolutely hammered. Great Night. The best costume I saw was this one guy who was dressed up as a pack of Zig Zags. It was pretty well done lol.
But yea so onto the poker and other random stuff. This month went pretty well for me and I put in a lot of hands. Been averaging around 60k hands per month over the last two months but managed to get in 90k this month which Im happy with. Here are the results
I was pretty shocked to see that my all in ev is pretty close. I would however like my winrate to be a bit higher, closer to 5-6 bb/100 which I think is totally obtainable at 25nl. Ive been playing around a 12/9 style which is pretty TAG/kinda nitty so I think I can open up my ranges in a lot of spots and Ive been messing around with these ranges a lot lately with the help of my new found love pokerstove. :D
Ive been having fun working on my ranges lately but Ive come to realize that it is a lot better to not really have a range set in stone. Instead Ive been just trying to look at the situation and see if that certain hand is a profitable in this spot. Its been working really well. I think that working on all these ranges lately has helped me narrow down what I think a lot of the regulars have in certain hands. A lot of the time there hands are played so straight forward and I am able to play very well against them now.
Starting tables is going alright. My HU game is getting alot better since I did a refresher and watched quite a few videos. Thanks for the recommendations guys. Now I need your help again! I wanna do another refresh on my SH game which still isnt that great either. What are some great starting videos for someone looking to just get into 6 max? I have access to all of the training websites.
So for November my goals are going to be as follows:
- 100k+ hands
- 1k+ Profit w/o rb.
- 4bb/100+
- Gym 3+ times a week (been doing really well at this lately)
So onto Starcraft 2! Ive been playing a bit more lately and Im having a lot of fun with Terran. I feel like thats the race Im best with. After playing in the Bronze division all month I finally made it to Silver! lol. For the most part in Bronze I just out macro everyone and its GG. Hopefully silver gives me more of a challenge :D What should I expect in moving up leagues? I dont really play much 2v2 but really feel like playing some. The problem is I dont like playing with a random because usually they really really suck so if anyone wants to 2v2 sometime pm me on here and Ill give you my SN.
But anyways, Im gonna go play a couple games, go over some studies and then crash. Peace all!
PokerStars Game #51701573212: Tournament #325062588, $55.00+$2.50 USD Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/10/26 13:54:17 AT [2010/10/26 12:54:17 ET]
Table 325062588 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: deneg_day (1070 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (1930 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
deneg_day: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 40 to 60
deneg_day: calls 40
Showdown deneg_day: shows (a pair of Sixes)
Hero: shows (a pair of Sixes - Ace+Jack kicker)
Hero collected 2140 from pot
deneg_day finished the tournament in 4th place
Summary Total pot 2140 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: deneg_day (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) showed and won (2140) with a pair of Sixes
What Music Do You Listen to While Playing Pokerby imachrisbrownu, October 31
I was just wondering what types of music everyone listens to while playing poker.....and is it different when playing online versus live? Also do you have a set playlist or use music blogs/pandora....i personally like listening to some electronic dance music personally....kinda just gets me pumped up/motivated
So I failed miserably in terms of my volume goals this month. I played a pathetic 39k hands. Played around a bit too much this month. And doesn't look like next month will be much more productive as I'm going to be traveling to Korea to visit family there.
On the flip side just came back from Eugene and partied pretty hard all weekend long. I was Captain Hammer from the Dr. Horrible's sing along blog. If you havn't watched it i recommend it asap. good stuff.
I as looking for the 20k month as i was up over 12k in the first 10 days of this month but I kept bouncing back and forth from ~15k to ~12k about 4-5 times. Had my biggest losing day this year at just around ~5k last week and had multiple + and - 10 buyin days. Rush poker is pretty crazy even at full ring ;o. But hell, can't complain been a good month.
need ftp dollars for my pokerstars dollarsby Robinson47, October 31
would like to swap $1000 of my pokerstars for $1000 of yourfull tilt $$ let me know if you help me out, ill send first if well known poster. What are the tourneys to play on full tilt on a sunday? will be back online at 12.00 to hopefully swap with anyone kind enough to help me out.
Im gunna play the lot tonight, anyone else playing all the big sundays and like to chat while playing maybe swap 10% in some of the big sunday fields add me ro_bo_robinson@hotmail.com.
Took some leftover rakeback and starting playing micro CAP games on FTP to limit my risk of ruin. The funny thing is I found it to be one of the most relaxing ways to play poker, short of getting high (k2o is progressively perking my interest in this). As a loose aggressive player I tend to see a lot of bad beats just from playing so many pots, at least at small stakes games. I feel I'm pretty good at hand reading, although not so great at playing postflop, such as when to value bet and when to not. My sessions usually result in winning lots of small-medium pots, and then losing one huge one to set me all the way back. The beauty of these micro cap games is that fish are still playing them like normal poker, none of that SS strategy you see at higher cap games. This is great because I can get reasonable value from all my 60/40 hands the way I should, and win pot after pot after pot. When that suckout comes around the corner the most I can ever lose is 30BB's. Fuck you variance, how ya gonna get me now? Even if I lost 5 hands in a row I'd probably just end breakeven. If I lose 5 hands in an uncapped game I'm probably in the deep red. Sure I miss out on value, but only from hands I'm likely to make 2% of the time anyway. For all you regs im sure that 2% makes up for all the losses in between. If you lose 180BB's over 400 hands but win 200BB in one glorious moment then you're ahead. Well problem for me is I dont play long enough to reach those pivotal moments. I quite enjoy battling players one at a time through leisurely play until im satisfied and choose to quit. There's also some sick sick fish at the high stakes cap games who just like the thought of playing 5/10, so it doesnt hurt to get used to it and craft my own theories for optimal play as I get there.
Ultimately though, it's simply +EV for me as a person to play these. It really doesnt bother me at all to lose AJs aipf to K9s for 30BB's as it would for 100 which happens quite often. I wish it didnt bother me at regular NL either, but thats another lesson I have yet to learn.
Is he hopeless? Ive tried. by The M Show, October 30
Lately ive been feeling pretty bad for my room mate. Him and I have been grinding for a while now, both with a little bit of success. The difference between us is that I play cash games and he is a donkament player. To his own admission he would probably say he got pretty lucky back in the day when he had two pretty big scores.Since then hes managed to do alright and make ends meat. Lately tho he has been hitting a pretty big rough patch over the past 5 months or so I would say but he is absolutely convinced that it is just a bad run of cards. I am not so sure though.
I dont know how he does it but he still only 1 tables mtt's or sngs, and doesnt use a hud and hes been playing over 4 years probably now. Personally this just sounds so tedious and I would have probably jumped off my balcony a long time ago if I had to do this. He also goes on the sickest tilt I have ever seen. Im not even kidding. I know every time he loses a big pot when Im in my room grinding because I can hear him SCREAMING f bombs etc. He also does the old tilt chat too which is pretty amusing. Id say he has Phil Hellmuth traits haha. Its true though.
So anyways I know his roll is getting really really low and I want to help him out because I think thats what a good friend does but I honestly dont even know if its worth it or what to do anymore because he is just so stubborn and has a huge ego. I have tried telling him everything and anything I can to help him. You name it, Ive probably tried. Still though he doesnt listen because like I said, he thinks he is the best player out there and its just a bad run of cards.
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