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Just as how this kid demonstrates.. motivation/10



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tough year, I was expecting to make at least 50k but was dreaming with 100k

http://i.imgur.com/SxPfjMU.jpg

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nl50 to nl400, but like 70% is NL100
ugly shit, don't think there's anyone who runs worst than me


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So, as an update of my games. I've learnt some 2-7 TD, Badugi and Razz, enough to beat fish and survive vs regs. But that's not enough for grinding next year. Playing vs regs at 3/6+ is boring and life consuming, and probabbly Im doing worst than break even. So, im going to keep studying in my career and other games next year, while playing some 2-7, Badugi, Razz and Stud8 from tournament series (no more than $500 probabbly) and play with fish no more than 10/20 depending fishyness
So, right now Im going back to my origins and learning NLHE again and waiting for a seven card stud book to arrive. So far I played like 3K hands of NL50 6max lately and it looks easy to beat. I see them somewhat passive with slow adaptation, but its ok for me to experiment some lines. Also, gonna see if I can watch some videos to get more present ideas of the game
I already been posting some at 2+2 as well since this forum is not as active as before, but I just got tired of seeing so much fishy post. Like asking ambiguous questions like how to play a $300 tournament in UK in the -Poker theory- section. Jeez, I just want to see a subfoum where ppl at least did a course in game theory or read a book. Same happens in the -draw poker- section. All hands discussed are from 1/2 and below and sometimes the answer can be found with pen and paper.

Year didnt end, but Im like -2K down. I think is like
-1.5K tournaments (22 - 500)
-500 Stud8 (2/4 - 10/20)
-1K 2-7 (2/4 - 30/60)
+500 Badugi (2/4 - 20/40)
+1K Razz (2/4 - 30/60)

lol at sample size, but I dont see myself grinding next year. Games became tougher at Razz and Stud8, games I tought I was going to grind.
Lets keep learning and enjoying life. Peace


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Arteezy now my new favorite player, hes so sick beyond words. I got to see most of the matches, including the semi-final with navi and dk which was quite sick too (4+ rapiers i think were bought on game 2).


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1st and last bump.






hey guys the deal i was on just ended in good terms so im in the need of lookin for another mid term stake.

as u may see in my stars sharkscope i had a rough start but i came from playin eurosites mtts and super small fields and softest games, i have improved a lot since i took part of the stable got coached and played a lot so my skill level is higher now obv.

i can play full time and run up to 100 games per day 4-5 days a week.

im willin to get a stake at stars for turbo 180s (3.5r and 8s) and low stake mtts (up to 22 fo regspeed, 11r regspeed, and 3r and 11 fo turbos) only open to play soft mtts at 888 if the backer is interested.

enough talkin, here come the graphs.

stars last 3 months (as i said moved from playin exclusively eurosites + learnin 180s)

http://i.imgur.com/ssM5OOW.png

180s from 3.5r to 8s (learned from zero, got pretty good coachin)

http://i.imgur.com/FM5eB32.png

as i mentioned before i had a rough start but then i adjusted to huge fields and tougher opponents.

last month:

http://i.imgur.com/uDBxdsE.png

ive got many deep runs at big 22, warm up etc, but as u all may know, "almost" is never great at mtts.

im honest, hard worker and i learn fast,im always doin reviews of my game and discussin with better players than me about hands, strategy, etc.

have good references and will provide more information if needed.

if u are interested plz pm me or post here and i will give my contact information.

i am pretty sure i can make money for the backer and myself, i have a lot of motivation and my mind is on the grind.

thanks for readin..


here u have my pre stars results (i used them for my last application)

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screen names:

ongame: BOOOOO0OOM
stars: SPEWTARD
party: DOULIKEIT
pacific (888): HUEHUAHUEHUA, ewalium, NoChops
Boss: DOULIKEIT
FTP: iLiKeToCaLL_777
pocket5s profile: http://www.pocketfives.com/profiles/bongky/





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Scotland: Beer=$5+ there
Me after 7 years in Scotland:
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Czech Republic: Beer=$1+ there

Me after 3 months in Czech Republic:
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Science time!
A real life researcher in a proper scientific Journal came to the following conclusion in their research

"All beers can be taken in moderation as part of so called "low carb" diet.
Translation: Drinking beer makes you shredded
"There is scope for positioning beers as being source of "good carbs" i.e. soluble fibre and probiotics
Translation: Drink Beer, Run Faster, Jump higher, perfect food baby


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bastards man.
So I think to myself, would be nice to have gym buddy for today...text this dude on my team I even ask him what time HE wants to go. He tells yeah Ill go man make it 1pm.
12:10 dude texts me he can't make it for no reason.

Call my friend, are you in town man? Nah Im away, but If you have time at 5 I'd go for sure.

So I change my schedule I sit there in my running clothes hat ready to run play a sesh dressed like freaking marathon runner, and obviously 4pm he calls me he can't make it.


how hard is this shit just tell me you can't make it I play a poker session in my gym suit like a retard change my time and dude can't make it again? The fuck is this shit.

What's wrong with people now I don't even wanna go where I could have gone mother efin 9am and be pumped all day.

Hashtag need a fucking reliable gym buddy how do I find one dot com

I go running with my sis and went yesterday but she doesn't do weights for some reason, what a girl.


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Herro everybody, pretty self explanatory thread here. I was just wanted to hear from those who have experience grinding live no limit cash games nowadays on a consistent basis and see what everyone has to say about there win rates and what their win rates could potentially be. I am very lucky to have a small card room that is only a 10 minute drive from my house where they have card tables for black jack, three card poker, and pai gow poker and also have another section for a bunch of limit hold em tables a couple plo tables and a couple no limit cash game tables where it's actually 1, 2, and 3 blinds (person on the button has to put in a one dollar blind, small blind is 2, and big blind is 3).

Not only is the game very close by, but the whole card room is extremely soft, every time I look around I could easily be the only in there that's not older than mid thirties. The atmosphere is also extremely friendly and there are a bunch of regulars but not the kind of regulars that just grind all day and listen to their I Pods, but regulars who are there almost every week just to hang out, crack jokes, and play a little gamble. From other sites I've visited I've read people reporting win rates from 20$/hr - 40$/hr from NL 1/2 and of course people reporting ridiculous win rates probably from heaters.

In a nutshell, what's everybody's win rate?, at what live stake?, how often do you guys play?, what do you think is a reasonable win rate in a soft environment?, etc.


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On Sunday I came back from 400km long trip, hangover as we went drinking sat after our match, tired as fuck from floorball games (One game lasts the same as ice hockey game) - perfect mix of being cocky and tilted for a disaster wipe of my BR.

My thought process was the basic 2 card one that I revert to when I play tilted - I open NL50 tables and this dude sits me - let's play till the fish join, no big deal.
has a ton of hands at 600NL from 2011 ish and a failed shot at high stakes, $400k tourney cashes
http://www.highstakesdb.com/profiles/Eduts.aspx



Needless to say, I get my ass handed to me.
11 wins, 31 losses lol
http://i.imgur.com/0MJ8Evv.png


These are the hands above 6bb, as went chronologically:
H1
-don't know him yet, he reps nothing much here and weak regs usually raise give up with air so I float.
Thing this was way too wide and my floating range should have less gutters and more back door flushdraws that I can continue with on the turn
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H2
This hand made me realize something's off and I started googling him.
- flop is a decent one for check behind imo with the sd value. On the river against nl50 regs should be a call because of the sizing - they usually are polarized when they bet like that and Ank never bets like that. When he used polarizing sizing with a hand like that I knew I was in trouble xD
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H3
he opened literally 100% buttons and called lot to 3bets so I rly think I have to be calling hands like these pf? I tried playign with 50vpip but I just l
On the river I hate a check call because I don't know what the hell to do so I bet big to try to look bluffy -,-
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H4
Prolly shouldn't even open that hand preflop wen he 3b rly wide?
postflop don't think I'd play differently 3way
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H5
So I wasn't 3betting him very much at all - but doing it with a hand like this is a desaster one way or the other. I just counted on him folding a lot pre as I didn't 3b much at this point. little did I know ;p
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H6
I got fucken pissed by now he was aggro and I tilted. think if someone 3b 20% we can get in 88 99 but probably not 22.
Problem I have with this hand against someone who 3b alot is that when I call I don't get paid as much, and this guy was somewhat balanced in that he wasn't cbetting too much and did cr some as PFR so I rly hated calling. guess if I want to call wide range and bluff at him it's nice to have pocket pairs and strong hands in my range but I just can't flat hands well v aggro good guys. Because I never play aggro guys that are also good xD
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H7
I felt I was totally being run over at this point - just folded preflop 8 times in a row just ran dead at the table I felt like I needed to take a stand at some point and did it with a hand like this, oops it just suck xD
Postflop I really don't know, the guy barrels with balanced frequency somewhat if I turn it into a bluffcatcher I pretty much fuck myself up and don't know how many to call off as the kicker's so weak. So basically I use the outs to barrel.
On the turn I pick up shitty heart draw I don't want ot cc or cf so bet seemed like the only option to me meh I dunno rly don't want to cf that aganst him when he call alot andwhen I cc I will want to strangle myself on pretty much any but 9 6 rivers.
River ship what else can I do
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H8
Ye like I am completely hemorrhaging money don't knot what the fuck to do here. If I 4bet I have to fold to shove - he wasn't shoving like crazy or anything. If I do it too small to 4b fold he calls me and I'm fucked anyway.
So calling seemed like the best option by far, I am ahead of his range a ton and dominate random suited QKx shit he 3b with.
But then again - I don't know what to do when I call 3bets... when I peel one on the flop U just fold the turn and give him even more money, basically I hope he cbets and checks it down? or that I hit a jack?
fml I just give it to him...again...
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H9
Ye so like he open 25% UTG 6max or somthing gay like that so I 3b stack off of course, in this flop he'll have air so much also draws yada yada he's aggro so I check raise in his face because fuck him... then I remembered that he likes to check behind IP and doesn't autobet when checked to like most people...oops? then I guess I wanted to seam weak I rly rep just shitty hands when I check twice and he should bet 2x on a lot of runouts so yeah check again call twice on river think I have to shove as I should cb a fd most of the time here.
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H10
Okay so like I hate my sizing on the flop here - it's consistent with my range but all draws fucken beat me. I rly want to reraise huge here to seem liek I have a huge cock and I'm super commited like with a set because any made hand is just a flip against me
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H11
Ye so like fuck that dude he 3b me foken all the time, Ima stack of 88. But wait the bitch calls me? fml of course. This is like the shittiest flop ever I have no equity mang but fuck him it's hits me A TON as well he should fold stuff.
Turn I just bet fold repping the nuts as he floated me like every time in any situation that kant.
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Alright I take this as paid tuition:
- Don't play HU at the highest stake you play when tilted and hangover
- Against good players I REALLY have to consider my own range and make sure I play based on equity, not raise with random shit just because I'm getting ran over.
- have to learn how to play when I call 3bets in and out of position.
- He showed me the importance of playing wide PF but then balancing postflop - float a lot IP, don't autocbet oop (He c/r against other people as PFR too), don't autobet vs missed cbets and generally use position a lot more. he c/r more than normal players and barreled more - basically when he'd be aggro postflop he'd make sure it's for more than one street if possible


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what site do you guys like to stream nba?


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Hey guys,

Can anyone recommend me some books which are talking about the mental aspects? Usually I don't tilt, but still have some moments, when I just can't close the client, even though I know I should or I'm going all-in just to try to run-up a big stack, even if I know it is -EV, but after a couple of beats, I don't have the patience to grind it up once more (the same applies after I make a deep run, I just don't feel like playing after that anymore, no matter if I win or lose). What do you do in the middle of an MTT session if u feel like tilt is taking over?

Want to improve my mental abilities and to develop an iron-will. Lately work has been pretty easy, with not many things to do and I just waste time, procrastinating. This is something I definitely want to get rid of, but it's effing hard. Another aspect I observed, that instead of cherishing the success of others, I'm rather jelly - I quickly ward off this feeling, but the first emotion I feel is definitely negative. This is another thing I hate about myself. So, if you have any advice, books or w/e, would be greatly appreciated.


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going to be launching in Jersey in the next week or so, they are pushing for federal and getting through many of the problematic stuff there was before. im quite optimistic that within 1-3 quarters this is going to pass and states will be back international with the world.

http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/n...me-global-online-gambling-hub-588950/

govt takes a long time tho, they vote every 3 months (I think)

Made most serious replies in previous blog, was many statesments and questions, if I missed any, let me know.

Trust the Process.

About the Cashgames, I want everyone to know this is my approach, 1-5 MTT's a day, and 4 tabling cashgames 24/7 if I'm not MTTing, or if its early stages of MTT's.

I hope to be able to move to Jersey in the next year and play w/ good playerbaes....ne one know any nice suburbs in Jersey that isn't very expensive? lmk in comments if so please.

Just passing news on to USA citizens,
know the feeling,
GL
RYan


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I quit MTT's. Except for Special MTT's and Live MTT's. (random MTT is ok..)

They can suck my nuts, im so tilted, literally want to shoot myself the last 2 weeks (except when im cg'ing..)

had 2 great chances yesterday, but lifetime of the previous 27k owned me *slightly more impatient daily* and i got a pittance compared to the 10k/15k...like fuckin always.

These are bringing extreme negative emotion to me and fucking with my ego.

I will play the Nightly 55/162 and 1-3 Sunday 215's SOMETIMES.

Pure Zoom for now on. Less stress, more fun, 99.3% less pain, can have a life, been winning cg for a few yrs now, but kinda just "really" got it this year when Marshall taught me.. TY Marshallgenius~

Sucking up this MTT loss and playin like 5 a month for now on. If you don't like it, suck it. Pokers my job, I gotta be where its profitable.

CG is fine - MTT's 1 mistake costs you soooooo much + badrun costs 28k in 2 weeks.....Fuck That.

I'm at 89k FPP btw, is there a bonus for reaching supernova? I see a $2500 bonus for 200k FPP, let me know if you know! (edit lol $200..)

TiltRant#
Ryan



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