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k2o4 United States. Apr 18 2008 00:22. Posts 4803 | | |
Well the good news is I'm back to NL100 and am playing solid winning poker there! But let's not get into that yet... first pics. My GF and I have decided to get a new smaller camera that we can take with us when we go out, cause the camera we have now is massive and fancy (my GF is pro photographer rite) so we can't really take it partying or anything for fear of losing it and the pain of carrying it. Once we get the new cam I should have pics more consistently, and of cooler stuff. For now we'll just have to make due with these!
We went out to Boulder again last weekend cause the weather was awesome and I just wanted to be outside. We hit up a park and had a Chipotle picnic, then laid out in the sun and read for a bit. Got a call from my friends and they met up with us at the park and we hung for a bit tossing the frisbee, smoking cigars and bullshitting.
And something occurred to me - if we hadn't grown up together there's no way we'd all be hanging out. Just looking at the 4 of us we were such an odd group. Know how you normally see friends hanging out that all look pretty much the same? Like these guys:
I know... overused pic, but it fit what I was saying perfectly. THESE GUYS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FRIENDS RIGHT?
When I was young my group of friends all did the "thug" style and it was clear that we were all in the same crew. Now we're grown up and have gone our separate ways, and man we do NOT look like we should be together. Let's look at the pics with this info in mind:
DISCLAIMER: I feel bad cause these don't make my friends look too good, so I do wanna say that when they go bar hopping and partying they don't look close to as scrubby. I basically always look like shit, so there's nothing I can say to salvage the pics of me. Go on now, enjoy a few laughs you bastards
We start with my friend Logan who is a real estate agent that started his own company which has done very well. He was always the guy in our group who spent the most time at the gym, but he's getting old and lazy and outta shape. Now compare him to...
Oobley, or, Bobby, but we call him Oobley cause of some fucked up face plant he does at the pool everytime we let him near the diving board. He works for a moving company. Then we go to...
Marshall! One of my best friends who grew up poor surrounded by crime due to his brothers, but was able to get into the New York Film Academy and graduate. He lived in NYC for the last 5 years and went from a "thug" to I dunno what, lol. Now he does web design. Lastly...
ME! I dunno wtf I am - skater turned thug turned jock turned BW geek turned wannabe poker player.
Anyways, here's some frisbee shots. I took this and am very proud of my amazing timing!
Marshall goes for the between the legs catch... he failed but it was fun to watch him try and take a shot to the shin in the process.
And here's our picnic area and my lady lying around while we BS'd.
Yeah, we do NOT look like we should be hanging out together. Not one bit.
Ok, moving on to poker! I built the BR up to a little under $2,400 and decided to take a NL100 shot yesterday. It went ok despite running bad and I made a half a buyin. Got overconfident though and after a break I sat down and got into the most horrendous session I've had in a long time. I quickly lost 5 buyins, first to bad luck and then to spew... eventually got out of the downward spiral and won most of it back and came out with a 2 buyin loss for the end of the night. Felt very disillusioned and went to bed.
This morning I woke up and tried again but made 2 stupid mistakes and came out with a 1 buyin loss. I left the tables really quick after seeing that I was about to tilt. I took a break and spent some time talking to myself and realized that I was way too anxious. I wasn't calm, I wasn't patient, and I wasn't playing my A+ game at ALL. I was just anxiously waiting for the next hand to play that might make me money. I'd totally lost my cool.
So I got in touch with a friend and he saved me. He was kind enough to sweat me for 1.5 hours and I got a feel for the flow of NL100 and how to handle the new aggression. We took in a buyin and a half and I felt great. Then I did another solo session later tonight and won another buyin despite losing a buyin in a marginal spot right at the beginning of the session.
This means that I've had 3 winning sessions, 2 losing ones, and my BR is exactly where it was when I first started my shot, lol. Well, that's not totally true, I'm up to $2,437 now... so slightly up in my BR, haha. But the important thing is that I'm feeling confident about how to play NL100 now. I've adjusted my game from what I was doing @ NL50 and feel like I can keep playing solid winning poker @ NL100 AND I have a big enough BR for it. If I run really bad and drop below 2K I'll regrind NL50. But I think I will be able to play well enough to at least break even and most likely win... now I just need that heater which has eluded me for the last 2 months!
And we can't forget the standard routine of putting pictures to the words of my poker story!
Here's the sweat session + the solo session I did later (posting this separately cause I consider this to be me playing good poker and the other shit to be my freak-out spew fest):
And here's everything from my NL100 shot so far:
Oh, almost forgot... if you haven't seen it you should check out Big_Rob_48's blog... trust me, it's worth it. Best thing I read all day ^^ And also big thanks to sniderstyle for being the coolest person on LP!
Wow, long enough. That's all. Leave a comment on your way out!
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Baalim Mexico. Apr 18 2008 00:30. Posts 34262 | | |
i hate people who smoke cigars and they have no fucking idea what they are doing, when u see somebody young smoking a cigar you can almost certainly tell he is a douchebag |
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looks like you're living a happy life 
gl at NL100 yo, don't sit at my tables plz  |
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lachlan Australia. Apr 18 2008 00:36. Posts 6991 | | |
i just passed through, reading ur blog, wasnt going to comment but then i saw ur msg at the end 
nice blog and i like reading the ones where u post pics of ur everyday life, keep em coming |
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k2o4 United States. Apr 18 2008 00:42. Posts 4803 | | |
| | On April 17 2008 23:30 Baal wrote:
i hate people who smoke cigars and they have no fucking idea what they are doing, when u see somebody young smoking a cigar you can almost certainly tell he is a douchebag |
so funny cause I HATE them too - I love carlins take on em that it's just a big brown dick with a white business asshole sucking on the wet end of it. But Logan is an awesome guy and while I'm sure he now rolls with that crowd pretty often, he's still the same guy. Just another point in why it's so fucking odd that we're all friends, haha. I'm like the nerd crowd, logans the business asshole crowd, oobley is like the white trash crowd, and marshall is the artsy crowd. and then my GF is from fucking Tibet.... weird world when you can get those 5 very different types of people together, and then to all get along and have fun too, haha!
| | On April 17 2008 23:30 kimseongchan wrote:
looks like you're living a happy life
gl at NL100 yo, don't sit at my tables plz |
haha, I'll GLADLY stay away ^^
| | On April 17 2008 23:36 lachlan wrote:
i just passed through, reading ur blog, wasnt going to comment but then i saw ur msg at the end
nice blog and i like reading the ones where u post pics of ur everyday life, keep em coming |
thanks man, I will try to keep em coming. |
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ggplz Sweden. Apr 18 2008 01:08. Posts 16784 | | |
| | On April 17 2008 23:30 Baal wrote:
i hate people who smoke cigars and they have no fucking idea what they are doing, when u see somebody young smoking a cigar you can almost certainly tell he is a douchebag |
lmao, i tried to smoke a cigar a while ago cuz my buddys mom brought them to a pokergame my friends were playing
wow i totally suck at smoking cigars rofl, i think they suck tbh, ppl kept saying shit like 'yo dont breathe it in dude' im like what? |
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ggplz Sweden. Apr 18 2008 01:09. Posts 16784 | | |
also stop being a nit
u all look fine together |
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k2o4 United States. Apr 18 2008 01:11. Posts 4803 | | |
| | On April 18 2008 00:09 ggplz wrote:
also stop being a nit
u all look fine together |
I don't think so at all - maybe it's cause of past history. I need to find a pic of us in HS. Such a funny contrast ^^ |
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sniderstyle United States. Apr 18 2008 03:33. Posts 2046 | | |
hey k2o4
It's awesome that you have your confidence and in a groove at 100nl. Glad I could help you out with that.
I've always been impressed with your dedication to learning the game. I think that is a huge asset to have so keep it up.
Even though we may not have the talent and instinct as some of the top poker pros, we will still struggle like hell to improve. I have respect and willing to help anyone who is willing to go through that journey with me.
Anyway, keep it up yo~ gl and run well! |
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whamm! Albania. Apr 19 2008 06:48. Posts 11625 | | |
that other friend of yours looks like michael chiklis from the shield |
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k2o4 United States. Apr 19 2008 13:57. Posts 4803 | | |
| | On April 19 2008 05:48 whamm! wrote:
that other friend of yours looks like michael chiklis from the shield |
ROFL!!
I am gonna tell him that next time I see him. He'll probably be really happy. |
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