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k2o4 United States. Aug 12 2008 15:49. Posts 4803 | | |
So I moved back up to NL50 at the beginning of this month and so far it's been a violent ride. I've got a new strategy these days, because I realize that I cruised through the limits before, partially on heaters, and never really got the full depth of the game. Now I'm playing a lot more hands and keeping a nice large BR for my limit so that I have a good cushion. I focus on reading people and trusting my gut, and trying to find spots to make moves. Not so easy to find on NL50 since people suck, but there are places where they suck and give out money. So I basically drop my fear and go for it and don't freak out when I'm way off base. I just try and learn from it. This causes some swingy times till I really get a sense of the limit. I tried this @ NL25 and I was break even and swingy for a while, and then I found the little spots where NL25 players really spew or give out tells of when you can bluff em, and I took advantage and started cruising. I'm sure the same will happen @ NL50, I just gotta be willing to learn and take chances. And also keep in mind that just cause it works 1 time doesn't mean it will every time, hence the long period of time I gotta do this before I really feel like I know where the weak spots are. So I'm playing a much more "feel" style of poker than I ever did before, which is going to be ESSENTIAL to winning higher up. I can't just play ABC or go maniacal and hope for a heater, and now is the time to learn. Here's what this months graph looks like so far:
I'm also hoping to get back to platinum star which is a bitch to do @ NL50, but I'm playing a lot and figure if I get 45k hands in this month I'll make it. Saving my FPP as well, which I want to use to buy a $600 bonus. I figure by the time I'm both platinum star and have enough fpp for the bonus, I'll be nearing NL100, and a 6 buyin bonus is always nice to have clearing when you start a new limit!
I'm also determined to make supernova this year. I hit 50k vpp really fast cause I was playing a lot of hands @ NL100 and NL200 in the beginning of the year. Then tilt and downswings hit and I moved down limits and have barely made any vpp in the last few months. I have 4.5 months to make about 27k vpp, and I think I can do it, especially if I get back to NL100. My goal is to make 10k vpp a month so that I clear supernova early, plus that keeps me @ platinum.
I also watched this Zeitgeist movie that was linked in the main chat....
http://zeitgeistmovie.com/main.htm
I had it on in the background as I played. Crazy shit and some very interesting stuff in there. The religion part was the best cause I felt like it was very very solid. The other stuff on 9/11 and the banks wasn't as solid, but it wasn't as far fetched crazy as shit I've seen on the net before. I think that there's some truth in everything they put forward though I'm not sure how much and I'd have to spend time checking their facts myself before I bought into anything. But if their facts are solid then they put together a pretty damning case.
Anyway, I like doing poker with shit like that playing in the background, things that are entertaining me, cause then bad beats bounce right off me and I don't get tempted to spew or force things to happen, and I don't over-read people and level myself since I'm not sitting there bored trying to force action. I find that with the stats I have through HEM I can get most of my reads when the table pops up and I review them real quick, plus I then factor in timing. If I'm in an important hand I stop paying attention to what I'm watching and try to keep that main table up visible, and focus on timing so I can try to factor it in to decision making.
Anyway, figured I'd just blog a bit. The last few days (pretty much since friday) have sucked poker wise and I've either broke even or lost money in sessions. Today I finally won, which was nice. I was starting to spew by over-reading and getting impatient. Today I got rid of that and there ya go, winning session.
Lastly I wanna shout out to kimseongchan who I just found out via his blog is a fellow tony robbins fan. Keep up that personal power program pal =)
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LAG poker is fun  glyo |
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jase Australia. Aug 12 2008 20:17. Posts 1604 | | |
i enjoy playing with you, you play good |
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whamm! Albania. Aug 12 2008 20:42. Posts 11625 | | |
gl man. ull get to supernova before u know it. helps if u dont think about it at all and just play a decent amount. going for it on purpose will just tilt you imo. |
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k2o4 United States. Aug 12 2008 23:15. Posts 4803 | | |
| | On August 12 2008 19:17 jase wrote:
i enjoy playing with you, you play good |
I bet I spewed a bunch off to you to be getting such a nice compliment =) |
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100Large Canada. Aug 12 2008 23:54. Posts 359 | | | |
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| i really want the coke and the money but ill settle for your necklace | |
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