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Yugless  United States. Apr 06 2007 11:41. Posts 7174 | | |
ive read some of the blogs and found them to be pretty interesting and thought it might be fun to write one so i thought i would start a serious blog. this is the story of my pokering so far.
i started out playing sngs, first $5 then $10. after a while i started making more money at sngs than i did at my job so i did what any rational, level headed person would do and quit my job. i proceeded to run horribly at sngs the week after quitting my job and decided to start playing cash games, which i had little experience with.
i started out at nl100 and had immediate success using the weak/tight style thats works so brilliantly at low level sngs because the players always pay off your big hands. i had a friend who also made the switch to cash after playing sngs and she told me about a player at nl25 who played 12 tables and just destroyed every table. i kinda laughed and thought, how good can this guy be if he plays nl25? i was confident he would get crushed playing with the big dogs like me at nl100  .
so one day i sat with my friend and played nl25 just for fun, and the player she told me about was there. that was the first time i played with straate, and he ran over me and the rest of the table. i spent hours watching him play after that, it was honestly nothing short of beautiful. it wasnt just blind, stupid aggression but being aggressive in just the right spots, folding when he had to, just making good aggressive decisions. i was fortunate enough to get his AIM and i watched as he moved up to nl200 and crushed it,like a man playing with boys. i was fascinated, and i tried to implement elements of his game in to mine. it blew up in my face. i started losing, so i went back to my weak tight game.
straate had introduced me to liquid poker, where i met the beloved ket . i got his AIM playing the wolf game i think, and once i got it i bombarded him with hh's and poker questions. he gave me the best poker advice i have gotten so far. he asked why i hadnt moved up to nl200 and i didnt really have an answer. i was making a decent living playing nl100 and never really considered moving up. he said once you have the bankroll to move up, move up. youre wasting money staying at lower limits when you can afford to move up, assuming you can beat the higher level. so i moved up.
poker was going good, playing a mix of nl200 and nl100, and i decided to get cardrunners. watching green plastic play a LAG style reminded me of straate, and i became interested in playing that style again. i starting watching straate play again, and i watch most of green plastic's videos. it sent me in to a tailspin. i just didnt get it. why isnt this working for me? i had a whole month where i was virtually breakeven, coupled with some major expenses in my life i had to deal with it was pretty disastrous and had me on the verge of busto. then my friend gave me some good advice. she told me, youre not straate. youre yug, and yug is a good, solid, winning player. just what i needed to hear and i started winning again.
i toned down the blind aggression that was getting me in trouble, but i was still feeling lost in certain situations. around the beginning of 2007 something clicked for me. i stopped feeling lost. it always seemed like there was a correct decision based on various factors. i was doing really well, making good aggressive decisions, outplaying a lot of the regulars. for the first time i started actually building an online bankroll instead of cashing out all of my winnings. around the beginning of march i moved up to 2/4 and have continued having success, even taking a few stabs at 5/10. my eventual goal is to be a regular winner at 10/20. i dont feel like the games are consistently profitable any higher than that unless you are one of the very best players.
thats the story so far, hope you enjoyed.
ps. today is my birthday so dont take any of my money plz
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Yugless United States. Apr 06 2007 11:44. Posts 7174 | | | |
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Twisted Netherlands. Apr 06 2007 11:46. Posts 10422 | | | |
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blunt_smokr United States. Apr 06 2007 11:54. Posts 1314 | | |
its ur b-day well HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU YUGLESS !!!  |
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Critterer United Kingdom. Apr 06 2007 11:57. Posts 5337 | | |
nice read! and happy birthday |
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ggplz Sweden. Apr 06 2007 11:58. Posts 16784 | | |
nice story
happy birthday |
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AleKSei Mexico. Apr 06 2007 12:07. Posts 1261 | | |
| | On April 06 2007 10:44 [vital]Myth wrote:
zomg! happy birthday  |
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PaleMan Russian Federation. Apr 06 2007 12:08. Posts 472 | | |
VN...H err read
happy birthday, be happy and reach your goal |
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straate Argentina. Apr 06 2007 12:08. Posts 2837 | | |
!!!! happy birthday too :D !!!! |
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Ket United Kingdom. Apr 06 2007 12:13. Posts 8665 | | |
cute story, ty for propz and happy birthday |
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PoorUser United States. Apr 06 2007 12:28. Posts 7472 | | |
cute story indeed and happy birthday
see you on my tables soon enough |
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[vital]Myth United States. Apr 06 2007 12:35. Posts 12159 | | |
| | On April 06 2007 11:28 PoorUser wrote:
cute story indeed and happy birthday
see you on my tables soon enough |
no, yug has good game selection |
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tae-g United States. Apr 06 2007 12:44. Posts 1782 | | |
happy birthday! mine was yesterday |
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Yugless United States. Apr 06 2007 12:47. Posts 7174 | | |
| | On April 06 2007 11:35 [vital]Myth wrote:
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On April 06 2007 11:28 PoorUser wrote:
cute story indeed and happy birthday
see you on my tables soon enough |
no, yug has good game selection
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Syntax United States. Apr 06 2007 12:52. Posts 4415 | | |
happy birfday
nice read |
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DooMeR United States. Apr 06 2007 15:38. Posts 8559 | | |
| | On April 06 2007 11:35 [vital]Myth wrote:
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On April 06 2007 11:28 PoorUser wrote:
cute story indeed and happy birthday
see you on my tables soon enough |
no, yug has good game selection
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