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Meh session last night

lambo — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:10:36 GMT

Instead of playing in the early evening when the games were good, I decided to watch the Raptors almost blow the game against the Heat. Toronto has all the money in the world for their sports teams, but they're too cheap to spend money on some real prize players. Sigh..

I put in a 45 min session on Cake and managed to win a bit over $200. It's going to be my last month playing there, so after my November rakeback gets in my account, I'll withdraw my roll and just play SnGs with my gold chips until I can ship the free ipod. I only need 200 more gold chips to get the Nano, so that shouldn't be too difficult.

Hopefully I can grind out another 5-8k more hands before the month is over. I'm really anxious to play the 200nl games again, but I first need to build my roll a little more and really control my tilt. I do have tilt issues (as Pikkupossu mentioned in my blog post) and it's my biggest demon right now. I've been playing shorter sessions to help battle this and I really think it's helping me.

Thanks for reading.

2/4 Shot time again.

Probability — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:37:58 GMT

I am ready for 2/4 again.

I took a shot tonight and lost 1/2 a BI.

The games were softer then the 1/2 games which was surprising.

Having a lesson with Greg tomorrow, that should be fun.

Baron Davis On McDonalds

Vitas23 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:03:10 GMT

Lemme get to mo dub cheeseburgers. . .

poker, school, coaching.

klink- — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:39:28 GMT

Due to school, and me drinking every night (mainly me drinking every night), i only put in about 6k hands in the past week or so, but i'm up almost $1.5k so its all good. Had a +$550 session of 100NL for an hour today, and a pretty good session at 200NL. I'm at somewhere around 30k hands this month, hopefully i can get some work ethic starting tomorrow. Withdrew some money to pay for my snowboarding trip this winter and plane tickets this spring, so i guess that gives me more incentive to grind out some money, plus i'm like 900 VPPs away from clearing my stars bonus. So far i'm beating 200NL for like 5bb/100 over a pretty small sample though, although i don't even mind playing 100 right now cause the games are just so easy to beat. Hopefully i can put in enough hands over break to meet my goal of 50k hands this month, and after a pretty brutal downswing to begin the month, i'm back to +$3k ish.

I also deferred all my med school apps to next year, since i don't plan on actually starting in the fall. I think i'm going to need a better excuse than "played poker" to explain why I took a year off, so i might try finding a part time job working at some research position. My friend Ming who is also a poker player, is taking a year off and working at Pfizer doing research there, and i have interned there over the summer for 3 years, so i'm thinking i might try getting a part time job there starting this summer. I think its going to be a relief not having to fly around the country doing interviews this spring, considering i have already been accepted into 2 schools that i don't mind going to at all. I don't know how many people who read this are applying to med schools or planning on applying, but if you have any questions, shoot me a pm.

I started coaching some people, and its going pretty well so far. I have 3 guys that are playing mostly 50NL taking shots at 100 right now that have either gone on sick heaters since i started coaching them or i'm just that good of a coach. I think its more of the latter :). Here is one:

i started doing sessions with him at around 10k hands. Anyways, if anyone is interested in coaching, shoot me a PM.

I set some goals for myself, that are pretty lofty, but i think very doable. By this time next year, i really want to be playing 5/10 and 10/20. I think its going to be tough, but i don't think i ever got anywhere by aiming low.

Finally breaking through

Irishman07 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:43:32 GMT

After struggling to get consistent results the past few weeks, I've finally been getting my hands paid off the past couple days. It feels like I'm really playing at a high level and its nice to have results to back that up. Had a +12 buyin day today at 2/4, which is definitely nice. I can't even remember the last time I booked a +10 buyin day. According to HEM, I shoulda had another 2 buyins in all-in EV, so its also nice knowing the results came about from solid play and not just running super hot.

Of course its also nice when you can find players that do this:

Full Tilt Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (UTG): $406
BTN: $895.90
SB: $478
BB: $802.70

Pre-Flop: Q Q dealt to Hero (UTG)
BB folds, Hero raises to $12, BTN folds, SB raises to $20, Hero raises to $62, SB raises to $104, Hero raises to $406 and is All-In, SB calls $302

Flop: ($812) T T 3 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: ($812) 8 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($812) 5 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $812 Pot ($2 Rake)
Hero showed Q Q (two pair, Queens and Tens) and WON $810 (+$404 NET)
SB showed 6 K (a pair of Tens) and LOST (-$406 NET)

Normally I don't try to chat and tilt donks in fear of them leaving, but this guy was hyper aggro and I felt he would stay and spew even more if i got him a little riled up, so I chatted him up a bit:

ApobatesRacer: sorry dude
ApobatesRacer: cooler
wms1856: shut the fu.ck up..u shouldnt hav called when i re reaiseed yuou
wms1856: reraised
ApobatesRacer: yeah it was a misclick
s4tolly: ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
ApobatesRacer: just lucky i guess
ApobatesRacer: i meant to fold
ApobatesRacer: it was a bold aggressive call by you though

He goes on to swear and berate me a little more, but sadly I had to leave for dinner before I could take any more of his money. Interestingly enough, according to villain, I guess QQ is a fold to a 5bet from $62 to $104, but K6s is a call of a 6bet shove.

mid month update

pikkupossu — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:37:07 GMT

been lazy lately. just having had like 2 or 3 sessions this week so far. pretty pleased with this month so far. i still find myself making a few bad plays here and there, usually it costs me a stack and then im forced to shut down in an attempt to calm myself.

i would like to see myself actively be more aggressive preflop with some more 3 betting. i've been seeing a lot more flops lately and putting more emphasis on postflop play. but i can never play enough hands on the button and should really strive to make the conscious effort to do so.

i had a super weird session yesterday. i was happily grinding away on a bunch of tables. then for some weird reason, 3 tables at the same time just go blank. i had typed in my bet and hit bet but nothing happened. sure its might be no big deal if it was some blind steal spot vs 2 regs or something, whatever. but it just so happened to be KK 4 way to a flop of Q94 and AA vs a 70/12 drooler who open limped the CO. i get force folded on the AA hand, effectively losing 4 dollars in the process and my DP apparently finds a way to work and i win the KK hand. this was extremely frustrating. normally i'd stop my session, but i had just started, the tables were great and these random freak occurances didnt really affect my bottom line that much.

so i try to sit back in on those 3 tables that went busto. the client refused to let me sit back in. so for 2 orbits i was active on a bunch of other tables, but handicapped on those 3 select tables. fine, screw you party. i'll just leave those tables and find more. the session continues. an hour in. all 10 tables just instantly shut off and party reboots. i am so very confused. nothing like having 10 tables pop up and you are posted OOP on 4 of them.

words can not describe my frustration. i actually had that session recorded too, but then camtasia decides to bug out and lose that video. *sigh*

while im talking about camtasia, can anyone out there explain to me why none of my videos work? if i record 2-4 tables its a great success. but i cant ever get any of my 6-10 tabling videos to develop. instead i get to ocnvert the camrec file to an avi and stick that file into WMP so i can review my session. if anyone (im looking at you vita23) knows how to fix this, shoot me a PM.

a hand for the readers :

Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $77
UTG: $243.61
MP: $639.75
CO: $952.35
BTN: $428.60
Hero (SB): $411.10

Pre-Flop: 8 8 dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG calls $4, MP raises to $16, 2 folds, Hero calls $14, BB folds, UTG calls $12

Flop: ($52) 8 A K (3 Players)
Hero bets $44, UTG folds, MP calls $44

Turn: ($140) 4 (2 Players)
Hero checks, MP checks

River: ($140) K (2 Players)
Hero checks, MP bets $100, Hero raises to $351.10 and is All-In, MP calls $251.10

Results: $842.20 Pot ($3.50 Rake)

this hand really had me steaming the other night. i absolutely hate my river play. its funny cause i recorded that session on camtasia and watched a few parts of it today and i can see my thought process on the river. just bleah, way to turn my hand into a bluff. my thought process on the flop is that im going to bet/3 bet hopefully trapping the middle player who was a fish. when villian, who is a very good reg flats, i figure he never has a set, and he probably doesnt have the Qd either. when the turn is checked thru, im 100% certain he doesnt have a flush, however when the board pairs on the river, i get all excited. i has a full house! take manies!

what a horrible thought process on the river. what the heck flats that flop, checks that turn and bet/calls a check raise all in on that board?

**** all.

i managed to find someone who might coach me in PLO. im remotely excited about this possibility. all the larger cash games in my city are mainly PLO. they are super soft and action filled. i mean sure, live poker to me is equal to getting on my knees and walking through broken glass, but once in a while doesnt hurt. I'd only ever play when the CPT comes into town anyways. still, i'd like to learn PLO, NLHE has kinda become a bit stale. its a great source of income, but meh, its nowhere as thrilling or exciting as it was a year ago. learning something new will be cool i guess, we'll see how it unfolds.

for the record, im terrible at any form of poker that involves me having more than 2 cards. and everyone who plays with me in real life knows this, so being able to not suck at mixed games will be great :)

hopefully i get time to put in more hands. kinda tied down with the worst sleeping schedule and exams and assignments. school cant end fast enough. the novelty of school has definitely worn off.

till next time, stop tilting at the tables.

the - 8.5bi session

ultrasPNT — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:55:35 GMT

Read somewhere they all have it and it affects them... so I had mine funny part I played worse and won on other times... it's just some unfair variance the :" oh look at ultrasPNT, wow 7.5BB in 17k hands... wow he's hot let's bring him down to 3.7BB push the button ". So... I'm going to be a pro and take 24 hours off and then come back with a clear head. Here's some hands, I keep pushing the wrong buttons:

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HAND #1: sick cooler deep table vs decent aggressive regular that steals
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Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

CO: $147.80
BTN: $100
Hero (SB): $100
BB: $100
UTG: $243.85
MP: $61.80

Pre-Flop: K:club: K:spade: dealt to Hero (SB)
3 folds, BTN raises to $2, Hero raises to $6.50, BB folds, BTN raises to $20, Hero raises to $100 and is All-In, BTN calls $80 and is All-In

Flop: ($200.50) 3:diamond: 6:diamond: 5:diamond: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: ($200.50) 5:heart: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($200.50) T:spade: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $200.50 Pot ($3 Rake)
BTN showed A:diamond: A:club: (two pair, Aces and Fives) and WON $197.50 (+$97.50 NET)
Hero showed K:club: K:spade: (two pair, Kings and Fives) and LOST (-$100 NET)

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HAND #2: this is vs retarded fish, sometimes I like to gamble; thought about this hand a lot, I guess it's not a bad play if you like to gamble... pretty nice odds for a gambler,
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Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

CO: $97.60
Hero (BTN): $100.50
SB: $50
BB: $50
UTG: $92.05
MP: $94.70

Pre-Flop: J:heart: J:diamond: dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG raises to $1.75, MP folds, CO calls $1.75, Hero raises to $7.75, 3 folds, CO calls $6

Flop: ($18) K:diamond: T:heart: Q:spade: (2 Players)
CO bets $89.85 and is All-In, Hero calls $89.85

Turn: ($197.70) Q:club: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($197.70) T:club: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $197.70 Pot ($3 Rake)
CO showed K:spade: 8:spade: (two pair, Kings and Queens) and WON $194.70 (+$97.10 NET)
Hero showed J:heart: J:diamond: (two pair, Queens and Jacks) and LOST (-$97.60 NET)

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HAND #3: a tag decides to 3bet me with q4, probably would give up on a non spade turn, sick hand, again I have good odds.
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Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $203.75
Hero (UTG): $101.25
MP: $53.05
CO: $50
BTN: $83
SB: $106.25

Pre-Flop: A:spade: Q:spade: A:spade: Q:spade: dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to $1.75, MP raises to $5.50, 4 folds, Hero calls $3.75

Flop: ($11.75) Q:diamond: 5:diamond: 4:spade: (2 Players)
Hero checks, MP bets $8, Hero calls $8

Turn: ($27.75) 7:spade: (2 Players)
Hero checks, MP bets $18.50, Hero calls $18.50

River: ($64.75) J:heart: (2 Players)
Hero checks, MP bets $21.05 and is All-In, Hero calls $21.05

Results: $106.85 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero mucked A:spade: Q:spade: A:spade: Q:spade: (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-$53.05 NET)
MP showed 4:club: Q:club: (two pair, Queens and Fours) and WON $103.85 (+$50.80 NET)

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HAND #4: ahead vs retard but I lose
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Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 PL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BTN: $64.20
Hero (SB): $50.25
BB: $79.95
UTG: $25.50
CO: $16.65

Pre-Flop: Q:diamond: Q:spade: dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG calls $0.50, CO folds, BTN raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $5.50, 2 folds, BTN calls $4

Flop: ($12) 7:diamond: T:diamond: 4:spade: (2 Players)
Hero bets $9, BTN raises to $39, Hero raises to $44.75 and is All-In, BTN calls $5.75

Turn: ($101.50) 6:diamond: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($101.50) 6:club: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $101.50 Pot ($3 Rake)
BTN showed J:diamond: A:diamond: (a flush, Ace high) and WON $98.50 (+$48.25 NET)
Hero showed Q:diamond: Q:spade: (two pair, Queens and Sixes) and LOST (-$50.25 NET)

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HAND #5: vs decent player, but I like my line
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Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 PL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

UTG: $47.40
MP: $40.50
CO: $83.60
BTN: $51.65
Hero (SB): $59.25
BB: $46.60

Pre-Flop: A:heart: Q:heart: dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG calls $0.50, MP raises to $2.25, 2 folds, Hero raises to $7.75, 2 folds, MP raises to $16, Hero raises to $49, MP calls $24.50 and is All-In

Flop: ($82) 7:heart: T:club: 6:diamond: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: ($82) 6:club: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($82) 4:diamond: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $82 Pot ($3 Rake)
MP showed K:diamond: A:diamond: (a pair of Sixes) and WON $79 (+$38.50 NET)
Hero showed A:heart: Q:heart: (a pair of Sixes) and LOST (-$40.50 NET)

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HAND #6: vs decent player, nothing to do here
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Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 PL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BTN: $89.20
Hero (SB): $106.45
BB: $64.90
UTG: $131.45

Pre-Flop: J:spade: J:heart: dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG raises to $1.75, BTN folds, Hero raises to $5.75, BB calls $5.25, UTG calls $4

Flop: ($17.25) 2:heart: 7:spade: 7:club: (3 Players)
Hero bets $11, BB folds, UTG calls $11

Turn: ($39.25) Q:club: (2 Players)
Hero bets $19, UTG raises to $96.25, Hero folds

Results: $77.25 Pot ($2 Rake)
UTG mucked and WON $75.25 (+$39.50 NET)

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HAND #7: vs retarded fish
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Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 PL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $98.45
Hero (UTG): $101.20
CO: $50
BTN: $101.85
SB: $79.45

Pre-Flop: Q:club: K:spade: dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to $1.75, CO folds, BTN calls $1.75, SB folds, BB calls $1.25

Flop: ($5.50) 2:spade: J:diamond: Q:spade: (3 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BTN calls $4, BB folds

Turn: ($13.50) 4:club: (2 Players)
Hero bets $9, BTN calls $9

River: ($31.50) 5:heart: (2 Players)
Hero bets $17, BTN calls $17

Results: $65.50 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed Q:club: K:spade: (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-$31.75 NET)
BTN showed A:club: Q:diamond: (a pair of Queens) and WON $62.50 (+$30.75 NET)

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HAND #8: vs retarded fish
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Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

CO: $30.95
BTN: $62.75
SB: $62.75
BB: $51.90
Hero (UTG): $57.50
MP: $30.85

Pre-Flop: J:heart: A:club: dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to $1.75, MP folds, CO calls $1.75, 3 folds

Flop: ($4.25) 4:club: A:spade: 4:heart: (2 Players)
Hero bets $2.50, CO calls $2.50

Turn: ($9.25) Q:heart: (2 Players)
Hero bets $6, CO calls $6

River: ($21.25) 7:diamond: (2 Players)
Hero bets $21, CO calls $20.70 and is All-In

Results: $62.65 Pot ($3 Rake)
CO showed 3:heart: 4:diamond: (three of a kind, Fours) and WON $59.65 (+$28.70 NET)
Hero showed J:heart: A:club: (two pair, Aces and Fours) and LOST (-$30.95 NET)

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HAND #9: vs retarded italian fish a "figlio di putana"
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Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 PL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

UTG: $23.30
MP: $48.50
CO: $84.35
BTN: $51.90
Hero (SB): $59.95
BB: $48.60

Pre-Flop: A:spade: A:diamond: dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG calls $0.50, 3 folds, Hero raises to $2, BB folds, UTG calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.50) Q:heart: 2:spade: 7:diamond: (2 Players)
Hero bets $3, UTG calls $3

Turn: ($10.50) T:spade: (2 Players)
Hero bets $7, UTG calls $7

River: ($24.50) K:diamond: (2 Players)
Hero bets $12, UTG calls $11.30 and is All-In

Results: $47.10 Pot ($2.35 Rake)
UTG showed Q:diamond: K:club: (two pair, Kings and Queens) and WON $44.75 (+$21.45 NET)
Hero showed A:spade: A:diamond: (a pair of Aces) and LOST (-$23.30 NET)

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HAND #10: vs retarded fish
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Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 PL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: $56.85
BB: $76.25
UTG: $19.50
MP: $50
Hero (CO): $54.25
BTN: $44.55

Pre-Flop: A:diamond: K:diamond: dealt to Hero (CO)
2 folds, Hero raises to $1.75, BTN calls $1.75, 2 folds

Flop: ($4.25) T:spade: K:heart: 6:heart: (2 Players)
Hero bets $3.50, BTN calls $3.50

Turn: ($11.25) T:heart: (2 Players)
Hero bets $9, BTN raises to $18, Hero calls $9

River: ($47.25) 7:spade: (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $21.30 and is All-In, Hero folds

Results: $47.25 Pot ($2.35 Rake)
BTN mucked and WON $44.90 (+$21.65 NET)

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HAND #11: vs retarded fish
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Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 PL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (UTG): $53.20
MP: $62
CO: $60.65
BTN: $46.70
SB: $16.60
BB: $48.85

Pre-Flop: A:spade: A:heart: dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to $1.75, 3 folds, SB raises to $3, BB calls $2.50, Hero raises to $10, SB raises to $16.60 and is All-In, BB calls $13.60, Hero calls $6.60

Flop: ($49.80) 6:spade: 2:heart: T:club: (3 Players - 1 is All-In)
BB checks, Hero bets $11, BB folds

Turn: ($49.80) K:diamond: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($49.80) 5:club: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $49.80 Pot ($2.45 Rake)
Hero showed A:spade: A:heart: (a pair of Aces) and LOST (-$16.60 NET)
SB showed T:heart: T:diamond: (three of a kind, Tens) and WON $47.35 (+$30.75 NET)

On the way to VEGAS!!!

etown — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:14:04 GMT

Barely home long enough to unpack and pack up again but im back at the airport again going to vegas. This trip i did something i havent done before i upgrade to have airport lounge access for 30 bones. Best upgrade ever!

I have wifi access, free food, and a free booze fridge filled with everything from guiness to coors to bottles of wine. Not to mention the little things like nice lounge chairs and better washrooms.
I have to transfer through san fran so im gonna hit up there lounge to and get my buzz going.

Ali gets to vegas 2 hours before me and i cant wait to get in and hit the tables.
Maybe ill have some time at my layover to do my trip report from last week.

adios

First Blog!

lambo — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:02:46 GMT

Hey eveyone,

I've been a member of Leggo for a while now, but I've finally decided to shut down my blog over at CR and permanently move it over here!

I've been a 6-max SSNL player for about a year now with marginal success. However, I'm now working with another Leggo member, Pikkupossu, and things have been going really well. I'm learning a ton of things from him and I have no doubt my game improving. My goal is to be a solid winner at 200nl. I don't have huge aspirations to climb the ranks and stakes in poker. I'll always look at poker as (hopefully) supplementary income to my normal, 9-5 salary. And if my poker income one day surpasses my work salary, I will not quit my day job. Who knows what will happen to the game in the future, so it's important for me to simultaneously continue to build on my career.

I'm a software developer at U of T in Toronto, Canada. It is very tiring to stare at a computer all day at work and come home to do it all over again to work on my game. My growth as a player may not be as quick as others who don't have full time jobs, but I hope I can provide some insight into what it's like for me to work full time while trying to make it in poker as a semi-professional. Luckily for me, Pikkupossu has tons of patience :)

Thanks for reading.

Sloth! and maybe some Poker!

aejones — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:26:23 GMT

OK, so maybe it's not to the point of one of the Se7en deadly sins (sick movie btw, top ten all time easy), but I've been incredibly lazy lately. As a direct result of that, I bought a scale on Sunday night and got it overnighted so I could figure out my body fat (and exact weight, for that matter). It seems like I don't weigh as much as I thought. When I get as naked as the day I was born, I clock in at like 172. Also, according to this scale, I only have 11.5% body fat. I'm sure it's only reasonably accurate at best, but this seems way too ****en low. I'm a fat ass pig at the moment, and all the muscle I might've had in high school is long gone now.

So, starting on Wednesday, I'm going to eat super clean-- I'm getting rid of white rice and all bread, friend stuff, excess cheese (yum I could put cheese on anything any eat it), and anything that is super stupidly fatty and such. Also, I really need to concentrate on portion control. I've been faithful to the no-fast food prop bet so far almost 2/3 through the month, but it got really difficult this past weekend (drunk roomate comes home and brings me a milk shake from steak n shake, I tell him I can't eat it-- I probably should have broken it to be honest just bc of the gesture, but the fact is that I'm pretty sure he brought it home KNOWING that I couldn't eat it, so then it became him consciously testing my will power). The no fast food thing really isn't doing that trick though. Maybe I control my portions more, but it results in me having lots of bad snacks around the house, eating well into 2 AM anything I can get my hands on, and just throwing frozen pizzas in or mac n cheese. It'll be over in two weeks, on my birthday actually, and I'm definitely going to have a Chipotle burrito on the first of December. Anyways, David "Raptor!" Benefield and I are going to try to have some sort of competition between now and Christmas, save for Thanksgiving and my birthday, about what we eat and we're going to make some goals for ourselves. I'll also probably start updating that thread in our Health and Fitness forum.

The contest for our next Leggo pro appears to be over, as the last entries continue to trickle in. I have gotten around to only starting some of the videos, but other coaches have said that we've got some really good content so far. It's cool as hell that people put so much effort into this. I think we'll get a good winner, and maybe more than that we'll get some people who we ask to make a series here or there or come on as a guest pro every once in a while. I think everywhere advertises big changes every once in a while, but we're going to have some again come Jan. 1 of '09. The homepage will also be done sooner than that (hopefully!), which will obviously give us a better look than just videos on the front page.

I've been playing poker lately, and actually grinded some ridiculous 4k hands yesterday, and another 1k today. Straate and I have been playing heads up, which has been extremely interesting and I think its a good example of how two players can do things so vastly different and still come upon similar success. I'm not sure what we are lifetime to each other, but I was down a lot at a few points to him and I think we're close to even now. I also made an expert fold that some of you may have missed vs him in a 3-bet pot. I'll show the exact HH unconverted for maximum effect:

Full Tilt Poker Game #9030607049: Table Masters (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:59:20 ET - 2008/11/17
Seat 1: aejones ($13,675.75)
Seat 2: LIBERTY 6 ($13,785.25)
LIBERTY 6 posts the small blind of $50
aejones posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aejones [9d 9s]
LIBERTY 6 raises to $300
aejones raises to $1,025
LIBERTY 6 calls $725
*** FLOP *** [9h 2h 4s]
aejones bets $1,075
LIBERTY 6 raises to $2,650
aejones folds
Uncalled bet of $1,575 returned to LIBERTY 6
LIBERTY 6 mucks
LIBERTY 6 wins the pot ($4,199.50)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4,200 | Rake $0.50
Board: [9h 2h 4s]
Seat 1: aejones (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: LIBERTY 6 (small blind) collected ($4,199.50), mucked

My internet was going in and out, and I might have been changing tables during the lag and clicked on "fold to any bet" or something. I'm not sure, but I insta quit and made myself some eggs so I didn't spew off a bunch of money.

I also managed to lose 30k in some magic way to a terrible player called Gaucho-something or other. This guy was trying to fold himself to victory, and then managed to one up me in every spot. A few two barrels weren't working either, I think he was just getting the most godly coolers he could get, and hitting every hand. I was amazed that he gave me action (as he never has before), and I probably should just keep my mouth shut so that he might keep playing me. So when I say I won 2/3 of hands, I'm actually not exaggerating:

Anyways, I'll leave you chumps with two things:

First, a graph that shows the last 24 hours or so of poker. The best 17k I've ever lost:

And secondly, I'd like to wish a very happy birthday to Dani "Ansky!" Stern, who turns 22 two weeks before I do. If you get a chance to bother him, please send him a PM on 2+2 and tell him how much you love him and his poker game in the most heterosexual way possible.

Be good.

Tourney Champ

craigthedeac — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:50:48 GMT

So I won the LeggoPoker special birthday tournament last night. It was a tough field of 42 members and several of the coaches here (although a few of them were blinding out!). Had a big "chipload" with like 25 left and I think I kept it the whole rest of the way. Pretty fun to win and I ran pretty well obviously. With 4 left, I busted them all on 3 consecutive hands. The highlight of course was my QT beating Tickner's AA.

The prizepool was big for other members because we had a lot of subscriptions we were giving away. I obviously already have a subscription so it was less of a prize pool for me, but I can always play for the glory. I also got to change Tickner's user title to "Craig owns me" for a month, which is nice.

Be sure to needle Chris if you get the chance.

Craig

And then I hit another low

Default_7_17_21 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:47:42 GMT

Going almost 10BI up against someone in HU sesh, and then losing it all plus 2-3BI donation from yourself is rough.. If you'll waist your night, spare you sleep for the sake of it, and then recieve such a stupid result it is even worse.
/sorry, converter is not working with those HH/

1. Hmm, guess i was a favor.. (-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Seat 4: cythere06 ($487 in chips)
Seat 8: Default71721 ($2,199.50 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
Default71721 posts small blind ($2), cythere06 posts big blind ($4).

PRE-FLOP
Default71721 bets $10, cythere06 bets $16, Default71721 bets $46, cythere06 calls $38.

FLOP [board cards: QC,JH,TH ]
cythere06 bets $116, Default71721 bets $2,141.50 and is all-in, cythere06 calls $313 and is all-in.

TURN [board cards: QC,JH,TH,AD ]

RIVER [board cards: QC,JH,TH,AD,KH ]

SHOWDOWN
Default71721 shows [ KD,AH ]
cythere06 shows [ 7S,QS ]
Default71721 wins $1,712.50, Default71721 wins $486.50, cythere06 wins $486.50.

2. The only hand where I made a big river mistake----------------------------------------------------------------

Seat 4: cythere06 ($495.50 in chips)
Seat 8: Default71721 ($2,180.20 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
Default71721 posts small blind ($2), cythere06 posts big blind ($4).

PRE-FLOP
Default71721 bets $10, cythere06 bets $20, Default71721 calls $12.

FLOP [board cards: 4H,TD,JS ]
cythere06 checks, Default71721 bets $14, cythere06 calls $14.

TURN [board cards: 4H,TD,JS,TS ]
cythere06 checks, Default71721 bets $18, cythere06 calls $18.

RIVER [board cards: 4H,TD,JS,TS,AS ]
cythere06 bets $56, Default71721 bets $112, cythere06 bets $383.50 and is all-in, Default71721 calls $327.50.

SHOWDOWN
cythere06 shows [ TH,AH ]
Default71721 shows [ 7S,4S ]
cythere06 wins $990.

3. Small pot, but sick turn/river-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Seat 4: cythere06 ($925.40 in chips)
Seat 8: Default71721 ($1,738.90 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
Default71721 posts small blind ($2), cythere06 posts big blind ($4).

PRE-FLOP
Default71721 bets $10, cythere06 bets $16, Default71721 calls $8.

FLOP [board cards: 7D,KS,5S ]
cythere06 checks, Default71721 bets $14, cythere06 bets $40, Default71721 calls $26.

TURN [board cards: 7D,KS,5S,4S ]
cythere06 checks, Default71721 checks.

RIVER [board cards: 7D,KS,5S,4S,4D ]
cythere06 checks, Default71721 checks.

SHOWDOWN
cythere06 shows [ 4H,AS ]
Default71721 mucks cards [ 8H,7S ]
cythere06 wins $119.

4. He tanked for about 10 seconds before river call, brutal slowroll------------------------------------------

Seat 4: cythere06 ($2,894.80 in chips)
Seat 8: Default71721 ($531 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
Default71721 posts small blind ($2), cythere06 posts big blind ($4).

PRE-FLOP
Default71721 bets $10, cythere06 bets $16, Default71721 calls $8.

FLOP [board cards: 7S,9D,4C ]
cythere06 bets $30, Default71721 calls $30.

TURN [board cards: 7S,9D,4C,AH ]
cythere06 checks, Default71721 bets $74, cythere06 bets $148, Default71721 calls $74.

RIVER [board cards: 7S,9D,4C,AH,QS ]
cythere06 bets $140, Default71721 bets $333 and is all-in, cythere06 calls $193.

SHOWDOWN
Default71721 shows [ 7H,7D ]
cythere06 shows [ AC,AD ]
cythere06 wins $1,061.

5. Something is definitely rigged------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Seat 4: cythere06 ($2,709 in chips)
Seat 8: Default71721 ($716.40 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
Default71721 posts small blind ($2), cythere06 posts big blind ($4).

PRE-FLOP
Default71721 bets $8, cythere06 calls $6.

FLOP [board cards: 5D,9C,3C ]
cythere06 bets $20, Default71721 bets $80, cythere06 calls $60.

TURN [board cards: 5D,9C,3C,7D ]
cythere06 checks, Default71721 bets $128, cythere06 calls $128.

RIVER [board cards: 5D,9C,3C,7D,4S ]
cythere06 checks, Default71721 checks.

SHOWDOWN
cythere06 shows [ 6D,9D ]
Default71721 mucks cards [ 9S,3S ]
cythere06 wins $435.

6. Dealer must be a cheater..----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Seat 4: cythere06 ($2,483.20 in chips)
Seat 8: Default71721 ($969.20 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
Default71721 posts small blind ($2), cythere06 posts big blind ($4).

PRE-FLOP
Default71721 bets $10, cythere06 calls $8.

FLOP [board cards: QC,5D,JS ]
cythere06 bets $24, Default71721 calls $24.

TURN [board cards: QC,5D,JS,TD ]
cythere06 checks, Default71721 bets $54, cythere06 bets $108, Default71721 calls $54.

RIVER [board cards: QC,5D,JS,TD,5C ]
cythere06 checks, Default71721 checks.

SHOWDOWN
cythere06 shows [ QD,3C ]
Default71721 mucks cards [ JH,TH ]
cythere06 wins $287.

7. 450BB pot... I lose once again----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Seat 4: cythere06 ($907 in chips)
Seat 8: Default71721 ($2,607.80 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
Default71721 posts small blind ($2), cythere06 posts big blind ($4).

PRE-FLOP
Default71721 bets $10, cythere06 bets $26, Default71721 calls $18.

FLOP [board cards: QD,TD,7S ]
cythere06 bets $60, Default71721 bets $238, cythere06 calls $178.

TURN [board cards: QD,TD,7S,4D ]
cythere06 bets $639 and is all-in, Default71721 calls $639.

RIVER [board cards: QD,TD,7S,4D,5D ]

SHOWDOWN
cythere06 shows [ 8D,KD ]
Default71721 shows [ 7C,7H ]
cythere06 wins $1,813.

Be good.

Epic Costa Rica Trip Report (LAPT) + Life Update

shootaa — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:47:53 GMT

OK... so after a LOOOOOOOOONG ass time, fees finally gave me the pictures from our trip to Costa Rica, well most of the ones that we had taken. Anyways, I'm tired of waiting, so here's the trip report of doom!

We start off all getting in at various times, our 'group' consisting of Fees, UMD Tennis, Drock, Gordo, and myself. I got in late with UMD and we missed the welcome party, but whatever, I really wasn't in the mood to get lifetilted by Humberto babbling to other retards about charks and other stupid tourney **** like screaming when going all in, etc.

Here's Drock after he nearly escaped with one of said Charks, in interest of achieving BBV legendary status... alas, some covert Humberto entourage member discovered my man, mid-caper :(

Anyways, we get in late that night, nothing exciting. I run into the drunken Drock and Fees with UMD and we all pass out for the BIG TOURNEY TOMORROW!
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I wake up to the alarm and grind over to the other hotel for the tourney. Drock and I got stuck in the overflow hotel which was about a third of a mile from the other hotel and luckily, a decent bit nicer. I play for about 4 hours with the dumbest people ever. Favorite donk moments include guy insta-checking back a straight on the river when I bet turn with a set (he turned the straight) and I check the river with a rivered boat... only to see him instantly and proudly table the straight as if value betting never entered his pee brain... awesome. THEN another donk who was opening 32o from any position, 98o UTG everytime... just generally going spewtastic style literally looks at me and says "BUT YOU HAD A FULL HOUSE!?!?!" I'm like "yep?" and he's like "BUT YOU CHECKED THE RIVER?!?!"... easily the most tilting thing ever and I'm 100% sure it wasn't a level. I bust a little later getting AKcc all in after the guy who doesn't get check-raising opens the high-jack, a shorty shoves from the cutoff, and I reshove from the SB. Obviously the donk has QQ, the shorty somehow has JJ... I brick off and leave, pissed really only at not having that huuuge amount of chips at the easiest table I've probably ever been at, MAYBE excluding $5 buy in games my freshman year of college.

Here's me after someone had a set after the check-raised me earlier in the tourney on an A73r flop when I was pfr on the button (hence small looking stack of chips for the moment, so try not to hate).

Everyone else had a decent stack when I left in about 178th of 220 or something like that... Oh that reminds me, there was also a $220k overlay or something ridiculous... sigh. So, I'm in shame-spiral mode, order a shame-feast from room service and pass out watching last weeks entourage or whatever is on my computer. I wake up a little before dinner and make 3k online, so I felt fine after that obviously. We take it easy that night since almost everyone else is in the tourney and they want to sleep, so we just pound some bar food and get our sleep on. I think Fees was chip leader at the end of the day? If not, he was second.

******************************************************************************** *******************
Next two days, I make more online, wait around some, sweat some, hang out by the pool, meet up with Gordo and the other guys who are pretty much all out at this point and prepare for Fees's epic final table sweat. Unfortunately, play starts at noon, so we were all sober for the FT. However, I still think I brough my A+ sweat game, which I'll go ahead and say now that I have to be one of the best sweaters in the game:

******************************************************************************** ********************

Final table day! We wake up a little late (no biggie, Fees is used to winning this kind of money??) and get to the table about 30 minutes after it starts. We immediately call Fees over and I give him what I know will be the luckiest shirt of all time (pictured in my previous entry). Five or so hands go by with no action, blind steal here and there. Then Fees gets AKss all in versus AKo. Flop is JsTs9s... turn is Qs for the Royal Flush! River is 8s for the ultimate 7 card Royal Flush of ultimate coolerdom, sending that other dude packing in sick fashion!

More hands happen in which people play terribly. Eventually, Fees gets 88 in v QQ. Flop 456... they sweat the turn for five eternities, obv everyone knows that Fees + the shirt are in godmode and he binks the 7 ftw. SHIP.

People play worse and it gets down to heads up after the guy in 3rd raise/folds getting like 4-1 for his last 3bbs preflop... pretty amazing laydown IMO. We're all just laughing and carrying on, finally heads up gets underway after they make the deal. 3 bets / 4 bets a few times from both guys and with almost exactly even stacks, Fees's ATo goes up against the dude's 44o. Flop KQ7, we all start dancing and I yell to Fees that he needs to roll up his sleeves. There are two aces embroidered under the sleeves of this hilarious shirt... turn 6... river A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Definitely the most standard / movie way to win a tourney and Fees goes to fist pump to Rocky montage music on the stage and do interviews for a while.

I'm going to have to finish this later because I don't feel like typing the rest atm, but the celebration details are next, hopefully some embarrassing final table shots of fees in that ridiculous shirt!

Novermbet 17th, milestone/group/article/list

BobboFitos — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:31:30 GMT

As I said in a previous blog entry, I will do a full out and out report on sports betting either a quarter or halfway point in the season. But, I reached a milestone yesterday, so I wanted to share it. I crossed the +1k line! What's funny is the stakes I'm dealing with aren't much compared to poker, but it's a new revenue stream and fun, so it's a good challenge/fun to cross this threshold. As the season continues to pickup, both my unit size and games wagered will increase, so (hopefully!) I'll be able to make money at a faster clip (I lost the chance to wager several days when I was w/o internet, but I'd say it's about ~+1k in 2wks) - technically this paces me for +12k or so which would make me fall way short of the goal (+35k) but again, for all the reasons mentioned above, this is a real positive sign. So, just pleased that milestone has come.

I had the first meeting with the EU group! I'm going to meet with the US group later tonight (technically 5 hours) but I'm pretty exhausted (in a wakeup super early schedule) but regardless that's the plan. I think it went well, the 1st was just very cursory but we ended up discussing quite a lot.

http://www.portfolio.com/news-market...oom?print=true.

I'm linking that article since I think it's a very good read. I like Michael Lewis - Moneyball was fantastic - and well, what he says just makes a ton of sense. Don't want to say too much more, except "read it" and I'm open to discussing it in the comments. (Very open to discussing, in fact, I'm encouraging discussion!)

My place is still not complete, but I wanted to post the new developments: (My room is somewhat of a mess as I've moved my clothes in there and still require a bureau)

~~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3m4e45bTo

My Favorite 10 Songs:
- #41 (Dave Matthew's Band)
- Bittersweet Symphony (Verve)
- House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
- No Rain (Blind Melon)
- Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead)
- King Without a Crown (Matisyahu)
- Mrs. Potter's Lullaby (Counting Crows)

I suppose I have an affinity for British bands. This song was great in Cruel Intentions. No real story, but I feel bad I wont have any Beatles songs on my list - I like the Beatles alot, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0x3vTw6yc
that's my favorite song of theirs because of the harpsichord solo. (In fact, when I first heard that song, made me want to play the harpsichord... for a day or two) But overall just don't like any individual song more than the songs already in my top 10. Even though their body of work was very impressive and enjoyable.
So, back to the Verve, they sorta flamed out. "Lucky man" was a good song too. I think this song brings me back to Sophomore year in high school when my roommate was Oliver Style - he was from San Francisco/London, (yeah, talk about truly bi-coastal) and a pretty good guy. He liked the Verve alot. I haven't spoken with him in a while, so perhaps I owe him a facebook message or something.
Sophomore year was fun because I played a ton of cs (counterstrike) after study hall. Well, it was fun for a ton of other reasons, but I'll leave that for another day!

Putting Things In Perspective

Pudge714 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:03:57 GMT

For those who read Eagles blog they know that it is very likely my Grandmother will die in the next 24 hours. She is in Toronto and I am in Montreal, at first I debated whether I should go down today or wait until the funeral, but I eventually made what I feel was the right decision and booked the first flight into Toronto in a couple of hours. I was never that close to my Grandmother because she has had Alzheimer's for the majority of my life. Frankly it was depressing whenever I visited her, to see a grown woman be in such an infantile state, when I went it would almost always be to appease my parents and my visits were far too infrequent.
I wish I was closer with my grandma, however I wasn't. My other Grandma lives in Montreal and I don't see her nearly as frequently as I should and if anything good can out of this, I hope it is that I can visit my other grandmother more often, before Alzheimer's turns her into a shell of her former self.

While I was debating whether or not to go back the following thought entered my head, which turned a fairly tough decision into an easy one. My parents have always taught me to do the right thing and there is no better way to show my appreciation towards them than to show that when faced with a decision I will do the right thing.

This is blog is pretty raw and scattered, but I have a flight to catch and wanted to capture my emotions right now.