May is coming to a close, I have been putting in a lot of hours which is good. Unfortunately, I have been playing pretty terribly for a few stretches. However, I have been consistent for at least 10 sessions or so, my game has gotten much better this month, and I hope things continue to go well.

I had a nice heater to end today and figured I should show off a graph.



I am however quite sad right now. I was 24 tabling the 3 and 6 on Stars for a few hours, then I got really deep on some good games. I started to close down by phasing out my bad games because I was wearing out. I kept all of my 6max games up where I was deep and/or there was a fish, and started up the Camtasia screen capture. I was 200-750BB's deep on 9 tables and got into some really awesome spots. I was running something like 33/27 with a 3bet near 10ish, just being totally abusive from position. Captured 90 minutes of really interesting poker, the most entertaining screen capture I've ever done, and I was all ready to do the commentary for this, however, when I load the .camrec thingy it is corrupt somehow and just has a blank black screen so w/e.

I have really been playing much more aggressive lately, more specifically, I've been working on getting that redline up! I know the red/blue lines in HM are not how you should base your play, but I think over a decent sample they can at least show valuable trends.

Also, I think it's pretty funny that my last post had 3 comments as I was just testing out the blog, that must be a function of these posts showing up in the "most recent" section, which I think is very cool, since I don't think I have much of a shot for "most views."

GLA



Also -

please visit this post I made in the Mid-Stakes Forum

The play I made might be somewhat FPS, I just mucked right away to the turn raise, but I am really happy about it. Sometimes after millions of hands you just get this sick feeling about the way things are running out/ timing/ gameflow/ etc. and your instincts just completely take over. I had to leave the results out to avoid a good flaming.

BoCash

i managed 200 games today fo 400 proffit so it was a good way to start the week. nearly 6hrs play in 1 day is very good for me. my mate neptune managed to get 20k worth of sponserrrship with 50percent equity of any results so thats great news for him at the wsop. i knew he would wow the judges and get his place on the scheme bbp. this guy has been my right hand man at poker for years. its good that he has this opportunity cause its a dream come true for me that my mate wil be doin somet like this. its very rare that ide want some one else to succeed beofre i did but in this its a case of my mate showing me the way and il build my confidence from him as i have for years.




well done rich hawes

salfi123

Mentioned last time I was reading Peace is Every Step. It's a small simple book with bits of wisdom based around the Buddhist philosophy of mindfulness. The main message is that we can only truly experience life in the present. Dwelling on the past and worrying about the future prevents feeling true happiness. Meditation and awareness keep us firmly planted in the present.

I think this is pretty relevant to poker. We play a game where the long run never quite arrives. Goal setting is not inherently bad, but often we worry too much about results and getting from point A to B. Remember Mike in Rounders saying he felt alive at a poker game. We should take more small breaks like that and just enjoy being in the game. Appreciate that we are living, playing a game we love, and in the middle of something that is important to us.

Here's an exercise I've adapted from the book. Chrches, temples have bells. Bells are wonderful because they give us a chance to come back to ourselves. It's a time to reflect and realize that we are alive and well. The exercise requires a stop watch/timer. Set the time to run for 1 hour (or whatever time works for you). When it goes of, stop playing. Take a breath. Reflect a bit. Take a break? The timer is great because it's automatic.



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Isura

I had my worst ever day last week and didn’t feel upset at all. It was kind of scary actually. Usually I’d rush straight to my blog to whine and whatever but I really wasn’t too fussed by it at all. The last few weeks I’ve had 10K swings up and down every two or so sessions so I think I’m starting to get used to it as weird (and worrying?) as that is. Anyway I dropped 16K in about two hours that session, 13 of it coming from a failed two-tabling 25/50 shot where I got set under set for 5K and my AA turned by QTs on JJ9K in a 3-bet pot for about 6K. A fish with a VPIP over 75% was playing on both tables so I don’t regret taking the shot as I certainly think it was +EV.

The thing that is starting to annoy me though is that I haven’t actually made that much money these last few months now that I think about it. I simply rip through 5/10 and then just lose it all back at 10/20 and 25/50. Rinse and repeat and that’s my last few months in a nutshell. If I was smart I’d just stay at 5/10 and make whatever and be happy and move on with life. But I guess that was the temptation at both 1/2 and 3/6 and I’m glad that I preserved on in those situations as eventually I did ‘make’ it and have reaped the long-term rewards ever since. Here’s my graph for the last week which if you copy and paste side by side would pretty much exactly resemble my graph for the last few months.



I have exams coming up in three weeks so I’m going to take a break from poker until they’re finished. I finish on the 22nd June and leave for Vegas on the 2nd July. So my plan for the next two months is:

• 26th-29th May – final week of classes
• 30th May – 14th June – prepare for exams
• 15th – 22nd June – exams
• 23rd June – 1st July – holidays!
• 2nd – 15th July – Vegas + 22nd birthday!!!
• 16th – 26th July – holidays!
• 27th July – resume uni

In that first week of holidays I hope to finish my 5/10 goals for the year. I need 25K at 5/10 6-max and 14K at 5/10 HU to have $111,000 and $0 in winnings for the year respectively. Once I’ve done that I would’ve achieved what I wanted to achieve at 5/10 and once I come back from Vegas I’ll take my first shot at being a full time high-stakes only baller – 10/20+ only baby! If that doesn’t go well though I guess I’ll have to return to 5/10 but I really like the idea of leaving 5/10 and midstakes forever. Anyway, time to study up I guess…

jcl87

It's been a while.

I don't blog when I lose and that should explain my absence. I have been playing like an asshole. Kind a cally, I don't believe you, I am mad at you for owning me type of style.

I have probably played about 15K hands this month and am down around 10BI I think.

I have found (I was told) a new way to help me improve in some problem ares and tried it today for the first time. I realized I do have issues and think this method will help me improve.

I have found one person to stake so far and he seems to be very nice, and capable. I am excited to see how it goes. I think 90K hands from now we will both look back on this as a positive and profitable experience.

I just got back from Tahoe a couple days ago and had a chance to meet some new family members. I had a great time. Over the last year I have met an uncle and 2 cousins that had no contact with me and my Dad for the last 30 years or so. It's crazy how alike everyone is. We all have the same inappropriate sense of humor and everything.

Leaving for another trip soon, this one for my b day with Jordan. She booked us a room somewhere in Big Sur next to a nudist hippy commune thing. We will not be nude, or hippies, while we are there.

Won some money when The Dragon won the title in the latest UFC. Easy money.

I have a lot more to blog about but I need to get some sleep.

Congrats Ashman on the 25K HU Championship win! $500,000, must be nice.

Probability

So basically today i ran into about a few set over set situations and lost AA vs KK early on. I was playing a little bad and ended up down a lot. I decided to stick it out and played for 9 more hours and finally got unstuck. Here is my epic graph up $250 in RB WHAT. i need to average 600$ a day to not go back to school but again today was prob the worest i've run since feb. At the end i was playing well being pacient. I saw a few spots i can work on. All in all i ended up playing 12-14 hours today. I didn't 24 table because it would be too mentally draining. I was doing about 15-16 the majority of the time. Anyways tomorrow ima try to put in a solid 3k hands with a good winrate since there is going to be a party at my house. Tuesday ima try to beat today and do 10k+ hands. Basically my motto of the day was VARIANCE CANT STOP ME, IMA RB PRO THIS SHIT IF I HAVE TO. =)

Timoshi

FYI, my head gets cut off at the beginning of this video, but it's too funny for me to care.

aejones

debating moving my blog here, getting used to the interface right now with this.

BoCash

Not a bunch to say, I played really well in round one, and probably decently well in round two, but I lost to a (random?) Swede. I think he's a donator at high stakes games.

I was a little disappointed because I played well.

Oh well, I made a short video where I talked a little bit about the tournament in general, and I want to wish the best of luck (gogogo %s) to Ashman and Dave.

The Video quality isn't good, but for the most part its supposed to be just for the audio on the Leggo Youtube channel because there isn't much going on in the video anyways.

Enjoy!

25k HU Recap (Leggo YouTube Channel)

aejones

well i have holdem manager and all the graphs and stuff are ever so pretty. i downloaded all my hh but some how its only started making graphs for my last two days grind. 3.5 hrs makes me realise how lazy i am.


played casino last night and had my chips flushed down the toilet by some guy chasing his flush
played cash for next 7 hrs or so and manged to drop another 80 quid i think. had an interesting hand where ide sat next to this guy for the entire session so a hand came up were i put him on two hands due to previous hands played and i took him for a ride on the value express he didnt like and tilted his stack off next orbit sadly no more to me.
also played a tourney and court two people cheating i pulled them up third time i saw somet . turned out the guy was a gala casino dealer he complained that i wasnt in the game cause ide been already knocked out. i was railing waiting for a cash game. anyway basically its acceptable by casino staff to cheat cause they cant prove anything so its as if i was in the wrong for spotting him blatantly cheating. anyway they was shit at cheating and i made sure all the regs who go to casino and play poker know who they are so i guess they wont get an easy ride form any regs if they think they cheat so i guess i win on some kinda level.

salfi123