This was my first session of the day, and rather a long one, as I didn’t take a break until both my 180 man’s finished. Despoite being BE, I was really happy with this session, more or less BE in red line whilst 12 tabling mostly 100nl and some 50nl is a huge improvement for me. Unfortunate my day was tainted by a pretty rough session to follow, which no doubt sank my lovely red line, I was -$300 at one point, but thankfully managed to finish at around – $92.
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February 8th, 2010
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I’ve put in 3.5k hands on ipoker today, I was trying to cross the 6k points mark but I gave up at 4k. I’m still stuck around 2.5 BI’s on this site, I honestly think I’ve played well today though, I lost 3.5 BI’s in the middle 1k of my hands, but before and after are more or less BE, so I think that was standard mostly, though I definitely need to work light 4b’ing vs some of the regs into my game there, only down it twice in my 4.1k hands so far. I’m also down 3 BI’s in AIEV, which actually feels kinda good for a change lol.
Anyway here’s a graph:
oh and here’s a fun hand from today:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/Poker-Hand-3d3h-Ring-CO-988643.php
EDIT: I forgot to post my claim to fame on ipoker, only a very tiny sample, but I still thought this was pretty funny lol:
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February 8th, 2010
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My beloved computer was in need for some upgrades after it failed to wake up on Thursday, so today, pretty much all of today in fact I was busy cautiously trying to test and setup the new components. I now have a Phenom II CPU and 6GB of Tri-Channel memory (shame my board is dual-channel lol). Its been a long day, so I’m not expecting to get any play in tonight, though I am aware I am way behind the pace I would like and hope to catch up tomorrow.
i don’t think I played on the 1st, though I did have a good day on the 2nd, play mostly 100nl on stars. Since then I’ve made a deposit on ipoker and have been trying to get used to it, to allow me to pick up a quick $600 deposit bonus. Its so different to stars, and its driving me a little nuts tbh, I just hope I can adjust to bother the site and the players asap. It feels like the optimal way to play this site is just to play a ton of tables in a very ABC style, and then get the hell out as soon as you complete whatever bonus you have forced yourself to commit to.
I haven’t updated my previous post about January yet, but as you can see from the my graph, things didn’t go all that well, I do feel good about the month though, especially ensuring I made plat and doing well at 100nl in the last 3 days of the month, only the middle of the month really sucked and over all it was an enjoyable month. I’ve got to get saving for a new house atm, so I’m going to put off buying that chair I showed a while back, though I will be rewarding myself with that keyboard if I’m finish pleased with how I played over the month.
I’m also going to introduce some sort of graph or chat to monitor my progress towards my annual $ won target, though I haven’t started on that yet.
May the grind be with you 
February 6th, 2010
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The t-shirts I had printed from High Roller Clothing will now soon be available to order direct via there website, I’ll let u know when they become available.
My review of my first order can be found in my reviews category, found here, and you can see pictures of some of the t-shirts in this earlier post.
January 26th, 2010
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Was feeling really good at the start of the month, then everything goes to heck again. Its a little frustrating that my game is always in flux, things are constantly changing so I can’t just grind at a relatively constant rate it seems, but hopefully in the long run it’ll be worthwhile. I’m very glad I had some FPP’s worth exchanging this month though, well not many, but I was grateful for the 10k of them I spent on sats earlier.
More negative comes in the form of sleepyness in that I’ve been so tired recently I’m way bellow my typical pace and will now have a bit of a struggle to hit plat for next month. On the plus side, I’ve realized a few leaks that I’ve had this month, so hopefully with a bit of effort I’ll improve in those areas and start to pull in some results I can be proud of again.
[x] graph:
Winnings graph showing 1st to 23rd Jan 2010
January 23rd, 2010
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After failing to be awake enough for another session (always fun to fire up one more session only to loose all of your day’s profits), I pretty randomly created a thread on the HPT forums about some poker aha moments of mine, click the link bellow to check out the thread, I’ve copied my aha moments here:
Poker Aha Moments
1. flatting KK is way way way way way way way way better then 3b’ing if facing a 4b will make your sphincter twitch.
2. choosing to play OOP is like choosing to drive a car with no breaks because its in your favorite color
3. fish and regs alike instinctively try and beat 1 pair way more then they try to get an over pair or TP to fold
4. don’t assume a reg is a thinking player, treat him as a tight fish until he proves u wrong
5. avoiding tilt, burnout, stress and having a healthy lifestyle will earn u more at the tables then any single improvement in strategy (beyond the very very basics) ever will
January 12th, 2010
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I’ve recently had some coaching from a good friend of mine, who’s doing a bit of coaching on the side, so I wanted to offer a few words to say thanks. He’s an experienced player, who now predominantly plays 6m nlhe.
We’ve discussed hand histories rather a lot in the past, and have just done a course of sweats with some theory to back up ideas. He’s prepared to tailor his approach to your needs and focus on what areas you are struggling with. After months and months of doing shit, our last sweat was amazing, he really touched on some key points regarding range manipulation, bet sizing and thin value.
He has a very good understanding of the game and helps you understand why certain actions are taken over alternative options and where the ev comes from, would highly recommend his coaching to anyone unl grinder.
January 11th, 2010
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I’ve been really tired recently and consequently haven’t gotten around to posting, sorry about that. I was going great at the start of last week, but then tilted off 2 BI’s, ran a little bad and misplayed some big pots, I think I’ve regained my composure now and I’m ready to start playing solid poker again, but the damage has been considerable. I’m a little disappointed with my red line, I’ve made some improvements that I thought would show but apparently not yet, I don’t expect to be BE in red line this month, but hopefully will be soon. I think its fair to put some of the red line loss to running bad.
Anyway here’s the graph, I hope to get more hours in for the rest of the month and improve a ton.
January 9th, 2010
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Arggghh, I can’t get used to this new mouse, just played for an hour and had a ton of time outs due at least in part to it bugging me so much. I am really hoping I can get used to it, as I like the unifying concept and it looks good. Managed to loose another 1.5 BI’s in this short session too, only 560 hands so lol and all that, but I’m getting pretty tired of all of this “never winning”.
Worst thing is I feel really tired, so can’t really grind through it. Hopefully I’ll be able to catch some sleep shortly so that I can put in a few hours later on, naturally I’m also hoping I stop sucking so huge.
Happy New Year everyone.
December 31st, 2009
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