if you think you are going to treat this seriously instead of a minor hobby u should just buy holdem manager right away. elephant is horrible IMO from what i remembered about it
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Originally posted by dwyt84
wow you 1 table and played almost 20k hands in febuary? wish i had the time and discpline to sit infront of the laptop like that
hmmm nope, this was played at 4 tables most of the times....trying to learn is just what keeps me going...well I hope I do learn... ♦
Originally posted by mbml
if you think you are going to treat this seriously instead of a minor hobby u should just buy holdem manager right away. elephant is horrible IMO from what i remembered about itgl gl
Hello mbml,
I am taking this seriously but my results are not taking me seriously, 
they are downhill! Anyway thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep that in mind and work on it when my giraffe ever becomes a giraffe. ♦
Originally posted by FruitNinja
Originally posted by mbml
if you think you are going to treat this seriously instead of a minor hobby u should just buy holdem manager right away. elephant is horrible IMO from what i remembered about itgl gl
Hello mbml,
I am taking this seriously but my results are not taking me seriously,
I don't think that you are puting the effort needed in order to succed. You have to start following pokerstrategy's charts/articles, so as to undestard the aspects of the game. When there is no action behind you, you have to raise. DON'T LIMP ! Start by playing the top 12-16 hands (depending on your position) aggressivly on the right spot. You can't win if you are always passive.
Originally posted by Solidius
Originally posted by FruitNinja
Originally posted by mbml
if you think you are going to treat this seriously instead of a minor hobby u should just buy holdem manager right away. elephant is horrible IMO from what i remembered about itgl gl
Hello mbml,
I am taking this seriously but my results are not taking me seriously,
I don't think that you are puting the effort needed in order to succed. You have to start following pokerstrategy's charts/articles, so as to undestard the aspects of the game. When there is no action behind you, you have to raise. DON'T LIMP ! Start by playing the top 12-16 hands (depending on your position) aggressivly on the right spot. You can't win if you are always passive.
Hi Solidius,
I will try your suggestion again. A week back I dedicated a table for this purpose to get my VPIP/PFR down to about 10% and below happened.
- waited for a long time then KK pops up :), played very aggressively and got beat by Ax guy at river. 
- waited another long time and another KK pops up 
, flop is K9T I think, so play aggressively again, and you guess it villain lands a straight by the river ♦
so based on this I shy away again, but nevertheless I will take your advice with more effort this time, read the articles and apply! Limp, passive, min-raise are also inputs from Veriz on my hand evaluations, so thanks too for the input.
my BR of $30 grows to $60 in 6weeks NL2, and drops to $0 in 6 days of NL4, FL and $1.5 hyper sngs.
I feel so tired...
ok so April will be more reading than playing month...
Read some BSS articles and got some idea why the guy down the street keep on raising (that was a big puzzle for me before! 
).
Basically, I think:
1. got better cards (QQ+) and your down the road? and in position? Raise!
(of course their are other reasons too, that I still need to figure out ♦ )
2. now realized that pre-flop can already be a game in itself.
Now on another topic, here is consumer item that got me thinking :
Which producer in the world would give their product that name!!! And,Who in their right mind would buy such a product???
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COULD'NT RESIST!!! ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Hi.. I just added you as a friend..
It seems from what I've read. you have some.. 'questionable' leaks that are sooo easy to fix.. and will generate you to get allot more out of poker.. and wouldnt mind setting aside some time to go through them with you if you wish?
Otherwise, good luck at tables.
Originally posted by Spungeh
Hi.. I just added you as a friend..It seems from what I've read. you have some.. 'questionable' leaks that are sooo easy to fix.. and will generate you to get allot more out of poker.. and wouldnt mind setting aside some time to go through them with you if you wish?
Otherwise, good luck at tables.
Hi Spungeh,
Accepted the friend invite thanks!
I have never tried any reviews but definitely say yes to having some of my leaks fixed. Pls drop me a PS message on how we can proceed, thanks!
April Recap:
April was dedicated to gathering SP points to get $20 SP promo ; 20 days, 10 SP per day at a specific poker room. Alas my point conversion assumption was wrong and ended up only with 15 qualified days
For the record, at Party, $1 rake is equal to 2 PPs is equal to 4.5 SPs.
To be able to gather the points, I had to play a higher stake. Had to move from NL2 to NL4. Of course now I was breaking BRM (10 BI's!!! 
) doing this but I also noticed that I was able to handle NL4 like it was NL2 and am getting used to the bet sizes there. After a month of NL4 I'm just happy that my BR is still intact.
(Knock on Wood 10X!)
I guess its NL4 from here on! ♠_cool: ♠_cool: ♠_cool: hahaha.
Chill playing 4 tables at night, tired and sleepy.
Click, click, click....
Click, click, click.... ZZZZZ
Eyes opens and A 
A 
on one of the tables! 
Wow raise! raise! ...what the? time out! aaahhhh....
Better act faster next time...
Click, click, click....
Click, click, click....
Click, click, click....
Click, click, click.... ZZZZZZ
eyes open and suddenly 4 tables asking for input, act fast! act fast!
with eyes still blurry, quick scan to the table and saw 8:c, 8:d.
click something! click something! raise! raise! clicked raised ahh ok!
then eyes clear....
Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:
$0.05/$0.1 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)
Known players:
[tg]MP2 (Hero)$16.13:///////;MP3$10.00:///////;CO$10.06:///////;BU$12.13:///////;SB$2.75:///////;BB$11.66:///////;[/tg]
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 8:c, 3:d.
Hero raises to $0.30,
what? what?!!!! 8:c, 3:d no 8:c, 8:d !!!
NOOOOOOO!
5 folds , holding breath ahhhh...
4 folds, holding breath ahhhh...
3 folds, holding breath ahhhh...
2 folds, holding breath ahhhh...
BB folds, holding breath ahhhh...
Hero gets uncalled bet back. AHHHH! RELIEF! awaked and LOLed ♦ ♦ ♦ .
Final Pot: $0.15.
Wow, you must've been really damn tired. Happy it worked out and no one wanted action!
Originally posted by fruktpuff
Wow, you must've been really damn tired. Happy it worked out and no one wanted action!
Yeah, as soon it it hits past 11pm I start to be in sleepy mode 
(dayjob...)
I know it when I start clicking my mouse left or right button with my eyes closed hahaha. ♦
Opened a table and was dealt a broadway at MP...
11 yo son comes along and watch the screen...
flop comes and I have a possible OESD...
I "limp", BU raises 3bbs...
I start to muse for a couple of seconds if I should call...
then my son blurts out with a sudden urgency, Call dad! call! call!
huh??!!!
4 things flash into my mind instantly...
he is so young, where did he learn to play poker?
"WHO" taught him?!
was I being a bad influence to him?
most critical, did he know the odds more than I do??!! is he seeing something I can't?
Calmly, I get some composure, and softly ask... "son why do we call here?"
son says: because...I like to, thats why...call dad!
with some relief in my mind I call, he watches a card fall, then hops along...
then the river comes, and no, I did not get my OESD... ♦ ♦ ♦
Originally posted by FruitNinja
Calmly, I get some composure, and softly ask... "son why do we call here?"
son says: because...I like to, thats why...call dad!
Your son is a calling station. You have failed as a father ♦
Originally posted by MJPerry
Originally posted by FruitNinja
Calmly, I get some composure, and softly ask... "son why do we call here?"
son says: because...I like to, thats why...call dad!Your son is a calling station. You have failed as a father ♦
Calling station? Failed? Hahaha not quite...
One night while I had a handful of tables opened, which I could hardly cope up with, and while trying to be a TAG so to speak ♦ , thereby mostly just looking at my hole cards and just fold, look, fold, look, fold.... my son drops by and looks at what I am so hectic about but see's me just folding and folding, and just after watching me fold for 5 seconds, starts to chant in sync before every fold button I click... in a low voice first, fold, Fold, FOld, FOLd, FOLD! then runs along! You see it only takes 5 seconds to learn this game hahaha ♦ ♦
Well, it's been a year since I had started playing on-line poker, I think I just have to jot down things about the first year.
1. Game types. There are many games that I was jumping around trying to make sense which games I like the most or which one I was more successful in. CG, FL, SNG single/multi, 50-50, HU, etc etc, some of the games I haven't tried out yet.
A year later, nada, still don't know which one to should focus on, still switching back and forth.
2. BR and Stakes. While I started out trying NL25 during the first month, (without experience obviously that was a disaster!) this time I play NL4 or sometimes NL10 which is kinder to my BR. I still bust it once in a while but this time the intervals are relatively longer.
3. Failures and successes.
Mostly busting my BR during the first 9 months, had some success in the last 3 months, came in small packets so I'll call them mini-successes
You can't call this volume but I'd like to post a graph that goes up; you know the rest, it goes down ♦
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For the past year, I have more than 1 of this Poker-God-like-runs, to be precise, I had 2. ♦
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This is number 2.
Playing a higher stake NL10 gives me VPPS faster and rewards faster, but without the proper BR bust it, withdraw the rewards and bust them all over again
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This is my 2nd tourney win for the year.
This was just from last night where I tried first time the game where Ante's go up instead of the blinds. Was lucky to reach the final table and even luckier when at one point in the game, 3 of the guys suddenly went all in after each other! That left me to my delight, in 5th ♦
So after 1 year , definitely, still learning the ropes...
Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:
$0.05/$0.1 No-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)
Known players:
[tg]BB$10.69:///////;MP3$14.69:///////;CO$7.24:///////;BU (Hero)$19.96:///////;SB$9.70:///////;[/tg]
Preflop: Hero is BU with J:s, 9:h.
MP3 raises to $0.30, CO calls $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, 2 folds, BB folds.
Flop: ($1.05) 9:d, 5:d, 9:s (3 players)
MP3 bets $0.55, CO folds, Hero calls $0.55.
♦ ♦ ♦
Turn: ($2.15) J:d (2 players)
MP3 bets $1.94, Hero calls $1.94.
♦ ♦ ♦
River: ($6.03) Q:d (2 players)
MP3 bets $11.90, Hero calls $11.90.
♦ ♦ ♦
Final Pot: $29.83.
Results follow:
MP3 shows a straight flush, queen high(T:d 8:d).
Hero shows a full-house, nines full of jacks(J:s 9:h).
MP3 wins with a straight flush, queen high(T:d 8:d).
?( ...... X(
Spoiler
...FOR THE NIGHT! ♦
- found out about heads-up games at Stars several days ago....
- kept playing at it and it seems am doing fine, am not losing, and am winning some (+variance??)... let's see when I crank up the volume...
- am beginning to like this HU thing, only 1 villain to focus on....
- one thing am wonderring about is I received comments like:
- Idiot!
- Donk!
- Wee fish!
This is whenever they raise 2x and I push all-in! ♠_cool: and they fold, it makes them mad like hell
Of course I have something in my hand to back my all-in with, just in case ♦
Have a nice day everyone!!!