[Closed] Grinding up and down (NL100-NL400 SSS + NL25 MSS + MTT)

Hey Tampaloeres, I'm guessing we've met at the tables several times, as I am also playing NL25 SSS on FTP and griding alot these days. Well not alot, usually just 1 hour sessions or rather after I make 100 FT points for the day is my stop mark.

Your grinding is impressive and the NL25 graph even more so. When will you be moving up to NL50? I have more than enough BR for it, I have $430 atm but $325 have been bonuses, and add to that rakeback and I haven't made any real profit before I settled and decided to take this more serious on the 9th, so that is why I am waiting to move up, but so far I have been beating NL25 with something like 3.5BB/100 which seems nice.

Well best of luck at the tables! If you see a shorty mexican be sure to say hi

2010-01-19

Originally posted by pablomeza
Hey Tampaloeres, I'm guessing we've met at the tables several times, as I am also playing NL25 SSS on FTP and griding alot these days. Well not alot, usually just 1 hour sessions or rather after I make 100 FT points for the day is my stop mark.

Your grinding is impressive and the NL25 graph even more so. When will you be moving up to NL50? I have more than enough BR for it, I have $430 atm but $325 have been bonuses, and add to that rakeback and I haven't made any real profit before I settled and decided to take this more serious on the 9th, so that is why I am waiting to move up, but so far I have been beating NL25 with something like 3.5BB/100 which seems nice.

Well best of luck at the tables! If you see a shorty mexican be sure to say hi

Hi thanks for stopping by. Well SSS at FTP is over now. I already moved a part of my BR to Party Poker. Why the hell did I do that...

No comments on that one ♦

Also I tried the new rush tables at FTP. BSS NL10. Lvel is reaaally low:

Pff, I am tired now ♦ Good night and see ya!

T

ouch for the game for the session at partypoker and best of luck there. I am sticking to ftp will play some of the rush. I find it fun and good to develop your basic BSS

2010-01-20

Hi all,

Those Rush tables are a reeel good profit ♦ Check my garph so far:

Think I will grind these for a while. But's kinda scrary playing 4 tables with 300BB on avarage

Some nice hands:
Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:

Play hand

$0.05/$0.1 No-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Known players:
[tg]SB$5.00:///////;BB$11.35:///////;UTG1(Hero)$9.93:///////;UTG2$4.17:///////;MP1$3.10:///////;MP2$11.25:///////;MP3$10.00:///////;CO$38.93:///////;BU$10.00:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is UTG1 with K:h, A:h.
Hero raises to $0.40, 3 folds, MP3 raises to $1.20, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.80.

Flop: ($2.55) A:d, A:s, 3:h (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 checks.

Turn: ($2.55) 4:h (2 players)
Hero bets $1.60, MP3 calls $1.60.

River: ($5.75) A:c (2 players)
Hero bets $7.13, MP3 calls $7.13.

Final Pot: $20.01.
Results follow:

Hero shows four of a kind, aces(K:h A:h).
MP3 shows a full-house, aces full of tens(T:h T:c).

Hero wins with four of a kind, aces(K:h A:h).

Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:

Play hand

$0.05/$0.1 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Known players:
[tg]MP3$12.28:///////;CO(Hero)$15.09:///////;BU$15.25:///////;SB$13.81:///////;BB$8.50:///////;MP2$10.88:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q:d, Q:c.
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, BU folds, SB raises to $1.20, BB calls $1.10, Hero raises to $4.80, SB raises to $13.86, BB folds, Hero calls $9.01.

Flop: ($28.82) 8:h, 2:s, T:s (2 players)

Turn: ($28.82) T:d (2 players)

River: ($28.82) 2:h (2 players)

Final Pot: $28.82.
Results follow:

Hero shows two pairs, queens and tens(Q:d Q:c).
SB shows two pairs, tens and twos(K:c A:c).

Hero wins with two pairs, queens and tens(Q:d Q:c).

Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:

Play hand

$0.05/$0.1 No-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Known players:
[tg]UTG1$7.23:///////;UTG2$36.95:///////;MP1$40.88:///////;MP2$10.00:///////;MP3$2.73:///////;CO$15.08:///////;BU$12.73:///////;SB(Hero)$12.38:///////;BB$6.46:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9:h, 9:c.
3 folds, MP2 raises to $0.40, MP3 folds, CO calls $0.40, BU folds, Hero calls $0.35, BB folds.

Flop: ($1.3) 9:d, A:c, T:c (3 players)
Hero bets $0.95, MP2 raises to $2.30, CO folds, Hero raises to $11.98, MP2 calls $7.30(All-In).

Turn: ($22.88) 6:s (2 players)

River: ($22.88) 5:d (2 players)

Final Pot: $22.88.
Results follow:

Hero shows three of a kind, nines(9:h 9:c).
MP2 shows a pair of aces(Q:c A:s).

Hero wins with three of a kind, nines(9:h 9:c).

Greetz,

T.

might see you there

good luck

2010-01-21
BR FTP $319
BR PP: $203
BR PS: $20
BR Total: $542

Hi,

Reached gold for the first time! ♦ Let's go reading new articles ♦

Also reached my first $500. Enough for SSS NL50. But I think I will grind some more Rushhhhhhhh!

Greetz,

T.

congratulations!!!!

hey nice blog. i see you make good progress with sss in short time . i also play at ftp.
since the increase buy in, it has been difficult, we dont have the same preflop fold equity as we used to have but it is still possible to play with similar principles. im curretnly playing a semi bss semi sss strategy on NL100 and making profit . i guess 35 bb is a good transitional amount if u are ready to move to bss with a safety net!

BR FTP $295
BR PP: $307
BR PS: $20
BR Total: $622

329/2040 Party points for $254 bonus.

Hi all,

Thanks guys! I stopped SSS at FTP and moved to PP just before the 35 min. I made some nice money with the Rush tables the first days but all the fishes went broke in no time. So no easy money there left.

Spent some time reading the gold articles

Finally Party Poker decided to give me back my money After struggling with the Party Poker software which also tilted away some money, I finally have the thing under control. Also moved up to NL50 and this time without a serious downer Also back up to 16 tables again, and started 16 tabling NL50 almost instant as soon I noticed even more fish at NL50 than at NL25 ♠_cool:
Party Poker graph (check the massive heater @7K !!!):

Total SSS NL25 + NL50:

Happy grinding and greetz,

T.

very nice

keep it up and I might see oyu on rush although i am on NL10 now

ruah has definitely got tighter but there are still the odd player going all in with fuck all every hand. the thing is to spot him. I can't wait to have my PT3 working on rush

Hi all,

BR FTP $299
BR PP: $241
BR PS: $20
BR Total: $560

548/2040 Party points for $254 bonus.

Last session sucked. Ran into a lot of coolers. Also posted some hands in the forum again :). The last 1000 hands were trully sick! On the other hand 12BI swings are very common but still... Auch!

Session graph:

NL50 so far:

Some lol hands:
Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.50(BB) Replayer
Hero ($10.30)
BB ($64.80)
UTG ($49.42)
UTG+1 ($70.51)
UTG+2 ($10)
MP1 ($63.64)
MP2 ($19.05)
CO ($15.59)
BTN ($62.07)

Dealt to Hero K♠ K♦

UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 calls $0.50, UTG+2 calls $0.50, fold, fold, CO calls $0.50, BTN calls $0.50, Hero raises to $3.50, BB calls $3, UTG calls $3, fold, fold, fold, fold

FLOP ($12.50) 2♠ 7♣ Q♣

Hero bets $4, BB calls $4, UTG calls $4

TURN ($24.50) 2♠ 7♣ Q♣ 9♥

Hero bets $2.80 (AI), BB raises to $15, UTG folds

RIVER ($30.10) 2♠ 7♣ Q♣ 9♥ 4♥

BB shows 2♥ 7♥
(Pre 17%, Flop 74.5%, Turn 81.8%)

Hero shows K♠ K♦
(Pre 83%, Flop 25.5%, Turn 18.2%)

BB wins $28.60

Greetz,

T.

Hi all,

BR FTP $299
BR PP: $286
BR PS: $20
BR Total: $605

571/2040 Party points for $254 bonus.

Just a short session. Played "just" 8-tabling to pay more attention to stats. I am trying to understand them better. That is nice about Party, there are a lot less players so the stats tell a lot more. I will focus on stats this period before I move to a next subject

Session:

SSS NL50 Total:

Greetz,

T.

Hi all!

Long time no post... I've been very busy at work and and bla bla bla. BUT have also been pokering! Today I have crossed the 1K$ mark for the first time! YEAH ♠_biggrin: Thanks PokerStrategy for the quality articles!!! As a reward for myself I will cash out some $300 to buy a nice 23" or 24" widescreen TFT. Not really EV+ for the BR but certainly EV+ as I see more what is happening on the tables. Now I use the 17" screen of my laptop which is just enough to tile 4 tables.

BR FTP $344
BR PS $59
BR PP $602
BR Total $1005

After I have been struggeling to beat NL25 and when I finally moved up to NL50, I almost instantly started NL100 aswell. I just table selected a lot, and whenever I spotted a fish or 2 on a NL100 table I just joined and took shots. This worked out very well and gave big profits.

I used to play max amount of tables, but now I see that it is better to have good table selection and get after the fish Also when I am not really fit, I just play lower stakes like BSS'ing 4 tables NL2 and NL5. Basically last month I played everything between NL2 and NL100 lol.

I just started learning some SNG stuff. It will take a long way before I will get a real hang of that But SNG's are fun to play and it's good to know multiple forms of poker

Total graph this year ex bonuses and RB:

Greetz,

T

Hi all,

Wow long time no BLOG. So what happend? Last BLOG i reached $1000. And was

My BR was at top $1200.

Then the fish got back at me. Followed by a huge tilt by me. Didn't think I could tilt that much... Almost when busto on FTP

Felt like:

Ouch! TIME FOR A BREAK! I reviewed my sessions and there were a lot of coolers BUT enough leaks as well. Posted lots of hands at the forum and realized I needed to fix things ♦ Thanks Gerv and Burek!

Time for relaxed poker. So I played some NL2 BSS lol @ Pokerstars. When the tables are good I play SSS. And things going better again
Garph of this year:

Played some Rush 135 MTT's with some succes. These are really soft! Since a couple of days I started the super turbo SNG's @ FTP. I play these when the shallow tables are filled with only SSS'ers. I downloaded the SNGWiz and thats mighty handy tool! Very easy to fix leaks ♦. Here my graph so far (started to use SNWiz from ~70 ;)):

Futher I deceided to cash out the Party BR ~$600. The players are really soft, but the software isnt great for multitabling It sucks that you need all kinds of tooling to reach the same as you get at FTP and still have a slower game play...
BR FTP $420
BR PS $150
Total BR+Cashout $1170

So I am back as where the thing went really bad ♦ Guess I didnt feel like to BLOG until it was fixed again . My sort of way to handle things...

Pfff I am dead tired right now. Time to get some sleep. See ya and happy grinding!

Greetz,

T

Ugly variance on that graph =O! I know you posted a few hands on the forums

What is your future with poker? are you still up for SSS? Or are you going to switch over?

Hi Gerv,

I posted lots of hands that time. Thanks again for reviewing! Yeah very ugly variance. I'm glad I could rebuild my BR in short time. Meaning I dont totally suck at poker (Long way to go still) Lots of coolers and set ups ate my BR. Well thats what you get from trying to adjust may be too much to fished at the shallow tables Fish slowplay everything and sometimes have superior flop hitting skills lol.

Yeah when the shallow tables are ok I will play SSS at FTP. The thing is there are only 4 tables NL100. So double up and leave isnt going to work. Resulting a lot of MSS play. I've tried the shallow ones at PS but those seem way too tight to me If do spot though I will play there occasionally. May I check them at the wrong time? Mostly from 19:30 till 23:00 dutch time.

Funny shallow hands:
Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
Hero ($39.45)
BB ($11.40)
UTG ($27.95)
UTG+1 ($18.50)
UTG+2 ($66.40)
MP1 ($6.20)
CO ($114)
BTN ($20)

Dealt to Hero K♦ A♥

fold, fold, UTG+2 calls $1, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $5, BB raises to $11.40 (AI), UTG+2 calls $10.40, Hero raises to $39.45 (AI), UTG+2 calls $28.05

FLOP ($90.30) 7♣ 2♠ 3♠

TURN ($90.30) 7♣ 2♠ 3♠ 4♠

RIVER ($90.30) 7♣ 2♠ 3♠ 4♠ 5♣

BB shows 3♥ 9♦
(Pre 20%, Flop 56.4%, Turn 61.9%)

UTG+2 shows T♥ Q♦
(Pre 31%, Flop 18.9%, Turn 14.3%)

Hero shows K♦ A♥
(Pre 49%, Flop 24.7%, Turn 23.8%)

Hero wins $87.30

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($106)
BB ($25)
UTG ($101)
UTG+1 ($34.30)
UTG+2 ($40)
MP1 ($131)
MP2 ($31.85)
Hero ($39.85)
BTN ($18.50)

Dealt to Hero 8♠ A♣

UTG calls $1, fold, fold, fold, MP2 calls $1, Hero raises to $5, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $4, MP2 calls $4

FLOP ($16.50) 8♣ 6♣ A♦

UTG bets $8, MP2 calls $8, Hero raises to $34.85 (AI), UTG folds, MP2 calls $18.85 (AI)

TURN ($78.20) 8♣ 6♣ A♦ 5♣

RIVER ($78.20) 8♣ 6♣ A♦ 5♣ 4♥

Hero shows 8♠ A♣
(Pre 30%, Flop 13.3%, Turn 25.0%)

MP2 shows 8♦ 8♥
(Pre 70%, Flop 86.7%, Turn 75.0%)

MP2 wins $75.20

Hi,

Currently playing and already posting hands

Had to post this:
Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($29)
Hero ($24)
UTG ($51.80)
UTG+1 ($88.80)
UTG+2 ($153)
MP1 ($208)
MP2 ($42.80)
CO ($30.50)
BTN ($14)

Dealt to Hero 8♥ 4♣

fold, fold, fold, fold, MP2 calls $1, fold, fold, SB calls $0.50, Hero checks

FLOP ($3) 7♥ 5♥ 6♥

SB bets $3, Hero raises to $10, MP2 folds, SB raises to $28 (AI), Hero calls $13 (AI)

TURN ($49) 7♥ 5♥ 6♥ 9♥

RIVER ($49) 7♥ 5♥ 6♥ 9♥ A♦

SB shows 7♦ 6♣
(Pre 45%, Flop 17.4%, Turn 0.0%)

Hero shows 8♥ 4♣
(Pre 55%, Flop 82.6%, Turn 100.0%)

Hero wins $46.55

LOLLED I had to go upstairs for my daughter. Then I saw I folded AKo
And then I saw the showndown

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($62.75)
Hero ($21)
UTG ($39.45)
UTG+1 ($35.50)
UTG+2 ($78.95)
MP1 ($31.50)
CO ($40)
BTN ($12.65)

Dealt to Hero K♠ A♦

UTG calls $1, fold, fold, MP1 raises to $3, CO calls $3, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $2

FLOP ($10.50) Q♥ 2♥ 9♦

UTG bets $10.50, MP1 calls $10.50, CO raises to $37 (AI), UTG calls $25.95 (AI), MP1 calls $18 (AI)

TURN ($111) Q♥ 2♥ 9♦ 2♣

RIVER ($111) Q♥ 2♥ 9♦ 2♣ 8♠

UTG shows J♦ T♦
(Pre 17%, Flop 26.8%, Turn 0.0%)

MP1 shows A♠ A♥
(Pre 67%, Flop 11.0%, Turn 4.8%)

CO shows 9♥ 9♣
(Pre 16%, Flop 62.2%, Turn 95.2%)

CO wins $108

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($50.30)
BB ($14.50)
UTG ($21)
UTG+1 ($38)
UTG+2 ($21.50)
Hero ($41.45)
BTN ($37.65)

Dealt to Hero Q♦ Q♥

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $3, fold, SB calls $2.50, fold

FLOP ($7) 7♣ J♠ T♥

SB checks, Hero bets $3.50, SB raises to $7, Hero calls $3.50

TURN ($21) 7♣ J♠ T♥ 2♥

SB checks, Hero checks

RIVER ($21) 7♣ J♠ T♥ 2♥ 9♦

SB bets $1, Hero calls $1

Hero shows Q♦ Q♥
(Pre 18%, Flop 11.6%, Turn 4.5%)

SB shows A♥ A♣
(Pre 82%, Flop 88.4%, Turn 95.5%)

SB wins $21.85

WOOOOOOOO my biggest pot EVAH!!
Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($118)
BB ($8)
UTG ($39.90)
UTG+1 ($24.10)
Hero ($70.60)
MP1 ($41.50)
MP2 ($18.50)
CO ($22.70)
BTN ($40)

Dealt to Hero Q♠ Q♦

fold, fold, Hero raises to $3.50, fold, fold, fold, BTN calls $3.50, SB calls $3, fold

FLOP ($11.50) A♦ 5♦ Q♣

SB bets $6, Hero raises to $19, BTN folds, SB calls $13

TURN ($49.50) A♦ 5♦ Q♣ 4♣

SB checks, Hero bets $48.10 (AI), SB calls $48.10

RIVER ($145) A♦ 5♦ Q♣ 4♣ T♦

SB shows 5♣ A♠
(Pre 30%, Flop 8.7%, Turn 4.5%)

Hero shows Q♠ Q♦
(Pre 70%, Flop 91.3%, Turn 95.5%)

Hero wins $142

Garph:

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At the end of the sesssion the fish were busto and the tables were filling up with SSSers. One big fish ate some of my earnings by luckboxing all the way Ow well nice result for the night anyway

T.

Hi all,

Just ended my session. Swingy as always ♦ Weekly graph

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My total SSS graph (BSS and stuff excluded):

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Some interesting hands:
Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($39)
BB ($17.70)
UTG ($63.35)
UTG+1 ($52.95)
Hero ($87.20)
MP1 ($17)
CO ($69.75)
BTN ($20)

Dealt to Hero Q♠ Q♥

UTG calls $1, fold, Hero raises to $3.50, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $10, fold, UTG calls $9, Hero raises to $87.20 (AI), SB calls $29 (AI), UTG calls $53.35 (AI)

FLOP ($166) K♦ 5♦ K♣

TURN ($166) K♦ 5♦ K♣ 3♠

RIVER ($166) K♦ 5♦ K♣ 3♠ 3♦

UTG shows A♦ A♥
(Pre 40%, Flop 47.6%, Turn 47.6%)

Hero shows Q♠ Q♥
(Pre 20%, Flop 8.7%, Turn 4.8%)

SB shows A♠ A♣
(Pre 40%, Flop 43.6%, Turn 47.6%)

UTG wins $106
SB wins $57.50

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($41.85)
Hero ($56.35)
UTG ($14.50)
UTG+1 ($19)
UTG+2 ($103)
CO ($59.90)
BTN ($54.75)

Dealt to Hero K♠ A♣

fold, fold, UTG+2 raises to $3, fold, BTN calls $3, SB calls $2.50, Hero raises to $13, UTG+2 calls $10, fold, SB calls $10

FLOP ($42) K♣ 3♠ A♥

SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+2 bets $42, SB folds, Hero raises to $43.35 (AI), UTG+2 calls $1.35

TURN ($128) K♣ 3♠ A♥ 2♣

RIVER ($128) K♣ 3♠ A♥ 2♣ 7♦

Hero shows K♠ A♣
(Pre 69%, Flop 93.6%, Turn 100.0%)

UTG+2 shows K♥ Q♥
(Pre 31%, Flop 6.4%, Turn 0.0%)

Hero wins $125

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
Hero ($54)
BB ($18.50)
UTG ($20)
UTG+1 ($41.40)
CO ($26.80)
BTN ($23.50)

Dealt to Hero A♥ A♦

fold, UTG+1 raises to $3.50, fold, fold, Hero raises to $9, fold, UTG+1 calls $5.50

FLOP ($19) 3♦ 8♣ A♣

Hero bets $11, UTG+1 raises to $22, Hero raises to $45 (AI), UTG+1 calls $10.40 (AI)

TURN ($83.80) 3♦ 8♣ A♣ 3♥

RIVER ($83.80) 3♦ 8♣ A♣ 3♥ 6♠

Hero shows A♥ A♦
(Pre 87%, Flop 100.0%, Turn 100.0%)

UTG+1 shows A♠ Q♠
(Pre 13%, Flop 0.0%, Turn 0.0%)

Hero wins $80.80

BR FTP $500
BR PS $130
Total BR+Cashout $1230

Greetz,

T

Hi all,

Poker
Crappy session tonight money wise. Had to fight to get somewere close to BE and even that didnt work out The fish were the lucky ones. I feel that I played pretty ok. I had some small tilty moments (Usually start overlimping in late positions...), but I noticed it and stopped it in like 3 hands or so

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Funny fishy hand:
Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($26.65)
Hero ($37.05)
UTG ($41)
UTG+1 ($40.05)
CO ($25.15)
BTN ($94.65)

Dealt to Hero A♥ Q♠

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls $0.50, Hero raises to $3, SB calls $2

FLOP ($6) Q♥ 3♣ 5♠

SB checks, Hero bets $3, SB raises to $6, Hero raises to $34.05 (AI), SB calls $17.65 (AI)

TURN ($53.30) Q♥ 3♣ 5♠ 3♦

RIVER ($53.30) Q♥ 3♣ 5♠ 3♦ T♥

SB shows 8♦ 3♥
(Pre 33%, Flop 18.4%, Turn 95.5%)

Hero shows A♥ Q♠
(Pre 67%, Flop 81.6%, Turn 4.5%)

SB wins $50.65

New goal
Collect 60k FTP for the 23" monitor. First I thought I would buy it with the cashout, but I changed my mind . Last two sessions were 1k+ FTP each so should take THAT long
Current FTP's 32.5k
Current FTPA Credits: 1.5k

Guitar players only ♦ :
This friday I will test the following:

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It is a speaker simulator for direct recording or direct into the front of house for live purposes. It cancels out the need of mics, so no more mic problems Should be DA BOMB! So if it is great, I will use my poker earnings for it ♦ Hopefully I wont receive so many crap as today because then it will be a loooong road

My (almost) current rack setup: I have changed the Lexicon for the TC Electronic G-Force ♠_cool:

I will try to upload some of the recordings if I like the result

Happy grinding!

T.

Hello Tampaloeres
Thanks for adding me to friends :-) and reviewing the hand.
Do you still play SSS and what limits (seems like NL50 and NL100)? what poker room do you play mostly at and think its the most profitable?
At the moment I play on ongame. Its pretty easy and profitable.
I have just started playing NL20, though I have about $200, enough for NL30. but I want to play at least 10k hands before moving up (played 15k hands on NL10 with 21bb/100, cashed out some 100€).
do you think that is good idea or should I just move trough limits following the BRM?

good luck at tables.

PS: hopefully you have nothing against these question on your blog