Kurrkabin,SnG MindSet-Sofian hypers

also, why do you pay if you got called by someone else?

♠_biggrin: Good question,but this could be a cruel world and indeed- I was not quick enough to pick it up,so I had to call back By the way,I've seen this in USA where they have that "Tracfone" thing(prepaid cell phone with minutes included)and they charge you for both income and outcome calls,wtf...
As for the second ques-not too many at a time,6-9 as a general rule,but most of the time I'm doing 7-8.I'm not a masstabling fan at all.I'll try to maintain 40SnG/day for the rest of the month,so I can round it to 1500 all together for October.

October 20.Daily summary.Today I slept for like 9 hours,lol!Maybe I overslept and that's the reason I feel so exhausted.Maybe I'm still ill or something like that.I just don't feel 100% me.I'll give it few more days and if it doesn't get better,I'mma check with my doc.Now let's return to poker.In my first session today I happened to meet a lot of familiar faces at the tables.Games were loading up quickly,15's,30's at my service I ran good,I would even say very good.On my second session,almost all the regs were off,so I had to wait a bit more to get the games started.Didn't run as good...41 SnG's and I was done,I had really hard time staying concentrated for the last hour,so I decided not to push my luck and nerves.Won another "Franklin" for the day,so I'm happy with it.I'm going to the movies tonight just to mix it up and refresh my mind a bit.There is a Tsvetana Pironkova match running on EuroSport,so I'll follow it til its time to go out!

What movie?

Advice: rest until you feel 100% again. Play only as much as necessary. And give us graphs!

The movie is called "The Island" starring Laetitia Casta and Thure Lindhardt.You can find it here : MOVIE . I just got back.Man,that movie was so weird,hard to describe.I can't even say whether it is good or bad,it was just so emotionally intensed that I felt shocked and confused for the first 20 minutes after it was over.It is a philosophical movie that brings lot's of existential questions to the surface,but it really makes no point of trying to explain it.It's just a tough one.I think depression and confusion were the general feelings,although the end was somewhat possitive.

As for the graph,you got it Tomorrow(actually today already)is one month since I started the blog,so I'll just post the graph from September 21. to October 21. : ) Take care,buddy,and see you around!

23:44 p.m.Time for a more detailed update.It just turns a month since I started this blog and I wanna thank all my readers and new poker friends.You never know,we might even meet eachother some day and become real life friends.It's definitely possible and doable.Time goes by and we have to adjust to it.One month can give us some new directions,new patterns of behaviour,new goals and much more or less.Could be purely a waste of time if we don't do anything I think I take poker more serious now when I have all my goals written up.
Although a big portion of my friends know how to play poker and some of them are really talanted imo,none yet has taken it to the level where he/she is making a living out of it.And that's what I am trying to do.So far-so good.Being a PRO is not the same as making a profit playing poker.There is a long distance between them,although they both lead to the same direction.It's definitely a very positive thing that I meet so many people that live with the game,I can read a lot of different stories and that helps me find my spot in the picture.If everything goes by plan,I think I'll be able to complete all my monthly goals.Let's hope so!It's been a while since I last posted a graph,so now I am gonna post one from 21.September to 21.October-1 month since I started the blog.Cheers!

So,I'.m obviously happy with the way things are going so far,although I really try to aim for a good and solid game.And then again-there is a long way to go,so we have to stay focused and dedicated!

congrats on first month, aaaaand very nice pic....mister, whatever you do it seems you are on good track, so keep on

Originally posted by VBZg
congrats on first month, aaaaand very nice pic....mister, whatever you do it seems you are on good track, so keep on

10x,mate!You keep up the good work as well!

And of course,time for another one of my dailys.I ran bad today.Not a pleasant feeling indeed,but not uncommon either.Long run looks good so far,so I don't panic.For some reason I feel pissed the whole day.I wasn't even in a mood to go out to a bar with my friends.I wanna work out.That takes off some of my aggression.Probabaly tomorrow will do so.I wanted to start boxing or some martial art sports,but that will reduce significantly the time I spend on poker,so that's a big,big minus.We'll see though.I'll post some hands,any comments are welcome : )

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10.00/t20.00 Blinds - 9 players - View hand 1489224
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UTG+2: t1590.00 79.50 BBs
MP1: t1490.00 74.50 BBs
MP2: t1560.00 78 BBs
CO: t1470.00 73.50 BBs
BTN: t1440.00 72 BBs
Hero (SB): t1480.00 74 BBs
BB: t1530.00 76.50 BBs
UTG: t1440.00 72 BBs
UTG+1: t1500.00 75 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is SB with 6 K
7 folds, Hero raises to t60, BB calls t40

Flop: (t120) 8 6 7 (2 players)
Hero bets t60.00, BB calls t60

Turn: (t240) Q (2 players)
Hero bets t130.00, BB raises to t320, Hero calls t190

River: (t880) J (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets t380.00, Hero raises to t1040, BB calls t660

Final Pot: t2960

Villain is some random fish,1 tabler,unknown at that time.As strange as it appears,when he raised me IP I put him on a FD with some sort of a pair.But it's really tough for me to put him on an exact range.

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100.00/t200.00 Blinds - 4 players - View hand 1489226
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SB: t1990.00 9.95 BBs
BB: t2825.00 14.12 BBs
Hero (CO): t6040.00 30.20 BBs
BTN: t2645.00 13.22 BBs

Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is CO with 8 A
Hero raises to t6015, BTN calls t2645 all in, 2 folds

Flop: (t5590) 2 4 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t5590) J (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t5590) 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t5590

BTN is a well-known reg that plays up to the 100$'s.He stated in the chat after making the call-"This won't be an easy bubble for you".Well,buddy,keep on making this extremely stupid minus EV calls and this will surely be a losing bubble play for you.Not that I expect him to read it.I won the SNG afterwards.

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15.00/t30.00 Blinds - 9 players - View hand 1489229
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UTG+1: t2390.00 79.67 BBs
UTG+2: t520.00 17.33 BBs
MP1: t1450.00 48.33 BBs
MP2: t1840.00 61.33 BBs
CO: t1550.00 51.67 BBs
BTN: t1470.00 49 BBs
Hero (SB): t1480.00 49.33 BBs
BB: t1480.00 49.33 BBs
UTG: t1320.00 44 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is SB with Q Q
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t60, 4 folds, BTN calls t60, Hero raises to t270, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls t210, 1 fold

Flop: (t630) J 4 3 (2 players)
Hero bets t380.00, UTG+1 calls t380

Turn: (t1390) K (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets t840.00, Hero calls t830 all in

River: (t3050) A (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t3050

30$ SNG.UTG is an unknown player,1 tabler,which means I am going broke with QQ here.Turn is an interesting spot imo,I decided to check/call to get value from some bluffs(not that I think he has many),AJ or other Jx combos,this way even if he checks behind the turn,he will call the river shove with this mid pairs quite more often.AK is very unlikely imo,since I assume he will either go broke pre or fold flop.Sounds logical to me,doesn't it?Now think twice ♠_o:

Bratko mi you are crushing this game! You are my new idol
Very nice graph, i love your attitude also, keep it up!

who the hell is that reg from the 2nd hand?

and I agree with Gerovit, your attitude is the nuts Keep it up

Subscribed. Awesome start!

Not sure about the A8 vs AQ hand. Ofc, its bad in a vacuum but maybe there are metagame aspects at play. Showing that he will call your bullying bubble shoves "light" may make you shove tighter in future in which case he gets to shove himself.

Would be interested in judges view if you post in forum.

Good luck!

Thank you guys!Very nice of you,truly.
@Tim64,thats exactly what I thought.He is making a statement and so what The reason I will change my range here is the players yet to act.If they are fishy spewtards-then of course I am not going for any two.I've seen very good players making bad loose plays vs me on the bubble for metagame reasons.But it takes more for me to readjust.Him calling with AQ here for the first time after 13k+ isn't big enough of an evidence.Trying to intimidate me later in the chat is actually some good news.It's another prove that he's doing this just once to prevent later bubble abuse.It won't work though.And I really doubt to see him doing this again,because he is a good player.
P.S.I don't wanna name him though,it's just not right

Originally posted by kurrkabin
Thank you guys!Very nice of you,truly.
@Tim64,thats exactly what I thought.He is making a statement and so what The reason I will change my range here is the players yet to act.If they are fishy spewtards-then of course I am not going for any two.I've seen very good players making bad loose plays vs me on the bubble for metagame reasons.But it takes more for me to readjust.Him calling with AQ here for the first time after 13k+ isn't big enough of an evidence.Trying to intimidate me later in the chat is actually some good news.It's another prove that he's doing this just once to prevent later bubble abuse.It won't work though.And I really doubt to see him doing this again,because he is a good player.
P.S.I don't wanna name him though,it's just not right

Yes, it might even backfire on him since he perhaps now assumes that you will be more "honest" when you shove (i.e. not shoving too light because you fear he will call you) in which case you can shove even lighter knowing that he is never calling you light again because he thinks he's already made his 'point'. ♠_cool:

Yes, it might even backfire on him since he perhaps now assumes that you will be more "honest" when you shove (i.e. not shoving too light because you fear he will call you) in which case you can shove even lighter knowing that he is never calling you light again because he thinks he's already made his 'point'. ♠_cool:

♠_biggrin: ♠_biggrin: That's pretty cool and you are absolutely right!We have lots of dynamic with this player,so we'll see how this one will go!

And a quick overview of the day!
Went to bed kinda late,but got up on time to get the gym in the morn.I hate it,but I think I am so beat after training that I loose my itch for playing.I hope I'm wrong.Anyway,followed my plan to play around 40 SNG's a day to finish the month with 1,5k volume.Ran very poorly in the beginning,but at the end things came in place.Finished the day with about a hudred in winnings,but that won't cover for yesterday's losses.It's ok though.Long run is the nuts.I also think I played fairly well,but not great for the most part and that concerns me a little bit.Maybe it's high time to get some coachings.I only had 1 hour so far 4-5 months ago,which equaled 2 HH reviews.
I'll post one hand from today's sessions,it's also posted in the hand evaluation forum.

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100.00/t200.00 Blinds - 6 players - View hand 1490422
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UTG: t2456.00 12.28 BBs
MP: t2990.00 14.95 BBs
CO: t1360.00 6.80 BBs
BTN: t1205.00 6.03 BBs
SB: t1974.00 9.87 BBs
Hero (BB): t3515.00 17.57 BBs

Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is BB with Q 4
UTG calls t200, 4 folds, Hero checks

Flop: (t500) K K Q (2 players)
Hero bets t250.00, UTG raises to t500, Hero calls t250

Turn: (t1500) T (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks

River: (t1500) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t1000.00, Hero calls t1000

Final Pot: t3500

It's a 30$ reg-speed KO and villain is 38/0/0/0-1,6-agg.f-72 hands.On the flop this looks more like a bluff to me.Why should he ever raise trip kings there?Maybe he's doing this with Qx,less likely with a FD,I don't really now.Not a spot I wanna go broke,so I opted just for a call.I have a nice high pair anyways,2 overs are already counted,so not too many bad cards for us imo.Turn went c/c and on the river I either think he bluffing with air,maybe betting Qx or extracting some missed value with Kx.I am also spliting against Q2-Q9.I'm not really sure.I think his line worked really well against me ♦

@Tim64
♠_biggrin: ♠_biggrin: That's pretty cool and you are absolutely right!We have lots of dynamic with this player,so we'll see how this one will go!

And a quick overview of the day!
Went to bed kinda late,but got up on time to get the gym in the morn.I hate it,but I think I am so beat after training that I loose my itch for playing.I hope I'm wrong.Anyway,followed my plan to play around 40 SNG's a day to finish the month with 1,5k volume.Ran very poorly in the beginning,but at the end things came in place.Finished the day with about a hudred in winnings,but that won't cover for yesterday's losses.It's ok though.Long run is the nuts.I also think I played fairly well,but not great for the most part and that concerns me a little bit.Maybe it's high time to get some coachings.I only had 1 hour so far 4-5 months ago,which equaled 2 HH reviews.
I'll post one hand from today's sessions,it's also posted in the hand evaluation forum.

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100.00/t200.00 Blinds - 6 players - View hand 1490422
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

UTG: t2456.00 12.28 BBs
MP: t2990.00 14.95 BBs
CO: t1360.00 6.80 BBs
BTN: t1205.00 6.03 BBs
SB: t1974.00 9.87 BBs
Hero (BB): t3515.00 17.57 BBs

Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is BB with Q 4
UTG calls t200, 4 folds, Hero checks

Flop: (t500) K K Q (2 players)
Hero bets t250.00, UTG raises to t500, Hero calls t250

Turn: (t1500) T (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks

River: (t1500) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t1000.00, Hero calls t1000

Final Pot: t3500

It's a 30$ reg-speed KO and villain is 38/0/0/0-1,6-agg.f-72 hands.On the flop this looks more like a bluff to me.Why should he ever raise trip kings there?Maybe he's doing this with Qx,less likely with a FD,I don't really now.Not a spot I wanna go broke,so I opted just for a call.I have a nice high pair anyways,2 overs are already counted,so not too many bad cards for us imo.Turn went c/c and on the river I either think he bluffing with air,maybe betting Qx or extracting some missed value with Kx.I am also spliting against Q2-Q9.I'm not really sure.I think his line worked really well against me ♦

Hi,guys!I'm not much in a mood for talking,so I'll just make it short.Played a lot today.Probably around 100 games,maybe a bit more.Didn't really run any good.Something important to mention-I am switching to Ipoker for the rest of the month.I have to rake 500$ to get platinium status and thats my new goal now.I've completed all my montly goals on stars and I also need a little break,to try something new.I started by playing some 23,5$ Jackpot 6max with 50/30/20 payout structure.Never played anything fishier.I mean it.Even back in the day when I first started I've never seen what I happened to see today.Ugly play.So loose and bad I felt I'm playing a different game.Anyway,I decided not to play them,because I have to change my play big time and I don't wanna waste time doing it.I don't have any of it anyway-just a week left to reach platinium.I moved to 11$,22$ and 33$ 10max.For some sick reason Ipoker has a greater traffic on the non-turbos rather then turbos.That sux ♦ These games were full of regs.Especially the 33$.I'm playing with like 7-8 tight regs and 1,maximum 2-3 fishes.Regs are making some stupid plays,not nearly as good as most of the regs on stars,but you can't really multitable and that makes them tought to beat.At least the ones that I played today.I hope I won't go broke just to rake some stupid 500$...I'll post the graph once I'm done with the challange.So far-im running bad.

Originally posted by kurrkabin
Hi,guys!I'm not much in a mood for talking,so I'll just make it short.Played a lot today.Probably around 100 games,maybe a bit more.Didn't really run any good.Something important to mention-I am switching to Ipoker for the rest of the month.I have to rake 500$ to get platinium status and thats my new goal now.I've completed all my montly goals on stars and I also need a little break,to try something new.I started by playing some 23,5$ Jackpot 6max with 50/30/20 payout structure.Never played anything fishier.I mean it.Even back in the day when I first started I've never seen what I happened to see today.Ugly play.So loose and bad I felt I'm playing a different game.Anyway,I decided not to play them,because I have to change my play big time and I don't wanna waste time doing it.I don't have any of it anyway-just a week left to reach platinium.I moved to 11$,22$ and 33$ 10max.For some sick reason Ipoker has a greater traffic on the non-turbos rather then turbos.That sux ♦ These games were full of regs.Especially the 33$.I'm playing with like 7-8 tight regs and 1,maximum 2-3 fishes.Regs are making some stupid plays,not nearly as good as most of the regs on stars,but you can't really multitable and that makes them tought to beat.At least the ones that I played today.I hope I won't go broke just to rake some stupid 500$...I'll post the graph once I'm done with the challange.So far-im running bad.

Good luck sir. FR sucks on ipoker. either no traffic or many regs. Switch to SH (actually, dont, Im doing just fine without you ♦)

♠_biggrin: ♠_biggrin: Thank you,sir,but I'll be just another fish on the table if I switch to 6max : ) I'll probably try them although I am very unexperienced and my postflop is... ♠_mad: .I really just hope to rake the 500$ without loosing too much....lol!