August Goals

[mikeysong 0]

Yup, I've been too.Nothing to do with poker/gambling though, although my Mom wanted me to, lol

if I was your mom, I'd make you do it too : )

[iggymcfly 0]

I saw one for a month or two that was court-mandated after my DUI. After the first meeting though, we hardly mentioned drinking and mainly just talked about gambling. I actually went through that $30,000 right toward the end of it, but I wanted to be done and I knew she'd just tell me to quit gambling or at least continue the counseling so I didn't mention it to her.I think to really counsel someone effectively in my shoes, the counselor would have to be a fairly serious poker player themselves. It's just so hard to get the idea across that it isn't necessarily self-destructive to lose $10,000 if I'm playing in a game where I have 50 buy-ins and an established edge. By the time you get across the idea that playing poker for a living is viable, it's kind of disappointing to say that you went broke being a drunken degenerate.I seriously don't need this outpouring of pity though. I've been happily playing 1/2 today (where I have a healthy BR of 38 BI) and I'm not as clearly destined for failure as some of you seem to think. Even yesterday, when I was bad, I only put about 1/15 of my roll on the higher limit table and I may well have quit if I'd lost that. I'm even more determined to stick to good BR management than I was a couple weeks ago and with more experience of playing a high volume of hands, I've got a better idea of what kind of starting requirements I need to stay away from my tilt threshold. I did survive a 18 BI downswing a couple weeks ago and I think there's no reason I can't just do things properly and succeed from here on out. Also, I haven't played drunk since February and have been drinking much less in general lately so there's one potential pitfall that I should be a little bit less likely to fall into.

[timwakefield 68]

Iggy, my only advice is just DON'T MOVE UP LEVELS, EVER AT ALL, until you're fully rolled to move up.Even if you just want to put one buy-in on the table like yesterday, DON'T. Just pretend you're a heroin addict, and moving up a level is like taking drugs. If you're a recovering drug addict you know that you can't just do it once, you have to abstain completely.

[Jordan 1]

here is my tentative plan for September.go to the borgata poker open in AC and win my main event seat:some stipulations:I'd like to take 10% of my roll out there, no less than $4k. Right now, after losing what I earned last week back, I'm at like 36k, so I have 18 days to earn at least 4k. I'd rather have around 43-45k though if I head out there and be able to take a bit more, but I think 4k would be ok to take outta my roll if it's only at 40k by end of this month.here is the schedule i'm looking at, satellite wise...Fly out on the 7th..8th $1070 Big Three Super Sat...this is a baller satellite...~1/18 get seat to 2.5k, 5k, and 10k main event9th - $550 Big Three Super Sat again, ~1/36 get the same deal as aboveIf i brick both of those I will still have $2380 (outta 4k) to work with and will move on to...I will play 4 $550s, which are all for the main event, 1/20 get a seat...if I brick all of those I will play one $280 where 1/40 get a seat...this would be 4050k in fees, but I think I can let the extra $50 slip.The $550s I'd play on the 12th, 14th, 14th again if i brick first one, and then the 15th. I'd play the 280 in between one of those.Anyways, that's the tentative plan...some other things will influence my decision to go, but i'm fairly certain that I could take down a seat with this plan, if not whatever...hopefully i just take down the satellite on the 8th if I go.- Jordan

[Jordan 1]

shirt i found and bought at a thrift store...hopefully will be featured on a televised final table soon lol- Jordan

[No_Neck 0]

Yup, I've been too.Nothing to do with poker/gambling though, although my Mom wanted me to, lol

yeah same here. I was addicted to rage-a-hol.

[Mattnxtc 0]

If we are able to trade so low...does anybody want 34$ on full tilt for 34 on stars? I am playing on stars full time now and the $34 is just going to sit there.

[dreamcrusher28 0]

If we are able to trade so low...does anybody want 34$ on full tilt for 34 on stars? I am playing on stars full time now and the $34 is just going to sit there.

Play the $4.40 SnG's (1-table) and earn some $26 Sat tokens. Then hit big in a donkament!! Thats my plan with my Bodog RB, which goes directly to FT. Got 2 so far, like to get 5 or 6 before my $58 runs out.

[CobaltBlue 662]

So I played 4 smallish MTTs this morning, cashing in three, making a deal HU in one, and finishing second in another (I'm good at waking up with underpairs HU in that situation). I'm actually pretty happy having played 3 HORSE tournaments ever. I "won" one and made the deal HU in the other.I'm probably going down to Biloxi at the end of the month to play the full slate of prelim tournies in the Gulf Coast Poker Championship (including a megasat) unless something awful happens between now and then.

[iggymcfly 0]

Well, I've just been breaking even the last 3 days, putting in about 2500 hands at 1/2 and not getting anywhere but not having any big swings or any tilt issues either. I did get just close enough in the Nightly Hundred Grand last night to feel like I could get a big cash, but ended up going out 33rd out of 900 or so for like $400.Tomorrow at noon, I leave for Vegas though, so that should be fun. While I don't want to say that I never want to play BJ or pit games again for the rest of my life or anything, I definitely don't want to touch them this trip. Just a little check on my self-control. If I do well playing poker and really want to flush some money down the toilet, I'm sure I can find a stripper that would be happy to take it off my hands.

[No_Neck 0]

GL in Vegas

[simo_8ball 0]

This is my month so far, almost all at $50PLO (proram is PokerEV which calculates your sklansky dollars and effectively tells you where you should be at if you ran perfectly normal): Sklansky tells me I should be 8 buyins up. In fact, I am 8 buyins down. That's actually 16 buyins down on where I should be in 2700 hands (the lines are level at about 2300).That, or ISAP. That's a possibility.It's not even the cash. It's the buyins themselves that are getting to me./rant

[iggymcfly 0]

FTR, I'm not sure if Sklansky bucks are supposed to match up to total winnings (with even luck) or with showdown winnings. I think it's more likely the latter since the program can't calculate Sklansky bucks without seeing your opponents hold cards. Put another way, I'm running 22 BI above expected in all-in confrontations over my database (so I've been running well), but my total winnings still don't equal my Sklansky bucks. How does your luck graph look? Are you running bad there too?

[aucu 3]

Seriously, iggy, I think you might want to consider counseling. And there's really no shame in that. I saw a counselor for a couple of years and I think it helped.

My only "counseling" was done on a bar stool, thank god I've got a good group of mates.

[timwakefield 68]

August so far - Edit: I forgot 12 ^^^.

[Zach6668 513]

Go poker!

[Jordan 1]

i posted a longer review of today in the challenge thread in general...here im just posting my graphtodayoverall monthscrew you.- Jordan

[iggymcfly 0]

Lots of ouchie graphs. Am I the only one on the forum who's running decent in August?

[Zach6668 513]

I'm actually running quite well in August.Was on pace for my best month ever, and it's still looking possible.I also managed to get almost $300 back since I posted that graph, so it's not "all" bad.

[simo_8ball 0]

FTR, I'm not sure if Sklansky bucks are supposed to match up to total winnings (with even luck) or with showdown winnings. I think it's more likely the latter since the program can't calculate Sklansky bucks without seeing your opponents hold cards. Put another way, I'm running 22 BI above expected in all-in confrontations over my database (so I've been running well), but my total winnings still don't equal my Sklansky bucks. How does your luck graph look? Are you running bad there too?

I think the MAIN thing is that looking at my allin luck graph, I've had a net downswing (equity loss) of 6 buyins in my last 17 allins. Variance has officially screwed me out of 6 buyins in the last couple of days, just on my allin hands.Could you do me a favour? Can you post your % for these -In my last 3 days (2497 hands):# I've flopped a total of 6 decent combo draws (oesd or better plus any fd). That's 0.24% of hands.# I've flopped 21 combo draws (gutshot or better plus any fd) = 0.84%.I think those should be way higher. I just don't seem to be winning any pots lately. Every flop is a blank for me, but if I bet it anyway someone has something.Also, when I filter for [TPWK,TPTK,Overpair] on the flop, Showdown winnings are -$176, and the Sklansky line is +$56.I know I'm spewing in certain hands, and that will definitely account for about 3 or 4 buyins over the last few days. Some of them are hands like this that have been just biting me in the ass lately:Dealt to Simo123 [Jh Js 9h 8d]BigWilli76 foldsInsertCliche raises to $3.50drfool foldsIRAISEUTOHELL foldsBigWilli76 stands upray_lankford_16 calls $3Simo123 calls $2.50*** FLOP *** [5s 5c Qh]ray_lankford_16 checksSimo123 checksInsertCliche bets $8ray_lankford_16 foldsmicketymack adds $40Simo123 raises to $25InsertCliche has 15 seconds left to actInsertCliche foldsUncalled bet of $17 returned to Simo123Simo123 mucksSimo123 wins the pot ($25.20)I keep looking through the filters to try and find leaks, but every graph I look at has Showdown<<<<<<Sklansky.

[Scott3705 0]

here is my tentative plan for September.go to the borgata poker open in AC and win my main event seat:I'd like to take 10% of my roll out there, no less than $4k. Right now, after losing what I earned last week back, I'm at like 36k, so I have 18 days to earn at least 4k. I'd rather have around 43-45k though if I head out there and be able to take a bit more, but I think 4k would be ok to take outta my roll if it's only at 40k by end of this month.

Wow, reading this just made me think about the fact that you're playing HU 200nl rolled for 180 buy-ins. Crazy. Well done with the BR management sir. I'd tried playing too high and gone bust.

[Jordan 1]

Wow, reading this just made me think about the fact that you're playing HU 200nl rolled for 180 buy-ins. Crazy. Well done with the BR management sir. I'd tried playing too high and gone bust.

Been playing 400nl hu too, and 5/10 6 max or 3/6 6 max...but that just more or less recently.Don't know if you saw my graph from last night. I played a guy short at 10/20 hu...he was horrible and 5/10 6 max and equally bad at hu play. I ran disgustingly bad after busting his short stack twice, and ended up dropping 3 buy-ins to him. My roll is back in the 33-34k range. I'm not sure what I'm doing next. Last night was very very frustrating for me...losing hu to horrible players starts to really get at you...- Jordan

[Scott3705 0]

Been playing 400nl hu too, and 5/10 6 max or 3/6 6 max...but that just more or less recently.Don't know if you saw my graph from last night. I played a guy short at 10/20 hu...he was horrible and 5/10 6 max and equally bad at hu play. I ran disgustingly bad after busting his short stack twice, and ended up dropping 3 buy-ins to him. My roll is back in the 33-34k range. I'm not sure what I'm doing next. Last night was very very frustrating for me...losing hu to horrible players starts to really get at you...- Jordan

Yeah, I don't think my tilt problem would be able to handle HU swings. $9k swing is a lot on the BR but I guess at 10/20 it's only 4.5 buyins which I can't imagine is out of the question HU. I'm assuming some of that was the other tables too though.

[KDawgCometh 2]

alright, yesterday got me back in the green this month. Up 220 after 11350 hands. I've done a terrible job getting in hands the past two months. I'll be lucky if i hit 30K hands this month if I continue like this. I'm gonna have to put in a bunch of 2500 hand days, but I just haven't been in the mood for it lately

[Jordan 1]

Yeah, I don't think my tilt problem would be able to handle HU swings. $9k swing is a lot on the BR but I guess at 10/20 it's only 4.5 buyins which I can't imagine is out of the question HU. I'm assuming some of that was the other tables too though.

I won 4 buy-ins 5/10 6 max, then lost one back, cashed out up 3 buy-ins in the 5/10 6 max game.I lost 6k to the guy at 10/20, so a negative 3k night. Nothing major, just very frustrating.And I'm not the kind of player who quits when they are "up"....but I may just do that next time so I can freaking book a nice win and get some mental confidence back...but I'm not sure if this is the right line. I know I put myself in a very good spot yesterday and could easily have pulled in who knows 7 8 9 10k? Point is, I was just playing my game and lost...I can't help that. I know I didn't steam, or tilt, or make too many horrible plays..but rather just ran bad and this guy ran ridiculously hot. So whatever...now I just have to decide if I can still play 5/10 6 max with this roll, or if I should bite the bullet and drop limits now and win a little before playing the 6max game with 33 buy-ins.--I played 3-4 tables 5/10 6 max and was one tabling 1/2 hu..and that seemed alright...- Jordan