New Challenge: Movin' On Up

[KingJames 11]

Still stuck but made a nice hero call with 55 on 76TJJ vs a pot sized river betplaying gootnottinghamrobusto here i come

[KingJames 11]

bink gutters vs top pair to start toward robustoMerge, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 PlayersLeggoPoker.com - Hand History ConverterSB: $16.51Hero (BB): $10UTG: $10.60CO: $5.95BTN: $13.44Pre-Flop: 9 T dealt to Hero (BB)UTG calls $0.10, CO calls $0.10, BTN calls $0.10, SB folds, Hero checksFlop: ($0.45) 3 K J (4 Players)Hero bets $0.30, UTG raises to $0.60, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.30Turn: ($1.65) Q (2 Players)Hero checks, UTG bets $1.65, Hero raises to $9.30 and is All-In, UTG calls $7.65River: ($20.25) 9 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)Results: $20.25 Pot ($1.01 Rake)Hero showed 9 T and WON $19.24 (+$9.34 NET)UTG showed 7 K and LOST (-$10 NET)

[KingJames 11]

young'n on his grindjust folded QQ pre vs AA- fish got it in on the flop with 33playing good, running bad

[KingJames 11]

robusto... QQ > JT KQ99X board

[QED 4]

July goalsprofit on stars

[x] profit on starsGraph goes up!Not bad to have an up graph for once but I'm not overly excited by my win rate at 5NL (I did run 5 buys ins under EV at 5NL which doesn't help matters I suppose). I do miss my rake back, only cleared one $10 bonus this month on stars.TotalPoker: $68.79Bonus etc: $10= $78.79Hands 10k @ 2NL, 19k @5NL August goals30k handsGet my roll up to 20 buy ins for 10NL and start playing that.

[KingJames 11]

July wrap-up:Online:NL Cash: $92PLO/Mixed: $9Bonus: $10Donkaments: ($3)Online Total: $108Lolive poker: $700 (all 50nl and lower )Total: $808BBs:Stats:Stakes:Positions:I played really well and focused again this month. I continue to have a renewed love for teh pokerz. I watched a lot of videos and did all the other stuff to keep improving, so I feel good about the stuff going on during prohibition.August goals:15k handsWatch videos and finish the MTT books.Lots of golf, hiking and poker.Start the school year strong.

[XXEddie 0]

Found this on 4"WPT Regional Event will be at The Isle Casino Hotel as the final 3-day event of the WPT Colorado Deep Stacks series October 5-16, 2011. Event details will be available on The Isle's website and in the poker room by mid-August."Deepstack?!?!?! Soooooo in!!!

[QED 4]

KingJames = live pwner imo

[KingJames 11]

Found this on 4"WPT Regional Event will be at The Isle Casino Hotel as the final 3-day event of the WPT Colorado Deep Stacks series October 5-16, 2011. Event details will be available on The Isle's website and in the poker room by mid-August."Deepstack?!?!?! Soooooo in!!!

boink

KingJames = live pwner imo

sometimes you run teh goods... won $250 in one night at a 25nl home game that played ridiculously huge... I raised AA to $1.25 on one hand, two callers, got 3b to $10 (100 effectice) and I 4b to $24 and got crammed on by JJ, held so it was sweet

[trystero 0]

boinksometimes you run teh goods... won $250 in one night at a 25nl home game that played ridiculously huge... I raised AA to $1.25 on one hand, two callers, got 3b to $10 (100 effectice) and I 4b to $24 and got crammed on by JJ, held so it was sweet

4 bis w/JJ. solid play.

[CobaltBlue 662]

well get your grind on

Third vacation of the month tho. Just got back. Might grind some tomorrow.

[KingJames 11]

Good start to August:Merge, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 PlayersLeggoPoker.com - Hand History ConverterBB: $7Hero (UTG): $10.01CO: $12.79BTN: $19.43SB: $10.21Pre-Flop: 3 3 dealt to Hero (UTG)Hero raises to $0.30, CO calls $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, 2 foldsFlop: ($1.05) 3 A 4 (3 Players)Hero bets $0.85, CO folds, BTN calls $0.85Turn: ($2.75) 4 (2 Players)Hero bets $2.35, BTN calls $2.35River: ($7.45) K (2 Players)Hero raises to $6.51 and is All-In, BTN calls $6.51Results: $20.47 Pot ($1.02 Rake)Hero showed 3 3 and WON $19.45 (+$9.44 NET)BTN showed 2 A and LOST (-$10.01 NET)I mean, aces and fours with a king kicker... it's a good hand. chops with all my AX hands and beats my "I wanna triple barrel bluff a 88 vpip fish" hands

[trystero 0]

pot odds tho

[KingJames 11]

100 hands (profit)went for a rungot in the poolwait for the guy to finish fixing the AC (hid it's been 90 for 15 days straight in denver)then,go downtown for museum and urban adventuresplay some pokergonna be a great day

[KingJames 11]

pot odds tho

i was very impressed with my bet sizing

[XXEddie 0]

Sigh.. lost like $450 last night. Early on it seemed like a replay of Friday since it took me almost two hours to win a pot more than $10. Was down $200 but got back on the plus side with this hand. Few limpers, pick up teh Aces an raise to 10. Drunk guy in the BB looks and goes '10??... Hundo!' his girlfriend who is UTG cold calls the $100. Folds back to me I make it $200($100 limit). Drunk guy calls his last $20, his gf calls too. Flop KTT and the drunk guy shouts out 'Oh man, what a sick flop!'. So I feel it's pretty clear he has KK. I shove my last 80 and his gf calls with QQ so I'm figuring if I can hold vs the gf I can at least profit a little. Turn 8, River A! I flip over AA and the drunk guy slams down KK and goes 'yyyeeeeeeaaaahhhhhhh!'. I kindly point out KK is no good and stack the pot lol. Overall I just got a little impatient. I ran 2 triple barrel bluffs and ran into a set and 2 pair. Oh well, there's always tomorrow!Back to the drunk guy. After playing with him for 5 hours our table broke, but there were 6 of us and only 5 seats. I agreed to just be first up on the waiting list so I just stayed at my table talking to the dealer. After about 10 minutes a seat opens and it's at his table. As soon as I sit down this convo happens.Him - Oh nice, you brought back my money!Me - Your money? Ok, if that's what you think.Him - Dude, what are talking for? You've been sitting over there on just one hand. That's all you won, one hand.Me - Really? I haven't. That's weird, I could sworn I won a few more. Guess not.Him- - Dude, you're talking trash after a suckout? Admit it, it was a suckout.Me - I only needed to suckout because you sucked out first.I eventually moved to his left because he was getting so trashed he wasn't protecting his hand half the time. I was able to see a card or two of his without even trying. Eventually he gets involved in a big pot where he tries to go allin, but he is reminded for the 10th time (not an exaggeration) that the limit is 100. So he makes it 100 on top of the 50 it was. Then he randomly starts talking to me again..Him - Let's go put your money in there.Me - Does it look like I have cards?Him - Why'd you fold? Don't want to give me my money back?Me - A combination of me having rags and me getting to enjoy watching you get stacked from the sidelinesHim - Yeah whatever dude, you just watch.Well, I 'watch' him get called. And put is last 180 or so in or a 36787hhh board with AKo and lose to JJ. I didn't say anything and he finally got up after losing probably $700 from just what I saw. I promptly high-fived the guy that busted him. Oh another plus side, I'm working on getting all the dealers to call me 'Pager' since apparently now when they swipe my players card at the table it comes up as 'pgr'. Pretty much every dealer asked about it and I told them I didn't know how it happened, but I'm working on it being a new nickname, lolz.#Havingfunwhilelosingstacks

[KingJames 11]

you're the worstcool post from snappievouz on DC:

10 things that got me from 10nl to 100nl =)I am not jinxing it because there is nothing to be jinxed: I am ready to get to 100nl.It doesn't feel as magical as when I was playing 10nl and dreamed about playing with the big guys, it does feel a bit weird. We (because I can not take full blame for this, threads13 has been a part of this too) have worked so hard, and when I was losing for over 3/4 year at 25nl I just didn't believe it anymore. Poker was rigged for me, I was in a lifetime downswing and I would never become a poker god.It has been a long ride, with lots of frustration and the enjoyment of playing poker was very low at some point. I am not the type to give up easily, i have the heart of a champion, so I kept going until i cracked. I couldn't take it no more. Hated the fact I was in DC videos (this was very important for my ego) and was losing at the tables, hated the fact that i studied so hard (what i did not) and was losing, and hated the fact that people that sucked at poker (who did a lot of things a lot better then me without me realising it because i sucked) where moving up so quickly while I was stuck stuck stuck. My life was based around poker, it was a sick obsession and I needed to make it work for me.It was exit or one more shot. I made the thread where I confest I was such a big loser, I got some free coaching from guys, added some really helpful people and I invested in coaching. I can now look back and see how my **** ups could easily be helpful for some people struggling at 10nl/25nl, like I was, for such a long time. So here it is.1. Mental: You can not play loose and be a tilt monkey. You can not, I repeat: You can not. Nits get payed because guys like that (like I was): you raise a shit ton of hands pre flop, you stay aggro post flop, something makes you go on tilt, you lose focus, and all of a sudden you are all in w/ AJs vs a nit who is only 3-betting the nuts. All of a sudden you are paying off with second pair because your image is so sick, all of a sudden you are bluff raising flops, betting turn shoving river with no fold equity... You don't want to learn yourself a high variance game if you can't control your emotions. Pick better starting hands pre flop, be honoust about yourself and play the game you need to play to win..... 2. Stats don't matter: No matter if you play a 30/25 or a 21/17. If a 12/10 raises UTG, you don't need to call w/ JKs in the blinds vs his range. You don't need to put money in that pot to get your stats higher (or you don't need to fold a hand because you want to get your stats lower). You don't need to raise the BTN very light vs somebody that play back at your constantly. Just don't. It does not matter if you have a session where you play 22/19, and it does not matter if you have a session where you played 39/34. Aslong as you pay attention to the situation, and base your calling/raising decision on that, stats don't matter. Don't ever aim for stats. Obvious this also applies post flop.3. Stat's matter: If you keep tilting away money, and if you keep losing money for over a long time and you are not sure it's because of your own play or variance.. It might be good to focus on playing tighter. Tighter is fundamental more correct, variance will be lower and you have more equity post flop = less chance to **** things up4. It's a snowball effect: Here you are, 89o on the BTN, UTG is a 24/19 and he open raises, CO calls (he is a 22/19), you decide you can not call w/ this hand, but you might be able to 3-bet it. You tell yourself it's close, realise you have position, and you 3-bet his ass. The BB calls (he is a huge fish so you are happy), then the 24/19 calls, and the 22/19 calls too. So here you are w/ a big pot. You flop 97Ts, and you are looking at a pair plus straight draw. UTG checks, CO donk bets small, you get confused, you call. BB calls, UTG shoves, CO calls. You call too, BB calls too.. and here you are vs a flush draw, a set, air from the fish w/ 89o. You lose the pot and you say: Variance. But if you had folded the 89o pre flop, hey, ... no 100 bb lost. Don't think I am saying you need to play tight pre flop and have to stop 3-betting light. What I am saying is this: If you know from yourself u tilt easily, why are you adding so much variance into your game by making plays known as high variance? There are no better spots in cashgames, but folding is always neutral EV.Baluga says: It's only 4bb invested (but now comes the important part), you just need to NOT **** up post flop 5. Frequencies: You learned about floating, you learned about bluff raising flops. You learned about slowplaying etc etc. Great. but don't end up being the guy w/ a fold to c-bet % of 24 because you see a floating, bluff raising spot every time you cold called pre flop. The same goes for 3-betting light, 4-betting light, ch/r bluffing etc etc etc. Balance is not needed at the small stakes they say, then again, a more balanced game probably leads to people having to guess more often vs U. If you fold to c-bets 24% of the time... they dont have to guess: You are a calling station, and they will valuebet the shit out of you6. Stop looking at your results in game.... and turn of your hero hud when playing: It's so gross to have the feeling you are playing the best poker you have been playing in a long time, then check holdem manager and see you are running a "28/19 w/ a 3-bet of 2" after 40 minutes of play.... What the hell?! That are BAD stats, I am calling way to much, I am not being aggro enough post flop..lets change: All of a sudden you are aiming for stats while you are not in flow of the game anymore. The same is obvious true when you think you are playing good and then see you have lost 3 bi's so far. Holy shit theremust be something wrong, possibily, but: Variance exsists. Serious, go with the flow, let things happen... stats will come in the long run. I wish there was an easy way to not check your results in game because it's not easy to fix, but it is fixable. 7. Balance life Probably had to be at 1, this one. Your life is not poker, poker is a part of your life. Enjoy things, do things you love and if you only love poker.... get some other hobbies. To play optimal poker, you need to be mentally healthy. Do sports, get a girlfriend and if you have a girlfriend enjoy your time with her. Read a book thats not about poker, watch some documentarys you think are interesting. It probably will even make your game better. You love poker, its your main hobby, so everything you listen/watch too outside of poker will probably be related to poker. My boxing trainer talks a lot about: being defensive while countering, he talks a lot about not always doing the same thing... he talks about taking everything in that happens while fighting... hmm? poker related huh? The other day I was watching Fact or Faked (its about paranomal activity, gf loves it)... and one of the hosts said: You got to try it to know how it works, right?! ............ hmm?Eating well, sleeping well... You are playing a thinking sport here. So you are kind of an athlete. Forget the bad food, forget the bad sleep... clean the room... you need to for your own EV8. Get a coach: For a long time people told me that I could easily get to 100nl with only learning from videos at DC. They where wrong. I needed someone to talk poker with, somebody I know is winning in this game and can explains things I am struggling with. Coaching is personal, a training video never is. I have been in the Yin Yang series, but it never ever helped my own game. That's not Inavacuum's fault, because it was never personal coaching. It never looked into my leaks, it was for everyone. And I am not everyone. My game went skyrocket with coaching from Threads13, things started to click even faster because of point 9, but threads13 was a great way to get feedback on what I was doing myself away from personal coaching and the tablesb. Get some poker buddys: Look at what Foxwoodsfiends, Whitelime, Anksy and Krantz did because of poker buddies... =)9 You don't study poker and you don't play enough: I watched all videos at DC, seriously, I watched them all. Some guys watch 1 or 2 a month and do not under my poker skill. The thing is that I watched poker videos, I never learned how to get most out of them. You need to learn how to learn poker, and you need to learn how you learn. I learn most from theory videos, theory videos or audio I can put on my ipod, and can keep listening and keep listening. I also make better notes with theory videos then I do with sweat videos. That's just me, you could be totally different. I also overloaded myself with poker knowledge 'you can do everything a little bit, but you are not good at one thing', has been me for a long time. Even now I still struggle with wanting to add knowledge instead of playing another session. I have set a learning schedule for myself, and my learning is set until the end of september. I am playing more and more, which is important. Power is knowledge being applied. Play more then you study. It's like a bodybuilder talking about adding weight without ever going to the gym. It's like a boxer learning all the techniques from watching old Ali videos, but never get in the ring. Studying the game is ****ing important, but you need to do it right (taking notes, letting things integrated) and you need to take your time. 10 Analyze your game and be honoust: I started to improve a shit ton when I started to use HEM for all it's possibilities. There are so many filters it's insane. PFR = false, faced c-bet = true, turn bet made = true, saw showdown = false ........ You can play around with it so much and you can pretty much evaluate your own game if your database is big enough. Write down the mistakes you are making, and give yourself the time to correct them. A **** up in game is just an mirror to show you where you are still lackingb Review your sessions, post hands and do ev calculations. Its ****ing boring but I rather play 1 session less a day and do the reviews, then playing another session without realising I am doing something very wrong in certain situations (unconsious incompetence)

[SuperJon 175]

Really like that post James. #'s 1, 4, 6 really apply to me.I've gotten my ass handed to me the last 2 months, but I'm pretty much gonna gurillantee that I crush August. Like F it in the A so hard that October feels it.

[XXEddie 0]

Really like that post James. #'s 1, 4, 6 really apply to me.I've gotten my ass handed to me the last 2 months, but I'm pretty much gonna gurillantee that I crush August. Like F it in the A so hard that October feels it.

This. Same numbers jumped out to me.

[KingJames 11]

Really like that post James. #'s 1, 4, 6 really apply to me.I've gotten my ass handed to me the last 2 months, but I'm pretty much gonna gurillantee that I crush August. Like F it in the A so hard that October feels it.

plz crushand make a video

[KingJames 11]

zzzzzzz what a fish this guy is, 75% equity is huge in teh ploMoooooooooooraaawwwr.PokerStars Pot Limit Omaha t5/t10 - 2 playersBB paganello: t2,010 Button Hero: t4,446 Preflop: (t15) Hero is Button with (2 players)Hero raises to t30, paganello raises to t90, Hero calls t60Flop: (t180) (2 players)paganello bets t180, Hero calls t180Turn: (t540) (2 players)paganello bets t540, Hero raises to t1740, paganello calls t1200 and is all-inRiver: (t4,020) (2 players)paganello showed , and won (4020) with a straight, Ace to FiveHero showed , and lost with two pair, Nines and Sixespaganello won t4020

[CobaltBlue 662]

Kind of on the tail-end of a meltdown session. The actual monetary number is my worst in a long time, but in comparison to my BR and the number of BI, I guess it's merely pretty bad.

[SuperJon 175]

Speaking of losing sessions. I've lost 11 lbs in like the last 3 weeks or so.

[KingJames 11]

Speaking of losing sessions. I've lost 11 lbs in like the last 3 weeks or so.

Congrats! Keep it up.#peacefullygrinding and #nottingham lead to another awesome dayfun hand: prob spewy but I want him to fold a JMerge, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 PlayersLeggoPoker.com - Hand History ConverterCO: $17.30BTN: $9.82SB: $5.36BB: $8.97Hero (UTG): $10.70MP: $7MP posts $0.10Pre-Flop: A Q dealt to Hero (UTG)Hero raises to $0.40, MP calls $0.30, 3 folds, BB calls $0.30Flop: ($1.25) 3 6 J (3 Players)BB checks, Hero bets $0.75, MP raises to $1.50, BB folds, Hero calls $0.75Turn: ($4.25) 7 (2 Players)Hero checks, MP checksRiver: ($4.25) K (2 Players)Hero bets $5.15, MP foldsResults: $4.25 PotHero showed A Q and WON $9.19 (+$7.29 NET)

[trystero 0]

I like itonly fails when he has like QcJc