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So, I finally had a bad day at NL! :DLOL, I'm actually quite relieved, although most of it was through pretty bad play. I had it coming though. I took a few two outers, and then made a few pretty loose call downs.I ended up down $315 on the day, which is pretty bad, but like I said, I'm a bit relieved to finally hit a down patch before I got ahead of myself with this constant winning. :PEither way, back at it tonight with the intention of making it all back, and then some.... maybe.My total BR is up to $1885ish at this point, down from $2100 the day before.With a little over a week left in the month, I think I'd like to see how close to 3K I can get it.I plan on playing as much as I can until school starts on Sept 7th, so my real goal is to get to at least 4k by 9/7. At the pace I'm running, if I can get the hands in, I think I should be ok if I continue to play well, and avoid self-destruction.$4k will pay off the bulk of my bills, and leave me with a nice little $2,000 BR to continue to play at $100NL and get more hands in before I jump to $200 NL sometime after that.- Zach

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So, I finally had a bad day at NL! :DLOL, I'm actually quite relieved, although most of it was through pretty bad play. I had it coming though. I took a few two outers, and then made a few pretty loose call downs.I ended up down $315 on the day, which is pretty bad, but like I said, I'm a bit relieved to finally hit a down patch before I got ahead of myself with this constant winning. :PEither way, back at it tonight with the intention of making it all back, and then some.... maybe.My total BR is up to $1885ish at this point, down from $2100 the day before.With a little over a week left in the month, I think I'd like to see how close to 3K I can get it.I plan on playing as much as I can until school starts on Sept 7th, so my real goal is to get to at least 4k by 9/7. At the pace I'm running, if I can get the hands in, I think I should be ok if I continue to play well, and avoid self-destruction.$4k will pay off the bulk of my bills, and leave me with a nice little $2,000 BR to continue to play at $100NL and get more hands in before I jump to $200 NL sometime after that.- Zach
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I am on a huge upswing 10 buyins in 600 hands, at 50 NL on interpoker, which means I am getting 30% rake back plus $100 bonus, and I am moving into a new place so it couldn't come at a better time.

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I am on a huge upswing 10 buyins in 600 hands, at 50 NL on interpoker, which means I am getting 30% rake back plus $100 bonus, and I am moving into a new place so it couldn't come at a better time.
I am playing omaha 8 on interpoker too.Just cleared the 100$ weekend reload bonus.Whats your username?
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Got back to playing some mid-stakes SHLHE this evening and had a good session. I was fortunate to have a 98/85/2.5 on my direct right for several hours. Granted, PT doesn't work with Bodog, so I'm guessing, but I'm not even kidding with those stats.Oh, and I made some strat posts from the session over in Short-Handed.

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I have been doing pretty good this past week. My bankroll is up to $350, from the $125 I deposited on Stars at the beginning of the month. I am now playing about a 75/25 mix of $10 9 person sng's and $5 9 person sng's, with the 75% being the $10 ones. It was the opposite, but a pretty decent run has boosted my bankroll. For the rest of the month, I would like to get to $400 or $450 and continue to learn as much as possible.

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I won $250 in a freeroll tonight. Took my $50+4 Tournament ticket that I won in the WSOP pool and won a SnG with it. Very happy to score $250 for free. I also finally had a winning session of 2/4. I think my downswing is finally breaking. I played 400 hands and won 22 BB. I felt like I played pretty well, took a few ridiculous beats and didn't catch many draws, but still managed to come out on top. Very encouraging. I wish I could say the same about my MTT play. I made it deep in 2 of those tonight, but was very shortstacked in both and ended up busting out short of the money. I'm starting to wonder if MTTs might be a bit of a leak for me. While I think I'm in the black overall, I don't have records from before June of this year and I'm pretty sure I'm down since I started keeping records. However, that doesn't include a couple of good scores I had in May and early June. Still, I think my MTT ROI is probably fairly low and I might be better served spending more time on cash games. Of course, I enjoy MTTs, so I'll never be able to quit them. Poker is a hobby for me and if it were a job I might be able to cut out the MTTs if I thought they were hurting me. For now though, I see no reason to quit completely, I may scale back a bit though.Overall a very good poker day for me today though.

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I just played 9.5 hours live here in AC.pretty sick 2/5NL game. Was a lot of fun. I played 5/10 yesterday, but as it was during the middle of the week, it wasn't the "best" of games.Anyways, the 2/5 game was super fun. Great table laughing and stuff, and one player who was just nuts/goofy/fun guy. He won so many weird pots, got it all in with ATo vs QQ vs 33 (AQ folded) for like a $2k pot total, QQ held somehow and then he tips $10...lol, what a ****, we tell him to tip more and he throws $15. What a nit.Wow, I'm so tired I can't think. I was stuck $320 after like, blah. a long time, but finally profited $400 something. Woulda been $475 but I for some reason tipped $75 in this mediumish pot. I think I was so excited I finally hit a set I overtipped. $25-$50 prob. been fine. ANyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyways, I hate playing 300ish hands in 9 hours, but it was fun...and I guess winning helps too.Oh yea, it's sick playing live and only getting 1 Ace/x hand in 2 hours. I didn't know that was possible.- Jordan

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I don't think I've ever tipped more than $5. Granted, I've only played 2/5 a few times. Overtipping = -EV. I mean, why are you tipping the dealer more because you won a big pot? It's not like they necessarily had anything to do with the play of the hand. Let me add that I once tipped a dealer before she left the table, and I hadn't won a pot during her round. She was friendly and kept the game moving.Oh, and I once played 3 hours of LHE live without getting a hand better than QT. Come back and talk to me when that happens.

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I just played 9.5 hours live here in AC.pretty sick 2/5NL game. Was a lot of fun. I played 5/10 yesterday, but as it was during the middle of the week, it wasn't the "best" of games.Anyways, the 2/5 game was super fun. Great table laughing and stuff, and one player who was just nuts/goofy/fun guy. He won so many weird pots, got it all in with ATo vs QQ vs 33 (AQ folded) for like a $2k pot total, QQ held somehow and then he tips $10...lol, what a ****, we tell him to tip more and he throws $15. What a nit.Wow, I'm so tired I can't think. I was stuck $320 after like, blah. a long time, but finally profited $400 something. Woulda been $475 but I for some reason tipped $75 in this mediumish pot. I think I was so excited I finally hit a set I overtipped. $25-$50 prob. been fine. ANyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyways, I hate playing 300ish hands in 9 hours, but it was fun...and I guess winning helps too.Oh yea, it's sick playing live and only getting 1 Ace/x hand in 2 hours. I didn't know that was possible.- Jordan
getting unstuck in a live game is the best feeling in the world. i'll be in vegas in a few weeks. can't wait. what casino were you playing at?
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jordanwhy would you tip $75?? i don't even understand wanting to tip $25 or $50.
i don't think i've ever tipped more than $2.Where you guys live, do the dealers make minimum wages and depend on tips? Where I play the dealers get a pretty good wage, especially relative to their skill/education, and the tips are divided between everyone.
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I had to withdraw a large chunk of my bankroll earlier in the month, but after making the FT in the fulltilt 8k guarantee last night I can finally say I've finished my goal for the month.I just finished HOH1, and it has helped my tounament game so much more than I ever thought possible. I think I'm going to try to finish HOH2 by the end of the weekend.

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I just finished HOH1, and it has helped my tounament game so much more than I ever thought possible. I think I'm going to try to finish HOH2 by the end of the weekend.
I never read 1.And given how much HoH2 (plus the forums) helped me to get into the money in the late stages of STT's, I wondered if HoH1 would be worth getting for the early stages.since this is just a goals thread, do you mind telling me how it helped you, kkot?thanks!
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HOH 1's pretty basic. If you're a solid tournament player, I don't think it does a lot or you. It's just the stuff you'd get out of any poker book about when to make a C-bet, when to fold junk, basic stuff like that. It's a good guideline for how to play basic tournament poker, but if you already know that, there's nothing earth-shattering like in HOH2.

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ty.I'm afraid i let hands go too much in the early stages.My typical STT, unless I hit a monster, like set early, is:raise preflop with AQ, miss flop, c-bet. dwindledwindlesee flop with QJs, miss, have odds to see turn, fold turndwindlepick up small potetcetcget to M ~ 13Raise, get moved in, fold my KQsget to M ~ 7.Push KTs from MP.Dbl upplay aggressive 5 handed, push/fold unitl comfortable stackmake money 40% ish. ( probably 75-80% if I make it to top 5 and 3 pay)But the first levels seem pointless. Sometimes I hit big but more often that not I back off against aggression and "wait until I have no decision but push" to make.I'm oversimplifying.I'm maybe too tight early on.I see flops but rarely contest without solid hand/visibility.TT on a K45 flop.I'm gone, unless it's a tiny flop bet.A5s on a AT8r flop. same.I think I coudl be putting myself in better shape early on, instead of relying on the aggression later when low stacked. Without posting several boring hands showing my tightness, I was not sure how to ask for specific help. Thought HoH might be good for me.

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I never read 1.And given how much HoH2 (plus the forums) helped me to get into the money in the late stages of STT's, I wondered if HoH1 would be worth getting for the early stages.since this is just a goals thread, do you mind telling me how it helped you, kkot?thanks!
There was nothing in HOH1 that surprised me. After reading these forums for so long, I knew most, if not all, of the concepts already. I think it just really helped me get focussed and stay patient when I play MTT's. My biggest problem was that I would build a decent stack, then put myself in so many marginal situations that I forced myself to get lucky to even make the money.If you have the time to read it, it couldn't hurt. You might find a situation or two where you play something entirely different, and at the very least get a different perspective.
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