Got 50$ into my moneybookers account today from Tower Affiliate programm. Deposited them. Let's see how it will go. I hate 10NL, so SNG's, I guess. I have no fucking idea.

HOLY SHIT! I won nothing after that!

Yes. Yesterday checked the stats for the big pots I lost in last three weeks - I lost to three-outers or worse in 21% of hands. Got my money in good a whooping 91%. I really start to believe in "doomswitch".

BUT! Now I have my cool laptop. It's amazing I tell you.

So nothing interesting in poker world over here.

But I have good news as well - this Saturday in some metal gig [without live bands] I will be a fcuking dj and everybody will listen my "technical death session" for a cool hour. Nice.

Life tilt

Still floating around 1k.

Was really on life tilt lately.

Did I mentioned, my girl left me?

So, yeah - life tilt.

Fun things pokar

Well, I am still hovering at 50NL. Played very little due to some personal problems [adventures] in love/family front. We almost broke up with my girlfriend, but now it's fine again. I guess. I do not know.

Anyhoo, that's the "progress", if we can call it. Just bumped in to throw in the link to one funny thread in 2+2 - "How to be a fish in a casino". Here's some good pointers:

-When you get your holecards and it's your turn to act say "Hit Me!"
-Assuming you're playing NLHE, ask if aces can be used for High or Low
-If in a cash game, ask how rebuys you're allowed to have
-Wear a Moneymaker t-shirt
-Keep drawing attention to the table's "chipleader" if in a cash game
-Ask the dealer permission to use the bathroom
-Ask where the hole card camera is
-Keep trying to post the BB in any positoin
-After you get 1 hole card immediately fold
-On the river ask if you can buy a 6th card
-When counting out chips always do it in stacks of 1 chip
-Use a bowling ball for a card protector
-In a cash game, ask when the blinds are going up
-Keep looking around and asking where Mike and Vince are
-Always ask whats the most you can raise
-Raise all bets by $1
-Whenever you get a suicide king or one-eyed jack play it like it's wild
-Ask if you can phone a friend
-When it's your turn to act roll two dice across the table
-Show everyone your chip trick, which is just throwing a chip as high as possible
-Stack your chips like a castle with an entrance for your holecards
-fold your cards with your forehead

Also, sent to Photoshop Disasters pic from Pokerstars newsletter - that guy in the middle [do not know him and don't want to] is clearly photoshopped into some kind of lizardman. Fun.

Gallop continues; my version of agressive bankroll management

Yesterday gone for another gallop - after some good four hour 4-tabling was up A DOLLAR!!! Well, from other side it isn't so bad - in earning bonus points to clear my bonus had my best day [see the pic]. Today though broke the mark of three hundred - I really hope not to drop below it ever and ever and ever and ever.

Thus far so called "agressive bankroll management" works pretty fine: 70bb is what I consider a buy-in and am moving up when I have teh ten buy-ins for particular level. I know, I know... But I hate 10NL so much, I can't stand playing there.

For those ****** people, who thinks 27o is the weakest hand in poker

Just a little tired of this, cause lately heard this shit about four times. And this is a lot for a week [approximately].


On othar note: here's a place to laugh.

Tarping is fun

Wow, Tower's affiliate service is awesome - had problems with linkage and they were solved with ease thanks to lovely Laura - she is so nice I want to take her to the river for some beers.

About that live game I talked about - wasn't bad at all. But I just figured out, that this would be a bad idea to write here about hands and plays due to some people could use this against me in the future. Overall made JUST ONE huge mistake by being a payoff wizard to a tag player - sometimes we should pay attention to logic too, you know. And then there was a pretty well executed tarp, where valueshove worked perfectly and my turned trips got the right price from overpair. Overall +130bb.

Yeesss.... recap of fucking donkament

I am not a tourney player, but today I decided to participate in 20+2$ tourney. Why? I do not know. Well... It starts in 3 minutes and has gathered 250 players. Register...

Tourney.
0:00 - 316 players/ prizepool over 6000$.

0:04 - +400. Pusheda guy off the hand with second nutflushdraw.

0:09 - Uffff! Just doubled up to 3400 with JJ>AK.

0:20 - 234 remaining. Donked off 500T$. It stinks.

0:34 - no cards whatsoever. with some moves managing to stay over 3000.

0:38 - I am 56th of 157. Average stack. Just folded 23o. Yay!

0:40 - raised with AA, shortie pushed 11bb into me. Up to 5000. Blinds 50/100.

0:49 - blinds 75/150: seems like people becomes more agressive. push after push. fucking donkaments.

0:55 - down to 3000. Reraised wth AQs and folded to a push. Guy showed AK, so I guess nada to complain... Below average.

0:60 - brake. I have 23bb to start 100/200 level. Fcuk. 66th out of 93.

1:02 - I just can't raise A8. I can't!!!

1:08 - down to 10bb. Time to push? 88>KJ. Up to 4470 - it's still below average.

1:14 - blinds up to 150/300. Nada.

1:15 - I reraise all-in with AK and guy calls with A3. Flop brings 3 and I am out in 60-ish place. FUCKING DONKAMENTS!!!

Ultimate Poker Face [not associated with UB in an way]

Well, this is interview with Gorgoroth frontman Gaahl [Kristian Espedal] . If You have no interest in black metal, just skip to the 6:24 - this is just awesome. Two and a half minutes of silence and zero movement.



I guess interviewer shitted his pants, when Gaahl looked at him after that world class pause.

On other note - some interesting words about Power Hold'em Strategy - I think You should read them before spending any cash on it.

Grinding at work is impossible

At least for me.

Went busto.

Thanks to FTPoints rebuilt to 140-something.

Went busto.

Someone, please, buy me a laptop.

Pissed.

The secound round gathered 209 entrants with only two of them getting a ticket.

I busted out 4th, when, being second in chips, I clashed with chipleader. My A9 was good vs. his KQ until the river, where the fucking king arrived. Fuck! Three damn hours, making plays between work and hiding from the boss'es eyes. FUCK!!! I am pissed.

But proud of myself a little, too. It's a shame I didn't get any material goods though!

I hope Mikey wins this.

Fuck it - I want to hit someone. Depressed.

[history in previous post]

Yes. Just sold my laptop due to "great" news I got from my girl - absolutely no monies from her. I don't blame her, no, but truth is, that, if we want to eat and stay at our apartament, I must sell something. And my laptop is practically only thing that I own [besides my bike and books], so he had to go. I really don't know, when I will be able to play the amazing game of poker again. The thing, that I must sell something whatsoever is really depressing. I want to hit someone right now. Really hard. Many times.

fuck it - let's celebrate

Well, it's in my personal life. Again! My girlfriend is out of work, so all living expenses is on me and it's getting really hard to get a decent living now. Again! That struggling with money is not a vacation. I even thought to sell my laptop [yes, exactly the same one, that crashed recently], but I do all I can not leave myself without poker and other stupid things I do at home. Besides, I finally start to climb out of that shithole I put myself into almost busting my account. Feeling confident in my game. Darn

Got contacted by few new bloggers via Poker Disasters and 2+2. Always nice to hear something from someone! Let's say hi to Dan with his daily grind and Munchers, who have chosen really weird name for his blog: "Becoming Poker". Ok, whatever - those dudes will be linked in blog list as soon as I get around to it.

Oh, yes, Johnny Hughes [the writer] contacted me on 2+2 also. Even if that was some sort of spam had a little chat with him. Nice.

So, fuck it - let's celebrate life and fight the next fight! [what a symphony, sheeesh!]

How to stop your downswing. Ultimate edition

Just buy Acer notebook and sooner or later that bitch will crash and send your life to hell!

I actually won! Wow!

As every saturday [when I'm not suffering a hungover], I woke up and started FTP to have some monies from them drunk americans who play shit in the middle of the night. But, unfortunately, I was on the giving end this time and lost abother three buyins. Oh, that sucked!

As steam got off, I just had nothing left in me for cash games, so I joined 600FTP s'n'g and, whadayaknow, won it and recieved 26$ tourney token. After that, on the wings of success, I joined Tier One for 8$ and finished in top five for another 26$ token.

What do I do? What do I do?

I guess I will play 17000$ and 28000$ guarantee tournaments tomorrow. What the hell!!!

Wish me luck!

Got steam! Finally! [super bonus]

As the first thing, I want to say:

KILL ALL HUMANS!!!

I guess you understand, that my day wasn't pretty in the sense of poker. I did nice reads all the way and got sucked out non-stop. Just a couple examples:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1921283

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1921301

Pretty bad day - 3 buyins down in 1111 hands. It sucks. I try to remember, that it just happens and I will get my monies back in the long run, but sometimes it gets to you.

And now, after real poker content it's time for bonus - one of the hottest girls I've seen in years: that's why today here's two photos.

Anyways...

Well, putted books a little aside for a couple of days and started playing. So far - nothing fancy. Breaking even after massively overplaying AK couple [or more] times. At least now I don't do that with AJ. UTG and UTG+1 are the spots, where I fold them without any hesitation. A-N-Y hesitation! Enough for now. Merry Christmas and don't forget to setmine!

Brain starts working. Slowly, but still. Wait me at the tables. Finally!

Sklansky's "Theory Of Poker" is finished. Did said that already at 2+2 and will say that here also - as a first book for novice player, TOP is a bitch. B.I.T.C.H. Nevertheless, it's done. The second book I took from the shelf is Largay's NLTH and I find it easy to read and very valuable. I am already done half of it and will do at least one reread for sure.

As I wrote before - I am broke. But there comes Christmas and 13th salary, so I will definetly make a deposit and start to work on things I read. Also I consider to get Idle Miner, but there are some worries about will my laptop be powerful enough. But, otherwise - well spent 50 bucks, imo.

Casino staff refuses to bring me more beer. Bastardos

I can assure you - I am not even close to those big time [and "middle time and "small time"] gamblers you see in the casinos, movies and whatnot. I hate playing against the dealer any kind of games cause I constantly hate, how much I can do about the outcome. However, if, for that or another reason, I wind up behind some table, is always is Texas one. There you can see the flop for an ante and, as I read somewhere, it is a game where's casino edge is one of the smallest.

So anyways... Was there and done that couple days ago. At first me and my friend wondered through some pubs, but, as sometimes it hapends, we got to an idea of going to casino. I agreed only cause there might be a 2/4NL game going. Of course, there wasn't any NL - dealers choice with seven "omaha lovers" out of ten players wasn't an option for me. So I headed to my friend, who already played that game I told you about.

Well, I play differently - I often chat with dealer girls, friends and unknown people [yes, I drink all along] and play only about 10%-15% of hands. Not much money wasted and, you know, some loud fun. This time I even got a nickname - "karma". Many people believed I brought the luck to them [oh, well...]. Funny thing, I won or doubled ante almost any hand I played. Considering how rarely I played and my loud newfound karma friends, the floor noticed me and whispered to waitreses not to bring me more beer. Not for free, not for money. Hah. That was funny and I still doesn't quite get it, but... at least I was home earlier with 200 bucks extra. Not bad.

Another shit from AP? Mighty-Jack-Six-Offsuit

Well, no poker lately due some business outside, but managed to participate in Rakeback.com's invitational yesterday and finished 30th out of 450 or something. And, damn, what a terrible move I did - middlestack pushed All-in from the button [no limpers], so I figured my AQ in SB would be good in this spot. Yeah! I see two kings and the third on the flop. My desperately needed Ten to fill my gutshot straight didn't came and byeeee!!!

Did I mention that this tourney went out at Absolute Poker? Hah! And guess what!? According to Rakeback.com's management, AP forgot to set up the prizepool and still today noone knows, how much they've won. Ok, I am 30th, so I could not feel big worries about a... I don't know... a dollar, but those, who finished at the top could be pretty annoyed.

It was my first time at AP and I must say, that software runs pretty smooth. And competition, at least in the tourney I played, was very weak. But I can't say it for sure, cause, due to all the trash cards I got all evening, I didn't tangle much. But saw some amaizing things you can do with Mighty-Jack-Six-Offsuit.