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  <title><![CDATA[I r fish]]></title>
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  <issued>2006-12-16T10:45:19+00:00</issued>
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  <![CDATA[Ugh im so pissed off with myself right now.  I just played like a total LAGtard.  I bluffed a couple of guys who were obviously playing for stacks.  
Im gunna go get some tea and calm down.  Then maybe head over to crypto and clear some more bonus.  I got owned by cards the day before yesterday and didnt tilt.  It seems  the tilt kicked in today for some reason instead and made me play retarded.  

<strong>Hand of the day</strong>

Villain is pretty passive from what I can tell.
Dont try this at home kids

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) <a href="http://poker-tools.flopturnriver.com/Hand-Converter.php">Hand History Converter Tool</a> from <a href="http://www.flopturnriver.com">FlopTurnRiver.com</a> (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($100.35)
SB ($9<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_cool.gif" alt="8)" />
BB ($354.75)
UTG ($91.30)
MP ($92.60)
CO ($275)

<strong>Preflop:</strong> Hero is Button with 5<img src="http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/diamond.gif" alt="Image" class="bbcode_img" />, 7<img src="http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/diamond.gif" alt="Image" class="bbcode_img" />.    
<span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-style: italic">3 folds</span></span>, <span style="color: #CC3333">Hero raises to $4</span>, SB calls $3.50, <span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-style: italic">1 fold</span></span>.

<strong>Flop:</strong> ($9) 4<img src="http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/diamond.gif" alt="Image" class="bbcode_img" />, 3<img src="http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/diamond.gif" alt="Image" class="bbcode_img" />, 9<img src="http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/club.gif" alt="Image" class="bbcode_img" /> <span style="color: #0000FF">(2 players)</span>
SB checks, <span style="color: #CC3333">Hero bets $6</span>, <span style="color: #CC3333">SB raises to $12</span>, <span style="color: #CC3333">Hero raises to $30</span>, SB calls $18.

<strong>Turn:</strong> ($69) K<img src="http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/club.gif" alt="Image" class="bbcode_img" /> <span style="color: #0000FF">(2 players)</span>
SB checks, <span style="color: #CC3333">Hero bets $66.35 (All-In)</span>, SB calls $64 (All-In).

<strong>River:</strong> ($199.35) 2<img src="http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/club.gif" alt="Image" class="bbcode_img" /> <span style="color: #0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</span>

<strong>Final Pot:</strong> $199.35

Results in white below:  [color=#FFFFF ..]]>
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  <title><![CDATA[Thats better...]]></title>
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  <issued>2006-12-04T14:03:17+00:00</issued>
  <modified>2006-12-16T10:45:19+00:00</modified>
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  <![CDATA[Well today was fun.  +$250 in 2 hours (including clearing a $100 stars bonus).  This is how poker is supposed to be.  Folded reasonably big hands to sets and called reasonably weak hands to bluffs.  Its great when it all clicks.  

I managed to win a buyin and a half at the tables despite getting set over setted by and incredibly strangly played KK.  

This guy had been pretty passive so far but ive only seen 20 hands or so, so I dont think im ever getting away here getting 2.5 : 1.  KK is just stupidly unlikely here.  44 and 88 arent so likely.  I put him on Kcxc or somthing similar so I went for it.

POKERSTARS GAME #7297285339:  HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/12/04 - 13:18:34 (ET)
Table 'Landi' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Lixistyler ($110.05 in chips) 
Seat 2: Korn2005 ($171.25 in chips) 
Seat 3: Pelion ($102.90 in chips) 
Seat 4: LogueAA ($20.25 in chips) 
Seat 5: kevpom ($71.95 in chips) 
Seat 6: Ghostridahii ($97.50 in chips) 
kevpom: posts small blind $0.50
Ghostridahii: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Pelion [2c 2d]
Lixistyler: folds 
Korn2005: folds 
Pelion: raises $3 to $4
LogueAA: folds 
kevpom: folds 
Ghostridahii: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [2s 4c 8c]
Ghostridahii: checks 
Pelion: bets $6
Ghostridahii: calls $6
*** TURN *** [2s 4c 8c] [Ks]
Ghostridahii: bets $10
Pelion: raises $25 to $35
Ghostridahii: raises $52.50 to $87.50 and is all-in
Pelion: calls $52.50
*** RIVER *** [2s 4c 8c Ks] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ghostridahii: shows [Kd Kc] (four of a kind, Kings)
Pelion: mucks hand 
Ghostridahii collected $192.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $195.50 | Rake $3 
Board [2s 4c 8c Ks Kh]
Seat 1: Lixistyler folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Korn2005 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Pelion mucked [2c 2d]
Seat 4: LogueAA (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: kevpom (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Ghostridahii (big blind) showed [Kd Kc] and won ($192.50) wi ..]]>
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  <title><![CDATA[I guess this is why they call it &quot;the grind&quot;]]></title>
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  <issued>2006-12-02T21:49:15+00:00</issued>
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  <![CDATA[Well today was brutal.  Ive just finished a 6 and a half hour session after which I am up just over a buyin.  I feel like I played fairly well today and been smacked in the face by the giant shovel that is varience.  I was playing on very laggy tables and getting 4-5 callers after a 4BB preflop raise.  I managed to sit myself directly in position on a terrible LAG and for a while I was slowly but surely bleeding him dry by inducing bluffs with TPTK.  Then the following hand came up

Game #2669384073: Hold'em NL (£0.15/£0.25) - 2006/12/02 - 19:17:03 (DST)
Table &quot;Lento&quot; Seat 1 is the button. 
Seat 1: laney2 (£22.63 in chips)
Seat 2: Smith101 (£97.20 in chips)
Seat 3: pelion (£43.37 in chips)
Seat 4: Antegi (£17.24 in chips)
Seat 5: Welshy100 (£9.15 in chips)
Seat 6: pokerandy (£5.40 in chips)
Smith101: posts small blind £0.15
pelion: posts big blind £0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to pelion [Th Ts]
Antegi: calls £0.25
Welshy100: calls £0.25
pokerandy: folds
laney2: folds
Smith101: calls £0.10
pelion: raises to £1.25
Antegi: calls £1
Welshy100: calls £1
Smith101: raises to £5.50
pelion: calls £4.25
Antegi: folds
Welshy100: folds
----- FLOP ----- [Kd Qh Tc]
Smith101: checks
pelion: bets £7
Smith101: raises to £14
pelion: raises to £37.87 and is all-in
Smith101: calls £23.87
----- TURN ----- [Kd Qh Tc][6h]
----- RIVER ----- [Kd Qh Tc 6h][7d]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
pelion: shows [Th Ts] (Three of a kind, Tens, King high)
Smith101: shows [Jc Ac] (A Straight, Ace high)
Smith101 collected £86.24 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot £89.24 Main pot £86.24 Rake £3
Board [Kd Qh Tc 6h 7d]
Seat 1: laney2 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Smith101 (small blind) showed [Jc Ac] and won (£86.24) with A Straight, Ace high
Seat 3: pelion (big blind) showed [Th Ts] and lost with Three of a kind, Tens, King high
Seat 4: Antegi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Welshy100 folded before Flo ..]]>
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  <title><![CDATA[Today I have been postly playing........£25NL 6max]]></title>
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  <issued>2006-11-24T14:57:27+00:00</issued>
  <modified>2006-12-16T10:45:19+00:00</modified>
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  <![CDATA[So I headed over to Sun Poker as planned and since they have hardly full ring tables I decided Id give 6max a go.  Im also pretty sure playing 6max will make girls like me more.    Its amazing how different the players are here compared to 100NL.  I 4 tabled for an hour and a half and had 1 difficult decision to make in that time.  These players just dont try to test you.  Most of them were underbetting/checking when they had hands and calling big bets when they didnt.  

I started the session off with a damn fine suckout worthy of Fnord.

I decided I was going to check/push any flop here.  The K on the flop scared me but I was pretty sure the Ace was comming on the river <img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_razz.gif" alt=":p" />.

Game #4073710134: Hold'em NL (£0.15/£0.25) - 2006/11/24 - 11:58:36 (ET)
Table &quot;Beckler&quot; Seat 2 is the button. 
Seat 1: CO (£32.40 in chips)
Seat 2: Button (£17.20 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (£27.40 in chips)
Seat 6: Villain (£34.39 in chips)
Pelion: posts small blind £0.15
Joethetoe: posts big blind £0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Pelion [A<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_diamond.gif" alt=":diamond:" /> A<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_club.gif" alt=":club:" />]
CO calls £0.25
Button calls £0.25
Hero raises to £1.50
Villain raises to £2.75
2 folds
Hero raises to £10
Villain calls £7.25
----- FLOP ----- [5<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_diamond.gif" alt=":diamond:" /> K<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_club.gif" alt=":club:" /> 2<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_spade.gif" alt=":spade:" />]
Hero checks
Villain bets £7.40
Hero raises to £17.40 and is all-in
Villain calls £10
----- TURN ----- [5<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_diamond.gif" alt=":diamond:" /> K<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_club.gif" alt=":club:" /> 2<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_spade.gif" alt=":spade:" />][3<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_diamond.gif" alt=":diamond:" />]
----- RIVER ----- [5<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_diamond.gif" alt=":diamond:" /> K<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_club.gif" alt=":club:" /> 2<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_spade.gif" alt=":spade:" /> 3<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_diamond.gif" alt=":diamond:" />][A<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_heart.gif" alt=":heart:" />]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Hero shows [A<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_diamond.gif" alt=":diamond:" /> A<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_club.gif" alt=":club:" />] (Three of a kind, Aces, King high)
Villain shows [K<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_spade.gif" alt=":spade:" /> K<img src="http://blog.flopturnriver.com/smilies/icon_diamond.gif" alt=":diamond:" />] (Three of a kind, Kings, Ace high)
Pelion collects £53.30 from Main pot


He tilted off a nice chunk of change to me over the next half hour or so too which was nice.  

The rest of the session was pretty standard.  Make hands and bet them hard against the calling stations.  I made one nice bluff but the tables were so loose it wasnt really the right time for fancy plays.

Game # ..]]>
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  <title><![CDATA[What to do...?]]></title>
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  <issued>2006-11-22T19:42:33+00:00</issued>
  <modified>2006-12-16T10:45:19+00:00</modified>
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  <![CDATA[Well Ive taken my first short pop at stars 100NL.  I find the players here are far more aggressive than Im used to and far more likely to float my cbets.  I think this level is definatly beatable but Im going to need to adjust my game quite a bit.  I think I played some pretty good poker for the most part.  Ive always been terrible at moving up.  I get a combination of fancy play syndrome and outright terror at the amount of money on the table.   Anyway this time wasnt too bad as far as my attitude went.  I found myself losing quite alot of chips from having to give up on continuation bets but im sure the times I actually had a hand came fairly close to making up for that.

My scariest push ever happened to me in my brief 100nL stint.  Villain is a crazy LAGgro maniac and has been pushing the whole table around with crap for FAR too long.  He doesnt seem to have any idea of when to slow down either but it seems to be working for him so far and hes built up a nice stack.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) <a href="http://poker-tools.flopturnriver.com/Hand-Converter.php">Hand History Converter Tool</a> from <a href="http://www.flopturnriver.com">FlopTurnRiver.com</a> (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG+1 ($98 )
MP1 ($228.30)
MP2 ($29.95)
Hero ($166.90)
CO ($180.50)
Button ($116.65)
SB ($150.45)
BB ($215.05)
UTG ($18.85)

<strong>Preflop:</strong> Hero is MP3 with T<img src="http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/diamond.gif" alt="Image" class="bbcode_img" />, T<img src="http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/club.gif" alt="Image" class="bbcode_img" />.    
UTG calls $1, <span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-style: italic">1 fold</span></span>, <span style="color: #CC3333">MP1 raises to $3.25</span>, <span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-style: italic">1 fold</span></span>, <span style="color: #CC3333">Hero raises to $9</span>, <span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-style: italic">4 folds</span></span>, UTG folds, <span style="color: #CC3333">MP1 raises to $32</span>, <span style="color: #CC3333">Hero raises to $166.9</span>, MP1 calls $134.90.

<strong>Flop:</strong> ($336.30) 8<img src="http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/spade.gif" alt="Image" class="bbcode_img" />, 3[img]http://www.floptur ..]]>
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  <title><![CDATA[All the cool kids are doing it...]]></title>
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  <issued>2006-11-16T13:14:05+00:00</issued>
  <modified>2006-12-16T10:45:19+00:00</modified>
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  <![CDATA[Ive been reading alot over the past few days and since alot of the succesful poker players on this site have been helped by writing and then rereading a blog I figured I might as well give it a go.

This is going to be a place where I can collect my poker thoughts.  I might post some real life  stuff in here too if I think its important enough but I mostly want it to be poker.  Im hoping it will keep a sort of diary for me so I can look back on it occasionally and see if im meeting my goals or just see how far I've come.

I've been a member of FTR for a little over a year now and in that time Ive seen various people come and go and plenty of new people come in and overtake me.  Now Ive decided its my turn.  This blog is the first step towards me taking my game more seriously and hopefully it will get me to think more about what I am doing right and what I am doing wrong.

I have no idea if anyone is going to read this but if you do then Id welcome feedback on pretty much anything about pretty much anything I write.

Let the games begin]]>
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