I really was struggling with poker and all off the badbeats that come along with it. But thanks to alot of reading i have come to some very important conclusions which i will try to define in quotes i found :
* A grind is no fun, it's like you're being abused all day
* The best hand does not give you the divine right to win
* Eat variance and shit $$$$$
This has helped me alot to improve my mindset. I do not longer am very happy when i win a flip and am not sad when i lose a flip, or even 5 in a row. It's not about the result, it's about making the best decision EVERY TIME and if you do that , results WILL follow. You cannot control the cards, but you can control your decisions and you can control your volume. So i focus on that now.
Good month so far. And next week i'm going for a week Bootcamp ( in Dallas )with Bfizz11 who is one of the superstargrinders on Stars. Hopefully my game improves alot when i'm there. Will update when back.
Meanwhile , to look at things positively and not only post badbeats :
Seat 1: Rabinho588 (1320 in chips)
Seat 3: louise34 (2210 in chips)
Seat 4: FCJM (1790 in chips)
Seat 5: jcenb (3020 in chips)
Seat 6: entabeni (795 in chips)
Seat 7: kostenko1984 (1950 in chips)
Seat 8: Xaviola83 (980 in chips)
Seat 9: timey77 (1435 in chips)
Xaviola83: posts small blind 75
timey77: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [9c 9s]
Rabinho588: folds
louise34: calls 150
FCJM: folds
jcenb: calls 150
entabeni: raises 645 to 795 and is all-in
kostenko1984: folds
Xaviola83: raises 185 to 980 and is all-in
timey77: folds
louise34: folds
jcenb: calls 830
*** FLOP *** [4s 9h 6d]
*** TURN *** [4s 9h 6d] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [4s 9h 6d 2d] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Xaviola83: shows [Qd Qc] (a pair of Queens)
jcenb: shows [9d Ad] (a pair of Nines)
Xaviola83 collected 370 from side pot
entabeni: shows [9c 9s] (three of a kind, Nines)
entabeni collected 2685 from main pot
As you see , i make the good decision as i probably had better hand then limper and wanted to play him but he folds? unfortunately for me a guy behind me wakes up with QQ and he also makes the good decision. The guy with A9 maybe thought he was prized in altho i doubt his decision there. And then ???? Then it's up to the gods and this time they decide to chose my side and let me hit a nice one-outer. And probably leave the QQ guy frustrated before his screen ....
That is if he hasn't changed his mindset like me !!!!!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Well well, it's typical poker again. January was the best month i had so far and all was falling to places. It seemed like all my hands held up, and more importantly always at the right time. It really feels like you're on top of the world and you deserve it because ure a winning player and most of the time you go in with the best hand and THE BEST HAND IS SUPPOSED TO WIN. Why capital letters ???????????? Because i hope the pokergods are reading cause this month it seems every time i have AA it gets cracked by 83 soooooted or so ......ARGH poker can be so frustrating. Today i started playing 15$ hu's again as i hope to run better then in the 18mans turbos. Well my last two games i lost AA v 66 aip and KK v 22 AIP ( he makes str8flush btw ). I was also playing a 11$ reg where we were 3 left and one guy was going allin way too much so i call him with AJ. He has K8 , flop KK8 , ARGHHHHHHHH. Stop for now and thx for reading this frustration post. My friend Wulfman says he sometimes lacks motivation due to the beats, well i understand him completely ...........
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Help arrived
Hello, haven't been blogging, and worse, haven't been playing either... But ; i have a good reason for this , as i've been struggling with my eyes since the beginning of the year i really never got to play the hours i wanted so neither the volume because after 2 hours my head started to hurt like crazy. I went to the eyedoctor and now today my glasses have arrived !!!!!!! So i will be back after the weekend ( or sooner ) and i will be in good shape and ready to hit the tables hard, as well on Stars as on Betfair...Don 't know what to say about my challenge as i've lost two weeks for starters, and it allready being a tough one to start with ... But i'll try my best and see what it brings. When i'm back from holiday ( beginning april ) i will have two months to make a new challenge and to really really compete. Maybe poker will go even better now i'm looking as a nerd ............. looooooool .
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Bad start
My challenge started bad. more, from the minute i started the challenge i started to lose. I think it's normal the variance is higher in 18mans then it is in 6mans. So when i can live with the 200$ winning days i gotta learn living with the 100$ losing days i guess. After all , LONG TERM IS KING. Still have to work on my mental side , ban all emotions, winning or losing. After all ,the result doesn't matter, it's all about making the correct move or play !!!!!!
Yesterday was getting outdrawn on flops so when i got QQ first hand UTG i elected to jam them in, hoping for a call from a lower pair or from Aj or so ( which often happens in these 6$ games ) , but as i say ,when it's not your day , it isn't .....
What are the odds on this happening ??
*********** # 1 **************
PokerStars Game #39062476907: Tournament #238393377, $6.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2010/02/01 9:39:10 ET Table '238393377 2' 9-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: goodboy279 (1500 in chips) Seat 2: ritaldor (1500 in chips) Seat 3: DG Juan (1500 in chips) Seat 4: entabeni (1500 in chips) Seat 5: eFrankd (1500 in chips) Seat 6: Elis_Mother (1500 in chips) Seat 7: trophy_pl (1500 in chips) Seat 8: DnoHitrrum08 (1500 in chips) Seat 9: Yaslene2009 (1500 in chips)
ritaldor: posts small blind 10
DG Juan: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [Qc Qh]
entabeni: raises 1480 to 1500 and is all-in
eFrankd: folds
Elis_Mother: folds
trophy_pl: calls 1500 and is all-in
DnoHitrrum08: folds
Yaslene2009: folds
goodboy279: folds
ritaldor: folds
DG Juan: calls 1480 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7s Tc 3s]
*** TURN *** [7s Tc 3s] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [7s Tc 3s 2h] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DG Juan: shows [Ad As] (a pair of Aces)
entabeni: shows [Qc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
trophy_pl: shows [Kc Kd] (a pair of Kings) DG Juan collected 4510 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4510 | Rake 0
Board [7s Tc 3s 2h 5d]
Seat 1: goodboy279 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: ritaldor (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 3: DG Juan (big blind) showed [Ad As] and won (4510) with a pair of Aces Seat 4: entabeni showed [Qc Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens Seat 5: eFrankd folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: Elis_Mother folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: trophy_pl showed [Kc Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings Seat 8: DnoHitrrum08 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: Yaslene2009 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Yesterday was getting outdrawn on flops so when i got QQ first hand UTG i elected to jam them in, hoping for a call from a lower pair or from Aj or so ( which often happens in these 6$ games ) , but as i say ,when it's not your day , it isn't .....
What are the odds on this happening ??
*********** # 1 **************
PokerStars Game #39062476907: Tournament #238393377, $6.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2010/02/01 9:39:10 ET Table '238393377 2' 9-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: goodboy279 (1500 in chips) Seat 2: ritaldor (1500 in chips) Seat 3: DG Juan (1500 in chips) Seat 4: entabeni (1500 in chips) Seat 5: eFrankd (1500 in chips) Seat 6: Elis_Mother (1500 in chips) Seat 7: trophy_pl (1500 in chips) Seat 8: DnoHitrrum08 (1500 in chips) Seat 9: Yaslene2009 (1500 in chips)
ritaldor: posts small blind 10
DG Juan: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [Qc Qh]
entabeni: raises 1480 to 1500 and is all-in
eFrankd: folds
Elis_Mother: folds
trophy_pl: calls 1500 and is all-in
DnoHitrrum08: folds
Yaslene2009: folds
goodboy279: folds
ritaldor: folds
DG Juan: calls 1480 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7s Tc 3s]
*** TURN *** [7s Tc 3s] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [7s Tc 3s 2h] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DG Juan: shows [Ad As] (a pair of Aces)
entabeni: shows [Qc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
trophy_pl: shows [Kc Kd] (a pair of Kings) DG Juan collected 4510 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4510 | Rake 0
Board [7s Tc 3s 2h 5d]
Seat 1: goodboy279 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: ritaldor (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 3: DG Juan (big blind) showed [Ad As] and won (4510) with a pair of Aces Seat 4: entabeni showed [Qc Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens Seat 5: eFrankd folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: Elis_Mother folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: trophy_pl showed [Kc Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings Seat 8: DnoHitrrum08 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: Yaslene2009 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Friday, January 29, 2010
End of January
Hello, back for an update on how the month was ( i'm having a 3 day break now as i have many obligations and as i have reached a mentally important target ). The month was actually very good as i kept on beating the 6$ 18mans real hard. Profit for the month is about 1400$ , which is actually very good as i only played like 580 games. My challenge this year was to make about 20K $ , so i will try to have 5K when i leave for a family visit to the south on 27th march. I will certainly put in more volume once i've seen the eyedoctor. My plan to move to stars did me good for many reasons ; i play a different type of SNG which gave me renewed interest in the game, i have no chat on because i don't know anybody there so i can focus on the game and 6 table, anyway it did me good. The last months when i went to BF site i didn't go to play and make money in the first place, i went to look for my online friends and chat... Now i only go there to chat with them and i go to make money on a different site, which keeps things well separated and is much better.Otherwise nothing special except this : i had made contact with an online pro who was looking for students and i was notified i was accepted. Suddenly, due to too many applications, he put me on a waiting list which i refused as i hate the idea of being put on a waiting list. Still i am disappointed as i saw this as a great opportunity to improve my game and really had the intention to work hard. I hope my results prove me right and i don't go busto now lol. Up to the 5K !!!!!!!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Beginning of the year
Well well, aslong time said, i finally started playing seriously on Stars. 7 Tabling the 6$ 18 mans tournies. The plan was to play 50/60 a day for 5 days a week to reduce the variance. It started off really well, made like 1K $ in the first 14 days but then the problem begins. My eyes get tired of multitabling and my head starts to hurt, ffssssssssssssssssss.............
So i made an appointment with the eye doctor beginning february hoping glasses help. I also think about buyin a projector so i can play on a big screen and maybe 9table without problems.
It would really suck if i should stop this experiment due to health problems as for sure there's loads of money to be made. The 1K $ i made in these 2 weeks i made in not playing more then 4 hours a day for 5 days a week, so 2K $ for a parttime job suits me well for the time being.
Also had a really 20 game hot run this week that would have made me 580 points for low orbit leaderboard if it wasn't i had no more blocks left. Damn would have been 500 extra beautifull $$$$. But i'm sure one day i will hit the low or high orbit real hard , just a matter of time and getting lucky at the right time.
The standard is so bad it's unreal, A10 is really the nuts, they never look at blinds or stacksizes ....
When eyeproblems are over ( hopefully soon ) i will mix in some 15$ games , as the winning players i spot at 6$ do also win at 15$ so hope the same counts for me. For the moment i have 30% roi in the 6$ games, haven't seen higher yet. Maybe it's not really realistic although i don't feel like i'm running so so so hot.
Anyway can't complain resultswise as 1K $ is very good.
Gl all.
So i made an appointment with the eye doctor beginning february hoping glasses help. I also think about buyin a projector so i can play on a big screen and maybe 9table without problems.
It would really suck if i should stop this experiment due to health problems as for sure there's loads of money to be made. The 1K $ i made in these 2 weeks i made in not playing more then 4 hours a day for 5 days a week, so 2K $ for a parttime job suits me well for the time being.
Also had a really 20 game hot run this week that would have made me 580 points for low orbit leaderboard if it wasn't i had no more blocks left. Damn would have been 500 extra beautifull $$$$. But i'm sure one day i will hit the low or high orbit real hard , just a matter of time and getting lucky at the right time.
The standard is so bad it's unreal, A10 is really the nuts, they never look at blinds or stacksizes ....
When eyeproblems are over ( hopefully soon ) i will mix in some 15$ games , as the winning players i spot at 6$ do also win at 15$ so hope the same counts for me. For the moment i have 30% roi in the 6$ games, haven't seen higher yet. Maybe it's not really realistic although i don't feel like i'm running so so so hot.
Anyway can't complain resultswise as 1K $ is very good.
Gl all.
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