I know I do not update frequntly but I will work on changing that, I will also try to update with more larger and detailed entries. In the short future I will try to write a detailed article in regards to the progression of a learning player, and many other topics but thats what I will start with, expect that sometime during or after my europe trip.
I started this month on pace for a 80k hand month but due to certain reasons (which I will get into later on) I was only able to play 50k hands. Unfortunally their will not be a graph entry this month because for uncertain reasons my pokertracker's data suddently dissapeared (this might be because I forgot to change the database from a windows standard to the postgql that is reccomanded for larger databasses) anyways I will look to fix that in march and provide with some more colourful updates. Results wise I made about 20k give or take, mostly at limits from 2-4 and 5-10. I must say that I really enjoy playing the lower limits from time to time, its a wonderful change of pace and I highly recommand doing it if you want to work and open up your game a little bit.
Speaking of results, I want to just point out aejones blog( http://leggopoker.com/blogs/aejones/ ) I think aejones has a lot of talent and he certainly deserves these results, I also think he has one of the best quality video and is by far one of the most entertaining players to watch. Way to go aejones!
Heres some aejones inspired hands I tried to pull:
Submitted by : casinocasino
PokerStars Game #15609914909: Hold'em No Limit ($3/$6) - 2008/02/28 - 11:38:19 (ET)
Table 'Hephaistos' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: casinocasino ($688.25 in chips)
Seat 2: Xblood ($600 in chips)
Seat 3: Festivuss ($1228.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Alphafoil ($108 in chips)
Seat 5: EZshooter ($284 in chips)
Seat 6: Bakosh ($306.65 in chips)
Festivuss: posts small blind $3
Alphafoil: posts big blind $6
Showdown casinocasino : shows (two pair, Aces and Fives)
EZshooter: shows (two pair, Aces and Fives - Jack kicker)
EZshooter collected $386 from pot
Summary Total pot $389 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: casinocasino showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 2: Xblood (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Festivuss (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Alphafoil (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: EZshooter showed and won ($386) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 6: Bakosh folded before Flop (didn't bet)
This player joined the table the previous hand and he posted his blind, obviously a indication of a donk. I think thats what gave me the merit to make a liberal call pre.
Submitted by : casinocasino
PokerStars Game #15609972558: Hold'em No Limit ($3/$6) - 2008/02/28 - 11:41:54 (ET)
Table 'Kapteynia' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: casinocasino ($1237 in chips)
Seat 3: Festivuss ($600 in chips)
Seat 4: johnnykran ($939.75 in chips)
Seat 5: horserat ($1625.10 in chips)
Seat 6: Haquione ($532 in chips)
Festivuss: posts small blind $3
johnnykran: posts big blind $6
Holecards Dealt to casinocasino
horserat: folds
Haquione: folds
casinocasino : raises $12 to $18
Festivuss: folds
johnnykran: raises $48 to $66
shaihulud joins the table at seat #2
casinocasino : raises $68 to $134
johnnykran: calls $68
Flop (Pot : $271.00)
johnnykran: checks
casinocasino : bets $156
johnnykran: folds
casinocasino collected $269 from pot
Summary Total pot $271 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: casinocasino (button) collected ($269)
Seat 3: Festivuss (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: johnnykran (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: horserat folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Haquione folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Okay so I want to mention why I have been slacking off a bit recentally. This is because, here it is, I have been playing World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft is a wonderful game, blizzard constantly delivers with any title they realse and WOW is certainly not a exception. At first I thought the game was rather plain and just not really any better then the average massively mulit-player game, but after I played some battlegrounds(basically PVP where you fight the opposite faction, either the horde or the alliance (i am the alliance)) I have realized why WOW is such a fantastic game, theres certainly tons of content to choose from and a lot of ways to play the game. Since the game is so rich in variety of ways it is very addictive to play, but I feel if you have the control that it takes to become a gambler, you should have the control to manage playing this game. Anyways thats that, if you wish to play togeather please feel free to PM and we can set something up.
Lastly, as some of you know I will be goign to europe shortly so expect some colourful blog entreis with pics and storys and all random stuff I expect to post.
On march 2ed I am flying to Europe, I went 2 years ago to most of these tournaments and had a real good time so I am going to try to do that this year as well. Here is a list of the places I will visit so if you want to meet up, hang out, or just play some poker respond to this post.
-March 1 to 9, 2008 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Grosvenor Victoria Casino
London, United Kingdom
-March 5 to 16, 2008 Spring Poker Festival Concord Card Casino
Vienna, Austria
-March 19 to 24, 2008 Irish Open City West Hotel
Dublin, Ireland
-March 24 to 30, 2008 Nordic Masters of Poker Casino Cosmopol Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden
-April 1 to 5, 2008 San Marino EPT Event - Season 4 Casino Sanremo
: Exp Italy
-April 12 to 17, 2008 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort
Monaco, France
I might spend some time in various cities so anything goes.
Last month i finished stuck 30k i ran pretty bad and actually recovered 3 times but still ended stuck for the month, my main mistake was that i took shots to frequently when i was break even instead of spending time grinding lower stakes to set momentum. this was a HUUUUGE mistake on my part and i cant stress it out enough.
yesterday first of the month i after waking up at 2 in the morning and spending a good hour working out to get in better shape,after i began playing with a solid mindset to perform well this month, i ran very very very bad at NL1k (lost 5-6 buyins) and decided to jump into the 10/20 game because where i lost 6-7 more buyins, i played close to 6k hands @ 35% showdown over this sample and i netted a loss of -20k. I was real angry at being stuck 4-5$ a hand for such a sample size and i was totally heart broken by my results. I past out around 7am after playing this marathon session.
This morning i woke up a few hours later then yesterday, did my work out and began playing, to cut to the chase i recoverd all my loses playing NL1k and some NL5k I ran at about 20$/hand and lifeswong recovered everything i lost yesterday.
this obviously made me feel very good but i learnt a very valueable lesson, its very important to start your month playing lower stakes and build momentum because this momentum will drive you to have better over all results and will seriously reduce the chances of having a negative overall month.
Therefore I will start this month playing lower stakes to set myself a pace, additionally im going to try to work out every morning and play 5k hands / day for as long as i can, I feel life style and work ethic is best for me.
Heres a very intresting interview on Bruce Lee, he gave me some inspiration this month and i hope to share it with you guys.
(two pair, Aces and Fives - Jack kicker)
