tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84933534889433405092024-03-05T17:56:53.796-08:00THEitinBEST- The rise (or fall) of a british student poker playerTHEitinBESThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487840793285247166noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493353488943340509.post-69719355807865344832016-02-22T10:03:00.000-08:002016-03-15T09:23:21.016-07:00Hello, is it me you're looking for?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Having been a tad lazy with my blog for the past 6 months (where did the time go?) I kind of lost all interest in posting updates. But today just out of simple curiosity and boredom I decided to have a quick read over my past entries and have a look at how my traffic figures have suffered since my dissapearance from online blogging. Fully expecting my reader figures to have completely died I was suprised to find that in actuality January 2016 I managed to hit a record number of visits to my page. Granted the months before this where I went quiet there was a significant drop in numbers but this January I hit a rather unexpected peak. </div>
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So what have I been up to since my last post? Suprise, suprise, I've switched format again! This time I feel for good!</div>
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It was with a lot of thought and certainly a forced hand that last year I made the switch from hyper turbo sng's to the new spin'n'go games pokerstars has to offer. Before too long though the games got pretty tough, the poor variance dug its heels in and generally my enjoyment of the game slowly diminished. This is where my old boss and good friend suggested to me a switch to mtt's. With a small amount of discussion I decided it was time to leave the world of spin'n'gos for the bread and butter of the poker world multi table tournaments. </div>
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In short these games offered me, better profit, a higher profit ceiling, better working hours, a whole new world of stats, spots and math to play about with and study, but most importantly a complete renewal of my love for the game of poker. Having Played them for about 4 months now I feel like I can confidentally say my love for poker is back to an all time high and I'm making improvements on a daily basis.</div>
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Trying to wrap this long overdue update up fairly quickly now! These are my results so far for the year. Theyre not particularly impressive as I've ran pretty terribly in some rough spots (some things never change :) ) but like I said I'm improving on the daily and my buyins (and therefore my expected value) is also being upped fairly regularly. Have gone from being capped at the 11 dollar mtts up to the 55s in the short time I've been playing them so realistically I'd like to be regularly playing the 109s+ by the end of this year and thats when things get fun :). Oh, and I'm now part of a new stable! Left pokerhaven with no animostiy and still good friends with my old boss and old horsey associates. Perhaps in the coming months I'll go into more detail about my new stable (I'll have to ask the new dude in charge).</div>
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These results are across 4 seperate sites and pre rakeback. If I keep on top of blog entries now I'll keep these graphs up to date.</div>
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Also for the time being everything in my life is rather poker orientated so it's fitting this post is fully poker orientated. If I can find the motivation to update on the reg again I'll post some more about other life ambitions, changes and general news with me.</div>
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And whats a new year posts worth without a resolution of some sorts!</div>
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On a final and more poignant note I'd just like to share with you guys the story of a good friend of mine who passed away very recently.</div>
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This article really highlights the kind and caring person that we've unfortunately lost. He was one of the most genuine people I've had the fortune to know and I hope you do the guy a little justice by simply reading this article and remembering a top bloke. He absolutely wasn't one to boast or show off about his achievements or his struggles with adversary but I feel his life and his character really deserves some recognition!</div>
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Well I finally had an ok month! Was a little overdue to say the least but I'm really hoping there's a lot more to come!</div>
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Safe to say considering were 5 months into the year these are pretty horrendous results. Saying this my expected ev I'm more than happy with right now and it's only increasing. Volume wasn't great this month thanks to a pretty rough bout of food poisoning (I won't go into any detail)...</div>
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Just a real short post here as I'm a little busy/rushed at the moment but did't want to skip a months update! In the coming days I'll be posting about a cool new poker training website which I believe will interest a few of you and also be posting a few photos of the sick new apartment me and my flatmates will be moving into before the end of the month!</div>
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Despite my initial rant about the introduction of pokerstars new format it would seem that these games are still beatable in the longrun for good players and currently games are soft enough that variance isn't enough to put me off!</div>
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So disregard my previous doomsday predictions and welcome in the era of the spin and go with me! Ive spent the last 5 weeks playing this new format exclusively and my expected results are more than good enough for me to happily make the switch from hypers. The simple fact of the matter is that these games are soft enough for us to make a very healthy expected return on investment and currently I'm enjoying a new challenge. One thing I really like about these games is that due to the deeper nature of the structure icm plays a less important role in comparison to hypers. ICM in the hypers basically dictates the stakes you will play up to and despite my confidence in my postflop game I feel this is what always hindered me climbing the stakes faster and basically making more money. Now that these games are deeper and we can take advantage of our postflop game to a bigger extent I feel very confident that I can improve my game and my winrate to a level I haven't seen before.</div>
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Im not even going to bother complaining about running bad any more as I realise most of you either don't care, don't understand or don't believe me :). These are my results since starting spins (with rakeback added just so it looks a little less underwhelming!).</div>
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Just a short update here for now. I missed my update last month so I didn't want to get into bad habits of missing posts and this is fairly big news for me to report too. Hypers were a lot of fun but poker evolves and despite my original horror post about these games I'm actually very happy with how things are beginning to shape out.</div>
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In other news training in the gym is still going very well, I'm still trying to fit in as many films as possible, my tattoo is very much in the works, I'm now listening to audio books whilst I play as opposed to reading outside of work hours and my flatmates and I are currently looking for a new place to live in the centre of the city! Next month when I'm feeling a little less lazy I'll go into a little more detail about some of those things but for now I need to get back to the tables! Rakeback isn't going to make itself!</div>
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<br />THEitinBESThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487840793285247166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493353488943340509.post-43243704960462038212015-03-06T20:24:00.001-08:002015-03-07T06:51:36.321-08:00February update! Chasing redline, watching movies, reading books (yes books) and general hermit living.<br />
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Not much change dollar wise so far! Unfortunately not a drastic change volume wise either! Pretty on/off month for me starting with a poor week due to illness then a poor week due to celebrating my 23rd birthday. Cant be too upset though as EV was good, I got plenty of study in whilst I wasn't grinding and I had a hell of a week celebrating my birthday with friends and family. Very happy with quality of study over the past 4 weeks and forever plugging those ICM errors (still a massive fish)! Close to break even post rakeback but it still hurts a little knowing I haven't actually made a penny from poker yet this year... Maybe I should have got a proper job after all.... Or maybe stars should just stop toying with me and give me a sodding break :)</div>
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In other news I decided seeing as I spend so much time in the house I may as well make a little extra use of it. Two things I feel I have let slip a little over the past couple of years are reading and watching films. Haven't read more than a handful of books in the past few years and that is something I'm really not very proud of so starting this month I decided to at least consciously attempt to read a lot more. I've started reading 'Death by black hole' by Neill Degrasse Tyson as I'm a bit of a sucker for anything space related and am so far really enjoying doing so. Won't go into any real detail as I could babble on for hours but if there are any fellow space enthusiasts out there this book is a must have for relative noobs or newcomers to the concepts of quantum and astro physics such as travelling at the speed of light or relativity. </div>
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Now 'watching films' to most 'normal' people wouldn't really seem a task worthy of special effort but I've always been a huge movie nerd and up until relatively recently have striven to constantly expand my inner movie catalogue. Basically I f***ing love watching films. I'll honestly watch absolutely anything but it really goes without saying that I appreciate much more movies that don't need to entirely rely on explosions, tits and ridiculous plot to keep their audience engaged (although on occasion these kinds of films really do hit the spot!). Since I've been slacking on the film watching front I've amassed quite a substantial 'to-see' list and I plan on watching at least 20 new/impressive films a month from now on.</div>
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-JOE (6.5/10)</div>
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Id love to go into more individual depth about each of these as a number of them really do deserve it but I fear I may lose a number of my readers forever from lack of interest or general boredom :). I'm seriously considering starting a seperate film related blog in the near future. I'll keep you posted for anybody who is interested. </div>
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Lastly but not least! A good friend of mine has just set up a new website specialising in poker related travel. Basically the site covers absolutely everything from grind houses/tournament accommodation to casino reviews to mindset vacations with professional life coaches and everything in-between! </div>
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Apart from all of the travel chat he's also working on a community where you'll get answers on all your poker/travel questions, meet other poker players worldwide, find poker houses and more.</div>
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Please take a look and any feedback I'll get straight back to my mate!</div>
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Well its my first blog update of 2015 and I'm already late with it...... Some things never change!</div>
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Could have hoped for a better start results wise but my EV is an absolute peach so I'm expecting a turn around soon. Absolutely nada of any importance to report from January as I spent 100% of my time in the gym, playing poker, playing counterstrike and watching films! I might do a cheeky film post in the coming months as this is a real obsession of mine and I might actually be able to construct a slightly less boring update!</div>
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One interesting thing that came about this month is the decision to get my first tattoo. Im drawing very close to my 23rd birthday now and I've been a huge fan of tattoos for many years but am yet to go under the needle. I've spent the last couple of weeks trawling through what feels like hundreds of British and Dutch artists but I'm hoping I've found the dude for the job! </div>
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Lastly I've decided to go and play the WCOAP (world championship of amateur poker) event in London at the end of March. Despite the buyins only ranging from 100 to 200 pounds the turnout is pretty impressive and the prize pool is worth a shot. Also I haven't played live poker in months so I'm quite excited to get the rub of the felt again, feel the chips running through my fingers and bust some donks face to face! If any of you british grinders reading this fancy meeting up for some drinks just hit me up on skype or drop a message on this post.</div>
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Quite often when the new year comes around we find ourselves inundated with the echoes of 'New year, new me', 'A fresh start' or other such clichéd rhetoric that by definition has little real meaning behind it. But the fact of the matter is that we all (including myself) like to believe that a new year is a new start and that anything that passed in the previous year (whether it be 6 months ago or 6 minutes ago) can be improved upon in one way or another(And granted, sometimes it is). The point I'm trying to make out of this slightly pessimistic intro is that for a poker player the turning of 2015 has a real quantifiable meaning to it, At the beginning of January pokerstars wipes the metaphorical slate of our accumulated vpps and we start a fresh. Basically this means I came to terms mid to late last year with the fact that Supernova Elite was out of my grasp (See figure 1a) but now with this fresh slate I have a whole 12 months to try and play enough games and accumulate enough points to make this epic milestone.</div>
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This past year hasn't been bad at all though! Despite that slightly cynical first paragraph my years been one of the most successful of my life in many ways. Meeting new friends, travelling to new countries, spending time with my family, making a living from a hobby I picked up almost 8 years ago, moving in with close friends from home. I wouldn't swap a single one of these things to have hit SNE this last year. Sure you have to make sacrifices if you want to achieve something out of the ordinary and a little beyond the grasp of others but I hope (and believe) this year I can strike a balance between those just listed and poker to achieve all this AND hit the target of SNE. I'm at risk of repeating myself too many times but the opportunity presented to me by pokerhaven is not one that comes around every day and although I've always felt money wasn't the be all and end all to my happiness I do want to reward them for having faith in me and generally putting up with me!</div>
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I haven't updated this page for a while and the reason being was that there honestly wasn't much to report! Last few months of 2014 were a mixture of grinding, illness, and not much in-between but I'm hoping I can revive this blog a little over the next few months with some slightly more interesting posts. I plan to do a fair bit of travelling this year with ambition to play a lot of the live circuit in the UK as well as a few European EPT events (Barcelona, Prague to name a couple) and also visit Curacao again. These trips alone should easily fill my monthly post but the road to SNE and if all else fails the road to the higher stakes should be an interesting one in itself. </div>
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Anyway! I've had a few weeks off for Christmas and catching up with my family so I should get back to work now! I expect to be a little rusty this week so fingers crossed I don't smash my bankroll in the first day or two! A few people commented to me both in person and online over the past few weeks about my lack of updates and I really appreciate the fact that people have noticed! For any of you regular readers out there I'd like to say a big thank you and I wish you a happy new year!</div>
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Well! Its been an interesting week for the hypers regs of pokerstars. This week pokerstars introduced the 'Spin & Go' format to their software. Basically this new format involves an initial slot machine style spin of a wheel which decides on a number the prizepool will be multiplied by. Each game the 3 entrants play a hyper (3 minute) structure and fight it out in a winner take all sng. The draw of these games is the possibility of playing for a massive prizepool with a relatively small buyin. Obviously stars aren't just giving away money so the majority of games the 3 players will be playing for just 2x their buyin. Unfortunately the draw of the big score is enough to drive gamblers and fish alike to this new format and subsequently affect the traffic in other games.</div>
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This chart isn't entirely accurate as it's probably a little outdated but it gives you an idea of the potential jackpots you can hit for your money. The new 30 dollar games actually have a 36k top prizepool! I think it's fairly obvious to understand why this added element of gamble has seriously affected the fishpool in other formats and why a lot of regs (especially those breakeven ones who make their money from rakeback) are seriously worried for the future of 6 max hypers. A drop in trafic at all formats from HU hypers to fullstack cash has been reported and we can but wait to see how these games affect our future earnings and volume. </div>
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The reason for this new gambling style format? Back in August pokerstars was bought by Amaya Gaming and it was made clear from the start that they meant to introduce social gaming, sports betting and an online casino into the mix. At the time of the sale of pokerstars there was a real buzz and real hope in the poker community that sooner than we'd imagined America would come back to pokerstars.com and we would see a huge increase in the playerpool. This is something that we now unfortunately have to rely on if we don't want this new format to seriously affect our win rates. Amaya obviously want to bring America back into the market as this will be hugely profitable for them so it'll definitely happen eventually although for now we have to put up with the pretty major decrease in traffic almost certain drop in our win rate. </div>
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Having said all this, things could be a lot worse! Games are still playable, America will be back eventually, there's still very good money in hypers for those willing to work for it and spin and go's are beatable and extremely soft (we just need to put a lot more time and effort into learning the new format). Another weird 'benefit' to the introduction of spin and gos is the fact that now in certain parts of the day the games are unplayable as little to no fish are about so we're stuck battling reg infected games. The positive to this is that during those hours I'm almost forced to study which can never be a bad thing! Luckily from starting with pokerhaven the emphasis has always been on quality over quantity so we are still going to be beating our games pre rakeback and SNE (100k$) is still extremely achievable next year so in perspective things really aren't that bad. If someone had told me before I started playing poker seriously that in 2015 I'd be attempting to hit SNE and be profitable pre rakeback I would laugh at them. So, enough moaning for the time being!</div>
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In other news I moved gym a couple of weeks ago and started again with my old nutritionist and coach John Otis Hollywood <a href="http://www.johnotishollywood.com/">http://www.johnotishollywood.com/</a> with the hope to get silly lean in preparation to gain some solid clean mass next year. The new gym me and my training partner are now signed up at has a full size olympic swimming pool, a sauna, a steamroom and squash courts that I'm now using on a daily basis and I've found this to be of huge benefit to my life with less stress, better sleep and longer and more quality poker sessions. I find swimming in particular an unmatchable stress reliever and just generally a very relaxing way to start the day.</div>
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<br />THEitinBESThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487840793285247166noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493353488943340509.post-4137941039984420442014-08-29T13:34:00.001-07:002014-08-29T13:34:57.203-07:00September Big MonthJust a quick one. 60s going pretty well so far and I'm currently sat at 130k vpps for the year so I figure I might as well try grind out a 70k month and give myself a very good shot at 300k-400k vpps for the year. Earning 12.687 vpps and a cheeky 0.50c rakeback per game at the moment so if I can manage to breakeven (which I hope to do better than) over the 5439 games I need to play its a decent sum of money and for me would be by far the biggest month volume wise to date. I believe it's important for me to start grinding solid hours soon so that when I start my SNE run next year it isn't too much of a shock to the system. Plus, gotta start saving some dollar for Christmas presents and my PCA trip in January!<br />
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Also this next month I wanted to try out cutting any stimulants from my diet to see if I could gain any extra edge at or away from the tables. Plus I'm well aware I don't live a particularly healthy lifestyle and I'm intrigued to see the difference this might make. I figure cutting out caffeine, alcohol and a sugar from my body completely for a month might make a drastic improvement to my energy levels, sleeping patterns, focus and general quality of life. I'm not a big alcohol drinker but I will miss caffeine that's for sure and I've heard its a pretty difficult thing to quit completely but I'm up for the challenge. I'm sure it can't be too difficult!<br />
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Last but not least, I've been messing around with cyclical ketogenic dieting recently as an alternative way of losing fat ( <a href="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cyclical+ketogenic+diet">http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cyclical+ketogenic+diet</a> ). Basically with my current routine I don't feel like I have the time to train 7 times a week, grind hard, keep a social life AND do cardio so this way of dieting seems to suit me perfectly. It's cheaper than my previous diet, I get to eat foods I genuinely enjoy and I don't suffer from that dreaded post workout meal crash. I found the last couple of months that any substantial amount of carbohydrates basically puts me out of action or makes me feel awful for an hour or two afterwards which obviously is far from ideal. Im really hoping that within 4-6 weeks of this diet I'll be ready to start putting some muscle back on after what feels like an age of trying to drop fat.</div>
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During this month I'll revert back to weekly updates to keep me motivated and just to keep anyone who is interested up to speed. One of the main reasons for this post though was to provide a pre-excuse to anybody who wants to do anything this month. I won't be drinking, I won't be eating like a normal human being and I'll be working most of my free time so unfortunately I'll be a little out of the loop till October. Anyway, after taking a few days off visiting my friend in Holland I'm really looking forward to putting in a major grind and getting stuff done this month so I'll keep you updated! Laters!</div>
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Finally hit supernova this week and was also moved up to the 60's so overall a pretty successful few days! </div>
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Pretty exciting for me as I've never hit SN before and I remember the days when I used to see supernovas at my table and be genuinely impressed thinking it was a real achievement. In reality it turns out its really not THAT difficult and although its taken me 8 months to achieve it I did begin the year having just moved up to the 15s and with the final year of university still holding me back. So for me hitting SN for the first time is a real testament as too how much I have improved and learnt this year. But in reality next year I'll be shooting for this 10 times in the hope to hit supernova elite! Should be a very interesting year....</div>
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Having saved up my fpps and a couple of bonuses since January I managed to cash out $4875 in bonuses which means this has been the most profitable week to date! $4875 or £2899 is a real healthy sum and I'm inclined to indulge in a couple of treats, namely; </div>
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This week I'm gonna pretty much bypass poker! Nothing too interesting to report on that front. Volume has been pretty poor this week due to moving house! Think I managed around 25k vpps for the month which obviously is way under what I'd planned for but I did manage to grind out of my horrible downswing from first week and bought my new pc which has already paid for itself. I'm not a fan of goal setting as I've always found it adds unnecessary pressure and the feeling of disappointment when missing a goal can often blemish an otherwise successful timespan.</div>
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Like I said last week I've been grinding on multiple machines so I don't have all the results from the last month but I'll post my last 10k games or so for a little bit of closure before I revert back to posting monthly updates.</div>
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Thats enough poker talk for the time being anyway! The main news this month has been moving house! Moved in with 3 of my friends from home some of whom I've known since I was about 12. All of them are pretty driven to have a productive and lucrative year so the house should provide a relatively stress free and optimal environment to crush some souls and start my SNE grind next year (very unlikely it'll happen this year now, sorry guyzzz). Just outside of Liverpool city centre with plenty of shops, cafes and other amenities close by it's pretty ideal and for the money were paying we think we've really gotten lucky this year. Photos of the important rooms below!!</div>
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Were all big into gaming and films so we've turned the lounge into a bit of a lad cave. 1 of the guys is still yet to move in but when he does we'll have around 700 dvds, a few hundred games and 7 or 8 consoles including an N64 and gamecube. We'll be spending the majority of our evenings and weekends in this room I'd imagine!</div>
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And last but definitely not least, my new office space!</div>
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Difficult to get a real decent picture as the rooms not huge and my camera is pretty awful but its my first dedicated poker space and I hope to make heaps of money in this spot!</div>
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And everyone needs a grinding buddy! Walt here keeps a watchful eye over my whilst I grind and reminds me there's much more difficult and dangerous ways of making money! Maybe if poker doesn't work out!</div>
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Unfortunately poker isn't the only thing to have suffered this last week. Due to some medical checkups, moving and visiting home both gym and diet went down the drain entirely. I'll post a few photos of where I finished my diet for a little comparison but I've actually managed to gain 3 or 4 pounds of pure fat back since these. I'm going away with my family for a week as of Friday but once I'm back I'll back smashing training and diet like never before.</div>
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Not too bad for 3 and a half weeks imo. Dropped around 6 pounds and strength actually went up in the gym. I actually leaned out a little after these photos were taken before I went full yolo with my diet and fucked things up a little. Monthly updates for the rest of the year will be real motivating for me and I guarantee I will look very different in 12 months time.</div>
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I think that's enough for now anyway! These weekly updates have actually been a bit of a hindrance more than anything this month so I look forward to switching back to monthly posts. Will have a lot more to report and results both in the gym and at the tables will be a little more significant.</div>
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This marks the third consecutive week running awfully and is a little annoying I'm not gonna lie. Luckily I feel my mental game is pretty decent and my detachment from money means it really doesn't affect me if I'm losing money but making EV. My expected value at the 15s has been pretty epic so with my new lagless and crash free pc I started grinding the 30's again today with pretty impressive results. So however much I might bitch things could always be worse! Could be this guy.</div>
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Due to my laptop deciding to lag and holdem manager deciding to crash every 20 minutes I dropped down to the 15's to grind out some variance free cash whilst I waited for my new pc to be built. I managed a sub parr 1133 games with the majority of those at the lower buying so vpps this week are barely worth mentioning (think I managed 4k vpps or something silly like that). Started grinding the 15s at the bottom of the downswing and thanks to the consistent stream of whales and bad regs practically throwing money at me I didn't have to overly rely on my shoddy laptop and rebelling holdem manager to make correct decisions. </div>
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Im going to have to do some serious grinding and put in some mega volume at the 30s this month if I'm to hit supernova now and moving into a new house at the end of the month is only going to hinder that. BUT, there is still hope! My new pc arrived today and once I have it set up I should be able to grind the 30's till my hearts content completely lag and crash free! Hopefully will grind my way out of this horribly downswing too and end up in profit pre rakeback which would be ideal. If only money grew on trees!</div>
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Im only two weeks into my weekly updates and I've quickly realised that I have very little to actually blog about. I will continue to update once a week for the remainder of this month but after that I'll resume my monthly posts as I really don't live an all that exciting life right now! I hope in the coming months I will be able to write about slightly more interesting and less poker related topics which Geo3gs does in his blog (see blog list on the right) providing a lot more entertaining and educated reading than my seemingly endless chitchat and minor meme obsession. I am actually interested in other things beside poker and the gym so watch out!</div>
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One thing that I do enjoy to blog about and will continue to update semi regularly will be my training updates. This week has been another cracker to be honest. Once again I've managed to gain strength and lose weight, I've really gotten used to my new sleeping schedule and lifestyle and I'm very much enjoying everything at the moment. Who needs money when you have your health!</div>
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Down another couple of pounds this week and dare I say looking a little leaner? Am quite interested to see what I can achieve physique wise in the next two weeks with my diet and training on point.</div>
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Heres my graph for the first two weeks of the month. The worm is poking its head up a little as my coach likes to say! By the end of the month this graph should fingers crossed look very different! </div>
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In other news, this week me and my friends from home finalised our new house in Liverpool and we move in on the 30th of this month. Soon as we've moved in and settled I'll post some photos!</div>
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So my first week playing full time goes a little something like this....</div>
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Managed just under 1.4k games this week and just under 9k vpps which puts me a little behind pace which isn't a worry as there's plenty of time to make up those vpps over the coming 3 weeks and hopefully I might even move up to the 60s before the end of it. Due to my downswing this week I spent a little more time than usual studying and also took an extra half day off due to tilt (something that on the whole I am very good with but this time got the better of me).</div>
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So after a relatively low volume month (around 5.5k games) I feel I've re-accustomed myself to long hours and grinding early mornings so this month I plan on playing and studying around 240 hours as I want to hit my first supernova of the year and also grind out my rent money for my new flat. As this month is gonna be extremely busy and hectic for me I feel its important to plan my week and stick to my plan rigidly. Schedule for the next 4 weeks is;</div>
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-Study till 9 then grind around 300-400 games till 6 then final study till 7</div>
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I now only need 40k vpps to hit my first supernova so at 6.44vpps a game I'll only have to play a little over 6k games but if all goes to plan I'll have moved up to the 60's well before then and hitting this target will be a walk in the park! As I'm moving to a new apartment early next month this is really going to help me as I just need to break even to be able to afford rent for the next few months thanks to the bonus. I'm also saving up for a new laptop just for poker so hopefully will have some funds left over.</div>
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As mentioned in my previous post I'm going to get back into shape now uni is out of the way and I have a little spare time. I also think its extremely important to keep physically active in some way when grinding long hours and sitting at yours desk for over 60 hours a week. The last couple of weeks of uni where I didn't have time to grind, study AND train I found myself living on a diet of Tesco sandwiches and coffee for breakfast lunch and dinner which is definitely -EV for both poker and mental and physical health.</div>
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So this month I have a really intense workout schedule and a diet which should slowly start bringing me back to my previous glory. Fitness and dieting has been a major part of my life for the last 4 years but due to extreme yoyoing thanks to both injury and work I'm in pretty poor shape at the moment (See below). </div>
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Well! Its been three long years but as of today I am no longer a university student........</div>
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I can't lie, there have been very enjoyable elements to uni and I'm extremely happy I moved down to Liverpool to 'study'. I've met some great people, had a hell of a laugh, learnt a lot (not necessarily in the classroom) and ultimately I've ended up achieving my number one goal and my long term dream of leaving university a professional poker player. The idea of being a 'professional' rather than a semi professional is really neither here nor there. The only difference between what I'll be doing now to what I've been doing the past 5 or 6 months is I'll be playing a lot more, hopefully making a lot more money and I won't have any stress relating to extra workload. The real gift is that I don't have to finish uni looking for work and I'm lucky enough to enjoy what I'll be doing for a living for the foreseeable future. </div>
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Leaving my final exam today I felt both a sense of overwhelming relief but also extreme excitement at the thought of what the next few years might bring for me. Although I do have lots of goals and ambitions for the coming years I would really like to be able to slow down a little and both enjoy and appreciate what I've got and the freedom that my job brings. I feel I've spent the last couple of years wishing away my life and having hit my most important target I don't want to simply set another and wish away my life till I hit that. Living with or close by to very good friends of mine this year I am going to enjoy myself as much as possible and not take for granted the situation I'm in. I don't particularly want to write a long post right now as I'm in lying in bed in preparation to watch face/off for the second time this week as a celebration.</div>
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I would like to say though that from now on every 1st of the month is blog update day! Now I have plenty of free time I will be updating my blog at least once a month and considering I am no longer writing results orientated posts I decided to start also writing about another passion of mine in the gym and fitness. I've really been yoyoing with diet and training for the past 3 years thanks to a slightly overwhelming work load (and maybe a little bit of partying) but some time next week I look to start getting back into shape with the intentions of hopefully competing on stage one day (I have a long way to go I know). I wont post half naked selfies right now as I've just had a celebratory meal and I'm a fat bloated bastard but as of the 1st of next month I'll be posting photos and updates on how training has been treating me. I'm sure most people really aren't arsed and would rather not see said photos of me but it's really something to motivate me and keep me from sinking back into old habits or losing my drive.</div>
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Also, I really cant finish this blog post without emphasizing how grateful I am of my family, my friends and my employers for both giving me the opportunity to achieve this dream of mine but also keeping the faith in me and supporting me for the last few years chasing it. Both of my parents have been extremely supportive and understanding (eventually... dad :) ) of my 'career' choice and I am forever thankful for that. There's no doubt that without their help and general interest in what I do I would not be where I am today. I also can't ignore the great influence my friends have had on me, not just for getting me into poker in the first place, but again always being extremely interested and genuinely happy for me of which I really do appreciate. Lastly but not least I have to thank my boss' again for giving me the opportunity to prove myself and for seeing potential in me. I hope to do you all proud!</div>
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Safe to say the trip was an overwhelming success! Poker-wise and vacation wise everything was super enjoyable and lucrative and as of Friday I have been moved up the stakes! This means I have the potential to earn a very reasonable living after university if I stick at this buy-in level for the year(but we have bigger plans!) </div>
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The last three weeks have absolutely flown by and I have met some awesome people that I hope to stay in contact with for a very long time to come. I feel very lucky to be a part of such a like-minded yet diverse group of individuals who share my passion and interest for poker and I could't have asked to have joined a better stable. </div>
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Birthday was a really interesting day!! Spent the whole day on mini Curacao (a little island off the coast) to snorkel, chill on the beach and swim with turtles. Spent the whole day in the sun loving life and enjoying a well earned day off from the daily grind. On the journey back the boat we were travelling back on decided to serve rum punch and although most people had one or two glasses maximum, as it was my birthday I decided to enjoy myself and subsequently drank 7 glasses in the short trip back. Safe to say by the time we moored I was a little drunk and a few beers and a swim in the pool later I was KO'd in my bed soaking wet at around 9pm. Although I missed the opportunity to party on the evening of my birthday we eventually made it out a few days later and had a hell of a good night in the nightclub 'Bermuda'.</div>
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Now back to business....Thanks to putting university and gym on standstill for the last 3 weeks I'd hazard a guess that I have played, studied and improved the equivalent of around 6-8 weeks back home so this has been an incredible opportunity and keeps my dreams of SNE alive for 2014. Spending three weeks away in the Caribbean has led me to realise how how much my life has changed for the better over the past 5-6 months and for that I'm super grateful. I still have a long way to go to realise my full potential but I have already come such a way since starting and things can only improve. I have worked hard over the past couple of years to realise this dream of mine to become a professional poker player but now it is finally coming to fruition I feel extremely lucky and for lack of a better word ''blessed'' to be where I am today surrounded by good friends, with a supporting family and a bright future 'working' a 'job' that I love.</div>
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I'm a little gutted to be travelling home after such an enjoyable vacation but as I mentioned earlier this has really put things into perspective for me and I figure the next 6 weeks or so completing university will fly by and I have the rest of my life to look forward to. Thanks for reading, will keep you posted on how the 30's treat me!</div>
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It hasn't been the most successful month but it hasn't been an awful month either. Results were bound to suffer moving up the stakes and playing against better players and with this in mind I'm actually reasonably happy especially as I have just fixed a couple of significant leaks that have potential to really improve my win rate. Before posting my monthly graph I have to explain to any noobs out there that the variant of poker I play on pokerstars is extremely swingy with the possibility for huge upswings and huge downswing's no matter the calibre of the player. Anyway, enough excuses... Graph time :)</div>
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Ok so again I have to explain that I am not allowed to post my expected value so this is next best thing. After all this is real money I suppose! Next update I'll factor rakeback into my graph! Redline isn't too bad but still plenty of room for improvement :) I'm quite excited to play some decent volume with my newly fixed leaks but unfortunately due to an upcoming trip (keep on reading) I have to really focus on uni work for the next 2.5 weeks and I don't see me playing ANY poker at all for the next few days unfortunately....</div>
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But overall I feel I've had quite a successful month poker-wise. I put in pretty crappy volume thanks to uni (agaaaaain) but results are fine considering I've only just moved up from the 7's and I feel confident for the near future! This month I've earned 11,000 vpps which is 11% of Supernova but only 1.1% of Supernova elite which is an optimistic but possible goal for this year. So first month down I'm officially 1.1% of the way to hitting my goal :) BUT obviously the higher the stakes I play the quicker I earn vpps and also the second I finish university my volume at the tables will increase dramatically so I'm still on track! Supernova elite would be an incredible achievement not only because I have only been playing hyper turbos for a few months but also because it is worth a hell of a lot of money! </div>
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and good friend visiting me in Liverpool along with another poker play in our stable George (Belthazorrr) who decided to move to Liverpool for the next year to focus on poker and avoid crazy Greek 'gambling' taxes. So been doing lots of studying with George and showing him around Liverpool a little in preparation to move him into his new place within the next few days if all goes to plan!</div>
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From the 17th of February till the 9th of March I will be studying, playing, partying, sunning, gyming and chilling with the rest of my stable (12 of us in total) on the beautiful Caribbean island of Curacao. Obviously main goal of the trip is to seriously develop our poker and to give us a real head start in our goals to hit Supernova elite this year. We'll be putting in some serious volume whilst were over there so this is pretty exciting and if all goes to plan we will be able to fit in months of study and really catapult us into a very profitable year for both ourselves and our backers. I'm actually lucky enough to be celebrating my 22nd birthday over there so I'm extremely excited for this as last year I spent my birthday held up in my bedroom doing sweet f a. I'm hoping for a somewhat hangover-esque birthday this year so if any of the stable are reading this don't let me down ;) I want everyone on top form. </div>
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So after roughly 2 months playing the 7$ games its time to move up! My last 4 weeks of games (3k games) have gone extremely well and my coaches and backers are happy for me to move up as of today!</div>
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So today my charmander avatar on pokerstars is ready to evolve! When starting out the hypers I decided as a little extra motivation (and a lot more nerdyness) to start the 3.50s with charmander and to evolve my pokemon every couple of level jumps. Now playing the 15s I will be playing as charmeleon, with plans to evolve it again at the 60$ levels+. </div>
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Still very much enjoying the challenge the hyper turbos bring and I have a few short and long term goals for 2014 which I will go into a lot more detail about in my first post of 2014. I'll also go into more detail about my previous year and hopes and dreams for the next 3-5 years with poker and general life. The best news for now though is now obviously is that I'm at the 15 dollar level and am now already making enough money to play full time once the hell that is university has finished!</div>
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Hope you've all had an enjoyable/productive year and have a good Christmas! Also wish you all good luck in the new year! Lastly have to thank my friends again at pokerhaven for giving me this amazing opportunity and for getting me this far already! I'll be back very early 2014! </div>
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With uni, poker and gym I'm now living an incredibly hectic lifestyle and from now till May of 2014 I'm looking at 6am-10pm days 7 days a week. Although this might sound a little excessive I welcome the challenge and hope my new poker ventures will be very profitable for both me and my backers. Im really enjoying the studying side of hypers and I feel I've already come a long way since the start of my trial month (6th sept). Study is extremely maths based and suprisingly to me most of my money is to come from t20 and t30 spots. Contrary to what some people may believe about hypers it is much more than just a push fold game. The 7 dollar games have been a suprising jump in difficulty but I'm plugging leaks and finding new +EV spots every day so both me and my backers hope to have me up to the 15s by next month and maybe even take a shot at supernova before the year is out (8k games from November, wish me luck).</div>
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THEitinBESThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487840793285247166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493353488943340509.post-52491352434318473262013-01-29T06:43:00.002-08:002013-01-29T06:43:46.824-08:00Just a quick updateWhat was looking like an absolute disastrous month has salvaged itself in the last few days. Although roll-wise there has been no improvement in the last week I have both secured regular coaching with a very successful CAP grinder and also solved the mystery of why this month has been so drastically different to last EV wise.... Looking over my HUD last night during coaching I made the worrying discovery that my HUD was displaying stats wrongly..... So for example, where a player is showing a 60 percent open on the button a quick hover over my HUD will tell me he is actually raising 20 percent and a player showing a 50 percent open from the sb is actually opening only 15 percent. Obviously this means my shoving ranges have been COMPLETELY off and this has no doubt cost me a hell of a lot of money over my last 85k hands. Although this is a small disaster it's encouraged me as now I realize where I've been leaking money and also I'm quite content that I've managed to break even with RB despite stacking the odds massively against myself without discovering this glitch earlier. Luckily within the next day or two my new laptop will arrive and coupling this with HEM2 I doubt I'll ever suffer this setback again. So overall although this month has gone horribly (BE post rakeback) I have secured regular coaching of a high standard and also discovered an incredible leak that is very easily fixable. Hopefully next month will have some peachy graphs to post again!<div>
In the coming days I will also post a short update on a little competition/prop bet me and my HU coach are going to start next week. In short the challenge is 1k to 10k within 100 days. First to hit target will receive an extra 100 dollars. Will go into more detail on this once we have decided on the terms and rules. Once the challenge begins I will be making a new post every ten days with progress and any interesting hands.</div>
THEitinBESThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487840793285247166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493353488943340509.post-2468528891499733662013-01-23T00:15:00.000-08:002013-01-23T00:15:47.377-08:00Ouch.......What started off as a horrible stretch of coolers quickly turned into a long stretch of sub optimal play and rushed decisions...... Crushed my winnings from last month unfortunately but took a few days off and recently had a sweat session over skype with my coach. Overall he is very happy with my play and my progression since he last railed me. He told me the few spots I need to improve are easily fixable and he also gave me a few hints and tips on where I can pick up extra EV and gave me some useful advice on stopping overthinking hands vs donks. Very happy with my session with him and its really set my head straight. Managed a meager 2k hands 8 tabling yesterday before having to go out but managed 2.6bb/100. Super lol sample size but I picked up my EV from spots I usually wouldnt and I lost a good 20 EV in a couple of spots I now have fixed. So overall although my giraffe may have broken its neck I'm confident I'll fix that in the coming weeks. I'm also done with setting myself big goals and overstretching myself. 200k hands this month is looking very unlikely and I'm going to spend the next couple of weeks studying hard (on my new laptop and with my coach) 8 tabling and then get back to grinding out the vpps and going for SN. Theres no doubt in my mind that I'll hit SN but its useless to me if I cash in my 5k of bonuses to break even. Time to study again!! Watch this space!!<br />
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<br />THEitinBESThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487840793285247166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493353488943340509.post-10769035124108261692013-01-05T09:32:00.002-08:002013-01-05T09:32:26.543-08:00An interesting start to the year...Yerrrrrrr.... not the best start to the year. Not horrendous but not great either. Started the year with 30k hands overall down 10 BI's and up 1 BI with rakeback. Obviously its not like I've blown my roll or started playing awfully, just had a horrible stretch of hands running JJ+ into better hands too many times and being on the wrong side of coolers a hell of a lot too. Actually considering the hands I've been dealt I'm very happy with my results and today I truly believe I played the best poker I've ever played. So all is not lost! Pretty sure in the coming days I'll have a nice little upswing that I can blog about! Graph for this month looks like this;<br />
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Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - <a href="http://www.handconverter.com/hands/2053572">View hand 2053572</a><br />
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WavePervik (BTN): $24.13<br />
kelisav (SB): $10.91<br />
<strong>baslespattes (BB): $33.25</strong><br />
<strong>Hero (UTG): $25.00</strong><br />
<strong>ALFN8 (MP): $29.15</strong><br />
batbilegts (CO): $10.00<br />
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<strong>Pre Flop:</strong> ($0.75) Hero is UTG with 8<img alt=" of diamonds" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/diamond.png" /> 8<img alt=" of hearts" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/heart.png" /><br />
<span style="color: red;">Hero raises to $1</span>, ALFN8 calls $1, <span style="font-style: italic;">3 folds</span>, <span style="color: red;">baslespattes raises to $2</span>, Hero calls $1, <span style="color: red;">ALFN8 raises to $3</span>, baslespattes calls $1, <span style="color: red;">Hero raises to $10</span>, ALFN8 calls $7, baslespattes calls $7<br />
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<strong>Flop:</strong> ($30.25) J<img alt=" of spades" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/spade.png" /> 4<img alt=" of diamonds" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/diamond.png" /> 2<img alt=" of spades" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/spade.png" /> <span style="color: blue;">(3 players)</span><br />
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<strong>Turn:</strong> ($30.25) 5<img alt=" of hearts" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/heart.png" /> <span style="color: blue;">(3 players)</span><br />
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<strong>River:</strong> ($30.25) 6<img alt=" of hearts" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/heart.png" /> <span style="color: blue;">(3 players)</span><br />
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Probably the weirdest hand I ever expect to play with 20 bb stacks...... Both players huge whales. Looking over the hand AK is way above villain 1's range and as for the other dude I'm sure you can make up your own minds. Standard raise utg and expected flat from 1st guy (running at something around 80/15 with a 13% 3bet stat) then whale small 3bets. I decide to flat knowing Im most probably ahead of agressor and almost certain utg+1 would flat giving me a chance to setmine and also the chance to stack off on a good flop. When utg+1 min 3bets it does confuse me but I dont give him much respect for a hand (apparently he did). Once the original 3better just flats I know I'm good a lot of the time and a shove would be the right move. Overall very happy with the hand even though I was suprised to see AKs be turned up.<br />
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THEitinBESThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487840793285247166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493353488943340509.post-20383522810753422592012-12-30T11:19:00.001-08:002012-12-30T11:19:17.166-08:00FINAL post of the year!<div style="text-align: center;">
Just a quick update on the month as I've managed to put in another 50k hands since my last post. </div>
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Had a horrible stretch of around 15k hands where I was on the wrong end of every cooler and ran JJ+ into overpairs too many times to count. So dropped 30BI's during that stretch but managed to grind the majority of that back today thankfully! Going out to celebrate NYE tomorow so today was officially my last session of 2012. Hopefully this time next year I'll be looking over a very different looking graph $$$$$$$$! Finished the month at 1.06bb/100 and with around 1k in rakeback to add to it. Feeling on top of my game and looking forward to my nl100 shot.</div>
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Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - <a href="http://www.handconverter.com/hands/2048559">View hand 2048559</a><br />
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erwi68 (MP): $14.63<br />
TEKEN 12 (CO): $28.37<br />
<strong>Hero (BTN): $25.00</strong><br />
FoxxDan (SB): $12.59<br />
<strong>eLPe21 (BB): $10.00</strong><br />
NIKE'87 (UTG): $29.05<br />
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<strong>Pre Flop:</strong> ($0.75) Hero is BTN with K<img alt=" of spades" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/spade.png" /> 9<img alt=" of hearts" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/heart.png" /><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">3 folds</span>, <span style="color: red;">Hero raises to $1</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">1 fold</span>, eLPe21 calls $0.50<br />
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<strong>Flop:</strong> ($2.25) 8<img alt=" of diamonds" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/diamond.png" /> 9<img alt=" of clubs" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/club.png" /> Q<img alt=" of clubs" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/club.png" /> <span style="color: blue;">(2 players)</span><br />
eLPe21 checks, Hero checks<br />
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<strong>Turn:</strong> ($2.25) 3<img alt=" of diamonds" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/diamond.png" /> <span style="color: blue;">(2 players)</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">eLPe21 bets $1.93</span>, Hero calls $1.93<br />
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<strong>River:</strong> ($6.11) J<img alt=" of diamonds" src="http://images.deucescracked.com/suits/diamond.png" /> <span style="color: blue;">(2 players)</span><br />
eLPe21 checks, <span style="color: red;">Hero bets $7.07</span>, eLPe21 calls $7.07 all in<br />
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This hand was against a reg. When he bets the turn I put him on air/a 9 as I have history with the player and my check on the flop would induce this kind of bet a lot of the time. When the river hits and he checks to me I figure he's either given up on his bluff or he has weak showdown value (A 9 or a Q). Id never expect him to bet the turn like that with a flush draw and I'd never expect him to check a flush to me on the river. So with that in mind I figured any hands I'm losing to (A9, Q2+) would fold to a shove as I often shove for value on the river (A reg should notice this where the fish don't and still call me light).and I could pick up the pot with a slight overbet a very high percentage of the time (especially as a pair and a ten or a flush draw is well within my range when i flat the turn). When he snapped me on the river I was very surprised but I'm happy to see it as 90% of the time I will actually have it when I shove in this spot.</div>
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THEitinBESThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487840793285247166noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493353488943340509.post-62459402114942742262012-12-25T05:46:00.001-08:002012-12-25T05:46:43.525-08:00Merry Crimbo! New monthly update and 2013 goals!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hope you've all had a good year and have a good year to come! Basically wanted to briefly sum up the month and set my yearly goals! </div>
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This month unfortunately I haven't been able to put in the volume I'd have liked but I have managed almost 85k hands in the last 2 weeks and with a decent 1.09bb/100 EV. Not as nice a graph/results as last month but at nl50 I'll happily take money towards my next shot at nl100 and eventually nl200!</div>
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Obviously ran good but its the EV thats all I care about. With rakeback my graph looks like this!...</div>
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1500 dollars profit for 2 weeks at nl50 is not to be sniffed at and hopefully next month will be a lot better! After recently moving up to 16 tables I'm comfortably playing 10k hands a day so rakeback is a real boost as long as I can grind out a profit as well! If I can grind out a solid 200k hands next month then rb will be a real bankroll booster. Sooooooo goals.........<br />
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<b><i><u>January goals</u></i></b><br />
[ ] 200K hands with +EV<br />
[ ] Move up to nl100<br />
[ ] Make improvements on game and put in sufficient study/revision hours<br />
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[ ] Beat nl200<br />
[ ] Hit Supernova<br />
[ ] Make further steps towards playing full time after uni<br />
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Got 2 days grinding left before new years just so I can cash in 250 dollars of bonuses then start work on my January Goals! Wishing you all a successful and fruitful year (as long as you're not making your money from me)!!!THEitinBESThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487840793285247166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493353488943340509.post-81153569357279754512012-12-19T15:41:00.001-08:002012-12-19T15:41:37.885-08:00Back to the grind......<br />
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Finally after months of slacking off it's time to update my blog! Safe to say things are going A LOT better for me after I put some serious study into my chart package and my own game. After hours of looking over charts and looking at regs betting patterns and styles etc I've successfully built a playstyle that beats NL50 CAP. THANK FUCK FOR THAT! Last month I managed to put in a couple of weeks of really heavy volume (8k+ hands a day) and managed to grind out 3bb/100 over a large sample but unfortunately my HEM broke on me and my hands corrupted somehow. After this happened uni work reared its ugly head again and meant I had to go a few weeks without playing. </div>
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Thankfully Ive been able to start playing again this week and after an initial 40k hands of break even (which was a little worrying for sure) I managed this peach of a day today that almost makes up for it.....</div>
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Obviously not every day is gonna be this good (9bb/100 EV) but was nice to see I havent lost it in my short break off! So with the arrival of a brand new flashy laptop on the horizon and the very likely scenario that I have FINALLY beat CAP I should be updating my blog a lot more regularly and possibly making a shot at NL100 in the not too distant future! </div>
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