Ok guys, I've decided to make a new blog called Poker Lifestyle: http://pokerlifestyle.wordpress.com/
I've been getting very lazy about blogging, but I would like to continue blogging so I decided to move and continue blogging on a fresh new blog!
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Saturday, 19 July 2008
I know, I know
I hardly ever blog lately and I have so much to tell :P. I don't know why, but for me it's pretty hard to find the motivation to blog on a regular basis, I'm thinking of joining a blog with one or two other people so I we can both keep each other motivated to blog.
I know I never ended up writing a trip report from Vegas and I won't right now, but it was tons of fun and I am definetly going back next year. There's still a lot of stuff I didn't do and I'd like to catch up on it. I was also in London for a couple of days and met up with a friend who is doing an IT-internship there. That was surely fun.
On monday I'll be on my way again, travelling to croatia to a friend's house and I think that will be fun too. It will also be a low-tech trip, because there is no TV or internet. That should be sweet and good for me to relax. I'll be taking "tipping point" and "theory of poker" and finally finishing those two books that I've been reading on a nd off for like a year or more. I really enjoy reading, but I feel like such a fast paced person that sometimes I just don't find the time to read an entire book (I start reading a book then another and another and I never finish, which I know is bad and something I wanna work on).
As far as poker is going, I had my first losing month in June. I lost like 3-4 buy ins on the month I guess, I don't know any exact numbers. This may however sound odd, but in a way I'm glad I had a losing month, it takes away the pressure from never having one and I think will aid me psychologically long term to just maximize my ev in spots where I might sometimes take a lower variance line to preserve a win.
Right now I need to go and grab some lunch with a friend. Whether's pretty good, but after Vegas I have trouble determing whether the weather outside is cold or warm, by local standards :P.
Later guys and gals.
I know I never ended up writing a trip report from Vegas and I won't right now, but it was tons of fun and I am definetly going back next year. There's still a lot of stuff I didn't do and I'd like to catch up on it. I was also in London for a couple of days and met up with a friend who is doing an IT-internship there. That was surely fun.
On monday I'll be on my way again, travelling to croatia to a friend's house and I think that will be fun too. It will also be a low-tech trip, because there is no TV or internet. That should be sweet and good for me to relax. I'll be taking "tipping point" and "theory of poker" and finally finishing those two books that I've been reading on a nd off for like a year or more. I really enjoy reading, but I feel like such a fast paced person that sometimes I just don't find the time to read an entire book (I start reading a book then another and another and I never finish, which I know is bad and something I wanna work on).
As far as poker is going, I had my first losing month in June. I lost like 3-4 buy ins on the month I guess, I don't know any exact numbers. This may however sound odd, but in a way I'm glad I had a losing month, it takes away the pressure from never having one and I think will aid me psychologically long term to just maximize my ev in spots where I might sometimes take a lower variance line to preserve a win.
Right now I need to go and grab some lunch with a friend. Whether's pretty good, but after Vegas I have trouble determing whether the weather outside is cold or warm, by local standards :P.
Later guys and gals.
Friday, 4 July 2008
vegas excerpt
This is a 5/10 hand I played at the Caesar's palace casino.
We are playing 9 handed. utg folds, utg+1 folds, mp1 raises to 40, I call in mp2 with KsTs, mp3 folds, co calls, btn folds, sb folds, bb folds.
mp1 is playing around 3k, I'm playing 2.3k and co is playing 1k.
I'm calling preflop, because I think my hand has impliead odds vs mp1 and I think he is good enough to laydown hands to me, when I represent a specific hand (I've heard him put people on hands given the board texture).
Flop (135$) is 8s6s3c, giving me the K high fd with two overs. Mp1 fires 120$, I smooth call with the intention of repping a 4, 5 or T on the turn if it hits. Co folds.
Turn (375$) 8s6s3c 4c, completing one of the straight draws with 75. mp1 bets 200$, I think for a little bit and make it 600$, at this point there is 1.5k left to go in on the river which is about a pot sized shove. Villain thinks for a little bit (1-2 minutes) and calls.
River (1575$) 8s6s3c 4c 3d, complete brick. At this point I put villain on weak made hands and possibly draws that missed and he didn't want to stick in on the turn. I figure I can follow through here and get a fold 50% of the time. I think for a little bit and fire 1.5k$, which is an effective all in. Random greek guy with balla watch: "I like your style."
mp1 snaps, I open muck saying nice hand, he shows 77 and rakes in the 4575$ pot with second pair to the board.
I left the table shortly after this hand to go and think about it. I came to the conclusion that his call was either pretty bad or pretty good. Thinking about it this way, if he thinks I raise all strong made hands on the flop then my turn range is skewed heavily towards semi bluffs and 75 and he actually has 77 then I really like his call down.
Now here's the added bonus, I accidentily string bet my 1.5k river shove and ended up getting 400$ back, giving me a 1.5k shove for 1.1k (he said he'd call 1.5k too, but the dealer wouldn't allow it).
That's my biggest po so far from playing live. I'm actually not trying to play a ton live, but that's kinda how it ended up going yesterday. Today is American Independece Day (yay) and there will be a ton of partying in Vegas. I'm actually a little annoyed that I'm slightly ill from the air conditioning in Vegas. This sounds pretty funny, but it's actually fairly cold in Vegas when your not outside.
I'll follow up with some pics in due time.
We are playing 9 handed. utg folds, utg+1 folds, mp1 raises to 40, I call in mp2 with KsTs, mp3 folds, co calls, btn folds, sb folds, bb folds.
mp1 is playing around 3k, I'm playing 2.3k and co is playing 1k.
I'm calling preflop, because I think my hand has impliead odds vs mp1 and I think he is good enough to laydown hands to me, when I represent a specific hand (I've heard him put people on hands given the board texture).
Flop (135$) is 8s6s3c, giving me the K high fd with two overs. Mp1 fires 120$, I smooth call with the intention of repping a 4, 5 or T on the turn if it hits. Co folds.
Turn (375$) 8s6s3c 4c, completing one of the straight draws with 75. mp1 bets 200$, I think for a little bit and make it 600$, at this point there is 1.5k left to go in on the river which is about a pot sized shove. Villain thinks for a little bit (1-2 minutes) and calls.
River (1575$) 8s6s3c 4c 3d, complete brick. At this point I put villain on weak made hands and possibly draws that missed and he didn't want to stick in on the turn. I figure I can follow through here and get a fold 50% of the time. I think for a little bit and fire 1.5k$, which is an effective all in. Random greek guy with balla watch: "I like your style."
mp1 snaps, I open muck saying nice hand, he shows 77 and rakes in the 4575$ pot with second pair to the board.
I left the table shortly after this hand to go and think about it. I came to the conclusion that his call was either pretty bad or pretty good. Thinking about it this way, if he thinks I raise all strong made hands on the flop then my turn range is skewed heavily towards semi bluffs and 75 and he actually has 77 then I really like his call down.
Now here's the added bonus, I accidentily string bet my 1.5k river shove and ended up getting 400$ back, giving me a 1.5k shove for 1.1k (he said he'd call 1.5k too, but the dealer wouldn't allow it).
That's my biggest po so far from playing live. I'm actually not trying to play a ton live, but that's kinda how it ended up going yesterday. Today is American Independece Day (yay) and there will be a ton of partying in Vegas. I'm actually a little annoyed that I'm slightly ill from the air conditioning in Vegas. This sounds pretty funny, but it's actually fairly cold in Vegas when your not outside.
I'll follow up with some pics in due time.
Sunday, 29 June 2008
LGW
I'm currently in Landon GatWick airport, waiting for my 15 hour 30 minute journey to Las Vegas NV to commence. Slept fairly well in the Hotel last night, I feel like I need to get a good bed at my place so I can sleep like that too, but I haz no space.
I managed to play 1.1k hands of Holdem in my room last night. I ended up losing about 280$, but I think I played pretty well and tbh I'm happy to get hands in. It's like I have trouble finding the time to play, but my new notebook should help with this. 6 tabling is pretty sweet, small, but sweet.
I'm such a fish when it comes to travelling to the US, they literally ask you like 40 questions and I couldn't answer all of them... For example I didn't know the place where I was staying (the exact address), which is obviously not a smart thing to do, but I've also never been asked something like that before at an airport.... well I guess they did in Dubai, but it's different, because they don't enter the information into a computer. I also didn't know the address in Dubai, but he could tell I was some random Euro on holidays so he didn't make too much of a fuss about it.
Anyway I managed to get a hold of Noel online and he gave me the address, so I'll be prepared for any further questions. Bring it US government!
A friend told me the other day that they've started randomly selecting people at airports with notebooks and copying their hard drives for pirate material. I didn't know they did this, anyway I'm clean so no worries.
I should geto going now, maybe I can get some duty free shopping in, but seems unlikely.
L8rs.
I managed to play 1.1k hands of Holdem in my room last night. I ended up losing about 280$, but I think I played pretty well and tbh I'm happy to get hands in. It's like I have trouble finding the time to play, but my new notebook should help with this. 6 tabling is pretty sweet, small, but sweet.
I'm such a fish when it comes to travelling to the US, they literally ask you like 40 questions and I couldn't answer all of them... For example I didn't know the place where I was staying (the exact address), which is obviously not a smart thing to do, but I've also never been asked something like that before at an airport.... well I guess they did in Dubai, but it's different, because they don't enter the information into a computer. I also didn't know the address in Dubai, but he could tell I was some random Euro on holidays so he didn't make too much of a fuss about it.
Anyway I managed to get a hold of Noel online and he gave me the address, so I'll be prepared for any further questions. Bring it US government!
A friend told me the other day that they've started randomly selecting people at airports with notebooks and copying their hard drives for pirate material. I didn't know they did this, anyway I'm clean so no worries.
I should geto going now, maybe I can get some duty free shopping in, but seems unlikely.
L8rs.
Saturday, 28 June 2008
travelling
I'm writing this from my hotel room in London. I have to spend the night here, because my connection flight to Vegas is tomorrow at 10 and I arrived in London at 11am. It doesn't really bother me too much, it's not much of a hassle for me.
I dropped by at Marks and Spencer's to pick some food, which I am eating right now. Practically everything they sell is super healthy, which is good for me. I really do not dislike healthy food, but I end up not eating so healthy most of the time, I believe mainly due to the fact that I'm too lazy to cook, but this will change soon I hope, when I get back to Innsbruck, I'll get myself a cook book and go shopping on a regular basis (I usually end up odering in, because I don't have anything in the house).
Anyway, I'm rambling a bit. I'm very excited about going to Las Vegas tomorrow and also meeting all the weird Americans. Seeing some of the Pros will be fun too.
Later.
I dropped by at Marks and Spencer's to pick some food, which I am eating right now. Practically everything they sell is super healthy, which is good for me. I really do not dislike healthy food, but I end up not eating so healthy most of the time, I believe mainly due to the fact that I'm too lazy to cook, but this will change soon I hope, when I get back to Innsbruck, I'll get myself a cook book and go shopping on a regular basis (I usually end up odering in, because I don't have anything in the house).
Anyway, I'm rambling a bit. I'm very excited about going to Las Vegas tomorrow and also meeting all the weird Americans. Seeing some of the Pros will be fun too.
Later.
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Sup
Sorry I haven't been posting much lately. I've been busy with some exams and haven't been doing too much.
Right now I'm getting ready for Vegas, just making sure I have enough clothes and cash to travel. My plan is also to stay in London for a bit on my way back from Vegas and meet with a friend who is doing an internship there, which I'm excited about, I haven't been to London properly in a while.
I'm gonna do a bit of shopping now and then hopefully get in some hands before the EURO 2008 semi-final between Germany and Turkey.
Right now I'm getting ready for Vegas, just making sure I have enough clothes and cash to travel. My plan is also to stay in London for a bit on my way back from Vegas and meet with a friend who is doing an internship there, which I'm excited about, I haven't been to London properly in a while.
I'm gonna do a bit of shopping now and then hopefully get in some hands before the EURO 2008 semi-final between Germany and Turkey.
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