I'm not sure I'm going to be doing much in the way of blogging, anymore. It depends on whether my daughter has time to read. Probably end up making
that sort of thread private, anyway.
We'll see.
We'll see.
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Posts: 32 10/22/09 17:42 |
As soon as the day has 28 hours in it or I can live on 2 hours sleep I'll have more time to read.
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Posts: 10 10/22/09 17:44 admin |
twister1 wrote:Honestly, your generation is so spoiled! |
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Posts: 10 10/23/09 19:08 admin |
Ever fall asleep in the middle of a hand online? I FTed a trny last nite at Bodog, a miracle for me who doesn't play much NLHE, and never caught up on my
sleep. Spent the day gettng a flat fixed and back on the car, thank you Twister. I'm also changing a bunch of email stuff around so if anyone wants to
contact me they'll need to do it through this forum. You can post anywhere, or in the Visitor's thread or PM.
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Watching my game... | #4 | ||
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Posts: 10 10/25/09 02:06 admin |
A few people have mentioned recently wanting to watch me play. I'm old-fashioned enough that I don't want anyone looking over my shoulder, even
online, so I don't make that easy. Sometimes people have hung around and whatever, that's online poker. So be it.
I play at Bodog and UB and always always Stars. I don't play at FT. My poker handles at other sites have never been made public. I'm working off some bonuses at the other sites now so I might not be around Stars as much anyway - but - if anyone wants to see my game just join Stox. There is a two-part Razz video of a single table trny we did where you can see everyone's hole cards. I featured one of the hands in a blog a while back. Nothing about my game is essentially any different except for HU play. I already wrote about that. |
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Posts: 371 10/26/09 14:45 |
I just needed a place to store this ^. I'm having a poker day off, I might play the $3 Razz trny at UB later tonight, I guess. I have a lot of stuff to catch up on around the house, though. If it builds up too much it nags at me while I play and I don't concentrate as well. At least I got done messing with this forum, hated that lime green. Matches the new blog a bit better. |
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Posts: 371 11/05/09 00:41 |
I spent a couple hours today working on a new blog post. I have a file of hands from .50/1 saved up, to use as examples. I had half of it written when I just
deleted the whole thing.
I realized today that there isn't anything I haven't said, and if people want the info, it's already there - or here. At least, there isn't anything new I'm willing to share. And I've been going through some stuff because I got a message recently about this weird guy who's obsessed with me. I found out a while back that he'd convinced people I was harassing him. I thought that was pretty funny until I got this information that he did that by convincing people I'd somehow hacked into a personal online account of his. And, and this is unconfirmed of course, that he actually never was hacked, he faked the whole incident for attention with the help of a friend. IS THERE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE? NOT REALLY. I've always made it a point to stay out of the PM-gossip nets on all the forums I've posted at, and I've posted at many. The worst thing about all of this is: someone's lying and the only person I know isn't, is me. I have no idea if this guy did this. I wonder what anonymous emailers send to him about me? Or is this someone who has the inside info and wants me to know? If so, why? What I've always known is: anyone can post anything online and gossip travels like lightning on the 'net. And I also know that people really like to start up big storms and watch them rage. The fact is, I have no idea what's going on at all. I put this here because if the anonymous person can send me something like that, then, they can send it to a lot of people. And I guess the more everyone talks about it and takes sides and hates somebody, and I suppose it doesn't matter who, the more fun "anonymous" can have. The other thing is - it has nothing to do with me and cannot do me, personally, a bit of harm. So, here's a message: stop it. I've taken the steps I need to to protect myself and my game. If the gossip is true, or not, is pretty much irrelevant as far as me, personally. Nothing can stop me doing what I want to with poker or affect the important parts of my life, and poker isn't really one of those parts, anyway, as all truly important parts of my life are possessed of faces. Some furrier than others, but faces nonetheless. (I suppose God doesn't really have "face" per se - but I still have an image of Him in my heart.) I just want to say something - everyone needs to let go of gossip - I don't care who it's about. No one has any idea what's going on, or what anyone's personal motives are. Life is long and we all have enough bullshit we must contend with that we don't need to embrace someone else's ugliness, too. And I don't mean just online, I mean in jobs and social groups, whatever. OK - going to find a nice HORSE table, in the mood for some variety. Play happy - at the tables or not.... prax-
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What Would You Do? | #7 | ||
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Posts: 371 11/09/09 14:33 |
Tournament - Razz - Level III (75/150), Ante 10, Bring-In 20 (converter)
Seat 2: 1,680 Seat 3: 3,190 Seat 4: 1,505 Seat 5: 2,560 Seat 6: 2,635 Seat 7: 3,455 Seat 8: 2,025 3rd Street - (1.07 SB) Seat 2: xx xx 3:  ___folds
Seat 3: 5:  2: Q: ___calls
Seat 4: xx xx T: ___folds
Seat 5: xx xx K: ___brings-in
Seat 6: xx xx 3: ___folds
Seat 7: A: 2: 6:___calls
Seat 8: xx xx 7: ___calls
4th Street - (2.13 SB) Seat 3: 5: 2: Q: T:___calls
Seat 5: xx xx K: 3:___folds
Seat 7: A: 2: 6: J:___bets
Seat 8: xx xx 7: K:___folds
5th Street - (2.07 BB) Seat 3: 5: 2: Q: T: 8:___bets
Seat 7: A: 2: 6: J: 6:___calls
6th Street - (4.07 BB) Seat 3: 5: 2: Q: T: 8: A:___bets___?
Seat 7: A: 2: 6: J: 6: 7:___raises
I put this on the blog, but mostly so people can think about the actions. I wasn't playing any position here, maybe if I were I'd have some stronger opinions than: I'm completing 3rd if Seat 7, folding 3rd if Seat 3, calling 6th if Seat 7 and reraising if Seat 3. Seat 3: 5d 2s Qh Td 8c Ad _ 42% Seat 7: Ac 2d 6h Jc 6d 7d _ 58%
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Beyond Razz.... | #8 | ||
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Posts: 10 11/10/09 18:07 admin |
PokerStars Omaha Hi/Lo Limit
Dealt to prax [2: T: 8: 4:]
*** FLOP *** [4: 5: A:]
frenchguy: checks BB128: checks prax: checks thinking idly ...man, wouldn't it be nice if a 3 of spades slid off here..... mzPic3s: checks sum name: checks tic _hound: checks *** TURN *** [4: 5: A: 3:]
Being HiLo,. I ended up splitting the lo with the other wheel, but did take half his chips and all the chip from the guy with the K hi flush. This was my first-ever straight flush that counted. They don't count in Razz and they don't count in Stud when you're all-in HU on 4th with some guy who only has a SB left. Then this happened a few hands later: PokerStars Game Omaha Hi/Lo Limit Dealt to prax [A: K: 6: 6:]
I was thinking it was too bad the 6 of diamonds couldn't have been a 2 when the flop came down: *** FLOP *** [6: 6: 2:]
'Course, quads aren't that hard to get in Omaha, but at least there was no lo and I picked up the whole thing. It's just nice to be having fun at the table in a new game. It never occurred to me to play O8 by itself until the other day when I realized how often I get well there in HORSE if I've had a bad few rounds. I didn't know they had fixed limit O8 tables that anyone played at. They have fixed for regular Omaha but no one plays there. This was a relaxing game, because everyone was so loose/passive, I could even just play high and do well, because there are so many players in the pot that will call down, half a pot is pretty profitable.
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Check-Raising the Devil - finally got around to the read | #9 | ||
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Posts: 10 11/18/09 15:41 admin |
I've been on a poker vacation for a bit, but I've spent part of it reading some poker books. I just finished - as in about ten minutes ago,
Matesow's book. I love Mike, I've always loved Mike. I wish the book had more of his "voice" but it was interesting to read his story.
Being bipolar myself, I know that poker is one of the worst activities to engage in, every winning hand and every losing hand cause a new chemical cascade and
those chemicals specifically affect mood. Oddly, or not so oddly if you are also bipolar, I had Mike diagnosed years before he was just by watching him on TV.
Kinda wish now I'd tried emailing him or something - maybe it would have helped?
nah - prolly not We all have to walk our own path, I guess. But Mike has always been a personal hero of mine for just this reason, because I know what it means to do what he does with what he has, in public, now often on camera, and how much courage it takes. I don't have that much. My life works because it's essentially private and I have real control over how much anyone sees. For instance, a few months ago I took some steps to regain my online anonymity, so don't look for "listening" at the tables anymore, she's gone. I was going to close down this forum, but I found out I actually play better if I am regularly reporting something, like doing one of those "challenges" - so - after the 1st of the year, I hope, when the holidays and other time-consuming stuff is over, I think I'll start a thread just for blogging my poker results. I don't see why anyone would be that interested, but I find it helps me if I think I'll have to post a loss. I might make a deal with myself to post my worst hand of the week and my best. Maybe I'll find some new leaks. (yeah - i know - but "playing bad" is just not specific enough!) Play happy, y'all - prax<---prayin' for Mike and everyone struggling with "the genius disease" |
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I just had fun with these... | #10 | ||
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Posts: 10 11/19/09 01:22 admin |
Razz
3rd Street - (1.40 SB) Seat 1: xx xx K: ___brings-in___folds
Seat 2: xx xx 9: ___folds
Seat 3: xx xx 9: ___folds
Seat 4: xx xx 6: ___folds
Seat 5: xx xx 5: ___raises___raises
Seat 6: xx xx 5: ___raises___calls
Hero: 4: 9: 3:___calls___calls
4th Street - (10.80 SB) Seat 5: xx xx 5: T:___calls
Seat 6: xx xx 5: 4:___calls
Hero: 4: 9: 3: 5:___bets
5th Street - (6.90 BB) Seat 5: xx xx 5: T: 7:___bets
Seat 6: xx xx 5: 4: 5:___calls
Hero: 4: 9: 3: 5: J:___calls
6th Street - (9.90 BB) Seat 5: xx xx 5: T: 7: A:___bets
Seat 6: xx xx 5: 4: 5: Q:___folds
Hero: 4: 9: 3: 5: J: K:___calls
River - (11.90 BB) Seat 5: xx xx 5: T: 7: A: xx___checks
Hero: 4: 9: 3: 5: J: K: 2:___checks
Total pot: (11.90 BB) *** SUMMARY *** Seat 5: showed [2h Ad 5s Tc 7d Ac 2d] and lost with Lo: T,7,5,2,A Seat 8: showed [4d 9s 3s 5c Jc Ks 2c] and won with Lo: 9,5,4,3,2 Razz 3rd Street - (1.40 SB) Seat 2: xx xx K: ___brings-in___folds
Seat 3: xx xx 8: ___folds
Seat 4: xx xx 6: ___calls___calls
Seat 5: xx xx 3: ___calls___calls
Seat 6: xx xx Q: ___folds
Seat 7: xx xx 6: ___calls___calls
Hero: 2: A: 3:___raises
4th Street - (5.80 SB) Seat 4: xx xx 6: 5:___checks___calls
Seat 5: xx xx 3: K:___checks___folds
Seat 7: xx xx 6: 7:___checks___calls
Hero: 2: A: 3: Q:___bets
5th Street - (4.40 BB) Seat 4: xx xx 6: 5: J:___checks___calls
Seat 7: xx xx 6: 7: 7:___checks___folds
Hero: 2: A: 3: Q: 7:___bets
6th Street - (6.40 BB) Seat 4: xx xx 6: 5: J: 4:___bets
Hero: 2: A: 3: Q: 7: T:___calls
River - (8.40 BB) Seat 4: xx xx 6: 5: J: 4: xx___bets
Hero: 2: A: 3: Q: 7: T: 9:___calls
Total pot: (10.40 BB) Seat 4: showed [9d 5h 6c 5s Js 4h 8h] and lost with Lo: 9,8,6,5,4 Seat 8: showed [2c Ad 3h Qs 7h Ts 9c] and won with Lo: 9,7,3,2,A |
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