Happy birthday old man

Sent you a little birthday gift on stars <3

Happy bday. Glad to see my coaching helped you so much that you're flying through right to the high stakes!

Hehe - will drink today

Thank you and lol .. getting there!

oh and happy Easter everyone! This picture cracks me up. I so hope the old fart actually did this, but I fear it's Photoshopped; derp!!



I'm starting of my "week 14" grind that, for a recreational player like myself is going to be massive. At least 700 180s are to be completed (hopefully I'll reach +1k, but don't know if I have that kind of stamina), plus a bunch of different low stakes MTTs. After this week I hope to start mixing in higher buy in 180s again. Kinda miss making real money from playing these tournaments. Had a great start this morning, as my gf woke me up with a cup of coffee and had breakfast already made. Very nice touch indeed!



Also stolen myself a new 2p2 avatar. Anybody know who this girl actually is????



And not to forget the thread saver hunters



Let's run good during Easter everyone!

A.

Hey gl mate, I'm playing these nowadays too

the gif is from this video I think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=276__j2hBXo

Damn! and ty, see you around then

Wasn't able to sleep all night so in the end I just got up and fired up some tables. Since it's really slow this time of the day (most tables I've had up at the same time is 4 - ) I figured I'd post an update.

Been experiencing some of the lag that everyone in mttc is complaining about, but also having my own computer freeze issues. In contact with stars support about the issues, but no solution on the lost money (or the issue for that matter) after sitting out a bunch on Saturday. Hopefully I can retain close to 15 bis, but the lost equity I'm probably never seeing again.

The log files you have provided indicate there is a problem with corrupted memory or possibly a corrupted hard drive. Fortunately there are few simple steps that can be taken to resolve this particular problem (none that worked out...)

Have managed to end up fighting a lot with my gf lately too. Things are just not clicking in the right way between the two of us anymore. She's very cute and takes good care of me, but I'm having troubles seeing her and me growing old together due to differences in interests and subjects to talk about. Not too sure what to do with that whole mess tbh. I'm not sure if it's affecting my games in a bad way as I've been playing relatively well, but could be something subconsciously o/c.

One thing that definitely have taken some of my focus away has been the Norwegian Championship of Poker in Dublin. Been following the donkr stream with great interest and promised myself (once more) that next year I'm definitely going to participate. Seems like tons of fun and a great way to get closer to the Norwegian poker community.

In other words; all in all it's been pretty bleak since the last update with more or less one win and a couple of mincashes in the last 100 games (not helped by sitting out a bunch mid game obv) as well as some small life issues.

So here I am having a cup of Nespresso (or actually my 2nd cup of the morning) 4 tabling 2/180s at 6 AM in the morning and actually enjoying myself. Even though I only 12 table most of the time, I rarely get to see the show and following the action is pretty ridic. It's a crazy 180s world out there I tell you. Unfortunately I get to follow all the action .... , but hey: I get to play poker right!






and urgh.. but should I even be in this hand?



Adding some fun stuff in the end here for the rungood-Gods

Brag: Went for the first jog in 2012 today
Beat: Felt awful
Variance: Park full of Norwegian girls in tights <3 Oslo

Haha seems like you got the best of the BBV though, sometimes the beat is worse than the brag and variance :P

Glgl!

haha.. going for a run again today for sure!

Today has really been all meh. Had so many 25-40k stacks just to go out 18-9th place somewhere.



not sure if it's much to whine about, but I would love those 95k chips going my way in the right spots.

At least I'm not this guy

gl on your goals ! subbed

See you at endgames soon I hope

So as of late I've been running pretty bad ITM. I'm actually >15% ITM which is good, but $$ it's been awful. Keep running 20k stacks into monsters or ridiculous outcomes. Also probably have reverted back into playing a bit "scared" late game as results have not been too great, thus crippling my final $ made even further. Thankfully my late night session yesterday gave some results in the final 2 tables I played landing a 2nd (started out with 200k ) and a 1st (started out with 40k ). Oh well, I probably have some serious leaks in there.

Today I reviewed my BTN play as I thought I might miss a lot of spots there, but it seemed fine. Out of a filter with 111 hands only 4 spots were missed.

I've also reviewed my play with 22-TT from EP in the first 2 blind levels as I'm currently debating whether to open limp them or just raise as I'm accustomed to. According to HEM I make more money just raising my entire opening range from EP, but my Skype friends keep telling me to call, then call raises up to 4x to set mine. Not sure yet. Inputs anyone?

Results since 1st of March:




Since results aren't funny I'm going to put in some jokes for you that fits with my current gf situation as well as a few more I laugh at:

One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift.... The next year, I didn't buy her a gift. When she asked me why, I replied, "Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!"

And that's how the fight started.....

My wife and I were watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed. I turned to her and said, 'Do you want to have Sex?' 'No,' she answered.. I then said, 'Is that your final answer?' She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying, 'Yes..' So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend."

And that's when the fight started...

My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby table. I asked her, "Do you know him?" "Yes", she sighed, "He's my old boyfriend. I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since." "My God!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?"

And then the fight started...

When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed. But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, the shed, the boat, making beer.. Always something more important to me. Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point. When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into the house. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush. I said, "When you finish cutting the grass, you might as well sweep the driveway."

The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp.

My wife sat down next to me as I was flipping channels. She asked, "What's on TV?" I said, "Dust."

And then the fight started...

My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.
> She said, "I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds." I bought her a bathroom scale.

And then the fight started......

After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's License to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home.. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later. The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'. So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair. She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me' and she processed my Social Security application. When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office. She said, 'You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten disability too.'

And then the fight started...

My wife was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror. She was not happy with what she saw and said to me, "I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.' I replied, "Your eyesight's damn near perfect."

And then the fight started........

I rear-ended a car this morning...the start of a REALLY bad day! The driver got out of the other car, and he was a DWARF!! He looked up at me and said 'I am NOT Happy!' So I said, 'Well, which one ARE you then?'

That's how the fight started.



Off to the tables

gl dude , i been playing nonstop for the past 7 days ,never ran so bad in my life,im down 230 buy in , i mean wtf?

I feel ya, brother! Have the games become much harder since last time I played good volume (May 2011)? Probably. Are 180s still beatable? Most likely. Have I improved my game enough to still beat it? Most likely not. Am I dealing with this issue? Hell yes!

I still belive 180s are great building blocks to win large field MTTs, both to build a roll as well as gain experience in mid/late game play where most of the money is made. I suggest putting in some good study hours over good grinding hours to make sure you do the right "stuff" and then volume volume volume it up!

Personally, I've recently joined a hard core Norwegian 180s/MTTs coaching group for x amount of games vs x amount of profit split. Hopefully these pokersavvy people will straighten me out in no time


So to recap the start of this thread:

I think it's safe to say I failed on all goals

The thing is, I don't mind the fail - failure happens - but what annoyes me a lot is the way I failed this challenge. I need to work on my poker ethics to be able to come back to 180s/MTTs and adress issues beyond AQ < AJ, AA < random ****, KK "always" up against AA, QQ vs KK, JJ vs QQ, AT < A3, KQ < QT late game. It's not there I'm loosing itlr, but it sure affects my decisions when making thin calls in the "right" spots, or not pushing hard core with perfect conditions because zomg I just lost a 25k pot and went out ~21st-19th or min cashed AGAIN - (dammit).

I do stack tables and rarely watch AIs, but the few I do see tilts the living **** out of me and makes me do ******ed stuff on 5-8 other tables ruining any chances of success in tournaments overall.

I also feel my old pushbot charts need some work and definitely look for more ways to gain chips during the final two tables and when 4-5 handed on FTs.

My MTTs have been better, but no major cashes. Have gotten deep in a lot and played pretty well in say 80-85% of them. Happy about that (just wish I could bink ONE TIME!!)

So that was the general sum up. It's not fun to end up with low volume and poor results, but all I can do is learn from it. Thank you for following this thread and GL at your tables. Graphs will be added when I get home.

/Thread

Alex

2/180s during March 1st -> end of April

2/180s overall

Scheduled MTTs March 1st -> end of April

Scheduled MTTs overall



Off to study poker

How's it going Alex? Update pls!

You still grinding the 180s?

^nice 1 year bump

No I grind the 6-max hypers nowadays. Where you thinking of something in particular?

Garfs from this thread still valid imo

Thanks for the reply . Erm, i was just wondering what ROI you think is achievable at the $2.50 level? Currently at like 38% is over around 3k games and wondering if it's sustainable...

It's funny, because it's true let's get some werewolf going shall we??

I'm really not the right person to answer this anymore. If I were you I'd ask some of the regular posters here: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/198/mttsng/

Nice results so far though! Play more > worry about what's achievable

Thanks for the link never seen that section before but it looks v interesting . You are right I am just going to grind hard and let the results take care of themselves! Have you got a new thread where I can follow your 6 max hyper journey...

yw, I'm sure you'll pick up a lot of good stuff for MTTSNGs in that section if you haven't gone through it yet. Also it's a good place to meet some like-minded players on your own level and maybe even get some new friends. I don't have a new thread up. Doubt I'll make another for 2013, but if I get to where I want to by the end of this year, I might make one in the beginning of 2014. GL with your games :thumbsup: