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03-29-2013 , 02:46 PM
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guys i have a problem. played cash for 35 min won 4.5 BI and quit. really annoying lol. how to go about changing that mindset?
I'm coming for you dude. Prepare for a world of pain.























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03-29-2013 , 04:44 PM
in b4 blakk ships big22
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03-29-2013 , 06:23 PM
bah pretty ******ed MTT session just now. final tabled three 8$ 180s and best finish was a 3rd then FT bubbled a $13.50 KO and came 45th in the Big $22. obv still profited but lawd soooo much potential. (rain)

break then another cash session to finish the day
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03-29-2013 , 08:01 PM
hey Blakk- enjoying your thread. trying to find my game at the min- used to play alot of the 180s then moved headsup hypers- mite try some 180s again soon though- are ismelltoasts vids on 180s- wat site ??
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03-29-2013 , 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by YouFaiil
stop checking your results

how could you possibly not figure that out?
you re absolutely right. gonna try and reduce this resultscheckage to an absolute minimum over my next few cash sessions! winners tilt is the most ******ed tilt ever. really embarassed

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Gotta use the delivery service for water dude.

http://www.maltasupermarket.com/
i heard about that but tbh i dont mind doing a little exercise once in a while. i also assume i m shopping cheaper that way and being a lifenit thats cool w me thx tho might check it out anyways one of these days

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Originally Posted by OMGtuttlisa
looks really really good
thx man yesterday I cooked that same rabit again BUT i marinated it for a few hours with balsamico vinegar. came out a LOT better and much darker too. anybody who may end up trying this recipe out make sure to either marinate meat that isnt as soft as say pork or beef or cook for a couple of hours.

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Originally Posted by ExpectedV
haha stop spending your weekly poker earnings on food. but seriously, it's all one big session bro u kno dat.
mans gotta eat ldo

i know and i ll deffo put some work into that over the next days and weeks!

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I'm coming for you dude. Prepare for a world of pain.





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so where are you??

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in b4 blakk ships big22
stop jinxing me yooooo

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hey Blakk- enjoying your thread. trying to find my game at the min- used to play alot of the 180s then moved headsup hypers- mite try some 180s again soon though- are ismelltoasts vids on 180s- wat site ??
hey bro his vids are here and have really helped me understand whats important in 180s. really solid player with really solid thought processes. no signup fee either so pays for itself pretty fast imo.

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happy with my effort today despite being disappointed about my mental game today. got over that somewhat and knocked out two cash sessions total and two MTT sessions for a decent number of hours today. ran well up until the final stages of a ton of MTTs (had three 180 FTs open at the same time and busted 3rd or worse, then got to another two FTs only to get the CL to bet3bjam T8cc on QT9hh vs my QT and bink a jack OTR) but owell i played well imo and the binks will come eventually. got a 10th in a $13.5 KO with like $2k up top, got 45th in the big $22, 24th ine a little $4 1k cap and a bunch of other cashes that coulda been worth a bunch more. not gonna complain about a $570 day tho

cash today:



here s my 180s graph sionce i ve started being more productive w/ my sched, sports food and sleep:



bigger grind tomorrow before even bigger grind on sundeh
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03-29-2013 , 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by blakkman08
so where are you??
Didn't wanna bother you during your grinds! But tomorrow. Pain will be there.
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03-29-2013 , 11:59 PM


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03-30-2013 , 08:49 AM
Followed you last year

I think you made a bad choice abbadon completely hus. Gl in your life now. Definitely follow
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03-30-2013 , 08:57 AM
Sup man thx for following

Bro u know me next week I ll be full timing HUPLO certainly not abandoned them *completely*
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03-30-2013 , 08:57 AM
whats hus?
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03-30-2013 , 09:08 AM
HU hyperturbo SNGs I played last year for three months
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03-30-2013 , 09:28 AM
i remember you playing the 6man hypers, you have been around abit you slluutt
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03-30-2013 , 09:31 AM
Nope that wasn't me. Unless you mean the FPP hypers for the storm? Still think those are the nut rakeback option for micro grinders. But never played $ 6m hypers
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03-30-2013 , 08:32 PM
played two really long MTT sessions today and went thru ridic swongs. was at -500 at one point but ended the day at +350ish binking my second $8 180as well as coming 2nd 3rd and 4th in others

i think apart from sundays i will drop bigfield MTTs and only grind 180s as i think they suit me much more as its easy to just grind them whereas bigfield MTTs en masse doesnt quite work for me. just like cash i d rather play only a few and focus on every single decision in those. so tomorrow i ll try to only play massive red MTTs along with 180s and then gonna rewrite my next weeks schedule to be no MTTs during the week.

defeated my downer today which feels pretty nice considering it was $1.5k from peak to bottom but pretty sure i wasnt rly worried about the $ amounts i was down as i was just happy to study and work through the runbad. onwards and upwards now

overall donkaments and 180s this month:



and overall 180s



gonna do a strat session now reviewing one of my deep runs
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03-30-2013 , 08:41 PM
Good to see you runnin and playing well blakk. I switched to grinding mtts myself. Do you think your mtt skills have helped you with your cash game?
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03-30-2013 , 11:31 PM
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Good to see you runnin and playing well blakk. I switched to grinding mtts myself. Do you think your mtt skills have helped you with your cash game?
sup man long time no nothing almost didnt recognize your sn

I would assume you mean ur question the other way around? i sure do think my cash postflop skills have helped me find more good spots in the early stages of turbos/ throughout most regular speed MTTs. obv being able to handread (which i think many MTTers dont know the first bit of) is helpful. the other way tho i have found that being able to grind long sessions and many tables at once has helped my cash game too. yesterday i instinctively loaded 9-12 reg tbls and it felt absolutely natural despite having played only 6-9 tables of cash all of this year. i think i have started to think more clearly and alot faster which is obv good for my volume when i do play cash.

off to bed now and looking forward to wrapping this month up with a biig sunday grind! not quite sure about when i ll start and what i ll grind as a friend is gonna come around to crash here for a couple days while looking for an apartment so thatll take some time. will possibly focus on $8 and $15 180s and only play things like the hotters and biggers and storm on the side. OR just play a ton of all kinds of MTTs. we ll see.

peace

Last edited by blakkman08; 03-30-2013 at 11:33 PM. Reason: literally cannot walk. goddamn squats :(
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03-31-2013 , 06:56 AM
how did you developed you hand reading skills?
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03-31-2013 , 04:50 PM
How's Funday going bruv?
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03-31-2013 , 04:52 PM
pretty solid start to the day:

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03-31-2013 , 05:12 PM


Nicely done
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03-31-2013 , 08:54 PM

Last edited by blakkman08; 03-31-2013 at 08:55 PM. Reason: binked a $15
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03-31-2013 , 10:26 PM
sup beautiful people of PG&C

I just had my best grinding day ever (barring bigfield binkage). played mainly 180s with the occasional red massive field donkament thrown in and binked all over the place. here s the 3figure results I had:

15s: one 1st one 2nd one 5th
8s: 1st twice, 2nd once and 3rd three times.

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weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


in pictures:



minus a few hundos in MTTs still running so like $1.8k total over two really long sessions of like 4hrs each. mainly happy with my play but i did throw away a few chunks of solid equity early on so still produced material to be reviewed later on. really cant explain how ridiculous a day like this feels to me having come from being broke and trying to grind my way out of 5nl last year. sick is the only word that comes close to describing it

so yea this brings march to a very successful end soooo...


******************** March Review*********************


not qute sure what to say about this month tbh

so goas were:

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[x] M4LTA!!
[x] 50nl+ only
[?] A-Game only
[x] bunch of drawings, paintings and new dishes
[x] exercise/sports in some way shape or form
pretty much nailed each of these goals. got to Malta and instantly made friends with my roommate and was overall really productive ever since i got here despite being sick twice. played a bit of 50nl then moved up to 100nl. didnt put in anything close to what i d consider volume in cash but when i did i mainly played somewhere around my A- to B+ game. only one session i can think of that i wasnt happy with. i learned tons this month both about poker and myself so thats great too.

didnt draw/paint/cook new dishes nearly enough but i still made some progress in that direction with the rabit stew for example.

As for the last week in general i set myself the following goals:

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[x] 40hours
[x] study up on my ICM
[?] quality over quantity
[?] get a decent chair and another screen
[x] come up with a schedule
nailed all of those by a mile. think i played like 50 hours this week. did around 5 hours of ICM/180s related study, played usually around 12-15 tables only peaking at 22 twice but for a pretty short period of time only. got an additional screen so was tiling all the time and the chair is ordered. made a sico schedule and got my sleep pattern sorted so been waking up at 2pm and worked out 3 times this week (still cannot walk without crying. dem squats huh) and gonna try and start with my running this coming week.

I ve also started eating really healthy. i ve made fruit salad with yoghurt and honey for breakfast and had a salad every day. two good meals for lunch and dinner and pretty much no junkfood/sweet stuff at all. i fel sooo much better about myself licing this way and my productivity has gone through the rof this week. playing 2 or 3 3hr+ sessions a day like its nothing. really love poker right now.

oh, and obv i ran like jesus himself:

cash with rakeback:



MTTs incl 180s:



180s only in march:



so roughly $7.4k total profits (dance)

gonna digest wtf just happened today and end this with this:



thx for reading all! best of it in april!
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03-31-2013 , 10:32 PM
mtt balla
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03-31-2013 , 10:51 PM
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04-01-2013 , 01:47 AM
Gratz, keep it up bro
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