i spew like crazy anyways so it carries over well haha. im forced to make so many puke folds though.
winter time = a lot less poker. im going back home and i doubt ill be getting in too many games since ill be meeting up with people constantly.

also i hate hu cash again lol. i kept getting into huge cooler spots because the turn gives me a set or two pair while the other guy flopped a flush/better two pair. down something like $200 in hu cash today so i think ill lay off of it for a while. bankroll back down to 2090

the poker gods are being super fair to me. after getting two outed and runner runner flushed in all ins, i got to suck out 56s vs JJ and won my flips. four tabling went a lot better than i expected as well. think ill be two tabling from now on

im running super well right now

Full Tilt Poker $33 + $1.50 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t20/t40 Blinds - 2 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter By DeucesCracked Poker Videos

Hero (BTN/SB): t940 23.50 BBs
BB: t2060 51.50 BBs

Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is BTN/SB with 7 J
Hero raises to t80, BB calls t40

Flop: (t160) 3 7 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t80, BB raises to t160, Hero raises to t320, BB calls t160

Turn: (t800) 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t540 all in, BB calls t540

River: (t1880) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)



i made another soul read/hero call a while ago. i was almost folding this one but i realized unless he was making a made hand into a bluff, hes never betting the river



Full Tilt Poker $33 + $1.50 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t25/t50 Blinds - 2 players
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BTN/SB: t1465 29.30 BBs
Hero (BB): t1535 30.70 BBs

Pre Flop: (t75) Hero is BB with K 5
BTN/SB raises to t100, Hero calls t50

Flop: (t200) 3 T J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t100, Hero raises to t250, BTN/SB calls t150

Turn: (t700) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets t400, BTN/SB calls t400

River: (t1500) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t715 all in, Hero calls t715

Nice calldown! Especially tough given it was basicalling an all-in call.

BTW, the trolls thinking that you will go broke couldn't know less about a downswing. I believe most downswings, atleast in heads up, are largely self created downswings. You can avoid a downswing by moving down stakes, game selecting better, reducing your own ego, taking time off, and playing a smaller variance style (tighter) or game (regulars instead of turbos etc).

For example, just three days ago, I was playing someone at HU cash, lost 8 buyins, and ran well under EV. However, it was because of the tilty style I was playing that resulted in an 8 buyin loss, rather than a 2-3 buyin loss. For example, I lost a 300BB coinflip (K8s v 33) that didnt need to happen etc.

the guy who kept saying i was gonna bust was just shell shocked from busting his cheeseburger roll. he did take into account that i would run like god soon after

and i agree. my downswings start with bad beats and coolers but i keep it going with the way i play. im glad i stopped trying hu cash because i cant imagine the kinds of downswings i would find myself in from trying to break even.


also i was tired and decided to mess around with some plo (no idea about theory). my hero calling carries over even into plo haha

Full Tilt Poker $11 + $0.50 Heads Up Pot Limit Omaha Hi Tournament - t30/t60 Blinds - 2 players
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BB: t1520 25.33 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t1480 24.67 BBs

Pre Flop: (t90) Hero is BTN/SB with Q 5 9 K
Hero calls t30, BB checks

Flop: (t120) T A 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (t120) 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t60, BB raises to t300, Hero calls t240

River: (t720) T (2 players)
BB bets t720, Hero calls t720

lol **** me. my flight back home was at 8AM so i got to the airport at 5:15AM since its an international flight. it took literally 15 minutes to get through security and everything so i just had to sit there for two hours. didnt sleep at all the night before but decided anyways to grind a bit to kill time. spewed 2BI, one at 55 and the other at 33 because i literally fell asleep during the games. all i remember is that one guy was potting everything and when i decided to play back he had queens.

been a while since i updated. after running bad for a few games a couple days ago, my run goodness started up again. im winning more flips than i should although i run bad when im ahead haha. im running a ton above ev this week which is awesome. not too sure how many games ill end up getting in the next couple weeks but hopefully i can hit 3.5k and be able to cash out 1k like i planned.

bankroll is at 2.6k right now

Ever think about taking a few shots at the higher games? 2-300s?

nice read

i decided to just not take shots anymore because i screw myself over so badly lol. im gonna just keep to my 40BI strat for turbos instead of burning money in higher stakes.

i also started running poopy bad. got 5 outed constantly and got set up more often than id like

Yeah I had that problem when I was grinding the 10s earlier. I'd play a few lose and then take a 50/100 shot needless to say HUSNG's aren't really my game.

I'll stick to cash haha

do you just play the 2 man sngs or do you play the 4 man shootouts ever?

yeah i used to do that which is why i busted so many times lol. and i play only 2 mans because i cant deal with 4man variance.

this is the longest breakeven stretch ive had. people are running like god against me and im playing bad on top of that. not cool. might get wasted tonight or at least have some fun. hopefully tomorrow is a better day

Im sorry but if your only playing 20 a day theres no way you'll come even close. Lets say you were to have a steady win rate of 13/20 wins per day ($65 a day) and played every single day you'd still only net 23.7k a year...

this is wrong on so many levels that i dont know where to start.... i assuming thats an old post considering i play turbos now.
im playing $55s which having 13/20 would be pure rape for. not gonna do the math but im assuming itd be around $300 a day. if i were to play every day, id be killing the goal i have easily. and what makes your calculations worse is that im not staying at the same stakes. once i move up to the 100s and possibly 200s, having 13/20 will be just amazing

some serious run bad right now. completely card dead against calling stations for the last 6 games. losing flips and getting set ups on top of that.

boomswitch please turn on

Tbh I'd be extremely impressed to see anyone hold 12/20 at $50s + if they're not gameselecting enough to severely hurt their volume.

That said, GL, you seem solid from most of your posts.

yeah im probably 11/20 at the $50s or a little above right now. i was just referring to the guy a couple posts above

yesterday was seriously eye opening for me. i went on tilt in a way that i rarely do which was moaning about running card dead, getting set up, etc... after losing close to 10BI i just stopped playing and went out to meet some friends and just relaxed a bit. i had to go play poker again with some friends later on but that got me to think properly since spewing is out of the question when i get so little hands to make up for it.

this morning i realized that the games are beatable as long as i play when im in a good mental state. this hand was really awesome for me because it helped boost my confidence. it was the first time ive seen this guy but he was pretty aggressive and seemed like he knew at least something about poker.

Full Tilt Poker $55 + $2.50 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 2 players
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BB: t1085 36.17 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t1915 63.83 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BTN/SB with 7 J
Hero raises to t60, BB calls t30

Flop: (t120) 2 T J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t60, BB raises to t180, Hero calls t120

Turn: (t480) 3 (2 players)
BB bets t360, Hero raises to t1675 all in, BB calls t485 all in

River: (t2170) 5 (2 players - 2 are all in)



i put him on his exact hand when i shoved the turn.
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Jack fwiw, since it seems like you have tilt problems (like I do), I'd recommend nittier BR management than 40 buyins for turbos. My minimum is ~55-60 buyins--this works well for two reasons: 1) tilt sessions will impact your BR less and there's less of a risk of you having to jump down in stakes, 2) the corollary is that you'll be less likely to go on tilt b/c the pain of losing any individual buyin will be much less. Even w/o tilt problems, I think a 40bi strategy is risky given how high variance turbos are.

Just a suggestion--I know from experience playing you that you're a solid player and I think you probably have a nice edge, but so long as tilt remains you always have to be careful not to jeopardize your bankroll

i dont think i can personally do 55-60 as a minimum just because i want to move up stakes at a decent pace. as for tilting, the pain of losing a larger amount doesnt affect me anymore. its the pain of just losing in general because even when i mess around in $5, if i get sucked out or get outplayed, i react the same way. im pretty stubborn with moving down as well haha. even if i feel i need to i always give myself 3 extra BI before i do.

care to expand on turbo variance? i see people write that but i personally cant see the huge difference between turbos and reg speeds in that respect.

Re: turbo variance--you're probably more qualified than me to judge, since I almost never play reg speeds, but imo turbos involve a lot more flips (expanded here to mean 40-60%ers) due to the shorter stacked nature of the game and the frequency in which the end game involves minus 20 bb shovefests; more flips always equals more variance, which is why PLO is so high variance. If you don't believe me, do a graph comparison of turbo players vs. reg speed players over, say, an average 200 game sample

Ggs tonight--a lot of fun again

maybe it was just my play style because i ended up getting into a lot of flips in the reg speeds as well. i love turbo end game though. people have no idea what hands to shove and call


im currently in my longest breakeven stretch. up and down like five times but i think i might have gotten out of it. yesterday was just a day where the cards came horribly for me. i think i lost like 8/10 flips which killed all the profit i had the day before. today ive made up for it and more although some uber fish was sucking out on me pretty hard a while ago. hopefully my breakevenments stop

being break even seriously sucks..... i dont know how much of this i can take because im sure i can beat the 55s

so sick.... people start sucking out on me every time as soon as i hit 2700. its amazing how i cant get past that number