anyone want to do something similar for small stakes nl?

yes

or we could just actually, you know, hang out irl sometime

I think I learned some stuff from last night's LHE chat... Cue/Herbie showed me how a mid position raise over a call with a somewhat weaker hand (e.g. KTo) can set up some great situations to play in... Esp when you think the raise will buy the button.
Nice...

Also after playing both 6m and FR, I've made some conclusions: That 6m games have weaker players but that FR is a much easier game to play.

You have to play much more "poker" in 6m... FR is mostly math and folding.
I can 6 table FR, read POG and watch TV easy. At 6m, I seem to be always hopping and thinking and while only 4 tabling... (LOL@me)

BTW, by "weaker players" I mean is a more profitable game...

and your girlfriend thinks i want to butt rape you...

So

If there's anyone out there looking to trade about 2k on stars for 2k on FTP lemme know

If not I may just have to keep shortstacking higher and higher and try to run it up high enough to play HU with Ivey or something - that would be kinda cool

Monday: 31/50 - +$200
Tuesday: 36/59 - +$212.80
Wednesday: 46/86 - +$51.20

Total: 113/195 - +$464.00 (11% ROI)

Started to come back down to Earth today, but I'm really proud of how many hours I put in on a day where I was exhausted when I woke up and dragged myself to class. I almost quit 9 tournies into my final session, but stuck it out for a solid 37 tourney session. Also, I spite called some douchebag reg who called a decent sized early MP push from me with K3s and hit, and I won, so that made me happy.



One more thing, I was thinking of posting my results in here just to keep a tad more motivated, but if anyone has any problems with me turning this into my personal blog, (lol kyro has a date), just say something and I won't do it.

I had plans to turn this into my triple draw blog but its all good Kyro

I've had the same problems with you btw-- just not playing. I'll build up a roll then just quit for a while, or start running bad and quit. laziness sucks

i would def. be up for something like this.
i'm super busy atm so i'm not getting many hands in, but w/e

thats because she's never met you and is convinced that all guys online are predators looking for ghey sex.

masons?.l

I'm probably up for some ssnl study group, have been meaning to put more time into reviewing my play anyways

Don't i recall you saying that you have pulled mid-4 figures from the game each of the last few years? That's a pretty solid achievement, regardless of what other people pull in.
If poker was just about smarts, then we'd all just take an IQ test and cut a cheque to whoever won (durron? Nich?), there's a bunch of other stuff to do with self control, and psychological reactions to the uncertain.
I can empathise with being smart but not winning as much as you would like (well, the second half, at least...), but personally I have no interest in playing poker to earn a living - way too stressful and swingy, but if I can earn enough to be able to give my life a few perks here and there, then i'm happy. Obviously, I'd like to win more than i do right now, but Durrr thinks that too, right?

kokiri, good post, except for the part where you spelled check wrong.

dammit, and i thought that by using the phrase 'cut a cheque', i'd be passing as an american

I'd try to participate in an ssnl study group. I wanted to start one a long time ago but like many of my great pog ideas it never came to fruition

On that note, the offer is still out there for anyone to use me as a free and continuous nlhe resource. I enjoy helping others get better. I brought it up a long time ago, but not many people really were interested in spending time sending me hands or discussing ideas with me...but I'm always open for free coaching

Lets get it done imo

Irrevocably committed:
Vader,
Riverf
Reno
Traz
Me
Any1 i missed?

Format? Some sort of hand exchange, pogchat extravaganza? Any other ideas?

Thanks for the nice post.

Yeah I've made about 5 thousand every year. I think my best year was actually the first one where I made about 10K. Playing poker definitely has been good overall from a financial standpoint. A few years it really came through during the transition time in the summer where I didn't get any stipend for grad school and naturally hadn't saved enough from the other 8 months to maintain my lifestyle. I had paid rent already but through poker I was able to eat more than ramen and go out with my friends roughly the same amount. There was also a year where I made a few K in the middle of the summer which mostly covered my wife (then gf) moving up to a new place and having money after she finished grad school before her job started and she started getting paid.

That's pretty good since most people lose and every other hobby costs money but it's still frustrating because I feel like I could do a lot better. I also failed and it's not looking good currently on the two attempts at taking it seriously a source of income.

Lol I'm already in the SSNL study group. Just join pogchat and talk about poker we always discuss hands etc

Trillian hates pogchat

Get pidgin
???
profit

pidgin hates pogchat just as much ime

my pidgin doesn't hate pogchat, but i've never seen much pogchatting going on