So it's been a week and I feel like I am floundering here in Lexico. I'm extremely lonely. Barbri classes are horrible and there is no one here that I'm close friends with. I hate to say it but I miss Craiggie/Smapty (yeah yeah, I know you're going to laugh when you read this Smapt >:/). I drive by his window everyday going to school and realize he's no longer here along with other people I've grown close with during the two years. It also doesn't help that the school is like a tomb except for the one class. The noise from construction and lack of AC really doesn't help either.
I realized just how lonely I was last night when I was scrolling through my IM lists looking for someone to talk to..blah pathetic. I talked to my good friend Stef today and I really miss her. Come to think of it, it's pretty amazing how close we got in one year. Actually, we had a pretty good group our 1L year. In some ways, I wish I never left but, I know it was for the best even though ironically, I don't really want to be a lawyer.
Anyway, Tyler pointed out to me the other day that I was being pretty anti-social because I did not want to go lay out at the pool with his friends. But, I just feel like they are his friends, not mine and I miss MY friends. So the point of my rambling is that 1) I'm lonely, 2) Lexington sucks and 3) without poker to distract me, I'm liable to go insane before the summer is over.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Last Poker Blog for Now...
Today was my first day of bar exam review...3 hours of sitting in front of a video of a professor lecturing about crim law = fun fun fun. I have officially deleted all poker related content on my laptop...it was slowing down terribly anyway, had my passwords changed on my accounts, and left my desktop + sweet ass monitor in Charlotte. :(
Anyway, the bar exam review course recommends 7-9 hours of review everyday...ugh treat it as a full time job. Fortunately, I was well prepared in criminal law, and ugh, I won't pull 7-9 hours on that but definitely will on more obscure subjects like commercial paper. (wtf?)
Onto poker stuff. I had set a goal for myself around March that I wanted to get to 100nl before I quit for the bar. I did take a shot at it (I was so excited!) and actually lost 3 buyins. QQ is obv better than KK all in preflop and a few coolers like that. I have no HH here because I am posting from my laptop in VA and my desktop is in NC.
I did win my biggest pot ever of $306. It was bvb and I was in the sb with 22. I raise and get called by bb. The flop came 9 3 9 rainbow. I c-bet and get smooth called. Turn was a 2. I bet, and get instant raised. I knew immediately that the guy had a 9. I shove over the top, hugely overbetting pot and get insta called. We were both pretty deep I had about $169 stack and he had $155 (I think). Villain flips over Q 9. Afterwards, he berated me in chat for quite awhile calling me a lucky donk, etc etc. Well if he had raised me on the flop, I would have definitely folded...because pocket 22s there beat nothing.
I did stack a really nitty CR member as well. He was running at 15/12 over 1k hands. I had QQ on the button and had been raising alot as is the SLAG style. This was the first time I got 3 bet and I was considering 4 betting but decided it was a possibility he had AA or KK and at worst AK, and I didn't want to go all in preflop with QQ. So I decided to just smooth call the 3 bet in position and the flop came Q high and rainbow giving me top set. I just called his bet on the flop knowing that he'd c-bet pretty much any safe flop. Turn was an A. The bet was $29 and I raised/shoved for $86. He thinks and finally makes the call as time almost ran out. He flipped over AJ. I guess the pot odds weren't horrible but when I reviewed the hand later and he said "nh" before making the call. I think if you know you are beat it's still ok to fold getting I think about 4 to 1.
I've also been making more crazy reads that during the time, I trust my gut so much I don't think about how crazy it is.
Ex: at 50nl, 3 handed vs. a Lagdonktard. I raise on the button with K10o and get called by BB. Flop is 7 5 2 all rainbow. Villain cbets $3 and I raise to $9 with complete air. Turn comes and it is a K I bet $20 and get raised all in for another $20. I call his all in with K10 and he flips over 99. A few comments I got from people were do I play like this normally? Well yes I do, if I have a strong feeling someone is bluffing. I did stack off with tp and no kicker when villain very easily could have had a set.
Here's another hand that I lost, but felt I played it extremely well. This was villain's first orbit and I had been stealing blinds like it was my job. Raise with 9 7 o. Flop is 3 7 3. I bet and get raised by villain and villain's raise told me that he had nadda. Turn was a Q and I still wasn't worried. I checked to let villain put me all in for a full stack. Villain flips over K 9. River was a K. Oh well, 3 outer but, I'm really proud of my read and didn't doubt it once during the hand. Some people have said that I didn't play that hand well, but as long as I get my money in as a favorite, I'm willing to gamble. Actually, I think I posted that hand already lol...gah I'm getting old.
GM RayRay did say it's not unexpected that I didn't do so great at 100nl, getting coolered and all. I have put in an ASSLOAD of hands this month, so much so that I was burnt out and didn't play my last two days that I could. I was up $1099.45 from May 1 which is pretty sick at 50nl running at 6.71 bb/100. I was really really proud and excited though because he said that I was his most successful student to date and have learned his LAG style very well. He also said he does not doubt that I will be a winning 1/2 player at the end of this year even with my long poker break. Yayayayay! I just consider it a huge compliment since well he doesn't give many compliments...haha most guys don't! Anyway, I'm going to try to keep this blog up during the summer...probably with non-poker related junk about how I hate the bar exam and etc. I'm still going to check CR religiously haha. That's it for now lovies <3 :)
Anyway, the bar exam review course recommends 7-9 hours of review everyday...ugh treat it as a full time job. Fortunately, I was well prepared in criminal law, and ugh, I won't pull 7-9 hours on that but definitely will on more obscure subjects like commercial paper. (wtf?)
Onto poker stuff. I had set a goal for myself around March that I wanted to get to 100nl before I quit for the bar. I did take a shot at it (I was so excited!) and actually lost 3 buyins. QQ is obv better than KK all in preflop and a few coolers like that. I have no HH here because I am posting from my laptop in VA and my desktop is in NC.
I did win my biggest pot ever of $306. It was bvb and I was in the sb with 22. I raise and get called by bb. The flop came 9 3 9 rainbow. I c-bet and get smooth called. Turn was a 2. I bet, and get instant raised. I knew immediately that the guy had a 9. I shove over the top, hugely overbetting pot and get insta called. We were both pretty deep I had about $169 stack and he had $155 (I think). Villain flips over Q 9. Afterwards, he berated me in chat for quite awhile calling me a lucky donk, etc etc. Well if he had raised me on the flop, I would have definitely folded...because pocket 22s there beat nothing.
I did stack a really nitty CR member as well. He was running at 15/12 over 1k hands. I had QQ on the button and had been raising alot as is the SLAG style. This was the first time I got 3 bet and I was considering 4 betting but decided it was a possibility he had AA or KK and at worst AK, and I didn't want to go all in preflop with QQ. So I decided to just smooth call the 3 bet in position and the flop came Q high and rainbow giving me top set. I just called his bet on the flop knowing that he'd c-bet pretty much any safe flop. Turn was an A. The bet was $29 and I raised/shoved for $86. He thinks and finally makes the call as time almost ran out. He flipped over AJ. I guess the pot odds weren't horrible but when I reviewed the hand later and he said "nh" before making the call. I think if you know you are beat it's still ok to fold getting I think about 4 to 1.
I've also been making more crazy reads that during the time, I trust my gut so much I don't think about how crazy it is.
Ex: at 50nl, 3 handed vs. a Lagdonktard. I raise on the button with K10o and get called by BB. Flop is 7 5 2 all rainbow. Villain cbets $3 and I raise to $9 with complete air. Turn comes and it is a K I bet $20 and get raised all in for another $20. I call his all in with K10 and he flips over 99. A few comments I got from people were do I play like this normally? Well yes I do, if I have a strong feeling someone is bluffing. I did stack off with tp and no kicker when villain very easily could have had a set.
Here's another hand that I lost, but felt I played it extremely well. This was villain's first orbit and I had been stealing blinds like it was my job. Raise with 9 7 o. Flop is 3 7 3. I bet and get raised by villain and villain's raise told me that he had nadda. Turn was a Q and I still wasn't worried. I checked to let villain put me all in for a full stack. Villain flips over K 9. River was a K. Oh well, 3 outer but, I'm really proud of my read and didn't doubt it once during the hand. Some people have said that I didn't play that hand well, but as long as I get my money in as a favorite, I'm willing to gamble. Actually, I think I posted that hand already lol...gah I'm getting old.
GM RayRay did say it's not unexpected that I didn't do so great at 100nl, getting coolered and all. I have put in an ASSLOAD of hands this month, so much so that I was burnt out and didn't play my last two days that I could. I was up $1099.45 from May 1 which is pretty sick at 50nl running at 6.71 bb/100. I was really really proud and excited though because he said that I was his most successful student to date and have learned his LAG style very well. He also said he does not doubt that I will be a winning 1/2 player at the end of this year even with my long poker break. Yayayayay! I just consider it a huge compliment since well he doesn't give many compliments...haha most guys don't! Anyway, I'm going to try to keep this blog up during the summer...probably with non-poker related junk about how I hate the bar exam and etc. I'm still going to check CR religiously haha. That's it for now lovies <3 :)
Monday, May 7, 2007
Da Pokah
I had two sessions yesterday. The first, I was up five buyins before getting majorly sucked out on and coolered. I'm really proud of my game though and would not play any differently. I'm up 4 1/2 buyins over 1,222 hands (I'd post PT stats but stupid Photoshop expired and now I have to find a serial number). Stats are 22/19/4 (I think I need to tighten up just a smidge).
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070605 I was really proud of my read on this hand, it was spot on. This was actually the first hand that villain had played at the table. However, I got a distinct feeling that he/she was bluffing. I checked the turn to give villain an opportunity to bluff as the Q was a great card to bluff with. Too bad the river screwed me in the ass, but all in all I loved the way I played this hand. Now that I think about it, crazy of me to go all in like that on villian's first hand, but I really trusted my read at the time.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070611 I wanted to raise the turn by being oop and with another almost full stack behind, I felt like I couldn't. This hand also just convinces me villains bluff the river entirely too much.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070620 Don't love villain's raise on the turn, so often that just screams set to me. Showed me AK high though...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070621 When they both called my all in, I was afraid my kicker would be in lots of trouble. It would have been pretty sick if the flush had hit.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070625 Sometimes I 4 bet with AA and sometimes I don't...heads up that is. I like my small 4 bet here it enabled him to call. Honestly, I put him on AK or AQ solidly. Didn't think someone would call a 4 bet with AJs.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070631 Couldn't go all the way with this hand. The all in shove on turn just screamed flush and this is the same villain from above.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070638 One of my first hands at the table. Although I folded, it told me two things... 1) Villains are complete donks for calling 3 bets oop. 2) The way that guy just checked/shoved also screams complete donk.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070642 Exhibit A.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070644 Exhibit B. My read that this guy was a complete and total donk let me go pretty much all the way with this hand. The turn and the river helped no doubt. I would have slowed down if a high card came along.
Ok enough HH for the day, I have a ton of errands to do in order to complete my bar app. I'm still recovering from my 10-11 buyin downswing and am about 3 1/2 buyins down still. With my confidence back, I'm able to play much better poker so I just have to keep my mind right.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070605 I was really proud of my read on this hand, it was spot on. This was actually the first hand that villain had played at the table. However, I got a distinct feeling that he/she was bluffing. I checked the turn to give villain an opportunity to bluff as the Q was a great card to bluff with. Too bad the river screwed me in the ass, but all in all I loved the way I played this hand. Now that I think about it, crazy of me to go all in like that on villian's first hand, but I really trusted my read at the time.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070611 I wanted to raise the turn by being oop and with another almost full stack behind, I felt like I couldn't. This hand also just convinces me villains bluff the river entirely too much.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070620 Don't love villain's raise on the turn, so often that just screams set to me. Showed me AK high though...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070621 When they both called my all in, I was afraid my kicker would be in lots of trouble. It would have been pretty sick if the flush had hit.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070625 Sometimes I 4 bet with AA and sometimes I don't...heads up that is. I like my small 4 bet here it enabled him to call. Honestly, I put him on AK or AQ solidly. Didn't think someone would call a 4 bet with AJs.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070631 Couldn't go all the way with this hand. The all in shove on turn just screamed flush and this is the same villain from above.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070638 One of my first hands at the table. Although I folded, it told me two things... 1) Villains are complete donks for calling 3 bets oop. 2) The way that guy just checked/shoved also screams complete donk.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070642 Exhibit A.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1070644 Exhibit B. My read that this guy was a complete and total donk let me go pretty much all the way with this hand. The turn and the river helped no doubt. I would have slowed down if a high card came along.
Ok enough HH for the day, I have a ton of errands to do in order to complete my bar app. I'm still recovering from my 10-11 buyin downswing and am about 3 1/2 buyins down still. With my confidence back, I'm able to play much better poker so I just have to keep my mind right.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
The I_Husoool/Booshiet Way
It's been a couple of weeks since I last posted. Was up like $500 and my BR was a little over 2k and then had a bad run of cards and, I'm gonna admit a little tilt. I was in bad need of coaching since I was beginning to doubt my ability. My lesson with GM Ray started off pretty badly, I was down 2-2 1/2 ish buyins due to mostly getting outdrawn, etc. Then the lesson really started to turn around.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1067561 Luksak?!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1067573 Screw you....4 betting is the new 3 betting.
Villain kept raising my blinds and we decided that was enough "booshiet" LOL I'm retarded.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1067599 thus, massive tilt he started shoving all in on me preflop about 4 or 5 times when this hand occured.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1067606 Mmm now that's what I call a sexy hand.
The session really gave me confidence as Ray was able to remind and reinforce some things that I had been slacking off a little on. We tilted so many people it was ridiculous and my BR would be much bigger if at the end of the session a guy didn't hit a 2 outer! (and the beginning wasn't so rough) However, all in all a great session and I feel like I have my confidence back. This style reminds me of why 10 buyin days are possible.
In other news, I graduate on the 12th! Shippp.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1067561 Luksak?!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1067573 Screw you....4 betting is the new 3 betting.
Villain kept raising my blinds and we decided that was enough "booshiet" LOL I'm retarded.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1067599 thus, massive tilt he started shoving all in on me preflop about 4 or 5 times when this hand occured.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1067606 Mmm now that's what I call a sexy hand.
The session really gave me confidence as Ray was able to remind and reinforce some things that I had been slacking off a little on. We tilted so many people it was ridiculous and my BR would be much bigger if at the end of the session a guy didn't hit a 2 outer! (and the beginning wasn't so rough) However, all in all a great session and I feel like I have my confidence back. This style reminds me of why 10 buyin days are possible.
In other news, I graduate on the 12th! Shippp.
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