Stay classy San Diego

So i was absolutely crushing my pace to hit 120k hands in a 30 day period. Then my buddy in L.A. called and he had a week off work, and i hadnt seen him for awhile so i decided id go down there, chill with him for a week, but still put in "work" of my own. I did ok at keeping up the volume pace while in LA. 

Annnnnnnndddddddd thennnnnnnnn my San Diego buddy said i should come down there for the fri/sat part of the week. That sounds cool, and i proly would have, but to seal it, our mutual friends in Sacramento drove down to SD. The rest of the weekend is a bit of a blur, with more alcohol than poker mixed in. 

Good news, GREAT mentally refreshing week.

Bad new, im 5k hands behind my target. 

I think i can make that up within a week. In fact considering i feel like ive been slacking, i wonder if i can crush the 120k hand mark. I figure the more i play the next two weeks, two things will happen. 1) i will make more money 2) i will go bat shit crazy during my vegas week. 

So its like a win win.

Despite my "downswing" on stars ( i seriously wonder if im just not good enough to beat those games) i still bounced back to make a good amount when u consider that i bought 5 or 6 sunday millions tickets (215 each obv) and should have enough fpps to buy my way into the 500 or whatever seat giveaway to the ME on stars.  Just on ftp i made more in 2 weeks than i used to make working fulltime so that is refreshing/motivating. 

As ive mentioned these next 6 months should really tell me a lot about what i can do and will shape my path of what i will do, so succeed or fail im really looking forward to finding out. 

Gl at the tables

Mr. Shit

Yeah Baby!!!

Got my mojo back. May started off pretty horrible. I couldnt win a hand on pokerstars, i dropped the 2nd most amt of buy ins ive ever dropped, and....im sure something else. Then i switched to ftp and played bad, but ran good and started winning. I continued playing bad, didnt run good, and almost dropped back all of my run good. But at last, the last 6 days or so, i have tightened up (proly to much, but just till i get zoned in again) and am finishing the month at my high in profit.

Id predict great things for june, but there is a mid month break schedule of total and complete self destruction. So who knows how my mind, body, and soul will recover, and how long it will take to get back in the super duper poker mojo zone after that. How bout we meet halfway and say the first two weeks of june should be good.

To finish strong, while i was looking for that austin powers pic, i found this one

Gl at the tables

Mr. Shit (F U Barone for not coming up with a new name for my sig)

Quick update

Since this update will be quick and insignificant in every way possible i figure id post one of my fave asian girls. This one took down her slutty pics though, but yeah....theres that

So i didnt put in as much volume this weekend as i should of. I had a case of the crazies and played way more loose and aggressive than normal and swung up and down for a few thousand hands. I ended up only losing 2.5buy ins on saturday and decided enough of this since it could get really ugly the way i was playing, and i went out and drank excessively.....which is obv the solution to all problems in life.

Overall the weekend was meh, the 2.5 on saturday and 1.5 today over about 4k hands isnt a big deal and something i can make up with some good play/run good. Im still on pace volume wise and have put in 30k hands my first week of the 120k hands by june 15th challenge. Considering i feel like ive been slacking, i wonder if i could do an even more sick amt of hands.....Matter fact i think my play has been on my B game level, my run good has been above average. Ive gotten it in some shitty spots and got lucky, but ive gotten unlucky too, so i mean whatever hopefully i cut the mistakes and the run good doesnt do a 180 even if it does decline a bit. Including rakeback if i could keep this pace of profit up (its below my expected BB/100) i would be content with the month of may and have a great vegas "vacation"

Thats it for now

Mr. *name under construction*

Ahhhhhhhh thats refreshing

I'm not gonna lie. After 100 freak thousand hands of breakeven/losing a bit on stars, i was starting to get those thoughts. I dont think im playing different, maybe the players are just better than me. Maybe ill never win long term again. What kind of jobs should i start looking for? Can i at least break even and be an fpp pro?

Then i went to ftp to grind for about 30 days, and holy shit im winning again (i am running a bit hot in some key spots, but to offset that, ive also made a couple horrendous calls that havent worked out)

20k hands, in 3.5 days = YIKES. But i am aiming for 120k by june 15th so i gotta really just grind my ass off for a month and hopefully make some good profit. 

I talked to a friend of mine and we both agree that maybe the flow of the games on ftp is more suited to my style. So with that said, maybe i will stay on ftp for at least the foreseeable future. 

In other news, I love the gym. I work out pretty frequently and enjoy it. Thank you 82nd airborne years though, about 3 or 4 times a year my back will go crazy on me and ill be pretty bed ridden for a few days. Well one of those times happened on tuesday, so ive decided to take off until monday and rest my old man back up. Pro, this will help me put in some sick volume. Con, time to get fat for a week. Meh nothing a lil winning cant cure. 

Gl at the tables

Mr Shit

Change of scenery

Sometimes when im running bad, i like to change games. Now im a total nlhe monkey, so ill switch from cash, to 45man/180man sngs, to mtt's. Sometimes ill switch sites, change my scenery and hope for the best. Well after 100k hands of getting my ass beat (not really, thats the pessimistic poker player in me coming out, really its 100k hands of down a few buy ins but nothing crazy) I decided to switch up my view and go back to full tilt for at least a month. Id like to make about 2k in rakeback, and maybe another 1500 or so in profit for my upcoming vegas trip. I will be withdrawing around 4k for the trip and if i could make that by the end of month that would be great, instead of depleting my br and then grinding on a lighter than usual roll.

So today i played about 2k hands on stars and actually shipped about a buy in (2buy ins below ev obv) and then had a friend swap some tilt for stars. Btw let me repeat, my name is not ahhhhhsht on ftp, and tbh id rather not say what it is in case any confusion ever comes of it. So moving on i played another 2k hands on ftp in my evening session and shipped just under 4bi's(1 above ev) And OMFG did that feel good. It was like a sign from god came down and it said "look at that shithead, u can still win"

I feel like i played the same game i normally do, just i actually ran pretty well on ftp. I hit some cards when i needed to, and picked good spots instead of always going up against the nuts. Same game but just a nice little change of view may be just what i need

stars

Same girl, but how much better is this view on the bottom pic?

full tilt

So when things arent going ur way, make a small change on ur scenery and hopefully the results turn out as well for u (us) as they did for this chick

Mr. Shit

To many hh's not enough hot asian girls imo

FMK ainec

So since my last blog entry its been more of the same. About 50k hands in May and im just getting coolered big time. I mean maybe i am, im sure im also not playing 100%. I feel like i played ok today but two hands stick out that cost me stacks and i feel that i played really poorly. Big mistakes like that will ruin a day and prolong a losing streak like this. Luckily i ran well in a couple key spots and got paid off a couple times and made a few buy ins. Hopefully this is the start of a good run, as this bad run has taken a lot of motivation out of me.

Outside of poker, i have been planning a move to cali for the last few months and sadly with this bad run, and just me thinking it over, i will not be going thru with it. With this shaky "profession" and doubling the cost of living, and not knowing many people out there, i just feel that the risk outweighs the benefits and i have decided to stay in las vegas until december. The reason i say december is i went to my school counselor to see what classes i needed to finish with me changing my major (for the last time!!!) and as it turns out on this new degree sheet, im done. So yeah im officially an Associates of the Arts degree holder.....sorta. U see i could of put in my graduation application but i am switching to a secondary education, history major, and i have the classes to fill out the degree sheet somehow without having taken US history.....weird right. So im going to take US history in the fall and thats it. I know the teacher im taking it with and hes like the best history teacher ever, so i know i will do well and enjoy the class, and that is why im staying in vegas. 

I will use the next 6 months to grind my face off and hopefully will stack some cash. Then i will feel very secure with wherever i choose to move. I have two destinations in mind and honestly finances will be the determining factor. I am originally from az and have a good solid group of friends and a few "hook ups" out there. So if money is tight i will proly move there, get a job bouncing on the weekends, and go to school. If i ball outta control, i might try to convince a buddy of mine to give austin texas a try. Id say az is like a 90/10 fave in this. But as u can tell just from this blog, i change my mind about every 25 seconds. 

As always gl at the tables and im sure my 100nl regs will be seeing more of me than usual....though the way ive been playing/running, maybe thats exactly what they want.....hopefully they are in for a rude awakening

Signing out

Mr. Shit

my first steam post

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com



MP1 ($91)
MP2 ($93.75)
CO ($293.65)
Button ($174.95)
SB ($483.50)
Hero (BB) ($403)
UTG ($207.35)



Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, Q
5 folds, SB bets $5.50, Hero raises to $20, SB raises to $60, Hero raises to $403 (All-In), SB calls $343

Flop: ($806) 3, A, K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($806) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($806) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $806 | Rake: $3


So yeah, ive been playing/running bad. I recognized it and have adjusted and like the way ive been playing but with no results. So today i say "ok man, quit being a pussy and jump into some 200nl" Now generally when im 200bb deep when moving up i get up, but in this case the dude to my right had been super aggro and the dude two to his right was a huge fish, so i felt like id get a great spot......guess i was right? wrong? F poker!!!!!!!!111

big draw, small pot

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com



SB ($75.50)
Hero (BB) ($100)
UTG ($222.10)
MP1 ($79.95)
MP2 ($100)
CO ($73)
Button ($100)



Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, 6
1 fold, MP1 calls $1, 3 folds, SB calls $0.50, Hero checks

Flop: ($3) 9, 4, 10 (3 players)
SB bets $3, Hero calls $3, 1 fold

Turn: ($9) 3 (2 players)
SB bets $5, Hero calls $5

River: ($19) J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Total pot: $19 | Rake: $0.90


This hand is a spot where i feel i used to make mistakes. One limper, sb completes, and i check my option. The flop comes and wow i have a gut shot straight flush draw. The pot is only 3bb and the sb leads that into me. Tbh i still would sometimes raise if the sb ck'd, i ck, mp bets, sb calls (or folds), then i raise a good amt of the time. At that point there is money in the pot i dont mind fighting over. In this spot however the sb range has two pairs in there and hands that wont fold more than the mp players does. In this instance i think its best to keep the pot small and reduce the variance of this combo draw. 


If youre in a raised pot and flop 12+ outs, obv u have to go after that dead money and overlay, but in this spot the pot is just too small for me to fight over, but the draw is too big for me to fold. A lil weak poker yet again, but its just a spot i choose to not hammer home every time and sometimes just play like a pussy and call down. 

St st st strat post

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com



BB ($100)
UTG ($40)
UTG+1 ($158.15)
MP1 ($101.90)
MP2 ($39.50)
CO ($100)
Button ($114.05)
Hero (SB) ($100)



Preflop: Hero is SB with 7, 7
6 folds, Hero bets $3, BB calls $2

Flop: ($6) 7, 3, 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $3, BB calls $3

Turn: ($12) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $9, BB calls $9

River: ($30) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $15, BB raises to $35, Hero calls $20

Total pot: $100 | Rake: $3

Ok, i figured a lil strategy post was about due. So yeah preflop its folded to me in LP and i has a poket pair, standard open here, and bb calls so his range is pretty huge, but hes oop so f him.

Bink flop a set, but its a pretty drawy board. I bet small though less than 1/2 pot. Here i have the 2nd nuts, if hes got 56, god bless and i have outs, so i think over how to get the most value and i think with my standard cbet size of 2/3+ pot this 1/2 pot bet is raise inducing by a big % of his range. I think he might bluff with overs, if he has the nfd were proly getting it in, undersets are obv raise/getting it in, and a lot of overpairs are raising/stacking off, ive seen 9s stack off here plenty. Sadly he does not raise.

So as soon as he calls i think hes meh strong or could still be floating. The 8 changes nothing unless i got two outted so i decide to triple my bet on the turn. He has now checked twice, which i doubt the nut straight is doing, so its gotta be a draw or a call me down hand. So i figure 9 is a good size into this pot most draws arent folding, but are getting a shit price on the pot.

And the river is a meh scare card. The problem is, hes not gonna value bet his missed hands, and hes not gonna call a big bet, or my vbet even. Now i touched on this in a previous strat post, but sometimes i like to bet to induce a raise. My bet here looks like a blocker bet, it looks like im trying to get him to call with weak hands, and i will fold to a raise. My 15 bet is actually probably a little to much and hes probably not raising as often as he would if i bet 12 on the river.

His 1/4 more than a min raise is interesting and was convincing but the price im getting plus the fact that i dont bet that amount unless i want to get raised makes it a snap call, and boom maximized profit.

Some might be thinking he could of had the straight but most 5, combo draw hands are raising me at some point, proly shipping the flop tbh. Also i live and die by my sets, i pay off because a lot of two pairs are there too, and im just crushing his range.

For some ROT that didnt show in the hh conversion, he had KJspades so a bit hidden, but i def maximized my value.

Thats the spot....

Like some other activities, with poker its hard to identify the right "spot". Sometimes we think were hitting the spot but really poker is just faking us. 

This weekend started off really horrible for me. I dismissed the first few buy ins as just bad luck/running bad. A few buy ins more......ok im running really bad. After two days and 15buy ins i decided to take a really hard look at my game. Id also like to point out, thank u HEM for allowing me this luxury. At first glance my stats look ok. So my next session i really paid attention and though not reflected in my stats, i think i was just reaching in a lot of spots. I was really going after EVERY spot, instead of picking the best ones.

A lot of poker players fall into this trap. We watch the videos, read the books, even get the coaching and then for some reason we try to make every spot "that spot". The bottom line is 90% of players dont even win. A high percentage of winners, myself included are good, but not great. Our actual hand reading skills are not durrrresque, and we are just good at recognizing/exploiting situations for profit.

Trouble starts to happen when we think that we have to hit the spot every time. I fell into this trap this weekend, and have thankfully addressed it and am halfway back to not losing money. Some spots just cant be hit or are hit very rarely and thats when u just gotta say f it and get urs.

Gl at the tables

Mr. Sht