LOL

honestly like 10 secs later after my last blog post this hand happened... I SNAPCALED THE TURN...I thought my bet size was perfect to induce a shove from a float. I figured he at least had some backdoor draw LOOL. Knew he was an idiot :)

HU vs a donk...

Hu vs a complete donko I think is a 2p2er...our match has been rele aggro and he's been playing like an idiot and getting lucky... after one hand where he had a FD and hit running Q's vs my TPGK he said TY after I called his all in.

I shoulda shoved turn but I put him on low clubs to where he was drawing real slim, and he would bluff if he missed riv. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1355422

Here I made a sick valueshove that tilted him, putting him exactly on 99 or JJ... he played rele transparent here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1355419

I decided he'd shove any J, maybe Tx, any OESD, or any FD...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1355406

roll is ~$1150... stuck like $60 to this fool...

SHIT GAY NITE

grinded for the whole nite at 2 tables of .50/1 and .25/.50,then took a shot at the .50/1 hu game vs an unknown. Bought in for $70, worked it up to $400 the guy wuz tilting like the biggest idiot maniac calling station ever. We ended up 220BB deep when I picked up AA on the button. Raised to 3, he rereraised to 11. He wuz 3beting like crazy. I 4bet to $34 (last time I did it with T8o), he shoved as I predicted. I SNAPCALLED. Flop KT8 all spades (I had red aces), turn 5s, river 9x. He has QxQs. I'm like WOWOWOWOWOW WTF. Unreal... 400BB pot i stick it in as 4:1 fav wtf. I have $1100 in my account, so decent win today, but SHIT im pissed. I'm way overdue at this comp i need to get bak to my room ASAP. Grinding tomorrow to begin and prob some hu action.

The Light Emerges

From the clouds of this "vacation" has emerged the sun's beautiful rays. I'm referring metaphorically to the fact that my $1k shipment got through on Stars. I played today for 15 mins (clicked run for the software on the pokerstars site) and uninstalled when I finished. I ran sorta well, but played very well. I think after long breaks I tend to the play my A-plus game, probably because my head's clear, I'm not trying to make very fancy plays, and my overall drive just makes me do well. I will hopefully play 30 mins or an hour per day in 30 min intervals because technically these are computers for the residents, and I'm not a resident of this retirement home lol (visiting Grandpa). I ended up $87 today. No hh, tho I was playing 3 handed at one table with two deepstacked aggro players, flatcalled the button's raise with Aces, C/r his cbet on JTx rainbow flop, and stacked him for $100 pot. The other hands I took down the pot with small cbets, or the occasional two-barrel bluff. I think the games on stars are actually better than on Full Tilt from what I saw today and what I've heard... tho from such a TINY sample I'll need to play much longer for me to tell. when I get back home i'll make sure to have many interesting hands posted with my thought processes and PT stats as well as hopefully PAHUD, but we'll c. Updates to come on my progress at NL$50 and NL$100 (50BB stacks). Screw grinding NL$25 unless I run bad/play bad. This time I actually WILL MOVE DOWN If I lose a decent bit of $ and be honest with myself. That should make a big diff....

Quick Update before Sleep

Ok, need to get up at 7am tomorrow to leave for Oregon. Flying to PDX from Oakland International Airport...shouldn't be so bad tho just a long flight, tho I ALWAYS get sick gay jetlag and i HATE waiting in the airport. With a web-accessible PSP and fully-charged video ipod, it shouldn't be so bad. Neway, found out about an interesting medical remedy- Noni Juice. Some south-American fruit- it intrigues me and seems too good to be true but w/e has MANY uses; go ahead and google it.

On the poker side of things, I unfortunately did not reach my friend in time to get my $1k xfer on Stars, tho I have resolved teh password issue and regardless of whether I know my pass or not, I can still get a new temp password then switch it. I also plan on switching the email registered to my account to my more secure email address, designated to poker and other financial interests solely. I'm definitely looking forward to playing in 10 days and chillin w/ all my friends when I get bak, as well as going bak to the bball courts in my neighborhood to c everyone, perhaps get into that home game w/ a friend I met there. BTW, inspired by Barry Greenstein himself, I have decided to play donkaments fairly frequently in addition to cash games, tho I will donate 20% of my net profits to a children's charity, tho not exactly sure which one yet. I will probably calculate it at the end of the year. I will definitely work on my MTT game because rele the people r pretty bad and honestly if I have my patience I actually have a lot of confidence in how I play in MTTs.

I unfortunately will have my subscription to CR expire August 15th!!! :-( :-( It has been great learning from them, and when I start making $ hopefully from this xfer to stars, starting to grind the super small nl cash games and small tourneys, I can get enough $ together for another years subscription (I could afford it but i wanna see how I do first with this because getting an income is nice to pay for shit). CR is 100% FUCKING WORTH IT BY FAR IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE. I've paid like $250 counting my starting fee and 6 months of subscription- worth every penny. One day i hope to become a subscriber prob for the rest of my life. I imagine they're not going anywhere. Such sick pros with great vids and explanations, resulting in many interesting scenarios where everything changes between certain players and the history with them. Primarily probably recognized for their cash game vids which are phenominal, I think they're MTT vids are also good and the pros that make them are certainly reputable (ActionJeff from before, lately MKind and AaronBeen- ranked p5ers). I'm looking forward to catching up on all the vids I've missed on my trip after renewing my subscription after hopefully only a week or so of grinding.

In conclusion, I've decided to lay out monthly goals:

1. Get $1k xfer before the 18th
2. By the end of August win 16BI as profit ($400)
3. Have ~30BI roll to take a shot at $50nl
4. Develop a lifting and nutritional plan (including noni juice) to go throughout the year
5. Work for some ladies
6 . Get some good grades for the whole year (which I have very high expectations of doing)
7. Study all my sessions after recording via Hypercam recordings and look at my PT databases, reviewing hands and finding holes, as well as posting some tricky hands on 2P2
8. GET SOME BLOG TRAFFIC (lol that would make me happy seriously...)

Goodnight

Ship It

I think i'm getting $1k tonite on stars!! unfortunately I get bak in town where I will have access to my own comp the 18th- i will make sure to grind $.10/$.25 and definitely squeeze in some donkaments before the summer ends (no higher than ~$25 buyin). I hope to grind while looking at my PT. i will be 4tabling and making vids at the same time and make sure to eval my play afterwards- and if I'm running good I'm not booking the win but I will be playing longer. I will just make sure I'm wide awake and satisfy my body's needs (if I need a stretch break, food, bathroom, etc). Postponing these things could be costly. I will definitely try to be more aggressive but I think at these micro stakes playing very straightforward isn't hard, and flatcalling a flop raise after cbetting and c/rai on the turn is very ez since at these stakes theres almost zero pot control by opponents :) :). I will also work on committing myself more with draws and such because i think that was a definite leak at my low msnl and high ssnl levels... where I c/r the flop and then i c/c the turn with a big draw or c/rai with no FE, where as I should be bet/calling the turn for about 3/4 pot committing myself, especially taking advantage of a scare card to get someone to fold the best hand and such. Once I work on these things I think I can be a winning player again and I will MAKE SURE TO REMAIN RESPONSIBLE WITH ROLL MANAGEMENT- THIS WILL BE LIKE MY ONLY MONEY I WILL BE ABLE TO USE IN COLLEGE!! Cannot go BUUUSTO!! Which is y i'll start at $25nl instead of $50nl, as well as evaling my game, setting up/studying PT and Hypercam and such. Looking forward to getting back into town and getting my $$$. I will hopefully at least get it in a few days if not tonite; MAYBE I can play tonite!!?!?!? that'd be sick... pce and wish me luck

1/3 Through This Boring Ass Trip

not exactly sure the day I got here, but I think I've been here for about a week? I'm not positive tho... neway bored and slightly tired with having to see grandparents every day while making dull small talk- however I'm staying at a hotel now (La Quinta) which now has quick interent and wi-fi if i wanna get on my psp for privacy reasons, and I'm just very pleased with their accomadations technologically. rite now I'm actually watching a CR vid of SBRugby who's on a losing streak but i wish him luck in regaining his composure because I believe when he's ON, he's the best NLHE player in the world, and definitely a great PLO player as well. Went to Yosemite earlier in my trip after staying at the Comfort Suites in San leandro (which had no internet and I couldn't keep in touch w/ things at home and was very homesick and upset). I'm no now much happier, but neway, Yosemite was nice but missed the modern amenities. Tomorrow San Francisco, then half moon bay, then I think I leave for Oregon, which for 3 days will be at the beach, then the other like 5 days I will have to stay in my Grandpa's assisted living apartment, which is quite nice but no internet to keep in touch w/ the modern world :-(. dying to get back home- def looking for girls but obv can't do that here...maybe at the beach tho...? But yea that and sleeping in my own bed, playin bball with all my friends at the court at home, and bein on my own comp (will prob install Vista). Everything about home sounds appealing rite now, but I just gotta try my best to glide through this BS trip. Not looking forward to starting school! FOOOK... i wanna find a fucking live game already- looking forward to having $1k my friend owes me shipped on FTP for some cheap donkaments and cash games for some fun; trying to get a decent score maybe get bak into the high SSNL or small MSNL games to jus grind while living out the fun of college life which I'm looking forward to... wish me luck