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| kantor1003 |
kantor1003´s bankroll buildJust decided to create a thread for myself to track my progress up through the stakes:) I don't have too much time to get in volume, and Im not the most structured dude in the world (understatement) so I can't assure any regularity of updates here.Anyways, I started my HU journey at the 5s. Played a total of 338 tournaments running at a decent 13% roi before moving up to the 10s. I moved up to the 10s when my roll had hit somewhere around 450-500$ (yeah, I'm a bankroll nit) and I played a total of 376 games. My stay at the 10s was pretty harsh and I felt I overall ran terrible. Over those games I had a roi of 6%, so I was at least increasing my roll somewhat. I finally took my first stab at the 20s when my roll hit 700$. I lost quite a bit and brought my roll down to 620ish. I was getting really frustrated at this point, hating the idea of moving down again.. but at the last moment I, at last, caught a brake:) My roll quickly reached back to 700 and within the next days I was sitting pretty comfortably at around 800. I was getting more and more comfortable and felt I was settling in nicely at my new limit. For those of you with experience moving up in stakes, especially those big jumps, I am sure you can relate to how important this feeling of comfort is. To fast forward up to the present, wrapping this OP up, I have now played a total of 75 games at the 20s running at a nice 14% roi. My last 20-30 games have been great. A 36% roi really exemplify the magnitude of the heater I am currently experiencing. It is bound to turn at any moment, but hopefully, and almost certainly, there isn't just luck involved, and I will continue to push my way up the stakes. My roll currently sits just under 1k and hopefully I will reach 1.2k in the near future and move up to the 30s which, I presume, will be a far more comfortable step then the one I took from the 10s to the 20s. |
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| COBRA |
Sounds like you got the right mindframe, and your progress will get you to you goal, im sure. | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
Played few games today.. anyways, current bankroll 1060ísh. Running sick at a 50% roi after 20-30 games. | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
11 win streak. Sick. If I win a few more I can move up to the 30s.
Edit: played two more, won both. Lol. 13 streak and counting. |
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| kantor1003 |
current roll: 1190. Just 10 dollars away from moving up to the 30s. I took a stab at nl50 today to change some gears.. got up to 100 and decided to call it quits.. felt it was too high for my current roll.. and I haven't played too much hu cash, so I don't know how well I play in that format. At least with the sngs, I know I'm a solid winner. | ||||||
| bridgegunner |
well done sounds like u are doing something right. maybe you should be posting some hands and telling u how u played them so we can learn from u | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
There, 1200+. Will begin at the 30s tomorrow:)
Ah, yeah, I really should. I'll try to post more here giving feedback to fellow poker players posting hands as well as post more hands I have played:) |
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| kantor1003 |
Didn't play too many games today.. gave the 30s a shot and won my first game which is nice. Later when I wanted to play some more it was a really long waiting line and I almost never got sat.. so I just played some 20s instead. In the next days I'll try to play the 30s exclusively, but depending on waiting time, I'll play the occasional 20 as well.
Current br 1295:) |
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| Borg7 |
4 words:
1.) move 2.) the 3.) fuck 4.) up 
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| kantor1003 |
Thanks for the encouraging words Borg:) Small update. Things have been a little back and forth the last days. Current roll is sitting just about 1.4k Edit: Oh, and I played Mr. Corbishley today. Just wanted to say hello to a fellow tapoker member:) Unfortunately, the game didn''t last for more than around 25 hands, so I didn''t get the chance to get to know his game too much.. and rematching would just be stupid. |
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| kantor1003 |
current br: 1480. Hopefully, I'll reach the 1500$ mark tomorrow!
roi for the last 130 games, which are all played at the 20 and 30 dollar level, 28% Starting to get some confidence that I'm beating the games pretty hard, even though I probably have been running very good.
Perhaps the most interesting hand today (haven't had too many). This was against an aggro tard.. he attacked every limp and loved betting. http://www.handconverter.com/hands/1005908 |
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| kantor1003 |
made it:) br: 1565 | ||||||
| forced |
nice! | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
br: 1650. | ||||||
| rubenfox |
Only seeing you get higher and higher!
Nice work man, keep up the good work. |
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| kantor1003 |
Thank you, Ruben:)
Br: 1785 after giving away 10 bucks to someone I crushed. So yeah, quite happy about how this day went:) Still waiting for my downswing.. |
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| kantor1003 |
Ey, my downswing has arrived:)
down from 1830 to 1710. I'm calling it quits today. Tired. |
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| kantor1003 |
Yeah, I definitely start to run a little worse, haha
Full Tilt Poker Game #25432260312: $30 + $1.50 Heads Up Sit & Go (197185118), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 09:55:51 ET - 2010/11/10 Seat 1: kantor1003 (1,500) Seat 2: fosky85 (1,500) fosky85 posts the small blind of 10 kantor1003 posts the big blind of 20 The button is in seat #2 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to kantor1003 [7d Td] fosky85 has 15 seconds left to act fosky85 calls 10 kantor1003 checks *** FLOP *** [9c 8d Js] kantor1003 checks fosky85 has 15 seconds left to act fosky85 bets 60 kantor1003 has 15 seconds left to act kantor1003 raises to 145 fosky85 raises to 1,480, and is all in kantor1003 calls 1,335, and is all in fosky85 shows [Jc 2d] kantor1003 shows [7d Td] *** TURN *** [9c 8d Js] [Th] *** RIVER *** [9c 8d Js Th] [7h] fosky85 shows a straight, Jack high kantor1003 shows a straight, Jack high kantor1003 ties for the pot (1,500) with a straight, Jack high fosky85 ties for the pot (1,500) with a straight, Jack high Could have been worse though. Could have been a runner runner to full house:P |
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| forced |
yeah, they let you off easy ... they runner runner me, I swear they do it on purpose <---- I think they can hear me screaming, and are laughing at me.... sigh.. |
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| kantor1003 |
Still running bad forced? | ||||||
| forced |
have'nt played for a couple of days, just taking a short break.
yup, run bad is still happening, it's to the point i can tell u in 2 games, how the whole day will turn out.... it's absolutely sick. |
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| kantor1003 |
That really sucks forced. It will turn soon though.
***************************************** I'm finally getting back on track. I guess my downswing wasn't a real downswing. Only 5 bi swing or so. Hope I don't get a 10-15 bi swing at the 30s anytime soon.. that would really hurt. Anyways, Current br: 1844 Hoping to reach 2.5k in not a too distant future so I can begin my stabs at the 50s. Not going to get in too much volume the next month or two though. I could start already probably, but I like to feel comfortable, and knowing my self I don't think around 35 buy ins would suffice at these stakes.. if it was the 10s I'd go for it. |
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| YATHINNK |
Tbf bud, I'd just take a shot, even for just a couple buy ins. Obviously you wanna feel comfy and there's no rush but at the same time your roll is pretty padded out and you won't go bust very quick. Obviously it's a comfort thing though. | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
I'll see when I return back to the tables:) For now though; I will take a month brake. I need to study other things. I have school exams; philosophy, western music history, and I have to arrange a tune for a big band etc.. and poker takes up too much of my time. My current roll stands about 1820 after much up and down. When I come back I will try my best to reach the 100s before the summer. |
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| forced |
Kantoor, good luck with school and everything else you have going on. I just watched your 'shred this' soloing competition.... awesome dude!.. very cool! 
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| kantor1003 |
Thank you very much sir:) |
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| YATHINNK |
How many tables do you play at once? | ||||||
| z1s6arn |
AdmirationDude!Ive just looked at your graph and its sick! Keep it up man! Scratch |
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| kantor1003 |
Re: Admiration
I one table only. Don't think I'll start to consider two tabling more seriously before I have 1-2k games more under my belt. We'll see..
Thank you sir:) ********************* A small update. I haven't been able to completely remove my self from the tables as I had planned.. I played around 40 games this week and is barely over even at 1850. My roll has been between 1790 - 1910 for what feels like ages now (100 games or so). I have been playing quite a few regs though, like 15k+ winners, as I find them more fun to play. When I start up again more seriously I think I will move up to the 50s as yathink recommended and see how it goes. |
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| kantor1003 |
br: 1964 | ||||||
| YATHINNK |
See even a 4 BI shot at the 50's won't look like anything on the size of your roll. You're on your way to have a solid roll to just play the 50's for a living almost. How high do you want to go? As for the fact you only one table, you must put in so much time :') LOL |
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| kantor1003 |
Yeah, I have put in quite the few hours :/
How high I want to go? hmm.. it depends on how the games are further up. I wont be satisfied grinding out the 50s though, as I figure it's too much work for too little money. I think I'll be satisfied when/if I manage to grind the 100s and 200s for a decent return. If I can get some regular games going at those stakes against favorable opposition then I'll start consider doing this for a living.. the thought scares me to be frank. The plan is to get to the 100s before the summer and try to give myself a month or two to threat it as a job trying to play as much as possible and see how it goes, and if I get a decent income (like 4k a month) playing for around 25 hours a week I'll have to judge wether I think I'm psychologically fit for this.. and think about the future and wether I can see myself doing it everyday for a long time. In short, I aim to get 4-5k a month playing poker for around 6 hours a day and if I can handle it psychologically, I will perhaps try it for a living. |
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| kantor1003 |
Btw. I don't have a sharkscope subscription so I can't get some accurate info on how many games I have played at the 20$ and 30$ HU sng's specifically and what my roi is at those. If someone could share me that info I would really appreciate it. Trying to decide wether I should go for a bigger sample before moving up or not to get a more accurate estimate of my game. Thanks:)
SN: same as forum nick. |
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| BetMagicMoney |
$20's: Games: 107, ROI: 19%
$30's: Games: 128, ROI: 17% just move up if bankroll lets you imo
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| kantor1003 |
Thanks a lot for this BetMagic! Really appreciated:) |
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| kierkegaard1 |
gg earlier. you played v. well on the whole, but noticed a bit of nervousness in some spots perhaps? but very well played, and your endgame seemed super stong, too.
gg |
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| kantor1003 |
of course being the idiot I am, my first stab at the 50s was against kierkegaard1 lol. Pretty satisfied with how I played even though I lost. The crucial hand being at the 50-100 blind level, I think, when I had around a 2100 stack. I raised ip with 88, got 3betted, and shipped it all in. The hands really played themselves. Unfortunately my hand didn't held up against kirkegaards A3 and now I'm back to a br around 1940. At least my goal of playing a game against kierkegaard is over with:P But damn shit, would have been cool if I had won. Not because of money obviously, even though it would been great to finally reach the 2k+ mark:)
Anyways, GG |
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| kantor1003 |
Yeah, gg, and thanks! yeah, it was a bit scared money.. Not because of the stake, but because it was against you:) Have entertained the idea about playing you for a long time you see:)
Overall though, I don't think I would have played too differently if it was against any other normal reg. Hard to say though:) |
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| kantor1003 |
On a second thought, there was a few spots where I had to try and prevent me from outleveling myself
One time I also floated your donk on a dry flop (like q74 or something). It was the second time you had donked out on such a flop structure so I saw it as weak, and perhaps it was.. but of course you fired the second barrel
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| kierkegaard1 |
you'll do just fine in the 50s-100s, im sure. and i'd recommend you for staking to anyone that was looking to stake and you wanted staking. | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
Thanks for the encouraging words and for your offer:) | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
Is it common for a newcomer at the 50s to be sat/tested by a bunch of regs?
Anyways, played only 3 matches at the 50s today to get my feet wet, 1 vs kierkegaard (which I sat), one vs what seemed like a good player who sat me and a 50-100 dollar grinder (sat me. Think his sn was "the sweeper" or something) that confirmed when I asked if he was just testing out the "new guy", that he indeed was (he had sharkscoped me too, but probably noticed that I was relatively new to medium stakes). He was really aggressive, 3betted a ton which made me 4bet shove a2o at one point (I was wrong in that spot, he had a9, or a10). Luckily he didn't want to rematch, something I see as a good sign. I won every match except the one against kirkegaard and have now finally reached my 2k+mark:) (will probably dip under again soon though) The few players I have played until now though have all played really well. If it continues in that fashion, it really is quite the step from the 30s (not that that says too much) and it will be interesting to see how I manage. |
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| U Cook Socks |
Yeah, I got sat by loads of regs the first time I played the $50s. I did really bad at the $50s, but for some reason the regs stopped sitting me eventually. Seems weird.
Anyway, I have the feeling they will soon get fed up of you 
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| kantor1003 |
Yeah, I hope so:) If not, I just hope I'll ride through it and get some reg practice without too much money lost:)
If they stopped sitting you, you must have been doing something right? I see no reason why they should stop sitting someone they feel they have a good edge on. |
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| U Cook Socks |
I guess, they almost always snap declined a rematch, but if you checked out my ss for the $50s only, it's quite disgusting. Luckily I made it look pretty decent from the $30s, but yeah, I obviously wasn't a complete fish. It is in my opinion though definitely a harder level to beat than the $30s. There are just so many fish at the $30s. They are there at the $50s, but you are going to come up against players who have some idea what they are doing at least. |
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| kantor1003 |
Yeah, not to talk about the ridiculous waiting time. Seems to always be like a 6+ waiting line of "sharkey's" waiting for what seems like way too little fish. Maybe one should start to play more regs? They can't all be that good and one could get in way more games if you just regged regs all the time.
Feel like such a wuzz standing in line like every other fool. |
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| U Cook Socks |
Well Shark Scope could be an advantage to you, to check out the worst of the regs, and sit them. There are some pretty decent ones that sit the $50s, probably cos they don't get any action higher up. But there are some pretty average ones too, so yeah, if you feel confident enough then go for it. Time of day is also a factor. I find after 11pm, Uk time, there is far more action, than say 10am UK time. Or maybe consider moving to Stars, I believe the action is a bit better on Stars, although probably not that much. Stars don't have a waiting list like FT though, only one table at a time opens up above $10 games I think. Not sure how the player pool compares though. |
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| TheHUSNGDude |
Just read through....nice play dude
You should defo get sharkscope...its not like u cant afford it shot taking $50s. I would put money on you being one of few players not using SS at the $50s.....you can learn a lot of stuff by digging into someones past
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| forced |
nicely ripping it up kantor!..... | ||||||
| kierkegaard1 |
unfortunately i dont have the HH of our match as i played it at my gf's on her laptop, but i think i had J8 here. 2nd barrell i fired was pretty big, right? |
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| kantor1003 |
No, if I recall correctly your second barrel was around 120 into a pot of around 200. |
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| kierkegaard1 |
ah cant remember that one. | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
Don't read this unless you have a hard stomach. I just had to get something out of my system. With this run bad I think I might have to move down to the 30s soon.
eat my s-h-i-t you fucki'n brazilian donk and all you other pot commit call 3bet with A-shi-t only to bust my ak assholes. I feel like dragging you outside and like a gentleman cut you up slowly with a sweet shiny razor working my way up from your cute little toes. It will take a while, sure. But I've got time. I've got all the time in the world. A shame with your family though, but don't you worry; I'll be sure to take care of your cute teared up wife, giving her something, just as your bodily remains struggle to get that last gasp of air. You wont die in vain. I'll make sure to fully appreciate the last look in your eyes as you bear witness to the macabre molestation of your loved one. Such pure emotion. It will be beautiful. |
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| Ares Hero |
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| BetMagicMoney |
im sorry for your bad run dude but i jumped on the ROFL copter when i read that post  
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| icemanv6 |
I know how you feel buddy, but let's be honest you must of been expecting some bad runs from that HUGE upswing! | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
Yeah, thanks for reminding me:) Amazing how easily one forget winning streaks. I mean, one can win 25 in a row, then the next day feel like shit if one loose 8 buy ins. |
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| icemanv6 |
When I look at my graph I always aim for %10 ROI on avg, that's my goal, so if i've made $300 at the $30s for example over 30 game's or something, and i'm aiming for $3 a game, I know I'm going to be hitting some suckage soon :p
I find listening too some relaxing music helps get me through it, sticking a sticky note on my monitor with DO NO TILT on it, or just generally laughing at how bad I'm running..I guess your way is to say how your going to brutalise your opponents lol. |
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| forced |
lmao--- you must have my luck at the moment! | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
Things are going better:) Not with how I'm running, lost probably 5 buy ins today and have moved down to the 30s to build up to 2k again, but with how my mind handles loosing many games in a row and getting bad beated over and over again. Last hand I played now was a funny cooler, kk vs. aa, so I lost that one too obviously.. but Im surprised by how calm I am now compared to how I usually feel after loosing much. I hope I can keep this frame of mind in the feature as it is a necessity for getting in proper volume playing poker. However, I have noticed after much loosing that I sometimes play my B game. That is not good, and something I have to keep working on. Going to play more now, and if I loose more, hopefully I can train myself to keep trying to play my A game no matter how much everything goes against me. I will try to avoid the usual frame of mind which includes chasing once losses etc. and focus on playing good poker, which is an advice often dished out, but hard to do. I'm going to try to have fun playing, as it is a fun game, and I'm not gonna let the results affect me. | ||||||
| z1s6arn |
From reading Brokers advice....
When I call an ALL IN or a big bet...I say to myself if I lose I know I played my best and made the best decision under this imperfect information... I find when I do call that ALL IN and the opponent sucks out or had trips etc over my two pair...I smile knowing I would have made the decision again and say right what did you learn and then I get on with the next. Now with the ones I get angry with because I have forgotten to prep my mind with the visualization of how I will react if he sucks out then I first think well you forgot to prep your mind and then I walk the f@ck away. I always smile and say how many times have you sucked out or won a game because their connection went down or you had KK and he tried to bluff you preflop by going ALL IN...Its just variance. I watch TV or go for a cuppa tea or a piss and you know deep down when you feel better. Its really weird but you just know when logic has come back. You also know what happens when you dont do this. Writing this has really helped clarify the importance of my own words. I hope it helps.... Keep up the good work I've been reading your posts and you are one of the main guys who keeps me motivated to keep pushing when I am down. So thank you! Sooo..When you fall down pick your self up and try again and again and again and again and always learn from your mistakes because success would not be success without failure first! Take care mate, Shaun |
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| kantor1003 |
Thanks for the kind words:)
Much appreciated. |
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| icemanv6 |
Hope you move up soon my good man!
Also, are you on skype, would be cool to do some sweats with you, whats your skype?
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| z1s6arn |
Now get on with it and do the boys proud! x | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
kantor1003 Have never done sweats before, but I'd be up to try. Moved up to the 50s again. Thought that there was no reason to nit it up:) have 1900, which should suffice. I'll move down if I hit 1700. Let's hope that doesn't happen. |
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| tmle09 |
gl man...hope you run well
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| kantor1003 |
Down to 1780. Looking forward to reach the 1500 mark tomorrow.
Over the last 120 games I'm down a little over a buy in.. sigh.. so tiring. Grinded like crazy today and nothing but a giant headache and -155$ to show for it. Well well..The worst part is most of the time I don't even know what I'm doing wrong. Sure I have the occasional mistake, but nothing too dramatic and overall I feel that I play pretty well. Things are beginning to get to me though, and my play sometimes suffer for it. Just posting here now in the hopes that it somehow will lessen the terrible feeling I'm currently experiencing. I will try again tomorrow. A new day. My current attitude isn't optimistic at all though. Can't see how I can win at all any longer and that I'll no doubly have to move down to the 30s tomorrow.. perhaps that will feel like a sense of relief. Hope it is better on your end:) |
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| adam |
Hey Kantor, just read your whole thread and it's great stuff.
Shame about having a tough time recently, but don't let it get you down, mate. You're obviously a good player and I'm sure you've just got to play the waiting game before you're on the way up again
Maybe take a little break from it to get your head right? |
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| YATHINNK |
Biggest thing in poker is knowing your edge isn't huge. When you really understand that and accept that sh!t like this is gonna happen then you'll be fine.
I had a huge stretch like this which lead me to cash out my roll last year. Wish i hadn't done it now as I was rolled for the 30s and if id have kept that roll and carried on id be a huge force in the game already. Main thing is to make sure you focus. Its defo hard at points but make sure you look at where you've come from. Add me on Skype, I'm pretty sure I can help you in places if you need |
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| forced |
i know how you feel Kantor, all too well. Im so frustrated right now i decided to take a little time off playing online. The good thing about this is I have been going to the casino and ripping it up! I am up over $3000 in 4 sessions... One was a tournament I won outright and the rest in ring games. I am hoping i come back to the hu play with a new outlook, as all the suckouts lately have me down on FTP. maybe a short break is all we need? | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
Added you on skype yathink
Yeah, I don't think taking a small brake is a bad idea. Just signed up for a premium membership at husng and will probably spend quite some time just going through the videos. Im back to almost 2.1k again now, so hopefully I can start "making" some money again:) But now it's christmas. Happy holidays everyone! |
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| kantor1003 |
From my low point at 1800 which I was at before christmas I have won 500 during the last 40-50 games to bring me to around 2.3k and I am now sitting more comfortably at the 50s. Now it's mostly a matter of getting in proper volume I guess (and not running as terrible as I have been). After all, there is still quite the stretch before I can get to the 100s.. but I feel that I belong there and only waste my time in the 50s. Not that I'm a great poker player, only that you don't really have to be one to beat the ones sitting second.
I'll try to limit my updates in this thread as, I'm sure you would agree, most posts are rather inane. Instead of posting posts resulting from my temporarily raised or reduced mood telling about 4-5 bi swings over a short sample, I should rather try to report only after anything substantial have occurred over a larger sample. Like 100-200 games+. We'll see though. I enjoy posting in this thread for some reason. This have probably become more of a personal diary than anything else and next time I loose 5-8 bi's in a row to some fish, I don't think I will be able to help my self:) |
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| z1s6arn |
Keep posting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
finally managed to reach the 2.5k mark:) Next up; 5k and the 100s! Probably going to take a while with the small volume I'm putting in though. | ||||||
| U Cook Socks |
Good man, I really have got faith in you. Stick at it, you will get there. |
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| kantor1003 |
Thanks for believing in me:) **************************** Played my first fulltilt pro today, or not pro, he just had purchased a custom avatar. Don't know who the hell he is though ( rounder63 ) but he took me for a buy in. I got my ass handed to me I think. I played really scared though. Guess a custom avatar has an intimidating effect. Edit: He sat me again:/ I managed to luck out and win however, and as stupid as I was, I rematched. Luckily, I managed to take that one down as well
I did some really stupid plays. I think this is an example: Full Tilt Poker $50 + $2.50 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t25/t50 Blinds - 2 players - View hand 1110280 DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter Hero (BTN/SB): t1425 28.50 BBs BB: t1575 31.50 BBs Pre Flop: (t75) Hero is BTN/SB with 2  A
Hero raises to t100, BB calls t50 Flop: (t200) 8  Q 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t100, BB calls t100 Turn: (t400) 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks River: (t400) 7 (2 players)
BB bets t200, Hero raises to t550, BB requests TIME, BB calls t350 kantor1003 shows [2s As] Ace Queen high Rounder63 shows [7s 9h] a pair of Sevens Rounder63 wins the pot (1,500) with a pair of Sevens Sick call by him. My range was obviously really polarized, which is the problem with my river reraise (and the fact that it improves his range, not mine). With that said, almost no 50$ reg bluff raise river, so I'm not sure how much I like his call. |
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| BetMagicMoney |
when you check back the turn and then raise river its very hard to put a hand in your range that would do that for value, 45 and 9T are the only hands that make sence and thats a very small range, so you just have a sh1t load of bluffs in your range. | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
*ignore post, misread hand* | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
Small br update. After some up and down I'm now at 2730 | ||||||
| sausage |
You are value raising with A hi & K hi ? |
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| kantor1003 |
lol, obviously not. I misread the hand in response to betmagic |
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| kantor1003 |
I'm getting closer and closer to 3k and I'm beginning to wonder when I should move up to the 100s? Should I perhaps take a pit stop at the 80s?
Seeing that I only have played 130 games or so at the 50s perhaps I should play some more before moving up? The nit in me wants to get my roll to 5k playing the 50s before going up to the 100s.. I think I probably should listen to him. |
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| aggsyb |
Deffo play the 80s first before moving to the 100s and trying to gain some reg vs reg experience , 130 games is a really really small sample so you wouldnt want to jump in the deep end on tight BR management. Alot of regs will sit you at the 100s as a new face always gets turbo sat. I would say play at least 300-400 games at the 50s and keep carving ur roll out and shot take the 80s until u get comfortable, then start looking towards moving up. |
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| icemanv6 |
Looking solid kantor!
Take a pit stop at the 80s in my opinion, but your doing great so far, good to see! |
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| kantor1003 |
Aggsyb:
Thanks for the advice. I will do just that then:) Regarding playing regs, getting some practice against them, I have done that quite a lot. I would almost go as far to say that it is perhaps a leak of mine to sit solid regs too much. I just can't help myself. Not that I have too much experience, but I'd guess that at least 30-35% of my 50 dollar matches has been against regs (perhaps this is a normal amount?). The reason I sit them is obviously for the challenge + not having to wait so long for matches. One cool thing about sitting regs is that you come in at an advantage most of the time. You know that he is a reg and you will play accordingly while the reg you sit, most of the time, will figure you to be a random fish, unless he sharkscopes you right away, and he'll have to play a few hands before thinking otherwise. Unfortunately, I guess people recognize you after a while. Icemanv6: Will do, and thank you:) |
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| kantor1003 |
br: 2960 ≈ 3k
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| YATHINNK |
You've developed pretty amazingly tbf mate, well done. | ||||||
| kantor1003 |
ty:) Roll over 3k now:) can't believe it is just half a month since I felt like shit and had a 1700 br. |
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| kantor1003 |
down 300 today. Yay. Roll back to 2.9 | ||||||
| z1s6arn |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVsgBACaJgQ
WATCH THIS WHEN YOU HAVE SOME SPARE TIME! WITHSTANDING ADVERSITY! You'll understand when you watch. Just incase your facing a little variance at the moment. |
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| kantor1003 |
Thanks for the vid. Chip really seems like a cool guy. I haven't played poker much the last two weeks, hence me not posting any updates. In fact, I haven't read, watched or done anything poker related at all. After my last post I had a week off, then played a session that went horribly (lost 4 or 500) and since I haven't felt like playing. The loosing didn't discourage me too badly except for that night and perhaps the day after; it is more that I have grown a little tired of the whole poker thingy.. like with most of my interests; I have a period of anything between a day up to a couple of years where I pursue them with often great intensity in the effort to obtain a high level of proficiency. What often ends up happening is that once I reach a certain level of competence, or understanding of that particular system (in this case poker), my interest dwindles. It might return again, I don't know, but at the moment I'm more interested in reading school related books, studying music, and a couple of other miscellaneous things. What remains in poker for me now seems to be nitpicking and an endless grind for a questionable, unstable source of income. Currently my roll stands at 2.6 and the coming weeks/months will tell how much I'll continue to play. Something tells me that it wont be much, but we'll see. I still haven't abandoned the idea of playing poker 8 hours a day during the summer to give it a shot to see if it might be a potential, short time career choice. In the meanwhile I'll probably be averaging like 10 games a week, but as said, it's impossible to tell atm. In the meanwhile, good luck at the tables everyone:) |
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| JamEaze |
Considering it was only a few weeks ago you were talking about shot taking the $100s I am sorry to read the above. I havent been on this site long, but I thought you were really making big strides and were capable of making a ton of profit.
Just make sure you keep from going rusty - maybe play some live from time to time? What subjects you reading at school? |
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| U Cook Socks |
I hear ya man. It is a shame, cos I honestly believe you were one of the ones with the potential to go all the way.
However, if you aren't enjoying it, it really all is pointless, you wont ever reach where you want to be, if your heart isn't in it. Life is life, you get one of them, and you need to do what makes you happy, that is the most important thing of all. |
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| icemanv6 |
This sucks  good luck mate whatever you do, hit me up on skype if you want a sweat sometime
P.S Blazing, seriously you should become a motivational speaker! |
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| U Cook Socks |
Funnily enough, you aren't the first person to say that. It's quite odd really, as I am a person who struggles with self confidence real bad ! |
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| icemanv6 |
But the 'speeches' or info on here you give are A* stuff mate virtually all the time!
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| kantor1003 |
No worries, I will continue to watch poker husng vids and continue to play online. I study subjects like western music history, music and movement, music pedagogics/didactics, music and psychology, groove, arranging etc. In school anyways. My interests span over several fields though and I enjoy reading pretty much everything unknown wether it being neuroscience, 19th century philosophy, social manipulation or cosmology. However, I never take the time to really dive deep into individual areas as I have the sad habit of becoming bored of it. Poker and guitar playing have been my strongest interests in life thus far though.
Thanks, and I recognize the message of your content as I have heard the same when I expressed my concerns some other place regarding my dwindling passion for music, which really was (is?) my whole life and something I've been doing since I was 7 years old. The problem is, what do one want out of life? What do you want to do? Questions that, for me, is impossible to answer. What makes one happy seems to change from instance to instance, something that isn't really practical in todays society when one need to specialize and dedicate ones life to narrow fields.
Will do! But yeah, I don't know yet regarding poker. I might just need a small brake to focus on other things and make more room for other interests as well. Something tells me though, that I won't be able to let poker go, and perhaps I will return sooner, rather than later, back to the tables in the compulsive like manner like I was earlier:P Thanks for the support guys!
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| kantor1003 |
BR: 2.36
This is getting crazy 
Can't win any games, not against anyone. Not even against 100% 7xers. I continue to lose, perhaps win one game, then loose two or three, rinse and repeat. It's pretty straining. The last days I have not played too many games. Instead I have focused on playing quality games (and I feel like I have) and looking at HUSNG vids. I still continue to loose though, but well well. Sigh, poker is fun. To look on the "bright" side overall, even though this drop, from my peak at 3.2 is... hmm.. terrible, my last 100 games "only" amounts to a 100$ loss and I'm still up 7-800 at the 50s. I will continue to put in quality games, perhaps looking over some of my games, and hopefully things will turn to the better again. |
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| icemanv6 |
Hey mate, keep plugging away, this is probably a good time to sit back and review your game and watch video's. If you are getting it in good most of the time just remember it will come around, if you really think there's other issues then it's probably time to take a step back and review your games as it is most likely you have some leaks that you are not aware of.
Keep at it, you didn't get this far by luckboxing it. |
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| kantor1003 |
Thank you, I agree and I will spend more time reviewing my games. I probably have some leaks I'm not aware of, but I really have had a terrible time at the tables.
I have sent Kirkegaard1 a message regarding doing some leak finding and I'm considering sending him a few games to review. |