Scammed out of $500

So this time it is actually my money, and it looks like I'm not getting it back. The player snooker__31 on pokerstars and mikeymx3 is a scumbag, his name is Stefan McCormick (I think). Kinda pissed off when I think about it, but something good might yet come out of it, as I have set myself a challenge. I wasn't going to play yesterday, or til the end of march as I have my VPP's, but now I am going to keep playing until on I reach one of these goals:

1. I play for 10 hours (3.38 gone)
2.I have made $450 in actual money (+$90.95)


This is my punishment for being stupid, I'm enjoying it so far, its nice to have a challenge. I have until 1st of April to do it.


**Edit - Ran really really bad. I'm just gonna play extra until I have made it all back. So far I have played 6.82 hours for a profit of $28.05, plus $65 rb.

Good day

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Up 11 buyins in 2.63 hours, including a 700 hand session where I ran at 55BB/100 for winnings of $208. Happy out, cos I need money badly as something came up. Not too serious, just one of my friends got in a bit of bother and I need to lend him quite a bit.

I've been quite bored recently, not much going on. Next week is rag week in a nearby college, so boredom will end, and the drinking will resume :)

I've started staking one person a very small amount for $2 9 man turbo's, moving up later on. I had two people but had to get one stake back cos of the $ situation. My guy plays as best_swongs on Full Tilt.

In other news I read a cool article here. For the past few months poker has become a chore, and while the views expressed in the article don't sum up my thoughts and feelings exactly, it's pretty close. I hope one day to give up poker altogether if possible, if I have it in me. I might be addicted, I might not, but hopefully one day I have the financial backing and common sense/willpower to give it up for good.

Heven't posted stats in a while:
25nl stats
Hours 187.38
Hands 289,777
ptBB/100 4.23
Total profit $6,134.55
$/hour $32.74
Fpp's worth $1572.04
Total $/hour $41.128


Pretty happy with the hourly, but the only problem is putting in the hours. 24 tabling is tedious, tiring and tame. Oh the alliteration, you're welcome Will. But seriously, I don't know how any one could do this as a job for more than a year.

Absolutely Fucking Pricless

Links:

Stupid Women

Stupid Woman.

Clever Man

Legendary Man



Just a collection of random shite. Sounds like I'm a massive sexist, but I'm not. Just a small one. But in all seriousness, the first two are a joke.

New guidelines

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Really really gotta stop sitting in front of this computer all day long. The amount of time I spend cooped up in my room has reached crazy highs in recent weeks, for example today. I stopped playing at around 3, said I would play a bit later. 5 hours later I am still here (albeit a small pause to run to shops and eat lunch) without playing, and am now too tired to play more. FML. Thats the way the cookie crumbles.

2+2, blogs, and other various RETARDED sites are killing me slowly to death. To DEATH!

It stops today. I am quitting 2+2. I have learned a lot from the site but one more second trawling the BBV section could do irreparable harm to my sanity. I will look in on the staking section from time to time but that's it!

Doing well at poker, BB/100 for 25nl is over 4, BR is at its highest in over half a year (3k wow such a BR nit), saving nice monies for my holiday, and of course trying to rid myself of the student loan.


Yesterdays one is too good to pass up on:

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The "Why I dont tell people I play poker for a living" thread on 2+2

Funny thread, worth the click

Some of the better posts:

1.
So what do you do?
I make money online, kind of low risk poker playing, much like a stock broker. (i dunno how to explain to retards)
That's cool how do you do?
I try to make more than rent each month.
Thats cool I play online too. I play on Yahoo. Do you make real money where you play?
In my head(No bitch I pay rent with monopoly money)
No I just make Sklansky bucks. I knew she would not understand and drop the subject if I said that.


2.
How much have you won?
I'm up around $2000 or so.....
But how much of that did you lose?
No idiot, (go on to explain)
But can you actually take that money out?
YOU CAN???!!!
YOU'RE CRAZY TO KEEP THAT MONEY THERE! WHAT IF YOU LOSE IT ALL BACK!?

3.The main one I get is "what if the person doesnt pay you the money they owe you?"

4.
Just reading this again makes me want to savage 9 newborns with my teeth

Gospel right here.

Scammed out of 1K - Good laff

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Yes it's true. Don't really care though. It was the 1K I got sponsored by Golden Arch to play with and I staked some guy from 2+2 with it. Turns out he was a bit of a douche and lost it to his friend. Might get it back at some stage, as Golden Arch are looking into it. Anyways pooker has been going ok, made $200 on monday, and $20 today, in a total of 7 or 8 hours. Gotta keep the grinding up, have to get the vpp's in before March ends.


We won at soccer! 4-0. Good laff. Also playin roulette a bit recently, up 97.50 (euro's) over three sessions. Me and Will spent 4 and a half hours in there one day of the weekend. What a life, I'm such a hero.

Saved the week... I think + Update

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Had a +10BI day today, only my second ever. Just checking there and I think I'm up for the week, just. Yep $91.05. Sweet.
50nl is my enemy, so the plan is to never play there ever again. Straight from 25NL to 100NL :p. Not such a bad idea actually.

Played a soccer match today, first in a year and 3 months. Came off the bench to score....a consolation goal. We lost. We were better than them, yet again. Disaster of a match, yet again. Don't really care, yet again.

Paddy's day is comin up, can't wait. I have another soccer match (that we'll prob lose yet again) and then returning to the hometown. Should be a nice loooong drinking sesh. Hopefully.


**Update - Almost messed up my 10 buy in day, but ended up adding to it. + 11.532 BI day, biggest yet I think.

Story of my life - 50nl play like a handicap - 25nl Play like a Doyle

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Meh. Was kinda fuming earlier after losing $200 at 50nl, but then just won $100 at 25nl. It's kinda annoying because I know I can beat 50nl, but I just go on tilt sooooo quickly, and then hands like this happen. God what was I thinking? Seriously. What a fish.


What a pro.


I then took a break, watched my team Man United get thrashed, and the Ireland rugby underperforming (but at least winning), and then returned to the tables in my comfort zone, 25nl. Had a few nice bluff's, I bluff very rarely so here they are:

The first one kinda played itself out, got myself nice and pot committed by the turn with 9 high. I knew he had a draw though so bet small on turn, to allow myself a biggish shove on river.






In this hand I just had a gut feeling he was on a draw, I might even have been ahead on the river. That would have been a sick call if I had.

Good day at......

50NL! Not a great day, but good all the same. Finally.


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I decided to move up as the general consensus is that 16 tabling 50nl is less burnout inducing than 24 tabling 25nl. It is less boring, I have to say.

So this is it, the return to 50nl, where I was once a nitty fish. Now I am an awe inspiring, scary TAG! Well so far anyway.
I had a few suckouts too, this being the worst for a smallish pot. God knows what he was doing though.





I am feeling more and more comfortable, and and I think this is due to me playing more ABC poker. In my other recent attempts to move up I was overcompensating and suffering from FPS. Now I feel good, like I can beat this at a comfortable clip.


And before I go one more funny hand with that plonker.

Lotsa posts

3 updates in two days, you're getting spoilt.


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Anyway yeah lotta tiltin done last night, lost 200 bucks. Am down 170 for the week, and I'm not playing today. It might be my first losing week since november.

On a positive note we found two extra laddies bookies. We are gauranteed 47 euro today, between us. And thats if the favourite comes in. There's a few 200-1's that would do nicely he he. Marodima FTW!

Fucking Tilt

Stupid handicappers limp calling to hit top two on a T62 board. WTF!!!
Retarded limpers calling all in on turn to hit up and down str8 draw. ARRHGG!!!
Spastic lag idiots insta reshoving JJ to hit sets like its FUCKING CHRISTMAS or something.

Tbh, most of these are made up. Some stuff like this happened but the bottom line is I played horribly. To remind myself how horrible I played here are some horrible hands I played horibly badly, to lose horrible amounts of money. wp finn sir.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 62709

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CO: $31.20

Hero (BTN): $56.05

SB: $30.00

BB: $25.60

UTG: $23.35

UTG+1: $13.65

MP1: $4.65

MP2: $6.85



Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with J J

5 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, 1 fold, BB calls $1



Flop: ($2.60) T 4 8 (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets $2, BB raises to $6, Hero calls $4



Turn: ($14.60) Q (2 players)

BB bets $8.75, Hero calls $8.75



River: ($32.10) A (2 players)

BB bets $9.60 all in, Hero calls $9.60



Final Pot: $51.30

Hero mucks J J

BB shows K K (a pair of Kings)

BB wins $48.85

(Rake: $2.45)





Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 62710

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MP1: $21.75

MP2: $7.75

Hero (CO): $28.80

BTN: $4.90

SB: $4.05

BB: $19.80

UTG: $24.25

UTG+1: $24.00



Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is CO with T K

4 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, 2 folds, BB calls $1



Flop: ($2.60) 2 K 8 (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets $1.50, BB raises to $18.55 all in, Hero calls $17.05



Turn: ($39.70) J (2 players - 1 is all in)



River: ($39.70) Q (2 players - 1 is all in)



Final Pot: $39.70

Hero mucks T K

BB shows 8 K (two pair, Kings and Eights)

BB wins $37.75

(Rake: $1.95)

Not much to report pokerwise - Elaborate Scam however

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As the title suggests. On a bit of a breakeven stretch, only made 40 bucks in 10k hands this week. Meh. Fpp's racking up the whole time. On a positive note my bro seems to be out of his 1k Sit'n'Go downswing and is back making millions.

And now to the fun bit. Dougie and I concocted an elaborate scheme to con Ladbrokes betting offices out of all their money. The plan is as follows:

Every day of the Cheltenham festival there is a free five euro bet for customers. Now in Cork city, where I live, there just so happens to be no fewer than SEVEN Ladbrokes bookies. This accumulates to FOURTEEN bets (dougie and I) everyday! So tomorrow they are all going on this race. Note there are only twelve runners so we will put 3 bets down on the favourite, who is actually a favourite by a mile. The least amount we will win is roughly 20 euro, and thats if the favourite comes in. What if there is an upset? We'll be rolling in it I tells ya.


I'll keep you updated on who to shout for over the coming three days. For now it is Marodima, come you ledge, make me a millionaire.

It'll take around two hours a day to place all the bet's (we have to walk a bit), and we are more than likely make at most 50 or 60 euro's each from the three days. If I sat here on my ass I could make almost double that but this is a good laff. We'll be shouting for all the favourite to fall and die. Come on the underdogs, Marodima FTW!

'Nuther good day - Hows. that, for- punctuation" Will!,

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Sadly I decided not to go home this weekend. Found out today I have a soccer (football) match tomorrow up here in my college home. On the plus side I had a good nuff day. AND got my money back for 3rd place in a home game. Oh yeah. Three handed I was close to folding top pair and an insider to my bro but sadly couldn't pull it off. I was pretty short stacked. I have a tell now though, so next time, next time.

And now for two graphs:

Before getting HUD:
After getting HUD (and changing my game very dramatically) til just today
Pretty content with that redline now. Room for muchos improvementos though.


In other news, my marathon plans have gone to shit. Playing soccer now instead to keep fit. I feel like a failure but it was never gonna last, I'm a poker bum, whaddya expect?!



**Update Forgot to mention, made it to last ~90 in supernova tourney when this hand happened:


Poker Stars Freeroll No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t1000/t2000 Blinds + t200 - 9 players - View hand 60133

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MP2: t34981 M = 7.29

CO: t14775 M = 3.08

BTN: t24658 M = 5.14

SB: t18705 M = 3.90

BB: t25588 M = 5.33

UTG: t24950 M = 5.20

UTG+1: t32801 M = 6.83

UTG+2: t19159 M = 3.99

Hero (MP1): t21492 M = 4.48



Pre Flop: (t4800) Hero is MP1 with Q Q

2 folds, UTG+2 raises to t4000, Hero raises to t21292 all in, 5 folds, UTG+2 calls t14959 all in



Flop: (t42718) J J 2 (2 players - 2 are all in)



Turn: (t42718) 4 (2 players - 2 are all in)



River: (t42718) T (2 players - 2 are all in)



Final Pot: t42718

UTG+2 shows J Q (three of a kind, Jacks)

Hero shows Q Q (two pair, Queens and Jacks)

UTG+2 wins t42718




The thing that made this so annoying was that he played it quite horrible. Early position, min-raise with qj. Calls the all in and then hits that nasty flop, wuda had 42k if this 84.17 percenter had held up. I made 125 bucks though, but first place wuda been kinda nice, 12k.

Back to $$$ but lazy fuck

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I said I'd play 2 more hours yesterday and 4 today. So naturally, as per my lethargic disposition towards poker recently, I played one yesterday and two today. What a fucking grinder!

As for an update poker wise I'm up around $75 +rb for the two days, it was quite a swingy experience as you can see:
Happy to be out of the rut though, gonna try and log a small few more hours over the weekend. I'm heading back to parents house, its free for the weekend. Poker and poundings hopefully.

25nl update

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The week was going great until this morning, lost $122. Still up $210 since Sunday but I was running very hot b4 today. I had a few bad/beats coolers this morn, and then went on a bit of tilt. Meh. I'll play later and try make some back.

ptBB/100 for the week is 3.67, happy with that, its the fact that I've only managed 7 hours so far in five days that pisses me off abit. That's just over an hour a day, which is pretty poor. I was sick yesterday and only played a bit, and had to go drinking tuesday early. Rest of this week is grind grind grind. Today I'll play another 2, Friday I'll try get 4 in, and Sat and Sun 1.5 each.



Overall 25nl Stats:

Hands: 222,077
Hours: 144.25
BB/100: 3.87
$/hour: $29.81
Total Profit: $4,300.50
Rakeback: $1165.9
Total $/hour: $37.89



25nl since adding HUD

Hands: 101,971
Hours: 65.83
BB/100: 5.22
$/hour: $40.41
Total Profit: $2660.45
Rakeback: $535.34
Total $/hour: $48.54

The women go crazy for these kind of stats. In nightclubs I just talk all night about my ptBB/100 and by the end of it I have a line of drooling women following me around. It's great, Will is jealous.

12th out of 32

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Tourney wasn't exactly a disaster, but it could have gone a bit better. The first day went well, I made so much money from this one cocky fool of a took who thought he was god's gift to poker. He kept limping, attempting to see flops, and was almost always met by a raise from me in position. When he called I took down the pot, but usually it didn't even get that far. If it wasn't for him I would have busted early on day one I'd imagine, as the rest of the table weren't that bad. I had my bro and Dougie on the table so we defo all had the worst table, only a select few to take advantage of. We did our best anyway, my bro made it all the way to the bubble, but I busted dougie with a 3 outer on the river ha ha on day one.

Second day I played the same style, but there were less people to take advantage of, and I ended up shoving over a raise with 11 BB (holding QQ) to get called by a guy on my team who had K10. He wasn't pot committed or anything and the annoying thing was that he said before he called, "we're racing." ???. I was delighted when I heard this of course but then he doesn't show over the low PP I expected and he busted me. I wasn't annoyed at the time but thinking back...ah i don't care.

As I said my bro Joe made it to the final table, as did two others on my team. We had a very very good shot at the team event but the only other team that could have won it had two members go on to take 1st and 2nd place. Colluding bastards. They actually weren't, they played aggressive throughout the final table against each other, and besides that were top blokes. Wp Kev and Pa, probably the two best players in the tourney.

I'm a lazy fuck, I'm a lazy fuck, I'm a lazy fuck, I'm a lazy fuck, I'm a lazy fuck. gotta keep this bloody marathon training up.

Tomorrow I'm gonna get back in the swing of poker and running. For three months I'm gonna play at least 15 hours a week, and run the shit out of it. Pumped for this marathon, and for interrailing this summer!!!! gotta make big bucks to go. LETS DO THIS SHIT.