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The Llanlad " teeny weeny" thread for 2011

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The Llanlad " teeny weeny" thread for 2011

Postby Llanlad » Jan 01 2011

Firstly ... Happy new year to all ...and good luck to everyone in 2011.

This year ... this thread is going to be a HAPPY THREAD ...

I want this thread to be a story about a long journey where people persevere through dodgy times and look beyond the here and now !

This thread will NOT become a story about me getting nowhere and moaning about it for the entire 12 months ..if this is still the case after 2 months .. the thread will end.

I think hawk should still be the official keeper of the thread Chop and Change Count ( CACC ) ..but hopefully this will be the easiest job ever in 2011 !

So with roughly a $300 bankroll ... let the Supernova quest start ...

Wish me luck .. :?
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby the_hawk » Jan 01 2011

first

wheeeeeeeeeeeee gogogogogogogogogogo
"I shall never retire!" - Llanlad
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby mconstab » Jan 01 2011

GOGOGOGOGOGO all of us!

I like the idea of a happy thread, I think it's fine to post a shocking beat once in a while but no moaning about downswings etc.

My positives:

Ended up making around $19k last year despite a nasty downswing in December
I have $900 in bonus to clear at FTP thanks to Iron Man/points
My December downswing has desensitised me to tilting
I've barely played poker over Xmas and feel refreshed and ready to go for 2011

Several graphs etc over on 2+2 suggest that FR is making a comeback, especially of the Rush variety so I may throw in some of that and see how it goes.

I'll keep posting any positives in this thread as a side quest to the Llanlad main quest.

I'm a big believer of hard work reaping rewards so no matter how gloomy we all get from the shit poker throws at us DON'T GIVE UP!
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby Misunderstud » Jan 01 2011

So this is the Rave, Rave and Rave thread, then.

Nice post, mcon. You were turning into something of a GOM last year, despite the fact that if I'd earned what you did I'd be over the moon. So I guess I should remember that there are are people who'd swap places with me, too, and stop feeling sorry for myself.

Llan, it looks as though you are now the official ITH cheerleader for 2011. Good luck, and keep those pop-poms twirling, bach. \:D/
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby kinnipak » Jan 01 2011

Good things come from positive thoughts. I will also stop moaning about the bad beats and understand how lucky I am to be playing. I remember a few years ago when the thought of playing with real money was for really good poker players. Now I have decent B-roll and should be thankful I can play comfortably.

Best to all for a FUN and profitable 2011!
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby Llanlad » Jan 01 2011

Quality thread IMO ...so many positive vibes going on here :wink:

Had my first small session of the year - 400 hands ... and up 1.5 buy ins 8)

Its up up and aaaawwwwwwaaaaaaaayyyyy .. \:D/
Green = happy and playing , Yellow = disgruntled and slighty miffed but still playing, Orange = Narked big style, fed up and contemplating future, Red = dont talk to me, screw everything and this game can get lost, im Retired !. God knows what Black means
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby mconstab » Jan 01 2011

1400 hands and up 3 buyins. Had this little beauty to contend with as well:

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1101530
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BB: $35.00
Hero (UTG): $101.50
MP: $100.00
CO: $85.85
BTN: $100.00
SB: $357.50

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG with A :diamond: A :spade:
Hero raises to $3, 1 fold, CO calls $3, 1 fold, SB raises to $13, 1 fold, Hero raises to $29, CO calls $26, SB calls $16

Flop: ($88.00) K :spade: 7 :diamond: 3 :spade: (3 players)
SB bets $88, Hero calls $72.50 all in, CO calls $56.85 all in

Turn: ($289.85) 2 :spade: (3 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($289.85) 5 :diamond: (3 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $289.85
Hero shows A :diamond: A :spade: (a pair of Aces)
CO shows 7 :club: 7 :heart: (three of a kind, Sevens)
SB shows A :heart: 7 :spade: (a pair of Sevens)
Hero wins $31.30
CO wins $255.55
(Rake: $3.00)
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby Llanlad » Jan 01 2011

SB's luck is starting to run out obviously ..

Got to love the fact CO is paying $29 of his $85 stack to set mine ..

So thats the standard of $100 these days .. :? :D .. no wonder you are 3 buy ins up ... looks like a decent table to play on.
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby Llanlad » Jan 01 2011

I stacked some guy earlier when i 5 bet shoved AA into his QQ preflop ..

This evening against the same guy .. i was sitting there again with AA and he 4 bet small ( like he did earlier ) .. so this time i just flatted .. flop was T5x and i donked half pot hoping he would shove .. which he did ... the poor guy had QQ again !

I thought it was going to be a good day at that point .. but within minutes this happened ..

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - View hand 1101684
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UTG+1: $11.31
UTG+2: $10.70
MP1: $10.00
MP2: $20.24
Hero (CO): $10.54
BTN: $9.80
SB: $10.10
BB: $4.00
UTG: $11.18

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is CO with K :spade: A :spade:
5 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.75) 5 :heart: T :spade: J :spade: (2 players)
Hero bets $0.45, BTN calls $0.45

Turn: ($1.65) 3 :spade: (2 players)
Hero bets $1.20, BTN raises to $3, Hero raises to $9.79, BTN calls $6.05 all in

River: ($19.75) J :heart: (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $19.75
Hero shows K :spade: A :spade:
BTN shows 5 :diamond: 5 :spade:
BTN wins $18.77
(Rake: $0.98)

Throw in AA>KJ on a KJx flop .... he called my UTG raise in the SB with this ... and hes a reg :?

And KK>77 on a 7xx flop .... and KA>?? on a Kxxx flop and nitty reg comes alive post flop and wants to play for stacks.

Apart from all that ... its been a good 800 hands today ...22bb/100 hands and the positive vibe continues !

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby Scully » Jan 02 2011

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Mconstab how many hands did you play last year ti win $19k?

Personally last year was my worst ever. I made $4k total and most if that rb and bonuses. I ran awful for looooong periods which didn't help (refer to my ev graph in last years thread). I git it back together in q4 and consistently ran around 5.5bb/100 at 50nl over 65k hands. Two attempts to move up ended in quite a spanking.

Plan is to grind 50nl up to a 5k br (nb mtt br is separate and all rb/bonuses are cashed out - git a wedding to pay for!!) while plugging leaks and a good go at 100nl in the spring.

Not so easy to get volume in these days tho. 20k per month is a good month.

Overall no firm goals other than get back to 100nl and beat it
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby Llanlad » Jan 02 2011

I really have to learn some patience ... how do you learn patience ??? :D

Just had another 800 hand session and it was the first testing session of the year ..managed to nearly get back levels .. but there was hints of stroppiness in the air !

Need to stop worrying about results .. and be-moan bad flops ..

Take allmost the last hand of the session ..

I had QQ in the SB .. there are 3 limpers and i x6 raise ..they all call :?

This is typical set mining / suited connectors stuff .. the flop comes :7d :8d :10s and im like ... FFS ! .. talk about a horrid flop OOP .

I dont even bother betting .. and the UTG limper ( now has 56bb's ) bets pot ..if either of the other two call ... im probably folding QQ here .. but they both fold.

Because villian now only has 37bb's left .. i think its an easy shove ... flop is drawy .. he calls and shows :Jh :8h and my QQ holds up .

Going to spend the first few days of the year working on some patience .. any tips ?? :mrgreen:
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby Llanlad » Jan 02 2011

Money wise ... i had a pretty dismal 2010 ..

Here is a break down of my year : #-o

Profit - hands

Jan - 273.00 - 21113
Feb - 175.68 - 31234
Mar - 188.52 - 36599
Apr - 324.84 - 9095
May - 13.68 - 9251
Jun - 38.12 - 4742
Jul - 163.57 - 9556
Aug - 221.19 - 5086
Sep - 174.93 - 318
Oct - 59.63 - 9496
Nov - 57.57 - 22625
Dec - 60.71 - 7309

Totals - 1751.44 - 166424

I was playing DON's in September ..so ive not added those hands.

As you can see ... it was a year of struggling .. as usual the momentum was there early doors .. but hardly put any effort in from April ..

This is my biggest goal of 2011 ... to keep plugging away when things are not going great ...
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby mconstab » Jan 02 2011

Scully wrote:
Mconstab how many hands did you play last year ti win $19k?



About 280k hands, mostly 100NL with a bit of 50NL at start of the year and 200NL towards the end. Also made around $2k in MTT's/SNGs as well.
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby Llanlad » Jan 02 2011

Christ ... im allready struggling with my emotions after 2k hands :?

I have to start thinking i dont understand the nature of poker at all ..

So far .. im running at maybe 8bb/100 hands , ok its not great but its acceptable.

But in my head .. i know im losing with both AKs and AK, break even with KK, losing with flushes and 3 of a kinds ..

I then give myself a headache thinking about never improving my equity post flop at all ... i just cannot improve at all post flop ..unless someone flops a set and then it seems i cant help improving my hand on the turn.

I then get borderline grumpy when i have TPTK and the turn and river just smack the board like a bullseye ... improving my opponents equity in a huge way !

This is after 2k hands .. :lol:

How do you guys just ignore this facet of the game ??? .. i really need some tips on this ..

Its the first few days of the year .. and im feeling good ..so its not a big deal ... but i want to make inroads into why i think like this and move away from this crappy habit.
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Re: The Llanlad " turn it around year " thread for 2011

Postby nsidestrate » Jan 02 2011

Llanlad wrote:Christ ... im allready struggling with my emotions after 2k hands :?


That lasted about 12 hours longer than I expected.

Llanlad wrote:How do you guys just ignore this facet of the game ??? .. i really need some tips on this ..

Its the first few days of the year .. and im feeling good ..so its not a big deal ... but i want to make inroads into why i think like this and move away from this crappy habit.


I really wish I could help you with this because I'm very good at it and I think it is your biggest leak, but I'm not sure how to explain it. I just focus on how I played any given hand and if I'm happy with that, I assume the results will follow. I really don't sweat the bad results that follow good play because I know that the math demands I'll win over time on those moves. I only get upset when I make dumb plays, but primarily there I just focus on how to stop them.
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