Nobody cries no more, cause we all die for fun.

A mexican, a jew and a colored fellow walk into a bar... The bartender looks up and says... Get the fuck out of here.
-Clint Eastwood
Gran Torino

Today was a good day, 18 tourneys and $66 profit. I have a %41.1 ROI and %12 ITM. I've been learning so much when it comes to building huge stacks. I still have trouble with calling ranges when it comes to other big stacks, in particular this hand....

PokerStars Game #45741538162: Tournament #284430589, $2.00+$0.20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (2000/4000) - 2010/06/19 22:14:52 CT [2010/06/19 23:14:52 ET]
Table '284430589 17' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Boza91 (10978 in chips)
Seat 2: Sammy Clause (16400 in chips)
Seat 4: nazifa1961 (23033 in chips)
Seat 8: johnstumper (40102 in chips)
Seat 9: PokerGrile (34524 in chips)
Boza91: posts the ante 400
Sammy Clause: posts the ante 400
nazifa1961: posts the ante 400
johnstumper: posts the ante 400
PokerGrile: posts the ante 400
Boza91: posts small blind 2000
Sammy Clause: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to johnstumper [As Ts]
nazifa1961: raises 18633 to 22633 and is all-in
johnstumper: raises 17069 to 39702 and is all-in
PokerGrile: folds
Boza91: folds
Sammy Clause: folds
Uncalled bet (17069) returned to johnstumper
*** FLOP *** [7c 8d 5h]
*** TURN *** [7c 8d 5h] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [7c 8d 5h 5s] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nazifa1961: shows [Ac Jh] (two pair, Jacks and Fives)
johnstumper: shows [As Ts] (a pair of Fives)
nazifa1961 collected 53266 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 53266 | Rake 0
Board [7c 8d 5h 5s Jd]
Seat 1: Boza91 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Sammy Clause (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: nazifa1961 showed [Ac Jh] and won (53266) with two pair, Jacks and Fives
Seat 8: johnstumper showed [As Ts] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 9: PokerGrile (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

So it's gonna take some time to get used to playing in the money, but overall I understand the game and what I need to do in order to beat it. I'm still working on raise/fold strategy at the final table against big stacks, but I've generally been pretty unsuccessful with it so far. I have done really well with attacking limpers and what range of hands I need inorder to do it. I've tightened up quite abit when it comes to SB & BB shoves against multiple limpers. Also I've been making calls when 3-5 people all go all in and I have 3-6 to 1 odds and a hand like 67o. I'm not sure how good this is but hopefully it will show profit in the long run, anyways heres todays graph


ShaunDeebs 180 man guide

Let Em Have It

Got 118 games under my belt, and things are looking good with a %21 ROI and 11% ITM. Today was break even but I'm up from the last two sessions. Coaching is going good, lots of cool concepts, working on getting the feel for mid stage play with like 100-60 ppl left, here I have a tendency to slow down when I should keep pushing the envelop. Unless I'm in top 4 I really shouldn't worry about busting. So far my super aggressive style seems to be successful, but there are still tons of spots I'm unfamiliar with. Luckily its very easy and convenient to review hand histories with Chris since he's online quite often. I'm still not sure about all my shoves but I'm starting to get comfortable. One thing I have done well is making good decisions with correct odds, so I hope to continue doing so.

Spots to work on:
- NEW - Opening CO Ranges Up
- NEW - Calling Ranges
- NEW - Effectively raising all in without being all in
- NEW - Targeting small stacks with big stacks in between

-Playing From The BB
-Coming Over the Top of Limpers
-Playing Against UTG Limps, and UTG Minraises
-Opening SB, BB, BTN Ranges Up
-Money Bubble Play-Final Table Bubble Play
-Final Table Play & Accounting for ICM
-Playing Around Big Stacks

Heres my graf, unfortunately the original $-60 was from a previous deposit before I moved back, but its no biggie.

If all goes well I should be mass tabling and crushing these games by the end of this summer, August 28th.

New Direction

I can't seem to keep my mind on 1 goal in poker, I tend to just play till I get bored or move up and run bad then take a break. I've been playing some stud lately, Phil Helmuths book Play poker like the pros talks about it quite abit, it was pretty fun. But I moved from 5NL FR to 5NL 6max and was coached for free by royd_ragin abit but decided I need to make more money than that. I keep jumping in and out of PLO games, I kinda see how Isildur1 can run so hot, jump on the 1k tables and lose it all. They make me want to crazy gamble, I often move higher when I'm running good, and not when I'm stuck. I love PLO, its a fucking blast, but running bad in it can really suck. So I finally decided to cash out FTP and move over to stars and start playing 180s.

I played 41 of them today, and I know I can be beating them for at least %5 ROI after a month. I'm gonna dedicate my time to 180s until December, that way I can save up some money and really master them. I am going to do this most importantly through the help of Chris(I should just say you cause nobody else reads this thing, you know your cool when you only have 1 friend on the internet......), having loaned me a buck 70 being the most important initially, but sweating each other, reviewing hands, studying the charts are the added bonuses. I've being playing 6 tables which is probably my limit. It gets too difficult in the later stages, and spots were pointed out to me where I could have been more aggressive. As I become more familiar with this format then I can play more comfortably and focus on tougher spots.

Spots to work on
-Playing From The BB
-Coming Over the Top of Limpers
-Playing Against UTG Limps, and UTG Minraises
-Opening SB, BB & BTN Ranges Up
-Money Bubble Play
-Final Table Bubble Play
-Final Table Play & Accounting for ICM
-Playing Around Big Stacks

So far I have 2min cashes, and a 2nd which puts me $-10 over 41 games,
-7.2% ROI
7.3% In The Money

Woulda been nice to book a winning session, but I almost made it to the end so I have more of an idea on what I need to improve on and how things should start looking. The way I see it is paying $10s to learn how to win thousands, you'd be an idiot to turn that down.

On a side note I quit smoking on the 7th of June 2010 so it's nice to have something to take my mind off it. Also I plan on doing what so many poker players preach, get in shape, and eat right.
I'm gonna start exercising again, because I remember playing optimally when I was fit. I didn't tilt much, my mind was sharp, I want that back.


I don't want to proof read and its prob rambly but thats what the internets for. I'll keep updates coming on my progress.