Official JUNE uNL **'`MICROBREW THREAD`'** LC/NC this way...

[Shizzle12345]

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Thought I'd post my career graph as inspiration/amusement. I was here at uNL for a long, long time, until about 3 months ago:



From about 238k on is June.

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Please stop, all your doing is creating self pity, jealousy, and wanting to committ suicide cuz we can't run like you [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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the first 170k hands or so are sick , explain pls

[bozzer]

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Sorry, but I find it really anoying, because it's flashing too much. So please either change that avatar/remove the flashes or post less. Please. It's funny, but someone's gonna have an epileptic seizure.

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[C4LL4W4Y]

i can only imagine how much 270k-275k sucked.

[RAHZero]

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RAH....lol. That is awesome.

Story/stakes/site/stats etc. immedietely please.

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I started out at NL $50 at UB back in October, and basically I sucked. I limped way too may hands, played too much OOP, ran like 30/10, but still managed to break even, so I ran my $650 deposit up to like $2k with RB + bonuses. Then my suckage started to actually kick in, though by this time I was starting to learn how to play a little bit. I was posting/reading here on the micros the whole time, but ran into just a sick downswing at NL $50. I think I made a BBV post about it at some point, but it was colder than I've ever run (except for that straight down line you see at 270k or so, but that was only for a short time). I hit set under set like it was my job, lost when I hit set over set like a dozen times, and generally just couldn't win a hand. Over like 75k hands my W$@SD was like 45%, even though my went to SD was only like 24%. I also played like a huge nit, ran at like 16/12 or so.

I finally started winning a bit at NL $50, and my game was a ton better, so I moved up to NL $100 with a $3.5k BR after having taken several failed shots there before. This time I ran hot, still nitting it up, and made like 20 BIs in 10k hands. With my roll at a little over $6k at the beginning of April, I moved to NL $200. Things went well there, I opened up my game and really improved my hand reading. I had a rough downswing at the end of May, but my BR went over $10k.

I decided to play a ton this month. Started playing NL $200 at the beginning of this month, and played / ran very well. Took some shots at NL $400, and have since made that my main game, with some shots at NL $600/$1k when the games are juicy, and with some NL $200 mixed in when I can't find good higher stakes games. So far I've played 67.5k hands this month and am up a little over $18.5k, so a bit over $20k with RB + bonuses.

I think the biggest key to my recent success has been opening up my game, and reading hands a lot better. I make big laydowns / big calls a lot more nowadays, whereas in the past I'd pretty much just play my hands. I also adjust a lot more to specific players / the flow of the game. Even though I actually play more tables now (9-tabling as opposed to 4-6 back at NL $50), I've really learned to adapt to players tendencies, letting aggro players bluff at me, pushing weak players off hands a lot more, and knowing when to value bet instead of checking. Obviously I've also been pretty fortunate over this stretch, I've had one bad run at NL $400, but other than that no huge downswings.

[HBomb]

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My new avatar explains gives an introspective of what I feel like doing to some of the morons I come across online.

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Sorry, but I find it really anoying, because it's flashing too much. So please either change that avatar/remove the flashes or post less. Please. It's funny, but someone's gonna have an epileptic seizure.

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FMA (fixed my avatar) This used to be my old pokerstars for the longest time, I think more people were intimidated by it than the one I use now which is an upside down broken piggy bank with our forum's URL on it [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Fiksdal]

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grinding NL 200/400

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I thought this was something it wasn't, DUCY?

[RunDownHouse]

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I finally started winning a bit at NL $50, and... ran hot.

I... ran very well.

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I'm not saying anything about you, but this is so so so important when taking shots and can't be controlled in the least. I've played tons and seen guys like Scary Tiger zoom right past me in levels. By definition, you have to run well during shots to succeed, and those that run really well will necessarily play bigger limits. Those that think well about the game will tend to stay at those limits more, but actually getting there is more a function of luck than anything else.

[PietM]

Did I play these hands correctly?

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $400/$800
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $2405
CO: $4760
Button: $8415
PietM: $10170
BB: $1250

Pre-flop: (5 players) PietM is SB with 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
<font color="#cc0000">UTG raises all-in $2405</font>, 2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">PietM raises all-in $10170</font>, <font color="#cc0000">BB calls all-in $450</font>.
Uncalled bets: $7765 returned to PietM.

Flop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($4905, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $3750, Sidepot 1: $2310)


Turn: J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($4905, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $3750, Sidepot 1: $2310)


River: J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($4905, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $3750, Sidepot 1: $2310)


Results:
Final pot: $4905
UTG showed Ah Kd, and lost with three of a kind, Jacks
PietM showed 2c Td, and won (6,060) with a full house, Jacks full of Twos
BB showed 9d Kc, and lost with three of a kind, Jacks


Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $400/$800
3 players
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Stack sizes:
Button: $8415
PietM: $13825
BB: $4760

Pre-flop: (3 players) PietM is SB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Button folds, <font color="#cc0000">PietM raises all-in $13825</font>, <font color="#cc0000">BB calls all-in $3960</font>.
Uncalled bets: $9065 returned to PietM.

Flop: J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($9520, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $9520)


Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($9520, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $9520)


River: 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($9520, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $9520)


Results:
Final pot: $9520
BB showed 8c Tc, and lost with King Jack high
PietM showed 7h 3s and won (9,520) with a pair of Threes


Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $400/$800
2 players
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Stack sizes:
PietM: $18585
BB: $8415

Pre-flop: (2 players) PietM is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
<font color="#cc0000">PietM raises all-in $18585</font>, <font color="#cc0000">BB calls all-in $7615</font>.
Uncalled bets: $10170 returned to PietM.

Flop: 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($16830, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $16830)


Turn: 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($16830, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $16830)


River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($16830, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $16830)


Results:
Final pot: $16830
BB showed 7s Td and lost with two pair, Eights and Twos
PietM showed Qd 6s and won (16,830) with two pair, Eights and Twos


BTW, this was after the bubble burst on a token SNG @ FullTilt, but I thought it was pretty funny [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[RAHZero]

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grinding NL 200/400

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I thought this was something it wasn't, DUCY?

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LOL, oops. Changed it.

[kabouter]

Lol pietm you scared me thought you moved up in the time we didn't speak on msn :P. I'm still running good at 50nl. It feels so good not having to lose like $200 in one hand, I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 50nl. And I'm slowly gaining bonus money/rakeback, hell if I keep running like this I can get 1k+ a month on 50nl.