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Get involved.

Goals for the next month:

Play more live poker
Play well consistently rather than in spurts
Stop wondering whether ***** is talking about me in any of his posts.

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First,

also:
Play better
Play more
Win more
Profit

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I'm going to try and play some of this 4 card hold them this month, as well as read and post in this forum

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Study more

Learn to be more agressive in my play

Be more confident in my play

LOL I like the Profit one that Timber mentioned so definately that!

Maybe read a PLO Book ( recommendations? )

Play more hours

Learn to Multi-table

Learn to shut up more when I play LOL [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Run better.


What else is there?

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I moved up to 100 PLO friday, and I've played 4 sessions so far and won $500. I'm on a huge upswing, right?

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i'm going to try and have more goals. I'm also going to in general do whatever I want. maybe learn to play cap better? maybe play a bunch of hu? maybe play 5k hands total?

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Run better.


What else is there?

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I have a few goals, but knowing me, I won't accomplish any of them. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

1) Get in more hands. I only got in ~33,000 hands for the month (25000 playing Omaha and 8,000 playing LHE). I'd like to get in at least 40,000 hands.

2) Keep getting better.

3) Make some strides in salvaging the year.

4) Add some balance to life.

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-Stop tilting away my money
-Don't play in a 3-handed table against 2 300BB stacks
-Learn to play my draws properly
-Be patient
-Don't play when I'm tired, when I want action, or when I'm angry
-Break the 120$ barrier that I've reached dozens of times but never breached [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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1) Get in more hands. I only got in ~33,000 hands for the month (25000 playing Omaha and 8,000 playing LHE). I'd like to get in at least 40,000 hands.

4) Add some balance to life.

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hmm.

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hmm.

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I only averaged 16-17 hours/week. And in any downtime, I'd usually kill time dicking around on the internet, usually poker related. I know it sounds weird, but I don't think it's as big of a contradiction as you think.

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You must be playing a metric ton of tables at once. I put in something like 200 hours this month and I only got 26k hands.

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You must be playing a metric ton of tables at once. I put in something like 200 hours this month and I only got 26k hands.

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Actually, I guess it was closer to 20 or so hours/week: I underestimated how many hours I put in at LHE. I averaged 5 tables, but that can range from 4-9 depending on how I feel and how good the games are. I still need to get in more hands if I want to have any real shot at salvaging the year.

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I think your perspective is wrong. Thinking in terms of how many hands you need to play leads you to focus on playing as many tables as possible, instead of on playing each hand to maximize EV. I don't know what your year is or why it needs salvaging, but I think making sure you're focusing on making the right decision everytime is way more important to your profitability then making sure you're squeezing out those extra 100 hands an hour. I know that personally there's a significant drop off in my bb/h when I try to play over 4 tables.

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2000th post.

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^^^ quality 2000th post

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[ ] Learn PTO
[ ] Learn Omaha itself to replace the disgusting grind that is NLHE SNG's.
[x] Arrive in the omahahi low content thread as a nobody looking like a loser

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actually the people who look like losers are the ones sitting here hitting refresh and posting every three minutes.

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I think your perspective is wrong. Thinking in terms of how many hands you need to play leads you to focus on playing as many tables as possible, instead of on playing each hand to maximize EV. I don't know what your year is or why it needs salvaging, but I think making sure you're focusing on making the right decision everytime is way more important to your profitability then making sure you're squeezing out those extra 100 hands an hour. I know that personally there's a significant drop off in my bb/h when I try to play over 4 tables.

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i only play 2 tables and thats it.

i started a chris ferguson challenge as of the beginning of september except i bought in for 500. i started out risky by only giving myself 10 buyins. i played mostly plo and my goal for october is to reach the next level with 20 buyins.

i agree with cmyr with most of his threads. i dont concern myself with hand amounts. i only concern myself with quality of play. even if it means i only play 10 hours a week. i make sure those are high quality hours. high quality hours add up.

see you guys at the top.

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Buying in for 500 and the Chris Ferguson challenge are two very different things.

I'm hoping to continue winning at 25PLO.A modest goal for the month.

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Buying in for 500 and the Chris Ferguson challenge are two very different things.

I'm hoping to continue winning at 25PLO.A modest goal for the month.

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true, but after taking 2nd a billion times in the ftp sattleites to try to get into a tournament where i could win real money to get started got old.

seriously, i finished second about 15 times and only won one and then crapped out in the real money tourney.

lol, 500 is almost zero:)

gl with yur goal.

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I think your perspective is wrong. Thinking in terms of how many hands you need to play leads you to focus on playing as many tables as possible, instead of on playing each hand to maximize EV. I don't know what your year is or why it needs salvaging, but I think making sure you're focusing on making the right decision everytime is way more important to your profitability then making sure you're squeezing out those extra 100 hands an hour. I know that personally there's a significant drop off in my bb/h when I try to play over 4 tables.

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I play as many tables as I feel up to that are good. There are times where I'll only play 4 because that's all I feel up to at that time, or because the others don't look worthwhile. There are also times where I feel sharper and can handle 8 or 9 without a problem. Keep in mind that I'm bouncing between .50/1 and 1/2. I suspect I wouldn't have the same comfort level with playing 6-9 tables were I playing similar limits as you play.

While I appreciate the sentiment, I think you're taking me too literally: I'm the world's worst grinder, and I doubt I'll come close to whatever number of hands I pick. It's just a way of trying to motivate myself to get hands in. I've been pretty lazy all year, and haven't really wanted to play all that much. Now when I feel like playing, I'm just trying to make the time count. I honestly don't know how much of an effect playing 6-9 tables has on my win-rate, but I know if/when it becomes too much, I just cut it back until it's manageable. Usually, I play 4-6; rarely do I feel like stretching things anymore than that.

Not a big deal, but I thought I'd try and explain my position a bit better.

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Thanks, down 3 buy ins right now....hope the image I have created of a complete fish so far pays off. :P

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Goals for October:

stop getting sucked out on by idiots with silly names

FullTiltPoker Game #3723603504: Table Cecile (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6:05:50 ET - 2007/10/01
Seat 1: El-Razor ($100)
Seat 2: PrimeFknTime ($100)
Seat 3: Bagataway ($248.50), is sitting out
Seat 4: dudasdb ($149.95)
Seat 5: Scooper of Life ($196.70)
Seat 6: slurrppeee ($95)
dudasdb posts the small blind of $0.50
Scooper of Life posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to El-Razor [Qs Kd Jd Js]
slurrppeee has 15 seconds left to act
slurrppeee calls $1
El-Razor raises to $4.50
PrimeFknTime calls $4.50
dudasdb calls $4
Scooper of Life folds
slurrppeee calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [Td 5c 9c]
dudasdb checks
slurrppeee has 15 seconds left to act
slurrppeee checks
El-Razor checks
PrimeFknTime bets $16
dudasdb folds
slurrppeee calls $16
El-Razor calls $16
*** TURN *** [Td 5c 9c] [Jh]
slurrppeee checks
El-Razor bets $67
PrimeFknTime calls $67
slurrppeee raises to $74.50, and is all in
El-Razor calls $7.50
PrimeFknTime calls $7.50
*** RIVER *** [Td 5c 9c Jh] [7c]
El-Razor bets $5, and is all in
PrimeFknTime calls $5, and is all in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
El-Razor shows [Qs Kd Jd Js] a straight, King high
PrimeFknTime shows [Ac 7h 6c 9h] a flush, Ace high
PrimeFknTime wins the side pot ($10) with a flush, Ace high
slurrppeee mucks
PrimeFknTime wins the main pot ($287.50) with a flush, Ace high
El-Razor is sitting out
slurrppeee is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $300.50 Main pot $290.50. Side pot $10. | Rake $3
Board: [Td 5c 9c Jh 7c]
Seat 1: El-Razor showed [Qs Kd Jd Js] and lost with a straight, King high
Seat 2: PrimeFknTime (button) showed [Ac 7h 6c 9h] and won ($297.50) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: Bagataway is sitting out
Seat 4: dudasdb (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Scooper of Life (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: slurrppeee mucked [4d Tc 8c Jc] - a flush, Jack high

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Goals for Oct.-

Don't go on LIFE TILT

Take a couple nice shots when the games are soft (and win =))

Don't have to go down in levels this month like I did in September (my BB/100 ended up being better than last month with 1/3 of the profit, UGH)

Win a min. of 1 HU match =)

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First misclick of the month.

Poker Room skin
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $2/$2
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $468.80
UTG+1: $49.50
hero: $391.35
MP1: $789.45
MP2: $279
MP3: $624.10
CO: $143.25
Button: $196
SB: $175
BB: $65.80

Pre-flop: (10 players) hero is UTG+2 with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#cc0000">hero raises to $5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">MP1 raises to $21</font>, 5 folds, BB calls, UTG+1 folds, hero calls.

Flop: T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($67, 3 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">hero bets $67</font>, MP1 calls, BB folds.

Turn: 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($201, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">hero bets $100</font>, MP1 calls.

River: K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($401, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">hero is all-in $203.35</font>, MP1 calls.

Results:
Final pot: $807.7
hero shows JH KD 3D KC
MP1 shows JS TH QD JD

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here we go:

-don't lose 10BIs the first week of the month
-Don't play in a 3-handed table against 2 300BB stacks
-Learn to play my draws properly
-Be patient
-Don't play when I'm tired, when I want action, or when I'm angry
-Break the $1K barrier that I've reached dozens of times but never breached [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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First misclick of the month.

Poker Room skin
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $2/$2
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $468.80
UTG+1: $49.50
hero: $391.35
MP1: $789.45
MP2: $279
MP3: $624.10
CO: $143.25
Button: $196
SB: $175
BB: $65.80

Pre-flop: (10 players) hero is UTG+2 with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#cc0000">hero raises to $5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">MP1 raises to $21</font>, 5 folds, BB calls, UTG+1 folds, hero calls.

Flop: T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($67, 3 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">hero bets $67</font>, MP1 calls, BB folds.

Turn: 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($201, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">hero bets $100</font>, MP1 calls.

River: K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($401, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">hero is all-in $203.35</font>, MP1 calls.

Results:
Final pot: $807.7
hero shows JH KD 3D KC
MP1 shows JS TH QD JD

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am i reading that you won this hand??? nice value bet

goals are
1. not to play higher than 1/2$ because of tilt.
2. keep up with my great start i have had in plo on FTP
3. hit all my coinflip draws and hold up whenver i have set v big draw (boomswitch and FT can help me there)

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My October goals
1. Get a job
2. Get laid

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lol, good luck! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I guess my opponent figured I was bluffing the second time since I tried to trap him the first time. (second happened 2 hands after the first HU). He thought a damn long time in the first hand on the river before deciding to check behind. Shame.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1540005
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1540011

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his thought process was probably more like:

1. Damn, I don't have a flush, but I have a straight, maybe I win!
2. I has a flush!!!!!!!!!

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Anyone else here spew when you play O/8 because you can't fold good PLO hands that are probably bad hi/lo hands?

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September not quite as kind as August.

Funny thing was, the downswing was all in the first few days of September. This pretty much put me off playing for the rest of the month, so was just occasionally fiddling around with PLO25 on Full Tilt for fun, with a quick sojourn into PLO400 to beat Brad Booth out of a pot before jumping back down...

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6...ariancexe4.jpg

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hand histories on FT - ive been looking in C:&gt;Program Files&gt;Full Tilt&gt;handhistoryfiles, but it looks like most of my cash hands aint there? can anyone direct me here?

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They should be in
C:\Program Files\Full Tilt Poker\HandHistory\yourscreenname\

If they're not there, maybe you've moved them using Poker Tracker Omaha?

I assume you've set the Save My Hand Histories option in the Full Tilt Options menu? Aslo, by default it only keeps them for 30 days.

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yes, PT should be moving them to the destination in my original post, however while there are plenty of hands there, they are mainly tourney hands i think with maybe a few cash hands - certainly nowhere near the 2k or so i have racked up this month and i have options&gt;hh&gt;save HH checked on the software - any other suggestions or do hands just go astray from time to time??

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- Learn to play more than 3 tables at one time.
- Stop playing HU with people that buy in for less than 50BB.
- Stop playing high-stakes SNGs. (If anyone wants a laugh at any point, go to sharkscope and check my tournament profit [read: losses])
- Hopefully get up to a proper bankroll for 100/200 by the end of the month.

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gordo how did you build your roll?

did you grind up from lower stakes PLO cash games?