***Official November Chat Thread: The Golden Duck***

[coordi]

I work full time and still pull 60k+ every month.

[SABR42]

Good thing I didn't lose EVERY big pot played today, or else I'd be stuck much more than just $700.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (9 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

BB ($420.50)
UTG ($400)
UTG+1 ($456.35)
MP1 ($388)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($451.10)</font>
MP3 ($53.70)
<font color="#C00000">CO ($920)</font>
<font color="#C00000">Button ($84.30)</font>
SB ($148.35)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $16</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $48</font>, Button calls $48, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls $32.

Flop: ($150) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets $60</font>, Button calls $36.30 (All-In), Hero calls $60.

Turn: ($306.30) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $140</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $340</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $343.1</font>, CO calls $3.10.

River: ($992.50) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $992.50

Results:
Hero has 4 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (three of a kind, fours).
CO has A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (one pair, aces).
Button has 9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (one pair, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins $992.50.

[Grinding2Ecstasy]

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I work full time and still pull 60k+ every month.

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not much else goin on huh? even at 1k hands/hr which is like 16 tabling, thats 175 hrs of work and 60 hrs of poker on top of it. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

[Body Man D]

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I work full time, have a wife and 2 kids and still pull 30k+ every month and avg. about 50 MTT's also.

Luckily I don't need a lot of sleep. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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[TheProdigy]

Only a couple more weeks.

I am like 50k points away from 500k VPP.

I am taking a few weeks off once that is done. I am so done with the grinding lifestyle. I am going to learn how to actually play poker, lolz. I'll still play a bit those weeks but I'm cutting 8hrs/day--&gt; 2hrs/day for like ever hopefully. It is time to start my move up the ladder instead of grinding.

[oldschool]

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Only a couple more weeks.

I am like 50k points away from 500k VPP.

I am taking a few weeks off once that is done. I am so done with the grinding lifestyle. I am going to learn how to actually play poker, lolz. I'll still play a bit those weeks but I'm cutting 8hrs/day--&gt; 2hrs/day for like ever hopefully. It is time to start my move up the ladder instead of grinding.

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best idea in the world really.

Youll begin to realize that
1 your win rate will skyrocket because youll play like every hand and player to perfection (granted you know what you are doing)
2. you skillset and thinking abilities will also increase as well as tilt control.
3 depending on how many tables you drop youd be surprised how much your hourly rate does nto suffer since your winrate will be so high
4 high winrate in general means low varaince (if you do it right) its really hard to have high winrates when you have downswings to often, ya dig?
5 regs will realize that you are watching very close and will not [censored] with you which leads to even higher winrate

[Body Man D]

Just cracked 10k for the month. I feel like leaving all my tables and not playing again until December. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[the_main]

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Just cracked 10k for the month. I feel like leaving all my tables and not playing again until December. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I just dipped below.. I feel like not quitting until I'm back [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[TheProdigy]

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Just cracked 10k for the month. I feel like leaving all my tables and not playing again until December. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I just dipped below.. I feel like not quitting until I'm back [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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I am going to feel so pathetic if I don't get over 5 figs this month. If I dropped below it I will hurt myself.

Why, you may ask? Because I am getting $8,800 in bonuses.

LOL


DLM;

I know all these things and it is absolutely why I am doing it. I am doing a lot of things to improve my game that I am unfortunately not going to share w/ you guys :P. I want to be a 10/20 FR reg when it runs, a 5/10 reg at 6m, and a 3/6 or so reg at HU by the end of the year. Also, want to be beating 1/2 or 2/4 Omaha and playing some tourneys.

These are all 2008 goals of mine. I will still prob. be playing 80% FR because I basically need to grind out a couple 200k years before I'm 21 and I feel grinding 2/4(20-30%), 3/6(30-40%), and 5/10+ at FR may be the best way to do this. Regardless I will be mixing in the other games and hopefully just improving and becoming a well-known higher stakes winner. Actually, I don't give a [censored] about the well-known part, as all my SN's on the sites will all be unknown :P

[kcheel]

I run my own business, so probably put in close to 60 hours a week. Also raise Weimaraners, which takes a chunk of time each day and I have a pregnant wife. So I don't have alot of free time for anything.

Still get in around 40-45k hands a month right now just playing on my laptop. Hopefully will get to 50k without too much trouble soon, as my new 28" monitor is coming tomorrow. Be splitting my play up then some between my laptop and my desktop. Should be able to play a few more tables at a time using the 28" and one of the 20's I already have.

I have 8k more VPP's to hit Supernova, which I never thought was possible for me. Now I just need to learn how to actually play. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]