Plug small leaks and get better at poker (very tl;dr worthy)

[Jago]

Thanks for the reply ozi.

On closer inspection my WTSD is 34.6 with W$SD at 54.5, which seems to suggest im running a bit hot [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[snakekilla88]

My results after reading your post at hand 13k.

[OziBattler]

snake, wow...you played 6k hands in less than a day? surely not...Im happy to claim credit for the upswing as long as youcut me in for 10% of the profits...holla. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[VirgilStarkwell]

Thanks for the great post.

Glad to hear I wasn't the only "ignorant fool playing ubersoft paradise games." I thought maybe it was all a figment of my pre-legislation imagination. Man I miss playing 40/5/1 and running 9BB/100.

[OziBattler]

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Glad to hear I wasn't the only "ignorant fool playing ubersoft paradise games." I thought maybe it was all a figment of my pre-legislation imagination. Man I miss playing 40/5/1 and running 9BB/100.

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thx bro

FWIW It aint just pre-legislation....the site is still basically inhabited by bad players.....so take a guess as to where about half of that beautiful upswing on RHS of that graph is coming from. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Bona]

We hear by the grapevine here in the US that Senator Frist is retiring and moving to Australia. Going into politics there I think.

[OziBattler]

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We hear by the grapevine here in the US that Senator Frist is retiring and moving to Australia. Going into politics there I think.

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he doesnt have to do that...all he has to do is tell George Dubya to tell our Prime Minister to jump and he will say "How high?". Fortunately, the current PM should retire or get voted out b4 poker here gets popular enough to warrant a banning....of course he will be replaced probably by someone as eager to please the US as he is. holla.

[22pajo]

hey oz, great post.

I must admit that when i read it yesterday i skipped straight to your graph because i'm totally results orientated [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

having re read it today i can relate to a lot of your poker experiences; kids (well 1 kid) and work taking priority over poker, trying to cram hands in between demanding priorities, playing while tired, tilting etc.

i'm curious to your "drawing a line in the sand" analogy.
i have played 20k hands now and am down some 100BB so far.
now this in itself is not a problem as i too consider this a "poker educational expense" but i realise that i don’t play well enough. And i, like you before, chase losses and tilt when playing patient and disciplined poker only to be sucked out on time and time again by fish that chase cards to the bitter end and then hit them.

Anyway enough about me, I’m replying to your post with a question: how exactly did you "draw a line in the sand"? What did you do to "start afresh"?

[milesdyson]

LOL @ snake trying to find reasons to post that graph.

[RemyXO]

tl;dr
Judging by the graph, you would have been better off if your copy of SSHE got lost by the USPS [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]