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      <title>On The Right Track</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well sorry I haven't posted for a long time.  I really hoped my blog would be a daily journal more than a weekly update but it hasn't been going that way.  I really haven't played much poker though anyway.  Disappointing but my schedule hasn't really allowed it.  On Saturday at K-Mart (refer to last post for info) I finished 3rd out of about 40 people.  I cashed for $110 which I decided was decent.  I did buy-in 3 times plus an add-on investing $48 into the tourney.  At one point I didn't see a single flop for 51 minutes, then proceeded to build my stack from 2,600 to about 14K in about 10 hands, thanks to 2 flopped sets and a flopped 2 pair that turned into a boat.  I then didn't see another flop for 1 hr and 19 min.  At the final table my tightness worked decently well.  I waited for big hands and then pushed and managed to grind my way into third before my AQ ran into AK 3-way.  If I could have won that one I am sure I would have taken the tournament. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 07 13:23:14 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Hopefully......</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Maybe, just maybe things are finally turning around.  I just woke up and am getting ready to go to class....Yesterday I played zero hands of NL10 for the first time in several days.  The night before I did play several hundred hands and after a while managed to get back into the positive numbers for the month. As the session started, I dropped after the usual beats/coolers but then I flopped a couple nuts straights that actually help up to flopped sets and such.  It was quite an unusual feeling as I was always expecting to be outdrawn.  

So if I turned it around at the end of the session, why didn't I play yesterday you ask?  Well I actually felt like playing a tourney instead.  I decided I would try the 22:45 Full Tilt 26$ Token Frenzy tournament.  I built up a big stack quickly and basically sat out till the tokens were dished out to the top 44 players.  I instantly exchanged my token for the 1:00 24+2 $17,000 Guarantee tournament. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 07 06:53:20 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Trying To Overcome</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wow...the past few days have been the roughest in my poker life.  It just seems that I can't stop getting coolered and outdrawn.  Of course I might have been able to get away from a few but its just so tough at the time...Others though are purely unexplainable......which leads me to these two hand histories....

 [url=http://www.pokerhand.org/?1585112]WTF???[/url] 

and...

 [url=http://www.pokerhand.org/?1585114]You Gotta Be Joking[/url] 

.....After those two hands I still managed to be ahead....This guy dumped 13 buyins in an hour and a half....

The next day I hoped my luck would turn around.  I went to a friends house and was convinced to buy-in to a NL50 home game with the 13 dollars I had in my wallet.  The table was VERY fishy and I ran it up to 30+ very quickly.  Then came the hand that would put my on life tilt.  4 players limped to me on the button and I made a slightly sketchy play. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 07 21:29:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Who Woulda Thought</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wow......figures.....I am now down half a buy-in on the month after some ridiculous coolers.  I have now slipped 6 buy-ins in about 4 days.  Absolutely sick to my stomach.  I now feel like I'm playing bad when it seems like I'm not.  I played close about 1500 hands today and a friend watch the last several hundred.  Many of the hands just left both of us shaking our head.  I don't know what to make of any of it.  It all started after one round river card....Right after I had put myself in the positive numbers for the day...

[url=http://www.pokerhand.org/?1571271]Ouch[/url] 
 
Then here are some more of my favorites....

[url=http://www.pokerhand.org/?1571265]One Higher[/url] 

Are you #$%^@!& kidding me???

[url=http://www.pokerhand.org/?1571261]Wow[/url] 
 
 [url=http://www.pokerhand.org/?1571272]Again?[/url] 

There are so many more hands where I get outflopped or sucked into a hand where I'm already drawing dead.  It is so tough to stay off tilt after that. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 07 02:28:27 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Back Down To Earth</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I haven't posted for several days now, but I also haven't played a great deal of poker, or at least as much as I'd liked to have.  I have dropped a couple buy-ins since I last posted but I'm not greatly disappointed. I am still ahead for the month and my winrate is now back to where it has been for months.  My hands have slowed down and today I was especially victim of some ugly boards.  Not as many terrible outdraws but more missing flops, and being outflopped.  I still feel fine and aside from a few plays my game is not terrible.  I'm trying to play the absolute maximum number of hands my schedule will allow this month.  I want my rakeback to be huge for October along with my overall winrate.  I recently made an account on Red Nines Poker, from the Prima Network. I signed up for rakeback through RaketheRake.com and plan to make a deposit within the next week or two.  I really like the site as I have played a few freerolls and played some micro sng's with the winnings. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 07 14:47:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Still On Fire</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today I am still continuing the most ridiculous run I have ever been on playing NL10.  The hands won't stop, the juicy tables are plentiful, and the donks are more than willing to hand me their money.  I played only a very short session so far today (maybe no more than 60 hands) because one table broke down quickly and I cleaned out the two donks on the other.  I was up 1 1/2 buyins again.  I managed one nice sized pot when I hit a flush while drawing to straight and flush draws.  After that pot I continued to play aggressive against the fish at the table and then took another nice pot with KK......

 [url=http://www.pokerhand.org/?1555162]$15 Pot w/ KK[/url] 

I wish I could have looked for new tables to play but unfortunately it's time to get ready for work.  I work a short shift tonight so there should be plenty of more cards to come.  Hopefully I can keep up my 26 ptBB/100 win rate. LOL.  Rakeback came in last night right before I went to bed. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 07 13:44:19 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Heatin' Up</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wow.....I've possibly been running as hot as ever.  I have made a few good plays here and there.  Thing is, I've managed to pull a 1-outer, catch AA 7+ times, hit a backdoor royal flush, and flop top set countless times in the past two days.  This is the first time in recent memory my cards haven't seemed to be arctic.  I have taken only a couple rough beats but with the hands I've been catching I can't complain.  Since the 30th of September I am up 5 Buy-ins over only 1200 hands.  That plays out to about 20 ptBB/100 hands.  Ship It.  Rakeback should be coming in the next couple days and will bump me up another few buy-ins.  I've gotta stay focused, NL25 could be in my future before the end of the year.

On another note, I signed up for an account on Carbon Poker.  I've played the freerolls just trying to get a feel for the site.  I really like the program overall.  Only problem is that PokerTracker doesn't support it.  Big problem if I wanna multi-table cash games. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 07 22:02:02 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Turnin' It Around</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today I was up 1 1/2 buyins after only playing about 90 minutes.  I feel like I'm playing well once again.  I have gotten plenty of sleep lately and I think it contributed to my solid play.  I have also focused on separating my personal life from the poker tables and it helps a lot.  Poker gives me a chance to get away from things and really focus on something I love.  Anyway... I was on quite a hot streak of cards today and I played at some juicy tables but I don't feel like I should take all the credit away from my play.  I would never have been ahead if I wasn't playing good poker.  Now for a couple hand histories.....

This was one of the first hands I played... I decided right away that I would snatch up every pot I could...I wasn't about to be pushed around....
 [url=http://www.pokerhand.org/?1542459]PokerHand[/url] 

Here is a hand to prove I was running good....Thought I just got outdrawn...but...not so fast!
 [url=http://www.pokerhand.org/?1542481]PokerHand[/url] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 07 02:13:55 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Bad Idea</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Once again I have another disappointing poker moment to post in the first week of my blog.  I arrived home at midnight once again with no homework to do and able to sleep until at least 9:30.  I figured that gave me time for an hour or so of poker.  The only problem was that I didn't go to bed last night and my tank was running on empty.  I told myself months ago that I would never again play when I was too tired.  But tonight I figured all would be fine and it was no big deal. My cards ran cold for the half hour I played but I made so many terrible decisions it sickened me.  I am truly, utterly embarrassed to post these hand histories...  Here is the first hand...

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) [url=http://www.learnhowtoplaypokerfree.com/convert/convert.cgi]Hand History converter[/url] Courtesy of [url=http://PokerZion.com]PokerZion.com[/url]

CO ($16.45)
Button ($31.70)
AHMWM ($9.75)
BB ($10)
UTG ($4.30)
MP ($9.25)

[b]Preflop:[/b] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 07 23:57:06 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Happy With A Breakeven Session</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tonight I arrived home at about 12:30.  For the first time in several days my head felt clear and I was dyin to play some poker.  

I bought into 4 tables of NL10 and quickly got felted when 1010 flopped a set against my KK.  I was afraid that beat for one buy-in early would really hurt my confidence.  I reset myself and said....one beat no big deal...and I turned the focus on.  I did make one bad call down with KK later when I had just an overpair to the board.  I felt he made a bluff and I had to trust my gut....I lost 3/4 of a buy in but I don't regret calling.  I'm sorry I didnt post the hand history, I just feel too lazy tonight after writing a 4 page essay.  I will start to post hand histories more often so you guys can make some judgments on my style and plays.  

Anyway, I battled back for an hour to be up almost one buy-in. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 07 00:17:20 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Played So Bad But Learned A Lesson</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I arrived at home just after midnight again and decided to multi-table NL10.  I hit a few big hands which won me a decent amount but I couldn't stop spewing chips left and right.  I wasn't paying attention and making terrible plays all the time.  Recently I have learn a vast amount of knowledge of how to use positional aggression at 6-max ring games.  My play has been fairly swingy since I have change my style for fairly weak-tight to a much more tight-aggressive style of play.  I have now learned a new lesson.  

Weak-tight play can earn you a positive win-rate at low levels.  Truly tight-aggressive play will earn you much better win rates if played correctly.  But to play the tight-aggressive style you must have a focus level much more intense vs. playing weak-tight.  When other things are on your mind or when you aren't motivated to play your best poker........DON'T PLAY.  I have to remember this from now on. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 07 00:54:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Ferguson....</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After getting home late once again I managed to register for FTP's "The Ferguson" with a few minutes to spare. For you who don't know what The Ferguson is, it's a $1 buy-in tourney on FTP nightly.  Normally it is NLHE but not always.  I try to play in the NLHE versions as just a fun donkey play tourney.  Tonight I planned to play while I did some homework. After playing for the first 45 minutes I realized the homework I was doing was actually due Wednesday and not Monday.  After the feeling of great relief I turned my focus to The Ferguson.  After making some crucial double ups my stack dwindled as the bubble burst and I made the money.  I was short stacked and decided I must move in pre-flop with pocket 5's.  I received two calls and was ready to close out the screen. The flop came 838 and gave me a ray of hope.  Both stacks went all in and showed KK and 77.  Time to go home....the turn was a meaningless 4 but the river brought the miracle 5.  I tripled up and moved tables. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 07 01:43:57 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Just Got Home</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's just after 3 a.m. and I finally got a chance to sit in front of the computer.  I had a break even afternoon session of NL10 before work.  Nothing too exciting.....the session wasn't very long.  After work I once again had other things come up which kept me from getting any poker in tonight.  Probably for the best though....when you have personal issues and other things on your mind it really makes it tough to play your A game at the tables.  I hope to play a decent amount tomorrow during the day as long as I don't sleep the whole day away. I have homework and other things to get done as well and I'm afraid I won't have the time to do it all.  Well it's off to bed...sorry for the off topic posts...hopefully I can get down to some real poker action in the next few days...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 07 01:18:25 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Home Game</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last night after work I found a NL50 home game to play in with some friends.  After a couple hours I was up around 20 BB.  I did have one nice size pot when I paired the board on the river to save my QQ from being busted by bottom two.  I planned on playing longer and then maybe some Full Tilt but due to some other issues that came up that wasn't possible.  I didn't get to bed until about 7 a.m. and I just now woke up.  I'm gettin' ready to play some Full Tilt right now...hopefully all goes well...i'll plan on posting results tonight....
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 07 11:32:05 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Afternoon Session NL10</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I played about an hour of NL10 this afternoon...Didn't as well as I would have liked.  I finished down about 3/4 of a buy-in but battled back at the end of the session as I was down almost 1 1/2 buy-ins at one point.  I stacked off to some donk who was playing hyper-agressive from my left.  I called her down with TPMK only to have her show me a flopped set.  I ran into a couple other bad hands where my opponents flopped powerhouses early that set me back.  I didn't feel like I played particularly bad although I probably should have let the TPMK hand go and save myself a buy-in.  Well it's off to work for now but I will be back on and post after a night session....]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 07 14:25:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Full Tilt Down Again</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well today I figured I would start my blog after playing a few hours of NL10 on FTP.  Of course, FTP turns out to be down once again and my 'Stars account is cleaned out so I guess I will just have to wait.  I'm really itchin' to play after taking a couple rough hands to knock me out of last night's Midnight Madness.  Went from hero to zero in two hands after having my KK run into AA and then having 1010 vs KJ all-in preflop only to see the board read A10K J J.  Well hopefully FTP will be back again soon and I can have a good day before posting again tonight...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 07 12:59:13 -0400</pubDate>
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