Writing for me

Life is in a funny spot.  Poker is on the fence and where most of my colleagues have moved on to delve into the next chapter in their lives', I am left in the dust grabbing at the final few dollars falling out of the poker sky.  I've always felt partially bitter and spiteful towards the world for never being pursued for my talents.  If only one person had reached out to tap into my potential I would have fallen into step and blossomed where ever I was needed.  My whole life feels on the fence.  I don't know if I should be work on my relationship and getting married and starting a family or if I should just run into the woods and makes sculptures in a cave for a few years.  I've always teetered between my following impulses while at the same time being completely rational and contemplative over life's tough decisions.  Writers write.  My left brain is a little over swollen these days.  It's quantitative pressure is squashing some of my more important emotional connections.  Some people just weren't meant for this world.  Some minds weren't meant for a body.

IHMJ #52

I Do Suck

I am having quit the mediocre start to 2013; it's quite frustrating.  There is some money to be made, but these days it seems to be more about just treading water as opposed to riding any waves.  Personally, I can only speak for the state of playing poker in the US.

We can't play poker online, I thought this was Americuh!?!?  It is kind of magical though that the first hand of legal online poker was dealt yesterday in Nevada.  Keep the dream alive.

HH

I've been working pretty hard this year trying to maintain the dream in this limited market.  Here was an interesting one:

IPoker, $5/$10 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 6 Players

Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. 

CO: $1,284.27 (128.4 bb)

Hero (BTN): $674.50 (67.5 bb)

SB: $979 (97.9 bb)

BB: $1,000 (100 bb)

UTG: $1,188.37 (118.8 bb)

MP: $543.50 (54.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with Jh Ad 6d 6h

2 folds, CO raises to $20, Hero calls $20, 2 folds

Flop: ($55) 8c 2c 9c (2 players)

CO bets $55 pretty polarizing bet size, Hero calls $55  

Turn: ($165) 7h (2 players)

CO checks don't think I've ever seen someone pot big flush flop to check turn, Hero checks might as well let him bluff some more off

River: ($165) Qd (2 players)

CO bets $70, Hero raises to $140, CO folds

Results: $305 pot ($3 rake)

Final Board: 8c 2c 9c 7h Qd 

CO mucked and lost (-$145 net)

Hero mucked Jh Ad 6d 6h and won $302 ($157 net)

I Have Lovely Penmanship

This is an interesting math chart I put together for poker a few months ago.  If you quiz yourself you'll be surprised how far you might be off on some of these calculations that are made every second you play poker.

"No One Is Donating" -Moon

Cake Poker, $5/$10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
    Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.
 
    SB: $1,676 (167.6 bb)
    Hero (BB): $395.50 (39.6 bb)
    MP: $1,324.75 (132.5 bb)
    CO: $5,489.27 (548.9 bb)
    BTN: $995 (99.5 bb)
 
    Preflop: Hero is BB with Jh 8h
    3 folds, SB raises to $20, Hero calls $10
 
    Flop: ($40) 3s 3h Js (2 players)
    SB bets $24, Hero calls $24
 
    Turn: ($88) Ah (2 players)
    SB bets $46, Hero calls $46
 
    River: ($180) 7h (2 players)
    SB checks, Hero bets $140, SB calls $140
 
    Results: $460 pot ($3 rake)
    Final Board: 3s 3h Js Ah 7h
    SB mucked Kd 2s and lost (-$230 net)
    Hero showed Jh 8h and won $457 ($227 net)
    

Inner Thoughts

I wouldn't trust anyone who makes their bed every morning; that shit is psycho.

Xmas

For christmas my family buys liberal books for each other as practical jokes and then throws them in the fireplace.  Where did I come from?

NYE

As always I am super excited to be throwing a party this new years eve.  I just received my order of three thousand balloons for what is sure to me a magical moment when they rain down from the sky at midnight.  I can't wait.

HH

These mid stake PLO guys so rarely make big bluffs without blockers that it makes these logistical bluff catches that much more satisfying.

IPoker, $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

CO: $994 (248.5 bb)
BTN: $177.11 (44.3 bb)
SB: $606.70 (151.7 bb)
BB: $643.24 (160.8 bb)
UTG: $415 (103.8 bb)
Hero (MP): $380.90 (95.2 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Qd 3d Kc Jc
UTG folds, Hero raises to $8, 2 folds, SB raises to $28, BB calls $24, Hero calls $20

Flop: ($84) Qc 8d 2h (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($84) 3c (3 players)
SB bets $64, BB folds, Hero raises to $140, SB calls $76

River: ($364) 9s (2 players)
SB bets $364 this is about as polarized as bets can get and he would cbet nearly all his JT hands on the flop that are worth 3betting pre, Hero calls $212.90 and is all-in

Results: $789.80 pot ($3 rake)
Final Board: Qc 8d 2h 3c 9s
SB showed 3h 4c 5s 6h and lost (-$380.90 net)
Hero mucked Qd 3d Kc Jc and won $786.80 ($405.90 net)

My New Car

My Attempt to Buy a Fog Machine off Craigslist

Is it NIB?  Still available?  Do you have any juice for it?

thanks,

joel

It is still available. But no juice because it's brand new and didn't come with any. The juice can be bought at party city though.

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may I ask why you are selling it?

Bought it from the guitar center brand new for 300. I didn't need it, but by the time I realized it 3 weeks later, they didn't except returns after 14 days.

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Gotcha, well I'm a buyer at 180 cash.  

Ill accept that. When are you looking to buy?

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anytime before new years is good with me

I live in Decatur, ga.

I suggest the sooner the better. I don't hold the items. It's first come, first serve. So if you want it let me know how soon. I reside in ellenwood, so maybe 10min from Decatur.

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hah, I presume that means you wont be meeting in decatur to sell it?

I will meet you off of bouldercrest. Anywhere else will be an up charge for delivery and gas.

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10 miles at 20mpg is .5 gallons.  so 2 dollars?

Bouldercrest is about 10 miles for me... And I'm doing it free of charge. Perhaps you misread?

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Huh?  Thought you said Ellenwood was 10 miles from Decatur.  Where is bouldercrest? 

No, actually I said it was approx 10 "MINUTES" from Decatur. But honestly, if you want it, we can meet tomorrow. I'll give you an open location, put it in your navi, and we'll meet. All this back and forth is unnecessary.

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Ok ok, no need for caps.  I was just approximating a traveling speed of 60mph and converted your guess of minutes into miles.  I'll avoid those assumptions in the future.  

P.S.  I know you already stated you find this back and forth unnecessary, but out of curiosity what would your up charge price be for a downtown Deactur rendezvous?  I really do abhor driving.  

I do not deliver to homes.

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It was implicit we would meet at a neutral public location to make the sale.

Tomorrow? Yes or no?

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Hahaha

Yes

What time is good for u?

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I'm free all day. 

Contact me at 4046*^(#44

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The Following Was by Text:

Hey, it's the fog machine guy.

Hey, where do you wanna meet up?

Anywhere around downtown Decatur is good by me.

The furthest I will come unpaid for gas is candler rd.

I already lowered the price.

I'll pay for your gas money.
185 anywhere around downtown Decatur?

that's not convenient& you attempting to bullshit me.Now, the only place I will meet is south dekalb mall on candler rd. Decatur ga. Take it or leave it. Sorry.

I'm gonna pass.

Say no more. Thx

Well, My Car Exploded

Music

I've been working on music with most of my free time lately.  I usually don't post my creations on here, but I figured I would share this one since I had some help.  Let me know what you think.

Homemade T-Shirt

We All Float On

It's been since September 2009 since I've legitimately considered the possibility of not playing online poker for a living.  But with the insane delay on the delivery of the Full Tilt money, the disappearance of the UB money, and the arid wasteland that is the available US online poker scene, my concern has returned.  I just booked my hotel in Vegas for the summer and only plan on playing the main event and a few days of cash games.  I sold 10% already at 1.4 mark up and might sell a few more small chunks at that rate if anyone is interested.  I'm going to keep a majority of my action though.  Not really sure what the future holds in store.

A Graph of My Career the Past 18 Months

Caught

Has it taken any other poker players 9 years to realize that the more you value bet the more you can bluff?  Also twitter is the nuts during WSOP, I miss it.

In household orders my venus flytrap finally caught its first prey:

Science

I've been doing my research and the results are in:

Honeydew > Cantaloupe

   Is all the riffraff gone?  great...


My life is in an unexpected place at the moment. Income from poker is nearly non existent and I am currently in a happy and healthy relationship with an amazing lady. I have a bit hesitant to blog lately because although I have no qualms with unveiling my deepest thoughts and personal difficulties on the Internet, it becomes a whole different bag when someone else's life is closely knit to yours.  Also the bad moon's blog has been intimidatingly good lately.  

for those board game geeks out there like me I highly recommend checking this one out

It is deceivingly complicated to organize people into social outings. I know I am getting good at a game when I close my eyes at night before bed and all I can see is new strategies developing and I am countering possible outcomes in my subconscious. I woke up this morning calling the turn with bottom boat in PLO.  They say when high level competitors are completely in the zone the illusion of time will drift away and hours melt into seconds. It's not super common, but I have experienced such while playing online poker.

if you play scramble with friends you have to use freeze for both power-ups

I started keeping a journal, but only wrote in it two times this year. I am not sure if I am doing it right.

I think all standardized multiple choice tests should have the option to fill in multiple possible answers for partial credit. It doesn't really make any sense that if you narrow down a question to two possible answers but they are equally likely you are forced to take this coin flip for full or zero credit. All tests should give you the option to answer both and get half credit if such is the case. Let's get rid of unnecessary variance in life ///

I also had an idea to improve survivor. I believe all individual immunities should be allowed to be given to anyone you want after the vote. The ability to bluff people that you are going give it up can create leveling and wasted votes. You could convince everyone to vote for once person and then give them the immunity. You could also convince people you are giving it up and then keep it to create more wasted votes. This would just allow for better game dynamics.

It's a bit of a dream of mine to get on the show.

I was day dreaming in the shower the other day and my body wash was down to the last bits. I had a new one, but still decided to try and get one last wash from the old bottle before moving on to the one besides it. I ended up spending 20 seconds scrapping together one last serving. While lathering up I decided to do some quick math and realized that my 6 dollar body wash has about 200 servings. So I saved about 3 cents for 20 seconds of my time. I quickly regretted scrapping soap out of a bottle for $5.40/hr.