45K in 30 days - day 1 day 2 day 3

[nykenny]

Friends,

I have been running bad, bad enough to turn any winning expert a sore loser. And I am not even close to a good player. So you get the picture.

However I had been running good, for a very very long time prior to that. In memory of the good days, I decide to challenge myself and relive the good times.

Hence this challenge: I WANT to recover 45K loss in 30 days! so that I can bring my win rate back up to a happy level /images/graemlins/grin.gif.

Anyhow, please JINX me now while you have the chance!

Oh oh, as usual, I will count from 3 days ago after my last losing session (is this cheating?) /images/graemlins/laugh.gif.

See you at the tables!

day 1
loss: -2340
time: 3.5 hr
game: 15x8

day 2
loss: -185
time: 6 hr
game: (15,10max)x8

day 3
loss: -1240
time: 1 hr
game: (15,10)x8

[ace_in_the_hole]

Good Luck Kenny. I always enjoy reading your posts, so I will be very interested in seeing th eprogress of this challenge.


How amny hands was your 45k losing streak over? And also how long have you been 8 tabling the high limits? Hell, I'd love a little bio on your poker career if you have the time or motivation to post it. Thanks.

[Schneids]

There is nobody more who I'd rather read a quest by than you Kenny.

[Nightwish]

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Hence this challenge: I WANT to recover 45K loss in 30 days! so that I can bring my win rate back up to a happy level /images/graemlins/grin.gif.


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Assuming you play 15/30, are you saying you managed to drop 1,500 BB?? If so and if you continue playing, you're in trouble.

[BradL]

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Assuming you play 15/30, are you saying you managed to drop 1,500 BB??

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I was wondering the same thing...

-Brad

[MicroBob]

I would drop down from 15/30 LOOOOOONG before losing $45k there. In fact, this is exctly what I did earlier this year (I only lost 200BB's there and decided that I'll come back some other time).


Good luck on your quest btw.

But I also am curious about this $45k that you lost.

[nykenny]

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Hence this challenge: I WANT to recover 45K loss in 30 days! so that I can bring my win rate back up to a happy level /images/graemlins/grin.gif.


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Assuming you play 15/30, are you saying you managed to drop 1,500 BB?? If so and if you continue playing, you're in trouble.

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no i just had a long break even period and it feels like i have lost /images/graemlins/laugh.gif /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[nykenny]

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Good Luck Kenny. I always enjoy reading your posts, so I will be very interested in seeing th eprogress of this challenge.


How amny hands was your 45k losing streak over? And also how long have you been 8 tabling the high limits? Hell, I'd love a little bio on your poker career if you have the time or motivation to post it. Thanks.

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thx for encouraging! i never lost 45K, i just thought i should have been 45K ahead (or maybe 25K ahead, but 45K is a good goal /images/graemlins/grin.gif). good luck to u too!

[nykenny]

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There is nobody more who I'd rather read a quest by than you Kenny.

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LOL, thought i have always been a disappointment, have i not?

anyways, thanks man.

Kenny

[galahad_187]

wow, 8 tables at a time? you've gotta be farking kidding me.
upload pictures of your setup, would be sweet to see.

anyways gl

[MicroBob]

2 monitors with 4 tables each really doesn't look like that big of a deal.

there are several players on here who play 6-8 tables

[gamblore99]

Does anyone play more than 8 tables?

[4thstreetpete]

actually I know for a FACT that a certain 2+2er here plays 24 tables at a time. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[4thstreetpete]

and no, it's not me.

[Matt24]

10-12, I have 4 monitors, 3 for poker only, 1 for the other stuff. I usually am playing 10, and that is usually all 3/6 or 8 or 9 3/6 and 1 or 2 15/30. I'm basically a rake whore, I love putting in the hours and getting huge amounts of rake back.

[Escape]

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Does anyone play more than 8 tables?

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I believe Brian is looking for a new computer to 1x table?

[nykenny]

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Does anyone play more than 8 tables?

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i did. but i don't anymore. gave away an LCD...

[nykenny]

to my delight, i just had another win. there isn't much to post about this session, but i'd share a hand from an previous session for discussion:

Online Poker 15/30 Hold'em (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, J/images/graemlins/spade.gif. MP3 posts a blind of $15.
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 (poster) raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 caps</font>, SB calls, Hero calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (20 SB) Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, SB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: (13 BB) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, UTG+1 calls, MP3 calls.

River: (16 BB) 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets</font>, MP3 calls, SB folds.

Final Pot: 18 BB

how did i do?

Day 4
loss: -1030
time: 1 hr
game: (10,15)x8
total: around -4700
goal: -45000

[AquaSeaFoam]

'I WANT to recover 45K loss in 30 days! so that I can bring my win rate back up to a happy level'

I'm sorry but that is a huge mistake. You can never mentally gamble with the memory of 'what you once had'. It leads to poor judgement and loss of patience. You must start every day at '0' and cleanse the memory, or it will affect your game. I dont know what it is, but playing 'catch up' is a different mental state.

believe me, Ive been there......gl 2 ya

[Nikla]

Imo, you played it perfectly.

[nykenny]

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'I WANT to recover 45K loss in 30 days! so that I can bring my win rate back up to a happy level'

I'm sorry but that is a huge mistake. You can never mentally gamble with the memory of 'what you once had'. It leads to poor judgement and loss of patience. You must start every day at '0' and cleanse the memory, or it will affect your game. I dont know what it is, but playing 'catch up' is a different mental state.

believe me, Ive been there......gl 2 ya

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thanks, and i don't disagree that it is the best thing to zero out at the beginning of each day, or each session during the day, or even each hand, and just play every hand with complete Zen. however, after a long stretch of dry spell and cold streak, one's (mine) mind can grow weak. I believe my mental strength has gone down a notch. that doesn't mean i will let myself loose and revive the long tamed ny-kamiaze-kenny. i have been playing very tightly during this very long bad run, and my only suspect is that i also have been playing somewhat weakly AND overaggressively post flop.

my posting is meant to put myself on the stage again, and let everyone judge me.

who knows, maybe i will learn something new about me. or about poker.

Kenny

[mach3]

It takes a brave man to admit he is hurting mentally and post his play for all to see. Wish you lots of luck.

[Saint_D]

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preflop: Hero is BB with J, J. MP3 posts a blind of $15.

...

SB bets, Hero folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP3 raises, SB calls, UTG+1 calls.

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Nice. I can't seem to get away from JJ and QQ. Though, at .5/1 where I play, I am not sure if that's a problem. I need to go back and check my PT stats on thoses hands.

-D

P.S. GL with the quest. You have your goal listed above as negative 45000. If you are trying to go into the hole, could you just send me the money? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Maybe your mental state is off. Go watch "Tin Cup" and learn how to get rid of the shanks.

[Lawrence Ng]

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actually I know for a FACT that a certain 2+2er here plays 24 tables at a time.

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Mentor does.

[fsuplayer]

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10-12, I have 4 monitors, 3 for poker only, 1 for the other stuff. I usually am playing 10, and that is usually all 3/6 or 8 or 9 3/6 and 1 or 2 15/30. I'm basically a rake whore, I love putting in the hours and getting huge amounts of rake back.

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i know that i dont know really anything about your game or skill level, but a little more time studying and paying attn. to learning and getting better while you play, and you will make enough that rakeback is just icing on the cake. focus on that instead of the # of hands you can crank out and you'll start making a lot more money overall.

gl to you.

fsuplayer

[nykenny]

UTG+1 had 99, his hand was good against MP3's As2s.

I folded with over 90% confidence that the pot was going to be raised behind me. so I didn't really have the 21:1 price to chase for my set. and given 5 people in pot, there was just way too many cards than can kill me.

Lesson learned here:

in a very big pot, a marginal fold (such as this) only saves you very little if you are right, but cost you TOO much when you are wrong.

Kenny

[mostsmooth]

im confused
you say loss: -xxxx
does that mean you won xxxx or lost xxxx?
im confused because you say you are trying to recover 45K in losses and you are counting your last 3 wins, but they all say loss -xxxx?
somebody please clarify?
thanks

[fnord_too]

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UTG+1 had 99, his hand was good against MP3's As2s.

I folded with over 90% confidence that the pot was going to be raised behind me. so I didn't really have the 21:1 price to chase for my set. and given 5 people in pot, there was just way too many cards than can kill me.

Lesson learned here:

in a very big pot, a marginal fold (such as this) only saves you very little if you are right, but cost you TOO much when you are wrong.

Kenny

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Did you consider raising? That is the only real alternative to folding I see here. I almost asked you about that when I first saw the hand. I am torn between raising and folding, with 5 opponents I think folding is probably correct since you don't even have a back door draw to go with your likely 2 outer.

If I knew MP3 was capable of such maniacal action, I think raising is good.

[nykenny]

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If I knew MP3 was capable of such maniacal action, I think raising is good.

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not just MP3, also the SB who's betting with what i believe to be AK ... if i closed the action, it would have been a much easier decision. sign.


Kenny

[mostsmooth]

hello?

[TimM]

I was confused by this a little too, but now it's pretty clear that wins are being given as negative losses (cute /images/graemlins/smile.gif), especially once I saw goal: -45000. /images/graemlins/grin.gif