if you are talking to me and you mean nyc, then yes.

11/26/2006 10:28:08 PM

yes, i was.

i was thinking of going up sometime in dec.

got a few girls i need to get back in touch with and maybe hit up playstation one night.

heard they got some great limit games going.

11/26/2006 10:30:18 PM

to be honest i just started to get back into poker seriously. I took a few months off from playing everyday, but just got back into it hardcore after a trip to turning stone. I would LOVE to be turned on to a consistent limit game in the city, i've heard of playstation, but haven't been there bc i hadn't heard about the limit thing (people i know that go there only play nl). Definetly keep me updated bc i'd like to go,i work with someone who can get us in if you don't know anybody.

11/26/2006 10:36:38 PM

in all reality,

id like to use it as an excuse to make the call of

"i happen to be in the city, see what you are up to, maybe show me around"

with these girls that work for bicardi promotions.

met them at borgata, they know i play blah blah blah, gotta work some ends.

the gettin' is sorta dry in delaware. time to set up franchises.

11/26/2006 10:40:21 PM

haha, can i get in on this bicardi girl action?

[Edited on November 26, 2006 at 10:43 PM. Reason : but seriously we should go play]

11/26/2006 10:43:15 PM

prly, i may call them up this week.

i mean, ill have to have a "friend in the city im going to see"

11/26/2006 10:44:21 PM

well just let me know and we can try to work out some details

11/26/2006 10:46:39 PM

will do.

11/26/2006 10:51:36 PM

Has anyone gone out on the gambling boats in SC? More specifically the ones in Myrtle, I thought bout going on one to try to find a good NL of PL holdem game. I just wonder if the 3 or 4 hours out there is really worth while since it will take me probably an hour to get a good make up of the table i'm at.

[Edited on November 27, 2006 at 1:12 PM. Reason : sp]

11/27/2006 1:12:33 PM

hey pilgrim, just curious how long ago you heard about playstation, bc i'm hearing that a lot of the major card rooms have been shut down here, leaving only a few small ones.

11/27/2006 1:46:40 PM

I can't stand online play anymore

The amount of money that is slowly drained from me because of bullshit after bullshit play is unbelievable

constantly being sucked out on the river by better flushes, better boats, or miracle 1 outers

I just wish there was somewhere with live play. That seems to be my only profitable area, and I have no idea why.

11/27/2006 11:15:18 PM

Holy crap, I was a baaaaaaaaaaad boy tonight


So I played my normal 1/2nl 6 handed game for a couple of hours, ran/played bad to ended up losing $700. Had a pretty sick beat for a $500 pot(all-in with KK vs JJ pre), battled back some then blew it on a bad read/play, then tilted off one more buy-in. No biggie, this sort of thing happens all the time.

But instead of shutting it down for the night, or taking a few hours to cool off and then starting over, I decide to try out some heads up NL cash game strategies I've been thinking about lately. I'm still on FTP and I see that the lowest game they spread for this is 3/6. With my tilto logic I decide that this is okay because I normally have $800+ in play at any given time while 4-tabling 1/2, and if I just play 1 table with $600 in front of me it'll be comparable. I lose $750 in about 20 minutes, mostly on a semibluff that didn't get there.

So now I'm down $1450 on the day, my worst day ever(because I generally quit before I get this deep). I have the bankroll to handle it, I'm not in any serious trouble, but I am not a happy camper. I go outside for a smoke and start debating my next move. I consider just hitting the bottle, but instead I predictably decide(tilto logic still in full effect) that the guy I played heads up was a terrible player, I have a good read on him, and I should win money if I give it another go.

I get back on that table, he is now sitting with $1500 and I buy-in for $600. I end up taking that entire stack plus another buy-in in about 35 minutes, leaving the table with over $2700.

Here are the main two hands, which are now the biggest and 2nd biggest pots I've ever won in my life:


FullTiltPoker Game #1317298917: Table Wade (heads up) - $3/$6 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:21:33 ET - 2006/11/28
Seat 1: StackMarket ($1,413)
Seat 2: noidroid ($1,027.50)
StackMarket posts the small blind of $3
noidroid posts the big blind of $6
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to noidroid [Ks Jc]
StackMarket raises to $12
noidroid raises to $36
StackMarket calls $24
*** FLOP *** [5s 3s Kd]
noidroid bets $60
StackMarket calls $60
*** TURN *** [5s 3s Kd] [Js]
noidroid checks
StackMarket bets $150
noidroid calls $150
*** RIVER *** [5s 3s Kd Js] [8c]
noidroid checks
StackMarket bets $450
noidroid calls $450
*** SHOW DOWN ***
StackMarket shows [4d 7d] (King Jack high)
noidroid shows [Ks Jc] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
noidroid wins the pot ($1,391.50) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,392 | Rake $0.50
Board: [5s 3s Kd Js 8c]
Seat 1: StackMarket (small blind) showed [4d 7d] and lost with King Jack high
Seat 2: noidroid (big blind) showed [Ks Jc] and won ($1,391.50) with two pair, Kings and Jacks


FullTiltPoker Game #1317343473: Table Wade (heads up) - $3/$6 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:31:13 ET - 2006/11/28
Seat 1: StackMarket ($755.50)
Seat 2: noidroid ($1,992.50)
StackMarket posts the small blind of $3
noidroid posts the big blind of $6
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to noidroid [Td 6d]
StackMarket raises to $12
noidroid calls $6
*** FLOP *** [Th Ts Qs]
noidroid checks
StackMarket bets $16
noidroid raises to $66
StackMarket calls $50
*** TURN *** [Th Ts Qs] [6s]
noidroid bets $114
StackMarket calls $114
*** RIVER *** [Th Ts Qs 6s] [5d]
noidroid bets $246
StackMarket raises to $563.50, and is all in
noidroid calls $317.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
StackMarket shows [3s Js] (a flush, Queen high)
noidroid shows [Td 6d] (a full house, Tens full of Sixes)
noidroid wins the pot ($1,510.50) with a full house, Tens full of Sixes
StackMarket is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,511 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Th Ts Qs 6s 5d]
Seat 1: StackMarket (small blind) showed [3s Js] and lost with a flush, Queen high
Seat 2: noidroid (big blind) showed [Td 6d] and won ($1,510.50) with a full house, Tens full of Sixes




I end up +$530 on the day. This story really shouldn't have a happy ending, I broke almost all of my rules for responsible gambling. I am going to take a couple days off to reflect on the error of my ways.

11/28/2006 2:19:01 AM

^i bet your heart was freaking out during those hands

[Edited on November 28, 2006 at 1:00 PM. Reason : from those 2 hands, the guys seems like a total douche]

11/28/2006 12:59:41 PM

^^ That would make me nervous playing with someone elses money, let alone my own. Nice recovery.

11/28/2006 1:20:32 PM

christ, talk about big swings:





[Edited on November 28, 2006 at 1:51 PM. Reason : e]

11/28/2006 1:42:24 PM

^^, ^^^ nah, I was surprisingly calm. As opposed to the first time I made a final table at a decent sized mtt and I thought my heart was about to explode.

I was in a weird state of mind, I knew I was doing something that I shouldn't have been doing, but I really really really didn't want to stop.

Like I said, that story probably shouldnt have had a happy ending despite the fact that I was outplaying that guy.




^ jesus what limit was that guy playing? it'd have to me 50/100nl or more





[Edited on November 28, 2006 at 1:55 PM. Reason : .]

11/28/2006 1:52:40 PM

^^ that graph is from PT right?? I'm pretty new to the software...how do I get it to spit out a graph like that?

11/28/2006 1:57:20 PM

he was down $52,000 at one point? jesus

11/28/2006 2:04:10 PM

moe, its a plugin im not quite sure of the name.

its from a pt database however.

Quote :

"^ jesus what limit was that guy playing? it'd have to me 50/100nl or more"

200/400, 500/1,000 SHlo8 on FT
[Edited on November 28, 2006 at 2:04 PM. Reason : e]

[Edited on November 28, 2006 at 2:05 PM. Reason : clarity]

11/28/2006 2:04:14 PM

oic, those games get pretty nuts

11/28/2006 2:11:26 PM

with things like this:

Quote :

"FullTiltPoker Game #1318273356: Table Vero (6 max) - $200/$400 - Limit Omaha Hi/Lo - 9:06:08 ET - 2006/11/28 Seat 3: Farzad Bonyadi ($14,309.50) Seat 4: HakAllah ($11,270) Seat 5: theta1 ($6,637) HakAllah posts the small blind of $100 theta1 posts the big blind of $200 The button is in seat #3 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to HakAllah [Ks 8d 8s Kc] Farzad Bonyadi raises to $400 HakAllah calls $300 theta1 calls $200 *** FLOP *** [7h 2h 7c] HakAllah checks theta1 checks Farzad Bonyadi bets $200 HakAllah raises to $400 theta1 folds Farzad Bonyadi raises to $600 HakAllah calls $200 *** TURN *** [7h 2h 7c] [Kh] HakAllah checks Farzad Bonyadi bets $400 HakAllah raises to $800 Farzad Bonyadi raises to $1,200 HakAllah raises to $1,600 Farzad Bonyadi calls $400 *** RIVER *** [7h 2h 7c Kh] [Td] HakAllah bets $400 Farzad Bonyadi raises to $800 HakAllah raises to $1,200 Farzad Bonyadi raises to $1,600 HakAllah calls $400 *** SHOW DOWN *** Farzad Bonyadi shows [4d 7s 7d 6s] (four of a kind, Sevens) HakAllah mucks Farzad Bonyadi wins the pot ($8,799) with four of a kind, Sevens No low hand qualified At that point I had a brief meltdown and lost another buyin, then I recouped, continued to play what I consider to be very well (at least, my best game), and yet still got utterly bent over and buttfucked in the ass. The total damage was 32k, in 186 hands. That's pretty fucking hard to do at 200/400. Enjoy the cash Farzad you lucky jacker."

pretty nuts indeed

11/28/2006 2:18:21 PM

Why are the raises capped on the turn/river?

11/28/2006 2:20:30 PM

since its full tilt and their software only allows 4 bets

11/28/2006 2:30:47 PM

anyone have $ on full tilt they can transfer to me and I'll give them $ or paypal it or something

I cashed out like 3 months ago with firepay when the anti-online bs started and I cant use neteller( because basically one time I deposited 2k into my neteller acct, it hit on my bank acct for 2 entries for 2k, but neteller only showed 2k. It took 1 month for them to reconcile this and give me my other 2k back so i was like fuck them and cancelled my acct)

FT was the only site I played on for the last 6 months b4 the lockdown so i dont have funds in at any other site

This shit sucks, but I want to start playing tourneys online again

11/29/2006 7:21:34 PM

not my business

[Edited on November 29, 2006 at 8:33 PM. Reason : dfsa]

11/29/2006 8:32:55 PM

^^ Yes. I take cash.

11/29/2006 11:53:17 PM

He made a withdrawal from The Bank of D$. I've already made $.20 off the juice.

11/30/2006 12:34:37 AM

I guess this is the only way to win a poker tournament:

Full Tilt Poker Game #1327808912: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (8999893), Table 14 - 3000/6000 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo - 0:55:16 ET - 2006/11/30
Seat 2: bchgal (72,192)
Seat 7: The Hish 24 (200,808)
The Hish 24 posts the small blind of 3,000
bchgal posts the big blind of 6,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Hish 24 [7s Ks 3h Kh]
The Hish 24 calls 3,000
bchgal raises to 18,000
The Hish 24 raises to 54,000
bchgal raises to 72,192, and is all in
The Hish 24 calls 18,192
bchgal shows [2s Ah 5s 8s]
The Hish 24 shows [7s Ks 3h Kh]
*** FLOP *** [Kd Qd 9d]
*** TURN *** [Kd Qd 9d] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [Kd Qd 9d Kc] [7h]
bchgal shows a pair of Kings, for high
The Hish 24 shows four of a kind, Kings, for high
The Hish 24 wins the pot (144,384) with four of a kind, Kings
bchgal stands up
The Hish 24 stands up
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 144,384 | Rake 0
Board: [Kd Qd 9d Kc 7h]
Seat 2: bchgal (big blind) showed [2s Ah 5s 8s] and lost with HI: a pair of Kings
Seat 7: The Hish 24 (small blind) showed [7s Ks 3h Kh] and won (144,384) with HI: four of a kind, Kings

11/30/2006 12:56:25 AM

What's my cut?

11/30/2006 12:56:37 AM

That's more like it. Hbd Salami.

11/30/2006 1:02:58 AM

Yeah, I guess 4 of a kind is the only way to win a poker tournament.

11/30/2006 8:50:26 AM

4 of a kind is the only way for Hish to win a poker tournament

11/30/2006 9:30:04 AM

I stand corrected

11/30/2006 9:33:57 AM

I played some kid who said he was a senior in meteorology on Pokerstars at the $20 buy in heads up tables last night, it was kinda weird his little logo was a state symbol so I started talkin to him. Are you on this thread by chance? And sorry bout taking your money lol

[Edited on November 30, 2006 at 11:27 AM. Reason : .]

11/30/2006 11:22:40 AM

Hey I was wondering if anyone here at State or on these forums tried to play PokerStars.net's MoneyMaker Millionaire tourney going on right now??

Couldnt find anything by searching.

11/30/2006 12:06:25 PM

I played in it once, made it to the second round, and then accidentally forgot to play that weekend when the second round came up

haven't tried since

11/30/2006 1:01:26 PM

jesus.

Quote :

"It's all fun and games until someone loses $65k. FT started spreading 50/100, 100/200, and 200/400 PLO8 this morning. I couldn't resist: Thank God I'm leaving for Vegas in a couple hours, I definitely could use a break from all this irresponsible gambling. "

12/1/2006 10:47:52 AM

o

m

g

how much money does this guy have sitting around where he can have an "eh" attitude about losing 64k??

12/1/2006 11:20:29 AM

i think he is probably playing a bit over his roll right now.

somewhere he had his YTD chart where he was up over $600k in 2006 from the party 5/10 and 10/20 plo8 games.


hes been like a 13bb/100 player over several hundred thousand hands, from 2/4 plo8->10/20 plo8.

he was hit-n-running the 1k/2k for a bit, now seems to be playing full sessions as these absurd stakes.



[Edited on December 1, 2006 at 11:28 AM. Reason : e]

12/1/2006 11:27:17 AM

It's really no different than having a 5K roll and losing 500. It sucks to lose 10% of your roll, but if it's large enough, you should be able to handle the swings.

12/1/2006 11:30:32 AM

yeah, i mean, its just an order of magnitude higher, thats all.

frightening thought however.

i mean, thats a fuckton of money

12/1/2006 11:32:51 AM

could you imagine making 600k in a year just playing online poker?

12/1/2006 1:08:03 PM

600k a year would be nice. Is anyone playing this weekend?

12/1/2006 1:46:42 PM

Quote :

"could you imagine making 600k in a year just playing online poker?"

yes, yes I could

12/1/2006 1:49:35 PM

the funny thing is,

the guy is finishing up his phd work as a particle physicist.

and realizes that his work when he graduates will never equal in pay or excitement as the online poker boom has afforded him during the wain of his dissertation research.

thats gotta be a weird state, to be completely cognisant of the fact that the best part of your life is currently happening and has a finite ending, and that after the end theres not much more to look forward to. notoriety as a particle physicist aint what it used to be, and sure isnt what being internet famous for high stakes poker is now.

12/1/2006 3:04:28 PM

Is it still exciting for you? Doesn't do anything for me these days.

12/1/2006 3:11:25 PM

live play is exciting, but not really. im kind of starting to hate playing all together. more on that in a second.

but thats not where i was going with the thing about him.



im really starting to realize how detremental playing the way i do has been to many aspects of my life.

it may not be worth it anymore.

sure the extra cash is nice, and afforded me the ability to have a shitton of fun over hte past few years without any regard. (my last two years in college, i dont think i even checked my bank account statements once, and racked up thousands in bar tabs every month)

but, now, i think i may have moved on.

I havent played online in forever, and havent seriously in nearly a year. I have no desire to. I sit behind a computer all day at work, then dont want to when i get home. my main computer with my poker programs hasnt been turned on in 2 weeks, ill use my laptop on the couch occasionally, but usually just for tww and aim.

i havent been to ac in 2 weeks, and dont really know if i want to go back, except when friends are in town.

i may be finally getting bored of it.

Also, I think poker has developed many crucially horrible character flaws that have become ingrained to my lifestyle.

Money means nothing to me, and thats getting dangerous. I have no qualms with putting in $1k with a 75% edge, and over time, this has moved into my spending habits as well. my managment skills have fallen through the floor, and have become nearly non-existant. ill spend $400 on something, and not even blink an eye, or think about how hmmmm put that in an index fund and let it grow as opposed to buying some stupid girl a purse or something equally as dumb.

personal character flaw.

ive developed massive tilt-o-matic issues that ran over into my personal life and has costed me friends and relationships. blow off a few thousand, take out my anger by being a complete asshole to people i care about. this was compounded with the fact that for some reason i think i developed a sense of invincibility with poker. when you're impossible to beat, and get destroyed by donks over and over again, i developed somehow a feeling that i was i guess entitlted to winning more since i have put in so many hundreds if not thousands of hours in practice, reading, studying, and developing a game. theres no entitlement in poker. this mindset is nothing but a total guide for disasterous blowups.

i remember when i won my first like $50 pot, and my hands were shaking.. it was so exciting.

chasing that feeling like an meth addict has led me to the pit or sports books, and thats just stupid.

cant tell you how many times id have a winning poker sesison, only to do dump it all off in the pit like a moron, trying to get that feeling of winning. winning is addictive, and poker didnt do it anymore.

going and playing mega long sessions is bad for my health. it hink that it may have acutally deteriorated much of my critical thinking skills and knowledge gained in school and past endevours. (that or binge drinking, ahah) not eating 36 hours or so, sustaining on fruit juice and green tea on a weekly basis isnt a good thing. then eating fat burger or something of the like on the way there or back everytime doesnt help either.

its not fair for my dog. she needs company.

after living here 6 months i still dont know any friends i like. i dont try and meet people, i go to ac instead. that leads to another thing

the people that are in casinos all the time are all the same. they are all pretty mean and shitty people. i dont want to become one of them.

basically this is my public comming out that im no longer going to play seriously, if at all. ill go when friends are in town, but i dont see any more point in wasting my life away with this obsession anymore, which is what it was. id go home, think about hands, read poker books, read columns and 2+2 everyday, all day hwen i wasnt going to play. thats not healthy.

nothing really happened to provoke this, no bad loosing session, no debt or anything like that. im just done wasting my life on something that used to be fun.

anyone got any suggestions for new hobbies?

12/1/2006 3:45:04 PM

Quote :

"basically this is my public comming out "

huh huh.. huh huh.. quitting is ghey..

12/1/2006 4:08:24 PM

i didnt say quit.

more of a drastic tone down.

12/1/2006 4:09:13 PM

Basically doing coke of a hookers tits while driving 80 down the strip was the first sign....

12/1/2006 4:33:30 PM