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         Cashed out most of my bankroll a while back, partly because it was before Christmas and partly because of some of the posibilities that the UIGEA stuff was back in focus. I had very little money left in the account and I knew I sucked at HU so I played lots of 2 dollar HU sngs. I think HUs help your game overall and its a great way to deal with tilt cause you don't have to be overly patient.
       Fast forward a little and I'm back up to 6 tabling 25nl now and running at 3.88bb/100 over 6k hands. BB/100 would be alot higher had it not been for 1 really bad day on Dec 4 in which 5 buyins were lost over a bad tilt session. Tommy Angelo says "to win at poker, you have to be very good at losing"- by this he was refering to not  playing on tilt. I will agree that is one of the best quotes I have ever heard and it applies really well to this month for me at poker. That Dec 4 day cost me several days of profit and I won't forget it. Anything besides my A game is tilt and I should not play any further. I've read alot about the mental part of the game and its going to stay the primary focus for me in the forseeable future.
12/1 - 12/17 money won without showdown is going up consistently, 3bet percentage at 5.25 need to get that up. 19/11 AF 2.
        Tried some 6max with just 2 tables and did well making about 3 buyins one day, mainly just trying it out in cash to see how it went..
        Quit smoking and I swear it is helping my play. Remission is problably the better word cause I have smoked for many years and quit quite a few times. Smoking I think definetly affects heart rate and mental ability cause you need that fix at some point.
      KK is my favorite hand here lately with over 100 bucks made on it here recently. Best profit hands this month KK,88,AA,Aqo,JJ,KQo,KJs,Aqs,ak, and my personal fav 22. Alright now the worst hands of the month and ones to be more careful with 77,99,k5o,64s,j9o,qq,75s,a7o,qts.
        Areas to work on 
             1. Follow the gut, especially if it mentions out of the blue the exact cards the opponent may have.
             2. BB - losing chunks of money there and showing profit in all the other positions
             3. 2 buyin loss limit - no more playing for the day 
             4. Review hands - spend more time looking at the good and the bad.
             5. Sit out watch others play- try to figure out what they have.
             6. Enjoying the game-have fun and lose the negativity.


GL at the tables, Rusty  
        

       I've been doing a lot of 6 tabling and decided to try a little 8 tabling while cascading the windows then went back to using the tiles. Man I'm no expert at that,but I managed 8bb/100. Ryan Daut's playing 20 tables at 1/2 which is something to watch.
      Cut into the profit a few times the last few nights with some bluffs attempted while a flush was on the board. Did that even after having put a big sign on my monitor saying "NO BLuffing. Back to PT3, tried HEM and its a good program thought I was going that route but I changed my mind.
     Somebody mentioned that P5s was like stirring a ANTHILL  -ha, I don't think anyone could have used a single word to define it any better. P5ers bring out alot emotion on both sides of most any issue.
     KJs   - that hand is so hard to let go of when a King is on a rainbow board, I played it and got caught up a little to much in the hand, villian shows AK and takes down a mediocre sized pot. 
  Had a hand of interest the night before where I had a set of 3s on the flop, I bet preflop,close to pot on flop and then opponent bet 2/3 pot on turn when the flush came. I tossed the hand because my gut told me I was beat. After giving some more thought today I think it was a mandatory call there. 30% chance to hit fullhouse, odds were there to call. Bad Fold.   
         One of these days I gotta start looking into rakeback. UB is throwing the offer out there to me, I have not been back to the site since all the scandals started. I don't care what anybody says Hevad Khan was a riot to see on the 2007 wsop, they ruined it by making a rule to calm him down. Bullllldozzzzzzzzzer arrrggghh. Oh yeah I watch all the Honeymooners episodes thats good stuff.   
      AC/DCs playing DC on Nov 15! Can't wait. GL at the tables.
       

         Been playing alot and kind of overdoing it. 3-4 tables FR and I've been ignoring table selection until now. If I'm at a table thats kickin my ass time to get up and move on, putting a stop loss at about 10 and will see how that works out. Tiltmonster visited after I suffered some bad beats, along with a week of statistical variance and the good ole VPIP started to rise. I've been trying to play pretty tight but I'm going back to bringing it back up to what I like which is a tad on the high side.Want to do it to get some value for my strong pairs.
       Holdem manager is my new friend, I'm a big fan of it. PT3 has great features too but its time to move on. 18 bb/100 currently in holdem manager would have been higher if a board with 346 and me with QQ did not get beat by KK. I had layed down QQ earlier to the same person 38/3 when the board came KK9 which I believe was a bad laydown, actually I ran out of time and thought I had more time. Called a opponent who was doing some crazy shit who bet 3.50 preflop, he eventually went allin on the river I had AJ and won he showed 35 that felt good.
    Need to slow it down vs these opponents who are raising me when I have top pair everybody is out there set mining and I'm getting dinged on occasion there. 
  I seem to play better when I blog so I'm going to get back to it more. 
Goals
1. Slowdown - take some time to figure it out
2. Stop loss - get up from a table when loss gets up to 10 
3. Table Selection- keep an eye on the stats go for the fish
4. hand reading - still poor at this
5. No bluffs - no hardcore bluffs, I'm not afraid to get it allin way to crazy when a board shows a flush.

Any 25NL players out there who want to talk about hands discuss strategy PM me, I'm a big believer you cant do it all yourself everyone has ideas and strategy that will help your game and see it in a diferent way.
       

Tiltmonster Returns to the island, he will return but for now I play as many hands as possible.

Multitabling and doing much better lately. Starting to get a feel for the regulars.x I'm a big fan of the folks busting the shortstacks, heck of a way to spend your life just mindlessly playing a big hand and pretty much committing yourself on the flop, every time I bust one they get the "booyah" in the chat.
Reviewing Hands from the last few months, losing money from the cutoff so checking into whats happening there.
Full Tilt Poker Game #8185436501: Table Count Diero - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:03:39 ET - 2008/09/22
Seat 1: Jelionwyn ($32.30)
Seat 2: sshilton2 ($25)
Seat 3: DasWisse ($3.85)
Seat 4: Kiro72 ($25)
Seat 5: o_Magic_0 ($25)
Seat 6: Nwodwols ($34.20)
Seat 7: JensPikenes ($46.90)
Seat 8: blackhawk12j ($24.40)
Seat 9: blmf20 ($24.75)
blmf20 posts the small blind of $0.10
Jelionwyn posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Nwodwols [7s 7h]
DasWisse folds
Kiro72 folds
o_Magic_0 folds
Nwodwols raises to $0.85
JensPikenes calls $0.85
blackhawk12j folds
blmf20 folds
Jelionwyn has 15 seconds left to act
Jelionwyn folds
*** FLOP *** [3h 4s 7c]
Nwodwols has 15 seconds left to act
Nwodwols bets $1.25
JensPikenes calls $1.25
*** TURN *** [3h 4s 7c] [Kd]
Nwodwols has 15 seconds left to act
Nwodwols bets $4.55
JensPikenes calls $4.55
*** RIVER *** [3h 4s 7c Kd] [6s]
Nwodwols checks
JensPikenes has 15 seconds left to act
JensPikenes bets $13
Nwodwols has 15 seconds left to act
Nwodwols has requested TIME
Nwodwols: bummer
Nwodwols calls $13
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JensPikenes shows [5c 5d] a straight, Seven high
Nwodwols mucks
JensPikenes wins the pot ($37.70) with a straight, Seven hig

This hand I problably should have dumped opponent showed alot of strength the whole way:
Full Tilt Poker Game #8253144916: Table Durham Springs - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:56:52 ET - 2008/09/27
Seat 1: cshflo2 ($10.20)
Seat 2: TeeTime72 ($14.50)
Seat 3: Nwodwols ($33.55)
Seat 4: S_Escobar ($8.90)
Seat 5: nightmareS1 ($58.60)
Seat 6: DONUTTIME ($18.70)
Seat 7: maxelleee ($5)
Seat 8: marnov0624 ($10.55)
Seat 9: AmoebaNightmare ($39.60)
DONUTTIME posts the small blind of $0.10
maxelleee posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Nwodwols [Ad Qh]
marnov0624 folds
AmoebaNightmare raises to $0.85
cshflo2 folds
TeeTime72 folds
Nwodwols calls $0.85
S_Escobar folds
nightmareS1 folds
DONUTTIME folds
maxelleee folds
*** FLOP *** [2d Ac Kh]
AmoebaNightmare bets $1
Nwodwols calls $1
*** TURN *** [2d Ac Kh] [6c]
AmoebaNightmare bets $2.75
Nwodwols calls $2.75
*** RIVER *** [2d Ac Kh 6c] [5h]
AmoebaNightmare has 15 seconds left to act
AmoebaNightmare bets $13
Nwodwols calls $13
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AmoebaNightmare shows [As Ah] three of a kind, Aces
Nwodwols mucks
AmoebaNightmare wins the pot ($33.80) with three of a kind, Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $35.55 | Rake $1.75
Board: [2d Ac Kh 6c 5h]
Seat 1: cshflo2 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: TeeTime72 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Nwodwols mucked [Ad Qh] - a pair of Aces
Seat 4: S_Escobar didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: nightmareS1 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: DONUTTIME (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: maxelleee (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: marnov0624 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: AmoebaNightmare showed [As Ah] and won ($33.80) with three of a kind, Aces

Beautiful hand from today, playing deep stack table versus a combination of Rocks and TAGs:
Full Tilt Poker Game #8457103604: Table Heart (deep) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:21:21 ET - 2008/10/12
Seat 1: SA LEGOMAN ($21.60)
Seat 2: HansMaiser ($45.10)
Seat 3: lucando ($45.90)
Seat 4: tysteph ($15.95)
Seat 5: halfmoon08 ($27.30)
Seat 6: schorsch busch ($50.45)
Seat 7: iorisanagy ($15.50)
Seat 8: Nwodwols ($24.25)
Seat 9: cizastro ($10.35), is sitting out
Nwodwols posts the small blind of $0.10
SA LEGOMAN posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Nwodwols [Td Th]
HansMaiser raises to $1
lucando folds
tysteph folds
halfmoon08 folds
schorsch busch calls $1
iorisanagy calls $1
Nwodwols calls $0.90
SA LEGOMAN folds
*** FLOP *** [5s Ts 3d]
Nwodwols checks
HansMaiser checks
schorsch busch bets $2.50
cizastro has returned
iorisanagy has 15 seconds left to act
iorisanagy raises to $11.75
Nwodwols raises to $23.25, and is all in
HansMaiser has 15 seconds left to act
lucando has been disconnected
HansMaiser folds
schorsch busch folds
iorisanagy calls $2.75, and is all in
Nwodwols shows [Td Th]
lucando has reconnected
iorisanagy shows [Js Jd]
Uncalled bet of $8.75 returned to Nwodwols
*** TURN *** [5s Ts 3d] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [5s Ts 3d 2s] [8d]
Nwodwols shows three of a kind, Tens
iorisanagy shows a pair of Jacks
Nwodwols wins the pot ($34) with three of a kind, Tens
iorisanagy adds $12.50
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $35.75 | Rake $1.75
Board: [5s Ts 3d 2s 8d]
Seat 1: SA LEGOMAN (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: HansMaiser folded on the Flop
Seat 3: lucando didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: tysteph didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: halfmoon08 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: schorsch busch folded on the Flop
Seat 7: iorisanagy (button) showed [Js Jd] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 8: Nwodwols (small blind) showed [Td Th] and won ($34) with three of a kind, Tens

8bb/100 today, 4 BB/100 overall 3tabling on average. Problably a month or 2 off from 50NL. Starting to feel comfortable playing after 14K hands. Still leaking money with big bluffs, cold calls, tilty occasionally all areas to work on. Maybe even achieve Iron man this month keeping an eye on it. Need to bring up the 3bet percentage to around 8 or so from around 3. Extremely aggressive players are a handful and I'll look for more ways to exploit them. GL at the tables