Schwallie, Schwallie4, TheProdigy, lifegoezon poker blog

Update

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:29:00 +0000

Hey,

6max isn't going too bad. As usual, I'm running like complete shit. This is all-in luck, but I'm running bad in every other way too. I think I'm approaching ~35k lost in allin equity.

Basically I'm just grinding 2/4nl for the time being. I have been continually cashing down my roll to keep myself caged in the 2/4 game and to keep myself from moving up. 'oooooooooh' is coaching me and I will hopefully show up with some more sick graphs in 3-5mnths when I can move up to hopefully my 5/10 game again :)

More Poker!

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:49:00 +0000

Hey,

I'm back from my 2nd beach trip(awesome, but no pics this time), and ready to hit the tables. I'm playing 2/4nl 6max, and am running quite horribly. I'm -5k in all-in luck so far, and down like 2k overall, so I guess not a huge complaint seeing as how I'm not doing as bad as I would think with that kind've all-in luck. Hopefully a sign of good things to come.

I am going to have 'oooooooooh' coach me, he is a 5/10nl 6m player and one of the biggest winners in the game while also playing a style that isn't a huge variance style. I am excited about things to come, and hopefully I will be posting some pretty graphs for everyone soon.

Poker Post!

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000

Hey,

Well I haven't posted much about poker, because, well, I haven't done any good. For a quick recap, basically I ran through 5/10 for a couple months and ran up a really good winrate. I usually kept cashing my account down to $60,000 but decided to go ahead and cash out smaller since I thought I was unbeatable. I cashed down to like $35,000(and later added some funds from FTP and also bonuses) and then proceeded to lose $20,000. I dropped down to 3/6 and dropped probably $12,000 more, and then dropped to 2/4 and dropped $8,000 or so more. Overall, a -$40,000 run. Not fun, but I am still happy with how things are going just unhappy I can't make the money I was at 5/10 at this moment. Regardless, I am showing a decent winrate now and getting some consistency in my game.

SNE:
I was basically going to make my "run" at SNE this month, to see if I could do it. I had to get like 4k pts/day, and to keep it short and simple, I can't do it. I will shoot for 800,000 points though.

Future plans:
I am going to probably move to 6m after I get back from vacation. I am teaching a friend of mine the game, and I am going to start him at full-ring but I am going to try out 6max as well for myself while teaching him. I'm not necessarily staying there forever, but now that I have no point goals or have to grind out mega-points, I can try new games to improve my overall game. I can't tell what will happen after I try it, but if it goes well I may stay for good, we will have to wait and see.

Beach Trip #1 and Pics

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:38:00 +0000

Hey,

Me and Britt went down to Myrtle Beach, where my dad lives to go visit and have some free time/vacation for the both of us. We booked a room at The Breakers, which I highly recommend. I can't say we had a crazy time up there or anything, it was seriously just a major relax period. I was/am still on a ~40k downswing, and I really just wanted to get some sleep and just relax. Most of the time our day went: Wake up 10:30am, take a shower, get ready, go out to the water. I generally stayed in the pools or in the shade, although I am somewhat dark complected I really hate just sitting in the sun. I don't mind soccer/sports in the sun, but just sitting there or laying out is just not interesting to me. Around 4 we would generally go up to the room, take a shower, and then lay around till we got ready to go out at like 6 or 7ish. We went somewhere to eat each night, and were seriously back in by like 10pm just to lay around some more. Just completely relaxing and awesome.

For some places to eat there, I recommend:
1) Angelo's, an Italian buffet on 21st Ave S off 17 Business(aka King's Highway, the main highway)

2) Uno Chicago Grill, first place I saw that didn't always cook burger major well done, they actually offered me a medium-well option. Burgers were A+

3) Hard Rock Cafe, same as everywhere else but I love the grilled chicken there.

The above 2 were at Broadway at the Beach, which is on 21st Ave N

Here are some pics, I will caption a couple of them...

Oh yea, and Britt graduated so here is a pic from that party and from my nephew at the party:

--------------------------------------------Beach Trip ----------------------------------------

-- The necessary ocean-behind-you picture you always take at the beach

-- Uno Chicago Grill place I think, we went there twice.
- After getting ready, I think we have more pics in the room and car than anything..This on the way to Johnny Rockets

- On the way to Uno Chicago Grill

- Putt Putt! This has been something I try to do on every vacation since I can remember.

- She loves Facebook, lol.

- On our balcony, we had a nice view
- Waiting at some restaurant

--Just some more boring pics from us getting ready to go out or whatever

I had to...

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:36:00 +0000

Dealer: Game #18277535281: lifegoezon wins pot ($275) with a pair of Jacks
HeliKa0N: well played
HeliKa0N: write it in your blog

Dunno if the guy is frustrated or just funny, but it definitely made me laugh. Plz leave a comment and tell me if you are a 1) fanboy, 2) funny guy that I want to hang out with, 3) frustrated, 4) anything else.

The hand history:

ifegoezon: posts small blind $2
HeliKa0N: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to lifegoezon [Jc Jd]
g0_all_in: folds
Mitsaa: folds
ERockGuy: folds
aznpride06: folds
Kelisitaan: folds
fumbo420: folds
gl79: raises $8 to $12
lifegoezon: raises $22 to $34
HeliKa0N: raises $24 to $58
gl79: folds
lifegoezon: calls $24
*** FLOP *** [6s Th 7h]
lifegoezon: checks
HeliKa0N: bets $75
lifegoezon: calls $75
*** TURN *** [6s Th 7h] [Qc]
lifegoezon: checks
HeliKa0N: checks
*** RIVER *** [6s Th 7h Qc] [8s]
lifegoezon: checks
HeliKa0N: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lifegoezon: shows [Jc Jd] (a pair of Jacks)
HeliKa0N: mucks hand
lifegoezon collected $275 from pot

Prepare

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:52:00 +0000

TO BE AMAZED!

Update

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:04:00 +0000

Hey,

Well, I figured I would give a quick update of where I am right now and what I'm doing. Right now I'm at 2/4nl, not because I've lost money at 3/6 and 5/10(that isn't true), but I made a pretty big cashout(Prob my biggest ever), and snapped into a $35,000 downswing right afterwards. What this did was cripple my bankroll, and since I am against sending money from my bank to Pokerstars(it just makes me feel bad), I felt it was best if I take my roll and rebuild it at 2/4nl.

During this time I am training myself for what may become a Supernova Elite run. I am playing 24 tables now, and would likely play 18-20 tables when I move back up by mixing in some 2/4nl even when I'm mainly at 5/10. I am testing my VPP limits and seeing what it is like to play a lot of tables right now, and I will decide eventually if I will go for SNE or not.

As for life:

I just got back from the beach last night, and I had a great time. I am trying to put on some weight to beef up some, so I ate like crazy at the beach(not the correct way to beef up, but I don't care that much). Coldstone ice cream is awesome, and so was the random place in front of my hotel where I stayed(The Breakers). Me and Britt basically used the week to chill and do nothing, we didn't party, we didn't really do anything. We would go eat and go to a couple local places to walk around and stuff, but we would be in by 10-11pm and then would just, uhm, lay around till we fell asleep. Most of my time was spent on the beach and in the lazy river, and I actually slept 9hrs per night, which is a huge amount for me.

Basically just a great relaxing trip, and I will be going again in July(5-12) for more of a "fun" trip. I will put up some pics once Britt uploads them if I can remember to.

May....Yay!

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:32:00 +0000

Well, I don't have much to write about right now. This was the worst month I've ever had in emotional/grueling tolls. The game has hit me hard this month. I will do a write-up when I'm not extremely pissed and just cannot think right some other day.

I'm going to leave one positive note even though it is tough for me to say it when I am just so pissed:

Keep working hard if you want to make it in this game. It will pay off eventually. My hard work is going to pay sick sick dividends one day. Today, unfortunately, is not that day.

Perspective

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Hey,

Sometimes as a poker player it is hard to keep a perspective on things. I'm sitting here, just waking up, and can't stop thinking about how pissed I am about how my current month is going. Basically I started off zooming up above 25k or so and am currently on a 12k downer. I don't know the exact amount I'm up, but it isn't much in poker terms. This is where my perspective needs to set in. I'm waking up at 1pm instead of waking up to go work at Mcdonald's. My current month is double or more nearly every parents salary, and I'm only midway through. Yet I still feel like I'm failing for the month right now.

I am definitely happy to be where I am, but it's just that I have so much further to go to get to my goals. The thing is, I don't think I'll ever be satisfied or "impressed" with where I am. I'm always going to try to be appreciative of where I am, but I think being satisfied or impressed with anything I(or anyone trying to succeed in something where they have a long way to go) have done is just a reason to get stale and stop working hard. It is a hard balance, but anyone trying to make it in a competitive environment like this has to try to be appreciative and happy enough with where they are that they aren't always upset and down about losses, but they also have to be driven enough to keep saying that you aren't content with where you are and that you want to push further and further. It is definitely a tough balance.

Biggest Pot Evar

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:39:00 +0000

Had a bit of a rough day, but this turned it around and kept me going to start the month. Still on pace for 100k month, yo :P

Sorry PrimoGen:

Poker Stars, $5/$10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
LeggoPoker.com Hand History Converter

UTG+1: $1,273
MP1: $1,040
Hero (MP2): $2,027
CO: $2,107.65
BTN: $100
SB: $2,183
BB: $2,021
UTG: $790

Pre-Flop: Ad Ac dealt to Hero (MP2)
UTG calls $10, 2 folds, Hero raises to $40, CO folds, BTN raises to $100 and is All-In, SB raises to $200, 2 folds, Hero raises to $600, SB raises to $2,183 and is All-In, Hero calls $1,427 and is All-In

Flop: ($4,174) Qh Ah Qc (3 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: ($4,174) 6c (3 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($4,174) Ts (3 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $4,174 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed Ad Ac (a full house, Aces full of Queens) and WON $4,171 (+$2,144 NET)
BTN mucked Jc Jh and LOST (-$100 NET)
SB showed Kh Kd (two pair, Kings and Queens) and LOST (-$2,027 NET)

May: SUMMERTIME!

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:31:00 +0000

So I am so happy that summer is almost here. I get done with my last final on May 9th, and I simply cannot wait.

I'm happy to see I brought in May with a bang as well! I hope everyone has a great month, and I really really hope I can pull in my best month ever yet again this May.

April Review: Another great month.

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:35:00 +0000

Wow,

I can't believe how far away January feels, in more than one way. In general terms, I cannot believe it is already near May and near summer. I feel like I'm 2 months into the year. Also, I cannot believe the difference in poker since only then.

For a quick update, I finished January down like 15k or something. I am going to post some quotes from January blog posts that make me LOL and also realize why I am where I am. Many will call me cocky, some will call me an asshole, and I am cool with that. But the thing is, you absolutely have to believe in yourself to make it in this game. It simply does not matter what others think of you or your game(but, if many are saying you suck, LISTEN. That is what got me past 100nl, listening to the many people saying I sucked). Throughout January, I was consistently upbeat even though I had a downswing that many thought was impossible, and despite many people telling me I simply sucked.

-I took some time off, and have been studying the game some. I made some conservative changes to my game and found a couple more leaks that I had. I still have a long ways to go, but I must say that this downswing could end up being the best thing that has ever happened to me. Just from all the studying I am learning so much more about the game and I plan to continue doing a lot more to help my game.

-I lost 5 figures still and am quite sick of poker.

-I can't say I am unhappy with my play. I know I have leaks, but the thing is, I won 11/12 months last year and I haven't changed anything. All I have done is continually fix leaks. I can say that my game has went to another level this month though. I feel the changes I have made will make me turn this thing around quick and eventually lead to my success at 5/10+. I think my main goal right now is rebuilding my FTP roll(I really don't feel like transferring anymore of the roll from Stars to FTP), and eventually playing and beating 5/10+ levels of FR. I think I will want to win a couple of months there before starting to play some 6max and working on my overall game in other types of games. I think by summer I will be able to play 5/10 with a comfortable roll(not full-time, only mixed with 2/4 and 3/6.)

All of these are genuinely upbeat although I was going through complete hell. I had a dwindling bankroll, no idea what to do, and no idea where to go next. I was working so hard, and had NOTHING to show for it. I was just getting my head beaten in. I definitely love the quote at the end about summer. Luckily I am already playing 5/10 Full-Time, and mixing 3/6 in because not enough 5/10 runs. If I didn't believe in myself and my abilities, I doubt I could've made it out of that downswing.

April:

I just finished my best month ever. Although I am not done, this is basically where I should end at as I will play minimally for the next couple days. I ran at 3.5ptbb/100 at the medium-high stakes games for the month, and played and ran very well. I am extremely happy with everything. I also got like 4k in bonuses. :)

Funny enough, I started the month at FTP once again trying to beat 2/4nl there. The results? 18,000 hands, +$540. I simply cannot beat FTP and it is actually truly unbelievable. I am -12k or so over 180k hands there this year, and I doubt I will play there much more at all. It is simply statistically unbelievable that I can be down 20k in all-in EV and be running so bad in every other facet as well. Oh well, I might play there some, but we will just wait and see.

Good luck to everyone,
Schwallie

Pokaaahhh!

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:29:00 +0000

" Goldseraph said...

Dude yer blog is getting boring, post some shit about poker!"

So let's do a little update on how things are going poker wise...Last month, I played 3/6 throughout the month and the last two and a half weeks I played 5/10 as my main game. All went well, and I made a buttload. Unfortunately I cashed down to 30k every so often to keep my BR small online. Well, a cashout coinciding with a 12k downswing crippled my Stars roll. I hate to cash back in, so I'm stuck grinding for a bit. I started off the month trying to play some 2/4 FTP, but I just cannot win at FTP so I've moved back to Stars 3/6nl. Things have went well, and I had a good two day span this week. I've already been playing some 5/10, but I want to wait till my bankroll hits 50k again to make it my main game again.

Hope this post doesn't activate my downswing, so let's hope I can run hot for the rest of the month. Also, this was a two day span but I had to include a day earlier(the 3k break-even hands) because I won like 2k between 11:30-12 midnight, so basically it is a two day period with 30mins of running hot in the day before.

Hotels in Myrtle Beach

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:18:00 +0000

Hey,

Looking to find a hotel in Myrtle Beach somewhere near the strip(like The Breakers).

Any ideas? I would prefer a Jacuzzi tub in the room, only need one room, it is for me and my girlfriend in June.

Looking for something right on the beach, but a hotel for sure that has people around and near the strip so I can walk there and shop in the little shops and watch the people/etc.

I wanted The Breakers, and may still go there, but I kinda wanted a Jacuzzi and don't see any rooms available with any Jacuzzi's? I don't know why not, but also would want it Oceanfront.

Anyone got any ideas?

Also posted here: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=169194

S'Mores!

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:25:00 +0000

So we were at the local supermarket place and decided to buy some s'mores. I don't think anyone doesn't know what these are, but it is just two graham crackers with some Hershey's chocolate and marshmallows in between. We had just got done eating Subway(healthy LOL), and now we got back and all ate like 3 s'mores a piece. All 3 of us were stuffed by then, but my one friend/roommate decided he would be a champ and finish off the rest of the stuff.

So the challenge was made: 16 s'mores, the leftover marshmallows and graham crackers, and a half gallon of milk in 10 minutes. Did I think he could do it? Not at all, but hey, he wanted to try.

The line-up
The Champ

And we're off!

So we start the "challenge" and decide that we need some music to pump us up. We decide to throw on some Zombie Nation at full blast. You have likely heard it, it is basically played at every basketball game ever.

He gets through about 10 of them before he starts slowing down. We try to keep him going by cheering him up(well I just laugh at him really)

Unfortunately he has to give up:

My other friend decides to take over from there, and they both finish it off in 12mins and 45 seconds.

Is this gay? Absolutely. But we didn't really start it out as any planned activity and it turned out to be hilarious. More hilarious than most of the beer contests I have ever watched.

Pics from Florida

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:56:00 +0000

Some notes, I guess:

- I'm not commenting on each one, I'm tired.
- They were all taken in the span of like 2 or 3 days, because her camera sucked and I went and bought a new nice one(Canon SD750) with like 3 days left on the trip.
- As you can see in the first picture, she is telling me to stop taking pictures.
- These are in reverse chronological order really, blogspot did it this way for some reason
- I hope they are all Photoshop-able so everyone can make fun of me

Craigslist Meets WallStreet…Classic

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:09:00 +0000

What a classic answer…..

THIS APPEARED ON CRAIG’S LIST

What am I doing wrong?

Okay, I’m tired of beating around the bush. I’m a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I’m articulate and classy.
I’m not from New York . I’m looking to get married to a guy who makes at least half a million a year. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don’t think I’m overreaching at all.

Are there any guys who make 500K or more on this board? Any wives? Could you send me some tips? I dated a business man who makes average around 200 - 250. But that’s where I seem to hit a roadblock. 250,000 won’t get me to central park west. I know a woman in my yoga class who was married to an investment banker and lives in Tribeca, and she’s not as pretty as I am, nor is she a great genius. So what is she doing right? How do I get to her level?

Here are my questions specifically:

- Where do you single rich men hang out? Give me specifics- bars, restaurants, gyms

-What are you looking for in a mate? Be honest guys, you won’t hurt my feelings

-Is there an age range I should be targeting (I’m 25)?

- Why are some of the women living lavish lifestyles on the upper east side so plain? I’ve seen really ‘plain jane’ boring types who have nothing to offer married to incredibly wealthy guys. I’ve seen drop dead gorgeous girls in singles bars in the east village. What’s the story there?

- Jobs I should look out for? Everyone knows - lawyer, investment banker, doctor. How much do those guys really make? And where do they hang out? Where do the hedge fund guys hang out?

- How you decide marriage vs. just a girlfriend? I am looking for MARRIAGE ONLY

Please hold your insults - I’m putting myself out there in an honest way. Most beautiful women are superficial; at least I’m being up front about it. I wouldn’t be searching for these kind of guys if I wasn’t able to match them - in looks, culture, sophistication, and keeping a nice home and hearth.

it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 432279810

THE ANSWER
Dear Pers-431649184:

I read your posting with great interest and have thought meaningfully about your dilemma. I offer the following analysis of your predicament.
Firstly, I’m not wasting your time, I qualify as a guy who fits your bill; that is I make more than $500K per year. That said here’s how I see it.

Your offer, from the prospective of a guy like me, is plain and simple a crappy business deal. Here’s why. Cutting through all the B.S., what you suggest is a simple trade: you bring your looks to the party and I bring my money. Fine, simple. But here’s the rub, your looks will fade and my money will likely continue into perpetuity…in fact, it is very likely that my income increases but it is an absolute certainty that you won’t be getting any more beautiful!

So, in economic terms you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning asset. Not only are you a depreciating asset, your depreciation accelerates! Let me explain, you’re 25 now and will likely stay pretty hot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins in earnest. By 35 stick a fork in you!

So in Wall Street terms, we would call you a trading position, not a buy and hold…hence the rub…marriage. It doesn’t make good business sense to “buy you” (which is what you’re asking) so I’d rather lease. In case you think I’m being cruel, I would say the following. If my money were to go away, so would you, so when your beauty fades I need an out. It’s as simple as that. So a deal that makes sense is dating, not marriage.

Separately, I was taught early in my career about efficient markets. So, I wonder why a girl as “articulate, classy and spectacularly beautiful”
as you has been unable to find your sugar daddy. I find it hard to believe that if you are as gorgeous as you say you are that the $500K hasn’t found you, if not only for a tryout.

By the way, you could always find a way to make your own money and then we wouldn’t need to have this difficult conversation.

With all that said, I must say you’re going about it the right way.
Classic “pump and dump.”
I hope this is helpful, and if you want to enter into some sort of lease, let me know.

Found this here, all credit to him: http://howardlindzon.com/?p=2725

New Poker Movie, The Grand

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:01:00 +0000

Hey,

CMAR pointed this out to me, looks sweet. I will get pics up this weekend cause GF has camera and her comp sucks so I gotta do it.

Back from Florida, pics coming..

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:51:00 +0000

Hey,

Edit: I think I'm going to start posting some random quotes since I don't really post as much as I used to about results and stuff. I'm a huge quote guy for some reason, so if I find good ones I'm gonna post them here. Gay, I know.

I spent the last week in Florida, around Sarasota or some shit like that...Not a romantic getaway, but more of a family thing where I could just relax. The girlfriend obv. came along, and we all had a good time. Kinda funny but I do more "relaxing" while at school than I did there, but relaxing here at school involves a lot of stressful poker. I'm not sure which relaxing I prefer right now, but I'm hoping I can maintain my good determination in putting in hands(I don't see any problem with this).

In Florida I mainly sat around the pool all day long...I got a pretty good tan, although I generally would rather be in the pool than outside of it. We spent the nights just roaming around different places and doing some shopping and general sight-seeing. In the future I will be traveling around the world, but as of now the 14 hours from home is the furthest I've ever been, which is quite pathetic.

Poker-wise, I didn't get in nearly the work I wanted to while at Florida. I didn't plan on playing any while there, and that stayed true, but I had planned on doing a lot of work on studying some parts of the game. I did a lot of thinking, but I didn't get to look at a lot of stats or do any work in PT3 as I was usually away from the computer. I think I have improved in a couple areas, but not quite like I wanted to. I've played a couple sessions since I got home, and have shown good results at 5/10nl while showing really horrible results at 3/6nl. I can only hope the few minor improvements I have made will show in my winrate and I can put in a couple crazy good months in a row. I'm not sure how far I am away from playing some 6max, but I assume by the end of 2008 I might be playing 6max regularly. Full-ring doesn't really run much at 10/20+, and I think I will want to play in those games pretty often eventually. I also need to work on getting at least a somewhat not-retarded HU game, as I think it is pretty obvious the highest winrates are going to be possible at HU games. I would like to say that I would be happy winning 6ptbb/100 at 5/10nl HU games one day, but I doubt that will be good enough, so I am going to keep trucking and eventually work my way to the top of this damned game in all facets of this game as well as others.

*Sorry for the unorganized and crappy post, but it was just some thoughts going through my head ATM. I will post some pics of me and the gf at Florida when I get a chance to get them off the camera either this week or if not def. this weekend.

**Stinger(a high-stakes player that is 19 as well) posted a 1.2+ mill month in like 20 hours. I am sincerely pissed that someone as young as me is that far ahead of me in this game. I think by 21 or so I can be playing his stakes but I just don't get how young I would've had to start to be where he is. I am thinking if I started at 15 or so and had someone to teach me, but I mean I had almost 0 time if you incl. sports in high school so I doubt it even then. For only a couple months over a year of playing I feel I am doing somewhat OK, but also feel I could be doing better. I am still 7 months away from turning 20 so I hope that guy is a bit older than me so that I won't feel as bad :)

March Continuation; Florida

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:36:00 +0000

Ok, so as you can see at the beginning I continued the hot streak I had to start the month. Since then it has been very meh. I've basically ran breakeven or less for a week now it feels like. Regardless, I'm up a lot, and I think a bit under 20k in play so far.

I'm heading to Florida for the week so I get a week off of poker. I have little internet there, so mostly I will be studying the game and the regulars and writing notes on what I need to improve on and etc. I am going to do this out by the pool when I get bored and stuff and I'm not at the beach. (Yes, I'm a workaholic and can't simply vacation ever, I have to accomplish something).

I plan on continuing my workouts and running a lot in the good weather down there as well as chilling with the girlfriend and just having a good time. See you guys next week!

March: 10k Month, yo.

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:24:00 +0000

Well, I usually don't like to post winning graphs, but I am giving in on this particular one. I think this is the fastest I've ever reached a 10k month, it took me 3 days. I didn't really play the 1st of March, and this doesn't include my play today, so this is 3 days, +10k. Pretty good run, but I did play a lot of hands. All 3/6nl.

Edit: I'm obviously not done for the month, I was just posting this as it's a bit of an accomplishment to hit 10k in 3 days of play to start off a month.

GET A LIFE!

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:21:00 +0000

So I haven't posted anything lately, and you may ask: Why would you do this to us?

Well, I've been busy with life. And the effects permeate through my game.

The problem with most of you(or "us" for that matter) is that many of us don't have lives. I'm not going to write some inspirational shit telling you what to do with yourselves, just ask this question when you are about to sit down: Have I seen the sunlight in 3 days? Do I have friends? Does my life suck? Is playing poker this much really worth it?

If you answered no to any of the above, go outside, be social, get a life, and stop playing. I promise you that you will see the effects in your game and start showing a higher winrate than ever before. Most of you are sitting here looking up to the first SNE's of '07 and thinking "OMG they are awesome." I'll be the first one to tell you that you are completely off-track. Look up the high stakes players, and strive to be them. Consider playing good poker. Consider being good at poker, and consider getting a life. All of these things will benefit you in more ways than you can imagine.

Edit: This post will be orange.

Edit2: For clarification on earlier posts about SNE. I played a lot this week and that is why I made this post. I didn't even play 1 week of SuperNova Elite pace and I am thinking "why would anyone do this to themselves?" I feel like it would be really hard to maintain a social lifestyle while trying to attain SNE. This post is obviously for young players, because many older players aren't in the same situation and can treat poker like a 9-5. For the young guys, I think we should all be enjoying life a little bit.

Subscribe to blog ; Weekly Updates discontinued

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:50:00 +0000

Hey,

I think I'm going to discontinue my weekly updates. I guess I can update my losing sessions but I think that would get pointless. I'm sorry guys, I just have no point in posting my wins and/or losses. I don't get anything out of people thinking I'm a good player at all, and I think most already think I'm bad for my yearly results so far so I don't really want that to change.

I still would like to write about big days, and occasional topics I want to talk about poker wise. I still will give advice on any topics anyone wants me to hit(have a suggestion? leave a comment.). It is just weekly updates aren't anything I'm interested in, and, trust me, I don't need any ego boosts of people when I have good weeks or anything. I have plenty of ego without anyone thinking I'm good, I couldn't imagine it if people actually thought I was good at poker(I'm not yet, but one day.)

Some comments:

1) If you click the subscribe to feed button on the top right, you can add this blog to your rss reader(just do a google search for RSS Readers to find some good ones). That way any updates I do you can see.

2) I still want to write updates on general poker things going on. I don't know about SNE still and I don't know where I'm going to be playing/etc. I will post when I move up to 5/10, etc, etc.

3) I will start back weekly updates at some point in the future. Likely to be this summer or something like that. Once I get my feet firmly in the ground and know that my table image doesn't matter, or that I feel I'm good enough that no one is going to be able to stop me, then I will start them up again. It will likely be the former that leads to me restarting the weekly updates, but I just don't want to right now. Good luck to everyone, and I think I'll have a update to my status about SNE and what I'm going to do about where I play/etc pretty soon.

SuperNova Elite

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:31:00 +0000

Hrm..

Well I think I might go for SNE at Pokerstars this year...

So far I've been playing at FTP, but I don't think I can make up the difference in money missed by playing there all year. Even if I just go for 600k or 800k points, my rakeback % will be much larger than it would at FTP. Also, if I get SNE the perks are just amazing considering that I will use the 5x FPP multiplier to it's full advantage for the year after.

I'm going to play Stars this week and post later about what I think I will do.

10 Google Video Documentaries You Have To Watch

noreply@blogger.com (Schwallie4) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:47:00 +0000

This is an awesome link, some cool documentaries on the site. I love Zeitgeist and The Iceman Murderer, which is the movie below about an old mafia hitman who murdered 100's of people with basically no remorse to this day.