tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149748032011-12-30T16:57:38.749+11:00The Era of Financial FreedomMike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.comBlogger2251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-83895708753935027012008-06-07T07:21:00.005+10:002010-06-30T13:56:07.400+10:00

How interesting that the last post I might make on this blog; coincides with the 'supposedly' deteriorating quality of writing within my blog.Two weeks ago, my dad got diagnosed with cancer - and I will be fufilling his one wish by not pursuing poker fulltime.I feel that this is the most natural time to be quitting this game as a serious hobby due to the fact that I started a new business only 2

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http://www.pokerhand.org/?2595849

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here's a fun hand http://www.pokerhand.org/?2528791 usually i don't slowplay JJ preflop, but there was jus too much chance that the first 3-bet player had JJ crushed too often to make 4betting an option.

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Full Tilt Poker Game #6039680281: $18,500 Guarantee (1r+1a) (45280374), Table 4 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:39:19 ET - 2008/04/14Seat 1: Zookie1095 (3,980)Seat 2: Bruce Buffer (3,937)Seat 3: uwantmeinurgame (4,198)Seat 4: TXrounder1 (4,398)Seat 5: ohmyguinness (7,583)Seat 6: ChangPogo (8,870)Seat 7: MsXRed (4,410)Seat 8: baxur (5,279)baxur posts the small blind of 40Zookie1095 posts the big

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I won another tourney last night; and this is now the second win in as many weeks. Last night's score is 4,6k so the scores are getting bigger. Check out my ranking at pocketfives.com in the australian leaderboard - i'll hopefully get to the top 10 by the end of the year.I had some miraculous suckouts including 2 outers, and very bad edges in huge pots - the following pot coming as a pure

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So i finally took down my very first tourney (i've had a few final tables), and I was chip leader going into the final table, and for once I didn't screw it up - i dominated from the first to the last hand, culminating in the final hand.http://www.pokerhand.org/?2337851Although the win was only over 200 or so players and the first prize was only 1k (i've had larger wins of 8k and 6k in larger

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This easter has been the most hectic, dramatic and possibly life changing in my life for my past 25 years. I finally feel that 2008 is the year for me, and while it almost seems like we're halfway there, it seems like i've got an eternity left for the year to play out.I have stopped playing online poker for the past few days, and plan not to play until the 15th of april, working on some perhaps

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A story from the Book 'water logic' by Edward De BonoJohn was a young boy who lived in Australia. One day his friends offered him a choice between a one dollar coin and a two dollar coin. John took the one dollar coin. His friends laughed and thought he was very stupid because he didn't realise the smaller two dollar coin was worth twice as much as the bigger coin. Whenever they wanted to

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What is the meaning of 'tripping'?trip1 /trɪp/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[trip] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, tripped, trip·ping. –noun 1. a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris. 5. a stumble; misstep. 7. a slip, mistake, error, or blunder. 8. an error or lapse in conduct or etiquette. So in essences, you can have a trip as in a journey,

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Prison Break the tv show has many uncanny similarities to how our mind works - a way of understanding how we make decisions and feel emotions and take directions in our lives.I like to think of our minds as a prison - we are trapped by the realities that our mind forces upon us. What we learn in school and from our surroundings is not freeing our mind, only adding more prison cells to our

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Why is it that some people tend to get more sick than others?Why is it that some people are more tolerant of alcohol than others?And why do some people lose their temper so quickly?And what is it about someone that makes you instantly like them, even before knowing or talking to them?Each human, has a forcefield like aura around them - aura that protects their physical, spiritual, emotional,

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Dallas was the nfc's best team this season going 13-3, and being the number 1 seed throughout the playoffs. They played the Giants who were huge underdogs in this game where the number 1 seed has never lost in its first playoff games.Today, Romo (the dallas quarterback) has proved that quaterbacks need more than athletic ability - discipline and media sense to survive in the nfl.He has made two

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I played a live home cash game with $1/2 blinds with like min 100 buyin, and the game had a lot of interesting hands - some i will try to do some EV calculations to show how important they are to making the right plays.Two bluffs I made against the same weak tight player - I have 6-7 on the button and all folds to me I make it $8, and the SB (villain) makes it $35 and BB also calls $35 and I call

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Review of 20007Lows- Was not financially as good as I had hoped, at one stage going through massive tilt phases: some memorobale tilt moments: 20k losing streak on 2/4 nl, 10k lost in 1 week in no limit live games culminating in a 4k 20 minute blowup, losing 10k in my first shot at 25/50 (giong all in with 59o against AA in the first hand)- Had a losing poker trip to Korea and Vegas- Had some

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Played in the http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/aussie-millions-2008/event-1-no-limit-holdem-/chip-counts/day1/ event, where at one stage I was close to chip leader, had a few very sick hands, and had a lot of interesting hand histories that actually dictate a few tourney strategies that are probably not adopted nearly as enough.Firstly a brief report - the buyin was 1.1k starting with 560

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People love to make things relative, categories and make judgements based on loosely based tests and assumptions.To succeed in life, you have to be faster, stronger, smarter than the rest - this really is the key to a poker players success also - you must play longer, stay more disciplined, be smarter, be luckier. All ranking of success tends to skew the monetary rewards to those that can

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Revenge - the worst possible trait in a gambler.i've seen some huge downfalls for even the smartest guy going on a kill bill like rampage on gambling games.i think i have the revenge vice well in tact - i mean i've had a ex gf owe me more than a fair sum of money, and I wouldn't really do nething to get it back - I belive natural market forces will somehow bring monies that are rightfully owed to

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Took a few days off and reflected on some past issues and came up with an interesting relationship ranking system - this is wholly my own idea and is based on caculations that I make when playing poker.I think this system proves why you really don't know how good your partner really is until 1/ you have dated them for a period of time where you get to see ALL their factors in them that RANK

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Don't Give Up. I've written about what it takes mentally and strategically over the past year about my journey - and in response to my last comment the most important factor for where I am right now is because I haven't given up - despite so many urges to just withdraw all my money, call it quits and get a real job.I'm not even close to the success of the likes of sbrugby, cts, or menlo - but

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OK surviving 4000 or so people and playin a few hours was exciting - just that first prize of 348k is still whispering to me. LOL.I got 8k + 200 (for knocking out a pro for the bounty), so all up not a bad score.here is the hand i got knocked out.Full Tilt Poker Game #4225177962: FTOPS Main Event (30641981), Table 135 - 14000/28000 Ante 3500 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:03:26 ET - 2007/11/19Seat 1:

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Can't type much but roughly here is a what happenedi'm still alive 15/72lost a 400k pot with TT v AK all in pre, then had 30k all in triple up to 100k with A3s vs KK vs AQ.Then doubled up with 44 v AJ to 200kThen coolered KK with AA. to be 400k now sitting at a healthy 15th.i picked up AA straight after, and i'm feeling like the rush of cards are coming right at the right time!...gooooooodluck mE!

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4371 entrants, currently 690 remaining - i feel this tournament is mine for the taking. a few hands that happenedi have AA vs Ak v KK all in preflop early on, i hit quads with 99 and probably the toughest call i've ever had to make in a tournament so far in my poker life -Full Tilt Poker Game #4222970910: FTOPS Main Event (30641981), Table 311 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:39:43 ET

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Australia's first case of sex slavery was given it's first ever Guilty verdict, and my friend was instrumental in the process - i don't think much on social issues - coz i'm too busy working out my own personal demons everyday; but this news brought up a few issues in my mind.I was chatting on msn and I told a young friend that my friend was a prosecutor - and they asked me what that is - and I

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I've been logging some long sessions in Sit N Goes - one table poker tournaments.I managed to get a nice groove going with a win rate of about 10% ROI (return on investment) with 55+5 buy ins.More specifically 538 games, $9 per table on average, 13% ROI and total profit of $4770. Either way these small buyin sngs are probably too low for my gambling tastes - but I need to build my bankroll back

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-76568086581421298902007-10-03T02:55:00.000+10:002007-10-03T03:21:10.353+10:00

There's a new tv show called the pickup artist and it's really entertaining because guys that seem incapable of talking or chatting up random girls in a club or on the street are trained and put to the test. I don't think the show necessarily makes you a better 'pickup artist' as it isn't that extensive in it's techniques, but it does point out some blaring mistakes that guys make in a social

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Just a sick good player who made one of the best calls in the wsop 2007 as well as a very good value bet in episode 22.

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ugh everytime my dad comes near my vicinity i seem to run horribly, horribly bad. I ran bad yesterday in my cash games at night when he walked by, promptly dropping like 6 buyins after being pretty much break even for like 3 hours, and now this morning after making a semi miraculous comeback I shove in a very an obviously very bad spot as soon as he walked by again. Uncanny timing - maybe it's

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-79817164897347999592007-09-17T08:23:00.000+10:002007-09-17T08:29:32.790+10:00

Ok after being shortstacked early, luckily I didn't just give up and caught a few hands made a few plays and i'm just under average stack with about 4000 players remaining (6025 runners started).However I'm way tired and decided to not play the fulltilt anyways despite the fact that I a still alive in the stars tourney. One interesting play I think worked purely by accident is the min lead then 3

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Had a rough cash game session on fulltilt and just ran into this sick hand on the 550 pokerstars tourney which pretty much sums up how I've been running this past week -PokerStars Game #12095625445: Tournament #70000005, $500+$30 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (25/50) - 2007/09/16 - 16:56:26 (ET)Table '70000005 287' 9-max Seat #6 is the buttonSeat 1: BSTLCU72 (10520 in chips) Seat 2: ladoga77 (14525

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I will be playing in the 2mil guarantee on stars and the 1 mill guarantee on fulltilt in about 5 hours and 6 hours respectively. Got some good sleep this arvo so hopefully I can play a nice patient bad beat free style and accumulate chips the whole tournament.

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During the past 2 years of playing poker, I haven't ever moved down limits whie moving up due to some strict bankroll management. A quick reflection of how my rise in playing limits reflected how much money I had in the 'poker bank'.$200 (initial deposit) - 5c/10c$500 - 10c/25c$2000 - 0.5/1Then accumulated all the bankroll onto two sites, fulltilt and pokerstars$4000 - 1/2$6000 - 2/4$10000 - 3/

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Had some ridiculously crazy coolers today and didn't tilt like i normally do, but I did feel the tilt coming over me, but held the beast in check.I went clubbing last week and my whole body was sore the whole week and it's been really hard to just sit down and get started in poker sessions.I also realised music has a profound effect on my poker play.So far: hip hop distracts me too much with the

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-56228337777732247132007-08-21T14:53:00.000+10:002007-08-21T15:00:22.432+10:00

Ok, So I've been requested for results, and there are a few reasons why I haven't posted them - I haven't been killing the middle limit games like I used to, I have moved, been overseas to Korea and America so I've been playing on desktop and laptop with not so accurate records as I have random session playing at internet cafes.I know for a fact that in July I've probably had inconsistent

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-60560008087276530442007-08-16T01:33:00.000+10:002007-08-16T01:34:35.115+10:00

I think one line will do..need to think about this one.

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There are some people that have mind reading (ESP) abilities and obviously this would be very useful in the poker world (I have yet met someone who has this ability and would very much like to one day). I do believe in another concept that is loosely termed 'Soul Reading' ability - people use this term humourously in poker forums so I decided to go with the meaning for what I'm about to

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Ok, the lack posts this month means that you guys all get a special double or even triple post treat!..the quality of the posts should reflect the delay on the changing perspectives and ideas in my life.I think people often lack self reflection within themselves - often because it's so hard to look at yourself objectively, and often it's hard to go past the tangible qualities of yourself - i'm

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My Confidence is super high right now. More details later.

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Ok, So I've been studying the game a lot and have been experimenting with a more passive styles - but I've had just some of the worst run of cards the past few weeks. The losses would be smaller if I would stop being such a spew monkey. I can obviously be playing better but I had to take a few days off coz I had some food poisoning.The last few days I kept running QQ into KK/AA and kept getting

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Had my biggest losing session at Walker hill the other night - I had bottom two pair against AA and got counterfeited on river, I had AA and ran it into a set, and missed a gut+flush draw all in against top pair.Was down about 1k, but the loss is manageable - I think i'm up a small amount on the trip in poker and I realised that while I am +EV in the game when I'm playing well - there will be

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So I've been running pretty badly in the cash games online - not sure if I can get away from all the set up hands I've been dealt the past week. Anways I played in today's million dollar guarantee tournament with 2300 players and after 9 hours finished an agonisingly close 16th. 1st was paying 210K...even 3rd at 80k would've been nice...oh well I'm getting there.Also here is the last hand - I

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Ok, i've been delaying writing this post as much as possible, because everytime I think about how I got knocked out, and the fact that I blew 10k on a very very long shot that seemed not quite a long shot at one stage is quite depressing.Here is a short recap into how I entered the main stage of the perhaps the largest annual poker tournament -I got to vegas on very short preparation - no hotel

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it's hot here, hotter than i've ever felt in any climate.pc is costing me $12 dollars for 30 minutes, one taxi ride down the street costs $10, a bottle of water costs $3 dolalrs. What happened to everything being free here?Rio is sold out, Bellagio is sold out...where the F am i gonna sleep tonight?....The guy that is meant to give me my 13k so I can buy into the event is MIA..There is no

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Tonight was a much shorter session than the 12 hour let's get back even marathon session. Tonight I decided to play 2/5 (as it was the only game runnning)Pretty much was hot all night, sucked out in a hand where I had 2 pair against the flush on the turn. Got paid off with set of KK, after i slowplayed an overly aggressive player CRing him on the turn.After I trapped a player, I had two key

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So i've been a bit slack with the reports - but on friday night I played poker for 12 hours straight 10pm - 10am. And tonight I played only 4 hours or so.Session 1 -This was a very crazy session, where I was playing 1/2 blinds but it was deep stack poker as I was bought in for at least 400 dollars. I had a lot of memorable hands, but I will talk about the one that busted my first buyin - I was

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-22620495827054780652007-06-29T20:15:00.000+10:002007-06-29T20:20:32.515+10:00

Ok, just got the ticket in Korea and it's dayam expensive - costed over 2.2kAUD, which means for this whole trip I've spent just 4k on airfares. I was stupid to not have already bought the ticket from Australia before i went to Korea.Anyways, I will be arriving exactly on the 5th LA - and I have to catch another flight to vegas airport (which I haven't booked yet). Then if I register in time

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-28971793460194412812007-06-29T04:43:00.001+10:002007-06-29T04:50:41.785+10:00

ARGHHHHHH...had a long nice post about the difference between a smooth talker and a sly fox in the dating game, and it got deleted....This is tilting me hard..................................anyways since this post seems a bit bare I will write up a little blahblah.Sly foxes can be smooth talkers, but not all smooth talkers are sly foxes.Smooth talkers can be genuine and their puffery and

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-60805534842097038772007-06-28T02:20:00.000+10:002007-06-28T02:27:09.425+10:00

I got to Korea tonight; haven't played poker for a few days, so I hit up some tables and grinded out a break even session. I have been thinking back and forth whether or not to enter the main event at the world series - I think that I will head over there if I can at least arrange my plane ticket by next week.I plan on heading into the Korean Casino, as well as a few underground cardrooms before

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-33437154719899865012007-06-12T03:21:00.000+10:002007-06-12T03:58:45.753+10:00

It's over.I knew this day would come before our first kiss.We were meant to be together, meant to have had this moment, but now, it's over.I could never trust that your heart was trully in love, as I could see the glimpse in your eye of doubt everytime you touched me.How could I trust the love of someone who's already been in love?I was there for you, when your life was going through uncertainty

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-49745045679926168312007-06-09T01:22:00.000+10:002007-06-09T02:05:50.975+10:00

I'm kind've a bit drunk so this may not be completely coherent but anyways:Why do People Lie 101 - simple to understand lying1/ They want something from you i.e Used Car Salesmen, Real Estate Agent (FUCK STRATHFIELD PARTNERS YOU FUCKERS FOR EVICTING US 4 NO REASON)2/ They are too ashamed about it i.e When you stole from your friends or family and they accuse you of stealing3/ When you want to

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-6948287493130598582007-06-04T22:39:00.000+10:002008-12-09T19:46:21.974+11:00

Ok so last week I had my biggest losing day ever, and I had thought long and hard about giving up poker altogether (while I still had a lot of money left)...I had thought about the reasons why I might quit poker for good, when I came across an article by a very famous psycologist Abraham Maslow - and I realised the reason, the first true reason why I started playing poker in the first

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-50447961868515368372007-05-30T13:30:00.000+10:002007-05-30T13:48:36.919+10:00

Yesterday was another home game and after my weak performance at last week's home game I was back with a vengeance and I was fully focused.I surely ran good, getting some nice cooler hands like set over set, two pair against a fishies bot pair+OESD, flopped straight against a slowplayed overpair.In a game where everyone was getting high I was able to take all the moeny off the table within 3

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-39060122990607011062007-05-28T22:53:00.000+10:002008-12-09T19:46:22.075+11:00

-10k in one day, now that's a new record even for me, kind've even surprising that I have enough energy to even type this.I went on massive massive tilt today. Probably a rollover of how I was feeling from yesterday - normally I am controlled and rational, but last night due to non poker related issue I was put in a state of life tilt that has made me reconsider everything and any principles

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-90784437621998587672007-05-23T11:13:00.000+10:002007-05-23T11:38:12.153+10:00

Those three points were the ingredients that I needed last night to pull out of the biggest hole I've ever been in at my home games.Pretty much first time the home game has been run with our friends for like 5 months, and my live gameplay as well as my reads on my 'fishies' were way off - the biggest fish in my game won the most last night ever won at a home game - 1.6k at 1/2NL (200 buyin).

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-73289350640484978472007-05-21T13:03:00.001+10:002007-05-21T13:07:12.842+10:00

Ahh, the big series came to a close, and I dropped out like a whimper.544/3798 with top 522 getting paid - seroiusly so sick of bubbling after 10 hours of play.The hand that got meI'm below average stacks at 20k, I have TT UTG raise to 3.6k, I get reraised by chip leader (who has 100k) to 9.9k everyone folds back to me - I know I should fold in this spot (with money so close) - but I had raised 2

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-69040822761533107232007-05-20T15:43:00.000+10:002007-05-20T19:11:03.596+10:00

There's a girl that I really like (or used to, I'm not sure) and for a long time after we stop seeing each other she kept calling and wanting to see me and I would continue to tell her 'not to call me' and when I do that she would do it more.Just recently I told her that I actually think that I have strong feelings for her (more so than any other girl?) and all of a sudden it seemed like she had

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-77205897128533904112007-05-17T15:37:00.000+10:002007-05-17T15:40:14.915+10:00

Ok, another heartbreaking run deep in a 2555 player tourney. Finished 144th, had a decent stack but got it all in with JJ against KK. The thing that really hurt me more than anything was that I hit a J on the flop, I was yelling so hard my cousin in the house was getting freaked out.Then the river....the K -BALL!!!...game over. I don't know, if I would have played the JJ any different this

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-18641921350246122462007-05-14T12:02:00.000+10:002007-05-14T12:10:30.868+10:00

Ok, so I've outlasted 2995 players and the the cash payouts start at 405 and currently there are 440 remaining, and I'm pretty short stacked, sitting at about 360th in the placings.And the following hand comes out, I would like to know whether it is more correct to fold or call AI on this play (and probably tripling up if I win).I have AhKh in CO with only 7k blinds are 500/1000 with 125 ante.MP

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-19439475245101210172007-05-12T16:11:00.000+10:002007-05-12T16:18:31.747+10:00

Ok, I played in today's first event ftops, with a 216 buyin and 2573 runners. I played for like 6 hours, and finished 99th.I was probably short or averaged stack for most of the tournament and probably got my money in bad once, when obviously I was forced to push based on the blinds increasing.The hand I got knocked out at, my opponent played seriously bad, and perhaps I didn't realise that he

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-49669447255499062272007-05-07T21:38:00.000+10:002007-05-07T21:41:51.171+10:00

Ok, so I survived 3000 players in the 400k guarantee and bubbled like a champion with about 350 left.I played in the Stars 100k rebuy, and got knocked out 100th or so.The 3rd tourney I played today was the 350 player 40k guarantee - this one seems to be my tourney as I was top 3 in chips for the final stretch of the tourney, and down with 14 players left, I probably committed a major mistake

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-43146434913671880222007-05-06T01:18:00.000+10:002007-05-06T01:33:57.101+10:00

Dear Poker my Love,The first time I flirted with you, you gave me some nice cards;The first time I played you, you never felt like you were used;Slowly you grew amongst my uni friends, and gave me new ones;And now I can't seem to get you out of my mind.I started to think about you every morning I was awake, Thinking how your hands will bless me today,It's been a few years now; and you've easily

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-71626673131044519002007-05-02T13:29:00.000+10:002007-05-02T14:02:25.514+10:00

I've started to play more pokerstars and less fulltilt and it has been doing wonders for my confidence and bankroll - neverless I run so much better on stars than fulltilt. To answer the question of whether pokerstars or fulltilt is easier - it's not that easy - the long run results is really what counts, but short term variance can make a fool out of us all. I believe that while your ability

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-44629750314671377582007-04-27T12:28:00.000+10:002007-04-27T12:44:27.403+10:00

And the downswing of my life continues.....Ok, after consecutive sick sessions, where I honestly don't feel like I'm playing too bad (however a little more aggressive than usual) I've jus been running into cooler after cooler, and today for the first time, I wasn't able to reload to max on all 8 tables at 400NL - this felt really sick and tilted me a little bit as I like to be full buyin on all

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-77749202914775065232007-04-23T13:28:00.000+10:002007-04-23T13:30:33.057+10:00

I like Denver at the current odds to make it deep, especially how well they played at SA yesterday. My money is definitely down. I'll be having some picks randomly during the week I might post them here.

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-10876206660201160192007-04-19T16:53:00.000+10:002007-04-19T17:40:33.025+10:00

Hearing and Listening is always talked about hand in hand; the person who hears the voice of someone making the argument, will be too obsessed with their own opinions that they are not willing to even hear the argument being presented. I've always had situation where I feel like some parents don't 'listen' to their kids because they don't respect them in terms of maturity or issues; and then

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-71858978724487406662007-04-18T08:44:00.000+10:002007-04-18T08:48:37.203+10:00

I've been trying to be less predictable on the turn with my play, and I really feel like you have to make some plays in position on the turn, or become just too predictable. I felt that my opponent didn't have a J on the turn. I didn't even realise that I had a straight draw on the turn.FullTiltPoker Game #2221635109: Table Promenade (6 max) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:53:22 ET - 2007/04/

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-50925718978066754752007-04-14T23:28:00.000+10:002007-04-14T23:59:50.212+10:00

So I haven't been playing as many hours of online poker as I would have hoped this month. I have really lost focus for some reason, not really feeling like I should be progressing as much as I should. I was trying to bring back 26k in US dollars into AUD, but stupid currency went up to like 83c, and I was spewing when it was 79c. I mean a few thousand the currency doesn't mean squat, but for

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-35051741407109710172007-04-12T14:44:00.000+10:002007-04-12T14:48:54.111+10:00

This is hand hurts so much because I have been getting coolered with set over set and QQ v KK twice this session, and when I finally start playing good and I've been outplaying this guy all session and he wins this pot and basically leaves the table.STAGE #629067660: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $4 - 2007-04-12 00:11:58 (ET)Table: LIVINGSTON ST (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealerSeat 6 - RELOAD40 ($785.60 in

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-17164570488506774132007-04-04T03:01:00.000+10:002007-04-04T03:06:41.067+10:00

I've finally gotten off my fat ass to get every edge possible and decided to datamine.Took me about 30 minutes to finally learn how to use tabler opener, sixth sense and now currently importing about 300k hands in the sixth sense program while downloading observed hands from fulltilt - since this is the site that gives me the shits.For those that don't know, sixth sense is a program that helps

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-40491879797379300422007-04-03T22:40:00.000+10:002007-04-03T22:43:12.537+10:00

I've had a few requests to be staked, and for small amounts and here is a story that answers all the requests for staking.Prussian Bismarck, also knows as the ‘Iron Chancellor’ went out hunting with his friend one day. He was walking though the deep forest when he suddenly heard his friend screaming, ‘Help me! Help me!’ Bismarck quickly searched for his friend and found him sinking into a deep

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-13592156036567667992007-04-02T21:56:00.000+10:002007-04-02T21:59:16.166+10:00

All in all a very bad month.My results for playing 2/4 and some 5/10 and my brief sng stint:pokerstars: -5kfulltilt: - 13.5kabsolute: - 1.2kWas down about 20k for the month, and notably my first ever losing month. YUCK.I'm gonna try to play 80k hands this month - won't be easy considering the most I've done in one month was 40k. I will try to make at least 15k this month and grind as much as

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-53405830410324105892007-03-27T03:44:00.000+10:002007-03-27T03:47:41.548+10:00

Ok, so here's the thing, if you can't spot the sucker in the first minutes then you are the sucker - since I knew I was the sucker, I was set and ready to go. I sat down, and sat without posting for 10 minutes, getting psyched up, ready to play ONE hand - I'm gonna outplay this guy. I'm gonna outplay this guy, just this hand. So I sat down and he raises as if I'm some fcken tourist, I reraise

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-81807924973049326682007-03-27T00:40:00.000+10:002007-03-27T00:43:24.725+10:00

I've got a very happy life, I've been blessed so much and EVERYTHING of all I've ever wanted I've somehow received.I've always wondered why I would always get what I wanted, why I would always have a good spot with carparks, why I have been able to work 200 dollars into over 100k playing online poker, when over 80% of all online players always go broke.I can now see how Brian Townsend i.e ABA,

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-90659019059494148572007-03-26T16:02:00.000+10:002007-03-26T16:17:45.688+10:00

Firstly I had another stellar, but disappointing tounrey performance: I entered two tournaments today a 69 buyin and a 215 buyin, in the first I finished 25th out of 411 but more disappointing was my second tourney in which I finished 10th out of 475, 5 hours of play and oh so close to the 30k first prize.Back to the tale at hand - a few weeks ago, I met this fellow Canadian online who believes

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-26200531196403888752007-03-19T22:28:00.000+11:002007-03-19T22:41:43.218+11:00

Ok, I have been pretty quiet on the blog front, and when I'm really quiet - I'm running really bad. The Fulltilt site really tests a man patience, every 2 weeks since I've joined the site (about 3 months now) I go through a larger, longer downswing unlike that of any other site that I've ever played on. Due to this reason I've decided I need a new challenge (as well as stop the bleeding of my

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-42840244920305061502007-03-11T22:40:00.000+11:002007-03-11T22:43:34.418+11:00

Life and the poker algorithms on fulltit has stabbed me about 9 times this week. I'm still breathing....maybe I'll start relishing in the pain...Tommorrow is the 400k fulltilt tourney and the pokerstars 1.5m tourney. Those are crazy sized tourneys, and I guess I will need to sleep early today if I want any chance.

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-8441259012560449612007-03-07T23:37:00.000+11:002007-03-07T23:45:12.654+11:00

Ok, I've been running bad today, and so much so that I tried to sleep early to get tilt out of my system but a few hours later I had nightmares of poker hands.Nightmares that are so vivid that in my subconscious state I am:-multitabling 30 tables on 4 monitors-play at least 5 hands simulatenously at any one time-getting at least a card below 6 in EVERY hand-and everytime I play a pot I can never

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-37977502530598287152007-03-07T17:42:00.000+11:002008-12-09T19:46:22.526+11:00

Played in the 200k Guarantee on Monday and came real close to winning it finishing 16th/855. First prize would've been 45k, and woulda been sweet, but things don't come so easily for me.My a2s ran into TT when I was short stacked and got eliminated.I've realised tournaments are pretty basic to play, you just need to get extremely lucky, to win all your coinflips and not run into any coolers. I

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-9117362030525519642007-03-04T01:17:00.000+11:002007-03-04T01:58:31.294+11:00

Time for a short post as I can't seem to get to bed and I don't want to play in this state as I'd probably drop a few buyins the way I've been running.There used to be this guy called Jason who was sort of a attention seeking semi retarded fellow. I have nothing against spastics, just that it is a good example to use in this case that helps to understand that not all poker players are created

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-28148197951077144332007-03-02T00:14:00.000+11:002007-03-02T00:39:52.587+11:00

If you want to have a deeper understanding of the psychology that makes up a successful high stakes poker player, you need to understand the psychology of a losing degenerate gambler.In my experience I have seen many losing gamblers and one of the core reasons for their losing streaks is their greed for money and their greed to win. Being greedy for every pot in poker makes you bet more

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-14137221940656437232007-03-01T21:25:00.000+11:002008-12-09T19:46:22.662+11:00

mm...Feb started off fast, I was up 18k at one point and was running super hot, but I went on the biggest losing swing ever, and managed to scrape out of a 8k losing streak. The graph shows the results on my desktop.All up I was up 10.5k (desktop) + 3.5k (laptop) +1.7k (rakeback) = 15.7k. Not fantastic, but a winning month nonetheless. I was gonna hit up 5/10, but think I will wait until I

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-41214531866423663492007-02-26T00:17:00.000+11:002007-02-26T01:03:35.286+11:00

It's been awhile since I've posted up any strategy related articles and I'm deciding that when I go on a bad run, I'll review a lot of my plays and try to really adjust to what people are doing against me.The first and most important thing I'd like to say is that you must adjust your strategy based on how well u are running and the kind of cards you are catching - this is probably an important

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-54298595061336708272007-02-21T22:45:00.000+11:002007-02-21T22:54:58.179+11:00

Had a few bad smell incidents today -1/ I was drinking some orange juice at a cafe and when I went to the toilets which are single adjacent toilets with a community sink. While I was washing my hands, the girls toilet opened, and as the girl was stepping out - the worst stench came flooding out; a mixture of stale shit shaken in sewerage kind of smell.....2/ I was playing poker on my laptop at

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-36972875144440926172007-02-18T22:37:00.000+11:002007-02-18T22:41:07.200+11:00

I was one of those students that could never quite sit 10 minutes in class without cracking a joke, and I also had to finish an exam lasting 3 hours in 1 hour. My lack of ability might be related to the fact that I might have ADD (I haven’t been tested yet) but also because my mind works so fast that I my mind actually get fatigued pretty quickly. Playing poker and your lack of focus I believe

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-8494901539096836442007-02-15T11:16:00.000+11:002007-02-15T11:20:39.640+11:00

ok guys if you want to know your poker IQ, the address is www.donkeytest.com.My score was 130 and here is the summary.Poker IQ ScoreYour General Poker IQ Score is 130 and shows how skilled you are in general. Anyone with a score this high is considered to be a high stakes pro. This score is better than 91.92% of all persons taking this test. You have a strong technical understanding of poker and

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-478556833302692402007-02-12T21:49:00.000+11:002008-12-09T19:46:22.880+11:00

This is a picture of my recorded results for last year in USD. Not exceptional, but I guess most of it has come in the last few months. There will be lots of missing data, but this is a good approximate.

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-57313432110257733112007-02-12T20:16:00.000+11:002007-02-08T19:13:44.254+11:00

Ok I just got pawned in UB my favourite site has deserted me.I went to a stupid dinner that I didn't want to go to because it stuffed up my poker rhythm and I didn't feel easy all throughout the dinner - neways when i got back my instincts were right and someone had scratched the front part of my car: now my car has a scratch on the front, the back and a key mark on the side.Then I've been trying

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-24189054366399759882007-02-08T19:06:00.000+11:002008-12-09T19:46:23.068+11:00

I made a few changes to my fulltilt layout, which provides less distractions and focuses on the information that I need when I multi table.Anyways I went out and bought a nice dell xps laptop that does 1920 by 1200 resolution - and this new purchase probably meant that I broke even for last month - this is by no means a small investment but now I can play 6 tables with some overlap on the laptop

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-81296602427773836962007-02-06T21:52:00.000+11:002007-02-06T21:53:46.484+11:00

Ok, those that are in the yr2000 NSBH will remember an indian guy named mayukh who has entered an indian version of idol.here is the link and please someone tell me if this is music?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14zG0Kfb3rsI couldn't quite appreciate the beauty of the clip, but sposedly he's in the final...wtf?

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-8811152060358564272007-02-05T23:57:00.000+11:002007-03-26T16:18:10.624+10:00

Entered a freeroll tourney with over 1700 players, I went to dinner for about an 1 hour after i accumulated a decent stack, then got back and played to try and make the money in the top 5, but got knocked out at 25th with A10 against 33, all in on Ace flop with all clubs, he had a club in his hand and hit the club on the river to eliminate me. Boohoo I keep getting so close in tourneys.

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-29136756580323738432007-02-05T13:37:00.000+11:002008-12-09T19:46:23.281+11:00

Ok, I had a below average month in terms of overall winnings, as I probably won a lil less than 10k online including rakeback - this is probably a decent amount of money, but in terms of how I've progressed in the last 3 months prior (5k, 12k, 18k) this has been a step backward. And the disastrous Melbourne trip that saw me down 4k.A few factors were that I was playing much looser, playing

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-19637410163270498262007-01-29T22:21:00.000+11:002007-01-29T22:25:37.163+11:00

Played in the 30k guaranteed 100 buyin tourney, was chip leader with about 60 to go, and in two hands I went bust, I was all in pre flop against another decent stack holding AA against his KJs and I was gone. It seems a bit annoying because I got real deep this time in the tourney and I was playing a pretty good game.

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-66266903367948558252007-01-29T00:31:00.000+11:002007-01-29T00:35:27.912+11:00

I think I've had a bad run of playing due to my lack of concentration. There have been a few distractions that keep bugging me like things I need to complete (my BAS for the company is probably my most urgent one right now).I think tommorrow morning I'll get in touch with my accountant before I start playing. Got a quote that did help me - Concentration can increase brainpower. Obvious, perhaps,

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-90903206878258561142007-01-27T01:55:00.000+11:002007-01-27T01:58:11.376+11:00

I was running so bad that I dropped another 1k this morning, and finally I stopped the bleeding when I reduced the number of tables I was playing - only 4. Hopefully I can stay focused tmr. My goal for this month was to make at least 20k, but now I'm thinking 10k is a more reasonable figure. I definitely want to start playing 5/10 but I gotta try and get my bankroll on fulltilt to at least 20k

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-3330071572683124932007-01-25T17:14:00.000+11:002007-01-25T17:15:27.624+11:00

Lost another 4 buyins at UB, even my Home Ground is rejecting me. I'm running so bad.

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I'm on a very bad downswing playing the 2/4, losing over 13 buyins or $5000US in the past 2 days. A downswing of this magnitude is normal, but I'd been playing pretty nitty, and these swings aren't a usual occurance given my playing style. I also think the games at FullTilt are much tougher at the night times I play as there are only 4-6 tables running at 6 max with most of them being regulars.

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-81292109867061451822007-01-22T14:29:00.000+11:002007-01-22T14:33:27.835+11:00

After my longest session to date - I played 5 hours straight I was down 2000 early on, then I grinded it back to even, then got silly for the last few hands and was down about 1 buyin.Chicago and Colts both won today; the Pats game was really depressing - caldwell makes that wide open catch or freakin evans stays on the stupid sideline - simple things that these guys are paid millions to do; and

Mike Hammhttps://profiles.google.com/102732948494325116774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974803.post-32792467696589382912007-01-21T23:02:00.000+11:002007-01-21T23:04:11.949+11:00

My picks are both underdogs tmr. New Orleans rushing attack will be too much for mistake prone bears and I am hoping NE can perform just a little better than last week to squeeze out a win vs the Colts. I'm more certain that NO will win than NE, but if they both win, it's be sweet for my bankroll.

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"Poker is merciless.Poker is a game of money and deception. The consequences are always deserved. The penalties go to the weak--the rewards go to the strong. The loser dissipates his time and money. The winner earns satisfaction and money. But what is the net result of poker? Is it merely time consumed and money exchanged with nothing positive produced? Is the net result a negative activity?Poker

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This post as ripped off from opoker.blogspot.com.I was reading through the latest Bluff Magazine and came across an article by Marvin Garden. He had a great quote by Bruce Lee that is very applicable to poker even though it was related to martial arts."The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result ofyour technique; my movement is a result of your movement."I wondered if

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