Gonna start up a blog here
TBB, Jun 21 2010
Hey all, I've decided to start writing in here regularly. I doubt any of you know who I am, though I've been around LP since its creation. I've just never tried to make a name for myself, and also have only had an off-and-on relationship with poker over the last five years. I'm finally trying to put a little bit more commitment into it, but I'm having a hard time getting myself to spend the time at it. So I'm hoping that keeping up a blog will help me stay dedicated to poker.
I'll also be using this blog as a means of expression a bit as well. I'm a philosophy/psychology major, so I've got a lot of stuff on my mind all the time. Kinda need an outlet to put all of those thoughts. Hopefully it will be interesting. Short bio of myself - I'm 20 years old, just finished first year of college, at home with my parents for the summer, plan on moving out after this next year, and I have no idea what I want to do with my life.
Anyways, a short summary of my poker experiences today - I decided to cut down to 6 tables of 25nl. I'm still in the microstakes and I had moved down to 10nl recently because of an unlucky day/tilt but I am very confident that I am a winner. I usually do mass-multitabling of 6max cash. Anyways, I had a negative session today, and I'm not happy at all with the way I played, however, I'm glad that I did play. I've had such trouble with putting in the time to put in hands that I'm glad to be making progress with that, even if I lost a little cash.
tl;dr version
new blog - trying to get more committed to poker
going to put a lot of my thoughts and stuff on life into blog as well
i hope to be blatantly honest with all of my experiences in poker in life, however much it humbles me
That's about it. I honestly plan to make this interesting. Introductory blog posts never seem too raise too much excitement though, but I'll build that up with each update hopefully. Thanks for reading.
crappy connection on stars
TBB, Apr 09 2010
anybody else having a lot of problems with stars lately, or is it just my school's crappy internet? i've been disconnecting like mad.
Help me teach my friend to play poker
TBB, Mar 26 2010
Hey LP...a friend of mine plays a decent bit of online poker, and isn't too great. He has potential to be a decent player, but kind of still has a gambler's mentality about the game, similar to what many of us had when we first started playing (i.e. poor bankroll management, going up stakes to recoup losses...). I'm going to start teaching him poker from the ground up, and I need your help on where I should start, and how to influence his mentality about the game. He's basically your average fish - when I watch him play his cards seem pretty face up. He's somewhat passive preflop, and doesn't want to scare people out of a hand when he's got a monster. I'm definitely going to have him read the bankroll management guide here, and maybe a couple more articles, if there are any you would specifically recommend. I'm obviously going to have him learn ABC poker, and to treat EVERY situation as standard until explicitly shown otherwise, in addition to proper preflop ranges to be playing, etc. He at least somewhat knows preflop ranges, though. I'll probably end up making a few Camtasia videos of my sessions for him, but I would like to see if there are any specific videos any of you could think of that would help a beginner. If you have any other opinions on how to start up with teaching someone, let me know.
I appreciate the help, LP.
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