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[pleno1]

back on the cash grind.

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ran pretty bad in terms of set ups against me, but wte, will take it.


Pretty disgusting river, tried to rep a set, obv cant fold.

PokerStars Zoom Hand #108365061737:  Hold'em No Limit ($2.50/$5.00) - 2013/12/11 16:42:17 CET [2013/12/11 10:42:17 ET]
Table 'Lambda Velorum' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: dingleber750 ($281.53 in chips)
Seat 2: pads1161 ($1355.40 in chips)
Seat 3: Bianconero12 ($500 in chips)
Seat 4: bencb789 ($870.52 in chips)
Seat 5: Classic_SIKO ($532.52 in chips)
Seat 6: NotYetBust ($2285.16 in chips)
pads1161: posts small blind $2.50
Bianconero12: posts big blind $5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pads1161 [ ]
bencb789: raises $10 to $15
Classic_SIKO: folds
NotYetBust: folds
dingleber750: folds
pads1161: calls $12.50
Bianconero12: folds
*** FLOP *** [ ]
pads1161: checks
bencb789: bets $22.50
pads1161: calls $22.50
*** TURN *** [ ] []
pads1161: checks
bencb789: bets $62.50
pads1161: raises $147.50 to $210
bencb789: calls $147.50
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
pads1161: bets $124
bencb789: raises $268.50 to $392.50
pads1161: calls $268.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bencb789: shows [ ] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
pads1161: mucks hand
bencb789 collected $1282.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1285 | Rake $2.80
Board [ ]
Seat 1: dingleber750 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: pads1161 (small blind) mucked [ ]
Seat 3: Bianconero12 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: bencb789 showed [ ] and won ($1282.20) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 5: Classic_SIKO folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: NotYetBust folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[GreekStein]

can you talk a bit about your site?

How many hours do you put into it?

You working with many people on it?

Is it expensive to make? What are your plans for it in the future? Do you intend to monetise it?

Interested in anything you can say on it basically.

[pleno1]

I put as much hours as im motivated to, when im motivated. That may be 20 hours in a day or 2 in a wek.

I work completely alone on it. All content, blogs etc. Id like a few heroes to join in with me in the future but its all about doing it to put something back into the community so i obv wouldnt pay anybody.

I dont want to disclose how much i spent on it, hours alone its time spent will go into 5 figures and spent money creating it.

I have no ads, will have no ads etc. People thought it was to apply for team online but can confirm i didnt apply for it. There was a lot of time to do it, i looked into it before making the site but didnt apply and it was 1000% not the reason.

Future is to just go with the heart, I have been ill recently so not done much but have alot of extreme opinions both personally and poker related that im not scared to speak about. On pokerstrategy it would have been unprofessional for me to have spoke about alot of things as there was a conflict of interest. I will just continue to write some strategy when I am passionate about it and blog posts when Im passionate about it. If I meet somebody interesting in poker I will try to introduce him to the readers without charging any kind of fee.

Would maybe look into doing some cool stuff regarding it in the future, I dunno what. Ive already spoke with some sites with my non pokerstrategy but wugwug head on and gave some consultancy, for free. Ill write about one of my ideas tomorrow, maybe even tonight actually. It will be called "Lets make tournaments fun" and a good way imo to help make online tournaments enjoyable. Another thing Id love to do is do a podcast with Rob Yong and Steve from pokertracker, it would be fascinating yet unprofessional for pokerstrategy imo but on my own site I can do wtf I want ofc.

People are really cynical about it and my motives but people who really know me well know that its purely from a passionate pov.

Did you look at it? Anything youd add or that youd want to read?

[dreenie]

More videos please

[Tractor]

Add comments, discussion about your blog posts would make it more interactive. Guess that takes time to mod though with spam etc.

[pleno1]

I just wrote this about the current state of MTTs online and how I think they can be potentially improved.

http://wugwug.com/make-mtts-fun/

Fixed the comments Tractor, cheers.

[dino1980]

There's a new type of tournament that Full Tilt are going to roll out soon that is specifically aimed at rec's but will also appeal to semi-pros who have a day job and don't want to spend all night grinding. Can't say too much about it but it has a different structure etc and I got told about this at the beginning of November so imagine they'll be rolled out soon. But emphasis definitely on fun.

[pleno1]

There's a new type of tournament that Full Tilt are going to roll out soon that is specifically aimed at rec's but will also appeal to semi-pros who have a day job and don't want to spend all night grinding. Can't say too much about it but it has a different structure etc and I got told about this at the beginning of November so imagine they'll be rolled out soon. But emphasis definitely on fun.

Interested in seeing this, think the escalator is pretty interesting.

[pleno1]

todays shit x100

PokerStars Zoom Hand #108435826661:  Hold'em No Limit ($2.50/$5.00) - 2013/12/13 0:32:29 CET [2013/12/12 18:32:29 ET]
Table 'Lambda Velorum' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: dima_ds90 ($208.75 in chips)
Seat 2: visjeatwater ($678.04 in chips)
Seat 3: jakoon1985 ($500 in chips)
Seat 4: adam001 ($2103.09 in chips)
Seat 5: hatay30 ($264.74 in chips)
Seat 6: pads1161 ($500 in chips)
visjeatwater: posts small blind $2.50
jakoon1985: posts big blind $5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pads1161 [As ]
adam001: folds
hatay30: raises $5 to $10
pads1161: raises $20 to $30
dima_ds90: folds
visjeatwater: folds
jakoon1985: folds
hatay30: calls $20
*** FLOP *** [ ]
hatay30: checks
pads1161: checks
*** TURN *** [ ] []
hatay30: bets $20
pads1161: raises $60 to $80
hatay30: raises $154.74 to $234.74 and is all-in
pads1161: calls $154.74
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hatay30: shows [ ] (three of a kind, Threes)
pads1161: shows [As ] (two pair, Aces and Threes)
hatay30 collected $534.18 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $536.98 | Rake $2.80
Board [ ]
Seat 1: dima_ds90 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: visjeatwater (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: jakoon1985 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: adam001 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: hatay30 showed [ ] and won ($534.18) with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 6: pads1161 showed [As ] and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes

[pleno1]

biggest stack ive ever had in zoom i think.

[dwayne110]

What stakes?

[pleno1]

500 i havent played much of it though.

[pleno1]

most of the other regs seem to sit back in with 100bbs after they get big stacks though.

[JGill_DTD]

I just wrote this about the current state of MTTs online and how I think they can be potentially improved.

http://wugwug.com/make-mtts-fun/

Fixed the comments Tractor, cheers.

Wasn't sure whether to post here or on the thread, went for beloved Blonde. Let me know for future reference if you were to prefer I posted over there.

Agree with a lot of points. I'd say I'm a low stakes MTT reg, once I bust some tourneys and realise I'm going to have to endure the boredom of pre ante play it makes me consider unregging from tournaments (although the fact I could end up playing for hours also contributes to this decision, but boredom definitely comes into it).

Something I mentioned in my blog recently (unashamed plug) is the fact that Leaderboard points needs a revamp and new structure on Stars. Due to so many points coming from huge fields as supposed to huge buyins you see a tonne of mid/high stake MTT regs playing the Big $2.20 or whatever the tourney might be. This surely contributes to recreational players losing money quicker due to tougher fields, hence being a negative for the economy of Stars.

[pleno1]

I want to record my whole session tomorrow on Sunday. Showing the emotions that happen on this ridiculous day. Talking strategy as it goes on and talking about my schedule and so on. What do you think is the best way to do it? I can be plaiyng from 5pm to 3am or whatever so would be hard to do lots of 1 hour videos as nobody would watch the 7th!