Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Best Vampire theory/plot I've Ever Heard
*editor's note: This is not mine, but as told to me. The author shall remain anonymous.
The Origin of Vampires
So last night I got this idea for a book. The title is Origin of Vampires.
show details 9:39 AM (25 minutes ago)
The story line is that there is a plague of vampires killings all over the place, and this doctor researches the anthropology of vampires and discovers that back in year 500 or something, vampires were just people who had leukemia. There was no cure at the time, until this very rich guy came to a witch doctor. The witch doctor said that the vampire needed to sacrifice a virgin girl and drain out all of her blood. And that the vampire needed to drink her blood in order for him to survive. Scientifically, this makes sense, because bone marrow stem cells are contained in the blood… and someone with leukemia would feel replenished by consuming a large quantity of blood. But just like a blood transfusion would only last a short period of time, the vampire would have to continually drink blood to survive. Over time, it became known to the vampire community that this was a cure… and then over time evolution did its thing, vampires (whose children inherited their tendencies towards having leukemia) evolved to have long sharp teeth and nails, and abilities that give them the ability to hunt human prey. The doctor decides that the cure for vampire would be intense chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. But there are also sociological aspects that need to be addressed – the vampires have had a long history of drinking human blood, and having been outcasted many centuries ago, have an inbred distrust and violent reaction towards humans.
What do you think? Is that random enough for you?
The Origin of Vampires
So last night I got this idea for a book. The title is Origin of Vampires.
show details 9:39 AM (25 minutes ago)
The story line is that there is a plague of vampires killings all over the place, and this doctor researches the anthropology of vampires and discovers that back in year 500 or something, vampires were just people who had leukemia. There was no cure at the time, until this very rich guy came to a witch doctor. The witch doctor said that the vampire needed to sacrifice a virgin girl and drain out all of her blood. And that the vampire needed to drink her blood in order for him to survive. Scientifically, this makes sense, because bone marrow stem cells are contained in the blood… and someone with leukemia would feel replenished by consuming a large quantity of blood. But just like a blood transfusion would only last a short period of time, the vampire would have to continually drink blood to survive. Over time, it became known to the vampire community that this was a cure… and then over time evolution did its thing, vampires (whose children inherited their tendencies towards having leukemia) evolved to have long sharp teeth and nails, and abilities that give them the ability to hunt human prey. The doctor decides that the cure for vampire would be intense chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. But there are also sociological aspects that need to be addressed – the vampires have had a long history of drinking human blood, and having been outcasted many centuries ago, have an inbred distrust and violent reaction towards humans.
What do you think? Is that random enough for you?
Thursday, February 10, 2011
One Month Recap
When I started on this journey a little over a month ago, I had big hopes. Perhaps more hope than an actual shot at being successful, but I had my target in sight. Although I was optimistic, I tried to stay realistic.
I literally just learned to play this game within the last 3 years. While that may sound like a long time, I had absolutely no clue how to play the game. lol, imagine if someone told you they learned to play freeze tag three years ago and still didn't know all the rules.. haha, poker is a tad bit more difficult than that. There is a saying that it "takes a day to learn poker, but a lifetime to master." That was probably originally used for chess or some other strategy game, but its quite fitting.
So obviously I'm aware that there are literally thousands if not millions of people just like me; who saw some poker on TV, had friends playing it, and finally decided to give it a try - then somehow decided they were awesome at it and can make money at it. Like seriously, if not millions of examples there are a few hundred examples online of players that have gone thru this.
I've always been a gamer of sorts. Usually that title is reserved for players who have played millions of hours of xbox or computer games, but I was always very much into competitive games. Basketball for most of my life, but always loved computer and video games too.
Anyway, I spent that last 3 years just basically learning as much as I can. Watching videos, reading books just trying to learn it all. While my knowledge is definitely not top notch, I felt like I was ready to take this gamble because I felt like I have a good "read." I can't instantaneously call peoples hands outs, or make extremely awesome folds or bluffs because I know my opponents cards - but I have a very good knack for picking up on peoples tendencies and/or idiosyncrasies in their behavior.
So anywho, long story short I am here taking my chance. I began with $1000 playing in a $25 game. After over 30k hands played, I am down $600. While this obviously sucks ass and puts a total dent in any plans I had with money making, the $400 allows me to drop down to the $10 game and still be able to play with full confidence. I have to admit that the "variance," that is the amount of fluxuation in wins and losses is a lot more than I originally planned for. I hope that this is due more to my bad play than actual results. There were literally moments where I would lose $75 then come back $125.
I am trying to hone in on that game which allows me to take $75 losses into $50 wins, because if I can then I know I can slowly begin to eliminate the $75 skids. There is a side to my game that is absolutely beastly and can dominate tables. The weird part is that it is born out of desperation, anger and hunger (from losing all that money previously).
So basically I want to get that winning game going, but without needing excruciatingly painful losses to bring it out. I also want to provide more thought-analysis on some of that hands I post. Right now, I'm just posting them so I don't forget to but then not adding much thought into it.
So onto month 2 of this little experiment I call living from the blinds.
Ciao!
I literally just learned to play this game within the last 3 years. While that may sound like a long time, I had absolutely no clue how to play the game. lol, imagine if someone told you they learned to play freeze tag three years ago and still didn't know all the rules.. haha, poker is a tad bit more difficult than that. There is a saying that it "takes a day to learn poker, but a lifetime to master." That was probably originally used for chess or some other strategy game, but its quite fitting.
So obviously I'm aware that there are literally thousands if not millions of people just like me; who saw some poker on TV, had friends playing it, and finally decided to give it a try - then somehow decided they were awesome at it and can make money at it. Like seriously, if not millions of examples there are a few hundred examples online of players that have gone thru this.
I've always been a gamer of sorts. Usually that title is reserved for players who have played millions of hours of xbox or computer games, but I was always very much into competitive games. Basketball for most of my life, but always loved computer and video games too.
Anyway, I spent that last 3 years just basically learning as much as I can. Watching videos, reading books just trying to learn it all. While my knowledge is definitely not top notch, I felt like I was ready to take this gamble because I felt like I have a good "read." I can't instantaneously call peoples hands outs, or make extremely awesome folds or bluffs because I know my opponents cards - but I have a very good knack for picking up on peoples tendencies and/or idiosyncrasies in their behavior.
So anywho, long story short I am here taking my chance. I began with $1000 playing in a $25 game. After over 30k hands played, I am down $600. While this obviously sucks ass and puts a total dent in any plans I had with money making, the $400 allows me to drop down to the $10 game and still be able to play with full confidence. I have to admit that the "variance," that is the amount of fluxuation in wins and losses is a lot more than I originally planned for. I hope that this is due more to my bad play than actual results. There were literally moments where I would lose $75 then come back $125.
I am trying to hone in on that game which allows me to take $75 losses into $50 wins, because if I can then I know I can slowly begin to eliminate the $75 skids. There is a side to my game that is absolutely beastly and can dominate tables. The weird part is that it is born out of desperation, anger and hunger (from losing all that money previously).
So basically I want to get that winning game going, but without needing excruciatingly painful losses to bring it out. I also want to provide more thought-analysis on some of that hands I post. Right now, I'm just posting them so I don't forget to but then not adding much thought into it.
So onto month 2 of this little experiment I call living from the blinds.
Ciao!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Que Sera, Sera
Full Tilt Poker, $0.05/0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash Games, 6 Players
Board:
uwmattyk13 (BB): $10
JonnyEfectivo (UTG): $6.24
Tequila0815 (UTG+1): $4.69
OCPYT (CO): $22.50
Kevinvdh (Button): $10.39
KENS CHIPS (SB): $9.47
Dealt to: OCPYT
Pre-flop:
JonnyEfectivo raises to $.35, (1 folds), OCPYT calls $.35, (1 folds), KENS CHIPS calls $.30, (1 folds),
Flop:($1.15) (3 Players)
KENS CHIPS bets $.20, JonnyEfectivo raises to $1.10, OCPYT raises to $9, KENS CHIPS raises to $9.12 and is all-in, (1 folds), OCPYT calls $.12,
Turn: ($20.49) (2 Players) 
River: ($20.49) (2 Players) 
Results:
KENS CHIPS Showed
OCPYT Showed
KENS CHIPS wins $19.13
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Discount from the Poker Gods
Thanks, I needed that.
Hand converter-Pokerhand.org 
CkA304HuK returns $2.94,
OCPYT wins $20.02
Full Tilt Poker, $0.05/0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash Games, 6 Players
Board:
se_mueve (Button): $4.35
OCPYT (SB): $10
snappuoff (BB): $12.56
Lunatic_90 (UTG): $10.72
CkA304HuK (UTG+1): $12.94
Merdoc_SNB (CO): $9.89
Dealt to: OCPYT
Pre-flop:
(1 folds), CkA304HuK raises to $.30, Merdoc_SNB calls $.30, (1 folds), OCPYT raises to $1.35, (1 folds), CkA304HuK calls $1.05, Merdoc_SNB calls $1.05,
Flop:($4.20) (3 Players)
OCPYT checks, CkA304HuK checks, Merdoc_SNB checks,
Turn: ($4.20) (3 Players) 
OCPYT bets $4.15, CkA304HuK raises to $11.59 and is all-in, (1 folds), OCPYT calls $4.50 and is all-in,
River: ($21.50) (2 Players) 
Results:
CkA304HuK Showed
OCPYT Showed
CkA304HuK returns $2.94,
OCPYT wins $20.02
Dropping down a level, seeing the same fun stuff
Full Tilt Poker, $0.05/0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash Games, 6 Players
Board:
UTG: $10.22
CO: $10.80
Button: $21.35
SB: $23.90
BB: $11.57
UTG+1: $10.41
Dealt to: UTG
Pre-flop:
UTG+1 raises to $.30, UTG raises to $.55, (4 folds), UTG+1 calls $.25,
Flop:($1.25) (2 Players)
UTG+1 checks, UTG bets $1.75, UTG+1 calls $1.75,
Turn: ($4.75) (2 Players) 
UTG+1 checks, UTG bets $4.50, UTG+1 raises to $8.11 and is all-in, UTG calls $3.42 and is all-in,
River: ($20.59) (2 Players)
Results:
UTG+1 Showed
UTG Showed
UTG+1 returns $.19,
UTG+1 wins $19.22
Full Tilt Poker, $/0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash Games, 6 Players
Board:
Ga0bo (UTG): $8.87
OCPYT (CO): $10.68
snappuoff (Button): $9.65
Kovalchuk19 (UTG+1): $10
CkA304HuK (BB): $12.27
pikachurra (MP1): $13.47
Dealt to: OCPYT
Pre-flop:
pikachurra raises to $.40, (1 folds), OCPYT raises to $1.20, (2 folds), pikachurra calls $.80,
Flop:($2.50) (3 Players)
pikachurra checks, OCPYT bets $2.50, pikachurra calls $2.50,
Turn: ($7.50) (3 Players) 
pikachurra checks, OCPYT bets $6.98 and is all-in, pikachurra calls $6.98,
River: ($21.46) (3 Players)
Results:
OCPYT Showed
pikachurra Showed
pikachurra wins $20.03
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