that's some good advice. i have been trying to three bet under a few conditions: like, if co opens, button calls, and i repop from the sb or bb (given a decent preflop raising % from co); or someone opens and I have a three betting hand (like aa, kk, etc) (or a moderate hand and position); or, reraising light some douchers who think the button means you have no choice but to raise. and such.

i do like your suggestion about 3betting people who call too lightly and then play wt, though, i never really thought about exploiting that. thanks buddy!

i hate how people love nietzsche.

you know, i've often drawn the parallel between philosophy (analytic) and poker. on similar lines, i think of chess being akin to math or physics. my reasoning is this: chess is like math or physics in that each decision (or deduction) has immediate and apparent consequences.

the thing about poker and philosophy is that there's this thick layer of bullshit covering an underlying game of reason. people get turned off philosophy because it's 'mental masturbation' or whatever, but they never see the underlying logical core, the underlying form of it all. likewise, people never get to see logical content of poker, because of the huge layer of bullshit, aces getting cracked by 56, set over set and then the underset pops quads, etc. they see this shit and they think 'hey this is like all about the improbable'. they never see that this game is different, that the core is, like philosophy, a pristine fucking logical form.

their loss, not mine.

sorry bout the rant...

er... why are you trying to get down to 17/14? isn't that a bit nittish? 19/16 sounds pretty sweet though.

Most who love Nietzsche haven't even read Nietzsche. And the rest don't understand Nietzsche. But then, I'm not sure anyone really understands Nietzsche ... or, for that matter, if (at least after Birth of Tragedy, which I do think is good) there's anything there to understand.

and while i'm at it.... fuck foucault. and derrida.

i mean really... i'm quite suspicious of anyone who claims to 'understand' what the hell they're saying. i have my doubts that they're saying anything at all really... except maybe 'i'm a pretentious asshole, and i'm going to babble incoherent little circles around you that seem like they could be deep and profound truths'.

yay karl popper and his arguments demolishing hegel and historicism too. open society and its enemies is tiiiiiggggghhhhtttt.

i love reason and logic.

why i love ftp... and what a hand... villain is a major calling station and likely to pay me with much much worse hands... he has a10...no draw.

bastard wanted me to have his money soooo bad.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (5 handed) Converter Tool from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Button ($188.75)
SB ($100)
Hero ($90)
UTG ($92.10)
MP ($60.45)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
UTG raises to $3.5, MP calls $3.50, 2 folds, Hero raises to $16, UTG calls $11.50, MP folds.

Flop: ($35) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $25, UTG calls $25.

Turn: ($85) (2 players)
Hero bets $50 (All-In), UTG calls $50.

River: ($0) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $185

no fricking draw!!! this guy thought i was bluffing or something! and he catches a fricking three outer on the river. wowzers.

i cashed out my ftp account...mostly because if i'm ever going to get any sort of 'real'
work done, i have to make sure that i have no monies in any of my poker accounts. because .... you know, i'm a bit of a poker junkie. the break is good anyways since i need one regardless of other work.

bye bye poker hello immanuel kant.

time is a weird thing, fo sho.

ok... so cashed all out now...

which means i can procrastinate by playing the guitar instead of writing papers. woohoo

jeez. i went from a 3.85 to a 3.6 and this semester i'm hoping to get a 3.0. i smoke too much marijuana.