Sunday the 18th and yesterday

Well as I said I may post 5 min later so lets update what has happened the last 2 days. I am running bad the last 2 days, yes I run sooo bad. I almost laugh at myself because I have been running pretty damn well the last couple weeks so to complain about 2 days is pretty ridiculous of me but come on..It was a SUNDAY!!! Why run bad on a sunday, why not monday and tuesday lol. Anyway to recap in my last 21 tounrys I have cashed 1, and that was not for alot of money. On sunday I lost everything but the one that hurt the most was the $216 Sunday Brawl on Full Tilt. I was crusing in that tourny and doing well when I lost AA vs QQ vs JJ all in pre for the chip lead...yea that kinda hurt a little bit. The other tounrys were same story losing QQ to A 10's KK to AX's and obv the huge flips but thats going to happen so its okay. Yesterday was just as bad so Im hoping tonight is better pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Anyway I have to go to class now, here is the hand from the Sunday Brawl, and btw I lost JJ to QQ couple hands after this to get knocked out...where is the damn justice lol..


Full Tilt Poker Game #10117267358: The Sunday Brawl (74677925), Table 171
- 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:01:53 ET - 2009/01/18
Seat 1: basebaldy (21,472)
Seat 2: doctorhowser (5,380)
Seat 3: Ahvall (12,850)
Seat 4: lilfishy897 (13,509)
Seat 5: AAeveryhand (25,514)
Seat 6: Melissa55 (24,121)
Seat 7: CrazyEdi (12,196)
Seat 8: Klausen (19,023)
Seat 9: shady91077 (33,558)
basebaldy antes 50
doctorhowser antes 50
Ahvall antes 50
lilfishy897 antes 50
AAeveryhand antes 50
Melissa55 antes 50
CrazyEdi antes 50
Klausen antes 50
shady91077 antes 50
shady91077 posts the small blind of 200
basebaldy posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to AAeveryhand [Ah Ac]
doctorhowser folds
Ahvall folds
lilfishy897 raises to 1,055
AAeveryhand raises to 3,200
Melissa55 folds
CrazyEdi raises to 12,146, and is all in
Klausen folds
shady91077 folds
basebaldy folds
lilfishy897 raises to 13,459, and is all in
AAeveryhand calls 10,259
lilfishy897 shows [Qd Qs]
AAeveryhand shows [Ah Ac]
CrazyEdi shows [Jh Jd]
*** FLOP *** [7h 9c Jc]***
TURN *** [7h 9c Jc] [9s]***
RIVER *** [7h 9c Jc 9s] [6d]


yup that was not too fun....later guys

-Josh

A year has past, time to recap and make my first post TAKE 2 :)

Well the last time I posted was one year ago and it amazes me how much my game has changed in just one year. I finally learned that I dont just run horrible in multi's but I was just not good enough lol, it sad but true. I used to think that I dont win multi's because Im cursed, but its because I was misinformed. Well that has changed and I seeked coaching from a friend and he helped patch up some of the mishaps of my game, and it has helped immensly, Around 28K in profit in the last 2 months or so weeeeee... Anyway its time to recap points of my game and my life in general so Im going to to do it by categories.

Who are you?
First off some info about me, Im going to act like this is the first post, because i do feel like it needed a fresh start. My name is Josh Hillock, I am currently a senior at the University of Central Florida and Im graduating next Fall. I am a business major with a marketing minor and want to own my own business eventually. Okay theres my school background lol, now for whats relevant with this blog, the poker background!!! I have been playing poker since I was 14 years old, a freshman in high school, but have been playing seriously for the last 4 years. I worked through high school but have not worked in college thanks to poker and my parents :), which has let me have enough money to have some extra spending money while my parents help with my rent, food, etc.. Its been about 2 1/2 years though that I have been taken poker alot more seriously and studying the game as well. Poker for me is as I put it a "gatekey" when I say gatekey I mean it will unlock doors for me that can help lead me to new things. A dream for me would be to open my own busines with poker winnings and of course there is the standard WSOP goals, travel the world to diff. tounrys and travel the world in general. Okay thats enough background for now.

Who am I as a poker player?
Well I have been getting staked for the last 2 1/2 years by a good friend and people I met through various staking sites and I have developed a good staking relationship with many people who have been with me from the start, and it has been great and has let me grow poker wise. Also I have met many amazing people who have helped bring my game to the next level. Being around better players than you and having those same people be good friends who are willing to teach you is so huge for your game and your life in general. My poker goals are very big, I plan to be the best of the best one day and I am motivated enough to get there I think. I am not normal..plain and simple.. What poker players are lol. So a normal job ughhh not gonna happen lol. Will I be a professional poker player..maybe, but I dont plan on doing it my whole life, I plan on pursuing my own business ventures which as I said is my life goal, getting off task lol okay back to poker... I have been grinding SNG's (6 max turbo and HU/4 ways fwiw) since I started online, and I would play multi's alot but never any success. So than I finally starting taking poker seriously and started winning. I studied bankroll management(not that I follow it at all lol) but I started learning about everything and now were in the present where I feel Im finally on the track to start acheiving my poker goals and get to where I want to be

So enough blabbling about your past and goals what are you doing now?
I am now focusing my attention on Multis. I have had a great last 2-3 months, and I am finally getting my confidence back and I feel that this year is going to be beyond huge for me. I play around 5 days a week, sometimes 6.. During the week I usually play multis from 9pm on and on Sat. all day and Sunday all day, but I usually take Sat. off. Im hoping that I continue to be successful in MTT's.

So what can we expect from this blog?
In the past I have not kept up with this thing, which makes no sense, because I loveeeeeee to write and writing all my emotions down helps me tilt less, so not having a blog for me is just plain dumb. I will be posting as much as I can, and will be infoming you on how my day went, and anything in my life that I may think is interesting, including live games, trips to Vegas, etc.. Also I will post any advice that has got me through tough times, as well as strategy and other stuff. I will even write articles from time to time on certain things. Again I love to write so I hope everyone enjoys.

Well I think thats good for now, for my 2nd first post lol, I will be posting soon to say how tonights action went or I may post in 5 min if I think of soemthing new... I plan to be very very active with this thing, so if anyone wants to know anything about me or see anything in praticular let me know...

So lets kick ass this year, good luck to everyone!!!

-Josh

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1/15/08 Stud anyone?

Havent updated this anyway, but im exhausted and its late so Ill keep it short. The 6 mans are going good my roll from those are about $850 in profit after a week, which is great. Also I havent played as many as I wanted so 850 is amazing. Tonight I just got 2nd in a Horse tourny for $480 which is good, but I was a monster chipleader and ended up blowing it... I ran amazing in that tourny, prob best Ive ever run in one tourny, but when it became HU we were even and the game was Stud. I plain and simple suck at Stud, Im horendous. So why play Horse Josh? I dont know lol. But I vow to not play horse again until I read up on Stud, Im okay when its 8 handed, but HU i was a total meltdown in Stud... I got out to an early lead, so just tried to bully my way to the win, but made a huge error, when I started with A23 all clubs, valued it too much, and he had trips.... all downhill from there. But its okay, I jsut play that tourny for fun to mix things up so not bad to win 450 profit.... Anyway thats it for tonight......

1-9-08

Well I said wait and see if Im smiling, and I am lol.... Tonight went extremely well. I started slow, did 3 6 mans and got 2nd in one and lost the other two. Than I did another 4, I won 2, got 1 2nd, and 1 loss. Than to make that even better, I did 2 more, and won 1 and got 2nd in 1. A terrific night which puts my bankroll at $536.50. Gotta love the upside of variance. That's it for tonight....



-Josh

Variance comes back my way 1-8-08

Today I started to grind the 6 mans again.... I just started with 3 and won 2 of them and got 2nd in 1 which equals $239 in profit. It's amazing how variance works. It's funny how poker test you, it really is a cruel game. I lose 6 in a row, and get it all back in 3 games, less than one hour... thats why it's true that when you grind at a game you can beat, a win= a loss and a loss= a win..... I make around $6.50-$7 a game in these $39 6 mans win or lose.... It's nice to run good in those 3 though, for a second I was questioning if I really am as good as I think at those....So i got my confidence back which is a good thing.... I was gonna play more tonight but decided to stop while im happy, no need to ruin it, I want to get in at least 120 or so 6 mans a month which shouldn't be hard at all, espically once I start 4 tabling them. Anyway that's it for tonight, and Ill end this post with a smile... :).

-Josh

P.S. stay tuned to see if I'm smiling tommorow, lets hope so lol

Welcome New year, please be good to me :) 1/4/08

Well, it seems appropriate that I went back to 0 as the New Year has begun, so I can start fresh, and everybody loves fresh air.... I got back from my vacation to North Carolina 2 days ago, so I basically played no poker for week and half or so.... yea I missed it lol..... anyway I decided I am not going to start grinding the 6 mans until I get back to my place in Orlando on Sunday 1/6/08, so just 2 days, and than I will get back to the grind. Where I will start fresh and have the right mindset.... Yesterday I just messed around played an $11 180 man turbo, and a HU, and a 45 man lost the 180 and 45 man and won the HU, just used Girlfriends money so I lost her $11, which isnt too bad.... Since I am not going to grind for 2 days, I decided to run a stake for my stakers, 10 $34.50 4 way Hu turbos..... Basically its makeup/cake for them since I owe them money from past stakes, where the stake went for a loss, but I don't mind, just getting me back in the right mindset, and making sure Im not rusty.... I worked on a 6 man strategy guide and plan to have that finished shortly, and think it will be a great guide for winning at 6 mans, its very precise... Also, I will work with my friend and post a HU strategy guide, from his view and mine in the near future, which will always be a good guide, since I am very successful at HU play, as well as he is... Although I am aggressive, and hes a little more passsive, so I figure both views would be a cool way to look at strategy. Lastly, I am figuring out how to post hand history videos on here to give readers a way to see all my hands, and a easy access to understand my views on hands.... all in the near future.... until than, Happy New year, and let 2008 bring all of us the best of everything....


-Josh