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BQ Digest, July 2012
"The mission of the BQ Digest is to inform and entertain our readers"
"Mikes007, BumbleBee99, WhyDoWe_Fall, PapaPyrite, Bona"
In this month's issue the Digest features SheepRustler as Poster of The Month. SheepRustler participates in BQ discussions and events and posts good strat. SheepRustler introduces himself in his own words below.
Papapyrite continues to keep us up to date about poker legislation, Mikes007 expands his perspective on common leaks, Auntie WDW_F shares her introspective and fascinating journey with us, and Bee reports extensively on accomplishing the razz challenge the forum selected for him.
"Poster of The Month"
Hello all. My name is Cian aka Sheeprustler on here and pretty much everywhere else I frequent the internet. I am a student journalist and a reg speed sng grinder for my sins. I also run a small staking operation with a friend. I am from Ireland.
I have been playing poker about eight years, and started taking it seriously four years ago. I have been in college about two years and haven't been able to play as much as I would like in that time. I have a chance to play a lot of poker for the next six months though and I plan to take it.
I'm quite lucky because my college is letting me run the staking operation as my college work experience until next January. This means I will be able to put a ton of work into staking, improving my own game and interacting on twoplustwo.
My main goal for poker is to be able to make a sustainable living from the game. Because poker players don't get sick pay, health insurance or holiday pay I think that figure is somewhere north of $50 an hour from playing hours. I say 'playing hours' because you can probably add 25% unpaid time to that for studying and reviewing. I would like to be in this earning position in two years.
I've really enjoyed my increased participation in the forums lately and hopefully I can be as active as possible for the next six months at least.
The last two months have been busy in the forum with the annual BQ Heads Up No limit team event, aka uHUNLA. Great fun was had by all. Our elected leader, Leroy_Jenkins, managed the event and did a great job. Wondering how much fun this actually was for the guy who was responsible for "making the trains run on time" we asked Leroy to give us his thoughts on the event from the perspective of organizing and running it.
Bhunla from the Kommiczars Point of view ? ...by Leroy_Jenkins
I hate it lol . I dont like to be mean to people . So threatening players to play their weeks overdue match that they will lose their deposit if they dont play is not something I enjoy . Players failing to schedule their matches on time was the most stressful part of the whole game . I think the problem is that late in the season a player sees they have no chance of winning the whole thing , so they try to blow off their matches . The problem is that the outcome of the match they are trying to blow off may have serious implications for their opponents team . Finals and late season matches will often come down to tie breaker matches , so failing to play a match can seriously skew the numbers . If you sign up to play , then play it out
Keeping the captains from strangling each other was also kind of hairy . If I ever an the kommiczar again , I will be alot more selective of the captains . I tried to be as impartial as possible for any issues that came up . I often asked OB for advice , and he was extremely helpful . Big thanks to OB This bhunla may not have ran so well without him imo .
As a captains point of view ?
I loved it ! The first thing I did as a captain was set up a team skype chat . I didn't get much if any static as a captain of my team . And talking strategy in our chat was a lot of fun . We didn't always talk hu strat either , but also a lot of nlhe strat in general . I love talking strat with players better than myself because that's how you get better ldo . I am positive that everyone on my team learned something in our chat . So as a captain , I cant say enough about my team . I would take them again in a heartbeat .
As a players point of view ?
I loved it ! . Nothing better than trash talking ( in good fun ) with your opponents , and your opponents teams . I wish some more unnamed regs would have played , but I wont bring them up here . ** cough** spliff , DiamondDog, Ozi , CMAR **cough**
Sorry , had to clear my throat
Where were we ? Oh , as a player... I really had a good time meeting everyone and playing some poker .
Overall , I don't think any rules need to be changed or omitted . I think bhunla is a good structure and should not be changed . (Unless you can find a way to make players play their matches on time.)
The battle lines in the U.S. are being drawn between state governments and the Federal Government regarding the online poker issue. While new legislation from two prominent Senators has not been introduced in Congress as of yet, several states are rapidly passing the Congress when it comes to enacting their own legislation. According to a former Congressman, this is something that the Congress is attempting to stop.
"States are moving rapidly and the federal government is saying, 'time out', " former Nevada House of Representatives member Jon Porter said recently during an Internet gambling conference. As the states are moving forward with their own versions of online poker regulation, expected legislation from Senators Reid and Kyl may not even see the floor of Congress this year.
Meanwhile, Nevada has just issued it's first two licenses for two rival gaming companies to provide systems for online poker partners. These are only the systems licenses, to supply the gaming technology systems to whomever will actually run the websites. So it is now a waiting game for both Bally and IGT, as they can't actually do anything until casino operators are licensed to offer online poker games to Nevada residents.
The casino industry would prefer to see federal regulation of online poker, but are not just sitting on the sidelines as the states move forward. Several of the top casino operations in Nevada, including Caesar's Entertainment, Boyd Gaming and MGM Resorts continue to push for federal regulation - but have also applied for licenses in the intrastate Nevada industry, seemingly playing both sides.
It appears that as the battle for online poker in the U.S. evolves, there could be a collision course being set between the power of the federal government to act in the national interest, and the rights of the states to govern their own citizenry. Add the wild card element of a very powerful brick & mortar casino industry, which has deep pockets and is looking to get in on the action, and the stage seems set for an epic battle this year and next.
First Nevada Online Gaming Licenses
Spain Grants Gaming Licenses
Delaware Considering Online Gaming
Illinois Wants Online Poker
New Jersey Online Gaming Bill Advances
Companies Bid For New .poker Domain
California Legislation Threatens US Market Viability
In previous columns, I have discussed some of the leaks to beware of in our own games, as well as leaks to look for and exploit in our opponents' games. I have focused on specific leaks at the tables, ways to fix these leaks, and ways to take advantage of our opponents who have these leaks. In this column, I would like to take a step away from the tables and look at more subtle leaks which may affect our thinking or our general approach to poker.
Perhaps the easiest trap for beginners fall into is to be results oriented. There are no shortage of threads in BQ wherein the original poster gets all the money in as a favorite, loses, and asks "Should I have played the hand differently?" In the overwhelming majority of cases, the answer is "no." Poker is interesting in that there is very little short term correlation between ability and results. It is good that it is so. If poker were like chess or golf in that a markedly better player can easily defeat worse players almost all the time, then fewer losing players would play. It is this disconnect between ability and immediate results which allows fish to rationalize and justify their plays in their own minds. Whenever these fish win a pot their abilities are confirmed in their own minds, and thus they are encouraged to continue playing, even if they consistently lose. You should have other criteria for determining whether you played a hand correctly or not than whether or not you won the hand.
Something very closely related to being results oriented is placing too much emphasis in short-term results. I have seen many threads in which a poster declares that his winrate is 20bb/100 or some such. Later in the thread it turns out that the sample size for such winrate is 7,000 hands or so. Almost all of these players are not 20bb/100 winners, rather they have been running well over a very small sample. It is very difficult to know what your winrate is over fewer than 100,000 hands in NL Hold'em. Even after 100,000 hands, you don't really know your winrate exactly; rather you have an idea of what your winrate might be, plus or minus 1 or 2 bb/100. For games other than NL Hold'em you may need more or fewer hands in your sample size to be confident in your winrate – this largely depends on the variance inherent in the game in question. But 7,000 hands is too few to get any kind of idea of your winrate in any commonly spread form of poker.
Neither should you place much emphasis on your HUD stats over a small sample. Any information that you have on your opponents is valuable, but none of this information is 100% reliable. The reliability of any stat in your HUD increases with a greater sample size. And it is very important to note that the sample size that is relevant is not the total number of hands that you have on that opponent, but rather the total number of opportunities you have for the statistic in question. Let us say that your opponent is a 27/20 in a FR game. Certainly he is a highly aggressive opponent with a wide range, right? What if you only have 15 hands on him? These stats would mean that he VPIPed 4 times, and PFRed 3 times in those 15 hands. With such a small sample size, you can conclude almost nothing about him, except that the fact that he raised most of the hands he played means he is more likely to be a reg than a fish. If we change one of his actions from PFRing to folding preflop, then his stats would be 20/13, which are very different. If instead we take one of the hands he folded and suppose that he had PFRed with it, then his stats would be 33/27, which are the stats of a maniac (in full-ring). Basically, any time you are using stats which would change radically if your opponent had taken a different action once or twice, those stats have very little value.
Now lets look at a more esoteric statistic. Suppose you open-raise preflop and get a cold-call. Your opponent is a 14/11 reg on whom you have 2015 hands. You cbet the flop and your opponent calls. In order to determine whether or not you can barrel the turn, you look at your opponents fold to turn barrel stat, which is 0. Since you have 2015 hands on the villain, you figure that the statistic must be reliable. Therefore, you determine that you will only barrel those turns on which you have a value hand, but the value hand can be much weaker than usual, since your opponent is going to pay you off light. But wait! Not so fast – the sample size which you should care about is NOT the total number of hands you have on this opponent, but rather the number of times he has faced a turn barrel. In this case, after consulting your HUD popup, you see that he has only faced 1 turn barrel over those 2015 hands, and therefore this statistic is almost meaningless. You should use your normal turn barreling strategy, and not change your strategy based upon his fold to turn cbet stat. Lest anybody think that this is an artificial and contrived example, the villain I have described here is an actual player on the Merge network from my own database and I have reported his stats exactly as they appear on my HUD.
A topic which is very important for beginners to understand, but which many ignore, is bankroll management (BRM). The purpose of bankroll management is to allow you to play with enough money that you can have a few bad sessions and still not go busto. In NL cash games, you should have 20-40 buyins for the level which you are playing in order to protect yourself from the effects of negative variance. You can get away with closer to 20 buyins if you have a great edge over the other players, or if you can easily replace any money which you lose. You should keep closer to 40 buyins in your bankroll if the games you play in are tough or if any loss will be difficult for you to replace. Other games require different bankroll management – many MTT players keep 100 buyins or more in their roll, as MTTs have huge variance, and bankrolls for limit games are measured not in buyins but in BB. Note that BRM is a tool used by winning players to reduce their risk. If you are not a winning player yet, then you should realize that you have a good chance of going bust no matter what your bankroll is. In this case, you should consider your bankroll a training budget and plan your stakes accordingly. Once you have determined what kind of bankroll management you are going to use, it is important that you stick to your plan and not degen all your money away. It is fine to take shots at a higher level, if you think you have an edge and if the amount required for your shot-taking is such that you can still play your normal game, even if your shot-taking fails and you lose. What is not fine is risking so much of your bankroll that you run the risk of being underrolled for your current game. Even if the higher-stakes game is incredibly soft, the risk/reward ratio of taking a seat in it is not good, if it could possibly decimate your bankroll. Winning a few buyins at a higher level is great. But losing your bankroll can put you out of action for a long period of time, during which you lose the EV of all the hands you otherwise could have played. The chance to maybe win a couple of buyins at a higher level surely is not worth the risk of being put out of action for a long time.
Many times, players neglect BRM due to the effects of tilt. After suffering a couple of bat beats or coolers, there is a temptation to jump up in stakes and win back your losses. It is important to resist this urge as much as possible. The universe doesn't give a damn if you've lost 4 buyins. The games at higher stakes are going to be difficult or easy as they would otherwise be, whether you've won 4 buyins or lost 4 buyins or put half your roll on 32 in roulette. If it was not a good idea to play higher stakes before you lost 4 buyins, why in the world would it magically become a good idea to play them after you've lost those buyins? If anything, you will be playing worse after losing, not better. You want to win back your 4 buyins? Well ok, then. Take a break and come back to the game later on when you're in a better mental state. The tables aren't going anywhere; they will still be there in a few hours or a few days. And you can win your 4 buyins back at the same games where you have won your buyins in the past; rather than foolishly venturing underrolled into bigger and tougher games.
Something which happens to many players when they start to become good at poker and play enough that they become regs in their game is that they accumulate hands with the other regs in the player pool and start to become familiar with their styles of play. Then, these regs all start to try to exploit each other, and adjust to the changes that they all make in their games in order to re-exploit each other. It is important to try to exploit other players whenever you think you have found a +EV situation. But often, players take this too far and end up getting in leveling wars or "regwars" against other solid players. A certain amount of this kind of thing is inevitable; but it's important to keep your perspective and not get carried away. These players are regs for a reason – they are somewhat competent and are familiar with the different lines which can be taken preflop and postflop. Even if you can exploit such players, the amount for which you can exploit them is very small, and in fact may be less than the rake in all the hands you play against them. Rather than focus your efforts on these situations, which are marginal at best, it will be much better for your results if you focus your attention mostly on the weaker players at the table, and not look for excuses to play against other regs. This includes leaving the table if there are so many regs at the table that your EV is marginal or negative.
As you can see, there are a number of "mental leaks" which can severely affect your results in poker. As in many endeavors, it is important to be self-aware and to constantly evaluate your actions and your thought processes to ensure that you are making correct decisions.
by "Auntie" WhyDoWe_Fall
For the past while, I have been on vacation. Within a week I had hiked/swam the Zion Narrows, accumulated enough bruises on my legs in Bryce Canyon National Park to warrant strangers asking if I needed help out of an abusive relationship, had a panic attack due to heights on the Island in the Sky, ate mouthful upon mouthful of sand at Sandstone Arch, rode the laziest ass in the world at sunset in the desert, and had a squirrel attempt to pluck a protein bar from my hand at the Grand Canyon only to wrestle it away, proving that humans are just plain better than nature at tug-of-war.
I typed up that entire description mostly to make fellow Digest writer Papa Pyrite jealous, but the point still stands that I had one of the best times of my life recently, and had no time to play poker.
It was exactly what I needed.
I have been dabbling with poker for a very long time, with nothing to show for it; I have notoriously poor bankroll management and really love spewing winnings away at video poker and blackjack. Over the course of my career, I have played hundreds of thousands of hands (I am pretty sure that, if you tally up all of my hands over all of the sites I have played on, I have cleared well over a million), but I am still pottering around in the lowest of the micros.
I live with a player who built up his entire livelihood from a one-time deposit of $50 on Tilt years and years ago; he has offered to coach me numerous times, but I have always turned him down for some reason because I seem to have some sick aversion to getting better.
On my vacation, a few things clicked into place that never had before.
I need to stop going about poker the way that I have been.
It is not about number of hands or win rate or 3 bet percentage. It is about being comfortable with what you are doing, and I realized that I had never been comfortable playing poker before. Whenever I had played poker, I had had a voice in the back of my head reminding me that I was a poor student, that I needed to make money at this, that if I did not get better and have something to show for it that I would have wasted the last four years of my life essentially playing videogames.
I am going to share a secret that I am entirely ashamed of: I have deposited a lot of money onto sites. A lot. We are talking multiple thousands, over the course of multiple deposits on multiple sites. That is money that I easily could have used elsewhere, instead of living student loan check to student loan check, borrowing money from my parents when I should have been just fine. All of that money has been squandered away, and… well…
I think I am ready to admit that I have a gambling problem.
All of my life, I have been considered about average intelligence. When I was growing up, I didn't have looks or athletic skills or a lot of money, so it was by being smart that I stood out. Now I am realizing, however, that I am very dumb in a lot of ways.
Poker, and everything surrounding it, is one of them.
In the month of July, I am going to step back from poker. I am going to use the month to work on myself, from my body to my mind to my relationships. I am going to buckle down on my weight loss/fitness. I am going to work on my novel (pretentious much?). I am going to spend more quality time with the people that I love the most. I am going to read more, hike more, and explore more. I am going to become me again.
Maybe after I find out who Paige is, I can find out what kind of poker player Paige is.
The process of self-discovery might take more than just the month of July. It might take all of August, or all of this year. It might take the rest of my lifetime to find a way that I can define myself proudly.
You cannot rush this stuff, you know.
I have, overtime, become less and less involved with 2+2, but I am still around. That will not change. This community has become like a second family to me, and many of the guys in Beginners Questions mean more to me than anything and have helped me in ways that I could never express. But if I am going to find out what makes me tick, I am going to have to find out what makes me a broken clock in the first place. I doubt that you will see me much, if at all, on the forum for the next month.
Not that I contributed much to strategy or worthwhile discussions anyway. Mostly what I am good for is making filthy jokes and posting pictures of boobs (though there is certainly great need for both of those things in the world). I am not leaving the Digest, either, because who knows what sorts of trouble those boys would get into without me around to keep them in line.
I am sorry that this article was all me me me. It kind of had to be though. I guess if you want there to be something to take away from the story, it is that time off can give you a new perspective and that it is ok to be imperfect, but it is not ok to just tell yourself that you are a failure and move on.
I hope that I will be able to figure out what I am doing, and then step forward from there. My goal is that, by growing as a person, I will be able to finally become comfortable as a person who plays poker. If it happens, it happens, and if it does not, I had a lot of fun playing along the way.
Day 1
Played first 100 hands of Razz at $1/$2. The only strat I have really looked up is regarding starting hands and what is best to play for a beginner. It went pretty well and I finished up 22bbs/100. Was up $44 with 20 hands to go, but ended up cry-calling a HU $26 pot with a pair of 3's after the pot built nicely 3 handed to lose a to J7.
Most interesting hand came up here:
I'm not really sure what the villain was thinking. My thoughts were I likely had the best 4 card hand which I "think" I repped sufficiently. Don't think I would have won at showdown so bluffed the river.
These 100 hands will be sent to Dr Razz for diagnosis, and as one poster put it in Skype chat he is looking forward to the analysis of that hand as "donk-on-donk violence"
Really have to concentrate to keep track of folded cards. Think it will also take a while before I can 2 table.
But I kind of enjoyed my first session. Winning always helps! I hope it continues but let's see what the whole month brings.
Day 2
Only played 40 hands due to internet problems. Managed to show a couple bucks profit, but no really interesting hands. The table was mostly 5 handed though so you really have to pay attention. I quit when it got to 3 handed as I don't want to play HU/3 handed yet.
Day 5
Had a couple days off due to excessive drinking which, while factually proven to enhance Badugi skills, is detrimental to Razz I would think. Swingy session today, got stuck about $40 pretty quickly so dragged out the session chasing losses. Finished with 250 hands for the day and down $50.
Learned that Razz is not a game to try and force the action when the cards aren't falling your way. Annoying seeing people bink left and right when you can't hit ****. So I definitely need to try and be more patient. Most of my losses came from big pots I shoulda just folded early.
As today was a Saturday most of the villains were multi-tabling 4 tables or so, so it was actually hard to make some plays. Will have to wait and see if they are weekend warriors or regs, as I hadn't come across most of them before. Hope to see them tomorrow as I have some idea what they are like now.
Day 7
Bustoed SCOOP Badugi M Event in 96th
Suppose I'll play Razz tomorrow.
Day 8
Suffering FPS w/o even knowing the fkn game! Lost a few pots where I should just leave. I hate playing 1 table because I get bored and try do to stuff that is stupid. Calmed down when I got hold of myself and played ok until the 100th and final hand of the session.
I think I should raise 3rd and cap 4th, but Seat 5 completely threw me! I mean wtf is he raising the worst door card for?? Anyway, it threw me and then 7th sucked anyway. ****ty way to end a session. Down about $35.
I did start to make notes on some villains based on their HUD stats, so I at least did something constructive
Finding out who the robo-multi-tablers are will help.
Watched Episode 6 of Best of 7 series on DC. There wasn't actually much Razz content but I picked up a few straight-forward tips that I should really listen to and put in to practice:
Folding 4th Street more / Do Not Bluff in the Wrong Spots!
Day 9
Played a quick 50 hands after work, with focus on playing straight forward. Picked good starting hands, threw away on 4th bricks, didn't try to get tricky with a low door to a steal, and stole with low doors. Simples!
Stress free, although I did save one hand (which was my final one for that session, what is it with last hands?!?!).
I think I sucked out but will run the equities shortly * – what was noticeable was the villain has really nitty stats but then opts to play the (86)4. I only had about 40ish hands so I won't read too much in to it yet.
* ok, so from 70/30 on 4th (exc. dead cards) I go to 45/55 on 5th and way behind 30/70 on 6th so suck out completed.
Played another 150 hand session which was pretty spikey: Won some big pots, including one with my first bike,
. I did have the villain marked as fishy, hence defending with the K in the window. I would probably dump that against other villains.
All the pots won were contradicted by the pots I lost, so thankfully the early short session has left me up for the day a little.
I moaned that brick, brick, bricking is so annoying on Skype and got told I should be used to it playing a lot of Badugi. I am, I suppose, but it's different in Razz. Can't quite explain why yet, or whether because it's a new game to me but it certainly feels that way.
700 hands in so far this month and well on the way to 2k . Just would like more up-slopes on my graph rather than down ones
Day 10
I have been forgetting all about position, like a proper tuna fish. I have been so preoccupied with other things, and then I just suddenly remembered it like an epiphany! Even though, so I have read but not looked at myself, the starting hand equities run pretty close between the best starting hand 32A and the best of the rest starting hands like 654*, it still pays to be the aggro player when last to act.
Great session today, just over 100 hands. Finished $40 up, thanks in no part to winning my biggest pot at Razz, $36,
I enjoyed being more aggro than I have been since I started this, and rather be the one thinking and then calling, putting others to the decisions. I ran well and played well, even bricking 5th, 6th and 7th in one hand and still winning. It was a bit of a crying call, but the villain had played 1 hand and sat down with $10 on a $1/$2 table and very likely paired so I couldn't give him much credit.
Co-incidentally, this is the first day I have had a couple (OK, 4) beers while playing after a hard days work. I am now just back over the $0 line on the graph. God bless beer
* 32A is 52.8% against 654 on 3rd street, w/o counting any dead cards.
Day 12
Good day. Played 25 hands at $2/$4 as that was the only table running. Team on line pro Tzen1 was there for a few hands, but the table quickly broke and a $1/$2 table was quickly up and running. Played 80 hands there and ran great. This one hands provoked a bit of debate in the Skype chat, particularly 3rd and 5th street. I thought bet folding 7th was good until that was questioned too lol
900 hands in, and back up $40 (the exact same place as after the first 100 hands!) With 2+2 being operational again, I managed to get Dr Razz's e-mail address from my PM's so now I'm waiting on a review of my first 100 hands, gulp! If you can remember that far back, I did get off to a winning start but I hope he finds some dumb stuff I did.
After a good couple days of running good, and thinking through my play (albeit maybe incorrectly) I'm feeling pretty positive. I've met a few players, but there aren't any stand-out ones so far. In fact, the player that I have over 500 hands on is a big loser – although that doesn't take in to account the hands he's played that I don't have in my database of course.
Off-topic side note: Won $70 playing Badugi. Started a table against a Korean. Filled up soon, and hit 2 Royals and and a 5 though
Day 14
Nearly half way there after today's quick 50 hands. Too tired to play more. Played a solid 8/7 sooper nitty game as a lot of my starting hands were crap, plus some of the players I hadn't met before were bluffy buggers. Like this guy
. First hand with him I think, but I had spotted he was aggro and played his door/board. I don't know if calling 5th and 6th is the best play here but my spidey sense thought he wasn't as strong as he made out. Particularly after not capping 4th.
The other interesting hand I played was this one
. I think capping 4th is a good play even if he is drawing to the 5, as 2 of the other 6's are now dead. I need to run the equities on this to make sure but I'll do that tomorrow. Also, getting raised on the river would have sucked and I spent a bit of time thinking whether c/c, b/f, b/c would be best. I figure b/f is the best option and a much better Razz player agreed. Whether I could actually fold is a different story!
Day 15
Well my plans to play today got put on hold as I got my hand review back from DrRazz. (I intended to insert the review here but can't get the code from Universal Replayer for some reason
If anybody actually wants to see it and has UR PM me and I will send the file to you). This was really useful in seeing what I was doing right and wrong, although I think my play was slightly skewed as I knew these hands were going to be reviewed so I was pretty focused and trying hard.
Also found out that DrRazz got the go ahead to use them in Cardrunners video so that should be fun to watch!
I also remembered to look up an article by a former poster in a previous incarnation of the Digest here:
Along with Melchybeaus 6k post
on all things Stud, there are some good resources available for Razz players. I downloaded a couple of the Joe Tall Razz videos from the series that Melchy recommends.
I best get cracking tomorrow and this weekend to make sure I don't have to rush the last 1,000 hands I need to play.
Day 16
Had to play after not playing yesterday, but I was too eager and butchered 2 hands very early on against a really aggro villain:
Not sure how badly the villain played, but I know I didn't play them particularly well. After that I was playing catch up but got to 96 hands before the table finally broke.
Quite pleased with one hand where I obviously hit the board from God.
I have the villain marked as a fish, for overplaying 2 card starting hands too frequently and not having a fold button despite his own and other boards. Got 2 bets I don't think a normal player would give me. Got lucky with the board too, as I would have hated to fold.
$30 down but hopefully back to sensible self tomorrow and not go in too crazy from the start. Also suffered from TMI after yesterday looking at the review and reading some of Melchy's answers. Did realise I was FPS'ing quite quickly and managed to reign it in for the second half of my session.
Day 17
Played 160 hands at $2/$4 and had a great day, up $70. Won my biggest pot
I think I played well with most of my winnings coming from showing down the best hand. I folded in a lot of the right places, and made some good bluffs on 3rd and 4th to take down a few small pots. Need to bottle how I played today so I can play like this more often. If I could bottle it, it would probably end up being called Sex Panther!
800 hands to go to hit 2k!
Day 20
Played 200 hands at $1/$2. Came out with 2.5BB/100, but was particularly pleased with my play. Here's my graph
Was pleased because the first 120 hands were all about folding 4th. A few 100 hands ago I would have lost a lot more money than $10 over those hands. I misplayed the hands around 175 but other than I think I played very well. Didn't have a great run of cards so spent most of the session writing notes and watching what other villains did. I think it's safe to say that I could justifiably criticise a lot of the play today. Could just be because it's Sunday and some of them were mtt'ing NL tournies at the same time. But some guys really over-estimate the number of Razz tables they should be playing imo.
Day 21
125 hands at 2/4, +$30. Won my biggest ever pot with a sexy raise on 7th which was lol-called.
Not sure if the rest of the streets where played the best, but I did use my read on Seat 7 and was kept in the pot by the fact it was large and multi-way.
Day 23
100 hands of 2/4. Won $45. No hands of any really interest. I'm finding I'm reading boards, both mine and villains, pretty well and also identifying the fish pretty quickly that a) do not read boards and b) call too much.
375 hands to go with a week to do it. Would like to get it done this weekend.
Days 28 & 29
Final graph and stats are posted here:
I deliberately waited a while before writing up my thoughts about the last 2 days because I didn't want to skew my review of the whole challenge.
The last 2 days sucked and I couldn't win for love nor money (which continued well after the end of this challenge to the point where I haven't played cash Razz for a while now), but on the whole I have thoroughly enjoyed playing Razz and learning some of the subtleties of the game. I now no longer hate it, even though it is very frustrating at times, and when I play the occasional mixed-game tourney look forward to the Razz rounds. I'm still no expert but spotting bad plays and players is much easier now.
If anybody has made it to the end of this article
and is looking for a game to play outside their normal game, you can do no worse than giving the ole Razzle-Dazzle a whirl.
Hero hits monster on the turn
Shove the river?
QQ turn raise?
AK hits the flop
PLO counting outs
STT shove the flop?
LHE hand from the micros forum
AA hand from HUNL forum (in honor of uHUNLA
MTT hand, top two misplayed?
PLO insights by napsus
LO/8 hand with a wheel
Another LHE hand-small suited connectors
The below posted part five from DD's strat series contains links to all previous parts.The other one is DD's part six, implied odds.
DiamondDog series part 5 with links to previous parts (awesome series)
Beginners tools thread
Link to Micros Limit Library
Link to BQ forum FAQ
Read the FAQ
Bellatrix on huhu
Beginners path to solid play (from LHE forum but concepts transfer) A milestone post
BQ Digest May and June 2012
BQ Digest April 2012
BQ Digest March 2012
BQ Digest February 2012
Link to January 2012 Digest
Link to December 2011 Digest
Link to November 2011 Digest
MelchyBeau 6k milestone
Bat's in the well
uHUNLA week three
uHUNLA Week 5
uHUNLA Finals thread
The BIGBADBABAR story revisited
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This month, we have two hands which have been submitted by a reader for me to review.
In the first hand, we are told that villain has a turn cbet% of 40%.
Merge - $0.10 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (MP+1): $25.27
SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10
Pre Flop:
(pot: $0.15)
has 9
UTG raises to $0.30
calls $0.30,
, BTN calls $0.30,
I think this preflop call is quite loose, unless we have reads on the original raiser and believe that we can semi-bluff or float a lot postflop. Additionally, our position is not great; if any of the remaining players 3bet a lot, we are certainly better off just folding. I think this is a much better cold-call if we were on the button.
($1.05, 3 players)
UTG bets $0.62
calls $0.62,
This is not really a great flop for us. We do have a gutshot to the nuts, however I think it would be much better if we had an overcard or a back-door flush draw to go with our gutshot. Additionally, we must consider that UTG will be a bit more honest here with his cbets, since he is betting into 2 players. I believe that against a standard opponent, we will not be able to take the pot away or make the best hand often enough for us to float here.
($2.29, 2 players)
UTG bets $1.24
raises to $3.35
wins $4.54
Having called the flop, I believe that this is a fine card for us to bluff-raise, but only if we believe our opponent likely to fold his overpairs. We're representing a set or a Q, which are certainly in our range on the turn. Against standard regs, this is a good play, as long as we don't overdo it to the point where they start to call us down light. From what I've seen of the player pool at 10nl FR on Merge, I think most regs can be liberally abused with turn bluff-raises, as they will fold way too often here.
The second hand features a villain who is described as 19/11 over 68 hands. His aggression frequency is 46%, his fold vs steal is 78% and his WTSD is 20%.
Hand Information
, 0.1 BB (7 handed).
Hand History converter courtesy of pokerhandreplays.com
Table Information
Seat: 1 Player 1 ($6.79)
Seat: 2 Player 2 ($3.11)
Seat: 3 Player 3 ($7.98)
Seat: 5 Player 5 ($6.35)
Seat: 6
($10.17) Dealer
Seat: 7 Player 7 ($9.6) Small Blind
Seat: 9 Player 9 ($8.22) Big Blind
Dealt to
Player 1
Player 2
Player 3
Player 5
Player 7
Player 9
Certainly it is standard to open KK preflop here.
(Pot: $0.8)
Player 7
Player 7
I believe it is standard to bet/3bet and get it in on this flop. There are quite a few hands for our opponent to have here with which he will likely stack off. Lower sets, two pairs, and pair + OESD will have a hard time folding here, and there are only 2 hands which beat us: AJ and J9. There may be a case for just calling our opponent's raise here, if he likes to bluff-raise flops and follow up by firing the turn, yet he tends to fold to flop 3bets. However, with only 68 hands on our opponent, it is unlikely that we could have such a specific read yet.
(Pot: $3.92)
Player 7
Player 7
Turn is standard.
(Pot: $9.14)
Player 7
Player 7 MUCKS
Player 7 wins the pot: $13.71
This is a very tough river to play. The backdoor flush draw got there, as well as a lot of gutshots. The fact that our opponent just check-called the turn means that he will have a lot of these draws in his range. We are getting 3-1 odds and need to be good 25% of the time or more in order to make this call. I think that without specific river reads on an opponent, we are probably not good even 25% of the time here, and we should fold, but it is a very close decision.
Some fun was had by a group of Skype "regs" regarding the notion of folding KK preflop. Now we all know that every hand is situational, read dependent, opponent dependent, yada-yada but KK seems to be a starting hand that can create argument. Much hilarity developed around the number of KK hands posted and your editor can't resist highlighting it here. In our opinion the score of the debate was something like:
Skype regs: 1
Mikes007: 1
AlienSpacebat: 1
So--->>> the issue is still cloudy in our opinion. Here are some of the threads.
Another KK hand?
Mebbe we have more Kings in the deck than we used to?
KK preflop thread for LOLs
ELEVEN KK hands ELEVEN!!
Link to "The Worst Play Ever" by Tommy Angelo
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Pretty deep article WDWF, respect and good luck with your goals.
After now taking time to read, +1 to this.
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Pretty deep article WDWF, respect and good luck with your goals.
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Good job again guys.
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Re: BQ Digest, July 2012
Awesome, as usual. The link to the first razz hand has some HTML in the link itself, so instead of
it's http://www.handconverter.com/hands/1749985[/URL] (inside the URL tags).
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Awesome, as usual. The link to the first razz hand has some HTML in the link itself, so instead of
it's http://www.handconverter.com/hands/1749985[/URL] (inside the URL tags).
Sharp eye sir, thanks.
PSA: Although this one was fine we recommend you never open one of bee's links with someone watching or at work.
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fixed teh link
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Re: BQ Digest, July 2012
Great articles! Just got the chance to read the other columns, this Digest may have the best content yet IMO
WDWF, wow, that was the single most honest, sincere, and self-aware piece of writing I've read in a long time, well done. You know I have nothing but
for you always, you're awesome!
Mike, as usual, is without peer when it comes to strategy, and more importantly, explaining things in a way in which even I can understand. Love reading your work Mike
Bee, as always you're the most entertaining, I love your sense of humor. And you always manage to pull me into your world when I read your articles...which is the mark of great writing. Bravo!
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All mah links seem busto
Here they are though if anyone is interested:
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Finally finished reading this.
Tyty & gl to wdwf with 'finding yourself'.
For those in power, after so much fun with the Bhunla comp, maybe another BQ comp in a few months time of a different variant?
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Finally finished reading this.
Tyty & gl to wdwf with 'finding yourself'.
For those in power, after so much fun with the Bhunla comp, maybe another BQ comp in a few months time of a different variant?
All the BQ events are initiated, organized, and promoted by BQ posters, none of us have "power". Cook something up man, and make it happen
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none of us have "power".
I disagree
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Thank you for your support, guys. It means so much to me. ♥
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Nice job, guys.
After reading Mike's columns the last two BQ digests, I am learning why Mike does those things he does to me whenever I try to play NL Holdem with him.
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Thank you for your support, guys. It means so much to me. ♥
Went to Bryce Canyon in 2003. Got pictures to prove it......uh......somewhere.
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I disagree
ya, bad inclusion there. I was thinking of us riff-raff proletariate types and not referring to the green overlords. I think I overlooked them because the greens are too lazy to do anything but ban poor pee-jug on trumped up charges.
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Poor Bee can't even get his links fixed
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Great reading lady and gents, great strat as usual mike always look forward to reading your work.
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Poor Bee can't even get his links fixed
I already fixed at least one ! Are more broken ?
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Right, I see that about 106 more were broken. Fixed.
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Right, I see that about 106 more were broken. Fixed.
TY sir, you are being nominated for friend of the Digest status
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OMG, that will mean that I have one friend, rite ?
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mirrions of readers will also worship you.
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Bulgarians, Romanians, Give the Brits 'Tea and Sympathy', Plus Labor!
A puzzling anti-immigrant paranoia is brewing on the Old Albion.
Oddly enough, it's not about Britain being colonized by its former colonies (as one might be led to believe by a five-minute walk in parts of London).
It's not about the ignominious Polish plumber syndrome, either.
It's about the most modest and defenseless of Europeans, Bulgarians and Romanians.
For as long as I care to remember the evilness of Bulgarians and Romanians, with whom Great Britain happens to be in some (European) Union, has been a favorite topic of the British press, especially of the mainstream English tabloids.
The typical "Daily something" (insert a respective English tabloid in the blank) has been brandishing the scarecrow of the evil fellow-EU-Bulgarian-and-Romanian-citizens conspiring against glorious Britain with such persistence and craft that those in the opposite corner of Europe could easily commit seppuku after reading one or two British newspaper reports about themselves.
Because if you believe the "Daily English Tabloid" Bulgarians and Romanians have been eager to steal British jobs, trash British streets, infect God-loving Brits with STDs, and cook or just eat raw poor British children.
And the danger for the British Isles being sunk by Bulgarians and Romanians after January 1, 2014, when they, as EU citizens, will finally be able to work in the UK after a seven-year transition period following their countries' EU accession in 2007, seems all the greater because, as the British press has it, apparently the entire population of Bulgaria and Romania is packing its bags to settle on the foggy Albion.
Clearly, any such reports keep ignoring morals, European values, common sense, and basic facts compiled in tons of academic research and accrued in numerous corporate accounts as to how Eastern European immigrants in fact benefitted the economy of Britain and the other EU 15 nations.
These reports keep focusing on and blowing out of proportion solely the problems that, obviously, do exist with Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants in various forms of crime and in taking advantage of the Western European welfare state. Therefore, the picture they present is totally unfair.
Now this scare has been taken up by some British politicians as well – for example, the leader of the formerly globally unknown UK Independence Party Mr. Nigel Farage, or Forage, as he's come to be called in Bulgarian online forums.
Frankly, this gentleman's tirades against allowing Bulgarian and Romanian laborers in the UK have received far greater attention that they warrant, or that Mr. Farage deserves, not only because they make little sense but also because Mr. Farage is going down the road of Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders in foraging on xenophobic voter sentiments to secure support for his marginal political party.
But what's far more important than xenophobic political foraging is that such irrational rhetoric seems to be reflecting a seemingly emerging paradigm shift in Britain, or at least in England, with respect to Britain's "Europeanness", which is bewildering to the rest of Europe, and probably much of the rest of the world.
The Brits, at least the English, got their island(s), they got their special reverse colonial bond with the US of A, they got their former empire, they got their suspicions for the Continent, they still speak some kind of English. And they will get their referendum to get out of the EU. (And when they vote "yes", that will likely spur Scotland's "yes" to getting out of the UK, but that's another matter.) It's their feeling of being very special, and nobody can blame them for that however irrational this feeling might seem.
Thus, instead of getting offended by the fear mongering of the British tabloids and Mr. Forage, the Bulgarians and Romanians – at least those who do care about work, study, internship, and travel opportunities in the Holy (is)Land of the UK – should take it easy.
As the old English idiom goes, Bulgarians and Romanians should offer tea and sympathy to the Brits gripped by the anti-immigrant hysteria in England – that is, offering kindness and sympathy that you show to someone who is upset, even if needlessly.
Yet, these wretched Southeast European souls are probably entitled to keep pondering on their equal rights, and to pose questions bordering racism indeed as to how exactly they are worse immigrants than the millions of South Asian, African, Middle Eastern etc. immigrants that the British found wise to let in! (Perhaps other than not having been in the British Empire, if that counts?)
Frankly, as the whole anti-Bulgarian and anti-Romanian, and anti-EU paranoia is raging in Britain, one would expect more from the formerly greatest colonial empire the world ever knew.
Too bad for Britain and England – as Bulgarian and Romanian skilled laborers would likely choose other EU destinations, and the status of Britain as an European nation and the status of the English language in Europe will suffer (especially if England leaves the EU!) – something that us admirers of English language and culture will greatly regret!
The million GBP lesson for Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants from all of that can be summed up as follows – go study, and work in the UK, or wherever you see a chance, and if your personal life and consciousness leads you that way – go back to your countries to transfer your knowledge and experience and success there, and build up your own societies.
That's the surest way to not having to offer tea and sympathy to a disgruntled host country's population, and to gaining everybody's respect.
Even the respect of Mr. Farage and the English tabloids!
I can assure you i can read just fine, and i am not that 'shortsighted' as you are :).The one missing some words in my reply is you Sir,a said quote "...or you have not even a slightest idea what '3rd world' country means." To compare Bulgaria and Romania with African countries is ...silly/stupid are too weak words to use in this case. I am laughing right now even though this is no laughing matter, with no apologies at all i will give you my honest opinion - you sir are an IDIOT. I'm pretty sure 90% at least of the citizens in any EU country will laugh at this comparison. Don't think Britan is that 'Great' despite the name, Germany is the finest example of EU Economy,Netherlands,Denmark...so much better to aim for...not sure who gave them the idea that UK-is-to-die-for i.e. like USA was before - the dream land. Please step firmly on the ground,while offering some good oportunities UK is far from being IDEAL place to migrate.The imigration you talk about (the one that exceeded expectations) was not about Bulgarian or Romanian citizens was it? Oh,wait...my mistake forgot you put everything under the same line!! For you culture,religion,location,heritage,pride etc. are no relevant matter in this case.Your 'Should've/Could've/Would've' opinions and visions about some furute-to-be-happening events are just hilarious. The fact that YOU i quote "would if I was a poor African." would have is your personal opinion so please don't try to pass as anything more than it is. You don't even try to think as different person,your thoughts are shallow and pedantic.
"""Free health care and social security, what a gold mine!
Genius.""" - i applaud your admiration to your own goverment's politics, may i take no responsibility as Bulgarian citizen on this matter. Instead of 'crying' STOP THEM! Take a look inside your garden not the neighboor's. If you had everything in order there would not be a problem in a first place correct? And please focus on people who ALREADY flooded your conutry...don't be afraid to be blamed as 'racist' this is very convinient way for some people to get away with almost everything.
And apparently you can't read...
As I said, I've been to both, and they are as Third world as you can get outside of Africa or Asia.
Have you?
You don't need to be psychic, it's happened before that immigration far exceeded expectations.
Should be obvious to anyone that they will flood across in the hope of earning 10 or 20 pounds or euros an hour, when they can only earn 200 euros a month at home.
If Europe was suddenly open to Africans, don't you think they'd flood in? Naturally! I would if I was a poor African.
Free health care and social security, what a gold mine!
Dear Steve,
apparently you have never been to those '3rd' world countries or you have not even a slightest idea what '3rd world' country means.""Of course they will flood into Western Europe..."" oh i didn't know you have that special sych ability could you please provide me with the winning lottery numbers as well when convinient for you! ""it's the only chance they see of getting rich..."" REALLY? i mean REALLY this is the way to get 'RICH'?? You are so naive sir, the only thing people who MIGHT ever do that is to have normal live,getting rich is hardly relevant to the location you are in it's more like ...brain power/creativity/skills/knowledge/experience etc.
The Apocalypse you are describing is terrifying i might consider leaving this planet!God forbid even for a moment you consider Bulgaria and Romania becoming biggest drug/arm manufacturers/dealers just because GREATEST of the greates countries in EU open their borders...i mean ROFL sir!
I can only hope open minded well informed and modern people will never ever consider anything that you say as truth. Or ...well this world is going to 'hell'.
P.S. I wonder how many other 3rd world contries will meet the requirements and join EU.
All very egalitarian and politically correct comments without much real life awareness.
Crazy to open the EU to Bulgaria and Romania.
These are very poor and corrupt 3rd world countries, completely different to Western Europe. Most people live in poverty you couldn't imagine unless you go there. I've been to both.
Of course they will flood into Western Europe, just like Africans would if they could, it's the only chance they see of getting rich.
It will only improve their lives as they take all the menial work and send the money home, but I can't see how it will lift the state of Western countries, only drag down the level.
Also criminals will undoubtedly flood in with guns and drugs across the uncontrolled borders, so these 2 corrupt and unregulated countries will become the source of weapon and gun supplies, and whatever else is illegal.
All very predictable. If you visit Bulgaria you will quickly see if you keep your eyes open that the gangsters run the place.


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These breakfast rolls are very quick to make as you let them rise in the oven while the oven gets warm. So no need to sit around waiting until the dough has risen until double the size, make nice rolls, and then let them rise again....and then finally bake them....
Breakfast Rolls, 12 pcs
50 g yeast
4 dl water
1 tsp golden syrup
1 tsp salt
3 tbsp oil
1 dl sifted rye flour
2 dl graham flour
2 dl oatmeal
5-6 dl wheat flour
Crumble the yeast into a bowl and dissolve in lukewarm water (37 degrees C). Add golden syrup, salt and oil. If you use dry yeast, mix it with the flour instead.
Add all dry ingredients and blend until you have a smooth dough.
Place the dough onto you work bench and divide into 12 pieces. Roll your dough to form round breakfast rolls. Powder with flour, cut and place on a oven paper covered baking plate.
Place the baking plate in the oven and bake for about 20-30 minutes. Note that the oven needs to be COLD when you place your baking plate in the oven. Heat the oven to 200 degrees C. The breakfast rolls will ferment meanwhile the oven gets warm.
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You may think this blog is somewhat sporadic. Some days I talk about the global beef market, other days lead me to discuss a proposed "cow tax" or what Oprah has to say, and sometimes I just talk about what's going on in school or at the farm. Despite the many topics that bounce off this sounding board of a blog, I hope that each continues to pique your interest. In the upcoming weeks to the 2008 end, I woud like to hear from you about topics that really interest you right now. What do you see 2009 looking like? What are your concerns for the future? How do you think the agriculture business will change under an Obama administration? Let me know what you are thinking about, and I will include them in upcoming posts. This blog is yours to talk and discuss the hot topics of the day. Let me be your moderator, and you can take it from there!
At any rate, I'm glad to have this community of friends to bounce ideas off of, and I'm so thankful for each and every one of you. I receive so many thought provoking comments and emails in a day, and I have learned so much from all of you in my short time as the BEEF Daily Web Editor. I received an email this week that really touched my heart. The sender is one of my great role models. She is an agricultural advocate, a rancher, a wife, a mother and a genuinely kind person. In a conversation about my future, she gave me some great advice and she included a poem that had once helped her at a turning point in her life. I would like to share it with all of you today. Thanks for making this BEEF community great. Your continued readership and discussions are a great blessing to everyone in the beef industry. Here is the poem...Enjoy!
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Then you can look forward with confidence
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Enjoy what is beautiful
Love with all your heart and soul
Believe that those you love, love you
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Make that decision as wisely as possible
Then forget it
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God helps those who help themselves
Act as if everything depended upon you
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This is going up a little late as I've been moving and then on holiday and apparently my scheduled posts stopped posting after a bit!! Apologies on that but here's my weekly design for the New Crumpets Nail Tarts! This week my challenge was to do green, orange and purple nails with a half and half pattern. I decided to do these triangular nails and then mix up the colors. This is a fun one to do if you use a more neutral base because it makes your nails look like CLAWS! I hope you all enjoyed your week and I can't wait for you to see what I have coming up next month. :) Check out the other designs below!!
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Downtown Euclids inaugural Art Walk
If you happened down Lakeshore Boulevard the evening of Friday, September 23rd you would have been greeted by a couple of hundred people strolling the sidewalks, painting on canvases and enjoying live music and other performances.
Downtown Euclid's inaugural Art Walk brought prosperity to local restaurants while shining a light on the talents of the City's residents by showcasing the winning entries from the 'This Is Euclid' photography contest as enlarged window clings. Displayed in vacant storefronts, the images serve to beautify available properties and will remain inside the storefronts until future development occurs and a new tenant moves in.
In her welcome remarks, Mayor Holzheimer Gail acknowledged resident Dolly Luskin as the originator of an idea to bring window art to downtown. She thanked participants in the City-sponsored Art Walk – from Planning and Development Department staff, Councilwoman Mancuso and other volunteer committee members to local artists, businesses and property owners - who worked together to make the event a success.
Councilwoman Mancuso remarked that the collaboration between the City, residents and business owners brought out the community: "the sidewalks were filled with people in a way we have not seen before in Downtown Euclid".
Twenty-two people were recognized for their winning photographs: Jennifer Banasik, Randy Blackford, Meghan Gabrovesk, Patrick Henry, Mari Hiti, Beatrice Kaufmann, Trisha Kirchner, Valerie Koch, Deborah Kramarz, Georgia Larive, Dave Lawrence, Michael Lawrence, John Lennon, Christine McIntosh, Rachel McKelvey, Gerald Mills, Peg Osborne, Aaron Parker, Richie Trivisanno, Christine Ward, Charlene Weber, and Eric Wernet.
250 additional printed photographs were displayed among a dozen performers and artist vendors. All submitted photographs – over 750 – were digitally exhibited at various restaurants and will continue to be shown on the City's website and ECTV.
You can own a piece of the inaugural Art Walk and by doing so provide a donation for future window cling expansion. Order your 'This Is Euclid' 2016 DVD featuring all contest photographs for just $10. Order forms are available on the City's website and at the main desk of City Hall.
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'Kon-Tiki' Directors Discuss the Making of Their Offshore Epic (Q&A)
Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg talk to THR about Harvey Weinstein, Michael Douglas and how they turned their beloved childhood story into an Oscar nominee.
Norwegian directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg grew up steeped in stories of how their intrepid countryman Thor Heyerdahl sailed across the Pacific in 1947 on board a balsa-wood raft dubbed the Kon-Tiki. They were thrilled when British producer Jeremy Thomas, who owned the rights to Heyerdahl's story, approached them to bring their vision of this epic adventure to the screen. It later transpired that Harvey Weinstein had also been inspired by the Kon-Tiki expedition as a child. On the eve of its release in the US under the Weinstein banner Ronning and Sandberg recall the genesis of their Oscar-nominated film and its long voyage to the screen.
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THR: Is it true you shot your $16.6 million film in two languages simultaneously?
Ronning: Yes we shot it in Norwegian and in English. It was because of financing basically.
THR: Did that help persuade Harvey Weinstein to pick it up for distribution in the US?
Ronning: Harvey was interested from the get-go. He grew up with the story. When he was in elementary school or something like that he had to give an oral presentation to the class for the very first time. He did it on the Kon-Tiki. So he had a very strong personal relationship with it. He actually saw the off-line and started calling Jeremy (Thomas) well over a year ago.
THR: How did you come on board the film as directors?
Ronning: When we did our previous movie called Max Manus which was a WWII movie we started looking around for what could be our next project and Kon-Tiki was the story we wanted to tell. We started calling around – this was in 2007/2008 – and we called Norwegian producer Aage Aaberge who had made several documentaries with Thor Heyerdahl and asked him who had the rights to Kon-Tiki. He said: "No, just forget about it; it's an English producer and he wants to make a Hollywood movie out of it." So we finished Max Manus and it became the highest grossing domestic Norwegian movie ever in theaters. Then a couple of months later Jeremy Thomas telephones us and he was looking for someone to direct Kon-Tiki basically. So it was a coincidence. It was something that we were dying to do.
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THR: Didn't Thomas buy the rights to Heyerdahl's book about his adventure back in 2002?
Ronning: Yes. There's a good story behind that. It was actually brought to him by Michael Douglas. A Swedish industrialist Johan Stenersen had the rights and by coincidence he bumped into Michael Douglas at an art sale in New York. They're both art lovers and got to talking. At first I don't think he knew who Michael Douglas was. They had dinner together and Douglas said: "There are two great stories I know of which are Norwegian." One was "The Heroes of Telemark" which starred his father Kirk Douglas and the other one was Kon-Tiki. So Stenersen said: "Oh is that right? Kon-Tiki I have." He then said to Douglas: "Shall we make it into a Hollywood movie?" Douglas said: "No, you should take it to Jeremy Thomas." He said basically that the movie needed to be made the right way and that he was the producer that could do it the right way.
THR: Why do you think it took so long to bring Kon-Tiki to the screen?
Ronning: Shooting on water is always difficult.
Sandberg: We wanted the film to be this exotic experience and to show people the wonder of nature. So I would say that the wildlife is very important to the story. To make a whale shark and the other sharks CGI needed to be at a certain level. Personally we had never seen sharks in movies that we felt were one hundred percent life-like.
Ronning: The reason why it worked so well in Jaws is because you basically never see the shark. We had to have it on deck and everything. So I think that was part of the reason it hadn't been made before because it would have been too expensive.
THR: How long has this kind of CGI been available?
Sandberg: I would say very recently. We feel that we've never seen better sharks than the ones we have. So it just happened now, I would say.
Ronning: There are over 500 FX shots in the film.
THR: Was it all done by Scandinavian companies?
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Sandberg: Yes.
THR: Do you think it shows the world that the Scandinavian film industry is developing along advanced lines?
Sandberg: Absolutely. It means that our industry is being treated by others as more professional than it was. There's been a big change in Norway as well by the way the system works. It's much more open now so that you can make all kinds of movies. Back in the day we had a (state-run) film committee which controlled everything which got made. It was set free about ten years ago. Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland were all involved in making Kon-Tiki.
THR: Does it signal an increased level of co-operation between Scandinavian countries?
Sandberg: Yes it really was a Pan-Scandinavian production. I think it's important for us to tell these bigger stories and that has been happening in Scandinavia lately with films like Denmark's A Royal Affair which was also nominated at the Oscars. They cost more but the audience wants that. They respond to that. We believe that's partly because there's so much great drama on television. So we have to step up when we make movies for the theatres. To make people come we have to tell bigger stories and tell them in a more epic way.


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From the ancient caves of Lascaux to the 21st century towers of Dubai, there has always been something magical about the ways in which humans convert nothingness into spaces for living.
Fascinating though the process may be, though, it rarely goes as planned. And sometimes it's the unexpected wrinkles — the shelf in the wrong size that gets turned into a lovely coffee table, the windows placed too low but leaving room for paintings — it's these little twists in the process that alchemize the mere physical object of a house into memories, and a home.
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pparently there was a little confusion surrounding the recent death of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong. Some people got him mixed up with Lance Armstrong, the newly shamed bicyclist, and NBC posted that astronaut Neil Young had died. I guess it is easy to confuse a guy who wrote a song called "Harvest Moon" with a guy who walked on the moon. For anyone around my age or older, though, the name Neil Armstrong and the defining moment of the first manned moon landing will forever be etched in our minds.
When I moved back to the U.S. from China in December 2010, I felt rootless.
Growing up in a small township in western Pennsylvania and having graduated from a college of 1,600, I was fortunate to have had my formative years shaped by tight-knit communities. While I found a similar sense of support teaching at a Chinese public school after graduating from Kenyon College, that feeling of community eluded me the following year.
I tend to get caught in bubbles. Metaphorical bubbles, that is.
Growing up in a suburban town in central Ohio and moving to Middlebury after high school, I am attracted to the sense of comfort that small towns provide. The familiar faces, streets and foods are among the many things that contribute to this feeling of ease.
More often than not, these small towns that I have grown to love are protection for many. Consistency and reliability allow us to rest within our comfort zones.
I knew the American Fab Five would win the women's gymnastics title at the Olympics several hours before watching some of the action on television Tuesday evening. And I knew Michael Phelps would surpass the Olympic medal count on Tuesday by reaching 19, but fall short in the 200-meter fly by five-hundredths of a second.
But the headlines I saw on my email at work didn't matter, I knew there was much more to the story.
On Independence Day I left behind the pomp and circumstance for a day of fly-fishing and solitude along mountain tributaries.
This was an uncanny decision for a "people person" like myself. On most holidays, and particularly the Fourth, you'll usually find me mingling with a range of characters, tossing back beers and enjoying the festivities. But this year I needed some time to myself.
I recently realized that I don't appreciate the smell of freshly spread manure enough.
I didn't suddenly decide that I love the odor, but I have discovered the scent a reminder of home and of the beautiful landscape around me, a landscape that I have not appreciated fully until recently.
I attend college outside of Boston, which is a considerable change in scenery from what I see here in Addison County. Down there I don't have the same views of rolling mountains and green pastures and the smell of manure is nowhere to be found.
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This text heavy post for the We Can Do It! Skill Builder Sampler will discuss how to plan a quilt that will fit your specific bed and some basic tips on how to arrange the sampler blocks.
Planning Quilt Sizes
In real life you would have done this step before or at least during the making of your blocks. It is what I did when planning the sampler and I will walk you through it now.
The first question to ask yourself is, "what size do I want my quilt to be?" The answer to this question will differ depending on the quilt's intended use, bed size and personal preference. If making a quilt for a specific bed it is vital to take the time and measure the bed. General sizes for quilts are listed many places, but they don't take into account your specific mattress, box spring, bed frame and personal preference for length.
I measured my queen size bed (thin, no box spring) and found that a good length for the quilt would be 87x87 inches square. I like to add 2 inches to take into account any shrinkage due to washing and quilting so I would make my quilt 89x89 and since that is just a really weird number to work with, I rounded it up to 90 inches square - better a bit too big than too small.
Each of the blocks is 12 inches square finished. I have 36 blocks which gives me a 6x6 block layout. If I sewed all my blocks together I would have a 72x72 inch square quilt. Not large enough.
But, I want to have 2 inches (finished) of sashing between each block and around the perimeter. (It will give the blocks a nice frame and some breathing room.) That is 7 rows and columns of sashing at 2 inches (2x7=14) which would give me a 86x86 inch quilt. We are getting pretty close to the optimal size for the quilt.
But I want to have a border to tie everything together. If I want my quilt to be 90 inches finished I only have (90-86=4, 4/2=2) enough space for a 2 inch border, which I think would be a bit too narrow and look a bit silly. I thought about it and figured I have never had a quilt that was too big - the only thing that bugs me is when they are too small for the bed, so I will plan for a 6 inch border on all sides (6x2=12, 86+12=98). So even though I planned for a 90 inch quilt, as I figured out my layout I ended up with a 98 inch quilt. That happens sometimes.
Alternatively, I could have taken out some blocks and had a 5x5 block layout. (5x12=60 inches)
Six rows and columns of sashing (6x2=12). 60+12=72 inches so far. 90-72=18. I need to add 18 inches to the quilt to bring it to size. I can do that by adding 9 inch borders on each side and I would have a 90 inch quilt using only 25 of the sampler blocks. A good option if you didn't make all of the blocks.
Before you start cutting sashing and sewing your blocks together it is a good idea to lay all the blocks out and decide what order you want them in. In most cases, you want the colors and designs spread evenly though out the quilt so it feels balanced and so that there are pops of color and interest through out the quilt. You may also want to put your favorite blocks near the center of the quilt where they will receive more attention when the quilt is on the bed.
So to summarize, the next baby steps in putting the sampler quilt together are:
- Measure the bed the quilt will be going on.
- Determine sashing and border size based on the size of the quilt desired.
- Lay out the blocks to determine a pleasing layout.
- Take a picture of the layout and stack and label the blocks by rows.


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Miguel Brings the Funk on 'Cadillac' for 'The Get Down' Soundtrack
R&B singer Miguel brings the funk on his latest single, "Cadillac," which is from the upcoming soundtrack for Netflix's hip-hop-based drama, The Get Down.
The song, which premiered today (Aug. 4) on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 program, will take listeners back to the 1970s where funk and disco music reigned in the clubs. Over funky synths, roaring guitars, orchestral strings and horns, Miguel celebrates love in the backseat of his sexy ride.
"Heaven's in the backseat of my Cadillac," he repeatedly sings on the chorus. "Let me take you there."
Stick around for the ending as the song goes into a lush crescendo of horns and heavenly-sounding synths.
The Get Down soundtrack is stacked with a powerhouse list of artists, according to EW.com. Singers Christina Aguilera, Zayn, Leon Bridges and Raury have contributed songs to the project.
In addition, tracks from Grandmaster Flash, Jaden Smith and Nas, who is among the show's executive producers, will appear on the collection. Grammy Award-winning producers Nile Rodgers, Malay and Emile Haynie handle the bulk of the production.
The series The Get Down is about a group of Bronx-based teens coming of age in the gritty streets of 1970s New York.
Nas wrote all of the rhymes for the cast members including the main character, Ezekiel "Books" Figuero (played by Justice Smith).
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Chuck's Toronto Film & Video Directory
(1181 companies listed as of Apr 21 2018)
Workshops in
Argonaut Rowing Club
Incredible space for rent suitable for location shoots, events, festival parties, screenings, rental includes full service bar and lounge area, suitable for hosting workshops etc.
Blissful Itch Productions
Toronto-based lighting videographer, still photographer and digital media specialist David Findlay offers videography for broadcast, educational, arts and independent documentary projects. David has 20 years of experience shooting in most commercially available formats.
Corbin Visual
Award winning Toronto based video production company specializing in professional grade video for business, broadcast and special events
dB Audio Inc.
Audio production for advertising, elearning and the web.
DreamVision Communications Inc.
Digital Video -Post Production
Edit Extreme
Final Cut Pro editing services offering DVD production, training, etc
Hart House
Creativity and personal development through the Arts
IC Technology
Supplier of PC and Apple computers, Discreet 3D Studio, Combustion, Adobe,DPS, Matrox, DVD authoring/duplication and everything 3d and DV
Le Laboratoire d'Art
media arts centre with Final Cut Pro HD & professional printer
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is an artist-run cultural and educational media arts organization dedicated to celebrating excellence in the moving image. LIFT is supported by its membership, Canada Council for the Arts (Media Arts Section), Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Government of Ontario and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.
Musicent Productions
Your Resource for Professional Vocalists: Vocal Casting, Auditions, On-set Performance Coaching and Vocal arrangements.
Pinewood Toronto Studios
Canada's largest film and television production complex, with 250,000 sq ft of production space ? 8 stages, including North America's largest purpose-built soundstage and localized support facilities and office space
Pocket Pictures
Specializing in Animation, SFX, Media Copywriting and creative film/video productions.
Smart Brother Productions Inc.
Will provide extensive experience specializing in Multi-cam productions. Have done numerous series, events, studio and location based, live and live-to-tape. Music, Comedy, Variety and Lifestyle .
Toronto School of Art
We offer Video / Final Cut Pro Courses. Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer.
Trinity Square Video
TRINITYSQUAREVIDEO SUMMER2011WORKSHOPS: August 13/ Video Compositing*/ w/ Dean Vargas/ $120/ Member $95; August 14/ PhotoshopCS5*/ w/ Milan Cobanov/ $120/ Member $90; August22-26/Video Literary for Educators/ w/ Mary Daniel + Andrew Cromey/ $399/ Member $329/ 10am?4pm; August 20 - 21/ Advanced FinalCutPro 7/ w/ Emad Dabiri/ $210/ Member $175; August 24/31/ How to Approach Making Your First Documentary/ Andrew Cromey/ $120/ Member $90/ 6-9pm; August 27-28/ Video 101*/ w/ Andrew Cromey/ $230/ Member $190.
VO2 Mix Inc.
VO2 Mix is a state of the art digital audio post-production facility located in the heart of downtown Toronto. Offering a full range of sound design and original or stock music packages to fit every budget.
Where It's At! Productions
A video production company specializing in promotional videos for Businesses, Musicians and Special Events. Other services: video workshops, editing, media transferring, music videos......and more!
Toronto's Best IT TEAM. HANDS DOWN TRY US 416 203 0511
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