rocko\'s poker blog

umm. pokerwise, I am like +7k this year or something, but I haven't played since the school year. I now have all relevant licensing to deal securities and life insurance where I live, but I won't be doing so - instead I am returning to "college" for a second degree in Actuarial Sciences to be an actuary. I figure that to be the best plan moving forward.

I just find poker really stressful I guess - I was playing Magic The Gathering online recently, and even just playing the game, and listening to opponents go on tilt, stressed me right the heck out, so I guess I know why I am not sticking with poker for the long haul. I have a pretty volatile personality and I need something more steady, and something where I can really get on a roll, focusing on the good, in a routine sort of thing.

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annnyyway, the main reason I am saying hi, is for the .. like.. 1 person who might be interested,

i recorded a pair of "live" practice mixes using software, it can be a bit choppy during the cross overs because i guess my laptop just cant quite handle it

i would think the only real "benefit" from listening to these is if you just want to know more names of more tracks, its going to be something like 70 unique tracks in total if you just skim the mix really quick for anything that sounds like you like

im still really trying stuff out, and a couple times i made really obvious misclicks, but overall im really happy just doing it i guess, the process is really involving and i get to shut out everything else for 3 hours straight and just focus on track selection and placement and stuff. (i decided on tracks on the fly both times, which was fun !)

I tried to include plenty of different subgenres, I am getting more into "techno" (which defined by beatport is usually a bit of a swing rhythm, with a very steady drumbeat), put in some of my always-present trance, and some electro - I seem to be less interested in the totally smooth progressive sound of the last few years.

July 31 3hour mix

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August 1 3hour mix

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an interesting side note is that with live mixing I realized pretty quickly that I would want to create edited versions of tracks to make them blend the way I want them to - when you work with the studio software you do that while creating a mix, but this way I have to have them pre-arranged, so I did that with a few tracks already.


Stay frosty LP,

rocko

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am i the only guy on lp watching this, the documentary-style promo thing that is on right now is really sweet, chill is announcing

i have nerd chills :O go liquid' tyler !! :D

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well, i'm back, kind of. i'm in school full time and i just kinda got bored of not playing (havent played since may 2010)

decided that i would be humble and start by getting $500EV at nl25, and $2000EV at nl50 (i haven't played these limits since 2008, so its a bit of an ego hit, but nothing i cant handle). i still have a fair bit of my roll intact so thats not really a big issue, although moving to nl200 may be, because i plan on paying for school and things over the course of this next school year and because im a pretty big br nit (definitely 20k minimum for nl200 for me.)

it took more hands than i expected, and even nl25 was more emotionally difficult for me than i expected, but i think it was good and i learned alot and it helped me adjust back in to poker

i might actually stay at nl50 longer, as you can tell my graph, i am on a bit of a heater, and i dont like leaving a limit on a heater, it seems really a good way to run into a brick wall

other than that, i mean, i think i can get back to my prime pretty quickly if i continue to play, but , being full time school, even last couple weeks i didnt play poker, i was just addicted to minecraft and playing that, but its sorta over now and i think im going to have a bunch of projects near the end of the semester.

anyway, cheers lp, as usual a tip of the hat to dryath and edzwoo who i owe everything to for not shunning me for having disappeared for so long



in total, i played 115.21 hours over about 25-30 days of play, starting FEB. 4. hourly is $25.85, EV hourly is $22.56.

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(ps, those other hands were when i was trying to get tn working on my desktop again, obv)

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