GR1ZZL3R Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 Nice finish, two out of three ain't bad. 🥳 Happy New Year. 😃 Happy Fun Punting All.🥳 4 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) A Happy and Great Punting Year for everybody. 🤞 With so much racing today it's taken me a lot longer than normal to narrow the selections down, eventually settled on three again for the treble, but I may back 1 or 2 more. 🤔 Edited January 1, 2023 by GR1ZZL3R 2 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 And so to bed, happy in the knowledge that after 5 hrs 55 mins in the €100 Supernova there are 18 players left out of 178 starters and I am one of them. 9 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 A fair start to the New Year. Kicked off with losing a few €€ on the black belt challenge, lost a few ££ on the 🏇🏇, won a couple of quid on the roulette, then on to the evening's poker. I still had the €100 ticket left from the flip I won, and a €50 🎫 about to expire from one of the many promos over Christmas, plus the New Year's freeroll, so might as well go high as possible, the Supernova for €20,000 and the Title Fight, boosted to €15,000. The freeroll didn't last very long, about 40 mins, shoved 13 BB into KK with A9s. 😱 The title fight was slightly better, about 2 hrs and picking up 3 bounties along the way, with more than my fair share of luck, AKs > JJ, K on the river, 99 > KK, 9 on the flop, and KJo > QQ, K on the flop. The Supernova was just a steady affair, quite boring for the first 3 hours while I steadily made some stabs, mostly sat quietly, and mostly dribbled my chips away. To be fair there wasn't really a great deal of drama, probably my tight image helped as we neared the bubble, I picked up a few small pots with a touch of aggression. I was at one stage 41/42 with 35 paid but again a couple of small pots and the odd all in kept me going, the bubble burst and the field withered quite quickly. 18 left, a playable stack, I'm not too ambitious but whatever happens tonight it's been a fun ride mostly.) 🙂 8 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 Purely for the sake of consistency I'm going to back 3 horses per day in boosted singles only, all in handicaps of 9 runners or fewer. I'll stick as closely as I can to these objectives, let's go. "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SShcherbyna Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 3 hours ago, GR1ZZL3R said: 18 left, a playable stack, I'm not too ambitious but whatever happens tonight it's been a fun ride mostly.) 🙂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 I managed to ladder up a level before the crash, three quick all ins after that, AT>55 ,left me happy but then TT>KK and a 3 way A3>JJ but<KK. Happy enough. 🥳 And a 🏇winner. 🥳 5 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psrquack Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Congrats Mr. 'Olmes. Now you can publish your gambling stories via paperback too.😀 "Copyrights on works from 1927, including Arthur Conan Doyle’s short-story collection The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes and Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse, expired Sunday, becoming free for public use without permission or cost, as more works entered the public domain after an extended 95-year period." https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2023/01/01/sherlock-holmes-enters-the-public-domain---here-are-the-other-works-free-to-use-in-2023/?sh=66daf73d3dff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 Today sees the five year anniversary of joining Unibet, so hopefully a good time for a thorough update. Unusually I made three withdrawals last month due to some excellent run good in tournaments normally above my bank roll, all due to winning tickets in the high number of promotions running and managing to realise some equity in them instead of constantly wasting them. I'm never going to be competitive in any leaderboard races... ... but I do feel there is terrific added value in many of the community promos, the main source of my extra value. So over the five years I've made just short of £2,000. £400 a year or £8 a week, hardly earth shattering but very welcome. The huge bulk of that has come from 3 poker tournament returns, a win, a 3rd and a 15th, all in higher value tourneys which I'll repeat, I wouldn't normally enter, so a big plus. I'm a long term micro stakes rec, probably losing despite the occasional withdrawal. I'm never going to be dedicated or committed (or young) enough to study more than a couple of YT clips or even study hard the course I bought last year, I can never see me trying to play one and a half million hands a year or reach Sensei level every day 😱 but the best of luck to those that commit to challenges like those. I left my account at £300, £100 each for roulette, betting, (mainly 🏇) and poker, but then I also have 75,000 BP's (World Cup Raffle) so that's my poker bank roll, and hopefully I can win a bit at 5-10c cash and keep it ticking over. I'm not going to set any actual targets, I tend to lose interest and heart for even the small ones if they don't go well quickly, except to say this time I'll run the horseracing and roulette banks till they double or crash, and the first poker ticket will be... Good Luck for everyone's ventures, new and old, I'm going to have fun. 🥳 5 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SShcherbyna Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, GR1ZZL3R said: Good Luck for everyone's ventures, new and old, I'm going to have fun. While you're having fun, don't forget to win a few more tournaments that are worth more than your bankroll (which, by the way, is very similar to mine 🙃). Good Luck! 🥳 Edited January 5, 2023 by SShcherbyna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxSang Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Much luck and see you at the tables sir ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 The 🏇🏇🏇 were off to a very slow start but with the last two winning yesterday I made a very small profit on the week. I can't complain, profit is profit, but maybe my selection criteria need tightening up, I'll continue to monitor. The roulette went better after 1 losing day. That was because I decided to stop when hitting a new high or reaching 36 losing spins (1 cycle) this time at £0.20 per bet, whichever came first, but decided I'd rather take some long runs and find out if losses could be controlled. So far 3 longish sessions (172 spins on Friday) but all ultimately winning. I've played the Black Belt Challenge and made it to the freeroll tonight, everyone a winner this time, very nice. I'll use this blog for updating any poker departures such as that and the fate of my last two Unibet Open 🎫🎫 but because of all the new challenge blogs (and return of some old favourites) my main poker focus is going to shift to a new 5-10c cash adventure, coming soon to a thread near you. Good Luck all and have fun punting. "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 The 🏇🏇🏇 were off to a very slow start but with the last two winning yesterday I made a very small profit on the week. I can't complain, profit is profit, but maybe my selection criteria need tightening up, I'll continue to monitor. The roulette went better after 1 losing day. That was because I decided to stop when hitting a new high or reaching 36 losing spins (1 cycle) this time at £0.20 per bet, whichever came first, but decided I'd rather take some long runs and find out if losses could be controlled. So far 3 longish sessions (172 spins on Friday) but all ultimately winning. I've played the Black Belt Challenge and made it to the freeroll tonight, everyone a winner this time, very nice. I'll use this blog for updating any poker departures such as that and the fate of my last two Unibet Open 🎫🎫 but because of all the new challenge blogs (and return of some old favourites) my main poker focus is going to shift to a new 5-10c cash adventure, coming soon to a thread near you. Good Luck all and have fun punting. 4 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 You can't win them all. I made a fiver on the roulette to keep the run going, got a decent priced winner on the gee gees, paid out at 15.00 when I'd taken 9.50, 😃 so going for the triple and decided to Banzai my ticket. It started with 82 flops left to see and worth about €75. Not for much longer. When you run bad you run bad, and I mean bad. So I was all in 50 times but only saw 46 flops, lost about 11 buy ins in the process and am further away than ever in getting to grips with variance. 2 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushbie Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 "good job!" 😂 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotKot99 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 11:54 PM, GR1ZZL3R said: You can't win them all. I made a fiver on the roulette to keep the run going, got a decent priced winner on the gee gees, paid out at 15.00 when I'd taken 9.50, 😃 so going for the triple and decided to Banzai my ticket. It started with 82 flops left to see and worth about €75. Not for much longer. When you run bad you run bad, and I mean bad. So I was all in 50 times but only saw 46 flops, lost about 11 buy ins in the process and am further away than ever in getting to grips with variance. Sorry to hear mate! I won the 20NL 80€ ticket from the Freeroll. It all started OK. I won some €50 with couple of all-ins. Then everything went all south from there. Spent the ticket and got nothing. Maybe I should’ve played little more carefully, and not tired. I keep asking myself: why do I always have to play when tired!? That ticket had huge potential, but now it’s gone. Well, the banzai is very volatile. You guys now how it is: no matter how good the dealt hand is, going pre-flop all-in is… But you don’t have to be stupid either Long story short - here we are 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) On 1/12/2023 at 2:55 AM, GotKot99 said: I keep asking myself: why do I always have to play when tired!? You don't. 🙂 Following the opening weeks successes in both racing and roulette variance has reared its ugly head and both have taken a downturn to some degree. Following the big priced horse winning there have been no follow up successes, in fact the opportunities seemed to have dried up, only one bet Saturday (losing) and none to start this week on Sunday. Only one winner in sixteen selections is not the strike rat I'm looking for, even though it did actually put me further ahead for the year. It's not exactly panic stations yet but I feel the the strength of the selections is being somewhat diluted by insisting on three per day, so maybe fewer stronger picks are needed. A watching brief is recommended The roulette nearly got me into trouble and almost sank without trace. I was over £60 down (20p a spin) at one time, pulled it back to £9 down but then it sank again. The stop loss should have been applied earlier but it's similar to going on poker tilt when you can't believe the bad run will continue so long but sadly it does. All is not lost, about £13 down for the year now but again doing a bit of tinkering, whether that will do any good remains to be seen. 🤔 The fight continues. Edited January 16, 2023 by GR1ZZL3R 2 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SShcherbyna Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Tell me about roulette, is it for fun or are you trying to follow some strategy for profit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 1 hour ago, SShcherbyna said: Tell me about roulette, is it for fun or are you trying to follow some strategy for profit? @SShcherbyna It's a little bit of both. I'm not really seriously expecting to beat an "unbeatable" game but there is a slight element of "What If?" There are many punters out there claiming to beat horse racing or football betting for example, both with much higher over rounds or house advantage than roulette (2.70%) so why not? I know it's so different in the fact that roulette "form" can't be studied, but with a small house edge, a decent sized bank roll, a strategy of sorts based mainly on money management, and huge amounts of patience I sometimes feel I'm getting near. It's as much fun anyway as constantly getting 3 and 4 bet and being outdrawn time and time again on the poker tables. Where's the fun in that? 🤨 1 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotKot99 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 4 hours ago, GR1ZZL3R said: On 1/12/2023 at 4:55 AM, GotKot99 said: I keep asking myself: why do I always have to play when tired!? You don't. 🙂 Yup. That’s me alright 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) Edited January 20, 2023 by GR1ZZL3R 1 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 1 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 "Who's a lucky boy then?" Sometimes mistakes can be costly, this time I feel I've dodged a bullet. A couple of losing days had me nervous, today, I don't know how, I was betting £1 a time instead of the normal 20p, probably clicking the stake when resizing the table. 🙂 4 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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