Samba Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just had avocado on toast for breakfast for the first time in a few years, one of the upsides to not doing all of your money at high stakes is that you can afford to have pretentious breakfasts again. I've played more volume in the last 48 hours than I have in years and I'm up around £100. There is one "reg" who VPIPs 70% from all positions and gets it in with top and bottom pair on any texture other than monotone for 200bbs+ with any SPR, they get a set in for stacks at any SPR for infinite BBs on any texture and I can't beat them. For the sake of my mental I am gonna ban myself from anything higher than 25PLO for the remainder of the month because I can't resist sitting these tables when they play so bad but it isn't good for me since running bad at 50PLO hurts compared to 25PLO where I don't feel as much. Cashed out £1200 so I don't do anything stupid and left £250 on the account, up to £375. ❤️ Sam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estzen Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) Very surprised! I thought your on your way to higher ups, but now you cannot do it. I understand that if you needed it for life reasons. But this also takes a lot of speed down from you archiving growth. Stick to the games you favour best 😉 Edited November 11, 2021 by Estzen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 @EstzenYeah it probably will slow me down but I'm okay with that. I always used to be in a rush to get to high stakes and look how that ended up.. The allure of playing high anywhere other than in live games where I can look at my opponents before I sit isn't really that appealing to me anymore. The higher you play the lower your winrate becomes and the higher the variance. I'd rather grind micros with a good winrate than battle and go on 50 buyin downswings. Just gonna stick to the plan of grinding hard and booking small wins and then taking shots in good live games during festivals. I've got 3 more weeks to work my ass off before I head to the GUKPT London cash games so if that means I have to just be a rakeback grinder at 25PLO that is absolutely fine it will pay for my hotel 😄 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estzen Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Samba said: @EstzenYeah it probably will slow me down but I'm okay with that. I always used to be in a rush to get to high stakes and look how that ended up.. The allure of playing high anywhere other than in live games where I can look at my opponents before I sit isn't really that appealing to me anymore. The higher you play the lower your winrate becomes and the higher the variance. I'd rather grind micros with a good winrate than battle and go on 50 buyin downswings. Just gonna stick to the plan of grinding hard and booking small wins and then taking shots in good live games during festivals. I've got 3 more weeks to work my ass off before I head to the GUKPT London cash games so if that means I have to just be a rakeback grinder at 25PLO that is absolutely fine it will pay for my hotel 😄 Love to hear the self awareness. Maybe its good for you then like this. I myself dont find 50s specially in Uni too hard. And with smaller fields the varience is pretty low. But it also comes down to personality. I dont tilt much, so this maybe also a thing. Live is a big risk and, but if able to win can also be a big boost for you. But in that sense your right, maybe you arent even ready for these yet, so theres no need to push yourself over your shadow. I really like that self-awareness part. I hope London is good! Edited November 11, 2021 by Estzen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 Played like shit today because I was running bad. Lost an extra 40 from bad river calls in 3b pots in 2 specific hands. One was a pure check/call instead of a bet/call and the other was a GTO call but the guy was a bad nit who is not balanced so I could have definitely folded and if I wasn't tilted I would have. C'est la vie ❤️ Sam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) I am ashamed to say I didn't stick to my word and play only 25PLO and instead I played 50PLO with a few 25 tables when there weren't enough running. I ran well though, and even managed to win the high hand promotion for a 50 PLO ticket with an 8 high straight flush. I spent all of my bonus points on some MTT tickets and used 5 of them to play the titan (which I have never even min cashed) and a €600 Sputnik rebuy which I shipped after misclick jamming 35bbs from UTG right after the rebuy period closed with T2o.. In my defense it was a dachshund puppy that decided to put me all in by running on my laptop's touchpad. GOOD DOG!! Apart from that *small* mistake I played well and closed it out going into HU vs an opponent who had a 4:1 lead. GG ❤️ Sam Edited November 14, 2021 by Samba formatting 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estzen Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) Titan is pretty long tournament, but seems pretty good. Sputniks are great. Good job at winning! Yesterday, I was debating myself to register Titan or not, but after it being 55minutes already running, I decided not to take a late reg. Since I didnt felt I wanna go on play 5 hours more. I still had some games running, but I didnt wanna add stuff anymore. I would be a bit careful with 10euros at such BR.(Tickets are okay ofc). What is your volume, how much do you play? Edited November 14, 2021 by Estzen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 My target for this month is 75k cash game hands and the last MTT I played was the Supermoon and I only played that because of a freeroll qualifier. In the last 5 years I have played ~700 MTTs online w/ ABI of £15 and £6k profit. Almost all of my volume is devoted to cash games. Running deep in good tournaments and bricking is just soul destroying, cash is frustrating but nowhere near as bad. That being said, I will definitely be playing all low UOS events and the mid & high PLO ones too since I really want to try and get top 10 on the leaderboard. 😆 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estzen Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 UOS will be for sure cool. I really like the last one. In terms of frustration somehow its the opposite for me, cash frustrates me a lot more while MTT swings are always handleable even tho, they can last forever in big fields. The longest downswing has been like 3 months. But overall, it seems to make a lot more money. Im pretty calm to coolers and stuff, the most frustrating thing that can happen is that I yell in a rare occasion and thats like maximum. But Ive heard people throw stuff, break stuff - all of it. xD This time I will be even more active at UOS than I was last time, since with time, my BR is much better. Cash game is intresting to study tho since, the high heads of it are brilliant guys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 ******** I is back ******** 5 Weeks since i last updated the blog and stopped playing on Unibet after the software update that f*cked the top-up button and made it so that I would click "change to big blinds" around 2-3 times per second and drive myself insane. Definitely not a reasonable response for most people but I know what I am like and that button triggered me into tilt mode everytime I tried to play. I popped on unibet a few times over the xmas period to check on it and it looks like I can finally play again. Yippee! What have I been doing with myself in the last 5 weeks since I self-banned from Unibet? Well I have been doing what most 35 year olds would be doing... As much as I study & play chess I just can't seem to improve my rating in blitz (5 minute) games above 1200. League of legends is a diff story, I am smurfing on these kids with my 35 year old reflexes. The old 12 hours per day poker grind schedule is being recommenced as of tomorrow 06/01/2022. Chess and LoL are fun but nothing is quite like poker. I'll still be playing the 25PLO tables and dabbling in MTTs when I don't feel like I am in a punty mood. Since redepositing on 03/01 I am +£142 as of writing this post. More to come Hope all are well ❤️ Sam 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estzen Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Chess: you need to learn more theory, Ive been at same point where you are . Currently my blitz is same like your, because im not actively so much taking much time. My suggestion is, study more stuff for Rapid games play some Rapids, and eventually your blitz rating will climb with it since your overall understanding grows and also lessens your blundering spots or making a mistake out of the opening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 After an initial deposit of £100 we've spun it up to £310 playing mainly PLO with a little bit of NL and MTT mixed in. I had spun the deposit up to 500 but after a few bad sessions of lolmaha we're back down. Adding some NLH games since I couldn't get enough PLO tables and it didn't take long for a punt to happen. I've played very precise and have only made 2 punts since I started playing again, both of them in NLH. One of them for a stack and another for about £10 - not the end of the world. The rust is off though and these punts will not be seen anymore (I hope). PUNT ALERT 5b ripping pre KJs SB vs CO is not the play to get your winrate going, I hate this so much. No words. Biggest pot won. Overbetting is fun Game #1614533779: Table €25 NL - 0.15/0.25 - No Limit Hold'Em - 05:27:55 2022/01/08 *** Seated players *** Seat 2: 5amba (€65.65) Seat 3: Hitman7778 (€7.75) Seat 4: Cirooo (€76.31) Seat 5: EddyRiz (€54.36) *** Blinds and button *** EddyRiz has the button 5amba posts small blind €0.15 Hitman7778 posts big blind €0.25 *** Hole cards ***Dealt to 5amba [As Ah] Dealt in Hitman7778 Dealt to Cirooo [3s 6s] Dealt in EddyRiz *** Preflop ***Cirooo raises €0.50 to €0.50 EddyRiz folds5amba raises €2.85 to €3 Hitman7778 foldsCirooo calls €2.50*** Flop *** [6c Ad Kh]5amba checksCirooo checks*** Turn *** [6c Ad Kh] [Js]5amba checksCirooo checks*** River *** [6c Ad Kh] [Js] [6h]5amba bets €3.12Cirooo raises €6.24 to €6.245amba raises €59.53 to €62.65, and is all-inCirooo calls €56.41 *** Showdown *** 5amba shows [As Ah], Full House Cirooo shows [3s 6s], Three of a kind, Sixes 5amba wins €129.55 *** Summary *** Total pot €131.55 Rake €2 Seat 2: 5amba: bet €65.65 and won €129.55, net result: €63.90 Seat 3: Hitman7778: bet €0.25 and won €0, net result: €-0.25 Seat 4: Cirooo: bet €65.65 and won €0, net result: €-65.65 Biggest pot lost: (all in pre) Degens gonna degen Game #1613909860: Table €50 PL - 0.25/0.50 - Pot Limit Omaha - 01:50:06 2022/01/07 *** Seated players *** Seat 1: SollinhoSS (€107.26) Seat 2: 5amba (€166.87) Seat 3: appe-8002 (€14.71) Seat 4: foldtilt (€114.03) Seat 5: Hooch1234 (€47.97) Seat 6: raagsheed (€81.64) *** Blinds and button *** SollinhoSS has the button 5amba posts small blind €0.25 appe-8002 posts big blind €0.50 *** Hole cards ***Dealt to 5amba [As Ac Jc 4d]Dealt to appe-8002 [Td 8s Kh 6d] Dealt in foldtiltDealt to Hooch1234 [3d Qs Qc 5s] Dealt in raagsheed Dealt in SollinhoSS *** Preflop ***foldtilt raises €1 to €1Hooch1234 calls €1 raagsheed foldsSollinhoSS calls €15amba calls €0.75appe-8002 raises €5.50 to €6foldtilt calls €5Hooch1234 calls €5SollinhoSS calls €55amba raises €35 to €36appe-8002 calls €8.71, and is all-infoldtilt calls €30 Hooch1234 raises €41.97 to €47.97, and is all-in SollinhoSS folds5amba calls €11.97foldtilt calls €11.97 *** Flop *** [5d 6h Qh]5amba bets €118.90, and is all-infoldtilt folds Uncalled bet returned to 5amba: €118.90 *** Showdown *** *** Turn *** [5d 6h Qh] [6s] *** River *** [5d 6h Qh] [6s] [Kd] 5amba shows [As Ac Jc 4d], Two pairs, Aces up appe-8002 shows [Td 8s Kh 6d], Full House, Sixes full Hooch1234 shows [3d Qs Qc 5s], Full House, Queens fullHooch1234 wins main pot, €62.57 Hooch1234 wins side pot #1, €99.05 *** Summary ***Total pot €164.62 Rake €3 Seat 1: SollinhoSS: bet €6 and won €0, net result: €-6 Seat 2: 5amba: bet €166.87 and won €118.90, net result: €-47.97 Seat 3: appe-8002: bet €14.71 and won €0, net result: €-14.71 Seat 4: foldtilt: bet €47.97 and won €0, net result: €-47.97 Seat 5: Hooch1234: bet €47.97 and won €161.62, net result: €113.65 ❤️ Sam 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estzen Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Somewhy cannot edit. Anyway, Ive had my blitz over 1300+, so thats why I said that, from remebrance I can tell you, that you just need to get better in Rapid and if you do, you will eventually get better at Blitz. Also learning to attack better, not making "time wasting moves" etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 Absolutely rekt this weekend. Down a ton in EV and made 2-3 bad calls over the sessions to add to the losses. -30 in MTTS and -130 in cash. If I had played without tilt and not started calling too wide it would be at -75. Definitely too many blunders for my liking! Biggest loss (vs super VIP) I open AJdd, super VIP 3b, I 4b, He 5b, I jam he snaps. (He was stacking off pre with KTo+) ❤️ Sam 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estzen Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Wow, that hand is pretty unlucky, dont beat yourself too hard 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) Definitely not running good at the moment🧐. The month long break I took over December has recharged me. Being under EV isn't going to stop me playing a lot this month and just grind through. -50 donation to the titan tournament and won a little on cash games overall. Some hands: Fold river vs population? Yes. Did I? No *** Hole cards ***Dealt to 2slim4gym- [Qc Qh 8s 8d] Dealt in chingmiau1 Dealt in migeluu Dealt in Nobie8300Dealt to FNLLV [Ac 4s As 7d]*** Preflop *** migeluu foldsNobie8300 calls €0.25FNLLV raises €1.10 to €1.102slim4gym- calls €1 chingmiau1 foldsNobie8300 calls €0.85*** Flop *** [Qs 3s Th]2slim4gym- bets €2.90Nobie8300 calls €2.90FNLLV calls €2.90*** Turn *** [Qs 3s Th] [6h]2slim4gym- bets €12.25Nobie8300 foldsFNLLV calls €12.25*** River *** [Qs 3s Th] [6h] [6c]2slim4gym- bets €11.40FNLLV calls €11.40 *** Showdown *** 2slim4gym- shows [Qc Qh 8s 8d], Full House FNLLV shows [Ac 4s As 7d], Two pairs, Aces up 2slim4gym- wins €57.76 *** Summary *** Total pot €59.55 Rake €1.79 Seat 1: 2slim4gym-: bet €27.65 and won €57.76, net result: €30.11 Seat 2: chingmiau1: bet €0.25 and won €0, net result: €-0.25 Seat 5: Nobie8300: bet €4 and won €0, net result: €-4 Seat 6: FNLLV: bet €27.65 and won €0, net result: €-27.65 This hand was fun, Turn donk into river jam vs opp with QQ+ or quads. He tank folded river. My Hand isn't the best one to use but the 3rd player is calling too wide on the flop which is why I went for it. *** Seated players *** Seat 1: FNLLV (€27.49) Seat 2: Kermitt (€38.01) Seat 3: MeMe20204 (€19.67) Seat 4: Megaladon (€32.24) Seat 5: boan (€13.40) *** Blinds and button *** MeMe20204 has the button Megaladon posts small blind €0.10 boan posts big blind €0.25 *** Hole cards *** Dealt in Megaladon Dealt in boan Dealt to FNLLV [4c As 3s Kc] Dealt in Kermitt Dealt in MeMe20204 *** Preflop ***FNLLV raises €0.85 to €0.85Kermitt raises €2.38 to €2.38 MeMe20204 foldsMegaladon calls €2.28 boan foldsFNLLV calls €1.53*** Flop *** [7s 4s 7d]Megaladon checksFNLLV checksKermitt bets €3.69Megaladon calls €3.69FNLLV calls €3.69*** Turn *** [7s 4s 7d] [7c]Megaladon checksFNLLV bets €4.61Kermitt calls €4.61 Megaladon folds*** River *** [7s 4s 7d] [7c] [3h]FNLLV bets €16.81, and is all-in Kermitt folds Uncalled bet returned to FNLLV: €16.81 FNLLV wins €26.85 *** Summary *** Total pot €27.68 Rake €0.83 Seat 1: FNLLV: bet €27.49 and won €43.66, net result: €16.17 Seat 2: Kermitt: bet €10.68 and won €0, net result: €-10.68 Seat 4: Megaladon: bet €6.07 and won €0, net result: €-6.07 Seat 5: boan: bet €0.25 and won €0, net result: €-0.25 Imagine calling a 4b with 88 at 25NL ❤️ Sam Edited January 11, 2022 by Samba double posted 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrustyTheClown Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I guess and hope you know this too but if you're playing with a bankroll < 10BI, there's a big chance you'll go broke 🥲 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 I appreciate the concern but that is just my most recent deposit of £100 that I am trying to spin up at the moment, I guess I should update my overall win/loss stats in my posts like I used to so it isn't confusing. The next blog will have the updated stats. Since starting the blog I think I am up ~£3k and I was rolled for 25PLO before I started it. The days of me playing with 5-10 buyins is long gone thankfully! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) Didn't play much yesterday, I tried to get some hands in but I was playing so bad since I was babysitting my niece I had to stop playing. Made some profit mainly thanks to playthrough bonuses and a max late reg 25 freezout that had some overlay and i managed to ladder. Last hand I played yesterday before i turned the PC off: 3b pot 3way to flop. Flop checked through I check called turn and river. SHAME. In my defense my niece was shouting SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM for the duration of this hand, it had a little bit to do with my actions. Still my fault though. Having an 8 is nice for the bluff and I don't think Q9 is good at showdown vs the action, The other components of the hand actually unblock the pairs so I don't know if this was a good candidate for a bluff or not, I went with it since having an 8 is the most important part as far as improving success % of the bluff since it reduces the FH combos. Game #1617045405: Table €25 PL - 0.10/0.25 - Pot Limit Omaha - 17:03:07 2022/01/12 *** Seated players *** Seat 1: 5amba (€31.94) Seat 2: alien93 (€45.05) Seat 3: EasterMoney (€27.16) Seat 4: James58 (€60.29) Seat 5: rsfcb (€12.50) Seat 6: asi9_ (€27.75) *** Blinds and button *** rsfcb has the button asi9_ posts small blind €0.10 5amba posts big blind €0.25 *** Hole cards *** Dealt in asi9_Dealt to 5amba [9c 8d Qc 9d] Dealt in alien93 Dealt in EasterMoney Dealt in James58 Dealt in rsfcb *** Preflop ***alien93 raises €0.85 to €0.85 EasterMoney foldsJames58 calls €0.85rsfcb calls €0.85 asi9_ folds5amba calls €0.60*** Flop *** [8c Jc Td] 5amba checks alien93 checks James58 checks rsfcb checks*** Turn *** [8c Jc Td] [Kd] 5amba checks alien93 checksJames58 bets €3.50 rsfcb folds5amba calls €3.50alien93 calls €3.50*** River *** [8c Jc Td] [Kd] [8h]5amba bets €10.50 alien93 folds James58 folds Uncalled bet returned to 5amba: €10.50 5amba wins €13.58 *** Summary *** Total pot €14 Rake €0.42 Seat 1: 5amba: bet €14.85 and won €24.08, net result: €9.23 Seat 2: alien93: bet €4.35 and won €0, net result: €-4.35 Seat 4: James58: bet €4.35 and won €0, net result: €-4.35 Seat 5: rsfcb: bet €0.85 and won €0, net result: €-0.85 Seat 6: asi9_: bet €0.10 and won €0, net result: €-0.10 In regards to the formatting of the blog I am going to leave the last part for my running totals to avoid confusion. I can see how me posting random amounts of money in my balance all the time could get a bit confusing so now I will just leave it with profit. Easy. I started the blog with an account deficit of -£1188.42 as of this post I am +£2207.27 + current balance of £279.39 Profit: £3,675.08 Sam ❤️ Edited January 13, 2022 by Samba formatting 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Bad day. Biggest hand I played was a real interesting one. I've played about 1.5mil - 2mil plo hands and I don't usually cold call 3bs OOP when I'm super deep - and definitely not 4bets. Unless, there are very specific conditions. I still don't know if my preflop call is OK but vs the extremely AAx heavy range i gave both opponents I think it is +EV. History: I've been playing at the table for about 4 hours, opener is tight, 3better range is AAx and the 4better is a winning TAG reg who is aware of the 3betters range as very AAx heavy so will be expecting to face lots of 5bets if he 4bets and they are not deep enough for him to start 4betting non AAx vs such a strong 3betting range. I definitely could be results oriented and I don't know if my math is accurate in PPT since it does not account for the openers range accurately as he will definitely fold some paired hands that perform poorly all in. Unfortunately I don't know the correct PPT syntax. If anyone does, feel free to share 🙂 *** Hole cards ***Dealt to Hero[7c 4d 5d 6h] *** Preflop ***bingobox raises €0.85 to €0.85firebolls raises €2.90 to €2.902slim4gym- raises €9.90 to €9.90Hero calls €9.80 Ch1c4g0FiRe foldsbingobox calls €9.05firebolls raises €46.85 to €49.752slim4gym- raises €57.04 to €66.94, and is all-inHero raises €102.79 to €112.69, and is all-inbingobox calls €17.30, and is all-infirebolls calls €6.75, and is all-in *** Summary ***Total pot €217.83 Rake €2.50 Blog Profit: £3484.09 ❤️ Sam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 Still running terribly, Will have to reload the account since I busted it last night. Downswings are all relative, losing £500 over the last 2 weeks sucks but I still feel great. Winter series starts off tonight, perfect chance to rebound. GL all that are playing Blog Profit: £3398.08 ❤️ Sam 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 So far this month I am 0/8 in 500+bb pots and 1/10 in £100+ pots. It's hard to win when you lose all your profits in the big flips. Hopefully it isn't as cold at the tables for everyone else. Blog Profit: £3425.84 ❤️ Sam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 Played 8 hours of cash and 4 hours of MTTs yesterday, -£35 in MTTs and won on the cash games. Biggest pot : I 3b and CRAI'd on the flop. Blog Profit: £3605.36 ❤️Sam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Really can't be bothered to play or update the blog. I'm 1 out of 14 in £100+ pots and brick every MTT I play. Volume suffering, mood suffering, everything is just shit when you can't win at poker isn't it. Gave up on the winter series. The only good thing that has come from this downswing is that I haven't punted at highstakes after losing every day for 3.5 weeks. What a shit game this is. Blog Profit: £3480.36 ❤️ Sam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Well, I moaned it in. ~8 hours at the tables playing everything and I made a little bit of profit in MTTs. Laddered up to a FT on a winter series with no chips and satellited into the €50 Mercury Blue for €4 and got 2nd for €305 My name was very appropriate for my headsup puntformance.. gg wp giliboy Blog Profit:£3646.54 ❤️ Sam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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