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Hey guys,

sorry for the extreme lack of updates for the past 3 months. #Feelsbadman

After UO London, I wasnt very interested in grinding my ass of for some time and took a poker break.

(Quick UO London Recap: Played 1 satellite to the ME, didn´t cash, had to go home unexpectedly the next day and that´s why I couldn´t play anything else, didn´t see much of London as well. Just never lucky I guess 🤣 But seriously, after UO Bucharest and UO London being total catastrophies for me personally, my third UO (*or EU 🤫) should be great.

In the middle of May I returned to the the poker tables and grinded the heads up tables, but I m not sure I want to grind those games for a lot of hours. To be honest, tournaments are way more appealing in my opinion, thats why I will concentrate on MTTs starting in June.

I will play the UK Glasgow event in a few days and probably another live MTT in Montenegro in the end of June.

Goal for the next weeks are simple, play a lot & study a lot. :geek:

I will be in Glasgow for 5 days or so maybe I will visit Edinburgh for a day too, as it is only a 1 hour bus drive away.

GL at the tables, guys! 

 

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NIce to see you back in the game! Do you plan to play the SE/EO satellites? Maybe our paths will cross! Anything new you bought recently after your chair and vitamix? Montenegro, Montenegro?  I hope you go in there and show them who's boss:wa1fmzlkbozy

 

 

 

 

We're gonna win on so many levels! We're gonna win, win, win. You're gonna get so tired of winning, you're gonna say: "Mr. President please, we don't wanna win anymore, it's too much!" And I'm gonna say: "I'm sorry, we're gonna keep winning because we're gonna make America great again!"
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@WuDu, thanks, glad to be back!

As soon as the bankroll is back at 4digits I will definitely mix in a couple of SE and EO as well as UK satellites. Regarding the EO satellite I need to wait for the exact dates of the stop. As soon as it is officially announced I will check whether it is possible or not to attend (or try to qualify) the event.

Still it is extremly difficult to secure a seat with one seat per 13,333 players, right? 

Bought some expensive stuff, thats for sure. Quite expensive things were roundtrip flights to USA and a 1month rental car , both in the summer season.

Moreover, I got myself a tournament masterclass with that I hope to reach the next level(s). Expensive stuff....

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I am 1/3 in the 150€ GTD Ten turbo atm with 79€ for first, lets do it.. 

 

Love the Trump gif, he has an exceptional appareance for sure. Also, I didn´t know he was that big of a guy. He must be at least 1,90m :O

 

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What about trying to qualify early for Bucharest on your part? You can accumulate 250 UO tickets and use them after the EO in Las Vegas.

Honestly, I think Poker coaching is a yuuuuge scam, especially in MTTs, which are donkaments for the most parts anyway.

1,90 m is tall? 😏 For young German men that's a little bit taller than average, but nothing really special. Funny thing is, how many hobbits you'll about to see in the US... 

We're gonna win on so many levels! We're gonna win, win, win. You're gonna get so tired of winning, you're gonna say: "Mr. President please, we don't wanna win anymore, it's too much!" And I'm gonna say: "I'm sorry, we're gonna keep winning because we're gonna make America great again!"
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What about trying to qualify early for Bucharest on your part? You can accumulate 250 UO tickets and use them after the EO in Las Vegas.

That might be the reasonable thing to do.. But Vegas (if it ends up being Vegas) is still in my head. Totally depends on the results in June and July though.

Honestly, I think Poker coaching is a yuuuuge scam, especially in MTTs, which are donkaments for the most parts anyway.

Depends on what you are playing, in MTTs you can have a tremendous edge when you are still deep. I just want to get a grasp of the theorethical approach that the wizards are using.

1,90 m is tall? 😏 For young German men that's a little bit taller than average, but nothing really special. Funny thing is, how many hobbits you'll about to see in the US... 

There are taller people, sure. I m in the 1,85m range, but you don´t see many people over 1,90 m in Germany, do you? Near to the hobbits in the gif Trump looks like a giant if you ask me. That s being supported by him pushing them out of his way. 🤣


 

@Rushbie, what were you saying? GL to you, too! 😃

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Honestly, I disagree with the "edge" in MTTs. Sure, skills help put you in better positions, however having the right cards at the right time is the most important aspect. The bigger the field, the more luck you need. Towards the end, when you're reaching the final table(s), skills become important, but against a field of 100s or maybe 1000s of other players? No way, Jose...

I personally think that Poker coaching is a scam business in general. Whenever you have a lot of money involed with absolutely no oversight or regulations, you automatically attract the worst people. Similar to people selling betting picks, stock advice or magic stones on Homeshopping TV. It's all smoke and mirrors...

Would be funny if the God Emperor did that to Mrs Merkel when he visits Germany in July. Or run her over for the LOLs...🤣

We're gonna win on so many levels! We're gonna win, win, win. You're gonna get so tired of winning, you're gonna say: "Mr. President please, we don't wanna win anymore, it's too much!" And I'm gonna say: "I'm sorry, we're gonna keep winning because we're gonna make America great again!"
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@WuDu, in my opinion MTTs are the toughest part of poker. There are so many different scenarios with the different stack sizes and so on.

Sure, there is luck involved - especially to win important flips - but overall skills are more important than luck. Of course that depends on the length of blinds levels and the the starting stack. In most MTTs you are playing kind of deepstacked and skill matter even more. Even with lower average stacks you can have an edge over your opponents by knowing the correct shove & call ranges.


There are always black sheep (is that a thing to say in english 🤣 ), but you have to find the offer with good reputation and go with it in my opinion.

 

About Poker:

Had a good day at the tables today. Started on the wrong foot when I lost a huge pot in a 10€ MTT - with KK vs 77 when all in on the turn, river was 2 outer 7 - and after coming back in the same MTT I openshoved A9s, got called by 89o and the turn brought a 3outer 8. But things turned around when I won a 4€ crazy donkament with 44€ for first and finished 2nd in a 25€ MTT for 108€. Heads Up was quite confusing, it was around 20-15bb deep and my opponent just openshoved every hand. I didn´t get any hand until I was 10bb deep and he shoved again. I snapcalled and he showed me AQ :puking: Still was happy to cash the MTT (a bit of my bankroll range but shotted it while watching the Super High Roller Bowl) as the bubble was quite insane. It went back and forth for quite some time but we make it in the end.

1tabling the 500€ Evening Deepstack (10€) now,  on the direct bubble now. I am 3/13, 12 people cash. 180€ for 1st place. LET´S GO! 

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@GotWhatItTakes wrote:

Sure, there is luck involved - especially to win important flips - but overall skills are more important than luck.


There you said it: You need to win flips and you need a lot of them! E.g. the probability to win just three 50-50 flips in a row is 12,5 %.

Or you need someone to call your preflop all-in with KK while you're holding AA.

Or you need the tournament donk that just tripled up and who now raises every hand all-in to sit at your table.

All that is luck as well.

Considering the coaching:

Imagine a situation where you would be a winning live/online MTT player! Someone who travels with the circus to live-events and plays online MTTs whenver he can. In that situation why would you even consider coaching other players?

If you invented Coca-Cola, would you try to bottle and sell it yourself or give DIY seminars to paying housewives? 😃

   

We're gonna win on so many levels! We're gonna win, win, win. You're gonna get so tired of winning, you're gonna say: "Mr. President please, we don't wanna win anymore, it's too much!" And I'm gonna say: "I'm sorry, we're gonna keep winning because we're gonna make America great again!"
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Sure, luck is a factor. But imagine the following:

Put one player who barely knows the rules of poker at a table against a pro. 

Who is gonna win? In a kind of deepstack game the pro wins almost always because of his skill. He can take an approach were he avoids risky spots and goes with the better spots that are clearly +ev. 

If poker is all about luck, why are there the same faces all over again at the FTs? 

And why do you play poker instead of roulette where you got almost 50% to double up each time?

 

I understand what you want to say, but there is so much more beyond the two cards one gets dealed every other hand.

 

I d totally go with the DIY seminars for housewives! Sell them all kinds of stuff they might need to produce the holy coca-cola.

 

 

About Poker: 

Didn´t play much today. Had a deeprun in a €10 MTT and finished 3rd for 27€ (17€ profit olé!), run some errands, bags are packed for Glasgow tomorrow. 

Let´s just bink it! :Cool:

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@GotWhatItTakes wrote:

Sure, luck is a factor. But imagine the following:

Put one player who barely knows the rules of poker at a table against a pro. 

Who is gonna win? In a kind of deepstack game the pro wins almost always because of his skill. He can take an approach were he avoids risky spots and goes with the better spots that are clearly +ev. 

If I play my sister and we both have 1,000,000,000,000 in starting chips with 5/10 blinds and 2 hour intervalls, sure, I'd beat her 100 % of the time, however this is not the situation of an MTT. Here you play against a large field, totally different scenario in contrast to cash-games or SNGs. 

Yesterday, I played the UO10s and got someone to bite who called my preflop all-in (AK) with AJ. River shows a J, I get eliminated. Today I reached the FT at another UO10, I get AA twice, one time the chip-leader re-raises all-in with KK and I double up and win the ticket easily.

Different outcome, only determined by luck.

If poker is all about luck, why are there the same faces all over again at the FTs? 

Are there? I checked the last 5 FTs at the Unibet Open and if my eye-sight isn't too bad, I saw 45 different faces. 😏

And why do you play poker instead of roulette where you got almost 50% to double up each time?

Estimated value in roulette is negative, why would I "invest" in a situation like that? Skills play a role in poker, but more in cash-games and SNGs than in MTTs.

I d totally go with the DIY seminars for housewives! Sell them all kinds of stuff they might need to produce the holy coca-cola.

OK, you and @testuser1 would go for the seminars 😃 I guess, I side with Mr Mateschitz, Mr Coca and Mr Pepsi in that case.

 About Poker: 

Didn´t play much today. Had a deeprun in a €10 MTT and finished 3rd for 27€ (17€ profit olé!), run some errands, bags are packed for Glasgow tomorrow. 

Best of luck in Glasgow, don't forget to take some pictures.


 

We're gonna win on so many levels! We're gonna win, win, win. You're gonna get so tired of winning, you're gonna say: "Mr. President please, we don't wanna win anymore, it's too much!" And I'm gonna say: "I'm sorry, we're gonna keep winning because we're gonna make America great again!"
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There you said it: You need to win flips and you need a lot of them! E.g. the probability to win just three 50-50 flips in a row is 12,5 %.

Ideally loosing one of the coinflips doesn’t result in you busting the tournament – by stealing more, bluffing more, increasing your stack faster than your opponents and maintaining your position you can suffer more bad beats without busting, meaning you will win the tournament more often. Most players just look at their bustout hands – in the meantime they continue bluffing in the wrong spots or they miss out on very profitable spots.

I won a tournament once when I was down to 1/10 of a single big blind at the final table. Maybe I could have earned even more chips but if I would have played slightly worse, if I would have gotten slightly less value in any of the hands before, I would have bust without having the chance to come back from that awful position. Every chip matters!

Or you need someone to call your preflop all-in with KK while you're holding AA.

Well – if you have AA and your opponent has KK the money always goes in unless you or your opponent is the biggest nit of all time. 😀

Or you need the tournament donk that just tripled up and who now raises every hand all-in to sit at your table.

Sure – that is luck and I wouldn’t argue there is no luck in tournaments. Of course there is. My point is that there are many skill elements to tournament poker – correctly adapting to your table is one of the toughest skills to acquire. Most people just play their ABC game without recognizing the random fellow that tries to steal every single button. Just 3-bet him with an absurdely wide range.


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Hi @GamesDean, welcome to the discussion. 🤣

I think we won´t get together in this matter @WuDu :happy: 

 

 

Poker:

While watching the Super High Roller Bowl yesterday night I played a little late night session and was suprisingly successfull. Finished 3rd in a 10€ Multiway MTT for just above 100€ and final tabled another 10€MTT (Bounty) and cashed for approx 25-30€ (Bounties + price money). I played a 10€ EO Satellite (had won a ticket in a 2€ sat earlier) and won a 50€ EO Ticket. Not sure whether to change it into 5 x 10€ or go with it. 😏

Flight:

Always nice when you got 3 seats all for yourself :Tongue:

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Glasgow:

Finally arrived in Glasgow. Checked in into my appartement, now I am about to explore the city. Like always it is a shocker for me when I take the bus from the airport to the city centre and they are driving on the wrong direction :O Already saw the Alea Casino when the bus crossed the bridge nearby. 

 

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I am not sure if I should play Day1a or Day1b. Is it true that - if you survive the day - you play until 4 am? 

Can someone of the Unibet team tell me: Does it matter if I attend to 1a or 1b? Are you getting preregistered?

@testuser1 @JeppeL 

 

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Depends 😏

fields are generally a bit softer on day b (guess that would be friday, right?) more casual players who don't want to play during weektime.

If you play 1a however, you've got a day to relax and can start into day2 more refreshed ...unless you go explore the glasgow pubs on your day off 😉

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Day 1a starts at 7pm Friday according to the website so based on the structure sheet it would be a 4am finish. I would have thought the field will be larger but softer on the Saturday as the guys working 9-5 won't want to then play till 4 on a Friday night but I'm just guessing.

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Pretty awesome day outside of poker today. Visited a a bunch of places earlier and currently playing day 1b. 

Went pretty horrible until know. :laugh:

Lost a huge pot when I flopped a set of 5s on q54 and Ian Simpson turned a straight. Pretty sure I should ve checkraised the Flop, but decided to play it Slow :(

Had QQ once, Flop KTx rainbow. Was a 3bet Pot with 3players. Called flop, Folded Turn because i was almost 100% sure the bettor had some King when he double  barreled into 2 opponents .

 

Less than 10k left (starting Stack 25k), still Almost 50bb. Time to Spin it up.😃

 

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