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Evaluation of monthly goals: March 2020 Satellite goal: play at least 30 Unibet Open qualifiers COMPLETEDI played 29 UO qualifiers, but I will give myself green check on this one, because I also played 1 DSO satellite and the Magnus Open satellite :D.SNG challenge: play at least 20 SNGs COMPLETED29 SNGs played.Study goal:Review some interesting hands after finishing a tournament. PARTLY COMPLETEDReread the first half of “Poker Satellite Strategy” and take notes (chapter 3-7) PARTLY COMPLETEDI just managed to finish chapter 3 and 4.Cashgame goal: Reach 500 flops at NL4 COMPLETEDI reached 1565 flops combined in NL4, PL4 and Banzai 1 €.New monthly goals: April 2020 Satellite goal: collect 40x4€-ticketsThis month the goal here is results oriented. I set 30.04.2020 as a deadline for me to collect this amount of tickets.SNG challenge: play at least 20 SNGsStudy goal:Review some interesting hands after finishing a tournamentReread “Poker Satellite Strategy” and take notes (chapter 5-13)Cashgame goal: Play at least 10 hours of cashgames (2-tabling) and finish all parts of the Moving On missions

Big congrats :cash1::cash1::cash1:! Any plans in moving up stakes?

I find your blog very interesting the way it is right now. Keep it updated and run good at the poker tables :cash:

@Zimmerman69 I don't believe that anyone can answer your question right now. The situation in the whole world is so messed up, that I don't think live poker will be a thing this year.

Can i please get my cash game results from 01.01.2020 until 29.03.2020? Thank you very much!

Hello guys! It is time for my weekly update of my results in 2020. SNG: Starting bankroll: 50 €; bankroll after week 12: 103,02 €; bankroll after week 13: 106,77 € Using bonus points I played 8x1€ SNGs this week and won just one. After that I started using my actual money SNG bankroll for playing. I played 1x1€ SNG and finished 2nd. I have more than 100 € in my SNG bankroll, which means that I will start playing the 2€ SNGs. Since I record my results, I played 148x1€ SNGs, finished 45 times 1st, 21 times 2nd and my ROI is 18,8 %. I know the sample is extremely low, but it is nice to see, that I won something on this level xD. I received 2€ SNG ticket after reaching 3000 challenge points. I used it, but I bubbled the tournament. I couldn’t cash the 2€ HexaPro ticket either. Cash games: Starting bankroll: 100 €; bankroll after week 12: 93,72 €; bankroll after week 13: 82,97 € I didn’t receive a double trouble ticket. Part of my losses in the previous week were at Omaha, maybe this is the reason why. Or I just miscalculated my results… I still played some cash game from the phone to kill 5-10 minutes, but this week I remained disciplined and respected my preflop strategy. I managed to play sessions (1-2 hours, 2-tabling per session). I lost lots of preflop all ins this week (KK<AA, KK<AA, AKs<Q8s, AQo<AQs, AKo<AKs; AKs<KK). This is of course normal and can happen, the problem is, that I blew almost 3 buy-ins after these hands, while playing on tilt. I also made few desperate river calls, despite knowing that I am behind. So I just need to keep following my preflop strategy, cut the stupid river calls, stop playing, when I am tilted and I will crush the limit :D. Sounds very easy, right? I was also lucky enough to receive 200 bonus points from a Prize Drop. Satellites: Starting Budget: 30 €: budget after week 12: 18,06 €; budget after week 13: 17,05 € On the 1€ level I played 3 tournaments (1 rebuy with cash). I was close winning a ticket in all of them, but I didn’t succeed. On the 2€ level I didn’t play any tournaments. On Friday I played the Ian Simpson freeroll for 0,01 €, standard bust in a coin flip. On Sunday I couldn’t win a ticket for the Magnus Open from the freeroll. No DSO tickets won from the 6 flip tournaments, that I registered. UO Ticket bankroll: MTT: I add this section from this week on. I play MTTs rarely, because they last very long and I don’t have so much time to play them regularly. So far this year I payed 36,25 € buy-ins and add-ons (including 20 € for Magnus Open). I cashed 55,77 €, so my MTT bankroll is at 19,52 €. I also have tickets for both freerolls completing March missions and 5€-ticket and I should receive 1 ticket for Community Poker League, because I lasted more than Magnus yesterday xD. In the spoiler you can see my key hands from Magnus Open. The bustout hand I didn’t screenshot. After almost four hours I was pretty tired, had a little less than average stack and gambled a bit. I wanted to double up and have a real shot for the juicy prizes. I had no interest in min cashnig. I busted 397th with AT making top pair on flop, c-betting, getting minraised and I went all in only to be snap called with AK ( the guy just called my preflop 2,5x bet, which I believe got me trapped).

@CuteRaven @Dennis_ Thank you guys, for your comments. Indeed it is more tempting to play more speculative hands and also it is hard to fold the premiums, when the board texture is awfull, because they don't come that often.

Hello guys! It is time for my weekly update of my results in 2020. SNG: Starting bankroll: 50 €; bankroll after week 11: 93,52 €; bankroll after week 12: 103,02 € I played eight 1€ SNGs, won two and finished runner up twice. Cash games: Starting bankroll: 100 €; bankroll after week 11: 114,76 €; bankroll after week 12: 93,72 € It was a losing week at the cash game tables for me. I stopped at -21,04€ in order to receive a double trouble ticket and have a fresh start next week. Playing like a recreational here and there to kill some time is not my goal, but I still do this in 2020. I have no patience, play a lot of hands preflop, chase speculative draws and so on. In other words I am a fish! I need to start playing sessions (for example 1 or 2 hours), while multi tabling in order to achieve something meaningful on the cash tables. I did some work off the tables on my preflop ranges and created some charts. I am 1-2 tabling now. Let’s hope I can stay discipline and start adding tables in near future. I will be satisfied if I am able to 4-table in a couple of months. Satellites: Starting Budget: 30 €: budget after week 11: 18,06 €; budget after week 12: 18,06 € I want to point out one mistake, that I made in my update last week. The budget after week 11 was 18,06 € and not 18,60 € as written in my last post. On the 1€ level I played 4 tournaments and won 2x4€-tickets. On the 2€ level I played 3 and didn’t won anything. No DSO tickets won from the flips. Ticket bankroll: I have decided to go all the way long and complete all parts of the March missions. I completed part 4 and 5 this week. I played 3 HexaPros, all of them were x1,5, I won two, so no profit and no loss here. I used my cash bankroll for the Omaha Cash Game Part. I played 3 bounty tournaments, 2x5€ buy-in and 1x1€ buy-in. On Friday I was soo close to get my first MTT victory for the year… Still very satisfied with my second place, I won also 21,20€ from bounties.

I have the exakt same problem like @gravedom. I don't find any sense in getting "rewarded" with casino stuff after completing poker missions. I kindly ask the Unibet guys to consider this and change it for any future missions.

Hello guys! It is time for my weekly update of my results in 2020. I completed part 2 and part 3 of the March missions, which means I will play the 1000 € tournament at the beginning of April. Part 4 requires more HexaPros and Omaha, which I don’t usually play. I am not sure if I am going to complete this one. SNG: Starting bankroll: 50 €; bankroll after week 10: 82,44 €; bankroll after week 11: 93,52 € I played five 1€-SNGs, won one and cashed another one. Still using tickets, which I bought with bonus points. I also played a 2€-SNG with the ticket, which I won from March mission Part 3. I won that one and added 6,33€ more to the SNG bankroll. Cash games: Starting bankroll: 100 €; bankroll after week 10: 111,14 €; bankroll after week 11: 114,76 € A profit of 3,62 €. It could have been much better, but I ran twice with AKs into AA all in preflop and lost another buy in with KK<JJ all in preflop. Satellites: Starting Budget: 30 €: budget after week 10: 17,76 €; budget after week 11: 18,6 € On the 1€ level I played 11 tournaments and won 6x4€-tickets. Best week for me on this level so far. I also won 1x1€-ticket from a freeroll. On the 2€ level I didn’t play any tournaments. And the highlight of the week: I used the ticket and finished 5/12 for 0,30 €, which is added to the satellite budget. Ticket bankroll:

Congratulations, man!!! :cash::cash::cash:

Hello guys! It is time for my weekly update of my results in 2020. I was on a small holiday this weekend and poker was not a big part of it xD. I will update the blog despite of not having much to update. SNG: Starting bankroll: 50 €; bankroll after week 9: 82,44 €; bankroll after week 10: 82,44 € Cash games: Starting bankroll: 100 €; bankroll after week 9: 109,29 €; bankroll after week 10: 111,14 € I managed to play a couple of hands here and there from my phone and have 1,85 € profit. I got a prize drop (2€ HexaPro ticket). I used it and busted in third place. Then I decided to play two more (3 necessary in part 2 of March missions). One of my goals this year was not to play any HexaPros unless with tickets, so well done to me. Of course I tilted after losing all three HexaPros in a row and registered to 5 more. I hit one 5x and one 10x and played heads up the same guy. I managed to win the 10x and one 1,5x as well. Profit from HexaPros (4,50 €) will go for completing the other parts of March missions. Satellites: Starting Budget: 30 €: budget after week 9: 17,80 €; budget after week 10: 17,76 € No UO satellites this week. I register almost every evening for the DSO flip freeroll since the start of the year, but I didn’t win not just a single ticket, but a single hand… Ticket bankroll:

Hello guys! It is time for my weekly update of my results in 2020. SNG: Starting bankroll: 50 €; bankroll after week 8: 80,86 €; bankroll after week 9: 82,44 € 1 cash out of 5… Cash games: Starting bankroll: 100 €; bankroll after week 8: 95,62 €; bankroll after week 9: 109,29 € “How lucky are some guys to get dealt premiums or to flop extremely well, but I almost never do?” I believe everyone had this kind of thoughts sometimes. Well next time when I think this, I have to look at this post :D Satellites: Starting Budget: 30 €: budget after week 7: 17,80 €; budget after week 8: 17,76 € I had great discipline almost two months in 2020 and I didn’t use any of my 4€-tickets until this week. I registered in 1€ UO satellite and busted after 10 minutes with KK<QQ after all in preflop. I did a rebuy with another ticket and lost the very next hand with AQ<AK, all in on A high flop. In a moment of tilt I used one 4€-ticket. Luckily the first couple of hands were total crap and I folded them easily and managed to calm down. I played and ran good, won two 50-50 flips and finished with a 25€-ticket. I should point out, that my decision to play this tournament was wrong! I hope that this won’t happen again. I can lose very fast my hard earned tickets. The main reason I don’t play on this level yet is, that I have many leaks in my play and I want to read Dara’s book one more time before playing them. On the 1€ level I played 5 tournaments. I won 1x4€-tickets. 16 tickets won of 46 tournaments (34,8 % ITM). On the 2€ level I didn’t play any tournament. I also registered to the flip tournaments during UO Dublin 2020 and I was lucky enough to win twice a 2€-ticket, so a little boost here xD. Ticket bankroll:

Evaluation of monthly goals: February 2020 Satellite goal: play at least 20 Unibet Open qualifiers COMPLETED32 UO qualifiers playedSNG challenge: play at least 20 SNGs UNCOMPLETED15 SNGs playedStudy goal:Review some interesting hands after finishing a tournament PARTLY COMPLETEDI reviewed hands, that I won. This way I could see if I was lucky, if I played the hand well on the different streets. I hardly reviewed hands, when I busted, because I often closed the client and then didn’t search the hand in the history. These hands are more important to be reviewed, because I make most of the mistakes there. Reread the first half of “Poker Satellite Strategy” and take notes PARTLY COMPLETEDI read just the first two chapters and took notes on them. New monthly goals: March 2020 Satellite goal: play at least 30 Unibet Open qualifiersGiven the fact, that I easily achieved my satellite goal last month, I can set the bat a bit higher this monthSNG challenge: play at least 20 SNGsStudy goal:Review some interesting hands after finishing a tournamentReread the first half of “Poker Satellite Strategy” and take notes (chapter 3-7)Cashgame goal: Reach 500 flops at NL4I reached 659 flops in February without setting a bar. Let’s try with 500 this month.

Well @psrquack if it is a missclick, than there were actually 3 missclicks: preflop I raised to 10xBB and he called, then he had to do two clicks to go all in on the flop xD. I don't want to judge anyone, there are maybe more than 100 tickets in freerolls per day for this level, but these were just horrible moves. It did tilt me a little bit, because this hand could give me enough chips to get a ticket very easy, but I believe I made a correct fold.

@psrquack, @Dennis_ Thanks for your answers guys! Qx was in my opinion the hand. When Stonehenge20 made his call I was sure he had Qx or 77 in the one second before his cards were showed.

Hi @successlaw If you collect 1 250 000 challenge points, there is an option to receive bonus points instead of UO package. However you will not receive 200 000 bonus points (=2000 €). You will get 250€ cash in your account (travel expenses) and I think 110 000 bonus points (=1100€=tournament buy-in). Maybe there is an option to do this, when you win your package through a sattelite as well. You should ask the Unbet guys.

Hi @spargelsalat I think in the tournament description it was written 20.05-24.05.2020 as dates. I can not tell you what the destination is going to be...

Hello guys! It is time for my weekly update of my results in 2020. SNG: Starting bankroll: 50 €; bankroll after week 7: 76,11 €; bankroll after week 8: 80,86 € I played 8 SNGs using tickets, won just one and cashed one more. Not great results, but at least I am cashing my bonus points. Cash games Starting bankroll: 100 €; bankroll after week 7: 95,71 €; bankroll after week 8: 95,62 € A total loss of 0,09 €, after seeing 241 flops. A break even, but I managed to clear one major challenge and some minor challenges, so I get to 1500 challenge points (I told you my volume is low :D). As a reward I received 1 € MTT ticket, which I used for UO satellite. It was a mix of good and bad sessions at the cash tables. The good news is that I played on two tables, which is a step up for me. I tried three tabling as well, but I had some problems, when I had playable hands on all three tables. Satellites Starting Budget: 30 €: budget after week 7: 17,80 €; budget after week 8: 17,80 € On the 1€ level I played 4 tournaments (3x with UO tickets and 1x with MTT-ticket). I won 2x4€-tickets. Since I started to keep track of my results on this level, I played a total of 41 tournaments and won 15 tickets, which means 36,5 % ITM. If I assume that I can keep this percentage ITM finishes, I am going to achieve my goal and collect 40x4€-tickets. I will need about 40 more tournaments, because I exchange my 4€-tickets to get the buy-ins. I play 4-5 tournaments a week, so let’s set a deadline for this goal: end of April 2020. It is important for me to realize this and to have patience. One of my main goals for this year is to build a solid cash and ticket bankroll. On the 2€ level I played 3 tournaments and won 1x10€-ticket, which I will exchange tomorrow. Here is the most interesting hand of this week. It was an early stage of a 1€ UO Sattelite, about 30 guys, late registration still open, I already doubled up my stack and was 2nd at this time. Stonehenge20 limped, GoodBoy10 called and I raised to 10xBB from the big blind. On the flop I folded to an all in from GoodBoy10, Stonehenge20 did call. What do you guys think about my move? Did I make a mistake? Can you guess what did both guys have? I will add a picture with the showdown in a few days. Ticket bankroll:

@GR1ZZL3R , I do believe 80% of the players at NL4 are not thinking at all. They just look their cards and will call you with almost any pair on every single board-no matter if double paired, flush, straights or etc possible. In my opinion strong value betting your hands is the best strategy on this level, fold equiaty is nearly zero xD

Hello guys! It is time for my weekly update of my results in 2020. SNG: Starting bankroll: 50 €; bankroll after week 6: 69,77 €; bankroll after week 7: 76,11 € I played two SNGs using tickets and won both. Cash games Starting bankroll: 100 €; bankroll after week 6: 87,41 €; bankroll after week 7: 95,71 € A total profit of 8,30 €, after seeing 92 flops. Nothing spectacular to be mentioned. Satellites Starting Budget: 30 €: budget after week 6: 18,80 €; budget after week 7: 17,80 € On the 1€ level I played 4 tournaments (3x with tickets and 1x with cash buy-in). I just won 1x4€-ticket. On the 2€ level I played 1 tournament, where I used 2 tickets (1 buy-in and the 1 rebuy). I have to say, that I should have won at least one more 4€-ticket, but I played the late stages awfully this week: no patience at all and shoving some questionable hands. Something I need to work on! Ticket bankroll:

SNG: Starting bankroll: 50 €; bankroll after week 5: 66,60 €; bankroll after week 6: 69,77 € I played five SNGs using tickets and won one of them. Cash games Starting bankroll: 100 €; bankroll after week 5: 73,87 €; bankroll after week 6: 87,41 € Results oriented this is the best week for me in the cash games. A total profit of 13,54 €, after seeing 191 flops. I did run hot for sure, but I think, that I played solid too. Satellites Starting Budget: 30 €: budget after week 5: 19,80 €; budget after week 6: 18,80 € Well I can sum up my week at the ”Qualifier to Unibet Open 4€ 5 TIX” with the following sentence: “Turned full house is not good enough!!!” xD I also busted two more with QQ<AQ and KK<JJ. I won just two tickets on this level from 12 attempts. On the 2€ level I played 4 tournaments and won 2x10€-tickets, which I exchanged. Ticket bankroll:

Monthly goals: February 2020 Satellite goal: play at least 20 Unibet Open qualifiersSNG challenge: play at least 20 SNGsStudy goal:Review some interesting hands after finishing a tournamentReread the first half of “Poker Satellite Strategy” and take notes

Hello guys! It is time for my weekly update of my results in 2020. SNG: Starting bankroll: 50 €; bankroll after week 4: 52,34 €; bankroll after week 5: 66,60 € I decided to buy 1€-tickets for 5-man SNG with my poker bonus points. I won 5000 from the tennis competition and got some from the Supertoto competition and Advents Calender left. My goal is to get my SNG-bankroll to at least 100 € after using my bonus points, which will mean, that I can go up to the next level (2€ 5-man SNG). Cash games Starting bankroll: 100 €; bankroll after week 4: 70,08 €; bankroll after week 5: 73,87 € Very small sample here this week, but the good news is that the bankroll is moving in the right direction. I played the Double Trouble tournament, but I didn’t cash (QQ<K3s). Satellites Starting Budget: 30 €: budget after week 3: 20,30 €; budget after week 4: 19,80 € I played 3 Unibet Open Centrolls. On Monday I was the bubble boy once again after some sick hands and people playing just bingo… After that I decided to not play the Centrolls anymore. My stats look like this: 60 Centrolls played (6€ spent) and 14 tickets won (23,3% ITM finishes). I do recommend them to players with very small bankroll. They are great for building a satellite ticket bankroll from almost nothing. I also played 11 more freerolls and won 2x2€-tickets. One of the tickets I won from the “Jackpot Freerolls”, where I paid an add on for 0,20€. I won’t play these anymore either. I played 80 and won 9 tickets in total (1x4€, 3x2€ and 5x1€). From now on I will exchange my 4€-tickets to 4x1€-tickets and go on like this until I have 40x4€-tickets. On the other path I exchanged my 10€-ticket to 5x2€-tickets. I played 8 x ”Qualifier to Unibet Open 4€ 5 TIX” and finished 4 times ITM. Ticket bankroll: Summary of January 2020: It was a good month overall. I didn’t manage to play or study much, but the good thing is that I respected my bankroll management 100% and managed to control myself, when tilted. I also updated my blog regularly. I read the @MathrimC poker journal here on the community. I found it very educational and inspiring. I hope that I can do something like him and climb the poker levels that fast. I will copy one thing from his blog: setting up monthly goals and doing summaries at the end of the month. In my next post I will write my goals for February. Enjoy your Sunday evening and run good at the poker tables!