SkilfulPoker

1 hour ago, GR1ZZL3R said:

What did villain have? Had he been nitty? Was it generally nitty or loose?

He was more on nitty side yes, he had KK and decided to check on low paired turn then c/r me on river , I couldn’t work out why he would check turn then c/r river but I guess it worked!

1 hour ago, GR1ZZL3R said:

What size casino, how many tables and what stakes? How do you table select  in a live environment?

There was about 5 tables running at 200nl, basically the table dynamics change as the night progresses but I realised I was on a table where there really wasn’t one loose player at about 1am, In a live casino you can go on a “transfer list” which means you ask the person in charge of the poker seating to put you on the list to move tables then when a seat on another table becomes free they ask if you want to move to it if it’s your turn , and then the new player waiting to play takes the seat you leave behind instead of seat you’re moving to.

it worked out really well tbh I won nearly 100bb within half hour of moving tables vs a tilted player whereas the table before was playing really tight ! 
 

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yeah vegas would be great , I much prefer live poker to online, hope you get to give it a try man, and thanks for your kind support!

Really pleased with how that went tonight despite a big blunder calling a 3bet with AJs then calling low flop, check/check on turn J then getting C/R on river and calling — all could have been avoided if I’d folded AJ to the 3bet PF! 

I kept it together , table and seat selected as best I could and listened to primed mind especially the part about getting over mistakes, was helpful!

anyway got up to £1007 from my buyin of £200 , tipped the cashier £7 and profited 4 stacks = £800.

bringing total profit from the 3 sessions after todays £10 travel deducted to £1520 , so over 7 stacks really pleased with that! 
 

tomorrow if bank still open after work I’m splitting my poker bankroll into separate account , given my days at work have been cut I think I might be able to make a go of this especially as I’m probabally going to tell my employer I want to work nights for next few months which mean my schedule will be set decent for the poker sessions because as it is it’s 3:30am and I been Up since 9am but really pleased with progress so far. 
 

im setting myself goal of going to Vegas before end of year that will be a nice thing to aim for and people I talked with said play is very bad there!

Prodit currently : £1520 🤘🙂

So far so good lads, up about 2.5 stacks , 11 at night, genna try and go for another 4 hours!

Hey decided against playing tonight and ended up watching Manhunt on Netflix about UnaBomber I already seen it a while ago but forget it.

Reason I decided against playing tonight is I don’t think I would have had time to properly review MasterClass material and also get there chilled and relaxed, would have been a bit more rushed. I’m pleased with this because it shows i got complete control over my sessions when I play.

I bought a new tablet instead also tonight. The one I’m watching unabomber on is nice but it’s a bit big to use for taking notes. I gave my dad my other one , s7 plus, when he was in hospital so he had something to watch and let him keep it when he came home. So I just replaced it with s8 plus arriving tomorrow will be using that to take notes on tomorrow from master class, so now I can watch the content on larger tablet without having to lug laptop about. 

I think money is a funny thing I barely spent any lately really and as soon as I do tonight I feel some kind of scarcity but what’s the point of working for money if you’re afraid to spend it on things that will improve your day to day living.

I also spent £70 on year subscription to Eliot Roe primed mind tonight as my trial ran out. 

For next 5 days I’m going to try to play each night will update when have something worth reporting again!

hope you’re all having a good week at the tables (or away from them if you’re not playing!)

Hey guys just finished work for the day going to freshen up and head down to casino. So will be getting third session of this challenge in. Just got to wait for phone to charge its 17:28 at the moment so I guess I’ll get there for about 8pm and probably play until 3am 🤪 

So far sessions have gone well but it’s like you’re entering a gladiator arena every time you sit down even if you do still have fun, one wrong move, one tilted bluff and you can very easily be a number of buyins down before you know it! So I’m taking nothing for granted.

So I’m writing this post to also remind to review MasterClass video before I play and also listen to Elliot Roe app on way down, just hope I don’t miss my stop on train as Eliot’s app is hypnosis 😂

I’m planning to take a break for something to eat about 1am so will update how going then , and again on way home 🏡 🙂

Hi I've been waiting for nearly a month now, still can't deposit, kinda crazy.

Any update?

Thanks @Jami-Unibet, 

Also i noticed something strange, if I visit the sports page it says "this product is not available to you", but if I visit any other page, they all load fine. 

Although i still can't deposit. 

Is that related to this verification issue, or is that something else?

Thanks

5 hours ago, HardGain said:

Hey @SkilfulPoker, welcome back to the community! Best wishes for a speedy recovery to your dad! 
What a beaty you have there! 😍 animals are my weak point. just can't stand still when I see those loyal friends!

gl at the tables also!

hey hardgain thanks alot! yeah they're really special arent they! ☺️

Hey guys managed to get a session in tonight I’m using primed mind by Elliot Roe to get me in right mindset it’s helping a lot.

I like live poker the social contact and banter is nice. 

Managed to buy in for £200 and walk out with £440 so that’s a nice session profit of £240.

Brings total profit so far to:

£760

i haven’t been deducting the transport costs that’s about £10 per visit so will deduct £20 for the two sessions played so far which brings profit to :

£740

nice start! 🤘🙌

8 hours ago, P0kerM0nk said:

dogs are like an extension of your family really

Love this you're so right! They're so smart, and always want to be around / with you. The Westie we got barks like a rottweiler anyone knocks on the door he doesn't know lol. I wondered before what it would be like to be in a dogs brain for a day. 

7 hours ago, P0kerM0nk said:

half the time I just get 4b and when I get called they x/r me half the time... like all they open is their nutted range or something, baffles me...

Are you doing this selectively against passive opponents ? Am sure you are but 3betting wide I try to save for players I've seen be pretty passive and not too aggressive! 

7 hours ago, P0kerM0nk said:

And Unibet isn't smooth sailing either but weirdly enough I've added 2 buy ins today... 34% playthrough

Great you added those buy ins! I know you been going through a difficult patch lately, am sure it'll turn around soon mate!

hey guys feeling a bit tired today, but haven't eaten which may be why, got some pasta on the way, it's 4.45pm if my energy levels perk up i'll head to casino tonight, I really don't want to have just played one night over the whole weekend!

the family emergency i mentioned was my dad, he had to go to AnE as was unwell - he's on the mend though - which is great and I went to see him today for Fathers day, and took my mum, my little brother is up there now (well just left).  Good news is looking like he should be home Monday/Tuesday in good health. 🙂

@P0kerM0nkshared a cute picture of his little dog in his thread, so i thought maybe our dogs could be friends 😂

here's our family dog that usually sleeps under my bed whenever I'm at the family home, he grew up with me, so we're kinda close ☺️

This is him rolling around the floor happy after he's just been walked 🙂

On 5/5/2022 at 9:06 PM, P0kerM0nk said:

Bonus picture of my new furry companion, another Lhasa Apso ❤️

cute pup! dogs are the most amazing little creatures in the world i think 🙂

1 hour ago, Rushbie said:

Love the barracuda-apple art in the business place 😁 

Haha good spot! I never noticed that I just thought it looked like a cool apple 😂

Hey guys spent the afternoon studying poker with Daniel Negreanu 🙂

then went to casino I ended up buying in for £500 and leaving (after tips and a meal) with £1020

So very cool and the live poker journey is off to a good start.

bit of a family emergency so cut the session short and didn’t play yesterday as felt tired. it’s great to be up and running and in decent profit since restarting the blog with the live poker theme will keep you updated with how things are going, pleased it’s a bit cooler in uk now , but I did caught get in a bit of rain in shorts and T-shirt! Have a good weekend!

Hey mate do you still use black rains course? I always thought he was pretty cool. He ran a series recently on his blog were he talked through different courses one he recommended was negreanus MasterClass which is what I’m using now, I’ve always loved real kid poker and I get what you say about the lower courses not having much about GTO but I reckon half of them are useless I tried bencbs one before and found it pretty useless because there’s just too much information to absorb and then you got to learn how to apply it. 
 

Have a great weekend mate

Yes tournaments can be really streaky with your dedication and commitment I’m sure your next round of tourneys will see some decent cashes!

Hey guys long time going pretty good on Unibet at the moment with some exceptions lol. 

The good part is I won £7,000 sports betting and withdrew it! This was a few weeks back, but given my hours have recently been slashed at work (employer struggling) was very nice, and is my second biggest win on Unibet. 

Unfortunately my account has been flagged for verification as i bet £3,000 in one day. I think it's good that Unibet take player protection seriously but now I can't even deposit to play poker until the powers that be decide I'm not betting beyond my means. 

So for the time being - I'm going to be charting my progress playing live poker at 200nl, and update after every weekend! currently doing some work in central london in a virtually empty shared office. Best decision I ever made renting some shared office space. This place has air con and if you get in early enough you get your pick of the desks! Plus there's coffee and water on tap. What more could you ask for. 😀

I'm up and down with my attempts to give up alcohol completely. I had 8 months of no drinking which ended about a month ago. Alot has happened since my last blog updates. I flew to Albania for an AirBnB holiday and enjoyed it so much and made friends with the host, that I was going to live there... I was in process of applying for residency until my dad had heart problems (rushed into hospital) and I had to fly back the same day! Worrying for us, but he came through it with some stents in his heart and is doing well now and back to his old self 🙂

As a result though I'm back in the UK and need to sort out my medium term plans, when he was seriously ill i felt really guilty for moving to Albania and not being close in the months before, but I think I just got to strike some kind of balance between seeing my elderly parents regularly and actually living my own life also. 

Plan for this weekend is to play live poker 200nl, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Will update along the way how it goes. 

I'm back on the wagon, so it'll be an alcohol free weekend which I'm looking forward to. 

Hope you're all doing great, and look forward to catching up with your own lifes / journies. i had planned to sat into into Malta for the Septemeber event but as i can't deposit at the moment those plans are on hold. Depending on how live poker goes and when my deposit restriction is lifted I might try and satelite in yet. it would be good to meet some of the faces from the community at last, as I've never been to a live unibet event! 

By the way if any regulars of the community are in central London give me a shout what be good to meet up for lunch sometime. 

Have a great weekend! 

Hey Jami thanks, any update on this, cheers

also i really don't mind if you want to set a 1k a month deposit limit i'll just bet somewhere else, but i'd like to at least be able to deposit 1k a month to play poker.

hi this still isn't resolved. I've talked to support via telephone, shown monthly income in excess of 9k and bet 3k in one day and ever since haven't been able to make a deposit. I realise you need to protect players, but this is too cumbersome. I've just re-uploaded documents you've requested. Have bet thousands in a day with you before and also never had this issue. 

Can someone take control of this? As i can't even deposit to play poker at the moment.

oh the funds were sent anyway! which is great, so I'll just await the verification now, thanks!

Hi I've just been asked to verify my account, but I've already verified it years ago. 

Also it says withdrawals may be delayed until verification is complete. 

Can someone check if my withdrawals will be delayed until the verification is complete, and also can you confirm you have everything you need to verify the account with what I've uploaded, as I'm waiting on the withdrawals. 

Thanks

Great thanks both

Hi i just received this answer from livechat , they answered instantly and didn't check with anyone... just wondering if this is the definitive answer....

Gary: Hello, I am currently in Albania on a holiday, I want to know if I can play with my poker account here, or if there are any geographic restrictions. I am from the UK originally.
Carmen: Hello, welcome to Unibet customer support
Gary: Hi there
Carmen: Hello Gary
Carmen: I am sorry you can only play in the country of residence 
Gary: i see ok, how about if I have two countries of residence? i'm going to be here for about 3 months
Carmen: If you have an UK Unibet account you can only play when in the Uk 
Gary: can I open a second account in Albania, or am I only permitted one account?
Carmen: You can only have 1 account Gary 
Gary: ok thanks for answering those questions

hey man @Stubbe-Unibet hope you're good!  also @Jami-Unibet Any chance one of you guys could answer this for me, as I waited almost a week! Thanks

Also the weekend is upon us, and I was thinking of getting a couple of sessions in. 🙂