MetalWolf

Well I've found out over the last week that I've got plenty of leaks that I need to plug but I'm about to take on my first Sunday evening for a while so let's see how it goes!

Not a bad start to the year. Not got much bankroll but it's a building process to begin with for the 87th time. Haven't played particularly well. Feeling a bit rusty but it's gone ok. Apologies to anyone I've donked so far. Total Tournaments Played 23 Total Games Played 48 Total Spent 39.12 Total Won 98.64 Total ITM 8 Total ITM % 34.78% Total ROI % 157.26% Tournament Profit € 61.52 Grand Total Profit € 62.49

But Thursdays is the cheap night in the local pub! I was surprised to see a new 100 when I looked yesterday but now I'm back on the grind I'm all for it. Hope it's popular.

Excitedly I might play some poker tomorrow! But where did it all go right and wrong last year when I did have time to play? Well, my highest ROI across a very modest sample size was €1 freezeouts. 232.67% ROI. Bigger ROI's came in €10 and €25 games at both holdem and PLO but I didn't play enough games of them for it to be worth measuring. My most pleasing one was €10 NLH rebuys which had a 152.06% ROI largely due to some deep finishes in the early years UOS. Most final tables came at €2 NLH level but for whatever reason I wasn't able to close enough of them out to give an ROI of above 54.74% Onto where it went wrong and unsurprisingly it's Hexapro and Cash. i was a loser at €1 and €2 hexa and a slight winner at €5. I was a loser at all small stakes cash both NLH and PLO with small profit in mid stake PLO. The tournament I did measurably worst at were €5 rebuys which is weird considering the success in €10 rebuys. Nut like I say the overall sample size is far too small to draw any valid conclusions and hopefully this year I will be able to create a much bigger sample size and kick some of the bad habit games to the curb.

Back in the end to wish everyone a happy new year. In terms of poker the year definitely didn't go as I'd have liked. I hardly played towards the end and you can see I haven't been here since August despite saying I would grind. So no resolutions or such - just to promise myself I will only continue playing if it is still fun. The plan is to come back in January and hit the ground running. I want to grind. I want to participate in Unibet's biggest events and I want to compete in the community. So hopefully life allows me to do that. The final profit/loss for the year isn't bad all things considered. I'll be back in a few days with a bit of analysis as to what I did well in and what I did terribly in. For now - have a good time, stay safe and stay lucky. Total Tournaments Played 1142 Total Games Played 1613 Total Spent 2605.29 Total Won 3757.24 Total ITM 220 Total ITM % 19.26% Total ROI % 49.78% Tournament Profit € 1296.95 Grand Total Profit € 1296.08

I have been on holiday quite a lot recently so haven't had much time to play which has meant switching to hexapro quite a lot. Much to my frustration and a steady decline in profit. Not too much damage done though and i'm back to grind properly now! Total Tournaments Played 1107 Total Games Played 1548 Total Spent 2534.45 Total Won 3648.13 Total ITM 207 Total ITM % 18.70% Total ROI % 49.58% Tournament Profit € 1256.68 Grand Total Profit € 1263.87

Nearly suffered some tilt yesterday and entered a few things I shouldn't have. Managed to keep my cool enough to come out the other side with just minor injuries to the bankroll. Total Tournaments Played 1066 Total Games Played 1387 Total Spent 2393.29 Total Won 3573.42 Total ITM 200 Total ITM % 18.76% Total ROI % 55.28% Tournament Profit € 1323.13 Grand Total Profit € 1320.82

Played about 150 games in the last week or so but profit has been pretty stagnant. Nothing special happening and haven't managed to get into any of the main events yet mainly due to the times I'm playing and the sats available to me. We continue to grind!

Quick profit update before we get started for the new quarter! Let's gooooooooooooo! Total Tournaments Played (inc sats) 1005 Total Games Played 1205 Total Spent 2276.33 Total Won 3468.49 Total ITM 181 Total ITM % 18.01% Total ROI % 58.05% Tournament Profit € 1321.35 Grand Total Profit € 1314.92

I am back! And back at the tables a lot more from 1st July. Can. Not. Wait!

@GR1ZZL3R No I still haven't got the book! I really should pick it up but it gives me confidence if Dara is preaching the same sort of thing as me haha Congrats mate! I'm hopefully going to be back here more full time by the end of the month. I have bankroll in waiting just sorting a couple things with the house. Might even stream a bit.

Thanks for the responses @FreedoM @GR1ZZL3R It may surprise you but I actually took the fold approach here. The way I see it is the old 'you can't win a tournament in the first hour but you can lose it' line. Coupled with the fact I didn't even cover them to take their bounty I felt it largely pointless trying to play a difficult hand in a difficult position. With the size of my stack there would be much easier positions against profitable small short stacks to come. This would be different if it were a nano or low GTD tournament I would gamble and jump in the next one but this was UOS so I applied more 'A' game thinking. I don't tend to get caught up in hand strengths too much at specific stages of a tournament and look more for the situations which favor me, regardless of what I'm holding.

I am lacking in my posts just like I'm now lacking in the leaderboards. Let's do some hand analysis. We don't do a lot of that here and I don't know why because I need all the help I can get. It's a 5e PKO. Early on. BB is 80. You got 10k and find JJ. UTG raises to 260. Next position pumps it up to 740. You are next. What do you do? As it's relevant to the game type you don't cover either of the raisers. And it's full ring.

Not much action over the last week but managed to increase the profit nonetheless. A good few final tables in community games including a win in the 5e PLO has put my top of that leaderboard for now. Have a good weekend all. Total Tournaments Played inc sats 934 Total Games Played 1079 Total Spent 2111.65 Total Won 3217.02 Total ITM 170 Total ITM % 18.20% Total ROI % 56.84% Tournament Profit € 1200.16 Grand Total Profit € 1176.23 Tournament wins: 2 2e Singularity 5e community PLO

This blog is epic and I'm enjoying reading it. Keep it up and good luck!

Update! A few community game cashes among other things increase the profit by €57 for the year! All Games from 01/01/21 Total Tournaments Played 928 Total Games Played 1073 Total Spent 2083.65 Total Won 3089.99 Total ITM 167 Total ITM % 18.00% Total ROI % 52.85% Tournament Profit € 1101.13 Grand Total Profit € 1077.20

Forgot to an update after the mini grind... doh! I came second in a tournament! But it wasn't the Big Bang. It also wasn't the Dwarf Star. It was a 1e PLO event.... DOH!!! Just a couple KO's in the Dwarf Star meant it was a pretty disappointing grind. So tonight we will be going for the UO ticket by winning the two community games 😜

I won a 200e ticket last week so tomorrow I'm going to have a mini grind! It will actually be my debut in the Big Bang so hopefully I have some home improvement money by the time it's over. Will play that, the Dwarf Star and a few other smaller events.

As you will have been expecting I've took a week off from poker to recover from that grind! Potentially I might play some games tonight but I have been busy setting up a new YouTube channel for family adventures and gaming. See my Twitter @Metalwolfpoker if you want to support me on that. I also used some of the profit from the series to buy a new PC so I may start streaming some poker on Twitch when I get that all set up if anyone was interested in that. Other than have a great Easter all and I'll do another update soon!

A big allin AK to QQ busted me in 33rd of the mid for €111 so I ended the series 28th on the low and 61st on the overall. I guess it's not too bad.... but disappointing for me. I didn't bring my A game enough to the series. Whilst there is going to be lots of time to reflect on that and where I went wrong the thing that matters most right now is the profit! I was almost €1000 up from the series plus I have the leaderboard payments (€45 bonus points) and the bubble burster tournament to come so a it of extra value there. SOOOOOO overall I'm not happy with how I played throughout the series. But I am happy about the profit outcome. All Games from 01/01/21Total Tournaments Played910Total Games Played1054Total Spent1745.65Total Won2754.91Total ITM160Total ITM %17.58%Total ROI %60.34%Tournament Profit €1053.26Grand Total Profit €1020.33

Well I won't be winning any leaderboards as I'm out the low 2 day. But I am still in the nano and mid 2 days so fingers crossed for a good finish!

I cashed 3 lows in a row but tonight was a bust. It didn't do my leaderboard position any good and I sat 20th at the start of the day. As such I've decided to take tomorrow night off and come back for the main event on Sunday. I need the break and family time so hopefully it does me some good to win the Sunday main!

@Toums if it's bounty you're after then don't miss the UOS event tomorrow night which is a 1.5k GTD 5e bounty. Otherwise I guess the Blackhole is your best bet. Not a bounty but structure is sound enough to give lots of time for good plays and accumulation of chips. There are a couple other 5e bounties in there but I don't think the structures are great so may turn out to be more gambly than skillful for you.

Cashed a couple of events and fell down the leaderboard 😞 I have continued to be pretty wreckless and daft in many events, though. I think the length of the series and other life commitments is taking it's toll. But the main thing is the profit is going up not down and I did break the €1000 profit club before falling just below again. All Games from 01/01/21Total Tournaments Played804Total Games Played937Total Spent1489.40Total Won2464.46Total ITM170Total ITM %21.14%Total ROI %68.42%Tournament Profit €1019.06Grand Total Profit €995.63

No leaderboard luck last night but I took 5th in the Neptune for €320. Very rare I ever play anything like that and probably only the 2nd/3rd time i've played that tournament so it's pleasing considering i got UNBELIEVABLY lucky when misclick raising 36000 chips instead of 3600 with A5 to then have to be allin vs 10 10 and spiking the ace (sorry if you're the victim reading this).