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@pinki Yep I think you can fire 2 bullets each start day for total of 4, so package and seat only could both be used at one event. @DoktorAvalanche I felt it did it just to mock me, especially because I paired the turn too! Ah well... calmer now. Congrats man. I got a lot of time before Manchester to get one. Hopefully have a few by then.

Just bubbled the uk package. F*** poker and everything.

Finished the day €20 down after some minor (could of been major..) tilt, but did get a couple tickets to make up for it. Ran pretty horrible in sats overall. The amount of people calling off super wide in sats at the moment makes me wonder if Daras book is of much relevance to Unibet at all. Nether the less I got a shot at the Manchester package for Saturday night so would be nice to ship that first time of asking. Might do a small session later. I have the bug for it.

Whole lotta work for a whole lotta nothing last night. Couple deep runs. Small final table or two. Finished night slightly down and the trend continued this afternoon until I hit my first €2 Hexapro 25x and won it. Motivation is good to win some more tonight!

Good luck mate! One thing to think about is to also play the generic €1 sats into €5 tickets. Reason being is there is a tournament each day (7.45GMT and not sure if there are any others) that is a €5 to a €50 ticket. It's 2 tix GTD and allows one re-entry rather than rebuy which is better. There are also rebuy versions with more tix gtd but obv potentially more expensive (although I'm sure they overlay a lot). This ticket can be used for the UK final or UO semi final. Better odds than 4-->50 if playing it as a freezeout and cheaper than if you had to spend a rebuy in the UK4 level!

Thanks @GR1ZZL3R its good to be back! Managed to get 7th in the Dwarf Star and 4th in the Gargle Blaster and got into both of them from small sats so it's been a pretty good night. I don't think I should of been pushing in that sat in that spot but glad you made it through!

So many peoples blogs to read since I last posted here... WHATS UP EVERYONE?! My new baby boy is a little over 2 weeks now and I'm so overtired I'm hyper. This means thats it's point reset day and I'm back to put in some volume and score some profit, a Manchester seat and hopefully a Paris seat too. Until I'm too tilted to carry on. So I should be good until at least about 8.27 tonight. I've been playing a little here and and there over the last few weeks and things aint been too bad so let's take a look at the latest data and then increase it x10 by the end of the year. Tournaments played: 1070 (598 sats) ITM: 326 / 30.47% Total buyin: €5107.35 Total Cashes: €6406.38 UNIBET Tournament Profit: +€1299.03 ROI: 25.43% Tournament wins: 11 1x Galaxy Nano - 90 Runners 1x 1k Dark Matter - 103 Runners 3x Singularity - 87 / 128 / 37 Runners 1x 1k Moonwalk - 119 Runners 1x Deep Crazy Moon - 38 Runners 1x Zenith - 73 Runners 1x Shooting Star - 63 Runners 2x Community Game (€25), (€1) Hexapro 1: Played 383 won 131= +€79 2: Played 533 won 185 = -€35 5: Played 219 won 85 = -€22.5 10: Played 2 won 1 = -€5 50: Played 2 won 1 = -€25 Hexapro Profit: -€8.5 Cash 4NLH: 24 buyins +4.44 profit 4PLO: 33 buyins +21.87 profit 10NLH: 10 Buyins -17.27 profit 10PLO: 27 Buyins +54.19 profit 25PLO: 4 Buyin -32.67 Profit Cash Profit: +30.56 Total Games Played: 2307 Total Profit: +€1321.09 on Unibet + 165.97 from other sites = +€1487.06

@MoreTBC It's been my world for a few years now with the 4 year I have but I absolutely understand what you mean. Thanks for the advice its much appreciated. My son doesn't need the 24/7 attention of a newborn and is happy to sit next to me playing Roblox and chilling on a night time before he goes to bed but obviously it is still impossible to play for hours without him having extra supervision, for instance when Charl is at work. Might be able to get a few Unibet challanges done and that's it. You're right that MTT schedules are very difficult to plan and this year I have struggled overall with time among other things. The amount of times ive said I will do something and then it just hasn't been able to happen. Summer Series being the latest example. It saddens me to see everyone on heres twitter posts of deep runs and I simply can't be involved. That will only get worse with a new born but in terms of transitioning to other games I have no desire to do that. I hate cash with a passion and am a losing player. I COULD go into SNG's but I experimented with that 2 years ago and got bored. I suspect that over the next 6 months my play will be limited a lot and though that gives me more time to learn i'm sure I won't be happy with my profit graphs and new years resolutions by the end. I should point out this is not moaning. I am absolutely thrilled to be having a baby, giving our son a little brother to play with and seeing them grow because as you say @MoreTBC they are amazing on a daily basis and when you're having a bad day nothing can make you smile more than them coming up and just saying something completely daft but so cute. If only I'd have been better at poker in the first place and didn't have to work! Theres nothing like the thrill of making it deep in an mtt, familiar names around you looking to get one over on you, money creeping up and the joy of coming first or getting a significant pay day out of X amount of players. Last year I enjoyed that feeling a lot. Glasgow, Dublin, UOS leaderboard win etc. I just hope I can get out to a UO or at least UK Manchester by the end of the year. I don't find that I can ever move up levels either. It's a lifestyle choice I can't / won't break. I've always been sociable. I've always liked to travel. And love to do both of these things as much as possible. Even with kids we do this as a family a lot, which is an expensive game! I always find myself shaving off profits in poker and making that extra small withdrawal here and there just so we can have an 'extra day away' or 'upgrade to a better room / restaurant'. Throw in the fact I'm house hunting at the moment and there is no hope for testing myself at higher levels. I rarely play any main events because of this. It annoys me that this is what I'm like. I take my poker learning and 'reputation' really seriously. But I don't take bankroll management serious and without that good poker cannot exist. If I won the Supernova for example I would leave €500 in the account and withdraw the rest and go book a holiday. I suspect a lot of players would pay themself a small reward and otherwise keep the roll and move up in their respective games. I would love to do this, but then I also don't want to. I'm about €1200 up this year and am really disappointed. I feel like I've just trudged along at a modest +ROI and literally made no impact on anything major I've played. Perhaps it is time to go back to the drawing board and work out what I actually want out of poker. I will certainly have the time to do so. I wish every one the best during the Summer Series. I ain't going anywhere. You'll just see less of me at the tables, and not because I've changed my alias!

So I have played a total of 2 summer games this week and around 10 tournaments overall. There is still no sign of baby but I am finding it incredibly hard to commit any time to poker at the moment. i might do more of a blog later or tomorrow on general thoughts about poker and the potential need for me to go back to the drawing board. For now I’m sat at my work desk procrastinating about doing a driver assessment because apparently I’m classed as high risk... later I have lots of fun audits to do. and if that doesn’t make me want to get better at poker and leave it all behind nothing will.

Your stakes and games Sound very much like myself! I have family in Peterborough but I’ve never visited lol Best of luck at the tables and the summer series!

Unibet announcing the Summer Series a bit late has given me little time to prepare so I will only be going for nano leaderboard. Hope to see some of you in the Showdown Event 🆒

Made a final table from over 6000 players last night. Came 5th. Gutted not to win but has certainly given me back the bug to play poker. See how long it lasts 🤣

No idea on the community event @sgriff . I noticed @FeelsBadMan was in the main along with Maestro if they could shed any light on it. I was tempted to pop down on the sunday myself but a new born is imminent! lol

Thanks for the update @Support4 i find it highly disappointing that there have been no links to reporting, streaming or photos from the unibet team. The sats overlayed heavily and the exchangers have been bought back but I don’t know how new players can get interested if it’s not promoted amongst the community too. It’s basically free advertising. i know I can go to PokerNews I know I can go to Unibet twitch and I know I can go to unibet flicker to see all these things. But for new players with the ‘dream’ I think there’s a real missed opportunity here. Well done on the run and cash!

Difficult for me to respond calmly in this when people argue the case against what @Brocky is proposing. First off, it’s not anything to do with people who have problems not being able to deposit and just going elsewhere. That’s not unibets problem. It is about Unibet doing all they can to protect their players whilst they are enjoying their products and make sure they continue to enjoy their products. What people do when they leave the site is not their concern but while they are here they should look after them (I’m not saying they don’t already and are good at it, but I do think brocks proposal is a great one.) I don’t accept any argument against addiction. It is real, brain is wired different, I drank alcohol 15 years and never been addicted, some people are, brain is wired different. I smoked for a while and quit just like that. No addiction but lots are. We’re all different. We all work different. In 15 years of gambling ive been addicted to roulette (never play now), blackjack (never play now), and slots (still play occasionally but self excluded on here). It took counselling and a whole life style change to beat the first two. But I do lots of other different types of betting at the same time and have never been addicted or chased losses. Football and horses for example. Ive never been addicted to poker but I have been known to tilt in cash if having a bad day. Personally I’d like to be able to restrict JUST that option to NL10 and lower like I can on Pokerstars. It’s not about addiction, it’s about not making a snap silly decision. I also like the idea of a tilt button.

With responsible gaming hot on the cards (pun intended) Im surprised it is not industry standard to offer such things. There is heavy criticism in the UK at the moment regarding problem gambling (I believe betting companies are voluntarily agreeing to stop putting adverts during football matches in the future, max stake on machines in betting shops has been slashed etc) and the amount betting companies do to support vulnerable people. Other sites have individual and separate limits for cash, SNGs, tournaments and hexapro built into the client as well as separate limits for things such as casino, bingo etc. As the friendliest site to any recreational player I like to believe that Unibet would want to be at the forefront of this and I would certainly welcome it. Interesting that we don't have a loss limit in the UK and other countries do, though!

Cheers @Rushbie good advice! Thinking about some games tonight but I’ll see how I feel as the day goes on. Certainly won’t play unless I’m 100% up for it!

I think it's time for an update. I bundled through UOS and nightly schedules with a slight profit overall and got some ok return returns from the leaderboard. But I have no love for poker at the moment. What I would like to do is get myself to a live event and feel the rush of a good time whilst playing some cards. So I'm nicking the idea of a well loved community member and going 'Manchester or bust'. It seems Manchester has been announced for 1-3rd November and it just so happens I will be in Manchester on the 4th to see the band 'Machine Head' so what a great excuse to make a weekend of it. I would love to go to others before then but with a newborn on the way and Brighton UBER expensive Manhester looks the best prospect and easiest qualifiation route. As for up to date stats there has been quite a lot to add! Tournaments played: 1044 (585 sats) ITM: 320 / 30.65% Total buyin: €5006.35 Total Cashes: €5935.31 Tournament Profit: +€928.96 ROI: 19.48% Tournament wins: 11 1x Galaxy Nano - 90 Runners 1x 1k Dark Matter - 103 Runners 3x Singularity - 87 / 128 / 37 Runners 1x 1k Moonwalk - 119 Runners 1x Deep Crazy Moon - 38 Runners 1x Zenith - 73 Runners 1x Shooting Star - 63 Runners 2x Community Game (€25), (€1) Hexapro 1: Played 286 won 120= +€69.5 2: Played 524 won 181 = -€37 5: Played 219 won 85 = -€22.5 10: Played 2 won 1 = -€5 Hexapro Profit: +€5 Cash 4NLH: 22 buyins +8.71 profit 4PLO: 31 buyins +21.72 profit 10NLH: 10 Buyins -17.27 profit 10PLO: 27 Buyins +54.19 profit 25PLO: 4 Buyin -32.67 Profit Cash Profit: +34.68 Total Games Played: 2169 Total Unibet Profit: +€968.64 +€46.28 from other sites = +€1014.92

Happy birthday mate! Looks like you had fun!

I think I am right in saying I actually final tabled one of the UOS and didn't make a profit due to the new payout system... But then I did have 19 rebuys 🤣 🤣 (Kudos to @MoreTBC who was on my table and had to sit through it all lol)

@Raulescul91 Wow yeah that was desperatley unlucky. I felt for you on that one, pretty sick. I just went out about 25th. AQ to 88 straight after this hand. Loving the flat and then call with K9... feels just like last nights final table. Don't feel like the way the board ran gave me any chance of getting away at any point? Sly check of the river by them - fair play. I don't think I ever check back here.

I just busted the one of the nanos in 6th and I am ABSOLUTELY gobsmacked at the plays I saw on there. Poker is well and truly still beatable. Fair enough, play how you want... but how did you make it to the final??? QQ to 69, 10 10 to J6, and AA to Q10 (all raised or 3 bet pots) put paid to any chance I had of winning and probably any chance of winning this leaderboard. Which is a shame because I have been rocketing up it last few days. At the time of writing we stand: overall: 52nd High: 124th Low: 65th Nano: 19th

Good plan mate and I agree with you they are very wild in rush hours! I am very surprised no €5 bounty in UOS. Would surely be one of the most popular on the schedule!

@pinki To be fair I am super tilted today because of bubbling a few of them. But I would highly recommend them. There is often overlay and they are soft if you are on the right side of variance. I've played €325 worth of UOS tournaments from starting at €1 and €2 qualifiers. Probably spent about €140 in qualifiers during that time so still an expensive game if you want to grind them but still worth it. The €1 - €5 - €25/50 path is good if you can win a ticket and enter a bounty to increase your chance of a return.

5th & 12th in the respective nanos tonight. If the leaderboards started sunday I'd probs be doing pretty well and unbelievable to think I'm actually in profit for this series too. At this rate I'll be back to my 'A' game just in time for another bad streak.