Samba

Only managed 1/4 cashes in the winter series and came 5th for a few points. Holding 3rd on the leaderboard with 1 day left which would be €300 but anything can happen.

Biggest cash pot: I 3b pre and opponent donked for pot on flop and turn and shoved 2/3 pot on river. Not the best river at first glance but it actually was the nut river vs this specific opponent. Ez game sometimes.

Blog Profit: £4062.12

❤️ Sam

Welcome and good luck!

*New Blog Rules*

1. No more whiny bullshit. No more complaining about runouts / badbeats / general runbad
2. No more ego

I grinded 200 €2 Hexapros before eventually conceding and returning to the cash games. I Made about €40

One annoying spot came up in the Titan just before the bubble, After getting 3bet by a tight guy I went with low frequency 4b jam 20% and 80% call and rolled a jam 40bb eff. Is this bad? Probably lower frequency jam due to ICM. 4 off the money I have 150% avg.

 Probably getting stacked anyway on that runout.

Blog Profit: £3867.99

❤️ Sam

@P0kerM0nkI think I am just gonna stop moaning and grind through it with hexapros but thanks for the tip! I didn't know that actually

Played some 100PLO since I am not multitabling for my bonus so went for some 1 tabling.

No interesting hands and lost £120, final hand: All in pre

Laddered from 19th out of 20 ITM to 7th place in a winter series turbo and managed ITM in another to increase my lead to 9 points with 12 tournaments left. I feel more ICM pressure in these low stakes turbos than I ever have before because of this leaderboard dynamic, I love it. The tournaments just feel so much more meaningful! 3 days left to run good in super turbo donkaments and the upswing voucher is mine! VAMANOS!

Without the MTT rungood I would be losing about 700 this month. People talk about 20-40 BI downswings in PLO like they are common and to be expected, my winrate is 15bb/100+ at 25PLO over the last 150k hands on Unibet/Party/Sky and 20bb+/100 3 handed or HU. So a breakeven/downswing stretch like this at PLO is something that only happens once every couple of years in my lifetime (thankfully)

The playthrough bonus is really mugging me off. Everytime I log in I am reminded about how I am not going to complete it and have 4 days left to try. It really is a smart idea to put them in. I wonder how many poor souls get lured into grinding through downswings and losing massive chunks of money playing their B or C game to clear a bonus.

Definitely not + Life EV. At least not for me.

Blog Profit:£3635.22

❤️ Sam

I've decided I am not gonna grind cash for my bonus this week as it just isn't worth it 😉

On the plus side I managed to ladder a winter series with ~3bb and managed to get from 35th ITM to 15th for some lovely leaderboard points.

Blog Profit:£3785.42

❤️ Sam

No interesting cash hands, haven't got deep enough at any of the tables for anything fun, just losing a little. Running good over the last few days in MTTs and managed another 3 cashes in the winter series + win which puts me at first place on the leaderboard with 5 days left. Nice to redeem myself HU after yesterdays display. Fingers crossed!

Blog Profit:£3845.79

❤️ Sam

edit: Players must play with their community alias or a similar alias in order to qualify for this promotion

oops

Well, I moaned it in. ~8 hours at the tables playing everything and I made a little bit of profit in MTTs. Laddered up to a FT on a winter series with no chips and satellited into the €50 Mercury Blue for €4 and got 2nd for €305

My name was very appropriate for my headsup puntformance.. gg wp giliboy

Blog Profit:£3646.54

❤️ Sam

Really can't be bothered to play or update the blog.

I'm 1 out of 14 in £100+ pots and brick every MTT I play. Volume suffering, mood suffering, everything is just shit when you can't win at poker isn't it. Gave up on the winter series. The only good thing that has come from this downswing is that I haven't punted at highstakes after losing every day for 3.5 weeks. What a shit game this is.

Blog Profit: £3480.36

❤️ Sam

I hope you realise that what I am saying is direct but not intended to be mean or spiteful. Your preflop hand selection is atrocious. Why are you in a hand with 3568 or J249? These hands are probably folds HU with the rake at micros let alone playing them from MP. You are drawing dead on omaha tables unless they are all whales. In which case you're just playing roulette with cards.

There is an old english saying "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth"
I think the upswing bonus prize is an excellent idea, way better than getting a TV or some other appliance that will go obsolete in 3 years. The knowledge you gain from that membership will make you way more than 1k if you are serious about poker.

Played 8 hours of cash and 4 hours of MTTs yesterday, -£35 in MTTs and won on the cash games.

Biggest pot : I 3b and CRAI'd on the flop.

Blog Profit: £3605.36

❤️Sam

So far this month I am 0/8 in 500+bb pots and 1/10 in £100+ pots. It's hard to win when you lose all your profits in the big flips. Hopefully it isn't as cold at the tables for everyone else.

Blog Profit: £3425.84

❤️ Sam

Still running terribly, Will have to reload the account since I busted it last night. Downswings are all relative, losing £500 over the last 2 weeks sucks but I still feel great.

Winter series starts off tonight, perfect chance to rebound. GL all that are playing

Blog Profit: £3398.08

❤️ Sam

Epic giveaway thank you!

Bad day. Biggest hand I played was a real interesting one. I've played about 1.5mil - 2mil plo hands and I don't usually cold call 3bs OOP when I'm super deep - and definitely not 4bets. Unless, there are very specific conditions.

I still don't know if my preflop call is OK but vs the extremely AAx heavy range i gave both opponents I think it is +EV. History: I've been playing at the table for about 4 hours, opener is tight, 3better range is AAx and the 4better is a winning TAG reg who is aware of the 3betters range as very AAx heavy so will be expecting to face lots of 5bets if he 4bets and they are not deep enough for him to start 4betting non AAx vs such a strong 3betting range.

I definitely could be results oriented and I don't know if my math is accurate in PPT since it does not account for the openers range accurately as he will definitely fold some paired hands that perform poorly all in. Unfortunately I don't know the correct PPT syntax. If anyone does, feel free to share 🙂

*** Hole cards ***
Dealt to Hero[7c 4d 5d 6h]
*** Preflop ***
bingobox raises €0.85 to €0.85
firebolls raises €2.90 to €2.90
2slim4gym- raises €9.90 to €9.90
Hero calls €9.80
Ch1c4g0FiRe folds
bingobox calls €9.05
firebolls raises €46.85 to €49.75
2slim4gym- raises €57.04 to €66.94, and is all-in
Hero raises €102.79 to €112.69, and is all-in
bingobox calls €17.30, and is all-in
firebolls calls €6.75, and is all-in
*** Summary ***
Total pot €217.83 Rake €2.50

Blog Profit: £3484.09

❤️ Sam

Didn't play much yesterday, I tried to get some hands in but I was playing so bad since I was babysitting my niece I had to stop playing. Made some profit mainly thanks to playthrough bonuses and a max late reg 25 freezout that had some overlay and i managed to ladder.

Last hand I played yesterday before i turned the PC off: 3b pot 3way to flop. Flop checked through I check called turn and river. SHAME.

In my defense my niece was shouting SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM for the duration of this hand, it had a little bit to do with my actions. Still my fault though.

Having an 8 is nice for the bluff and I don't think Q9 is good at showdown vs the action, The other components of the hand actually unblock the pairs so I don't know if this was a good candidate for a bluff or not, I went with it since having an 8 is the most important part as far as improving success % of the bluff since it reduces the FH combos.

Game #1617045405: Table €25 PL - 0.10/0.25 - Pot Limit Omaha - 17:03:07 2022/01/12
*** Seated players ***
Seat 1: 5amba (€31.94)
Seat 2: alien93 (€45.05)
Seat 3: EasterMoney (€27.16)
Seat 4: James58 (€60.29)
Seat 5: rsfcb (€12.50)
Seat 6: asi9_ (€27.75)
*** Blinds and button ***
rsfcb has the button
asi9_ posts small blind €0.10
5amba posts big blind €0.25
*** Hole cards ***
Dealt in asi9_
Dealt to 5amba [9c 8d Qc 9d]
Dealt in alien93
Dealt in EasterMoney
Dealt in James58
Dealt in rsfcb
*** Preflop ***
alien93 raises €0.85 to €0.85
EasterMoney folds
James58 calls €0.85
rsfcb calls €0.85
asi9_ folds
5amba calls €0.60
*** Flop *** [8c Jc Td]
5amba checks
alien93 checks
James58 checks
rsfcb checks
*** Turn *** [8c Jc Td] [Kd]
5amba checks
alien93 checks
James58 bets €3.50
rsfcb folds
5amba calls €3.50
alien93 calls €3.50
*** River *** [8c Jc Td] [Kd] [8h]
5amba bets €10.50
alien93 folds
James58 folds
Uncalled bet returned to 5amba: €10.50
5amba wins €13.58
*** Summary ***
Total pot €14 Rake €0.42
Seat 1: 5amba: bet €14.85 and won €24.08, net result: €9.23
Seat 2: alien93: bet €4.35 and won €0, net result: €-4.35
Seat 4: James58: bet €4.35 and won €0, net result: €-4.35
Seat 5: rsfcb: bet €0.85 and won €0, net result: €-0.85
Seat 6: asi9_: bet €0.10 and won €0, net result: €-0.10

In regards to the formatting of the blog I am going to leave the last part for my running totals to avoid confusion. I can see how me posting random amounts of money in my balance all the time could get a bit confusing so now I will just leave it with profit. Easy.

I started the blog with an account deficit of -£1188.42 as of this post I am +£2207.27 + current balance of £279.39

Profit: £3,675.08

Sam ❤️

I appreciate the concern but that is just my most recent deposit of £100 that I am trying to spin up at the moment, I guess I should update my overall win/loss stats in my posts like I used to so it isn't confusing. The next blog will have the updated stats. Since starting the blog I think I am up ~£3k and I was rolled for 25PLO before I started it. The days of me playing with 5-10 buyins is long gone thankfully!

Definitely not running good at the moment🧐. The month long break I took over December has recharged me. Being under EV isn't going to stop me playing a lot this month and just grind through. -50 donation to the titan tournament and won a little on cash games overall. Some hands:

Fold river vs population? Yes. Did I? No

*** Hole cards ***
Dealt to 2slim4gym- [Qc Qh 8s 8d]
Dealt in chingmiau1
Dealt in migeluu
Dealt in Nobie8300
Dealt to FNLLV [Ac 4s As 7d]
*** Preflop ***
migeluu folds
Nobie8300 calls €0.25
FNLLV raises €1.10 to €1.10
2slim4gym- calls €1
chingmiau1 folds
Nobie8300 calls €0.85
*** Flop *** [Qs 3s Th]
2slim4gym- bets €2.90
Nobie8300 calls €2.90
FNLLV calls €2.90
*** Turn *** [Qs 3s Th] [6h]
2slim4gym- bets €12.25
Nobie8300 folds
FNLLV calls €12.25
*** River *** [Qs 3s Th] [6h] [6c]
2slim4gym- bets €11.40
FNLLV calls €11.40
*** Showdown ***
2slim4gym- shows [Qc Qh 8s 8d], Full House
FNLLV shows [Ac 4s As 7d], Two pairs, Aces up
2slim4gym- wins €57.76
*** Summary ***
Total pot €59.55 Rake €1.79
Seat 1: 2slim4gym-: bet €27.65 and won €57.76, net result: €30.11
Seat 2: chingmiau1: bet €0.25 and won €0, net result: €-0.25
Seat 5: Nobie8300: bet €4 and won €0, net result: €-4
Seat 6: FNLLV: bet €27.65 and won €0, net result: €-27.65

This hand was fun, Turn donk into river jam vs opp with QQ+ or quads. He tank folded river. My Hand isn't the best one to use but the 3rd player is calling too wide on the flop which is why I went for it.

*** Seated players ***
Seat 1: FNLLV (€27.49)
Seat 2: Kermitt (€38.01)
Seat 3: MeMe20204 (€19.67)
Seat 4: Megaladon (€32.24)
Seat 5: boan (€13.40)
*** Blinds and button ***
MeMe20204 has the button
Megaladon posts small blind €0.10
boan posts big blind €0.25
*** Hole cards ***
Dealt in Megaladon
Dealt in boan
Dealt to FNLLV [4c As 3s Kc]
Dealt in Kermitt
Dealt in MeMe20204
*** Preflop ***
FNLLV raises €0.85 to €0.85
Kermitt raises €2.38 to €2.38
MeMe20204 folds
Megaladon calls €2.28
boan folds
FNLLV calls €1.53
*** Flop *** [7s 4s 7d]
Megaladon checks
FNLLV checks
Kermitt bets €3.69
Megaladon calls €3.69
FNLLV calls €3.69
*** Turn *** [7s 4s 7d] [7c]
Megaladon checks
FNLLV bets €4.61
Kermitt calls €4.61
Megaladon folds
*** River *** [7s 4s 7d] [7c] [3h]
FNLLV bets €16.81, and is all-in
Kermitt folds
Uncalled bet returned to FNLLV: €16.81
FNLLV wins €26.85
*** Summary ***
Total pot €27.68 Rake €0.83
Seat 1: FNLLV: bet €27.49 and won €43.66, net result: €16.17
Seat 2: Kermitt: bet €10.68 and won €0, net result: €-10.68
Seat 4: Megaladon: bet €6.07 and won €0, net result: €-6.07
Seat 5: boan: bet €0.25 and won €0, net result: €-0.25

Imagine calling a 4b with 88 at 25NL

❤️ Sam

Very nice progress so far keep it up! 1600 per week at 10 hexapros is amazing well done.

Absolutely rekt this weekend. Down a ton in EV and made 2-3 bad calls over the sessions to add to the losses. -30 in MTTS and -130 in cash. If I had played without tilt and not started calling too wide it would be at -75. Definitely too many blunders for my liking!

Biggest loss (vs super VIP) I open AJdd, super VIP 3b, I 4b, He 5b, I jam he snaps. (He was stacking off pre with KTo+)

❤️ Sam

After an initial deposit of £100 we've spun it up to £310 playing mainly PLO with a little bit of NL and MTT mixed in. I had spun the deposit up to 500 but after a few bad sessions of lolmaha we're back down.  Adding some NLH games since I couldn't get enough PLO tables and it didn't take long for a punt to happen. I've played very precise and have only made 2 punts since I started playing again, both of them in NLH. One of them for a stack and another for about £10 - not the end of the world. The rust is off though and these punts will not be seen anymore (I hope).

PUNT ALERT 5b ripping pre KJs SB vs CO is not the play to get your winrate going, I hate this so much. No words.

Biggest pot won. Overbetting is fun

Game #1614533779: Table €25 NL - 0.15/0.25 - No Limit Hold'Em - 05:27:55 2022/01/08
*** Seated players ***
Seat 2: 5amba (€65.65)
Seat 3: Hitman7778 (€7.75)
Seat 4: Cirooo (€76.31)
Seat 5: EddyRiz (€54.36)
*** Blinds and button ***
EddyRiz has the button
5amba posts small blind €0.15
Hitman7778 posts big blind €0.25
*** Hole cards ***
Dealt to 5amba [As Ah]
Dealt in Hitman7778
Dealt to Cirooo [3s 6s]
Dealt in EddyRiz
*** Preflop ***
Cirooo raises €0.50 to €0.50
EddyRiz folds
5amba raises €2.85 to €3
Hitman7778 folds
Cirooo calls €2.50
*** Flop *** [6c Ad Kh]
5amba checks
Cirooo checks
*** Turn *** [6c Ad Kh] [Js]
5amba checks
Cirooo checks
*** River *** [6c Ad Kh] [Js] [6h]
5amba bets €3.12
Cirooo raises €6.24 to €6.24
5amba raises €59.53 to €62.65, and is all-in
Cirooo calls €56.41
*** Showdown ***
5amba shows [As Ah], Full House
Cirooo shows [3s 6s], Three of a kind, Sixes
5amba wins €129.55
*** Summary ***
Total pot €131.55 Rake €2
Seat 2: 5amba: bet €65.65 and won €129.55, net result: €63.90
Seat 3: Hitman7778: bet €0.25 and won €0, net result: €-0.25
Seat 4: Cirooo: bet €65.65 and won €0, net result: €-65.65

Biggest pot lost: (all in pre) Degens gonna degen

Game #1613909860: Table €50 PL - 0.25/0.50 - Pot Limit Omaha - 01:50:06 2022/01/07
*** Seated players ***
Seat 1: SollinhoSS (€107.26)
Seat 2: 5amba (€166.87)
Seat 3: appe-8002 (€14.71)
Seat 4: foldtilt (€114.03)
Seat 5: Hooch1234 (€47.97)
Seat 6: raagsheed (€81.64)
*** Blinds and button ***
SollinhoSS has the button
5amba posts small blind €0.25
appe-8002 posts big blind €0.50
*** Hole cards ***
Dealt to 5amba [As Ac Jc 4d]
Dealt to appe-8002 [Td 8s Kh 6d]
Dealt in foldtilt
Dealt to Hooch1234 [3d Qs Qc 5s]
Dealt in raagsheed
Dealt in SollinhoSS
*** Preflop ***
foldtilt raises €1 to €1
Hooch1234 calls €1
raagsheed folds
SollinhoSS calls €1
5amba calls €0.75
appe-8002 raises €5.50 to €6
foldtilt calls €5
Hooch1234 calls €5
SollinhoSS calls €5
5amba raises €35 to €36
appe-8002 calls €8.71, and is all-in
foldtilt calls €30
Hooch1234 raises €41.97 to €47.97, and is all-in
SollinhoSS folds
5amba calls €11.97
foldtilt calls €11.97
*** Flop *** [5d 6h Qh]
5amba bets €118.90, and is all-in
foldtilt folds
Uncalled bet returned to 5amba: €118.90
*** Showdown ***
*** Turn *** [5d 6h Qh] [6s]
*** River *** [5d 6h Qh] [6s] [Kd]
5amba shows [As Ac Jc 4d], Two pairs, Aces up
appe-8002 shows [Td 8s Kh 6d], Full House, Sixes full
Hooch1234 shows [3d Qs Qc 5s], Full House, Queens full
Hooch1234 wins main pot, €62.57
Hooch1234 wins side pot #1, €99.05
*** Summary ***
Total pot €164.62 Rake €3
Seat 1: SollinhoSS: bet €6 and won €0, net result: €-6
Seat 2: 5amba: bet €166.87 and won €118.90, net result: €-47.97
Seat 3: appe-8002: bet €14.71 and won €0, net result: €-14.71
Seat 4: foldtilt: bet €47.97 and won €0, net result: €-47.97
Seat 5: Hooch1234: bet €47.97 and won €161.62, net result: €113.65

❤️ Sam

Looks like a bit of a cold run at the moment but glad to see things have turned around since last time I read the blog 😄