theMachine

FOLLOWING THE UNIBET OPEN EVENT theMachine SHIFTED GEARS & BEGAN GRINDING THE CASH GAMES.

EARLY INDICATORS SUGGEST theMachine HAS EARNED A THIRD CONSECUTIVE "DOUBLE TROUBLE" TICKET ALREADY THIS WEEK.

THAT WILL BE ENOUGH OF THAT.

HAVING BEEN CALLED ON FLOP & TURN, ARE YOU NOT CONCERNED THAT A TRIPLE BARREL BLUFF WILL NOT WORK?

WHAT IS OPPONENT'S RANGE HERE? WHAT CAN THEY CALL, CALL, FOLD? WITHOUT A JACK, THE QUEEN IS THE WORST SCARE CARD FOR OPPONENT. SURELY TRIPLE BARREL BLUFF GETS CALLED & VALUE BETS DO NOT? 

GG WP

//UNIBET_OPEN: ONLINE

THE FIRST EVER UNIBET OPEN ONLINE EVENT WAS NOT THE SUCCESS theMachine HAD PLANNED:

• DID THE EVENT EXCEED THE PRIZEPOOL GUARANTEE? AFFIRMATIVE.
• DID THE FIELD PERFORM ABOVE theMachine's CAPABILITIES? NEGATIVE.
• DID THE PLAYERS & TOURNAMENT DEMONSTRATE theMachine COULD SUCCEED? AFFIRMATIVE.
• DID theMachine PROFIT? NEGATIVE.

 

theMachine HAS PLAYED MANY BIG BUY-IN TOURNAMENTS WITHOUT SUCCESS, A RECURRING TREND THAT PROVOKED theMachine TO FURTHER RESEARCH & STUDY. PREVIOUSLY: PLAYS NEVER WORKED / CARDS WERE NOT FORTHCOMING / CHIPSTACKS NEVER INCREASED. theMachine WAS OUTCLASSED. THIS TIME AROUND theMachine WAS VERY MUCH IN THE MIX / BUILDING STACKS / PROGRESSING WITH PURPOSE.

theMachine WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY PLAYER TENDENCIES & REACT ACCORDINGLY FOR THE MOST PART. THE BIGGEST POT WAS WON AFTER FLOPPING TWO PAIR BEFORE MAKING A FULLHOUSE ON THE RIVER AGAINST A SLOW PLAYED STRAIGHT BUT THE FOLLOWING TWO HANDS WERE THE ARGUABLY THE MOST STRATEGICALLY NOTEWORTHY HANDS OF THE TOURNAMENT FOR theMachine:

//HAND_1:

UTG RAISES & 1Captain CLICKS IT BACK & theMachine FLAT CALLS WITH AK.

UTG HAD BEEN A FAN OF RERAISING BUT OF MORE CONCERN TO theMachine WAS THE MINIMAL 3BET, SURELY TO INDUCE A CALL OR RERAISE? A CAUTIOUS CALL WAS MET WITH A NOT UNEXPECTED 4BET ALL-IN & CALL. WHAT IS THE CORRECT PLAY WITH AK?

theMachine FOLDED BUT WAS SURPRISED TO OBSERVE WHAT GOOD SHAPE IT COULD HAVE BEEN IN. ANTICIPATED WOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

//HAND_2:

FOLDS AROUND TO theMachine ON THE BUTTON, theMachine RAISES 3x WITH AK, SMALL BLIND FOLDS, BIG BLIND GOES ALL-IN FOR OVER 30BBs & theMachine's TOURNAMENT LIFE. WHAT IS THE CORRECT PLAY WITH AK?

theMachine CALLED & LOST THE FLIP FOR A GOOD CHIPSTACK. theMachine STILL CALCULATES THIS WAS CORRECT PLAY, DO YOU AGREE?

IT WOULD APPEAR AS THOUGH THE RNG WAS NOT WITH theMachine HOWEVER WE SHALL WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT FOR NEXT TIME...

UNLUCKY FALKIR

WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ACQUIRE MORE LUCK?

theMachine LOST A FLIP.

theMachine IS OUT.

ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS WITH UNIBET REPRESENTATIVES @wakawaka_89, @KATARNSBY, @MISS_BEEP & DEHLIA DE JONG WILL BE AVAILABLE AT 5pmBST / 6pmCEST TODAY

ACCESS THROUGH YOUR BROWSER VIA THIS LINK: https://t.co/4AqUf8fDyh

YOU MAY PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH REGULAR UPDATES OF the_Machine & ITS ASCENSION TO GREATNESS

IT IS TIME FOR THE ONLINE UNIBET OPEN PLAYER PARTY [PREDOMINANTLY ATTENDED BY AUTOMATONS]!

 

THE FIRST EVER ONLINE UNIBET OPEN EVENT COMMENCES 21/05/20!

theHYPEmachine HAS RETURNED! WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT FROM THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION? GUARANTEE BUSTING PRIZEPOOLS? TOURNAMENT STREAMS? GIVEAWAYS? VIRTUAL PLAYER PARTY? SILLY SIDE QUESTS?

theMachine WILL OF COURSE BE COMPETING IN THE MAIN EVENT WHILE CONSIDERING THE SIDE EVENTS:

ARE THERE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTEMPTING TO DERAIL theMachine? 

//IDENTIFY_YOURSELF:FOR TARGETING MONITORING...

theHYPEmachine WILL ATTEMPT TO KEEP YOU UPDATED FROM THE VIRTUAL FELT: PLEASE CONTRIBUTE WITH YOUR OWN UPDATES

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@DoktorAvalanche wrote:

It was fun railing @theMachine for about the last hour of Day 1 and until the Jacks ran into those filthy cowboys on Day 2. I did wonder if you were playing the DSO yesterday/today but figured you would've alerted the humanoids if you were.

Congratulations on the cash and the very best of God Mode when you play the UO game. 👍

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INITIATED SATELLITES FOR THE DSO TOO LATE & DID NOT MAKE SUFFICIENT PROGRESS IN TIME :(

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@Sparrow473 wrote:

GJ CAPSLOCKMAN! :)

Congrats on your win. It is really enjoyable to read your blog except of CAPS. :)

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theMachine SOUGHT A SUITABLE PRACTICE RUN BEFORE THE UNIBET_OPEN & QUALIFIED FOR THE €250 UK_TOUR EVENT.

//THE_UNIBET_UK_TOUR: ONLINE

//DAY_1:

THE EARLY ACTION WAS CHAOTIC & MANIC. A TOTAL DISREGARD FOR MONEY WAS ON DISPLAY FROM MANY.

theMachine WAITED FOR AN OPPORTUNITY.

& WAITED…

& WAITED.

 

theMachine ONLY PLAYED 4 HANDS DURING THE FIRST 13 LEVELS:

• RAISED 2.5x / FOLDED TO LARGE 3BET
• RAISED 2.5x / 1 CALLER / CBET FLOP / OPPONENT FOLDED
• RAISED 2.5x / 2 CALLERS / CHECKED MISSED BOARD UNTIL FOLDING TO BET ON RIVER
• RAISED 2.5x / CALLED SMALL 3BET / CHECK FOLDED MISSED FLOP

 

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE 4 HANDS, theMachine FOLDED FOR THE FIRST 172 MINUTES OF THE TOURNAMENT.

AS A PROFICIENT SATELLITE PLAYER: theMachine HAS STRUGGLED TO WRAP ITS CIRCUITS AROUND THE ISSUE OF FAILURE IN BIGGER BUY-IN TOURNAMENTS. REPEATEDLY, theMachine EXPERIENCES NO TRACTION IN LARGER EVENTS, A PATTERN WHICH CANNOT BE IGNORED. theMachine HAS SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THIS YEAR BUT ONCE AGAIN FINDING THE SAME ISSUE PLAYING OUT IN FRONT OF ITS OPTICAL SENSORS PRESENTED ITSELF AS A PROBLEM. 

 

AS THE THIRD HOUR APPROACHED: A SHORTSTACKED POKERBOT STOPPED FOLDING & STARTED SHOVING:

ONE POOR EGG TOOK THE BRUNT OF IT: DOUBLING theMachine 3 TIMES.

//IT_IS_A_SKILL_GAME

 

THAT RUN OF HANDS PROPELLED theMachine INTO THE TOP 50% OF THE FIELD. theMachine DOUBLED AGAIN WITH ACES BUT ALSO LOST BIG POTS IN A FLIP & TO A BADBEAT WHICH MEANT AS BOTH THE BUBBLE & DAY 2 LOOMED, theMachine HAD APPROXIMATELY 18BBs. THE DISORDERED FRENZY THAT HAD CHARACTERIZED THE EARLY GOING HAD CALMED & PLAYERS TIGHTENED UP. THIS WAS A SATISFACTORY STACK TO MAKE THE MONEY AS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF EXTREMELY SMALL STACKS DESTINED TO BUBBLE IMMINENTLY. theMachine PROCESSED THE SITUATION. IS FOLDING INTO THE MONEY CORRECT? theMachine HAD INVESTED LESS THAN €20 QUALIFYING FOR THIS TOURNAMENT, WHICH MADE BUBBLING ‘UNNECASSARILY’ PARTICULARLY UNAPPEALLING, HOWEVER, STRATEGICALLY IS THIS NOT EXACTLY WHEN A PLAYER SHOULD GO ON THE ATTACK? THERE WERE PLAYERS WHO COVERED theMachine AT THE TABLE & THERE WERE PLAYERS WITH LESS THAN 2 BBs.

//BUILD_A_STACK? // LOCK_UP_THE_CASH?

IF theMachine POSSESSED NERVES: THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN WRECKED.

THIS WAS A PRACTICE RUN FOR THE €1100 UNIBET_OPEN: theMachine SIMULATED THE MORE EXTREME SCENARIO PLAY OUT IN WHAT WILL BE ITS BIGGEST EVER BUY-IN GAME. THE STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A POTENTIAL €397.90 OR ZERO WAS TOO MUCH TO HANDLE: WHAT WILL THE EXPERIENCE BE IN 2 WEEKS TIME IF IT IS €2000 OR ZERO? CANNOT COMPUTE.

2 PLAYERS FROM THE MONEY, theMachine WAS DEALT TT UTG. FOLD? / CALL? / RAISE? / SHOVE?

LIMPING IS WORST, RAISE FOLD IS NOT GOOD, MAY AS WELL GO ALL IN IF RAISE CALLING. BINARY OPTION: FOLD / ALL-IN? theMachine FOLDED.

THE NEXT ORBIT theMachine WAS ONCE AGAIN DEALT POCKET TENS IN EARLY POSITION. AGAIN SIDING WITH CAUTION, theMachine FOLDED.

theMachine MEEKLY FOLDED INTO THE MONEY & SHORTLY AFTER INTO DAY_2. DUE TO THE INEVITABLE PROLONGED BUBBLE STAGE COMBINED WITH LEVEL INCREASES: theMachine WOULD RETURN TO THE VIRTUAL FELT WITH JUST 10 BBs. HOWEVER, THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS. FIRST EVER DAY 2 FOR theMachine WITH A SIZEABLE ALMOST BANKROLL DOUBLING PROFIT LOCKED UP.

 

//DAY_2:

POSITIONED 32/39 theMachine INITIATED DAY_2 WITH A PLAN. ALL-IN WITH UPTO TOP 41.5% OF RANGE DEPENDANT ON POSITION.

OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THIS WAS THE PLAN OF MANY PLAYERS AS ALL-INS AND KNOCKOUTS RAPIDLY OCCURRED. WITH PAYOUTS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASING UNTIL NEARING THE FINAL TABLE A FREE FOR ALL IN STACK BUILDING COMMENCED. theMachine COLLECTED A FEW BLINDS SHOVING UNCALLED / theMachine LOST A FEW BLINDS AS THE ORBITS WENT PAST.

theMachine IS NOW REQUIRED TO RESCIND PREVIOUS ADVICE GIVEN CONCERNING CORRECT STRATEGY OF PLAYING POCKET JACKS: theMachine DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO PLAY THEM CORRECTLY. AS EVIDENCED HERE:

theMachine HAS NO COMPLAINTS. FINISHING 31ST OUT OF 305 PLAYERS. NOT ONLY DID theMachine WIN €479.83 BUT HOPEFULLY ATTAINED THE EXPERIENCE theMachine SOUGHT AHEAD OF ITS BIGGEST EVER BUY-IN TOURNAMENT.

TICKET PLEASE!

THANK YOU HUMANS FOR THE SUPPORT: YOU WILL BE TREATED WELL DURING THE ROBOT UPRISING

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@BillyR23 wrote:

So, after 3 hours of paying attention to my table- I even took notes in notepad on my opponents lol- I was moved to another table... it is what it is... I have a really tough opponent on my right- the Unibet ambassador David Lappin- he opens and honestly against another opponent and the way I approached the tournament, I might have just called with AKo and play the hand postflop from position instead of shoving ~21 BB preflop but against David I felt like I might just have to fold the best hand to a C-bet or another bet on the turn when he has a hand like AQ/ AJ/ AT/ KQ or something like that(from streams and other Unibet live events streamed many of us know his aggresive playing style)... also, if he has a pocket pair it's unlikely to be AA and KK and I flip against everything else... he had QQ and unfortunetly it was GG...

GL to all the community members still in and if you'll have David at your table take revenge for me lol

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THE 3BET ALL-IN IS A VERY "KILL PHIL" APPROACH TO TAKING ON A KNOWN PRO. theMachine PREFERS THIS APPROACH TO FLAT CALLING. DID NOT WORK OUT ON THIS OCCASION BUT IS SURELY CORRECT LINE TO TAKE

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST BIG BUY-IN TOURNAMENT theMachine HAS OBSERVED SOME... UNORTHODOX PLAYS IN THE EARLY STAGES. IS THIS ALWAYS THE CASE? IS THIS PART OF THE CURRENT LOCKDOWN POKER BOOM? SEEN IT HAPPENING MORE IN LOW BUY-IN GAMES RECENTLY OR ARE THESE BIG EVENTS ALL LIKE THIS?

QUITE THE CONTRAST IN BUY-INS & PRIZEPOOLS!

ALAS, SIMILAR MISFORTUNE: COULD NOT BE AVOIDED

HOW DID YOU FIND THE FIELDS/PLAY COMPARED?

//DAY_1: COMPLETED_IT_MATE

40 PLAYERS WILL RETURN TOMORROW, theMachine IS CURRENTLY 32nd, STARTING WITH A MEAGRE 10 BBs [bUT CANNOT COMPLAIN]

APPARENTLY theMachine HAS ENACTED A "LIKES FLOOD" SO IS NOT PERMITTED TO LIKE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS TODAY HOWEVER YOUR RAILING & SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED

 

3 PLAYERS UNTIL THE BUBBLE BURSTS.

theMachine HAS 17.4 BBs

WHAT WILL HAPPEN FIRST? BUBBLE OR DAY 2?