A small Unibet Open Series blog

[Farseer]

Hello community. 31 yo. MTT grinder here.

I don't usually play on Unibet, but taking a chance to beat leaderboard by playing all UOS tournaments. Truth be told I really hate to grind with Unibet software if I am playing a multisite session and it still has lots of bugs . Like the one just found out that if coming to  a new table after bubble bursts it doesn't show up other players bounty amounts, which wasn't really nice as was @BB against 2 smallstack in the pot. It's just mainly those small things like bad lobby which you don't want to face if playing on 4+ different sites and let's face it, regular MTT program isn't good enough on Unibet just to play on here. Some people also did seem to have internet / software problems but happily for once I didn't.

Last week played a huge leaderboard and during weekend lost a lot of money for gigantic class bad beats, and it took about 90 hours of playtime so really playing 6 tournaments a day for modest buy-ins (moneywise would play on high ones but to win overall leaderboard it is imperative to play them all) feels like a vacation, although I will probably take some 20 tournament sessions later instead of just 6. Today just played all UOS tournaments.

First day not much to tell. Funny co-incidence I did bust my 3 first tournaments all @ 99th place. 

50€ freezeout had a decent shot for money, but about 40 left sis lose about 35k flip TT < AJs when opponent shoved his over 20bb stack from button and I called from small blind.

Mincash @ 5€ KO was the only cash. Got a nice stack there, but first lost 18 left QQ < KK against 12bb stack shove. Then lost some with T9s + missed flush draw vs- JJ and right after that my QQ got a cold call from button and flop came K54 c-called but c-folded turn 2. Losing 2/3 of my stack at those then  CO limp my BB I flopped top pair for K3o and got in @ K754 board but bad luck and opp had K8s. Stream of bad luck and 17th place.

Really after losing about 3k€ last night it ifeels so much better to lose just about 60€  this night...

[Shoryureppa]

Hey I don’t mean to sound negative or disrupt your tournament but your results are probably saying take a break. 

Play less tournaments so you can focus more on grinding out wins rather than trying to play them all. 

Just some friendly advice :atisfied:

[VikingsAF]

@Shoryureppa I don't see any tilt in @Farseer his post... What makes you think it's better for him to stop?

Losing is part of the game and it looks he can live with it :)

[Farseer]

I agree that results might say that vacation would be a good idea, but it was basically 3 days out of which I just run down 5k€ + bubbled 5,3k$ leaderboard "which was 99% certain" for nothing. High stakes tournament poker mixed with "win more"-leaderboard is utterly brutal when luck is completely against you.

But my original plan was to grind last week full, then take 2 more weeks playing UOS with a light schedule, then use Monday and use whatever tickets I may have and go to vacation for four weeks including Midsummer Fest and live poker trip to Sunny Beach at July (really just a vacation, playing one low buy-in live event that I got a package). That plan was a good one and still is a best one, certainly much better than take two weeks off and give last shot at that high-variance leaderboard or spend next 6 weeks on vacation wondering how badly I have run drinking lots of vodka.

So I really don't want to go on full-fledged vacation after a week like that knowing that it would most probably end up 6 weeks of reliving misery and lots of booze, blowing up my plan for some weight loss. Especially as I am low on cash (have won a house where I am living currently playing poker though doing better than most) and I don't want to sell my stocks so a dream vacation is really not an option.

But enough of that IRL misery. Yesterday wasn't a great start, but hanging at top100 for all leaderboards including borderline top25 positions at overall and low leaderboards.

[MoreTBC]

Same Farseer as the Finland variant on 2+2?

[Farseer]

Yeah. I think Farseer was already taken there around 2012 when I made my account there, usually go by Farseer @ online world.

[Shoryureppa]

@VikingsAF No ill will. 

I also suggested that he plays less volume. 

Totally agree he doesn’t seem tilted but so was that MagicAdil guy. 

It was just a suggestion from me that’s all 

[Farseer]

Well, it was a bit frustrating evening. Got good starts at high ones + 5€ low one, but in the end no good results. Just bubbled E7 high one 38th when I did 3-bet JJ against opener and he did call it with KJs. Would've been well over average stack should it have hold and of course bubble is always very frustrating @ high ones.

However, got a 12th place mincash. Could've been better for sure but my Q5s button shove with short stacks met AJo @ pretty nice pot but lost. Got enough to cover my buy-ins + almost all what I did lose yesterday... not happy but could've been much worse. Decent start for a week though, because I will most probably be @ somewhat better point considering leaderboard than before Tuesday. Gotta win something though to get any shot to win any of those and I'll say anything not @ top5 in the overall leaderboard would be super disappointment. Aiming for victory there , for sure.

Nanos busted quickly, so did 2€ low. Mincash @ 5€ one after lost TT < AJs right after the bubble for good stack. Better this way  with effective mincash coming from one of the highs although hate bubbling.

[Farseer]

Looks like LB is holding pretty what I expected for. Not really good, but just barely overall top10 (far from the top though, gotta bink something rather big) while low and high are both hanging around 25th place and nano is at bad shape. Would surely prefer to take down one larger high events quickly so that I can have decent shot @ overall and high LBs.

 

Today first rebuys. Not planning to shoot lots of money to that, value money more than points at this stage and plan to earlyreg high KO tournament as well. Right now going out to enjoy some summer, my house is as hot as hell ->

[d-Bergie]

I think we've played against each other in a few of the events so far. Best of luck and looking forward to reading more of your blog!

[Farseer]

Well, today had about 0 hope. Busted quickly 25€ PLO bounty, got trips @ flop but opponent got nuts @ turn. Bubbled point bubble @ 25+r when my JJ did get a setup against pocket aces and only third which won two (10€ rebuy) got semibubble just little before money when I pushed A8 after being totally card dead and button woke up with pocket kings.

Very bad day, but it's nice to have a bad day for a while when  I don't lose a lot of money. Haven't played anything else than total buy-ins for 3 days have been in total about 1/10 in comparison to last Sunday. And although leaderboard has started rather badly, it's a long series and still 11 days to go.

Still playing 25c Nano PLO. Won't give any money, but I'll play to get points... really need a win to make this day even borderline acceptable for leaderboard which got a huge hit because got 0 points from high events and very low points from 3 other non-high events. 

[GR1ZZL3R]

Hi @Farseer just been on same table in Nano busted in 17th when I left you. Gl.😃

[Farseer]

Thanks! No luck at the very end though. Started HU 2:1 lead and got it over 5:1 but after that opponent got load of nuts or 2nd nuts again my good hands with some draws and lost them all. Did win one hand set vs. aces but it was too late, got the lead but lost it quickly.

5 hour session which is longer than my 1st and 2nd and have to say that clearly worst result-wise so far. Got some point, but losing heads-up means that nowhere enough to consolidate losses on other tournaments. 4,32€ is also a meh, but it is well known that micro tournaments pay no money, small ones pay for the win (10r being an expection, was sad to semibubble it) and it's high ones where results are decided. One win @ high one and few top3s (preferrably wins) @ nano or low ones should give a decent shot to win + allow me to get some positive return from games but it's much more harder to do than say. And without any wins it's impossible to get any decent return from leaderboard.

Well, tomorrow is a new day. Probably going to spend evening b4 tournaments with a friend grilling and enjoying the sun. Got first time @ sea this year, brr but it was cold and tomorrow it should be just 17 of celsius outside so not going to do that again probably.

[Farseer]

Well, it was frustrating. Did lose first 4 tournaments quickly with no flips won like opponent calling 13bb shove with JT and AT losing, and did manage to get 25€ freezeout to near money with small stack, doubled it well ahead but just prior money pushed AK suited @ button and megastack woke up with nines so no money for me. Would've been nice 40k stack if could've won that.

 

Just 2€ PKO going on. No bounties @ anything, so moneywise day is lost as this tournament pays to winner as much as 30th place would've payed at that 25€ event, pointwise only chance is to win this one to keep myself at even tolerable position at the leaderboard now. Actually high leaderboard is pretty much lost until I get some decent run + it would better be tomorrow as otherwise have to reload (2 high event bubbles weren't what I was looking for).

 

On the bright side today buy-ins were very low. But unless I start to get some decent runs @ leaderboard it's hard to grind victory from overall and high leaderboards which are top2 targets.

[Farseer]

Close but no cigar. 3-bet pushed 66 25bb deep, CL instacalled (3rd player had 15bb, CL had 40bb so about 60% of chips at the pot) with AKo. Truth be told got lucky @ JJ vs. AA 8 left, but considering it was probably my second best hand whole day felt it a bit justful at that point.

 

3rd place gives some points, but 1st or even 2nd place would've given much more. 3,5 hour long session instead of 1,5h is somewhat frustrating, especially as it is again losing one (too much bubbling). For the whole series it is very bad start moneywise, points wise my feeling are mixed because ok start @ low and @ nano one, but one catastrophical one @ high which is most important both single-wise and as leaderboard which gives most points for @ overall. At least I have managed to keep my focus until the end even when tournament itself pays (almost) nothing but points.

[Sect7G]

@Farseer two questions for you.

1)  Are you still playing other sites at the same time?  How many tables total?

2)  You and I have been around the business for a long time... would you mind sharing your thoughts on Unibet and where they fit into the industry?

[Farseer]

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@Sect7G wrote:

@Farseer two questions for you.

1)  Are you still playing other sites at the same time?  How many tables total?

2)  You and I have been around the business for a long time... would you mind sharing your thoughts on Unibet and where they fit into the industry?

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1) This week I haven't played anything else. Have been planning to play some good value stuff (maybe next week) which won't last long, overlay satellites, maybe some turbo rebuys and NLO8s etc. Never play over 6 tables, and like to play even less.

@2) Being just MTT player I speak for MTTs: Well frankly Unibet has never been for hardcore MTT players, just for very casual ones who usually play sportsbook / casino games as well. New tournament program brought some tournaments for serious casual players, but not enough for any professionals which I think is ok. Before there was Unibet Open Series I didn't see a reason to play @ Unibet, since other sites gave similar of better offering, and there has been and still is some problems with tournament lobbies, login system and many bugs. One of those things that won't matter too much if you're just playing (for fun) on one site, but which will become a major thing to consider if you play on 4+ sites.

For casual players I think that short running times and beatable fields are great though. Most recs who work / stdy / have family duties etc. don't have time to play tournaments which last for many hours. Maybe only thing that Unibet lacks for those is a version of software which doesn't require powerful computer. Second thing they might want to consider is to bring some promotions for low-midstakes players, as most MTT promotions in the past have been for micro (nano) stakes.

@On other news, @ rather bad spot in the leaderboards. Hanging top10 @ nano and low ones, but really hard to get to the top which pays some money @ those too. High leaderboard is at very bad spot, and @ overall leaderboard is hanging at 3rd place right now but very vulnerable and 1st place is really the spot I want to get from that one. So really need to win something today, hopefully 25+r 😏

[Farseer]

Just a separate note crossed my mind: I really like that changing nicks can be good for Twitch users + audience. Most of the times good players want to keep their nicks / playing style secret for obvious reasons. Too bad from MTT perspective however is that most people also love to see huge wins and so on and outside of 100k€ main event there's 0 tournaments which pay 5-figs and very few which pays even 4-figs.

 

I actually planned to stream my play for few days @ twitch but I just thought that A) I don't speak good English (lack of training) and B) lots of trolls might appear as my choice of strategy for leaderboard isn't very popular. Of course most major problem that my house is so hot that I would rather grind without shirt. But I still think I will give it a shot, since I am just probably going to play Unibet events and today schedule is so that I will probably play 1-4 tables mostly. Much time to chat etc.

 

Stream will start probably around 1,5 hours (little over 21 EET) so feel free to check it out: https://www.twitch.tv/farseerfinland

[Farseer]

Well it was day without any hope. Quick losses @ rebuys, didn't even get points from high one as had to flip AKo against 22 and 77 at a nice sized pot (22 limped and called my 15bb shove from SB as well as 12bb cold call from BB which had 77). 

50€ PLO had a chance to save the day, but lost at a huge pot 23 left after defended against minbet-call 2 players with Ah6d4h4d doublesuited, chips in KhJd6h against aggro opponent holding smaller flush draw and 2 pair QJ62ds. It's a really close 50-50 flip, but no good for me and out with 0 cashes. By far the largest buy-ins, gotta get some more money to account before tomorrow, super frustrating as all high tournaments have been relatively soft and easily could've made some top3 / wins from there as fields are much smaller. Would gladly change both my 3rd / 2nd place finishes to any top3 result @ high event.

Tomorrow series has a quite disappointing schedule, as deepstack Bounty requires to either start @ 8 pm or lose good amount of monetary value. Might still choose leisure time >>> value and start @ 10 pm. Had a rather nice stream though, got 10-20 people around looking how I lose almost every tournament @ first flip  😛

Also promising myself not getting into some stupid internet clashes. In the internet old saying "Don't shoot the messenger" has translated into "Shoot the messenger, ignore the message". Could say something about pigeons and chess too...

[Farseer]

At a bit worse spot @ leaderboard, just barely top10 @ small and nano and barely holding @ top5 overall. Still game not lost by any means. Moneywise yesterday was most costly day though so far and today and tomorrow have even larger buy-ins.

Hopefully get finally some money from highs during weekend, my bank account is almost empty. Don't worry though, I own a house bought by poker winnings + stocks etc. + got no loan @credit cards but don't like to use them for deposit because it takes extra 2,5% :P Just wasn't overly prepared for the series as withdrawed most of money after earlier series... no need to keep too much money at the gaming accounts. Personally I love withdrawing money, and hate depositing it 😏

Today planning to play first time this week on other sites too. Let's see how it goes... still planning tightly to keep my table count 6 (and preferrably lower if playing any special formats).

[FreedoM]

@Farseer I hope you were sarcastic when you said the account is almost empty. If not i also hope you play it smart and don't extend beyond your means. Good luck and have fun making money.

[Farseer]

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@FreedoM wrote:

@FarseerI hope you were sarcastic when you said the account is almost empty. If not i also hope you play it smart and don't extend beyond your means. Good luck and have fun making money.

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@Don't take it too seriously. I just don't see much point keeping lots of money anyway @ bank account where interest rate is really 0%.

Ill try to keep my money growing elsewhere, and on most other sites I play deposit on credit cards is either free or won't cost more than bank transfer. And I want to emphasize that while I have (three) credit cards I have never payed a single cent in form of interest,  I always pay them full before interest starts to run. Never use credit card for gambling / poker unless you have money ready to pay that back in some form.

[Farseer]

Well looks like today is not my day either. 50€ KO lost most of my chips QQ vs. AA, no chance to get rid as board came 6635 and opponent cold called my 4-bet and he had just bit over 1,5 pots behind him after the flop. Few other tournaments I played also busted quickly, except still holding @ 5+r turbo satellite as trying to minimize buy-ins. If I lose rest of my stack @ 50 KO quick I will probably take an extra hour walking outside since it is sunny evening here.

[Farseer]

Is there an achievement for busting 2 bloggers in a single hand?

[Farseer]

Well there's only one word which describes my run at the leaderboard tournaments today: Catastrophe.

 

All other tournaments busted quickly, AK < A5, KK < AA, KJ < A7 flips etc (that 50 KO QQ < AA), but got deep with 50€ rebuys. However 19 left pushed 33, got caught by tight players QQ and next hand decided to go all-in for the rest with K7o (6bb, UTG) instead of losing my last chance to steal blinds 6-handed and SB woke up with AKo. No money, top12 would have payed extremely well.

 

Slight positive is that I won 3/4 satellites (50€ ticket, 50€ ticket, 100€ ticket) but as leaderboard has now had 3 days with worst possible results it really is a slight positive. Bit disappointed that I can't use that 100€ ticket for tomorrow's event, as quickly running low on ammo with high events draining my current Unibet bankroll really quickly. Can of course deposit, no problem but rather not to as I am probably going to withdraw almost all of my bankroll from Unibet (and other series) when series is over and go on for first proper 4 week no-poker holiday in 2 years.

 

But I may (note: may) play some satellites tomorrow, although it is tempting to enjoy weather instead. I just prepared my sun bed @ my glazed balcony today so there's some better things to do than poker... but poker is work for me. Most probably I stay out until almost 10 pm and buy-in directly, as it isn't more expensive than 50€ rebuy :P

 

Let's hope for the best and prepare for the worst!