monkeyheaven Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 you started the year as a beginner at 1euro sngs and you finished with 8k profit, pretty great results, plenty to build on. There's no easy money in poker, the years highs and lows (real and perceived) will make you better prepared for next year, it never seems to get any easier unfortunately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 @monkeyheaven that´s not entirely correct. I have been playing poker on and off since 2014. Played every format besides Spins. In December I decided to relearn the SNG format and stick with it. Admittedly I have never been great at any format though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViraghEndre Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 It takes patience and you need to be stubborn in order to suceed. Same as with everything else in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Long time no see.PokerI decided earlier this year that my interests in languages and chess are much greater than my in interest in poker and therefore decided to cut down significantly on my study efforts and also move down significantly in stakes. Unfortunately, my last few sessions have all been losing sessions, which always led me to an early quit and overall very little volume. This is why I will be playing some 4€ SNGs here exclusively the next few days at least (after taking tomorrow off), as there is no volume related pressure. I started with the 50€ worth of bonuspoints that I still had from last year's promotion and played it up to 100€ already (the losing sessions were mainly on pp). The case with BrockyThe case has been referred to the court and both parties were asked to send in their evidence. The hearing is scheduled for the 26.03.2021 via Internet. I will be reporting on the outcome.ChessThis is still what I spend most of my time on. I don't think there is too much to tell. All the competitions are still online due to Covid.LanguagesMy interest for languages has significantly grown. I spend round about 90 minutes every day absorbing "comprehensible input" in several different languages. I'll leave a link to what "comprehensible input" exactly is in the description.Other thingsI pretty much don't have a social life at the moment. I am planning to do some daytrips to snowdonia again soon though. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WuDu Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 @Dennis__ wrote: The case with BrockyThe case has been referred to the court and both parties were asked to send in their evidence. The hearing is scheduled for the 26.03.2021 via Internet. I giphyBy the way, @Brocky is not looking too good these days:bam :laugh: 3 We're gonna win on so many levels! We're gonna win, win, win. You're gonna get so tired of winning, you're gonna say: "Mr. President please, we don't wanna win anymore, it's too much!" And I'm gonna say: "I'm sorry, we're gonna keep winning because we're gonna make America great again!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeVsKaRa Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hello @Dennis__ and welcome back!First of all good luck with all your activities!As you were a regular at the 25€, 50€ and even 100€ 5-seat SNGs at Unibet last year, and you also have much more experience than me at the format, I want to ask you a question: how do you find the 4€ level? Is there a big difference between the 4€ and 10€ level and then between the 10€ and 25€ level? Are the players much better, do they play the bubble different, are there much more fishes at the 4€ level? I am curently beating the 4€ level without big problems, but my attempts on the 10€ level were disaster. Of course I just played about 100x10€ SNGs and all could be just bad luck/variance, but the player pool definitely seems to be tougher. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hi @LeVsKaRa the main difference to me seems to be the fact that there are significantly more people at the 4s and below who don't even try to win (i.e. 4bet/getting it in with K5o and these things). I don't know about the regs, they seem somewhat solid to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 People were doing the craziest of things but I couldn't win. I ended up losing a euro or two and 2,5hours of my life. Winning hasn't been a thing for several weeks now and I simply get annoyed and can't be bothered to play anymore. Will give it another shot tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Played for 3 hours and won 12€. I am still disappointed because it's a horrible hourly, especially if you take into account what happened last month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 played for 3,5 hours tonight and made a plus of about 50€. Finally a good day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 The roll went up to 195€. Can't complain, things are going in the right direction now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 5€ loss today. I am realizing that I make quite a few mistakes that can be followed back to the high table count. Anyway I think it is still the best solution as the stakes are so low and the not-caring donkfish certainly make up for it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Ended today's session after only 2 hours as I was getting wrecked.I ran a lot better in the end and managed to reduce the loss to about 6€, although I also used up my 5€ Hexapro ticket. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Another short session, another 6€ loss. I am getting really annoyed at running so bad at these low stakes. This is the 3rd losing day in a row, even though the loss isn't massive. I really wouldn't mind actually winning again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 This time I didn't cut my session short. Things were looking quite well but a bad run at the end reduced the profits. The BR is now at 206€. I also managed to play my 6€ cashgame ticket from the rakeback programme up to 11€. Not an overly great day but certainly better that the past couple days. I will probably spend a day in the mountains tomorrow. Not sure if I will put in a grind after that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 I realized today that Wales is under lockdown again and travel is prohibited, so I had to cancel the trip to the mountains. A simple walk along the seaside had to suffice. Today's session took unusually long to fire off, usually that means a lack of regs and softer games, which seems to be what happened. I saw a whole bunch of people who stacked off with absolutely nothing. The final outcome:14.77€ with 221 Flops to go on my Cashgameticket233.67€ in the bankroll640 Bonuspoints 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Very frustrating session today. I lost 25€. Felt like I couldn't win any flips, what do I know.The thing is, if I want to make this work and not waste my time playing a game for 3€/hour I need the odd +100€ day every now and again, something that hasn't been anything more than a fantasy now for quite a while. I have lost about 200€ these past 30 days post rakeback when including party poker. Very very frustrating. I can't really believe that I should be doing this badly on 4s.Here's the hand of the day. Villain was a "reg" A real fear I have is that I only beat this game for something like a 5% ROI. That wouldn't even add up to 50% of minimum wage. It is a bit difficult to imagine that I am really that bad, as the play at the 4s is indeed rather atrocious, but I guess time will tell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WuDu Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 @Dennis__ wrote: Here's the hand of the day. Villain was a "reg" 4WARD963 ? :laugh: 1 We're gonna win on so many levels! We're gonna win, win, win. You're gonna get so tired of winning, you're gonna say: "Mr. President please, we don't wanna win anymore, it's too much!" And I'm gonna say: "I'm sorry, we're gonna keep winning because we're gonna make America great again!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 @WuDu yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 what a sick joke this is. I had the lower pair in 100% of pair vs pair situations, lost 6/7 headsups and couldn't even do well against the people who overbet jam the flop with bottom pair. I am not making this stuff up. 20€ down in just an hour. No way I can play a full session with this nonsense. 1 month of getting destroyed at micros. ❤️♥️❤️ this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Not much better today. This time I did fairly well up to the headsup but there I lost something like 8 times in a row. Decided for an early quit again as the anger was building up. I ended up exactly breakeven at the tables and received 5€ rakeback. That is 5€ for 90 minutes of playing, not very good at all.I am considering taking a few days off altogether as I am getting really annoyed after the first few losing flips. I simply can't put in any sensible volume like this. The hand of the day: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreedoM Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 You focus to much on the outcome of individual games when your focus should be on doing the best decisions your knowledge allows you and putting enough volume, in time you will reap the rewards so long your skill level is higher than your competitions. There is no way around it, you need resilience. Jason Koon said something like " in the Podcast with Bencb, which is true in the case you want to carv a living/profit from this game. If you can't, oh well you get burned out from all that negative emotion you store in yourself. Also great from Alec. :Happyshy: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P0kerM0nk Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 @Dennis_ I feel your pain! Downswings / running bad can be brutal. It becomes even worse the smaller your actual win rate is as your downswing will be worse vs someone who is a crusher in the game.Knowing from watching poker videos of poker pros even they can go on downswings that can last months just because they run against top of their opponents ranges or just never get their whilst always getting it in with the best equity.As @FreedoM said, nothing else to do then keep going, make sure you keep your BRM under control and keep checking the hands you played or lost rationally to see if you are making the best plays or not. Overcoming times like that is probably one of the major strengths you need as a poker player 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 thanks for your advice @FreedoM and @P0kerM0nk I know that it is supposed to turn around eventually but it is incredibly difficult for me to remain cool after a losing months on stakes this low. I guess a proper crushing day could do wonders, I hope it's not too far away. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis__ Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Much better session today after the day off. Here are the overall standings: bankroll: 217.44€Bonuspoints: 640Cashgameticket: 15.78€ with 194 flops to go 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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