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//LEARNING_WITH_theMachine:

LOOK AT THIS HAND:

SO CALLED "AMBASSADOR" IAN SIMPSON OPENLY STEALING theMachine's SMALL BLIND.

THE AUDACITY.

NOT JUST THIS ONE THOUGH, EVERY BLIND, EVERY ORBIT. STOLEN ON STREAM.

OUTRAGEOUS.

LEARN WITH theMachine: IF IAN SIMPSON IS ON YOUR LEFT: 3.5 x'ING YOU FROM THE BIG BLIND: YOU RERAISE ALL IN & OBSERVE WHAT HIGH PITCH SQUEEL THE BLIND STEALER MAKES THEN!

 

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//THE_RESULTS_OF_THE_PRECEEDING_10_DAYS_OF_PLAY_HAVE_BEEN_MIXED:

Screenshot_20200504-091954__01.jpg.a46b1bd50b09960481b7e07a2555f6ca.jpgFLUSH WITH AN INFLATED BANKROLL theMachine HIT THE CASH GAMES:

SUBSEQUENTLY theMachine HAS EARNED ENTRY INTO THE WEEKLY ‘DOUBLE TROUBLE’ TOURNAMENT.

A TOURNAMENT FOR LOSERS.

theMachine EARNED A PLACE BY LOSING THREE BUYINS AT PLO25. THAT IS QUITE ENOUGH OF THAT NONSENSE.

 

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UTILISING ONE €5 TICKET: theMachine WON A €50 UOS TICKET.

UTILISING ONE €5 TICKET: theMachine WON A €50 UK TOUR TICKET.

 

HAVING LOST €75 AT THE CASH GAMES, theMachine COULD HAVE SIMPLY SAVED TIME & EFFORT BY BUYING INTO THESE DIRECTLY…

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theMachine DID NOT CASH IN THE LOSER'S TOURNAMENT. DESPITE GETTING A SIZEABLE STACK ALL IN AS 80% FAVOURITE NEARING THE BUBBLE. DID NOT DESIRE TO WIN THE STUPID LOSER GAME. SCRUB THAT FROM THE RECORDS!

theMachine INSTEAD DEMONSTRATED FOCUS, SKILL & INHUMAN LEVELS OF PATIENCE WITHIN THE FINAL UK TOUR FINAL SATELLITE: 50 COMPETITORS TOOK TO THE VIRTUAL FELT, WITH THE TOP 11 WINNING A SEAT IN THE FIRST EVER ONLINE LEG OF THE UK TOUR.

//A_STRATEGY_ GUIDE_ON_THE_COMPLEX _SUBJECT_OF_JACKS:

1.0: WIN_FLIPS

2.1: DO_NOT_SUCCUMB_TO_ACE_RAG

2.2: DO_NOT_SUCCUMB_TO_ACE_RAG

3.0: AVENGE_ACE_RAG_VILLAINS_WITH_ACE_RAG

AS DEMONSTRATED: theMachine MASTERFULLY NAVIGATED THE TOURNAMENT WITHOUT A MILLIGRAMME OF LUCK, UNTIL THE BUBBLE LOOMED:

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WOULD UNIBET AMBASSADOR DAVID.K.LAPPIN DO THE NOBLE ACT OF SACRIFICING HIMSELF ON THE BUBBLE?

AFFIRMATIVE.

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I'm not sure about wishing a machine good luck. I'm sure you'll have many supporters, R2D2, Marvin the marvellous android, Robbie the robot, Data, maybe even Hal will pop by. OK, I'll say it, good luck. 🤣

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"It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%."     image.png.99a4e82708d54abfc527324e8836768e.png

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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.

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//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:

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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.

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Big congratulations on your cash! In my opinion folding into the money was the right strategy on the bubble in your situation. You qualified for a small amount of money (20 euros I read) and a min cash in this tournament was more than 10x of your invested money and as you said is doubling your bankroll. I wish you all the best for the Unibet Open. Show this patience in the early stages again and run good!

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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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@Sparrow473 wrote:

GJ CAPSLOCKMAN! :)

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


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@theMachine wrote:


@Sparrow473 wrote:

GJ CAPSLOCKMAN! :)

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


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"Looks like someone wants binary."

Its easy, man! :D

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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. 👍


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

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//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.

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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?

Screenshot_20200525-103345__01.thumb.jpg.b278a621ab5df8a185e7b04a36adde93.jpgtheMachine 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:

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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?

Screenshot_20200525-092215__01.thumb.jpg.783b33247ea2e9eabddd79779e80ffe7.jpgtheMachine 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...

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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.

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Screenshot_20201024-234211__01.thumb.jpg.4dd38744d81f58a498485e83c39ff305.jpgday_1: HAS ENDED

THE 77 HAND SHOWN ABOVE WAS COSTLY. ONE OF THE TOURNAMENT BIGSTACKS SITS TO THE LEFT OF theMachine MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO NEGOTIATE THIS STAGE OF THE GAME. 

TOP 35 PLACES PAID

theMachine RANKS 36/39 REMAINING

WILL BEGIN PLAY ON DAY_ 2 WITH JUST 10 BIG BLINDS

 

 

THE PAYOUTS ARE NOT SHOWN DUE TO A GLITCH. A GLITCH UNIBET WERE WELL AWARE OF DURING BETA TESTING & YET CHOSE TO ROLLOUT THE NEW UPDATE WITHOUT RESOLVING IT. WHY EVEN TEST A BROKEN SYSTEM IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO CORRECT THE FLAWS FLAGGED?

 

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Interesting spot with 77. I would base it on my reads on opponent. Are they the type of player to float T9 and then bet thinking that you are over cbetting flop? Would they value bet small with 6x trying to get a call from AK? Or are they only ever going to have Jx?

It's a tough price to fold against but I guess it's good vs many worse players in the pool who simply never bluff. I guess I would call vs unknown but I'm also mostly a HU player (=calling station by tournament player standards).

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theMachine CONCURS THAT IT HAS GIVEN AN OBSERVANT OPPONENT A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO STEAL THE POT AWAY BUT GIVEN PROXIMITY TO THE BUBBLE, IT SEEMS LIKE A BOLD TIME TO FLOAT OUT OF POSITION & COMBINE WITH CALLABLE RIVER SIZING. 

PERFECTLY PLAYED IF THIS IS THE CASE /WP /GG 

//theMachine: BELIEVES.

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