marto Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hey all, happy new year, hope everyone's recovered by now from the festivities. I have decided to make a little challenge for this year, attempting to attend at least 1 Unibet UK tour and one Unibet Open during 2020, with the funds I have in my account - things are a bit tight financially so depositing will be out of the question for the time being. I attended Unibet Open Malta in 2019 and really enjoyed the venue and place overall, did not play the main but fired two bullets for the 165 euro live satellites, without success. Not sure what stop I'd like to attend most - only Dublin is announced so far but I'd rather go to a different one - either London for a seat only, or something like Paris or Malta, if available, for the full package deal. The UK tour will be a newer experience for me - for now I stay in SW London and have been to Aspers casino in the past so that will be the priority, apologies Newcastle! Starting roll: 12 euro cash 93 euros worth of Unibet Open tickets - 1 x 50, 2 x 10, 11 x 2, 1 x 1 15 euros worth of Unibet UK tour tickets - 2 x 5, 5 x 1 5 Mtt ticket, 2 hexapro ticket, 2 sng ticket Goals for the month: breaking down the bigger tickets in the exchanger tournaments and grind 1 and 2 EU saties, ideally up to 200 euros UO tickets playing 1 eu satties mostly, aiming for 50 euros UK tickets Here's a wee picture from Malta'19 - more summery days this year hopefully :D 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeVsKaRa Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Good luck @marto ! I will follow your blog with interest! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YlarP Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I will follow your blog 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoktorAvalanche Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Malta was amazing. I'm shocked that you'd prefer another trip to a sundrenched Mediterranean isle over a trip to a rain drenched North European destination. 😏🤣Good luck with the quest. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marto Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Update from 2nd of January, missed out the 1,500 EU freeroll due to delayed trains and a missed train back from work, doh! Played one 1 EU Uk satty, and cashed for a 5 ticket, also lost a 2 EU HUSNG, also cashed for 5 UK satty ticket from a freeroll 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marto Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 Played a few games today both in the UK and UO fields, as well as 15 or so Hexapros, was up 10 euros largely thanks to shipping a 10x multiplier. In the satties, I went 1/3 for cashes in the UK tour satties, with one getting me my buyin back too. Cashed 2/3 of the UO satties, with the two I cashed having two tickets used for them so went 10 euros to 20, which is still okay. Had one really silly hand on the bubble of a 1 UK satty - on the stone cold bubble, 7 left, 3 get ticket for 5 euros, 3 get their buyin back, we had a player sitting out with 1 big blind left, and I was nex shortest with 6BB, in the small blind. first two players limped and I woke up with QQ in the small blind and decided to shove over the top. Big blind instantly went all in after me, for 2 bb more than my stack and I thought I ran into a monster. He had A8s (?????) and ended up getting a straight, naturally. Was i right to shove the queens with no fold equity? I think I'd fold if the buyin was bigger, if it was a 10 EU tournament, with me getting my ticket back after 2 more hands or so, then I would have folded - what do you all think? Roll:cash: 22 euros + 5 mtt ticketUK tickets : 29 euros UO tickets: 108 euros 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27057174802 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 very relevant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 hI @marto "Had one really silly hand on the bubble of a 1 UK satty - on the stone cold bubble, 7 left, 3 get ticket for 5 euros, 3 get their buyin back, we had a player sitting out with 1 big blind left, and I was nex shortest with 6BB, in the small blind. Was i right to shove the queens with no fold equity? I think I'd fold if the buyin was bigger, if it was a 10 EU tournament, with me getting my ticket back after 2 more hands or so, then I would have folded - what do you all think? "Some players don't want to play for an hour or more just to get their buy in back, others, including me, regard it as a draw. A year ago I would have played the QQ ( I did in a very similar situation and ran into AA in the final qualifier :waterfall: ) but now, especially with a sleeper, I would fold to guarantee a return, maybe if I was a big chip leader and unbustable (???) on that hand I might try a bit if bullying. It's largely a matter of how risk averse, or brave, you are. Good Luck. 👍 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marto Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 yes @GR1ZZL3R I agree, I was going for the potential win, did not want to sneak in the money and folding QQ like a nit. The guy that called me made a bad play, so I guess I have to be satisfied with that. Most of my volume has been going for the UK tour, I will play the seat only final tonight for 10 eu rebuy. Played one of the 50 UK ticket GTD satties, and lost 15 euros in that, with 1 rebuy and 1 addon, got beat twice in massive pots as a favourite but oh, well. I was going to go for building as many tickets as possible for this month and then going for the bigger tournaments next month but realised that there aren't that many tournaments for the Seat only for the UK tour, so I will try to play that every Monday. Here is how the bankroll is faring so far: cash: 19.37 Unibet Open tickets : 2x 13, 10 x 8, 4 x 1 = 110 euros Unibet UK: 5 x 4, 10 x 3, 1 x 10 = 60 euros of tickets. gl on the tables 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marto Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Weekly update for the blog: I have been focusing almost exclusively on the UK tour tickets, with the 1 eu ones getting used for the 10 eu tickets, for Monday's seat only final. I have been doing well in these to be fair, I think I cashed the last 3 or 4 that I played. This week was a bit busy off the tables, Tuesday night I went to the new Tottenham Stadium, for the FA Cup game against Middlesbrough. Got the win but it was not as convincing as the 2-0 lead after 15 minutes promised to be. sThursday I spent all day out, treated my parents to tickets for the Masters snooker event at Alexandra Palace, we saw the first quarterfinal, between Shaun Murphy and Joe Perry, that finished 6-3. After the snooker, we went to a Bulgarian restaurant in North London for some homely grubHere's how the bankroll is faring so far: CASH: 16.77UK tickets: 5x5 , 4 x 10, 11 x 1 = 76 eu uk tour ticketsUO tickets: 8x10 , 1 x 4, 13 x 2 = 110 eu UO tickets Tomorrow, I'll be firing up to 3 10 UK tickets into the final for the Seat only ticket of the first UK tour stop. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTABKATA Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Im just curious, what is the price of the kamenitza in North London? 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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