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All we need is just a little patience, as Axl Rose would say. But seriously, I'm glad to hear you have your account back after all this time. Now let's hope something good comes from those tickets  Good luck, @wwaanneess!   ... View more

I don't think there is any way to find or message players on Unibet. Unless you visit Unibet poker streams on Twitch and the other player is there too   ... View more

I had a great last week, the highlight was a tourney which was above my bankroll  It was one of Besties home games with a €7 buy in, which I played cause it was full of friends from the Twitch community. It turned out well since I ended up winning it for a €38,5 net profit  I also had a 3rd place in a Singularity and a good result in the MotherShip Main Event of @elron66. Tonight there's a new Main Event, looking forward  to that one. Some days I didn't run well and I remember whining about it in Twitch chat, which feels a bit stupid in retrospect  I guess I should be patient and believe that the good results always come if I just maintain my focus. I also have a €10 and a €5 ticket in my bankroll, which I will probably use for the upcoming UOS. Starting BR:  €268,86 ( 4/9 ) Profit:               €66,26  New BR:        €335,12 ( 11/9 )  Ticket BR:       €15,25 ... View more

Still not running well in MTT's. Apart from a 4th and 5th place in the Zenith I had no nice scores the last week. I also have to admit I played a €5 MTT and I did a rebuy in some €2 MTT's, which isn't part of the plan. In other words, the runbad makes me do stuff I shouldn't do. No extreme stuff, but still it's not good discipline. I must confess I find it hard to keep the discipline, to keep on grinding at the same level all the time. Particularly in a runbad period it feels frustrating and I feel the need to level up. A very big leak, I'm aware of it. Some evenings I four tabled again, which isn't the best idea either. I felt better when I played max 3 tables, my focus was better. While I'm writing this I feel motivated to get back to that focus and motivation. I will try to get back to it tonight! Let's do it! Starting BR:  €276,08 ( 28/8 ) Loss:                   €7,22  New BR:        €268,86 ( 4/9 )  Ticket BR:          €0,25 ... View more

My BR has been going a bit up and down the last days. The good news is that the SNG's went really good, the bad news is that I'm really struggling in the MTT's. I have to admit my focus hasn't always been what it should be. To be honest I think I play too much and I should go back to a few evenings without any poker. Next Tuesday the kids go back to school, which means as a family we go back to a situation with more structure. That should help me to find a system with more discipline. Tonight I'm going to the pub, that will also help me with the discipline  Starting BR:  €271,19 ( 23/8 ) Profit:                 €4,91  New BR:        €276,08 ( 28/8 )  Ticket BR:        €5,25 ... View more

Sounds like an interesting journey to me! What's the exact plan? You start from the bottom playing €1 SNG's? Do you have a bankroll management scheme which will say when to move up or down? ... View more

I played some SNG's for two days and the last two days I went back to some MTT grinding. My bankroll almost reached the €280 but yesterday was a terrible evening: 7 MTT's and all I got was a €0,34 bounty. My focus wasn't always great, I must admit. I think it won't be bad to watch some poker video's, that could bring back the focus I need.  Starting BR:  €272,22 ( 19/8 ) Loss:                   €1,03 New BR:        €271,19 ( 23/8 )  Ticket BR:        €0,00 ... View more

The last four days I've been playing mainly €2 SNG's, with decent results. I also played a few qualifiers for MTT tickets, but I'm running terrible in them. At the moment I stick to my rule to play three tables at the same time instead of four.  Starting BR:  €256,57 ( 15/8 ) Profit:               €14,66 New BR:        €272,22 ( 19/8 )  Ticket BR:        €0,00 ... View more

Friday I made a good profit thanks to a 2nd place in the Singularity. Yesterday I had a small profit from SNG's and an 8th place in the €200 Leaderboard Low Freezeout. Starting BR:  €237,45 Profit:              €19,12  New BR:        €256,57  Ticket BR:        €0,00 ... View more

Very wise, philosophical words @Rushbie    Yesterday I wasn't too tired though and I didn't play bad, but I was unlucky at some important moments. After all those years I still hate bubbling and yesterday I bubbled twice, in the Zenith and the Wormhole. In the SNG's I made a small profit, overall a small loss. Starting BR:  €240,19 Loss :                 €2,74  New BR:       €237,45  Ticket BR:        €0,00     ... View more

I played 3 MTT's, 1 qualifier and 1 SNG. Got 2nd in the SNG and didn't cash any of the other stuff. While playing I felt I was getting too tired so I unregged the Space Madness Bounty and quit playing. Sometimes I keep on playing even when I feel much too tired, so I'm happy with the decision!  Starting BR:  €245,12 Loss :                 €4,93  New BR:       €240,19  Ticket BR:        €0,00 ... View more

As you probably have read in my own blog I did some stupid stuff too. I think for both of us (strict) poker management is the key. I hope your blog helps you with keeping the discipline. Looking forward to your updates, GL! ... View more

Hey, welcome and GL at the Unibet tables! ... View more

Thanks for the reply! I know there isn't much difference between the €1 and €2 games and I know I can beat them both, so the reason for my very strict BRM is that it's essential for my mental game. I've had several bad experiences, so now I really stick to this game plan. Anyway, I hope your Unibet journey will be a nice one. I'll keep an eye on your blog! If you wanna get in touch with other Unibet players to discuss hands and other stuff, apart from this community you can also tune in to the streams on Twitch. It's a great place to watch Unibet players, to chat with us about poker and also for some good fun and banter. There are streams at https://www.twitch.tv/unibetpoker, but there are also streams on other channels. Tonight we'll hang out at https://www.twitch.tv/elron66, tomorrow at https://www.twitch.tv/iansimpsonpoker. Feel free to come and say hi  Yesterday the poker went well. Unfortunately I couldn't cash the Ante Solar with my €5 ticket, but I was 5th in the Sputnik Omaha Nano and 2nd in the Black Hole Nano. Losing heads up always makes you feel you could have won, but I should be happy with the result  Normally I don't play the Black Hole Nano anymore cause it lasts way too late, but since it was impossible to sleep early due to the heat I decided to give it another go  Starting BR:  €225,07 Profit:               €20,05  New BR:       €245,12  Ticket BR:        €0,00 ... View more

I played 6 tourneys and 2 SNG's and had a small loss. I have to admit I four tabled for a while and to be honest it had an impact on my game. My focus isn't good enough when I play four tables at the same time, it's as simple as that. Why did I play four tables? I regged three at first, but I knew I wanted to play the MotherShip Launchpad too so I knew I was gonna have four tables open. I guess it's being greedy. So my next poker evening it's back to two or three tables. The good news is that I won a €5 ticket, which I will probably use for the Ante Solar  Starting BR:  €229,0 Loss:                €3,93  New BR:       €225,07  Ticket BR:        €5,00 ... View more

Very good evening yesterday! I played 8 MTT's and 1 SNG. The €200 Leaderboard Low Bounty was a crazy one for me. I kept getting it in bad and kept on sucking out  It always happened to bigger stacks, so I didn't get any bounties but I got 3rd for €13,73. The best part of the evening was winning the late €100 Singularity for €31,52  Instead of adding some SNG tables as I would normally do I single tabled it when I went deep, which made me focus better. Very happy with the result of course! Starting BR: €193,16 Profit:              €35,84      New BR:       €229,00  Ticket BR:        €0,00   ... View more

I played some MTT's and SNG's the last week, but no big volume. No big results either. Yesterday I started playing some €2 buy-ins, but apart from a 6th place in the €50 Galaxy Nano it was a bad evening at the tables.  Starting BR: €199,13 (3/8/20) Loss:                €5,97       New BR:       €193,16 (8/8/20) Ticket BR:        €0,00 ... View more

No cashes in my 4 MTT's (Falling star bounty, MotherShip Launchpad, Sputnik Omaha Nano and the Ante Solar with my ticket), but thanks to the 6 SNG's I still made a small profit. 87 more cents and I can play €2 tourneys  I know I could decide to do that already, but I wanna do it right    I never played 3 tables at the same time. When I come to a point that I feel my focus is good enough I might go to 3 tables, but I won't do that when I just started playing the €2 buy ins. Now that I'm about to move up in stakes, I have to think when I will move down again. I decided I'll move down when I lost 20% of the BR I started the new stakes at. In this case: I start playing max. €2 buy-in games at €200, so when my BR drops down to €160 I have to move down to max. €1 buy-in games. Question for you guys: do you think this is a good point to move down in stakes? Starting BR: €197,73 Profit:                €1,40         New BR:       €199,13 Ticket BR:        €0,00 ... View more

The plan not to play didn't quite work out  I regged the €200 Leaderboard Low Bounty, but that was over after a few hands when my QQ ran into KK. Then I decided to watch a few SNG strategy video's. Nothing too fancy or complicated, just some basic advice. I'll never be the guy that counts combo's, but watching some of these simple strategy video's already influences the way I play. One of the video's was about typical mistakes people often make in SNG's. 1. (Over)playing too many hands in the early stage 2. Playing too passive as the shortstack 3. Taking too many risks as the medium stack 4. Not applying enough pressure as the big stack I tried to take these things in account and it made me play some hands differently than I normally would. None of this stuff was new to me, but that doesn't mean I'm always applying this knowledge. The results were good: I played 10 SNG's (only 2 tables at the same time) and had 4 wins, 3 2nd places and 3 not ITM. I was running good, but I also hope watching the strategy video made me play better Starting BR: €191,31 Profit:                €6,62         New BR:       €197,93 Ticket BR:        €5,00       ... View more

Small loss yesterday. I played 3 MTT's (and a freeroll), 2 qualifiers and 5 SNG's. Most of the time I had two tables running, sometimes it were three. This means I'm not at €200 yet, but I'm glad I won a €5 ticket cause this means I can play the Ante Solar  Probably not tonight, since I already played too many evenings this week. I have to admit I didn't do well in that compartment of the discipline this week. I played 5 evenings instead of 3. Not playing tonight seems like a good plan, I will do my best Starting BR: €193,24 Loss:                 €1,93           New BR:       €191,31 Ticket BR:        €5,00 ... View more

No big scores yesterday, but I won the €15 Gargle Blaster Nano. No big money, but having a third bink in these first three weeks definitely is a confidence boost. The plan was to only play two tables at the same time. At one point it were three because I wanted to play LuluLuna's homegame I really think I play better with less tables. Four tabling can be okay for a while, but I'm having difficulties staying focussed with four tables for several hours. One thing that strikes me is that when I'm more focussed I make folds I wouldn't always make and that I think are good folds. Obviously not folding in the right spots is a very important leak, cause it ends tourneys you'd otherwise might cash. When I'm not focussed enough I often make emotional calls in spots I should fold. Starting BR: €190,20 Profit:                €3,04            New BR:       €193,24 Ticket BR:        €0,00       ... View more

I did what I promised myself to do and that was two tabling. I combined it with Twitch and I also tried to watch some poker video's, but I was too tired and not focussed enough for that. Since I got far in both of them I only played two MTT's all evening. No cash in the Comet Nano, but I got 3rd in the Zenith  I played that one with my last €2 ticket. Thanks to this result my BR is almost at €200, so I can almost play €2 tourneys without a ticket. Two tabling definitely helped me to play more focussed. As I said I was tired, so four tabling wouldn't have been good anyway. But normally I would have four tabled, just because I always do it. Maybe my goal should be not to four table anymore, at least for a while. I can play three tables when I don't feel tired at all, but most evenings I do feel rather tired so two tabling might be the way to go. To be honest, this sounds boring to myself, but I think I have to look at it in a different way. Starting BR: €170,08 Profit:              €20,12            New BR:       €190,20 Ticket BR:        €0,00   ... View more

Yesterday evening I read a bit in The Mental Game of Poker and I watched some video's on YouTube about hand selection and maths. I played the Titan Nano to practice some of the stuff I learned. I will never be a math wizard - that's an understament - but it felt really good to think about some of this stuff in a more conscious way. Because I was one tabling I remember a lot of spots, which isn't always the case when I play four tables at the same time. In one hand I hit top pair with a decent kicker on the flop. On the turn a second 2 hit and my opponent shoved. I realize this isn't enough information to discuss the hand, but my point is that I made the call without really thinking it through while I had made well considered decisions before that hand. It was an emotional decision. I mean, are you saying you called the flop with lowest pair, hit your miracle 3-outer on the turn and just shove on me? You know what, I call you! Oh... Right... You really did call with lowest pair, you really did hit your miracle 3-outer and you really did shove on me... So basically what I'm saying here is that I was playing good and made well considered decisions, but in one single hand I made a quick, emotional decision and could have lost a very big chunk of my stack. I didn't cause I hit my miracle 2-outer on the turn, but it made me realize this is a big leak. Although all of this may sound obvious, I'm sure I'm not the only one with this leak. It might be a good idea to play less tables for a while, so I can try to make well considered decisions the whole tournament. My next poker evening the goal will be to play two tables instead of four.  ... View more

Yesterday I played 3 normal MTT's, 3 bounty MTT's and one qualifier. I don't think I played bad, but I got unlucky in a few important spots. I won some bounties though, so the total loss was only €2,15. Starting BR: €172,61 Loss:                 €2,15            New BR:       €170,46 Ticket BR:        €2,00 @P0kerM0nk Thanks for your reply, much appreciated! I did read a part of The Mental Game of Poker, maybe I should do that again. However, for me there has always been a big gap between theory and practice. I think you point out a very important issue: you should play like like a robot and avoid emotions. But that also means not being too excited when winning pots or money. You describe it yourself: you won 10 buy-ins on NL100 and felt amazing. After losing all of your buy-ins you hated the game. I think it's normal that poker makes you feel all those things, but I understand that big emotions often lead to bad poker decisions. Not only the negative emotions, but also the positive ones.  But yes, you also say you should keep thinking about making good decisions. The decision should be your focus, not the result. The thing is I've been playing online poker for ike 20 years. I've read books, I watched video's, I watched Twitch streams,... But I haven't studied for a long time. The combination of running a family and doing a job that can be mentally heavy makes me tired, so in the evenings I don't have the energy to study. Another thing is that if I play with strict BRM I can be a winning player on Unibet on the micro stakes, without having to study. The reason why I bring up this subject is that I think that when you do study, it's easier to focus on making the right decisions whereas now I take a lot of decisions based on experience and feeling. I always think: if I would stream poker and have to explain the decisions I make, I would struggle with that. So I know it would be better to study again so I would be able to focus more on my decisions instead of the outcome, but that is gonna take a lot of mental energy which I don't always have in the evenings... ... View more

Not a good evening at the tables yesterday. I did get a 3rd place in the MotherShip Launchpad of @elron66 and I got my money back in the €150 Falling Star Bounty, but that's about it. I played 7 SNG's: one 1st place, one 2nd place and 5 not ITM. Overall I lost almost €6, but I did win a €2 and a €1 ticket.  I must confess, winning 'big' - compared to the stakes I play, I mean - and then losing, has been a problem for me in the past. Mentally it was like I was entitled to keep the money I had won. So losing a part of that meant I had to win it back as soon as possible. The main goal of this challenge is to keep me from playing higher stakes than I should, wether I'd do it because I win or because I lose. I must say it didn't feel good to lose yesterday, but I tried to focus on the good feeling I got from not playing to get my losses back and the thoughts that I've been running hot since the start of this blog and that my results have been great. Of course it's a good thing this works for now, but the real challenge is to keep it this way. For certain players this might sound easy, for me it is not. But so far I'm happy with both the results and the discipline. If other players of the community recognize certain things about discipline and tilt, please feel free to post about it in this blog. It's an important issue and I'm sure  players can help each other with their struggles. ... View more

Waw, this challenge has started pretty great. The beginning of tonight was a disaster though. I didn't cash the Galaxy Nano, but that was my own fault. Bluffing away a big part of your stack is a stupid thing to do in the nano's, there are plenty of opportunities to win pots in non fancy ways. Not saying you should never bluff in them of course, but I don't think you need to to get far in them. I played the Zenith with my last €2 ticket, but didn't cash. In the Falling Star Bounty I won one small bounty and in the MotherShipPoker Homegame of @elron66 I got unlucky twice in a row, losing AK preflop all in back to back against KT and A5. But then I played the 150€ Space Madness Bounty which started off great with an early double up. At some point it went downhill but I managed to get ITM. I made it to the final table with a small stack, but at the right moments I doubled up. The problem was that I didn't win any bounties at the final table. But... I got heads up and his bounty was 21 euro, while mine was only 4 euro. We started with like 125BB each and we switched positions several times. After I got lucky in a big hand I managed to stay in first place and bink it for a €30,92 profit. I'm not a player that easily binks tourneys so winning the Galaxy Nano and this one in one week makes me happy  But again, I'm even more happy with the disciplined BRM. Starting BR: €150,97 Profit:             €27,43             New BR:      €178,40 Ticket BR:        €0,00   ... View more

Another very nice evening yesterday! In the Space Madness Bounty Nano I got a small profit. I didn't get many bounties, but I got to heads up. I was very close to winning it, but eventually I couldn't get lucky. That sucked, cause now my total profit was only €3,41 while his bounty alone was worth more than €6.  I decided to use my €5 ticket for my favourite one, the Ante Solar. My good Twitch friend @AntManB joined me and we got heads up. Of course he luckboxed his way to the win  No just kidding, it was a great heads up and as usual he played great. I was very satisfied with my second place and a profit of €16,67. Starting BR: €135,45 Profit:             €15,52              New BR:      €150,97 Ticket BR:        €2,00 ... View more

Another winning session. No cashes in the €1 Falling Star Bounty, €2 Singularity (with a ticket) and Comet Nano, but a 4th place in the Sputnik Omaha Nano and an 8th place in the Galaxy Nano got me a €6,22 profit. At one point I only had the Sputnik Omaha Nano left. I fired up two SNG's but I also one tabled for a while. Most of the times I play four tables at the same time. But certainly when I feel tired I think it's better to reduce the amount of tables, so I make better decisions. Starting BR: €129,19 Profit:                €6,26              New BR:       €135,45 Ticket BR:         €5,00 ... View more

13/7 Losing session moneywise, but won a €2 and a €5 MTT ticket.  Starting BR: €109,83 Loss:                 €4,03             New BR:       €105,80 Ticket BR:         €9,00   15/7 No big results, very small profit. Starting BR: €105,80 Profit:                €1,00              New BR:       €106,80  Ticket BR:         €9,00   16/7 I played mainly SNG's, but it didn't go well. Starting BR: €106,80 Loss:                 €2,50              New BR:       €104,30 Ticket BR:         €7,00   21/7 I spent a few days in France with family, so didn't play any poker for a while. My first evening back at the tables was the best since the start of the challenge. First I got 3rd in the homegame of Unibet streamer Lulu Luna for a €7,97 profit and then I binked the €50 Galaxy Nano for a €18,6 profit.No matter what the buy in or the prize money of a tournament is, a win always feels good  I also feel good about the boost of my BR, but the most important thing for me is that I feel motivated to play with disciplined bankroll management. After all, that is what this challenge is about. Starting BR: €104,30 Profit:              €24,89              New BR:       €129,19  Ticket BR:         €7,00 ... View more