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Hey I'd like to request access too please! What's the address to send chocolates to? ... View more

Session 3.... Well had a losing session... lost like 2.5 stacks. One was just a little bit of tilt. Didn't spew the bankroll away though which was nice. I really don't know how you guys do it? When I lose stacks, I just feel so horrible playing online! I can just tolerate it live. I don't know what it is! The experience of having a losing session is so not cool... and the experience of having a winning session feels 'ok' at 4nl, but not exactly amazing... So I think I will stop again. If it isn't enjoyable why play! I'm a bit dissapointed because I really wanted to get good at online poker for years. But... instead I think I will just try to work hard off the table and get some money for some live poker, so this blog will mostly become a live blog in future.... plus updates about my community event entries... and the odd online MTT I enter.  I have been quite split personality in this blog so far lol. One minute playing the next not. But I think self awareness is important in life and poker. As much as I want to be a winning online cash player, I just don't seem to have the mental makeup for online poker grinding! But... on positive side... As I say I haven't done anything dumb with my bankroll. In fact I'm up 3 euros these past two days lol.    So... definiately curbing the degen in me. Next update when I'm heading to live casino in a bout a week or so I hope... to set some goals, and then hopefully report back that have managed to make some        ... View more

Managed to get my second 2 hour session in as planned... but was working all day! So didn't start it until 1:20am! , but managed to complete it.  I'm still finding it tough to deal with losing pots, really gotta get over that! But a decent session for 2 hours.        Saw 222 flops. Also won some bonus points in the unibet spinner. So currently have:     380 bonus points.  Session was a winning one:  Session 2: P/L: € 14.40 So a little over 3 stacks.  -------------------------------------------- Challenge Total P/L: € 17.05   ... View more

"I think all the betting companies should use common sense really. It is obvious that there wasn't 11 shots on target in that game. I had the same bet with a different bookmakers and they said the same. We use legaseriea. No empathy, no interrin to satisfy the customer." I think the problem with this is you will never be able to please everyone all of the time. The people that bet against that result would be up in arms, if Unibet said before the bet they would use the 'official results', then said the 'official results' are not correct, we're going to ignore them. I think given the situation, the only thing any decent bookmaker can do is just go with the original terms of the bet. ... View more

Thanks Leo, what does broke mean in rebuy type column ... View more

haha same thing happened to me two days ago in MTT. 120 bbs. I 4bet jam KK pf, and crazy person calls with 45o... and hits 2 pair. Don't you just want to punch them sometimes hahahah! ... View more

First session completed.  Was 3 stacks down about an hour into the session, but played through it. When I lose 3-4 stacks no matter what limit I'm playing I feel really uncomfortable! That's something I'm going to have to conquer on this journey to becoming a better online poker player.  Saw 2k flops that session, so seems I see about 1k flops an hour.          One thing I noticed is that 4nl, seems to have got quite a bit tougher than it was about 1.4 years ago on Unibet, seems less people willing to punt their stack off.      Session 1: P/L : + € 2.65 Next session tonight.  ... View more

OK!  So have decided to have another go at cash after all. But going to just play 4nl. Really pleased with the steps I took to protect my winnings the other day, and I used the profits without gambling it back, so that was a nice win! With poker truth of the matter is I've always been super super bad at discipline online. My mind just doesn't usually function like a good online poker player's mind does. I can play live when sober (but am a fish when drunk ). Not sure what it is, the much slower pace? The fact you are surrounded by real people so can't tilt your stack away without making a fool of yourself. But it's a completely different experience. I always play 20x better live than online.  But... that doesn't change the fact, online poker has always been a nemesis for me, and that makes it all the more attractive to try and conquer.  This isn't really about making money at the moment. Every hour I spend playing poker even if I don't blow my bankroll away in 1 hour, is time i could spend in my job making money... but this is about conquering that elusive online poker success once and for all....  So I'm starting at the bottom at 4nl. I'm going to give myself 30 stacks. To start I'm going to deposit 10 stacks. If they bust I'll deposit another 10, and then finally another 10. Providing I have played sensibly. The truth of the matter is... nothing comes without hard work in life. That's true on the table and off the table. Anyone that thinks they can deposit some bankroll even at 4nl, turn up and crush, is seriously deluded! It takes patience, discipline, a cool clear head, and above all, a decent approach to the game.  So that's what I'm going to try to develop over the coming weeks.  I saw this blog the other day, I was really humbled and inspired by it: https://www.unibetcommunity.com/t5/Blogs-Stories/I-want-to-feed-Unibet-streamer/m-p/231686#M9729 Leha has such a great approach to the game, and look at how that bankroll steadily built up over the months. He now has over 2k bankroll, and still plays 2 euro mtt's! That is great discipline, and the kind of mindset I'd like to get into at some point.  Anyway enough talk. I'm going to try to play for 4 hours a day initially. 2 hours in the morning, and 2 in the day or night.      Great little motivational video - to get things started:  https://youtu.be/GVzhL0twFFs Cheers! ... View more

I love your approach, your attitude and your conservative bankroll management. Sounds like you have all the key ingredients to really crush!  look forward to keeping up with your progress in the weeks and months ahead!! ... View more

ok well this little experiment didn't go exactly as planned... played some 25nl lost a stack. played the mtt... lost all in PF for 120bbs, with my KK vs 45o... so he calls a 4bet jam with 45o PF and then hits two pair niiice .... titled the hell out of me lol. placed another two tennis sports bets... 1.98 odds and 1.34 odds.... both won... Balance:    Genna quit while ahead  No more 'cash game grinding' might play the odd mtt, if I find one I just want to play recreationally...  Other than that will just play community events, and live poker later in the month for now Also... just in case I change my mind tomorrow lol, and decide to try to donate some of my winnings back to Unibet No more sports betting for at least one month  Also set a £120 deposit limit, in case I'm tempted to move up in stakes at poker, thanks to the windfall.                  So all in all a pretty decent day profit wise thanks to Unibet today!  +£520!  ... View more

OK Received withdrawal! In effort to curb the sports better in me, I'm going to try a different style of bankroll management. Before a session I'm going to deposit enough for the session. After the session I'm going to withdraw any profits. So I just keep enough for the next session in my balance. Now I'm going to play some 25nl 4 tabling, so will deposit 6x25nl stacks. I might also enter the 500 euro GTD Asteroid in 40 minutes which is a deep stack tournament (10 euro buyin). Will update after session let you know how it went. Win or lose, main focus is going to be on quality play. ... View more

Not simple, but a Game of Thrones design would be great! ... View more

Well... I saw 329 flops today and earned 375 challenge points.    Around about lunchtime I found myself looking on the Unibet Sports Betting site.... Checked out the streaming and found a tennis match that was live... It was challenger, and Bega was a break up in the second set, 3-0 after having lost the first set 6-1.  The guy he was playing had a bye in the round before, and Bega had won his last match.  Unibet were offering 5.8 on the match betting. Seemed like decent value... So in I went for £80. Bega took the second set.  Then went a break up in the third... Got to a match winning opportunity, went 40-0 up... Then it went to 40-30....   But Bega turned out to be anything but a Bega, and sealed the deal  A healthy boost to the 120 euro deposit  But... shouldn't really make a habbit of YOLO'ing my bankroll on sports betting  So have requested a withdrawal while I consider next steps  ... View more

Sorry you're unwell Wishing you a speedy recovery ... View more

Here's that little deep run in the €2 wormhole  Would you have done anything differently, let me know!    ... View more

Gl with the MTT push. On the plus side you'll likely reap the rewards in the live events too for the work you put in. What ABI do you think you'll be playing? How many tables? What will your schedule look like? Gl mate! ... View more

Andrei you're a beast! Nice to see your betting thread still going strong xD ... View more

Hey I'd like to participate if that's OK too, thanks! ... View more

Just a quick little update given it's been two weeks... Good news is challenge is still alive! Bad news is I haven't played any HUSNG's since my last update. I did place a 30 euro sports bet !!!!!!!!! ;/ lol. At which point I decided to withdraw my remaining bankroll... which I did, and I haven't played since. This is a victory. Because usually when I start sports betting I just bet my whole poker bankroll.  Will be updating again in a week or so once I get a break from work, and can start playing them again. In meantime... I did take my 2 euro MTT ticket... and turned it into 30 odd euros by finishing deep in an MTT (won't spoiler ) I then of course proceeded to sports bet my 30 euro winnings. But all good! It was from a 2 euro ticket. So will be putting my bankroll back on at some point in about a week, and carrying on from where left off. I recorded the 2 euro MTT run... so will post that later tonight. Hope you're all crushing your poker (and life goals!) In other news I just upgraded to youtube paid subscription... because they really seem to have upped the ad spam now, and I just can't stand it interrupting music anymore, they got me...    Speaking of which here's a nice song... ... View more

urghhh looks like I'm out of alias changes today... so am just playing for the glory!! Will be on this nunchucka mouse      ... View more

Thanks both!  Well.. this has become quite tilting, so I'm going to stop HUSNG's for the day and switch to MTT's.  The good news is at 4 euro HUSNG's people stack off with anything. The bad news is variance is a bitch.  Day 2 Then again maybe I'm deluding myself and I'm just a fish, who knows  Day 2:  Played: 77 (including 1 , 1 euro hexapro).  P/L: - €9.78 Challenge Total:  Played: 197 P/L: -€14.66 Today's / Tonights MTT schedule looks like this.... 1) € 10 qualifier to € 100 Supernova tomorrow.  2)  €5 (€1k Galaxy) 3) Community €5 event tonight @ 7.30pm 4) Community €10 event tonight @ 7.30pm gl if you're in the community events hope to see ya there      ... View more

This idea is to add structures to the filter options in Unibet tourney lobby.  So e.g. if we want to play deep, we can click deep, and only deep tournaments show, or turbo, only turbo etc.    ... View more

Morning all!  Nice start to the morning here, played a 1 euro hexapro sng for day 2 of the challenge, and it awarded 5 euros, and won it, which was nice.  Having a break from booze at the moment been about 10 days, feel better for it in the mornings.  Genna do some studying of my ranges, and then fire up day 2 of the challenge.  ... View more

Nice reading your blog! Good one for withdrawing if you're not feeling it. I think it's important to only play when we feel like we are mentally in the right frame of mind Also nothing wrong with playing freerolls, if you just want to play a bit of poker, like you are, and not risk any money  ... View more

Nice one thanks psr ... View more

@GR1ZZL3R  hahah yeah they are swingy, I think I'm taking a few too many spots preflop and increase variance ;/  @Brocky nice one cheers, look forward to checking your stream out. I tried to check earlier  but got this message, how to find the videos? thanks! End day 1 On the whole today went ok. I got a bit frustrated, but was able to keep composed and play through it. I'm yet to cross the profit threshold... but am pleased with my game on the whole, I don't think I ran great (but ofc we always say that when we don't win).  Also played 4 hexapro's for the mission (I thought you were meant to play 3 in a day not 3 on different days haha) Today: Played: 120 4 euro HUSNG's.  P/L: - €5.17 Challenge Totals:  (same today) Played: 120 4 euro HUSNG's.  P/L: - €5.17 Here's a graph of how things went... Ofc would be nice to profit.. but one step at a time  I also won a €6.00 cash game ticket as part of the challenge system.  Last 40 odd games I switched to two tabling, and am fairly comfortable two tabling now, so I think I'll two table going forward.  Main lessons were mental today:  - Don't expect to win. I went into the session 'expecting to win' and this set me up for a bad mental experience when I started losing. This challenge should be about learning to win not expecting to win  - Don't be a call station.  - Dont verbalize insults in my head about players when they win a hand    ... View more

@Sweeedeeen  that sounds rough! that's what I don't like about all in'ers the variance can go through the roof! ... View more

Damn! 30bb's unlucky @Brocky . It would be the second in chips that you run into too... in late position =( Well done on the score though.  ... View more