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Ms-donut deceived me by just calling half-pot c-bet(by DemiG0d). Being OOP I decided to shove...       ... View more

@Puzzl3 wrote: @GothMoth at the beginning I was seated at 2 tables, after that 3 ... and was harder than usual for sure I know what you all are talking about (there is the same major challenge, but it requires more  hands of the same suit), as I've been struggling with this too. Sometimes this hands just won't appear for a very long time which is against the odds, at least in short term. ... View more

@Cindy_Essex  it's easier than to double up(to 200bb) esp. when it's clearly not your day in terms of luck... If you want just to get this ssss hand try to play the max number of tables - 8 at PLO4 very tight and you'll get it in half an hour almost for sure. ... View more

@Want2Believe wrote: That's what I like in this community ) Nice read, thanks for sharing Tri @triceraatopp You're the Queen! Keep it up!  @Want2Believe  Daiva is still the queen, but Emelie is definitely the Princess @triceraatopp  nice to see you back here I missed your blog-posts(in fact it's the only one to which I'm subscribed). ... View more

@Boby wrote: but @GothMoth  is unsuall for deckcards to suddenly change by it self I don't know, but probably no ... View more

@Boby  it was the same to me - the other poker clients, browsers, games worked just fine. But flushing the DNS helped. If you decide to give it a try write down/screenshot your current Network Connection Details to be able to restore the connectivity if something goes wrong. ... View more

@Boby  maybe it's DNS related, I've had to flush the cache once when the disconnections were too frequent and the other players didn't have issues at the same time ... View more

@Boby wrote: Officialy,for me this UOS is the worst ever,only bad beats and disconnections For me too, so far  @Boby  - not so many disconnections, but the bad beats... The last one was when I squeezed with ~20bb:       ... View more

I'm so much fed up with this bullsh1t I shoved(~20bb) to min.raise and a call and this idiot called...     ... View more

@Leo-Unibet  I've just finshed the night multiverse about which I had written a lenghty post: https://www.unibetcommunity.com/t5/General-Poker/Multiverse-and-Singularity-Tournaments/m-p/202213#M32948 To my unpleasant surprise it is now 6-seat I guess this will only increase the all-in plays to a greater extent... This was one of my favourite tourneys despite/because it's quite crazy with all the bingo-players and the numerous rebuys. And there are not many 9-seat multiverses anyway. Now it's just one of the many... Any plans to reverse it to 9-seat if there are less players in the next weeks/months? Or maybe to switch one of the other multiverses to 9-seat?     ... View more

And because I feel a bit nostalgic today... The Lyrics: I hear the roar of a big machine Two worlds and in between Hot metal and methedrine I hear empire down I hear empire down   I hear the roar of a big machine Two worlds and in between Love lost, fire at will Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill, I hear Dive, bombers, and Empire down Empire down   I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed Get down, get undressed Get pretty but you and me, We got the kingdom, we got the key We got the empire, now as then, We don't doubt, we don't take direction, Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me   We look hard We look through We look hard to see for real Such things I hear, they don't make sense I don't see much evidence I don't feel. I don't feel. I don't Feel   A long train held up by page on page A hard reign held up by rage Once a railroad Now it's done   I hear the roar of a big machine Two worlds and in between Hot metal and methedrine I hear empire down   We got the empire, now as then, We don't doubt, we don't take reflection, Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me ... View more

Very strange bug   @Rushbie . And it's true it happens to Singularity MTTs or at least I haven't noticed it at others except in some qualifiers where it might happen for protection of the paid places. ... View more

It's great to see many rock and metal fans here. I love many kinds of underground electronic and rock music : from synthpop to oldschool black metal But as the thread is for clips I'll post one of my all time favourites (it's black and white, but this makes it even more beautiful). Look at the amazing Tea F. Thimé what a great voice too...   ... View more

@MadAdo  I'm listening to " Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker" atm and have read " Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Tournaments" which he was kind enough to give me for free. Also got for free with audible registration on amazon "Positive Poker: A Modern Psychological Approach To Mastering Your Mental Game" which I've listened maybe 1/3 and " Peak Poker Performance: how to bring your 'A' game to every session " which is on the next year list. I'm very satisfied with the audio-book " Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker"  but consider to obtain paperback copy too, as I'm slow listener (get sleepy, distracted).If someone has this e-book I'm ready to offer some other e-books in exchange which are not outdated as the most (the two by Leatherass are great). The other MTT one which is $17.99 but he gave me is sort of too simple and mostly oriented on the various player types and how to exploit them. Nothing new, but is written well and is easy to read. As for the Psychology books they are written with dr.Patricia Gardner and the one I'm familiar with is great and I like it more than the "Mental Game of Poker" which was/is revolutionary but too boring an tedious with all the instructions and notes you have to write... "Positive Poker" on the other hand is very interesting and really helpful and I should finish it soon Positive Poker outlines the mental skills that you need to develop if you want raise your game. Positive Poker will help you to: -Optimize your brain for efficient learning -Increase motivation and stay positive -Use psychological skills to increase your win rate -Increase self-control and reduce tilt And Lastly on your question (consider some on the mental game as everyone has issues, but we're more prone to read strategy which is hardly-digested and not sure if it will work in our particular games and will fit to our inherent playstyle than to follow some simple advices which will make better not only our game, but our life too @MadAdo  I'm almost sure the one about the cash games will be very good too, but maybe more suitable for NL25, NL50, NL100 . The author just teaches very well - not every good player has this gift. So I recommend the "Positive Poker" as a mental game workbook and some articles by BlackRain or even his books( I have the 1st one) as he is specialized in the micros as no one else If someone have e-book(s) on MTTs (not Harrington) PM me to make some exchanges Here is the link to BlackRain's site: https://www.blackrain79.com/p/start-here.html     ... View more

 @MadAdo you discovered online poker only 2 years later than me and are still struggling with freerolls and centrolls... There is certainly something wrong: too little time for playing poker, no studying enough, wrong attitude or bad mental game, I could not know. Almost certainly  you'll  get the impression that I'm criticizing you and write too much about mine struggles in the past or simply brags about my "easy money" and this after you haven't asked me for advice in "4) MTT grinders" and I rarely give ones esp. about poker. But you are not a novice and I'll make an exclusion and even if you find my words not worthy someone else might benefit from them in the future   I began my poker carrer in 2008 with 5-Card Draw which from the start until it became obsolete even on PS 5-6 years later was my main source of income along with some good loyalty freerolls and occasionally few MTT sessions -  no more than 10 with €2-€10 buy-ins weekly. Now I wish to have had moved to MTTs back then after my 1st 4-digits win in 2009 But the cash games were and are more steady income, so I even switched to NLHE for almost 2 years later( the 5-CD tables were almost empty already )and having to grind 2$-$10 NL for less then the half of my previous winings from 5-Card Draw and also to study a whole new universe of gameplay with no real progress in both and bad work ethic on top of it all, it became clear that this is only temporarily because working "real job" for even less money was out of the question. Then being fed up with the monotonous and robotic play at the micros I finally decided to specialize in MTTs and MTSNGs. I've had great start at MPN( few months ~€1000 profit when they offered numerous tourneys before they crippled their MTT schedule with many R/As and almost no decent .micro MTTs. Then I played shortly at Ipoker with decent success, also at other smaller networks which are not so good imo. One day while reading some 10 year old post at the 1st BG Poker Forum I remembered that I have made a registration at UnibetPoker back when they planned Unibet Open at Golden Sands and were giving some entries in freerolls... Since then my play is exclusively here and I might tell you that the bigger sites(esp. PS) with these enourmous playe-fields are one of the things you and many aspiring MTT players should avoid especially in the start of their carrer - the variance is so bigger that you might have to wait for years to win a tournament at stars ( I did back in 2011 and the field was less than 1000 people - no second 1st place since then and I've played more than 2000 games majority of which were MTTs). My alias there is Tzarvone and you could search it in sharscope(not opted-in though). I wrote this to mainly to give you the cons of the cash games: constantly evolving thus more tough opponents even at the micros and you have to be very prone to studying, analyzing gameplays and tendencies, working with numerous programs etc. to be one of the 5-10% which could make some profit at the end I've experienced this not so much with the draw as I play it from the late 80s (as a kid with my parents and friends) and later only had to read few articles and chapters in 2 books and I was more than ready.The rest is learned by playing and I've played few millions of hands from the  $0.10-$0.20 to $10-$20(50-100 times bigger than my usual when I ocassionaly spotted few donors  mostly during weekend nights). My main game was PL at Merge in the first months as a newbie and I remember that I haven't lost a single all-in(for sure have been extremely lucky as well) in that network (and there were still  plenty of americans and many bad players )I quit in 2009 because they scammed me with $2000 from a promo. Then I realized abouth the bonuses and with so many OnGame sites - every month I  registered in a new one with ~$500 deposit bonus + few hundreds from play, but they made changes to the software and the draw games died immediatelly, later the network too Then finally I moved to PS despite the more competent players on average. I even switched to FL as it's even more easy to play and the variance is the lowest. I played mainly $0.10-$0.20 and $0.25-$0.50, but multitabling up to 9 tables which is way more harder than non-draw games as you had to constantly click on the cards and to pay attention to how many cards the opponents have drawn. But this only made me prepared to multitable without making mistakes or feeling distracted/tired later The main reason the cash games lost their main pros is because of the decline of the poker economy in the past decade. There were no more players which simply sit at the table not knowing even some of the rules  as for the split pots or why you shouldn't regualary post BB when sitting in just to be dealt immediately and then should sit out accordingly when you quit. But more than anytning the rich guys were no longer entertained by the new modern game  or were no so rich anymore and in some cases were even unable to deposit. The bonuses were getting smaller and smaller, the rakeback became a dirty word and the rooms with their far worse loyalty programs just tried to convince the players that nothing has changed And one of the main reasons the cash games to be so popular among grinders were the bonuses and the rakeback + the loyalty program which made it possible for some players to find a deal which gives them more than 100% cashback Then you have to grind and not to lose and the "salary" is waiting. The good old times... Nowadays the situation is different and unless you have a passion for cash games (which fades away after the 1st few million hands ) and are very talented and with desire to improve constantly or just simply prefer the hard-earned cash I wouldn't advice someone to become a cash player (or a poker player in general) with little or no experience and lack of fundamental knowledge necessary even at NL 2-4-5-10 in order to be a winner. Just for comparison the same know-how 10 years ago would have been enough to crush NL100 or NL200. So at the end the fun, excitement, the lesser ammount of knowledge and the neverending bad players dreaming for a big win make the tournaments the logical choice for almost every player, but especially for the ones which don't want to waste few more years switching formats or learning NLHE when are years behind the average good winning player at stakes which don't provide much, but require 8hrs 9-tabling the 1st 1 year in order to evaluate the real progress and eventually to begin to earn something more decent, but with even more work. The MTTs provide the same ammount of profit but don't require so much studying( maybe 1to5) until you reach the higher stakes where the ICM and other complex, but simple compared to some cash fundamentals begin to influence the outcome and the gameplays in the tourneys and the profit would be non-existant or too small without knowing in details such concepts. While at the MTTs here you won't experience many difficulties for sure at the lower buy-in ones and even at the higher ones as Milky Way and Supernova(when you are sitted at a good table) your opponents atrocious play (maybe 40-60% of the field) will be enough for you to profit in the long run even without delving too much into theory             ... View more

All Multiverses are going to be crippled with these short levels imo     @Leo-Unibet   You should have a closer look at the the night turbo one with €5 buy-in: Almost every orbit there are 2-3-4 all-ins and many players even call with total junk hoping to get lucky and triple their stack before the add-on. The ones that have lost (double)rebuy and proceed even more recklessly until they reach the desired stack or usually don't last even till the add-on break. Probably are low on cash or have a very strict BRM (only 10 rebuys and not 1 more). The absurduty reach its climax when the add-on break ends and looking at the numbers the add-ons are always 10-20% less than the number of the players still in  It looks that some people prefer to go all-in with their last €5 instead of keeping it for add-on(or at least to wait for a premium hand) and even folding few broadways for a level or two... And after the add-on, it becomes apparent - not even the bigger stacks have so much advantage, nor the short ones are in so bad shape. If they've played without rebuying too much and had below the starting stack even the rebuy just before the add-on might seem good option. To shorthen the narrative: there aren't too many levels after the add-on and before the push/fold phase which is way before the bubble and so the main factor to get ITM is luck again as with most of the turbos and especially this one. There aren't deep enough stacks to raise even X2.5 without giving the more aware players with 15-20bb great restealing opportunities. And the min.raise on the other hand is a recipe for multiway pot. It's simply no post-flop play during any of the phases of such turbos(except for the 1-3 level and if the table is not infested with "all-in every hand players" or the ones that think 1min. before every click). In such cases if you play a hand post-flop  it's limped to you in BB by 7 players  1-2 levels later, already near the bubble 1/3 of the players are so short that the best play is presumably all-in directly, even with a bigger stack (the effective rarely is more than 20bb). The tendency in this moment is most of the players to tighten up and stall even when they are the biggest stack on the table hoping to get ITM and to recover. And the shorter ones play right even by pure instinct - the blinds are so big that the all-ins are the only solution. Good understanding of some basic MTT principles, tilt-control to quit after 3-4 rebuys at most and a lot of luck (right cards and right opponents on my tables) helped me to win this shove-fest 3 times and also to finish 2nd or 3rd few times as well  And looking in retrospect I've played it twice a week at most during the last year (mostly weekends). But I might say: the 8min. Multiverses esp. with 3000 starting stack are way much better and encourage the players to actually play poker. So I hope even if the changes to the Multiverses are planned then some other R/A tournaments to emerge and to fill the niche . What about 2-3 more Meteor Showers (with limited rebuys). Or m aybe some R/A which are similar to the most other sites with the add-on break and the end of the late registration at the same time ? The new names are really good way to distinguish the turbos from the long ones and the starting stacks too if there is a big difference. I don't think there are too many turbo-fans at Unibet and here in particular that there is a need for drastic changes (the Fireballs with 4-min. levels are one of the less played MTTs). On the contrary I've seen more demands from the regs for deeper-stacked and longer-levelled tournaments where one could play creatively and not to think about all-ins every minute. ... View more

Synthpop, futurepop, dark electro, EBM, industrial... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvb_p-FZTOiTRDhUU78Kwww It's good for someone to get to know these not so popular genres. ... View more

@Ray-Unibet wrote: Speaking of PC gaming, did any of you guys get hooked on Heroes of might and magic? I had countless sleepless nights with that one!  . Oh the nostalgia... Same here @Ray-Unibet  esp. with  Heroes of Might and Magic III and  Heroes of Might and Magic V   ... View more

I received mine today in the afternoon. Thanks again @DaVitsche  ... View more

@psrquack wrote: What is more important in poker, the math or the variance. Someone thinks the math is more imnportant and told me if the UK 1 cent flip qualifiers had 54 or less players I have to register on it, because I have to win my table (9 players) and because it is a flip i have 1/9 chance for a win with any two cards, so I will win a ticket after every 9 cent I invested in( 6 tickets could be win). Variance teached me that 1000 MTT's isn't a long term. Yes, @psrquack it is not, 10 000 are already more close to it However it's impossible to acquire adequate result when playing so much MTTs takes an year and only if you are a grinding beast During the course of playing so much tourneys it is inevitabily that your results won't represent your real form, as your playstyle changes, the opponents' one too. Many other variables are much different from the beginning too. And the variance could be devastating or beneficial which depends much more on luck than more players are able to comprehend. For example: you win a flip to €10 Supernova Qualifier the 1st time you try this pure luck format. Then register and win the qualifier. And at your first ever Supernova it happens to be tripled up and in the first levels which makes you a almost a chipleader. Later after losing with QQvAK(the other big one)vA6 and down to ~10bb and 105/105 But stealing with all-ins  almost every hand  at a very passive table somewhat recover you to the point beyond push/fold. Then as you have the image and KK the all-in is a good decision - insta call by the player with equal to your stack and he shows... T2o  the curse didn't work this night and you double your stack to an average size ~10 players before the bubble. Then with stalling, observing the other tables and few non-risky steals you are in the money - €300 from €2 and even bigger than your BR atm. But that's not enough player after player bust and after 1-2hrs the FT and 7of 9 . Playing like a total nit letting the maniacs to bust each other you finish 5th for ~€1400 Yes it was me at my first Supernova, but it could be everyone with just plenty of luck, nerves and a little poker knowledge I wrote this mainly to show how the ROI could skyrocket when the right circumstances and the chance are present. Now Imagine the 1000 MTTs with €5 average buy-in without this great result or better the graph which gets as high as possible after the great win which is 5-6 times bigger than your bigger ones(€200-€300) during this 1000 MTTs streak. ... View more

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No notification after they show briefly when smth happens @psrquack  The strange thing is after I log-in few hours later there are some old from the previous session The sounds are not right too. Card movements are little better, but still are like semi-animated and more quickly mucked. Also the replayer doesn't show all the cards and the hole cards sometimes... It seems that I have all the bugs and might be better to take a break cause this situation is tilting already ... View more

@Depositors  I' ve got free-spins few times in the last 2 years via private message. Nothing big, but I'm grateful nevertheless  Also there are slot competitions here in the community with great rewards once every 2-3 months. In this one I finished 3rd and my winnings from the free spins were even bigger  https://www.unibetcommunity.com/t5/Community-Promotions/Big-Win-Casino-Tournament-Grand-prize-2000-Unibet-Open-package/m-p/145038   As for the sportsbook where I was more active I regulary received the weekly free bets from the "Acca Insurance" and the "Multiples Promo". And few days after the new personalized reward program was introduced I received big free bet €50  No other personal ones since then (almost an year), but lately I gave up the betting almost completely. ... View more

This was achieved with free spins when the promos were more frequent:       ... View more

Just seeing this - awesome work @pinki  As if you're reading the regular players minds... Maybe you've been dreaming playing at Unibet after a marathon session like me or are just a visionaire seeing the big picture  Just to add something: the scroll filter for the buy-ins should be fixed better as from time to time it's moving when interacting with the lobby and can't be set no matter  what values are typed or scrolled to. ... View more

@Patric-Unibet I just sent the log file, no biggie  Every problem has it's solution and my disconnects might be a lead to less future ones. Another thing I forgot to mention is that the error message on exit is gone since the update  ... View more

Very timely response @Patric-Unibet now let the guys at Relax do their job flawlessly and quickly like during the last UOS when there were some issues for a day or two. I don't want a refund because actually I managed to win The Singularity, cashed in The Multiverse and only because of mistakenly played hand busted in the Sputnik    If there is something to be send or tried you know that I'm always reeady to cooperate. Maybe some x64 build to try as the last one was X86 and was updated too yesterday. ... View more

@XY  PS happened to be open then. I've used MPN skin as well in the past. Also my internet connection icon is visible in the right bottom... You are right that this is a concerning issue especially just before UOS and it is something like tradition Relax to surprize us not in the good way before or during the series  The visual glitches and bugs are also simply tilting and I reconsider taking a break until it is sorted out hopefully soon. The qualifiers are too tempting however and I'll probably play some more as my bankroll simply needs these tickets  ... View more

@SCOBY wrote: @GothMoth, You tried to play just for fun ??? Actually I did even long long ago as a 3 year old  My father had bought some "slot machine' - plastic, 1 line reel  and a payout table infront. Something oldschool like this, but with fruits:       It was to say it by nowadays words mobile  Back in the 80s in Bulgaria was communism and every novelty from the west was admired and very popular. So even the adults played a spin or tens... Later as a 2-3 grader ~10yo we already were playing real machines for real money before and after school or in between  One of my friends had discovered a glitch in the slot machine - simply switch it off the el. current and quickly put the plug on before the owner of the playhouse/pub sees you. Then it always landed  777 the 1st spin after, but we tried it only twice before the plugs were sealed  It was an one-handed bandit and regulary robbed us of our lunch-money. That was my early childhood in the first years of democracy(anarchy). Later as more mature 13-14yo I was quickly addicted to video-poker as 70% of the young and very young males populating the "casinos". After some devastating loses I quit it for good. You could imagine what laws and regulations were present back then. We were allowed to drink, smoke, gamble, some smoked pot and only the act of copulation remained private and for the older than us.    And now to the question: after such highly releasing dopamine activities at young age how could you imagine me playing for fun in the internet casino?  It is simply boooooring. Tried few times when there were promos here, but mostly on auto-spin.   ... View more

Had a 6-7min. disconnection while playing 4 tournaments( in one had 3 rebuys and add-on)... After quitting and restarting the client it became clear that my only hope is the web version, but there was another surprize: error message. Later managed to open it, but it's simply not suitable for 4-tabling(luckily this time remembered to switch off the table activation). Then afer 2-3 min. - another message "You are logged out" Switched to the desktop and logged-in just to see AKs folded...didn't bothered to look through the history, but at least 10-15 hands of every tournament were auto-folded  @Patric-Unibet , @Leo-Unibet , @Ray-Unibet (see your PM please)  and @Jeppe-Unibet (see your PM as well please) Here are the screenshots which I took meanwhile. It is clear that the issue was on your side by the 1st one.   the network diag of PS error in the web version after the reconnect ... View more