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Added more to my previous post, clicked post too soon! @fest_student Why do I play on RIO, if you are lucky you can get some decent money with the rakeraces as an extra bonus. Although seems bit hard when there are hardly any games going lately and I can't watch the client nor play all day 7/7 but whatever. Games aren't really soft, more like too aggro so in a way it is maybe more of a challenge playing there to improve my game. I do like the software as well and at times it is nice to play with hotkeys too for a change. When I played a massive volume on Unibet last year that was probably the most annoying thing, clicking all the time with the mouse hours on end. Day in day out and my wrist started to suffer tbh. Another reason could also be to not get stuck with one playerpool as I rather develop my game to suit a general poker game and not a single poker client meta game if that makes sense. And sometimes just nice to play elsewhere for a change, a different skin to look at  ... View more

Well didn't play on Friday as I just couldn't be arsed, I know some find it a sin not playing on a Friday or a Saturday but whatever  What I forgot in my previous post is that I joined a 4NL game as I had a ticket and though hey I run it under 50bb and cash in €2 or whatever is left... but somehow I now have almost €16 on that ticket  If you can't beat 4NL...  Might just join a table once and just donk it around, giving it back to the community lol. Played a 2h session again tonight, what a splashy games damn. Again no games on RIO so just played on Unibet, 3 tables of 50NL and 2 tables of 100NL. Very volatile session to say the least, weirdly enough I ended €110 up but that's most from end of the session I think. Must be drink/drugs night the way some played tonight  This is the way the session was: KAKA which means poop in Dutch/Flemish  Next few hands are people jamming over a tiny pot, WTH is going on?? Too bad I never had a 'nutty' hand. Well I had a hand vs this villain who jammed one of the hands above, all in on the turn woop. Bit strange hand, call in BB vs BTN, can sometimes 3b. He big bet the flop and just called, then he bombs the turn so let's go for it but he folded, not too sure what hand he had here betting like pot on the turn then folding to a jam. This hand was vs same villain as above, def a reg and he bombed the flop and turn again lol. Double gutter not folding here, and he x/c my jam. Crap shortstacker slowplaying me, he 3b I 4b and he calls, then just calls 1/4 on flop and jam on turn. Then he left and joined again as shortstack. Did same later when he won KKvsQQ or something...   3 all ins today, AA vs 88 which I lost vs shorty. JJ vs QQ after I squeezed and someone who just joined the table showed up with QQ, bummer. Then won QQ vs AK. Also won this tonight, worth €50 basically. Thanks  And I bought another €500 playthrough bonus, I know we discussed the ticket here but can't wrap my head around it so just keep it simple with this.  See what Sunday brings, more crazy batsh!t who knows  ... View more

@fest_student As you seem to be gaining quite a bit lately what is your bankroll target for the next step up then? Looks like you are doing more than good enough in these smaller MTT's you play. ... View more

Just posting a bit of last nights 2h session, good start, meh in the middle and good end lol. Played 4 tables on Unibet and 1 table on RIO for a short period and lost a stack there with 88 vs AK all in pre. Guy was playing 50/40 and lots of 3betting so I just stuck it in with 88 blind vs blind. Very much bottom of my stack of range and maybe should fold it as eventhough they play 50/40 their 4b+ range is probably pretty tight and I was lucky to be up against AK but didn't win the flip. Overall down a few buyins on RIO so far this month but struggling to get volume in as not many games running, be lucky to get 3 tables going at peak moments. Unibet was fine last night, had a few nice bluffcatchers to start with where people just decide to bet river big with showdown value hands as a bluff? or something after I checked back TPTK kinda hands. Halfway through I had a reg seated on my left on 3 of the 4 tables 3betting me a bit too much to my likings and called a few times but just hit brick flops and one hand went to showdown and he had KK. Always annoying when you have the same aggro person sitting on your left on most if not all your tables. Unibet is going pretty decent so far this month but still a long way to go. MP opens, SB calls, standard squeeze, MP folds SB calls, I range cb dry flop he calls and I check back turn. He donks half pot or something easy call. Villain limps and I raise, flop goes x/x, and I call his turn and river bets. Not sure why I saved this hand lol. MP opens, I 3b, BB coldcalls and MP joins us. Flop goes x/x/x, I bet out small on turn and BB calls, MP folds. I think a K would have bet flop and BB is also a weaker player. I x riv and he jams, just based on I know he is a fishy player I've seen before few times I just called, ah well thank you. I 3b vs CO open, low frequency 3b, not a flop I would often bet but with Ac blocker I bet big and get called. Turn goes x/x and he pots river, nothing else to do, just call. UTG opens, I call on BTN as weaker player in BB, otherwise fold. Go heads up and get it in on the flop, standard hand. I'm 60% favourite but just not this time lol. This one was a weird one, I open get 3b and decided to call. Think I called his big bet on flop, wasn't sure if this was a 100% raise. He checked turn and I bet 1/2 pot, he jams and I called. Weird spot for AA and KK I feel, not the wettest board but connected enough. Solver never calls with AA pre here lol. Weird spot with QQ, pre goes minraise and 2 calls so I squeeze and get 2 calls. I cb 1/2 or something and get 2 calls, not a great turn and not sure what best play is. Don't want to x and give a free river or see an A or K.  So I jammed and 1 player called after some thinking, happy days  Weekeeeennndddd, good luck at the tables  ... View more

Considering you've won the tournament I think the ATs play was excellent, well done  Although I don't play tournaments and have limited knowledge of ICM or bubble play etc I think it's an ok play, you cover the table and even though ATs isn't the best it isn't the worst either and you have an A blocker. SB vs CO might be standard spot I don't know lol. My 2 cents  ... View more

No games running on RIO and taking ages to get me seated on Unibet after only being able to join 1 table after few minutes, not gonna bother playing today. Did play 4 hexapro's as had tickets that needed using, 1x €1, 2x 2€ and 1x €50 ticket. Lost all the small ones but won the 50 ticket for €75, good enough profit for the day  ... View more

So from €8,000 a week to almost double but now I have to share it with people playing MTTs and Hexa's  But people have to be member of the community here so that would already cut down the numbers a bit I guess? Bit of a weird requirement no? @Stubbe-Unibet  ... View more

@KrustyTheClown Thanks for letting me know  as I said before I don't make this blog in particular for an audience but it's nice to see people like to read my blog and like to follow the updates 👍  ... View more

Well that's me bricked both tournaments, no luck in super double trouble ended around 35th or so and kinda botched the double trouble one, could have folded my way in the money probably as was around rank 75 with 115? left, jammed AJo and got called by this... not sure why they would call that but hey ho...  Notice "THE LAST ONE" in the description  MP 3b UTG but he 3b previous hand as well and was a bit aggro, would probably fold AKo in this spot but 4b here, bad flop, ooh nice turn, oh tss river  BTN is a rec, he 3b co, I 4b him and he calls, I cb flop and jammed turn, he called, straight beats straight  3b pre, he calls, he raises my big bet, ok let's go all in, thought he had a flush draw but no luck. Small profit today, could have been worse. Also won a €2 hexapro from the drop. Interested to see what the new double trouble thingy is going to be, guess I'll find out soon enough as I'm that good of a poker player, I mean variance and all that  ... View more

Facking hell! Bloody spammers  Double trouble is still running today for the last time, feel so honoured to be able to play both of them once again And on a sidenote, I got pushed down on RIO leadRboard and only cashed €50  ... View more

Today wasn't the best day, run good came to an end lol, ran AK into AA on RIO and games didn't run there but managed to play a bit 3 handed as 6th rank is close up my heels on the leadRboard, I'm still holding on for €100 and hopefully no games run for the rest of the night lol or I'll get €50 less. Had 2 prize drops today in cash games. 500 bonus points and a €50 hexapro ticket, hope I can cash in that hexapro  Didn't get anywhere in the tournament, got dealt JJ 3x and 2 first times went multiway with overcards on flop and too much action. 3rd time lost 95% of my stack by slowplayed KK all in pre. Next hand I was dealt KK but was called by 44 or 66 and they hit their set on the turn lol. Co opens, I 3b, SB (shortstack) coldcalls, CO 4b and I jam, they all call lol, no luck. BTN 3b, I 4b and he calls my 4b. All in on the flop, again no luck. Don't like his 4b call pre with QQ. Been a while I flopped quads but no action  Nothing else to report, just keep on grinding when I can during the week and play the double trouble tourneys on Tuesday, need to set a reminder for it or I'll forget AGAIN.  ... View more

@fest_student  steady results  ... View more

Didn't get to play as much as I wanted today as no games running on RIO, still 5th on the leadRboard for €100, be happy enough I can keep this by end of Sunday for a free 2 buyins. I guess there will be some games running tomorrow but never know. Only played 1.5h on Unibet, games are very soft and a lot of button clicking going on lol, up almost 4 buyins 50NL but that's just the result so whatever, felt I played solid. 3b KK on the BTN vs shortstack rec, he donk overbets flop, lol play if he had an A as was going to range cbet anyway so he missed out on that  rec/reg fish on my left, was pretty 3b happy vs me, bit annoying. QJs easy call OOP, flop played itself, he turns over A5s and I'm basically dead ouch  Next 4 pics are for the same hand and same table as above. I call pre as a trap as BTN (friend of hand above) is 3b / squeeze happy. Didn't expect everyone else to coldcall lol, dream situation even with QQ and I 4b, sometimes hard to get a size in situations like this, too small and half the table calls again and too big makes it vulnerable for jams although I don't really have any bluffs here, even if I should but F balance in this spot. BB calls strangely enough and we see a flop, he donks out this  don't see a point to call so just jammed and he called. Shows AK and we dodge A or K... wp sir. Lots of other hands but smaller pots etc, only had 1 all in pre which was AA vs AK with my AA holding up easy enough. I've been keeping 100NL in my mind and not sure when I'll take another shot again, prob once I get to 2k balance which isn't too far away but think I'll be more game selective this time round. And move down again when I hit €1500 or maybe just mix stakes. Tomorrow I will also be playing the 3k supernova lighting as I still have a ticket laying around. Then back to work on Monday    ... View more

@LeVsKaRa Thanks for the nice post, although it isn't my intention it is nice to see that some people might get something out of my blog. I don't think my blog is special in any way but I try to keep it as 'realistic' as possible by giving a real representation of how things go and / or went, good or bad. It is poker after all  @Argevolen profit including rakeback, so actually I'm only half as good without rakeback  ... View more

Forgot to say that it has now been a year that I came back to poker. Been a year of ups and downs with the best month being +€1806 and the worst -€1553. Overal I made €3418 in the last 12 months. My game definitely has grown a lot but there is still so much to learn and I don't think there is ever a point where you stop learning. My overal goal is to get to a solid game much like the game you see in training videos. Knowing what to do in most spots and keep the emotional side out of poker as much as possible and just accept variance as it is. As long as your game is solid you should turn a profit over the long run. Only played 30min today, off to watch a movie with the gf on the tele. Will play more during the weekend. 2 quick hands of tonight, UTG opens, SB massive 3b and I can't fold QQ so 4b and get it in but he insta folded lol. I open UTG, get 3b small, easy call. Call bet on flop, then x/x turn and he x riv. I 1/4 bet riv exactly targetting QQ type of hand. This is probably a spot where I would have checked back in the past but misses out value if you don't bet river. ... View more

Already had my stats emailed to me lol, pretty quick! €308 rake paid, 8882 hands played and overal -€137.55. Although my balance is -€7 so must be with bonusses etc. Still have a double and super double trouble ticket laying around, prob need to use it coming Tuesday if I don't forget. I've been running pretty pure with my all ins in the last couple of days, that's good and bad as it means it is going to turn at some point    27/03 RIO JJ-KK 1-0 28/03 RIO KK-99 1-0 28/03 UNI AK-TT 1-0 29/03 RIO AK-AK 0-0 (1) 31/03 RIO AK-QQ 1-0 31/03 RIO AA-AK 1-0 31/03 RIO AK-QQ 1-0 31/03 UNI AK-AK 0-0 (1) 31/03 UNI AK-JJ 1-0 01/04 RIO AK-JJ 1-0 01/04 RIO JJ-AK 1-0 01/04 RIO AK-AQ 1-0 01/04 UNI QQ-AK 1-0 01/04 UNI KK-AK-QQ 1-0-0 Mental record, and even with 3 all in wins yesterday on RIO I had a breakeven day there lol Multiway pot, CO and BTN both recs, I iso'd them with JJ, both call, dream flop, cb 1/4 or so, BTN is shortstack, both call. Blank ish turn and I jam, CO folds and BTN calls... gets there on riv  A few hands later same table same recs, MP just calls UTG open and I iso again, UTG jams, MP calls and I jam and we hold!  I 3b pre, BTN is pretty random player, my cb is getting raised and I jammed on the flop. Not sure what's going on there as this hand is a bit older. Nice turn, crap river  Not sure if I should 3b 67s vs recs tbh. The typical rec line, call in SB with whatever vs UTG, call any bets then insta donk out riv when flush gets there, easy fold. Multiway hand, flop x through, I called UTG bet on turn and river. Maybe should raise turn but had still player behind. BTN open, I 3b and he calls with QJo lol, flop I x/r and then we got stacks in. I still have 43% equity there. Unfortunate. Same villain as above, I 3b and 1/3 flop. Then 1/3 turn again thinking I'm crushing the board anyway and want to keep weaker hands in. He calls and I 1/2 the riv, call off his jam as there are some straights but also other sets and even AA. Surprisingly solver likes a check(/call) on the turn and check or 1/2 bet on riv depending on what villain does, calling jam anyway. 64s isn't in solvers range but guess it's borderline. That's all for now folks      ... View more

Well thats the month over, I'll see to ask my stats for the month but will prob take another week at least before I get the results. Overal profit for March is €632, pretty much all on RIO as I ended -€7 on Unibet lol, decent last day as won 4 out of 5 flips and tied the 5th one AK vs AK  Am now 4th on the RIO rake race LeadRboard but that is still same payout as 5th aka €100. Probably stick with the normal playthough bonus as the way it's going on Unibet it is going to tilt me to F if I buy a cash ticket and see it going down  This is how I run on Unibet: It is really bizar as games on RIO are very aggro and sure some people play bad but there aren't as many players and definitely not as many weaker players like on Unibet and yet I can't win a hand vs anyone on Unibet  Hope it goes my way again soon, managed to keep it break even so I like to think I can easily win in these games. Let's see what April and the next quarter brings...  ... View more

@FreedoM trading ticket in for cash once it's below half of it's starting value was just part of my risk assessment  I'm starting to feel you are talking me in to this now  @FunckyFish hope I get more than €25 lol. ... View more

@FreedoM I didn't even know that this was available. €500 playthrough bonus for 47,500 points or €500 50NL cash ticket for 50,000 points. Having a look at this I fail to grasp in which way the cash ticket would be better return? So I get €500 to play with straight away basically but have to see 3000 flops which would take me 1-3 months maybe, not sure how many flops I've seen this month but that would be the ref to go with. Playthrough needs less points, value of €25 less. What other benefit is there of getting the cash ticket? It all gets released in one chunk once cleared? If I run bad I can still cash out €250 of it? Feel free to hit me up with some clarification, I'm interested to know  ... View more

@AcesHigh hello, which first site are you talking about? Unibet has been a bit flat lately, will request stats again after tomorrow, just under break even on Unibet for the month and €450 up on RIO. Currently 5th on the leadRboard on RIO which pays out €100 but still till Sunday to go of course. Not sure if I can improve a lot on that but not going to focus too much on it and just try and play as solid as I can. Just sharing a fun hand here: Standard open, I check flop as A high is decent and don't have a BDFD, he x back. I 'range' bet turn as A high is mostly best and he still has lots of random air with some equity. He does like a weird minraise, easy call . Gin river which I x and solver seems to prefer a donk bet here but anyway I x and he halfpot and I just raised small maybe get some value of K high or some random pair if he doesn't know that best 5 cards count. He tank for ages then folded, strange lol. Last day of the month and the quarter, just going to get to the next step for the €25 bonus and €35 cash, I'm about 2k points away. Might buy the €500 bonus again but still not 100% sure  ... View more

So ended up working some over time last week as too many people off on holiday and one sick in my section so didn't play poker during the week but that's me off now myself for a week. Have played every day since Friday, Friday good, Saturday Bad, today so so. Overal this month going ok so far, yesterday was the worst day on Unibet and continued a bit today. Usual not hitting anything, every time I 3b I get 4b, every time I 4b I get jammed on... these sessions I probably struggle the most when every hand just doesnt go anywhere. Down 8 buyins yesterday on Unibet but I probably lost 2-3 more than I should of. It's just hard to keep folding whilst wondering if villain is bluffing but most cases they aren't. Tough times sessions like that. Close to 200k points for the €25 bonus and the free €35 cash. Just on my last €25 bonus atm and not too sure if I am going to buy another €500. Will see when I get to that point. Still playing on RIO as well, another rakerace coming next week and will see how it goes at start of the week and where I end up in the ranking. If it's worth it I'll put some more volume in for a decent prize but don't want to grind so much it's barely worth the extra few bobs. Was up about €400 on both sites this month till I lost 8 buy ins on Unibet yesterday lol but I'm still happy with most of my play. Poker will always go up and down so just need to go through it, I should maybe just stop when the session isn't going my way to prevent some bad play creeping in in the future. 3 hands of today for lolz: AA jup, that's how poker kinda went last 2 days lol, could have been worse    Another absurd hand, flop the nuts and got raised on the flop and just called. Maybe didn't play this the best thinking of it now but bit of a roll eyes runout.  3b pre and barreled it off, prob most random barrel in a while, felt like the board was so dry he would have folded random pair. Ah well, don't bluff the fish! ... View more

It is probably for the better to get looking for a 'real job' or a better purpose in life than poker. For poker to be successful and to be able to finance your life you already have to be some kind of a crusher tbh. Sure some people make decent money but is it enough to also fund their retirement years? I doubt it. Sometimes it is also good to give poker a rest and a return is always possible and who knows you'll have a new view onto things as playing day in day out sometimes gets your head so deep in the rabbithole you kinda lose track of reality. And this goes for everyone, not just @Dennis__  Hope you find something else you can enjoy doing and you can always play a few games at the side  ... View more

Well no more bonuses after the €25 but I have enough points to get another €500 playthrough bonus but will have a think about it first, will need to up my volume as otherwise I'll be stuck with it till next year lol. Just sharing some hands here, missing a few but cba going through the footage and didn't take a screenshot at the time but doesn't matter.  Comments on pictures still not working.   UTG opens, I call, BTN calls, SB calls, BB iso's (pr ick ), UTG calls, I fold as I stacked BTN few hands before and he is volatile / tilting reg. BTN calls and SB folds. Bloody hell that flop!! BB cbets, UTG calls, BTN calls. BB and UTG check turn, BTN jams, BB folds (stupid flop cbet mate) and UTG calls with AA lol. Wish I was still in there  BTN opens, SB 3b, I 4b and he calls. Looking at it now my 4b was maybe a tat too small. Flop goes x/x bad flop for my hand with no spade. Turn and riv go x/x too and he wins doh lol. He should bet riv at least imo. MP minraises, I 3bet and he calls. I cbet and he minraises lol. 70bb stack and decided to shove, weird SPR, ah well he had the goods. MP opens, I 3b and he calls, big bet flop and he calls, I blockbet the turn and he raises and I call. Then he jams riv and I call. Don't think we can ever fold QQ here anyway. I open, get 3b, I 4b we get it in preflop. Tilty reg from 1st hand. 78s ok... I open and get 3b, call. He checks flop and I range bet myself and he x/r me. I call and he 1/3 cb turn no other option for me then to call. He jams riv, annoying spot, my hand is prob a bad bluffcatcher. But then him showing 88 is lol. WP. BTN opens, I 3b and he 4b, I call. x/c flop, x/x turn, x/c riv and lol, thanks. Obviously a rec. ... View more

So just noticed title has been changed to 1st of July, this the new official date then? @Stubbe-Unibet  ... View more

40min played last night and 1h today, bit of battling on with not really getting decent hands and spots. Only had 1 all in and that was today, AK vs AK and ended up in a tie. Regged for the Paddy's gold tournament but didn't score anything there. Cleared my €30 bonus and now onto my xmas bonus lol. Some more smaller bonuses after that. No idea if there are any after the €25 one but we will find out soon enough      Lost €9 yesterday and up €11 today, €2 profit over 2 days, can just buy myself a bread Will post some hands later this week, not enough time the now.  ... View more

@Bl3ss3dMMA  Was my post hostile or something? I'm just adding another point of view. Also the point you are making is exactly why Unibet should change it as they want a more level playing field. And yes the spreadsheet is only a small feedback sample but you would think that the Unibet poker department staff would have some sort of a clue about up to date betting sizes.  ... View more

Don't forget not everyone plays (all the time) on a pc. Not always easy to 'scroll' through sizes when you are on a mobile device. It's about finding the balance again between recs and regs and the current game of poker vs the game 10y ago. Nobody opens 4x and not even sure if it was ever a thing lol. Also overbets seem to be coming up nowadays in cash anyway but don't see it useful to have it as a pre set button as recs won't use it for the same reason as regs do. ... View more

Monday... and I 'forced' myself to play a session, need to make some time to play or it won't ever happen, try to get an hour a day during the work week if possible. Had a 40min session today, went ok, bit up and down but ended up 2.5 buy-ins at 50NL. Played 5 tables, 3 on RIO and 2 on Unibet. Both Unibet hands vs same villain, rec player, nice runout on the first hand, I checked 3 times OOP and raised his pot bet on the riv and he jammed giving me another stack, cooler for him.  Villain 3b and I call, he was kinda targetting me now lol. He big bet flop and I raised. Bombed the turn and he called. Then he donk jammed the river... sad runout but had to fold. BvB, I 3b and he 4b. Being too aggro as my 3b stats aren't crazy on RIO with all them 3b monkeys. He tripple barreled it off, not thrilled with flush river but not folding. Easy days. Calls 3b with TT, I raise the flop and he calls, bad turn as he will have lots of K in his range. Turn goes x/x. He jams riv and decided to fold. I still have lots of K in my range too so easy snap call with any of those K hands. Maybe got bluffed but hey ho. Happy again with my play, may it continue and the winning as well  ... View more

K4s hand looks pretty standard, also have to mention that button is a rec? Didn't start with 100bb's so the way you played it is even more standard, no need to be trappy and just raise turn as we are OOP and can charge his TP and draws. Don't see another way of playing this OOP tbh. And yep, I understand what you say about winning that amount of money as that is pretty significant compared to real work money lol. But I agree with others and I'm sure you already know it anyway that bankroll management is pretty important as sooner or later you'll hit that inevitable downswing. I don't think shot taking is that bad if you have enough behind and also when you know at what point to stop even if you want to shot take with 2 buyins and if it's gone it's gone and you return to your previous stake or something like that. Maybe not conventional but I can see some logic in it especially if you only play poker on the side. ... View more

@SkilfulPoker I thought of that just after I posted that post as I didn't mention it and yes there is less need for balancing at anonymous games/tables. But that said you still have a metagame per table and especially vs the regs where you just can't go 100%/0% (all or nothing) this or that all of the time . Also depends on how many times you really change your avatar and how much you play. Don't see that many familiar names at 50NL but remember at 100NL some kept their names for long periods so in a way that would make them much more vulnerable especially when others do change their name. Anyhow, that aside I think it is still important to think about frequencies as for one you might not always play in anonymous games or games might not be anonymous forever who knows. Thinking about frequencies also adds more depth to your own game and how you play and apply ranges properly. Going to the extremes where you use a RNG for every decision is probably absurd if you don't play high stakes but I agree it is definitely not a necessity to be a winning player for micro and medium stakes. ... View more