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ROUND 2.                                                      ... View more

ROUND 2                                  Thanks @OmNomNom  ... View more

Don't worry @MadAdo my comment was made out of sheer frustration and I like many others would be willing to share tickets out, but that does not seem possible at the moment. Keep grinding though and good luck. ... View more

  This replaces the wrongly dated one I did earlier after a kind community member notified me.  I hope this is OK. ... View more

ROUND 1.  V2. Fingers crossed. ... View more

Just when you think you've seen some bad runs and things can't get any worse they can and do. I really cannot believe some of the hands I've lost over the last 4 days but I'm not going to dwell on them. Friday night I sat at the computer in shock and disbelief, honestly wondering how such a horrific run could come about, and seriously thinking I'll never get over it, but there is a stubborn streak in me that just cannot quit, so what can I do about it. Time to sit back and think long and hard. Now I know I'm not playing badly, if anything I may have improved a little bit from playing satties, I have more patience, pick better spots, recognise player types more easily, know more or less when to attack and when to defend and what with, PSS by Dara really is helping. The cards fall as the cards fall, there's absolutely nothing to be done in that respect, so no problem there. I'm actually  beginning to think it's a mental problem when I'm not looking forward to playing, scared to get involved because I'm expecting the worst every time, but to be honest I don't think I'm tilting on the tables but tilting mentally before and after play. I've sort of brushed over the mental aspects in the past, meditation, yoga, mental exercises and such, "No, that's not for me" kind of attitude, but there is so much talked about it by so many, they can't all be wrong can they? I've taken the step and downloaded "The Mental Game of Poker" by Jared Tendler, read the first 4 chapters and so far I'm on board with it. As it happens I won't be able to play much this week, I'm away from home a few days for familly reasons, nothing major, and I'll only be able to play the odd sattie on the phone, as and when expiry dates dictate. Somehow I never feel totally in control doing that, probably a mental issue, so it coincides with taking a breather and getting my head screwed on right.  It's not all doom and gloom though, there are chinks of positivity here and there. €20 freebet from the Oracle comp turned out nice. Picked up another €20 freebet this week for 3rd place and snuck onto the overall leaderboard. and somehow picked up a couple of UK €50 tickets amongst all the carnage, and yes I was lucky in a couple of spots. All in with AK>A10, flop Q,10,4, turn 10, river J. It's never 100% against you, no matter how bad it seems.   Thanks for the support guys, run good and stay positive.      ... View more

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I agree with you @Joco , hard to believe it's a randome invite.  ... View more

@starseeker wrote: Hi,  do you know how you get a ticket for that tournament? ?? greetings  @starseeker    You have to be invited and unless you are invited you will not know how to get a ticket. ... View more

That's my point @TDW you can only see the current run i.e. 9 at the moment, but there have been some reaching 12 which now we cannot see as they are taken off when ending their streak. There really should be two leaderboards, a current one and an overall one. There's not much point starting a new streak now for the overall prizes as it ends in a few days, not enough time to get 12, only good enough to get 3-5 for the free bets awards.  I've hit one 3 streak for a €2 freebet and of course lost it, my guessing game has gone completely.  ... View more

Does anybody want a pile of useless UK €1 tickets, they don't seem any use to me. Now it's not just the river beating me down but combination sucker punches of turn and river combined.     Hopes are raised............... .........then cruelly dashed.   I'm getting a bit paranoid now. ... View more

@TDW When you bust that is the end of this streak, eg: if you bust at 10 you keep your score of 10 in the overall leaderboard and if you don't improve your score that is your final result, with whatever place you reach on the leaderboard. You then start again and try to improve your total. Unfortunately they are only showing current runs and not overall runs, maybe something for them to consider in future. ... View more

Glad it's going the right way @Brocky even after a literal car crash of a day.  ... View more

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@prepa222 wrote: I whas talk about this player dont hawe bounty on his head. Yes you were ( it's a bug ) but then carried on to imply it's a bot and you have no chance (it's not and you have.) No history of aggression or not beforehand, no idea where we are in the tourney, what the blind levels are, are we in the money etc etc etc. I suggest that you would have called with AK whatever his bounty was. One hand in isolation is not a conspiracy, play a lot more and gather tons of data before anyone will take you seriously. ... View more

Great analysis @CuteRaven  I typically find that if villain is on the tight passive side then suddenly comes out betting on the turn, or especially the river, then they almost always have "it." You said you hadn't seen him bluffing, and he didn't bet the turn, all the more reason to expect the worst when he bets the river. We all know how hard it is to lay down the big hand when flopping so well, but I think the more times you call in those situations, the more times you'll see the bad news. His type want to see as many flops as cheaply as possible, stay in the hand as long as possible, and will only ever commit when they've made their hand, usually fairly easy to play against as you may not always know if you're ahead but definitely get told when you're behind.    ... View more

Glad things are going well @Brocky you must be making something for holidays abroad.  Keep it going.  ... View more

@DoktorAvalanche and @Brocky Thanks for the feedback. I don't think not actually attaining the end goal is the problem at the moment, for me winning a ticket in a €5 UK sattie when I'm 8th of 8 with 3 tickets on offer is almost as big a buzz as I need, yet another small step on the path to the goal, I think that my biggest problem is volume. When I'm on the proverbial downswing I'm just never playing enough to pull out of it, 5 or 6 satties a day and 1 or 2 hours cash, losing for 3 or 4 days in a row seems to be forever, when in reality it's just a small session loss for the regulars. You probably lose more HU battles in a day than I lose in a week or more. I'm wanting to get rid of the UK and UO €1 tickets (doing a good job so far ) as they are spread out over the whole day, and I'm not willing to play over a 12 hour period, so I can concentrate on the UK 5 and UO €10, but then the problem becomes there's even fewer of those satties, only one UK a night and 3-4 UO, probably the worst time for me to play. I do watch a lot of films and sport but try not to while playing, but obviously these are only going to run in the evenings when there's the traffic. Therefore I'm going to make them a special case, play them 2 or 3 evenings a week and the finals as and when (if) I'm in front. I'm also beginning to think I'm too overprotective of the ticket stash, I like to see it grow rather than shrink, so give up too easily on a downswing, maybe I should play and record my actual results, something I've never really been good at.  The cash game seems to run the same, I'll have a few good sessions in a row then get completely crushed by what appears to me to be bad or lucky players. I have no one watching my play, I'm pretty sure I'll have glaringly obvious leaks to an observer, but again a few hours at a time is all I want or need, so a downswing is going to be weeks rather than days. Nathan Williams reckons 100,000 hands downswing is nothing to worry about, and Matt Berkey thinks you'll probably never truly get to grips with live variance over a lifetime, so my small sessions are really insignificant ( they just seem personally bad at the time ).  I'd be interested to hear from the serious grinders here about their long runs, good or bad, they'd definitely put mine in perspective.  So the new schedule (starting next Monday) is two tables of cash in the afternoon, with an absolute definite non-negotiable stop loss of 2 buy ins or stop win of doubling up, the evening UK €5 sattie at least twice a week, 3 or 4 other things permitting, and the weekly finals as and when I've tickets. If I lose or win it won't be a massive amount either way, just enough to scratch the itch. Happy Grinding All.        ... View more

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Utd  1  City  3 That's cheered me up no end.   ... View more

@DoktorAvalanche I'm still only playing the earlier ones which actually seem to be making 3 tickets most of the time (17 players ) so hadn't noticed. To be honest I'm thinking of taking a break, the poor bad insane reckless stupid clueless players  variance is killing me at the moment, although I'm hanging on to my stack. I'm virtually just playing tickets as they come due with less and less enthusiasm, I really don't think I could win a flip with a rigged coin.    I won't carry on moaning as I'm so against it in other threads, so maybe time to pause and study more, concentrate on the football for a month or three, and try again after a rest. I can't give up, my precious mountain would crumble, so it's minimum play for a bit till the confidence returns.  Can YOU win a coin flip against me. Call, heads or tails? Of course you're correct, everyone is against me.   ... View more

ROUND 2.   I just can't resist!  ... View more

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I like the new set up @AndreiBN easier to follow and much easier getting all the results together.  ... View more

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First hand of the day. My standard raise gets 3 callers, not the worst flop I've seen. And someone wants to play. I bet the river and get raised.     It's not always what you've got but what they've got as well!    ... View more

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  ) 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.        ... View more

Nice one @pinki I played last night, early build up of stack, lost an all in JJ v 1010, rivered 10, then nothing of note, dribbled down to nothing    I'm still patient though, at least your br is going up with all the expenses.  ... View more