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@MadAdo Do as @Esir suggests, just try to play to your best. It's no good worrying what it's going to cost or trying fancy calculations for rake, play a session and see wether you're up  or down    That's my strategy, set a budget you're prepared to lose and stick with it, hopefully it goes up. Good Luck.  ... View more

   @MetalWolf  Before we start let's get this one out of the way, peach melba flavoured ale just does not sound right!      Moving on up was slightly profitable. Over the two weeks a loss of €4.42 on the sng's and a gain of €6.17 on the cash, but also collecting 2 x €1 UO and 2 x €2 UO tickets, played the first freeroll but no joy. No UO tickets on offer this week so I'll probably play a couple of days at each and see how it goes. Nice steady progress on the satellite front. I've noticed the UO €1 start earlier each day now and offer 5 tickets rather than 2, probably as a result of all the freerolls and promotions offering tickets, and the €2 have had some pretty big fields which I've not played in yet. I'm going to finish running the €1 down and have 2 x €2 tickets that will need playing soon, then all the UO tickets will be dated January 2020 at the earliest, so it will probably be back to the UK's. They are now the priority, Manchester seems to be creeping closer without being noticed and I need to have as many shots in the weekly finals as possible. The motivation issue is still a problem. I really really do want to play as many of these as I can, but do I want it enough? I start every day with the best of intentions but either lose one or two early with bad play, bad beats or tilting, or win 2-3 out of 5-6 and say that'll do for the day instead of pressing on. I'll set 1 or 2 days aside for a full days play but I think 7 is the most I've played on any one day. I'm happy enough that the stash is going up but I can see how some players can end up with mountains of tickets if they set their minds on it, I just haven't got over that hurdle yet.  Run Good.          ... View more

Don't worry @bezpo6taden The ticket is just a holding ticket, you should be contacted shortly with more information and details and then be able to transfer to Manchester through this thread. Congrats.  ... View more

@MadAdo  I don't prepare really, just play when I feel like it. Had 10 x €1 UO tickets left this morning and decided to play them all today, but lost the first 3 and won the fourth only after being a good chip leader and other players making poor (bad) calls and letting the small stacks all bunch up, 30 mins of agony. (That's why I like them really.) I'll probably say that's enough for today and play the rest as and when I feel like it over the weekend, clearing out the €1 and going onto the next level, or even leaving the UO tx for a while, at least 4 months date on most of them, and switching back to the UK's, dates catching up. These satties are now my  long term project so I really don't feel under any pressure and it's more relaxing playing, if I miss one date there's always another, though Manchester remains my main target.        ... View more

@psrquack You're usually better shoving rather than calling with marginal hands while you've still got some fold equity. You really have to concentrate on the stack sizes and relevant positions, and you're better off attacking the medium size stacks. Small stacks will shove or call with rubbish in desperation, big stacks will call sometimes just because they can, but medium stacks should  be a bit tighter while they are in a ticket position, should be. It really is a matter of playing as many as you can to get the experience. Hope you can build and have another go.  ... View more

@psrquack  It can certainly be hard when you see your stack going down, but I think you'd be better waiting till you can have a proper run, probably at least 10 tickets. I know it's difficult building from nothing if you only get 2-3 a week, but most tickets last at least 30 days and there's much more peace of mind if you have some backup. I've slowly built up to the point where I can't break down €5 UK or €4 UO, having too many €1, and it does help knowing if I have a poor run at higher levels I can step down one. A nice gesture from @cris1285  I would be willing to chuck in 1 x €2 if possible ( I'm too tight. )  @jerry  I hide my balance on the poker tables so it doesn't get to me and only check my main balance every so often but €18 sounds a lot in one day ( unless you've got thousands of whatever in your account  ) There are sites for up to date currency exchanges so it might be worth checking, just in case. ... View more

@cris1285  I was hoping for Malta but I really don't play enough ( or get lucky enough ) so Paris is the next target. To be fair I'm enjoying the process and anything won would be a bonus.  I'm also hoping to leave the €1 behind, probably next week.  Good Luck. ... View more

Hi  @cris1285  You and @psrquack are right, there is a lot of loose calling and shoving in the early levels, especially in the UO €1. My theory is that a lot of players are winning these tickets in freerolls and promos, they don't really have any intention of grinding up, they just blow their tickets because they are free. If they lose early it hasn't cost them anything, and if they win there are an increasing number of requests to have these tickets exchanged for something else, which in my opinion definitely shouldn't happen. The UK satties are tighter and slower, wether this is because of the tendencies of the playing pool or because these tickets aren't won for free is hard to say, I think probably a bit of both.  My strategy is purely survival, I may play too tight but so far it's working, in the low levels. In the UO around a third of the field will self destruct fairly quickly and it's quite possible to get a ticket with very few playable hands, so sit tight and pick your spots. Even in the late stages big stacks will self destruct, my record is winning a €1 UO ticket playing 4 hands and having 1.7 bb's at the end.  ( I have gone out in the first level, but some hands just play themselves.  )  Good luck and run good.    ... View more

Hi @tawrl  The tickets for the UO and UK tours are usually not exchangeablefor other tourneys, they are for those specific tours. If you ask @Ray-Unibet nicely he might make an exception in certain circumstances but that could lead to more players winning these tickets in freerolls with no intention of using them and then asking for them to be exchanged, setting an unintended precedent. Good luck.  ... View more

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@Merenitsu  It's becoming a little repetitive and dare I say boring your constant showing of some pretty standard losing hands. I, and I'm sure many others, could post hand after hand where they are ahead and lose, but what purpose does it serve? In most cases, not all, you made the right move, and you have to understand that that is what is important. Short term results really do not matter at all. I do recommend you read some comments from BlackRain79 on his website or blog, he's experienced stretches of losing or break even over 100,000 hands at the Micro Stakes, and there is nothing you can do about it except keep playing and making the right decisions. I'm sure if you had a large enough data base of all your hands you would see you don't lose every time, you're  just focusing on the times you do, which sadly is not the right attitude. Forget the losers if  you played correctly, if you played it wrongly or badly learn from that. You'll never conquer the microstakes if you focus on the wrong things, so keep going with the right attitude and best of luck. ... View more

From the responses so far I would say we have to keep pushing for this, I, and by the look of it many others, would certainly give them a go.    Or maybe just the Supernova to start with.  ... View more

@Merenitsu  If there is one thing that playing the satties has taught me it is patience. I don't particularly like freerolls, but I'm playing a few that have tickets on offer, a very cheap way of building my stash. Yes, they can be frustrating, but if you manage to get past the early frenzy by sitting snug and not trying to be fancy, they do provide some level of playing poker, admittedly push or fold,  but I'm not trying to win, just survive to the first ticket level. They don't suit everyone's style but I won one ticket with an all in QQ v 79o, literally the only hand I got involved in before busting (with a ticket.) Yes, we go out with big hands against trash but I think you concentrate too much on results rather than wether you played correctly. Try a few out, sitting on your hands, and you might be surprised how far you can get. DON'T give up and Good Luck.  ... View more

A slightly later update than usual. I'd noticed the UO €1 qualifiers starting earlier over the weekend and being late up this morning opened the client and one was about to start in 3 mins so no time to blog, down to business with the morning's first cup of tea.  ** A fairly steady week on the poker front, I've played the Moving On Up purely to the minimum requirements, mainly for the UO tickets on offer,down €1.09 on the sng's and €0.93 cash, 2 x uo €1 collected and the freeroll tickets for tomorrow, and I'll play again this week for the 2 x €2 tickets and see if I can get in front to continue next week, ( no UO tickets on offer.  ) The Hot Streak betting was basically a non starter, against my better instincts I backed the mighty Huddersfield Town to win and fell at the first hurdle, as did they.  So to the satties.  €37 up on the week and back above where I started after all the initial buy ins for cash and bonus points. The stacks are building, and this is from a very much part time perspective. I really want to play a lot more of these but once I think I'm far enough in front for the day ( or losing too many ) I tend to pack up and lock in profit ( or slow down losses ) when I should really think of it as one long session rather than short bursts. I'm playing a few freerolls as well, mainly the €50 and €100, anything with tickets on offer so building steadily, and quite happy with the progress so far.   **   First one of the day,  but won the 2nd and 3rd.  Run Good.    ... View more

Profit is good.  ... View more

@cris1285 wrote: Thats not a sick hand @GR1ZZL3R. Thats a sick "player"...  Totally agree. Wonder how much cash he's lost this week if he plays like that normally? Maybe a beginner in tourneys.  ... View more

This is why we love  poker! The guy on my right had gone all in twice in first 4 hands. Time to call.         Not a lot more to be said really. Minus 107 big blinds lucky.    ... View more

Hi @jerry I'm sure exchangers would run for the UO €1 to 0.20 but my point is that the UO €1 run anyway so UB don't really need to encourage them, by providing lower satties to them, it was done for the UK's because often they didn't run, especially the morning and early afternoon ones, now they start regularly.  I get what you mean with the cash sessions, mine never seem to run smoothly, just when you get a hand and think "This time" there's always something to mess it up. Last week in the Double Trouble I was 32nd with only 111 left and you think you're fairly safe, but as you say when they're so shallow it was a struggle to cash, I did with 1 1/2 bb's left. Good Luck anyway, I'll be there tomorrow.  ... View more

@jerry Don't quote me on this but the UK were always slow starting and playing 0.20 for UK €1 seemed to get them moving but the UO €1 are already very popular so they don't seem to need a boost. I'd personally like to see both follow the same path in buy ins and steps up but they are two quite different tourneys it seems.  ... View more

Unlucky Ducky. No intention of calling, just let them sweat a bit   Tea break. Your turn will come @psrquack  Back about 19:00 GMT.  ... View more

It was a shock when you called but all good.   ... View more

I have a stalker.   ... View more

@psrquack Welcome anytime.  ... View more

@psrquack  It's not going too great just now but basically no cards to play in these more aggro qualifiers, just have to keep going till it turns round. Good luck and I see @Livertool is joining in as well.  ... View more

Hello @psrquack  A raise to 4bb and 3 callers.  Pretty obvious fold from me. Unlucky 2 pairs, so glad I didn't hang around   Better luck in the next.  ... View more

The br having taken a serious blow in the Cash Stacks Challenge, it turned around and went back up, partly due to an accident. I got €40 back in the Double Trouble last Tuesday, and then Saturday morning did a @MetalWolf. I'd decided to have a go in the Davitsche Stream League but being late up and not paying attention accidently clicked on the €5 Singularity. Over 2 hours later I managed to limp into 4th place out of 33 and made a few € profit.  No luck in the Stream League, I played the first 4, top 15 twice for some points, and a couple in the evening but no cashes.  I played the Monthly Missions freerolls, slightly better than min cash in both for the first time, so the br is back over where the quarter started, a positive for me for the little I actually play compared to most. I had a few Rags to Riches tickets left so had a go at playing them through. Being very bad in any guessing situation I decided to let a random number generator do the guessing for me. Programmed to pick a number from 1 to 6 I just counted each set of bins or whatever as 1-6 from left to right and picked the appropriate one. I finished up with 5 tickets, played them in the flips and won exactly ZERO. Minus5lucky. I should be concentrating on the UO qualifiers but have played many more UK , simply because I enjoy them more. I don't think I've played enought to say which are easier, if either, and I've more or less decided Malta is maybe a step too far, I'm just not playing enough and would have to get very lucky to make it. I'm having to keep the €1 UO tickets ticking over though as they have a much shorter expiry date on them, so things could change. There's also the Monthly missions, the Step It Up challenges, Hot Streak betting promo, (I might not last too long in that, thinking on having a punt on the Terriers in their new life as a second tier team  ) Horse Racing comp, so plenty to keep me busy. I think I've got a decent base now with the smaller value tickets so Ive just got to keep them turning over and on to the next level while maintaining the base camp. Back to the (not much) grind. A week of UO only I think. Run Good All.                ... View more