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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

yesterday was 5/10. Today waited for about 2hours for table and got 3/6 table. One intresting hand was when i open 20 ATo utg+2, bb calls(semi fishy player, not too out of line. Who was kinda calling station type so far about 1 hour played at this moment).Flop comes KK5 rainbow, I cbet 30, he calls. Turn 4 decided to double barrel so i bet 70. Reason for double barrel was that he calls flop A6+ and i think QJ;JT and maybe 67 or random crap and i dont want to let him bluf the river. So river comes 3 and i was taking some time to think wheter or not should i 3 barrel. He called flop and turn quite quickly and i assumed his more likely to have 5x or pocketpair 66-JJ. So i decided to bet 150 and pot was smt like 250. He snapcalled and showed me A2. I think river bet is close and im not sure i get enough fold equty but its close.

Second hand was little bit later about 3-4hours already played and i was most agressive 3 better and overall most agressive when i was in the pot.
So i open utg 20euros AsKc(table was 7 handed) and bb 3 bets to 70(eff. stack 1k euros so about 165bb). I think its quite easy call if we both are little bit deep. So i call flop comes 6c4s2c. he bets 60 euros and i didnt want to raise because smaller betsize was more likely to be good hand. So i call and turn is Ah. He bets smt like 120 to 260 pot, i call. River Ac he thinks for a while and then bets 400 to 500 pot. I know he wasent type of person who 3 bets 22-88 and i think his more likely to 3 bet me AJ+(AT)KQ,T9s type of hands. But this betsize didnt make much sense to me. If he would have flush he would bet smaller as he did before with value hands and with flushdraw i think his betting bigger on the flop and turn. So i decided to shove 750 and got snapcalled by Ac4c :(

BB info before last hand: (i seen him open with 9Js, making small bets with good value hands where boards are wet and betsize should be at least 75% pot and he makes 40% or so. Also i 3 betted him 2-3 times before and one hand was were utg limp, utg+1 makes 15 euro raise, co makes accidentaly 25 euros and then takes his 10 back but dealer says it was already in and so i 4bet him 9Jo on the button to 65 euros and co calls.
At this point i thought his hand was quite weak because he didnt want to put extra 10 euros when dealer asked. So flop comes AcKc8s and he donks 150, i insta fold and he shows QQ. i was so wrong about the hand but i was happy to get this betsize tell.


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Itsnevereasy
Joined: 08.08.2010

Subbed. Interesting blog. We are kind of in similar situations poker wise.


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

Some live hand:
Lost JJ vs AK preflop allin about 1,35k pot.
Then decided to 5 bet shove in sb against CO with A4s and got called by QQ. Lost 2,2k pot
I think my 5 bet shove was quite marginal but still good. 1,1k raise to 400$ pot and guy who 4 bets was really agressive and i needed smt like 50-55% FE and i was 90% sure i got it. Spain sucks those long waiting lists and bad tables(fish wont wait couple of hours to get seat and thats both for cash and torneys. I think im gonna leave soon. Got coolered by hotel that i cant get refund and also cant change my flight. Cheap flight with rynair also booked full(in the morning there was some free seats) so i have to pay smt like 200 euros extra and flight got also one stop in finland X(


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

Got back from barcelona, and make short review about last month.
So last month got 44k hands(expected at least 50k) and profit minus 3,5k overall. Got close to hands i wanted but it's okey. I'm not too happy about my play, and really gonna focus this month to play less tables, and try to make more sessions with other poker players.
Studied about 2 hours every week for MTT( wanted to be at least 3h).
So it's not going always as we expect, and really need to find/fix those leaks why i didn't reach my goals.

Barcelona was nice city and i'm planning to go there back but not to play poker. Because last year there was some problems with waiting lists, and this year they haven't fixed it, so no real reason to hope that next year is gonna be different.

September goals:
1. Play 100h cash games. Perfect would be 130h.
2. Play omaha 15 hours and take 2 coaching lessons.
3. Least 70% of sessions not to play more than 6 tables.
4. Get playing:learning ratio to 5:1.
5. 10 Wcoop torneys.

I have good feeling about this month
So far September have been starting with 9k hands and +240$.

Some hands from todays sessions:

1) Not very intresting one, but almoust folded when he shoved river.
I mean what valuehands i'm beating? I don't think he has there bluffing range(quite fit and fold regular, playing 15+ tables at once). I was thinking maybe with AK but i would not shove in his shoes AK there. AK is much better to check/ call in this situation or bet small like 1/2,5-1/4 potsize bet
Sb is fish and i expect BB to sqz with smt like 9-10% range.

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$1/$2 No-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Known players:
[tg]BU$420.41:///////;SB$561.97:///////;BB$499.59:///////;MP3 (Hero)$538.83:///////;CO$207.64:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with T:h, 9:h.
Hero raises to $6.00, 2 folds, SB calls $5.00, BB raises to $25.32, Hero calls $19.32, SB calls $19.32.

Flop: ($75.96) 9:d, T:d, 9:c (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $49.00, Hero calls $49.00, SB folds.

Turn: ($173.96) A:c (2 players)
BB bets $100.00, Hero calls $100.00.

River: ($373.96) 7:s (2 players)
BB bets $324.87, Hero calls $324.87.

Final Pot: $1023.7.
Results follow:

BB shows a full-house, aces full of nines(A:d A:s).
Hero shows a full-house, nines full of tens(T:h 9:h).

BB wins with a full-house, aces full of nines(A:d A:s).

2) It was hard decision and i wasen't really sure about his range.
MP is semi fish 27/18 and fold to 3 bet 31%(20 sample).
CO 3bet from co 9% and it was higher because he was constantly 3 betting this fish and i think it could been around 15%. Overall C/R 27%(15 sample)
This C/R sample is just not enough to just insta push this turn and i was taking almoust all my timebank there.

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$2/$4 No-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Known players:
[tg]MP3$978.84:///////;CO$1259.40:///////;BU (Hero)$1278.94:///////;SB$980.40:///////;BB$421.60:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is BU with J:s, J:h.
MP3 raises to $8.00, CO raises to $40.00, Hero calls $40.00, 2 folds, MP3 calls $32.00.

Flop: ($126) 4:s, 9:d, 4:d (3 players)
MP3 checks, CO checks, Hero bets $66.00, MP3 folds, CO raises to $152.00, Hero calls $86.00.

Turn: ($430) 3:s (2 players)
CO bets $296.00, Hero raises to $1,086.14, CO folds, Hero gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: $726.

3) Good estonian regular and we both play really aggressively.
Also wasen't really sure how good my push was, but after results i was really happy that his bottom calling range was wider than i thought.
Can't see runout because run it twice was on. Luckily my hand holded both runs.

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$2/$4 No-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Known players:
[tg]BB$400.00:///////;MP3$150.00:///////;CO$400.00:///////;BU (Hero)$468.50:///////;SB$406.10:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is BU with 9:d, A:s.
2 folds, Hero raises to $8.00, SB raises to $30.00, BB folds, Hero calls $22.00.

Flop: ($64) 4:s, J:s, 9:c (2 players)
SB bets $38.00, Hero calls $38.00.

Turn: ($140) 2:c (2 players)
SB bets $78.00, Hero raises to $400.50(All-In), SB calls $260.10.

Final Pot: $878.6.
Results follow:

SB shows high card queen(Q:c T:s).
Hero shows a pair of nines(9:d A:s).

Hero wins with a pair of nines(9:d A:s).

4) Against last hand reg.

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$2/$4 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Known players:
[tg]BU$400.00:///////;SB$152.00:///////;BB$424.50:///////;MP2 (Hero)$868.99:///////;MP3$400.00:///////;CO$439.60:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K:h, Q:h.
Hero raises to $12.00, MP3 folds, CO raises to $32.00, 3 folds, Hero calls $20.00.

Flop: ($70) 4:h, Q:s, K:c (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $36.00, Hero calls $36.00.

Turn: ($142) Q:d (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $78.00, Hero calls $78.00.

River: ($298) 5:d (2 players)
Hero bets $100.00, CO calls $100.00.

Final Pot: $498.
Results follow:

CO shows two pairs, kings and queens(K:s A:c).
Hero shows a full-house, queens full of kings(K:h Q:h).

Hero wins with a full-house, queens full of kings(K:h Q:h).

5)Fun hand, Regular just went crazy

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$1/$2 No-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Known players:
[tg]SB$300.94:///////;BB$200.00:///////;MP3$226.30:///////;CO$317.76:///////;BU (Hero)$318.66:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is BU with A:h, 4:c.
2 folds, Hero raises to $4.00, SB raises to $16.00, BB folds, Hero calls $12.00.

Flop: ($34) 4:h, 3:c, A:d (2 players)
SB bets $18.00, Hero calls $18.00.

Turn: ($70) 7:d (2 players)
SB bets $44.00, Hero raises to $88.00, SB raises to $266.94, Hero calls $178.94.

Final Pot: $603.88.
Results follow:

SB shows high card ace(T:d 8:d).
Hero shows two pairs, aces and fours(A:h 4:c).

Hero wins with two pairs, aces and fours(A:h 4:c).


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nice blog, keep up the hard work and enjoy your winnings!


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

First week of september: Have been grinding a lot, and i think i have fixed some of my leaks, but still not too happy about my game. I'm planning to not be agressive as before and try to play less marginal situations. I belive it's going to help me to grind steadily longer sessions.

1) I don't like my river call, and think i wasn't focused during my session.

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$2/$4 No-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Known players:
[tg]CO$400.00:///////;BU (Hero)$400.00:///////;SB$431.20:///////;BB$175.10:///////;MP3$170.72:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is BU with T:s, K:d.
MP3 folds, CO raises to $8.00, Hero raises to $24.00, 2 folds, CO calls $16.00.

Flop: ($54) 3:s, 9:s, 6:s (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $36.00, CO calls $36.00.

Turn: ($126) A:d (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $80.00, CO calls $80.00.

River: ($286) J:s (2 players)
CO bets $130.00, Hero calls $130.00.

Final Pot: $546.
Results follow:

Hero shows a flush, jack high(T:s K:d).
CO shows a flush, ace high(A:s Q:d).

CO wins with a flush, ace high(A:s Q:d).

2) What can you do against callingstation fish? I think flop betsize could be a little bit bigger.

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$2/$4 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Known players:
[tg]CO$287.91:///////;BU$688.40:///////;SB (Hero)$545.40:///////;BB$567.20:///////;MP2$400.00:///////;MP3$679.76:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is SB with A:d, K:c.
MP2 folds, MP3 calls $4.00, 2 folds, Hero raises to $20.00, BB folds, MP3 calls $16.00.

Flop: ($44) J:h, A:c, 4:d (2 players)
Hero bets $30.00, MP3 calls $30.00.

Turn: ($104) 8:d (2 players)
Hero bets $80.00, MP3 calls $80.00.

River: ($264) 2:c (2 players)
Hero bets $210.00, MP3 calls $210.00.

Final Pot: $684.
Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of aces(A:d K:c).
MP3 shows two pairs, aces and fours(A:h 4:c).

MP3 wins with two pairs, aces and fours(A:h 4:c).

3) i was 3 betting him a lot, because he folded postflop a ton. So his C/R dosen't make much sense, and he might want to play back to me. So i think it's standard. Turn call would be close if turn is smt like A;T;5 i think.

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$1/$2 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Known players:
[tg]BB$237.20:///////;MP2$217.42:///////;MP3$269.56:///////;CO (Hero)$339.86:///////;BU$197.96:///////;SB$200.00:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is CO with 7:h, 9:h.
MP2 folds, MP3 calls $2.00, Hero raises to $8.00, 2 folds, BB calls $6.00, MP3 raises to $14.00, Hero calls $6.00, BB calls $6.00.

Flop: ($43) 6:d, 9:s, 3:c (3 players)
BB checks, MP3 checks, Hero bets $28.00, BB folds, MP3 raises to $60.00, Hero calls $32.00.

Turn: ($163) K:c (2 players)
MP3 bets $195.56, Hero calls $195.56.

River: ($554.12) Q:c (2 players)

Final Pot: $554.12.
Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of nines(7:h 9:h).
MP3 shows a pair of kings(A:c K:s).

MP3 wins with a pair of kings(A:c K:s).

4) Not happy about my play again, not enough focused, and river should be easy fold. This hand was against estonain regular, who plays quite fit and fold imo. But still solid and haven't seem him out of line or smt.

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$2/$4 No-Limit Hold'em (3 handed)

Known players:
[tg]SB$400.00:///////;BB (Hero)$415.19:///////;BU$164.00:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is BB with T:s, J:s.
BU folds, SB raises to $10.00, Hero calls $6.00.

Flop: ($20) A:d, K:h, 8:c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $12.00, SB calls $12.00.

Turn: ($44) Q:c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $22.00, SB calls $22.00.

River: ($88) 7:c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $70.00, SB raises to $214.96, Hero calls $144.96.

Final Pot: $517.92.
Results follow:

SB shows a flush, ace high(A:c 6:c).
Hero shows a straight, ace high(T:s J:s).

SB wins with a flush, ace high(A:c 6:c).

5)One of the biggest nl200 pots, and must be happy to get some run good sometimes.

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$1/$2 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Known players:
[tg]BB$505.70:///////;MP2 (Hero)$559.35:///////;MP3$200.00:///////;CO$435.23:///////;BU$734.74:///////;SB$569.69:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 8:d, 8:h.
Hero raises to $6.00, MP3 folds, CO raises to $14.00, BU folds, SB calls $13.00, BB folds, Hero calls $8.00.

Flop: ($44) 3:c, 8:c, 2:d (3 players)
SB bets $32.00, Hero raises to $80.00, CO calls $80.00, SB raises to $555.29, Hero calls $464.95, CO calls $340.83.

Turn: ($1565.07) 3:d (3 players)

River: ($1565.07) Q:h (3 players)

Final Pot: $1565.07.
Results follow:

Hero shows a full-house, eights full of threes(8:d 8:h).
SB shows a pair of threes(A:c J:c).
CO shows two pairs, aces and threes(A:s A:h).

Hero wins with a full-house, eights full of threes(8:d 8:h).

Yesterday was sweating one of estonian player in EPT barcelona main event who got 12th place. Had few % bought from him and unfortunately he didn't make to final table. Was really close to estonians biggest tournament win, he would needed a 4-5th place to make history.
Obviusly i havent been running good, but still i think i have made many mistakes and think i should have something like 2-3k$ profit more.:


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Hey fellow countryman :)

Was watching yesterday and day before also EPT Barca live as heard about estonian running deep. Do bad that no final table from there, but solid result anywayz.

Will be following your blog also. GL!


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

September going okey so far, this week gonna start learning omaha, and first coaching session is gonna be at friday. Really looking forward to that, and it's intresting stuff i have learned so far about omaha, i have played before some PLO 100-200, but my thought process was really fishy. Luckily i had some profit when i used to play those limits. Now gonna start PLO10, and ratio for study:play is 1:1 this month.

I'm happy with my cash game volume, and gonna go for 100k hands this month. I'm little bit angry, that when i make long sessions because wcoop torneys, then my play suffers a lot. I'm not focused as i need to be, and really need to sleep before those sessions, or to not play at all.
Bought some shares for wcoop, and looking forward to omaha torneys

1) BU is calling station fish.

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$2/$4 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Known players:
[tg]CO$176.10:///////;BU$318.99:///////;SB$457.57:///////;BB (Hero)$486.73:///////;MP2$433.30:///////;MP3$300.00:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9:s, 8:s.
MP2 raises to $12.00, 2 folds, BU calls $12.00, SB folds, Hero calls $8.00.

Flop: ($38) 5:s, 9:h, 2:h (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $24.00, BU calls $24.00, Hero raises to $68.00, MP2 calls $44.00, BU calls $44.00.

Turn: ($242) 4:d (3 players)
Hero bets $406.73(All-In), MP2 folds, BU folds, Hero gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: $242.

2) Against weak regular.

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$2/$4 No-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Known players:
[tg]CO$335.20:///////;BU$410.00:///////;SB$446.66:///////;BB (Hero)$503.20:///////;MP3$406.00:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is BB with J:s, 9:c.
3 folds, SB raises to $10.00, Hero calls $6.00.

Flop: ($20) 3:c, 2:s, 8:h (2 players)
SB bets $10.00, Hero raises to $30.00, SB calls $20.00.

Turn: ($80) J:d (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $50.00, SB calls $50.00.

River: ($180) 4:h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $120.00, SB calls $120.00.

Final Pot: $420.
Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of jacks(J:s 9:c).
SB shows a pair of eights(A:s 8:d).

Hero wins with a pair of jacks(J:s 9:c).

3)

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$2/$4 No-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Known players:
[tg]UTG2$690.60:///////;MP1$447.40:///////;MP2$535.28:///////;MP3$815.30:///////;CO (Hero)$441.92:///////;BU$1020.48:///////;SB$402.00:///////;BB$400.00:///////;UTG1$393.91:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is CO with J:c, T:d.
5 folds, Hero raises to $8.00, 2 folds, BB calls $4.00.

Flop: ($18) 3:s, Q:d, A:h (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $12.00, BB raises to $31.77, Hero calls $19.77.

Turn: ($81.54) 9:h (2 players)
BB bets $50.39, Hero calls $50.39.

River: ($182.32) 8:d (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $132.00, BB raises to $309.84, Hero calls $177.84.

Final Pot: $802.
Results follow:

Hero shows a straight, queen high(J:c T:d).
BB shows high card ace(T:h K:d).

Hero wins with a straight, queen high(J:c T:d).

4) Same weak reg who was on the second hand.

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$2/$4 No-Limit Hold'em (4 handed)

Known players:
[tg]BB$446.31:///////;CO$409.32:///////;BU$400.00:///////;SB (Hero)$720.78:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is SB with A:h, Q:h.
CO raises to $10.00, BU folds, Hero raises to $36.00, BB folds, CO calls $26.00.

Flop: ($76) 7:h, 3:h, 9:d (2 players)
Hero bets $40.00, CO raises to $126.00, Hero raises to $684.78, CO calls $247.32(All-In).

Turn: ($1134.1) 4:h (2 players)

River: ($1134.1) 6:d (2 players)

Final Pot: $1134.1.
Results follow:

Hero shows a flush, ace high(A:h Q:h).
CO shows high card queen(J:d Q:d).

Hero wins with a flush, ace high(A:h Q:h).

Yesterday i spewed a bit, and luckily today others spewed a bit more.
I'm still not too happy about my game, but i think i have improved a lot this month.


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

Friday made my first omaha session, it was really intresting, and I would like to play omaha more than 1:8 ratio with holdem. I think next month gonna change it.
Torneys are not going great, but those wcoop tournaments are really fishy, and try to play some more.
I took some nl500 zoom shots and got huge swings lately, i think it's great to play every week some hands there to improve my game.


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

Haven't played much poker lately, and im not going for 100k hands in cash games this month.
Have bought some shares also for this month wcoop, and it's going good so far. One staker just finished 8th wcoop 40 event, and last two weeks have sweated some players who have gotten day 2. Still no big scores, but many close ones, and solid profit.

Cash games so far:


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DeLau
Joined: 10.01.2009

Hey what do you think about the zoom nl500 games? Tougher than your regular (nl400/nl600 right?) stakes?


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

Yes tougher, i only play couple of sessions every week when it's softer.
There are good regs who play high stakes(Nl1k+). So it's very diffrent compered to nl200 zoom.


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

New month, new challenges.
So i'm planning to play more omaha October, and really get volume going in. Try to play holdem when there is peak time, and best tables. This month i wont be playng any torneys, and i'm happy i don't have to play 10 hour sessions any more.
So October goals are:
:diamond:40k hands holdem cash game (aim to 55k).
:diamond:15k hands in omaha(aim 20k).
:diamond:Go for 3 coaching sessions in omaha.
:diamond: post 5 omaha hands every week.

September summary:
September was good month in holdem cash games, and i feel like my play style was totaly diffrent when i started this month, so a lot of success.
Wcoop torneys, and couple of other torneys didn't went well, and run terrible. Also not happy with my play, first 8-10 torneys i wasen't really focused. I wasen't ready to play so long sessions, and that was the problem.
First month when i took some omaha coaching, and made 2 sessions. Not happy with omaha volume this month, but happy that i got started with learning.


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horVeech
Joined: 03.03.2013

Hey, i am Stars midstakes FR reg but im starting to concentrate for live poker events such as EPT etc. (Mainly to play live cash, enjoy the travels around the world, luckbox a couple of $$milions in these mtts... pure balla poker pro livestyle) :coolface:

Next year i also plan moving from czech rep to asia or malta in some poker house.

it seems like u have similar plans so i figured we could coperate a bit. i added u in community. Add me on skype. Thx

Btw what were your results in Barcelona cash games?


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

Originally posted by horVeech
Hey, i am Stars midstakes FR reg but im starting to concentrate for live poker events such as EPT etc. (Mainly to play live cash, enjoy the travels around the world, luckbox a couple of $$milions in these mtts... pure balla poker pro livestyle) :coolface:

Next year i also plan moving from czech rep to asia or malta in some poker house.

it seems like u have similar plans so i figured we could coperate a bit. i added u in community. Add me on skype. Thx

Btw what were your results in Barcelona cash games?

Hey, added you in skype. Barcelona didn't get good games, and wasen't profitable trip. Some estonians said that cash games were really good, maybe i just had bad luck with getting good tables. Next trip gonna be EPT Prague, gonna buy tickets next week. Last year Prague was awesome :)


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horVeech
Joined: 03.03.2013

Yup im from czech rep so i will be in prague for ept and eureka,
Glad u liked it, its gonna be huge this year :megusta:


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

Havent played much poker lately, and next days gonna try to get some volume in. Last week took some shots to nl1k, and got some big swings. Im not sure if i got scared money or something, but i wasent playng same as nl400-600. Most hands got nl1k zoom, and now i only take nl1k regular tables on weekends when theres peak time. Mindset not very good, and thats why i have been away from poker. So far this month 25k hands.


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

Small update, and month summary.
Not happy with this month, didn't play much, and when i started this month nl1k zoom, then i wasen't even close to my A-game.
Overall okey results, but tables were quite good when i played, and i think i spewed around 5k$ this month.
My omaha challenge was fail this month(played 5k hands or so), but i started to play n50 zoom(last month played nl10), and i think even holdem grinders don't need much skill to beat that level. I don't think my omaha skill is good, but i just played super nitty, and it seems to work out.
I'm taking 2 days off from poker, and going to riga for halloween(maybe some live poker).


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urmo1
Joined: 02.03.2008

This month have been going well, decided to try microgaming, and mostly play anonymous tables. Theres decent action, and good field.
I changed my computer hard drive, and lost some hands, so i only have microgaming graph. Haven't played high stakes a lot, mostly still nl400, and soon i go higher again. Got a lot of motivation to play those anonymous tables, and it seems really fun.

Last session hands:

1) Not sure about this one. I didnt have any reads against villain. Turn i could Check/shove, and i think it would be better. Also if we bet turn, then we can play river C/C.

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Player 5 ($618.40) 155bb
CO Player 6 ($689.33) 172bb
BTN Player 1 ($477.40) 119bb
SB Player 2 ($420) 105bb
BB urmo1 ($1,314.92) 329bb

Pre-Flop: ($6, 5 players) urmo1 is BB A♦ A♠
Player 5 raises to $12, 3 folds, urmo1 raises to $40, Player 5 calls $28

Flop: K♠ 9♣ 4♣ ($70, 2 players)
urmo1 bets $60, Player 5 calls $60

Turn: 3♣ ($190, 2 players)
urmo1 bets $140, Player 5 calls $140

River: 4♥ ($470, 2 players)
urmo1 goes all-in $1,074.92, Player 5 goes all-in $378.40

Final Pot: $1,226.80
urmo1 shows
A♦ A♠
Player 5 shows
9♦ 9♠

Player 5 wins $1,235.80 (net +$629.40)

urmo1 collects $696.52 (net -$618.40)

2)Bad play, should fold river without read.

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Player 6 ($426) 107bb
UTG+1 Player 1 ($509.50) 127bb
CO Player 2 ($675.50) 169bb
BTN Player 3 ($114) 29bb
SB urmo1 ($787.52) 197bb
BB Player 5 ($1,356.30) 339bb

Pre-Flop: ($6, 6 players) urmo1 is SB Q♥ J♣
4 folds, urmo1 raises to $12, Player 5 raises to $28, urmo1 calls $16

Flop: 7♥ J♦ 7♦ ($44, 2 players)
urmo1 checks, Player 5 checks

Turn: 9♠ ($44, 2 players)
urmo1 bets $36, Player 5 calls $36

River: 5♣ ($116, 2 players)
urmo1 bets $64, Player 5 raises to $200, urmo1 calls $136

Final Pot: $452
urmo1 shows
Q♥ J♣
Player 5 shows
9♥ 9♦

Player 5 wins $525 (net +$261)

urmo1 lost $188

3) I think it was also really close spot. Villain seemed fishy, and i think he might have some bluffs here. The more hands i played after this hand, the more i realized that villain was fishy. But i think it was quite marginal river spot.

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG urmo1 ($562) 141bb
UTG+1 Player 6 ($400) 100bb
CO Player 1 ($617.10) 154bb
BTN Player 2 ($924.60) 231bb
SB Player 3 ($3,787.88) 947bb
BB Player 4 ($1,364.20) 341bb

Pre-Flop: ($6, 6 players) urmo1 is UTG Q♦ Q♥
urmo1 raises to $12, 3 folds, Player 3 calls $10, 1 fold

Flop: 9♦ J♣ Q♣ ($26, 2 players)
Player 3 checks, urmo1 bets $20, Player 3 raises to $40, urmo1 calls $20

Turn: 4♣ ($86, 2 players)
Player 3 bets $108, urmo1 calls $108

River: 2♣ ($302, 2 players)
Player 3 bets $164, urmo1 folds

Final Pot: $466

Player 3 wins $485 (net +$163)

urmo1 lost $140


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