Okay PokerStrategy. Fine. You win. I'll start a blog.
Soo... I've been a member here for a few good years and this is my first attempt at blogging about poker. The main reason - the Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Challenge, the second reason is that I hope keeping this blog helps me improve my game.
About me
Not that any of this matters, but: I'm 22, male, from Estonia. Graduated from university this summer (2014) and now have a bachelor's degree in economics and entrepreneurship. I'm living with my long-time girlfriend and currently serving at replacement service (which is a replacement option to military service), which essentially means I have to work full-time, for a year, for minimum wage.
I started playing poker, like many people here, with the free money offer from PokerStrategy. Started with cash games, more specifically the Short Stack Strategy, played a bit till I hit a minor downswing which robbed me of motivation for a while, plus I felt that SSS was not a sustainable strategy to play with these days. After a while I slowly started getting into fullring BSS and spent some time playing/learning that. Mostly breakeven, but also managed to earn some profit at MPN, at NL2 (really terrible players there). The sample size is very insignificant though, that's for sure. Anyways, even though I enjoyed BSS, especally playing the fish at MPN, I wanted to try something else. And that was the Double or Nothing format. I figured it's the most straightforward variant of SNG-s; has the least variance; and with my beginner's knowledge of SSS, I thought I'd have a slight "edge" in the beginning because I was used to playing very tight. As it turned out, it was not all that simple. Yes, the strategy is rather straightforward but you will face very difficult decisions on the bubble nevertheless. There is not as much strategic information about these games available as there is about regular SNG-s. And variance is still a b*tch. So I started getting more and more into regular fullring SNG-s as well aside from DoN-s and currently, these 2 are the gametypes I play simultaneously. Like I mentioned, I used to play some NL2 BSS as well for from time-to-time but lately I haven't had any time to get into that, I've been focusing solely on SNG-s (and some freerolls, I've always loved them freerolls 
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I consider myself more of a beginner (rather than a pro), but from what I have learned since the start of Summer 2014 (when I started with SNG-s), I am not the worst player (thankfully) and the stakes I'm playing should be perfectly beatable in the long run. I've been using a rather aggressive BR management so far as well, which has been both a blessing and a curse, but right now it looks like things are moving in the right direction overall.
I'd also like to share some insight into my long-term goals regarding poker. I have no interest in becoming a pro player (in terms of having to grind for a living). I don't think I will ever be patient enoguh to grind for 6h+ per day and still have a passion for the game (and be a normal human being). Also I wholeheartedly agree with Daniel Colman's views that he expressed after winning the One Drop. So what am I trying to achieve? First and foremost, I want to be a "winning player" over a decent sample. I want to know that I can beat the small stakes and if necessary, I can grind in case I need money (hopefully not necessary). At some point, I'd like to be able to purchase a decent PC or a car (more specifically, the magnificent Alfa Romeo 166) for poker winnings. Also I'd like to become a MTT player in the future, but right now I don't think I have the sufficient skills nor bankroll to become one. Will conquer the SNG-s first 
I am mostly playing at PartyPoker and (at the moment) RedKings (OnGame). But I have accounts on several sites and I'm going to list them all with BR's here:
PartyPoker: $566.11
RedKings (OnGame): $93.40
Triobet (MPN): €42.96 = $53.80
PKR: $4.58
PokerStars: $0
Unibet: $0
Total Starting Bankroll: $717.98
Goal: $4200
Honestly if I had joined this challenge 1.5 months ago, my BR would have been around $250 or $350 at most and I would have set a more realistic goal of $1K or $2K (not that 4.2K is unrealistic but you see, I got my BR over $500 at PartyPoker for the first time in my life like a week ago), but since I've been "suffering" from a bit of an upswing at Party, I had to set my goals a tad higher. $4.2K is a lot of money to me and to actually reach that would be a day worth remembering...
My Biggest (in my opinion) Achievements in Poker so far:
2nd place in MPN SnG Challenge €0-€4.99 Buy In category in August 2014 (for €100)
Finished in 75th position in PartyPoker $15k Gtd Super Bounty MTT (+3 bounties) for a total of $144 (ticket bought for PartyPoints) (14 September 2014)
Grinded out a free PokerTracker 4 via the Get-It-Free offer at RedKings (November 2014)
Finished in 37th position in PartyPoker Pokerfest $30k Gtd Super Bounty MTT (+2 bounties) for a total of $145 (ticket bought for PartyPoints) (2 November2014)
Reached a $500 bankroll for the first time in PartyPoker (November 2014)
My hands, evaluated by PokerStrategy coaches:
$5 FR Turbo - 88 flopped trips
$5 FR Turbo - QJs on CO
Guess this is it for now. Oh... did I mention I really really enjoy good music? 
I'm mostly a hip hop listener but I like lots of different styles and artists. Expect to see some examples of my awesome taste in music in this blog... starting now.
Don't have anything better to smoke ATM either unfortunately.
The $15k GTD Super Bounty is 99% certain to go down on Sunday. I have the ticket. I have enough coffee. I have already mentally prepared to go to work on Monday morning without having had any sleep. It will go down.
(I'm not proud of it, but the fact is that I've always been a bit of a promotion-wh*re) 
I thought about adding this as the part of my bankroll that I have "withdrawn" from poker as technically I did not lose it playing poker. But I guess it's not an amount that would make much difference in the long run so I'm just going to take my losses and not include it in the bankroll at all. I'm hoping to add some $3.30 normal 10-man games (I'm already playing DoN's when possible but the traffic for DoN's is terrible there) at RedKings soon as I am approaching 800 Player Points in total (which should release a $100 first deposit bonus as well). I haven't used my points for anything else so far either which means I also have about $20 in points at RedKings which I can convert to cash when necessary. I'm not sure what I'm going to do after I clear the bonus though. I'm not that inclined to play at RedKings as the rake is high, there are basically no promotions and the 3-minute levels of Turbo tourneys don't seem to suit me as well as the bigger stacks and 4-minute levels at Party. If Party offered a reload bonus I'd love to take advantage of that but if not, then I'm not sure... I'd like to use the money to grind for either a first deposit or reload bonus and I'd like to earn StrategyPoints for it as well. Not sure which site to choose though. ATM I'm only tracked at Party and PKR (even though I should be tracked at Unibet and PokerStars as well...)
We'll see about that all tomorrow, stay tuned 
