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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Hello!

My name is Pasi and I come from a small country Finland, Europe. I started playing poker like 20 years ago. I played cash games and lost 2k in a couple of days playing nl50. Then I started playing some mtt's. I won like 700 usd and I was hooked! My biggest tournament score is 10k from a 3 USD Pokerstars tournament like 10 years ago and there were like 5k players and luckily I won it. Obviously, without any training, I didn't know what I was doing. Since then I have been playing sit and go's and cash games and sometimes mtt's.

Now I have played NL5 and NL10 cash games, but for some reason, I ALWAYS lose in the end and I just can't make a profit. I have studied some GTO with GTO Wizard and got 90% score, but I think GTO just doesn't count in micro stakes. Now I have 300 USD bankroll and I start to play mtt's and sit-n-go's when my self-exclusion in Stars ends. I excluded and thought that I never play Stars again as I always lose there no matter what, but now I think that I just have to play there as it's the only site where is volume for sit-n-go's. Self-exclusion ends on the 9th of this month finally.

I think that I am going to post my results and also some hands when I get interesting spots. I start to play today with 2-3 abi tournaments and maybe 5 USD sit-n-go's in Winamax and Party. I never win in GG and I run so poorly there, but I might deposit there as well. So 3 sites to play and then when I can play in Stars I change to there.

at the same time I start bankroll challenge. I start with $200 and I try to build it to 1k at first and then my second target is from 1k to 10k.

Sites: Winamax, pokerstars, GG poker, Party poker
Nick: Lucky_Hussle, OMGSoSick!, Nuashall
Bankroll: $300
Goal: $1000

That's all for now and see you on the next update! :f_cool:


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ghaleon
Joined: 17.10.2007

I would think of trying out unibet as well. There seems to be decent amount of games at least on evenings in sng. Though it's only 5max (if I remember right) and husng available. But pool is likely softer than on many other places though I have not played those in a while.

Downside is lack of tracker support though.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Thanks, Ghaleon. I have watched your videos when you crushed sit n gos. I have never seen any players in that pool, but I have to check again. I played husngs in Unibet and at least those games are very very soft.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

I always think Finland is a big country if you compare it with the Netherlands where I come from, but based on population it's indeed small.

Maybe the https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=523971 is interesing for you.

I see that you are a basic member. Than you can't post links and pictures.
To get a bronze status you can use 1 or more of our free money offers on poker rooms you don’t have an account yet. If it you already have signed in for a room you need to read the instructions well and it can take up to 2 business days before you get the free money. If that's not a option you can buy a status-upgrade.

Good luck with you're poker adventure :gl:

Cheers,
SDK1987


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by SDK1987
I always think Finland is a big country if you compare it with the Netherlands where I come from, but based on population it's indeed small.

Maybe the https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=523971 is interesing for you.

I see that you are a basic member. Than you can't post links and pictures.
To get a bronze status you can use 1 or more of our free money offers on poker rooms you don’t have an account yet. If it you already have signed in for a room you need to read the instructions well and it can take up to 2 business days before you get the free money. If that's not a option you can buy a status-upgrade.

Good luck with you're poker adventure :gl:

Cheers,
SDK1987

Alright, ty. Can you add me to the bankroll challenge? I sent a message to the board, is it enough?


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

Sending a message like everyone else is doing is good enough I think.
It's smart to read the first post of the thread and you know the rules.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by SDK1987
Sending a message like everyone else is doing is good enough I think.
It's smart to read the first post of the thread and you know the rules.

I sent a message to that post but still not bankroll badge on my profile.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

I have played some cash games now before I get the stars account back to the action. I think softest games are in Veikkaus (Finnish poker room). They make silly moves and I won 50 euros from my short session there. I continue to play there, but I am waiting for stars to open in a few days.

Then I start to grind 6 tables at a time and hopefully, I don't get a bad run at the start. I have 100 bins to 2 USD games, but not sure if I want to play 5 USD games instead. 50 bins is just so low and I can easily lose like 20 bins on the session.

I bought an Icmizer for the push and fold game and I think I buy a DTO gto trainer as it's the cheapest one. If I am multi-tabling it's harder to exploit so the basic GTO style should work well. I have also a poker tracker so I see their stats.

That's all for now. Stay tuned!

Bankroll: 250 eur
s ha


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Affltr
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I am surprised how bad I am in ICM bubble situations. There are very many ANY TWO jams and I can't figure it out when I should do it. I have trained with ICMIZER and I really need more practise. My goal is to have at least 30 min of studying after the each session. Hopefully I can keep it. I have played waaaayyy too tight and it's time to correct it now.

Today stars self-exlusion will end and I can start to grind sit n go's. Thats really my favourite game format and even without training thats the most profitable for me as well. Hopefully I get good run and don't make any big mistakes.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Finally, Pokerstars self-exclusion ended. I will start to grind 2 USD sit-n-gos. My Bankroll dropped a bit as I played some mtts without any results. But I am feeling good about sit n gos as I have trained ICM spots with Icmizer and gto with gto+ and dto. Now just need to avoid a brutal downswing one time! Pokerstars RNG didn't like me. Maybe it likes me now after a break, we'll see.

I will start to post the most interesting and difficult spots here and I hope someone better player can help me to improve my game.

Bankroll: 135 eur
Games: Husng hypers and 9max + 18 man sitngos

That's all for now. See you later!


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

I tilted a bit and played NL50 heads up and almost went broke. I had 70 USD left and started to play 6 max hypers. I went like 100 USD up playing those and cash games. I think I stick with hypers. I get really good rakeback and can put lots of volume playing 6 tables at once. I need to still watch all of Collin's videos and practice with ICMIZER and DTO. But seems to be really good games. I used to try those but I lost and didn't like it I played too tight and now I think my push/call ranges are balanced.

This is my 6 max hyper graph:

Bankroll: 170€
Games: Cash, 6 max hypers


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

It lasts couple of days and of course dowswing hits. Guess it just huge variance in hyper games. Nothing else to say.


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ghaleon
Joined: 17.10.2007

Graphs are kind of useless without big sample size. For hypers 1000 games is still small sample.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

I had to drop from 5 usd games to 2 usd games as I got big downswing. Now things are going up again. Hopefully I climb to 5 usd games soon. I think I need like 50 bins at least to continue there. I might take shots when I have 30 bins.

I lost to cash games so this graph doesn't show actual results.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by ghaleon
Graphs are kind of useless without big sample size. For hypers 1000 games is still small sample.

Yes, true. Maybe I should post some hands instead. Seems like there are not many people who comment and maybe not that many who even read this blog. But the main purpose is to motivate myself and avoid going broke.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

You can always post those hands on the Hand discussions for Sit and Go-Tournaments board if you want feedback.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

I guess I need to have 5x from the start so I increase my goal to 1500 USD.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by SDK1987
You can always post those hands on the Hand discussions for Sit and Go-Tournaments board if you want feedback.

Ok ty.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

I switched to turbo-speed sit-n-gos and seems like the downswing is over at least for now. Variance in hypers is just so brutal. I will play Turbos for now. It was good to play hypers to learn short stack play. Maybe I play later but now 8 tabling turbos. I won 20 bins in 2 hour session so seems to go well. I try to play 6-8 hours per day. Looking good.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

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I play at pokerstars. Its the only site which have volume enough. I play 2-5 usd games. What games do you play?


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