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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

Hi guys,

Welcome to my blog.
I think I've made a blog on the English community before, but it wasn't very active. I'll try to update this one on a bit more regular base.

A short introduction:

I'm Bart, a 20yo guy from Holland who moved to Malta to play poker full time. I've played many Sit 'n go's and tournaments from 6max to huge MTTs and from $50c to $215+. Currently I play MTTs, focussing mainly on PokerStars with their "Bigs" and all turbo MTTs that run. I try to increase my volume by adding 180man SNGs.

I've only started grinding the 180s for a month now (after 2years of not playing them) so I can't say too much on how these games go. I'm not sure if I will continue playing these games, this all depends on the results in the upcoming months.

My goals:

I've set up a few goals for the year, and while I don't wanna make any profit-goals, I think these are still pretty decent and motivating.

My goals for the year are:

- 400,000 VPP (which is about $73,000 rake)
- Reaching the Top10 of the Yearly Tournament Leaderboard and maintaining this position by the end of the year.

I also have my own blogsite where I will post some more general stuff, but I like the option to interact quickly with the readers on a forum.

My own blog is here.

Coaching:

I also provide coaching for 45/180man SNGs and all MTTs. I've made 4 videos for PokerStrategy in English, and about 40 in Dutch. I've also coached many times and consider myself having a pretty decent understanding of doing this.

I currently ask $50/hour for coaching and $225 for 5 hours.


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UPAY4DINNER
Joined: 28.09.2009

Good to see you back Bart and best of luck :)


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

First real session of the year, and it's turbonight so it's gonna be a long one!


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

ugh 20th big162 and 11th 55 2xch


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

So pretty bad day afterall. I was at -$3k at some point, while I thought I played pretty decent and focussed (as opposed to yesterday where I was playing up to 55 tables to check out how that would go). Today I played a maximum of 35 tables and thought my focus and game was pretty decent. Then again I mix in quite a few higher games nowadays so it can go pretty hard. Of the top of my head I play these games daily:

Big55, Big109, Big162
82ht, 82ht, 54tko, 55t 2xch, 109t 2xch, 51ht, hot75, 215t, hot55, 109t, 55t 6m, 215t, 51ht, 55r ba, 109t, 82ht, 215 2xch

So that's like 2.5K$ just in 50+ games, and like a ****load of 1-44 games too. So 3K$ swings are pretty standard and when blanking all MTTs it's kinda hard to grind out the variance with 180s.

Anyway I was 1/9 with a pretty huge CL in a 109t with 5k ontop so could save my day pretty well, but managed to get 4th somehow and only got 2k so I'm still down a little for the day, but could be worse.

I managed to maintain my diamond on Scope for the $16-35 all games and $16-35 180man leaderboards while not blanking all, so that's pretty nice

Also making some progress in the TLB, where I'm 18th at the moment, but it obviously doesn't say much yet. I think my Bigger109 score is the only one that's gonna could in the end.


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Targetme
Joined: 04.05.2009

Oh hey bud, you gonna do more videos? I love your dutch accent when you say LEZZZ GO TURBO. No 180 videos tho id be mad :f_biggrin:


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

Hey man:)

I might but Im not sure. Kinda depends what PokerStrategy.com wants and if there is any demand on new vids.

Pretty bad day again, like 1k down atm
But still 1/21 in a 55r with 4k ontop so could save it :) letsgooooo


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

4/9


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

PokerStars Hand #92260540087: Tournament #668139305, $50+$5 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXI (5000/10000) - 2013/01/13 4:26:44 CET [2013/01/12 22:26:44 ET]
Table '668139305 7' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 6: n.d 1998 (355688 in chips)
Seat 8: DonBartos (256312 in chips)
n.d 1998: posts the ante 2000
DonBartos: posts the ante 2000
DonBartos: posts small blind 5000
n.d 1998: posts big blind 10000
HOLE CARDS
Dealt to DonBartos [9h 9c]
DonBartos: raises 10000 to 20000
n.d 1998: calls 10000
FLOP [2d 8s 7h]
n.d 1998: checks
DonBartos: bets 17600
n.d 1998: raises 316088 to 333688 and is all-in
DonBartos: calls 216712 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (99376) returned to n.d 1998
TURN [2d 8s 7h] [4d]
RIVER [2d 8s 7h 4d] [8c]
SHOW DOWN
n.d 1998: shows [8d Tc] (three of a kind, Eights)
DonBartos: shows [9h 9c] (two pair, Nines and Eights)
n.d 1998 collected 512624 from pot
SUMMARY
Total pot 512624 | Rake 0
Board [2d 8s 7h 4d 8c]
Seat 6: n.d 1998 (big blind) showed [8d Tc] and won (512624) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 8: DonBartos (button) (small blind) showed [9h 9c] and lost with two pair, Nines and Eights

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UPAY4DINNER
Joined: 28.09.2009

Ouch, still a nice cash though? How much in the end?


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

Just under 3k


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

GOGO SUNDAYYYYYYY


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

8/19 109t if anyones interested


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pleno1
Joined: 19.11.2010

getttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

7th in TLB


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

:(


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pleno1
Joined: 19.11.2010

dem swings


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Targetme
Joined: 04.05.2009

35$ 180 graph? looks about right


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DonBartos
Joined: 19.08.2008

Nah, daygraph of yesterday


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