Originally posted by akrammon
Originally posted by Demonic226
Nice, I'm platinum now
Gratz on that
Ty
Originally posted by Gavron23
Hey, what volume did you need in order to get platinum on betfair?
I raked a bit more than $800 in order to become Platinum. So for me it was about 800 games at $11.
Originally posted by Wriggers
150% rakebackSick!
Jep, won't be needing a flat RB deal anytime soon ♠_biggrin:
Ooof, you're on betfair now? I tried them out recently, although the software seemed improved a bit, it still did my eyes in figuring out wtf had taken place before my action, I hate the look of the chips and the amounts aren't obvious. How many tables can you manage on there? I struggle with one lmao. Pretty sure there must be better skins for that network??
Originally posted by dangermowse
Ooof, you're on betfair now? I tried them out recently, although the software seemed improved a bit, it still did my eyes in figuring out wtf had taken place before my action, I hate the look of the chips and the amounts aren't obvious. How many tables can you manage on there? I struggle with one lmao. Pretty sure there must be better skins for that network??
Well it sure takes some time to get used to, but for me it is quite okay now. I don't know how long ago you tried it but nowadays you can see the size of the pot displayed in the middle (just like FTP). I can manage 8-9 tables, the only annoying thing is that there's no timebank.
I think the software for most skins is quite the same, at least the other Ongame skin I tried, Europoker, was almost the same as Betfair. But Betfair has rakeraces and a better VIP system if you ask me.
Hi Demonic,
Nice to see your comeback. I've lost most of my bankroll on FTP too. I've managed to recover my bankroll on stars and PP. I'm going to play on ongame since august. Which site you suggest me except Europoker. I mean VIP system, etc. I'm going to deposit $1k to play 11/22$ stakes.
Do you know some good skins or shortcut script?
Thanks for any advice and good luck. It would be cool see you on my table again. ♠_thumbsup:
Originally posted by Duncan737
Hi Demonic,Nice to see your comeback. I've lost most of my bankroll on FTP too. I've managed to recover my bankroll on stars and PP. I'm going to play on ongame since august. Which site you suggest me except Europoker. I mean VIP system, etc. I'm going to deposit $1k to play 11/22$ stakes.
Do you know some good skins or shortcut script?
Thanks for any advice and good luck. It would be cool see you on my table again. ♠_thumbsup:
Hey Duncan!
Good to hear that you are recovering as well.
I would suggest you to go for Betfair. They have weekly rakeraces for SNGs, there is a monthly rakerace on PS and you still earn points for their VIP system while you are clearing the bonus. I took the $1k bonus, because I think it will be very hard to clear the $2.5k bonus and it also clears in chunks of $500 I think (instead of chunks of $100 for the $1k bonus).
Time for the review of September. The overall volume is a bet less than I expected/wanted to reach at the beginning of the month, I'm mostly disappointed about the end because I was slacking in the last 1,5 week, which cost me $200 in bonus money. I was mainly slacking because I changed my playing schedule to avoid top heavy reg hours. The schedule is basically to play in the morning and late evening, but traffic in the morning is lower and sometimes I was too tired to play in the evening after I came home from the gym.
To make sure this isn't going to affect my volume too much next month, I'll probably mixing in 5max in a few days. But first I want to watch some vids to get a good feel for the difference with 9/10 mans.
As for the profit this month, as usual I was running about 30BI below EV, but my EV line itself was just BE as well. This has a lot to do with the really fast blindstructure. Sometimes you don't have any FE left before you can blink with your eyes. Another reason was that I still had/have some spots to improve and I discovered those leaks like 600-700 games in.
So, without further due:
Stats:
$11s: 1217 games ROI -3.7%, -0.4%, Profit: $314
Total Profit: -$440+$600 FD Bonus+$325 Leaderboard Betfair+$100 Rakerace PS+$50 Refer&Earn Betfair+$350 VIP bonus = $985
Total No of games: 1217
(I added the bonuses as a RB %)
October:
I want to increase volume a bit to make sure I at least get in the top 100 of the PS rakerace and get in the top 50 in the weekly leaderboards at Betfair. As I said, to do this I'll probably add in 5max to my game. I might even play some on Pokerstars during the day if I have some extra time.
I see you took my advice about pokerstars...
Top heavy reg hours are insane on ongame indeed. It's virtually impossible to avoid them tho!
Goodluck next month
♠_cool:
Pretty solid winnings for a "loosing" month 
Congrats sir, I'm shocked by your volume still, you put in some more you will surely get that ev line become a girraffe 
If you'd accept some advice: Weekend late mornings and early afternoons are the most plus EV things that can happen to you besides late evenings. I recommend you try those waters as well. I don't have much choice because I've got very little time during the week, so I'm forced to play weekends, but they've pretty much always been soft in the past.
Regards, and one more gratz on those solid numbers
Originally posted by akrammon
Pretty solid winnings for a "loosing" monthIf you'd accept some advice: Weekend late mornings and early afternoons are the most plus EV things that can happen to you besides late evenings. I recommend you try those waters as well. I don't have much choice because I've got very little time during the week, so I'm forced to play weekends, but they've pretty much always been soft in the past.
Regards, and one more gratz on those solid numbers
I can agree with that - Saturday morning is as fishiest as it will get...
Originally posted by akrammon
Pretty solid winnings for a "loosing" monthIf you'd accept some advice: Weekend late mornings and early afternoons are the most plus EV things that can happen to you besides late evenings. I recommend you try those waters as well. I don't have much choice because I've got very little time during the week, so I'm forced to play weekends, but they've pretty much always been soft in the past.
Regards, and one more gratz on those solid numbers
Yeah I know, that's why I changed my schedule to early mornings and late evenings. Unfortunately I don't/am not able to play much in the weekends, due to hangoverness and stuff like that.
But I've just discovered something that is unlike I've ever seen. The 5max games! I'm probably just running hot but I can just push and minr all over the place without getting played back at. A lot of loose passive fish as well. If those games are always this soft, I'm not sure if you'll ever see me back at the 10mans 
HU against some guys I can literally minr like 5 times in a row before they start restealing (because they probably have a good hand).
Also had one frustrating HU where we went allin like 6 times, me being the CL and villain with 2-3bbs and I usually had the better hand. This guy let himself get down to 1-2bbs every time, wins, waits again, wins, gets a real hand and wins the HU
I've decided that I'm going to do something I have never done before, I'm going to challenge myself to the limit!
The aim of the challenge is to finish 1st in the Betfair LB next week, which will be from the 14th until the 20th of October. A first place finish is $1000 so it is well worth a try.
I have one week of autumn break from the 14th until the 23rd so I have some extra free time on my hands. I will make sure I'll run all errands before next Thursday and don't have to go to the supermarket that often.
So here's how I'm going to do it:
I have calculated that I have to play about 1200 SNG's in that time span to take a shot at the first place. This means I'll have to average about 171 SNG's a day for 7 days. I discovered that the 5max games at Ongame are quite soft, so that's what I'll be mainly playing.
At the moment I'm 6tabling them with a occasional 10max mixed in, I want to average about 20 games an hour, so I'll be playing for about 9 hours a day.
In the last days I've done about 100 a day without too much trouble so it should certainly be a doable challenge, but it won't be a walk in the park.
I'll probably update this blog every day or every two days at the end of the day. The only problem with determining if I'm actually on pace for the LB is a bit difficult since it's not updated daily, and the final update usually comes in the weekend after the week has finished.
Anyway, wish me luck!
Originally posted by lessthanthreee
GL !
This, but remember that volume at the expense of quality often equals disaster so be a bit careful. Make sure you take regular breaks and look after yourself if you are going to try to play this much.
go go crush'em!
but are you sure you want to start putting in huge volume with the "new format"? Wouldn't it be safer to do it with FR?
Thnx all!
@Tim, yeah I know, I'm just going to play my usual schedule of playing for 2-2.5 hrs and then taking a little break and then start another session. I'll try to keep reviewing regularly, like I do now.
@akrammon, the 10mans are often too reg infested, so I don't think I can put in 170 games a day without regging with at least 5 "regs", and I don't really want to do that so I think 5max is better for that. My sample at 5max is small of course (250 games or something) but I really enjoy it so far (not just because I'm running or something, because I'm not running super hot) and the amount of fish is amazing.
Originally posted by Demonic226
Thnx all!@Tim, yeah I know, I'm just going to play my usual schedule of playing for 2-2.5 hrs and then taking a little break and then start another session. I'll try to keep reviewing regularly, like I do now.
@akrammon, the 10mans are often too reg infested, so I don't think I can put in 170 games a day without regging with at least 5 "regs", and I don't really want to do that so I think 5max is better for that. My sample at 5max is small of course (250 games or something) but I really enjoy it so far (not just because I'm running or something, because I'm not running super hot) and the amount of fish is amazing.
Okay, I'm sure you'll crush But keep us updated regularly!
Also, back to our previous topic, going out and drinking till hangover on only one night of the weekend is invaluable. I just got called by Txo from 5+bbs for his life on the bubble. You need weekends ♦ Seriously.
