How to turn T$1000 into $10 000 cash

Originally posted by aleasy77
I played top this 5.50$ event on Tuesday and finished on third position and win with bounty nearly 1220$.

This I did not get, I thought that you played the Phase event.

No, I play New Year Series 160-L event on last day this series tournaments on PS.

Hello everyone,

I decide to combine last weeks update with this week one since this will cover the end of last week also ( from 15.01 to 19.01 ) because after the New Year Series I took it a little slow.

The week started with me playing only 3 tournaments on the 15th, a $3.30 bounty finishing 173rd for $6.75, after that I played some satellites to $11 Mystery Bounty and I managed to qualify via $1.45 hyper, also I played the $5.50 Micro Bounty Builder HR on that one I finish only with some bounties. The Mystery $11 was a bust for me....it ended with this hand:

PokerStars - 80/160 Ante 24 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

UTG: 12,200 (76.3 bb)
UTG+1: 4,952 (31 bb)
MP: 4,976 (31.1 bb)
MP+1: 8,004 (50 bb)
CO: 3,623 (22.6 bb)
BTN: 3,050 (19.1 bb)
Hero (SB): 2,442 (15.3 bb)
BB: 16,053 (100.3 bb)

8 players post ante of 24, Hero posts SB 80, BB posts 160

Pre Flop: (pot: 432) Hero has K♥: A♣:
2 folds, MP raises to 358, 3 folds, Hero raises to 2,418 and is all-in, fold, MP calls 2,060

Flop: (5,188, 2 players) T♠: 8♠: 2♥:

Turn: (5,188, 2 players) A♠:

River: (5,188, 2 players) 3♥:

Results: 5,188 pot
Final Board: T♠: 8♠: 2♥: A♠: 3♥:

Hero shows K♥: A♣:: (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 45%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)

MP shows 8♣: 8♥:: (Three of a Kind, Eights)
(Pre 55%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)

MP wins 5,188

On Thursday I played in the $11 Micro Thursday Thrill collecting only 2 bounties.

Played also the $11 Mystery Bounty and the $5.50 Micro HR but with no results, both where a bust. Friday I took it slow and played only the $3.30 Bounty Builder

Saturday and Sunday I was off had to leave home. This week started with me playing some small tournaments ( $1.10, $3.30 and $5.50 ), getting only some small prizes.

And for the rest of the week I was playing only some Power Path steps since I had some unused tickets from playing every day, and they would expire if I did not used them.

On Sunday I played the Sunday Storm and some satellites to Sunday Million...didn't qualify to Million but I did get into the money in Storm.

Made a very stupid mistake in the Sunday Storm, giving away most of my stack ♠_mad: ♠_ugly: right on the money bubble when there where only 5 players left. I thought that I could bluff the BB and win the pot. Here is the hand:

PokerStars - 800/1600 Ante 200 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

BTN: 36,700 (22.9 bb)
Hero (SB): 89,489 (55.9 bb)
BB: 42,180 (26.4 bb)
UTG: 131,153 (82 bb)
UTG+1: 34,284 (21.4 bb)
MP: 3,108 (1.9 bb)
MP+1: 76,789 (48 bb)
CO: 51,584 (32.2 bb)

8 players post ante of 200, Hero posts SB 800, BB posts 1,600

Pre Flop: (pot: 4,000) Hero has J♣: T♦:
6 folds, Hero raises to 3,520, BB calls 1,920

Flop: (8,640, 2 players) Q♦: 7♠: K♦:
Hero bets 2,938, BB raises to 7,728, Hero calls 4,790

Turn: (24,096, 2 players) 4♦:
Hero checks, BB checks

River: (24,096, 2 players) 6♥:
Hero bets 78,041 and is all-in, BB calls 30,732 and is all-in

Results: 85,560 pot
Final Board: Q♦: 7♠: K♦: 4♦: 6♥:

Hero shows J♣: T♦:: (High Card, King)
(Pre 45%, Flop 32%, Turn 32%)

BB shows K♣: 7♥:: (Two Pair, Kings and Sevens)
(Pre 55%, Flop 68%, Turn 68%)

BB wins 85,560

Starting this week the bankroll is:

Played from 15.01.2025 to 26.01.2025

Starting Bankroll: T$1000.50
Last week Bankroll: $2919.26 + T$ 26.83
Current Bankroll: $2934.92

Profit from last update: - $11.17 * the profit is negative even if the bankroll is up from last week since I had some $T.

Goal: $10 000

Have a good week everyone. ♠_drink:

Hello everyone,

This past week was a slow one, I played most of the games on Monday and Tuesday when I worked from home and after that I was playing only some freerolls do to the fact that I had guests over until Sunday. This weekend I did not play any cash tournaments, only some freerolls from my phone

Started Monday with some small tournaments $3.30, $1.10 and the Micro HR $5.50, also I played and tried to qualify to the $11 Mystery Bounty. I had some small results and some small bounties, but the $3.30 was the highlight of the day. I played well in this tournament, but sometime luck is needed, my last 2 hands were: KJ vs AA, AJ vs KK

Tuesday I played the regular tournaments, starting with some $1.10, $3.30 and Micro HR $5.50, but I tried to qualify also to the Micro Super Tuesday $11, but no luck this week. The biggest result this day was still in the Bounty Builder $3.30, I did not get to review all my hands yet but here are some played:

PokerStars - 125/250 Ante 36 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

SB: 23,712 (94.8 bb)
BB: 3,535 (14.1 bb)
UTG: 4,270 (17.1 bb)
UTG+1: 6,674 (26.7 bb)
MP: 15,758 (63 bb)
MP+1: 13,168 (52.7 bb)
CO: 13,547 (54.2 bb)
Hero (BTN): 10,927 (43.7 bb)

8 players post ante of 36, SB posts 125, BB posts 250

Pre Flop: (pot: 663) Hero has T♥: A♣:
5 folds, Hero raises to 625, SB calls 500, BB calls 375

Flop: (2,163, 3 players) T♠: 9♠: A♥:
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 985, SB calls 985, BB calls 985

Turn: (5,118, 3 players) K♠:
SB checks, BB bets 1,889 and is all-in, Hero calls 1,889, SB calls 1,889

River: (10,785, 3 players) 5♦:
SB checks, Hero bets 3,667, fold

Results: 10,785 pot
Final Board: T♠: 9♠: A♥: K♠: 5♦:

Hero shows T♥: A♣:: (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)
(Pre 61%, Flop 69%, Turn 9%)

BB shows 4♠: 2♠:: (Flush, King High)
(Pre 39%, Flop 31%, Turn 91%)

BB wins 10,785

You need luck in poker too.

PokerStars - 150/300 Ante 42 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

UTG+1: 19,451 (64.8 bb)
MP: 22,140 (73.8 bb)
MP+1: 6,636 (22.1 bb)
CO: 5,912 (19.7 bb)
BTN: 5,495 (18.3 bb)
SB: 12,706 (42.4 bb)
BB: 13,385 (44.6 bb)
Hero (UTG): 12,544 (41.8 bb)

8 players post ante of 42, SB posts 150, BB posts 300

Pre Flop: (pot: 786) Hero has K♣: K♥:
Hero raises to 750, fold, MP calls 750, fold, CO raises to 5,870 and is all-in, 3 folds, Hero raises to 12,502 and is all-in, fold

Flop: (13,276, 2 players) J♠: K♠: A♠:

Turn: (13,276, 2 players) T♥:

River: (13,276, 2 players) 5♠:

Results: 13,276 pot
Final Board: J♠: K♠: A♠: T♥: 5♠:

Hero shows K♣: K♥:: (Three of a Kind, Kings)
(Pre 80%, Flop 72%, Turn 78%)

CO shows 7♥: 7♠:: (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 20%, Flop 28%, Turn 22%)

CO wins 13,276

And the last hand of the tournament was:

PokerStars - 175/350 Ante 50 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

CO: 20,385 (58.2 bb)
BTN: 17,563 (50.2 bb)
SB: 7,678 (21.9 bb)
BB: 11,674 (33.4 bb)
UTG: 26,140 (74.7 bb)
UTG+1: 19,897 (56.8 bb)
MP: 9,563 (27.3 bb)
Hero (MP+1): 6,066 (17.3 bb)

8 players post ante of 50, SB posts 175, BB posts 350

Pre Flop: (pot: 925) Hero has K♥: A♥:
3 folds, Hero raises to 735, CO calls 735, BTN calls 735, SB raises to 7,628 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 5,281 and is all-in, 2 folds

Flop: (14,252, 2 players) 5♣: 5♠: 4♣:

Turn: (14,252, 2 players) 4♠:

River: (14,252, 2 players) 3♠:

Results: 14,252 pot
Final Board: 5♣: 5♠: 4♣: 4♠: 3♠:

SB shows Q♦: Q♠:: (Two Pair, Queens and Fives)
(Pre 54%, Flop 74%, Turn 86%)

Hero shows K♥: A♥:: (Two Pair, Fives and Fours)
(Pre 46%, Flop 26%, Turn 14%)

SB wins 14,252

Still I got some bounties before my exit

After that I only played freerolls, and no significant result there.

This story hand is not related to this challenge but I have to post it, because it is one of the craziest hands that I played
...History of this tournament: This is a private tournament just for Romanian players. GGPoker gives you a ticket to a weekly $20 tournament if you deposit $20 into your account. This tournament is played every Sunday Night and has unlimited re-entry, but it is CAP at 5000 players, the GTD used to be $10 000 but since they give away $20 tickets that was always exceeded , so starting this year GGPoker made it $50 000 GTD, even like this the GTD is exceeded, so it's mad value to play this tournament, especially if they give you a ticket....like I do.

The field is full with crazy people who do not know how to play, make crazy plays it's pretty much a lottery, but if you play it for free is fun, and the top prize is at least $8000, so is mad value.

Here is the hand that I am talking about: https://gg.gl/cyxmz

The Winner of this hand this is his first cash in a poker tournament on GGPoker....new account, new player.... of course after this hand he is the chip leader and loose it all soon after but still. I really enjoy playing this tournament.

* I did finish into the money and got a nice boost in bankroll. :appl::profit:

Back to this challenge the bankroll this week is:

Played from 27.01.2025 to 02.02.2025

Starting Bankroll: T$1000.50
Last week Bankroll: $2934.92
Current Bankroll: $2926.25

Profit from last update: - $8.67

Goal: $10 000

Have a good week everyone.

Hello everyone,

Last week I was away do to work, so during the week I haven't played much, only some freerolls from my phone. I came back on Saturday evening so I did not managed to make time for poker.

However I did play on Sunday evening. I started with some satellites to Sunday Million and Sunday Storm, but with no luck. In the Storm satellite I got out after my QQ got cracked by AKo on the River. Here is the hand, probably I should not have shoved QQ pre-flop with around 50 players left to exit before the money.

PokerStars - 400/800 Ante 100 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

BB: 11,040 (13.8 bb)
UTG: 7,696 (9.6 bb)
UTG+1: 19,492 (24.4 bb)
Hero (MP): 16,356 (20.4 bb)
MP+1: 33,226 (41.5 bb)
CO: 7,960 (10 bb)
BTN: 39,264 (49.1 bb)
SB: 18,462 (23.1 bb)

8 players post ante of 100, SB posts 400, BB posts 800

Pre Flop: (pot: 2,000) Hero has Q♠: Q♦:
2 folds, Hero raises to 16,256 and is all-in, 4 folds, BB calls 10,140 and is all-in

Flop: (23,080, 2 players) 5♠: 9♠: 4♦:

Turn: (23,080, 2 players) 7♣:

River: (23,080, 2 players) A♠:

Results: 23,080 pot
Final Board: 5♠: 9♠: 4♦: 7♣: A♠:

BB shows A♦: K♠:: (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 44%, Flop 28%, Turn 14%)

Hero shows Q♠: Q♦:: (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 56%, Flop 72%, Turn 86%)

BB wins 23,080

After that my pair of KK got also cracked by AJo, not my day Sundays So I finished 100th with 69 players getting tickets.

PokerStars - 500/1000 Ante 125 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

MP: 22,230 (22.2 bb)
MP+1: 5,946 (5.9 bb)
CO: 14,426 (14.4 bb)
Hero (BTN): 10,582 (10.6 bb)
SB: 31,676 (31.7 bb)
BB: 7,410 (7.4 bb)
UTG: 35,714 (35.7 bb)
UTG+1: 25,512 (25.5 bb)

8 players post ante of 125, SB posts 500, BB posts 1,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 2,500) Hero has K♥: K♣:
4 folds, CO raises to 2,000, Hero raises to 10,457 and is all-in, 2 folds, CO calls 8,457

Flop: (23,414, 2 players) A♦: 2♥: 7♠:

Turn: (23,414, 2 players) 8♠:

River: (23,414, 2 players) 8♣:

Results: 23,414 pot
Final Board: A♦: 2♥: 7♠: 8♠: 8♣:

CO shows A♥: J♣:: (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)
(Pre 28%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)

Hero shows K♥: K♣:: (Two Pair, Kings and Eights)
(Pre 72%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)

CO wins 23,414

During that time I played the $5.50 Micro High Roller and I played really well on that one, just until there where around 600 players left until the money bubble. When of course I did something stupid; late in the game I still had around 60bb and there was a short stack 13bb Jam from early position, I had AJs decided to just call and the SB who had around 85bb decided to Isolate and moved all in. I took some time to think and in the end decided to call. I didn't have much info on the SB, but decided to call anyway. Here is the result:

PokerStars - 1000/2000 Ante 300 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

Hero (MP+1): 120,030 (60 bb)
CO: 133,002 (66.5 bb)
BTN: 153,540 (76.8 bb)
SB: 171,168 (85.6 bb)
BB: 159,648 (79.8 bb)
UTG: 62,959 (31.5 bb)
UTG+1: 25,596 (12.8 bb)
MP: 112,175 (56.1 bb)

8 players post ante of 300, SB posts 1,000, BB posts 2,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 5,400) Hero has A♥: J♥:
fold, UTG+1 raises to 25,296 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 25,296, 2 folds, SB raises to 170,868 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 94,434 and is all-in

Flop: (269,156, 3 players) 3♣: 4♠: 4♥:

Turn: (269,156, 3 players) 9♣:

River: (269,156, 3 players) K♣:

Results: 269,156 pot
Final Board: 3♣: 4♠: 4♥: 9♣: K♣:

SB shows A♠: Q♥:: (One Pair, Fours)
Main Pot: [80,288]: (Pre 33%, Flop 20%, Turn 12%)
Side Pot: [188,868]: (Pre 71%, Flop 75%, Turn 86%)

Hero shows A♥: J♥:: (One Pair, Fours)
Main Pot: [80,288]: (Pre 24%, Flop 16%, Turn 7%)
Side Pot: [188,868]: (Pre 29%, Flop 25%, Turn 14%)

UTG+1 shows 6♥: 6♦:: (Two Pair, Sixes and Fours)
Main Pot: [80,288]: (Pre 44%, Flop 64%, Turn 81%)

SB wins 188,868
UTG+1 wins 80,288

After that I was focusing more on GGPoker since I was playing the $20 tournament that I was talking last week. Also I have some strange behavior with my PC since this last update from Pokerstars. ( It is starting to "eat" a lot more resources then before )

Since Pokerstars released the last client update it uses a lot of resources CPU 40-95 %, from my PC. (when I have multiple tables opened)
When it is in idle and I don't have tables open, it is like in the picture.

Since they got this new update where you can perform this test (after the update it started automatically ), my pc is noisy a lot and the coolers are acting up. I did again the performance test and guess what the performance test said, to have everything on high and max ( like it was before the update )

But I noticed that the "Flutter Embedded Browser Client " is starting every time I have Pokerstars opened but it is not closing when I close the Pokerstars app. I have to close it manually from task manager

Anyway, back to poker. This week the bankroll is at:

Played from 03.02.2025 to 09.02.2025​

Starting Bankroll: T$1000.50
Last week Bankroll: $2926.25
Current Bankroll: $2910.74

Profit from last update: - $15.51

Goal: $10 000

Have a great week everyone.

Why are you shoving QQ for 20bb? AKo is bottom of villains calling range here, isnt it? What do you expect villain to call with?

Originally posted by mariussica88
I took some time to think and in the end decided to call. I didn't have much info on the SB, but decided to call anyway.

Insights on your thoughts? Without info this is an easy fold for me. Again AQo is bottom of villains range here, isnt it? "Anyway" sounds like "i dont know, yolo". Is that what you aim for?

Hello, with 20bb I prefer normal sizing open raise nearly 2.2-2.5bb, AK should push all in too preflop with this stack.
With AJs I fold after SB push here.

Originally posted by irieill
Why are you shoving QQ for 20bb? AKo is bottom of villains calling range here, isnt it? What do you expect villain to call with?
Insights on your thoughts? Without info this is an easy fold for me. Again AQo is bottom of villains range here, isnt it? "Anyway" sounds like "i dont know, yolo". Is that what you aim for?

I wanted to shove pre-flop because on that table people called very loose and I did not want to have to play pre-flop against 3-4 opponent's also the blinds are raising fast. And I like my changes even against AK in this type of fast satellites.

In the AJs hand I saw a lot of players "big stacks" trying to iso the smaller stack in order to get the bounty from him, and make stupid shoves. I did think that this was one of those cases, also I think that when he saw me just calling he thought that I was very weak. His range should have some A6s, A5s, A4s, K9s, KQs, QJs, 77, 88, 99.

Hello everyone,

Played from Monday to Thursday only 8 freerolls, and that's it. Work took all my time during the week, but I started playing more on Friday and on the weekend.

On Friday started with the Bounty Builder 115 - $5.50 Mystery, I had 2 re-entries since I blow half of my stack the first time playing to aggressive, I overplayed my pair of 77s and after that my opponent made a straight on the river and knocked me out. Second bullet was much better but in the end I got out in this hand:

PokerStars - 500/1000 Ante 125 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

UTG: 90,903 (90.9 bb)
UTG+1: 25,175 (25.2 bb)
MP: 127,141 (127.1 bb)
MP+1: 80,761 (80.8 bb)
CO: 76,556 (76.6 bb)
Hero (BTN): 40,118 (40.1 bb)
SB: 56,795 (56.8 bb)
BB: 24,507 (24.5 bb)

8 players post ante of 125, SB posts 500, BB posts 1,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 2,500) Hero has 9♣: A♣:
3 folds, MP+1 calls 1,000, fold, Hero raises to 3,100, fold, BB calls 2,100, MP+1 calls 2,100

Flop: (10,800, 3 players) 5♣: 6♣: 7♥:
BB checks, MP+1 bets 10,800, Hero raises to 36,893 and is all-in, fold, MP+1 calls 26,093

Turn: (84,586, 2 players) 5♦:

River: (84,586, 2 players) 7♣:

Results: 84,586 pot
Final Board: 5♣: 6♣: 7♥: 5♦: 7♣:

MP+1 shows 8♣: 7♦:: (Full House, Sevens full of Fives)
(Pre 36%, Flop 51%, Turn 70%)

Hero shows 9♣: A♣:: (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 64%, Flop 49%, Turn 30%)

MP+1 wins 84,586

Would you shove there on the flop? ( this player had a VPIP 55 LIMP 45 after 22 hands )

After that I played the Event 116 - $11 ( 8-max ), and in this one I played well, had some ups and downs, but I managed to get some bounties and also finish in the money. I got out when I decided to call a 4-way all in because I had only 6bb left, and I liked my K8s in the CO

Saturday I started with the Event 125 - $11 ( 8 -max ) in this one I took a more passive approach and till one point it paid off, but the more I got into the levels that approach and also my luck wasn't that good. One hand that made me think was this one, I have to analyze it later, when I study. What do you guys think about this one? How would you play it?

PokerStars - 1750/3500 Ante 450 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

CO: 42,087 (12 bb)
BTN: 254,945 (72.8 bb)
SB: 48,528 (13.9 bb)
BB: 55,470 (15.8 bb)
Hero (UTG): 210,891 (60.3 bb)
UTG+1: 182,357 (52.1 bb)
MP: 379,612 (108.5 bb)
MP+1: 142,019 (40.6 bb)

8 players post ante of 450, SB posts 1,750, BB posts 3,500

Pre Flop: (pot: 8,850) Hero has Q♦: Q♠:
Hero raises to 11,200, UTG+1 calls 11,200, fold, MP+1 calls 11,200, CO calls 11,200, 3 folds

Flop: (53,650, 4 players) T♠: T♦: J♥:
Hero bets 18,241, UTG+1 calls 18,241, 2 folds

Turn: (90,132, 2 players) 8♦:
Hero bets 27,145, UTG+1 raises to 152,466 and is all-in, Hero folds

Results: 144,422 pot
Final Board: T♠: T♦: J♥: 8♦:

UTG+1 wins 144,422

After that hand all went down , I got a bad beat when I was in BB with QQ and UTG2 had JJ and the J came on the river

PokerStars - 2000/4000 Ante 500 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

MP+1: 295,137 (73.8 bb)
CO: 293,032 (73.3 bb)
BTN: 41,378 (10.3 bb)
SB: 131,140 (32.8 bb)
Hero (BB): 97,835 (24.5 bb)
UTG: 260,793 (65.2 bb)
UTG+1: 482,731 (120.7 bb)
MP: 82,776 (20.7 bb)

8 players post ante of 500, SB posts 2,000, Hero posts BB 4,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 10,000) Hero has Q♥: Q♣:
UTG raises to 8,000, fold, MP raises to 24,000, 4 folds, Hero raises to 97,335 and is all-in, fold, MP calls 58,276 and is all-in

Flop: (178,552, 2 players) 5♠: 9♣: 7♣:

Turn: (178,552, 2 players) K♥:

River: (178,552, 2 players) J♦:

Results: 178,552 pot
Final Board: 5♠: 9♣: 7♣: K♥: J♦:

Hero shows Q♥: Q♣:: (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 82%, Flop 89%, Turn 95%)

MP shows J♠: J♣:: (Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 18%, Flop 11%, Turn 5%)

MP wins 178,552

And the last hand was also QQ

PokerStars - 2500/5000 Ante 625 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 7 players

Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

BB: 293,012 (58.6 bb)
UTG: 290,907 (58.2 bb)
UTG+1: 280,655 (56.1 bb)
Hero (MP): 11,434 (2.3 bb)
CO: 244,668 (48.9 bb)
BTN: 392,219 (78.4 bb)
SB: 171,927 (34.4 bb)

7 players post ante of 625, SB posts 2,500, BB posts 5,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 11,875) Hero has Q♥: Q♦:
fold, UTG+1 raises to 10,000, Hero raises to 10,809 and is all-in, CO calls 10,809, fold, SB calls 8,309, fold, UTG+1 calls 809

Flop: (52,611, 4 players) 7♥: 3♣: 6♣:
SB checks, UTG+1 bets 30,000, CO raises to 233,234 and is all-in, fold, UTG+1 calls 203,234

Turn: (519,079, 3 players) 9♠:

River: (519,079, 3 players) T♠:

Results: 519,079 pot
Final Board: 7♥: 3♣: 6♣: 9♠: T♠:

UTG+1 shows A♠: A♦:: (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 67%, Flop 82%, Turn 90%)

CO shows J♦: J♥:: (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 15%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)

Hero shows Q♥: Q♦:: (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 18%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)

UTG+1 wins 519,079

That was my Saturday....On Sunday I tried to qualify to Bounty Builder Main Event - Sunday Million edition, played same satellites to it but I couldn't win one. And also since I knew I had that GGPoker private tournament I did not wanted to overplay again and have to many tables opened. I did play the Bounty Builder Event 155 - $11 ($100k GTD) and that was a tournament that continued the loosing flips from Saturday , at least I managed to get some bounties in it.

Starting this week the bankroll is:

Played from 10.02.2025 to 16.02.2025

Starting Bankroll: T$1000.50
Last week Bankroll: $2910.74
Current Bankroll: $2958.58

Profit from last update: +$47.84

Goal: $10 000

Have a great week everyone

Hello I think is good fold on the turn with this QQ. Bad runnouts for queens this time.
I Play ME Sunday Million Yesterday and I go to ITM but next I push nearly 20bb with TT and get one call with A8s and weak ace suited get flush on the river.
On this event from Yesterday too and I was in last 500 players, go all in preflop with AQs, get call from AJs and opponent get flush on the river too.

Originally posted by aleasy77
Hello I think is good fold on the turn with this QQ. Bad runnouts for queens this time.
I Play ME Sunday Million Yesterday and I go to ITM but next I push nearly 20bb with TT and get one call with A8s and weak ace suited get flush on the river.
On this event from Yesterday too and I was in last 500 players, go all in preflop with AQs, get call from AJs and opponent get flush on the river too.

Yea, sometimes is not meant to be Our time will come soon enough

Yeah, Good that I play SM and another tournaments from tickets/tournament dolars so winnings is clear profit.

Hi everyone,

I was debating if I would do a weekly update or it was better to combine it with this week, but in the end I will keep them separated. Not much had happened this week, mainly because I was focusing more on GGPoker and their $150 GGMasters 5th Anniversary. :mdr::mdr::mdr: ( How that turn out :mdr::appl::yaoming: )

For the most part this week, I played only freerolls and I did decided to play some Spin & Go's, from Monday to Thursday, since I did not have much time to play. ( I broke even on those ). Friday I did play one $3.30 and also I was trying the Phase 1 Sunday Million satellites, to see if I can get a spot into Day 2, but that did not happened.

After that I spent most of my Saturday and Sunday on GGPoker and played a lot of tournaments there and had some nice results. All was good until Sunday when all went to hell. ( I think you know what happened...and I don't want to complain about it ) . Let's hope that this week is not the same circus as the last one. ♠_drink:

By the end of the week the Bankroll suffered a bit, but was mainly because of the no. of satellites that I played and no actual tournaments played.

Played from 17.02.2025 to 23.02.2025

Starting Bankroll: T$1000.50
Last week Bankroll: $2958.58
Current Bankroll: $ 2947.63

Profit from last update: - $10.95

Goal: $10 000

Have a great week everyone

Hello everyone,:welcome:

Started the week slow, usually during the week I review the tournaments I played in the previous week and take notes to the most important hands. Also I do some drills, scenarios and quizzes. Gameplay I do like to play some freerolls, mostly the Sunday Million ones.

On Friday I played the $5.50 Bounty HR, I played ok in that tournament and also I got into the money and some bounties. I did got into some tricky spots, some of that where bad plays by me, but I did had some nice folds also. Here are some of them:

In this one I called to loose, I was going for the bounties since it was after the money bubble....but still a way to loose call

PokerStars - 5000/10000 Ante 1250 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

Hero (SB): 390,972 (39.1 bb)
BB: 57,639 (5.8 bb)
UTG: 965,110 (96.5 bb)
UTG+1: 129,306 (12.9 bb)
MP: 137,681 (13.8 bb)
MP+1: 328,748 (32.9 bb)
CO: 183,784 (18.4 bb)
BTN: 35,010 (3.5 bb)

8 players post ante of 1,250, Hero posts SB 5,000, BB posts 10,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 25,000) Hero has 9♦: K♥:
2 folds, MP raises to 20,000, 3 folds, Hero calls 15,000, BB raises to 56,389 and is all-in, MP raises to 136,431 and is all-in, Hero calls 116,431

Flop: (339,251, 3 players) 6♣: K♠: 7♦:

Turn: (339,251, 3 players) 8♥:

River: (339,251, 3 players) 9♣:

Results: 339,251 pot
Final Board: 6♣: K♠: 7♦: 8♥: 9♣:

Hero shows 9♦: K♥:: (Two Pair, Kings and Nines)
Main Pot: [179,167]: (Pre 29%, Flop 82%, Turn 83%)
Side Pot: [160,084]: (Pre 55%, Flop 94%, Turn 93%)

MP shows J♦: T♠:: (Straight, Jack High)
Main Pot: [179,167]: (Pre 37%, Flop 6%, Turn 7%)
Side Pot: [160,084]: (Pre 45%, Flop 6%, Turn 7%)

BB shows 5♥: 5♣:: (Straight, Nine High)
Main Pot: [179,167]: (Pre 34%, Flop 12%, Turn 10%)

MP wins 339,251

In this one I did not wanted to shove pre-flop, because I did not think that they will fold a hand like AK, AQ, KQ, AJ, AT....luckily I folded on the flop.

PokerStars - 1000/2000 Ante 300 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

BTN: 145,810 (72.9 bb)
SB: 65,265 (32.6 bb)
BB: 119,805 (59.9 bb)
UTG: 170,636 (85.3 bb)
Hero (UTG+1): 99,396 (49.7 bb)
MP: 56,775 (28.4 bb)
MP+1: 52,580 (26.3 bb)
CO: 31,043 (15.5 bb)

8 players post ante of 300, SB posts 1,000, BB posts 2,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 5,400) Hero has J♣: J♦:
fold, Hero raises to 4,000, MP calls 4,000, fold, CO raises to 30,743 and is all-in, 2 folds, BB calls 28,743, Hero calls 26,743, fold

Flop: (99,629, 3 players) 4♦: K♠: 5♦:
BB bets 88,762 and is all-in, Hero folds

Turn: (99,629, 2 players) 2♥:

River: (99,629, 2 players) 7♦:

Results: 99,629 pot
Final Board: 4♦: K♠: 5♦: 2♥: 7♦:

Hero mucks J♣: J♦:: (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 0%)

BB shows A♠: A♣:: (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 80%, Flop 87%, Turn 95%)

CO shows 9♥: 9♦:: (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 20%, Flop 13%, Turn 5%)

BB wins 99,629

I did got a bad beat against a player who just sat at the table and shoved the first hand......I was thinking he did not get in his first hand AA, KK here

PokerStars - 350/700 Ante 90 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

UTG: 21,460 (30.7 bb)
UTG+1: 67,688 (96.7 bb)
MP: 25,000 (35.7 bb)
MP+1: 10,897 (15.6 bb)
Hero (CO): 30,739 (43.9 bb)
BTN: 56,679 (81 bb)
SB: 24,210 (34.6 bb)
BB: 77,886 (111.3 bb)

8 players post ante of 90, SB posts 350, BB posts 700

Pre Flop: (pot: 1,770) Hero has Q♣: Q♠:
2 folds, MP raises to 1,400, fold, Hero raises to 5,040, 3 folds, MP raises to 24,910 and is all-in, Hero calls 19,870

Flop: (51,590, 2 players) T♥: 2♠: 8♥:

Turn: (51,590, 2 players) 8♠:

River: (51,590, 2 players) A♦:

Results: 51,590 pot
Final Board: T♥: 2♠: 8♥: 8♠: A♦:

MP shows A♣: J♣:: (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)
(Pre 32%, Flop 16%, Turn 7%)

Hero shows Q♣: Q♠:: (Two Pair, Queens and Eights)
(Pre 68%, Flop 84%, Turn 93%)

MP wins 51,590

In the end it was a decent finish.

On Saturday I played some more tournaments....played again the $5.50 Micro HR, this time I only got some bounties, but I did play worst then usual. Played a $4.40 Bounty Builder in this one I played ok, but I got a little unlucky in this hand after I hit my J on the flop. After this hand I could not recover and got out. Do you call this all in, on the money bubble, there where about 30-40 players left until the money places.

PokerStars - 350/700 Ante 110 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

BTN: 71,971 (102.8 bb)
SB: 13,360 (19.1 bb)
BB: 40,464 (57.8 bb)
UTG: 32,800 (46.9 bb)
UTG+1: 141,257 (201.8 bb)
Hero (MP): 15,942 (22.8 bb)
MP+1: 12,252 (17.5 bb)
CO: 31,520 (45 bb)

8 players post ante of 110, SB posts 350, BB posts 700

Pre Flop: (pot: 1,930) Hero has J♦: J♥:
2 folds, Hero raises to 1,750, 3 folds, SB raises to 13,250 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 11,500

Flop: (28,080, 2 players) Q♣: J♣: 4♣:

Turn: (28,080, 2 players) 4♠:

River: (28,080, 2 players) A♥:

Results: 28,080 pot
Final Board: Q♣: J♣: 4♣: 4♠: A♥:

SB shows A♠: A♣:: (Full House, Aces full of Fours)
(Pre 80%, Flop 35%, Turn 5%)

Hero shows J♦: J♥:: (Full House, Jacks full of Fours)
(Pre 20%, Flop 65%, Turn 95%)

SB wins 28,080

On Sunday I focused more on GGPoker, but I did also tried to qualify to the Sunday Million and also the $55 Red Spade tournament....in a satellite for the last one I was in top 3, but like usual I called to loose and lost most of my stack, in some questionable plays. ♠_mad: I need to improve my game when I have a really big stack.

So the Bankroll this week is:

Played from 24.02.2025 to 02.03.2025​

Starting Bankroll: T$1000.50
Last week Bankroll: $2947.63
Current Bankroll: $2962.38

Profit from last update: + $14.75

Goal: $10 000

Have a great week everyone

Hi everyone,

I started last week with the $5.50 Micro HR, but I haven't played long in that one, because at hand 19th I called an all in from BU against UTG2, on a 895 rainbow flop...just to get to showdown and the UTG2 had 99. I thought that my TTs are good on that flop , after that I was down to 11bb and could not come back. I did also played the next day, the same tournament, but nothing worth mentioning in that one also.

After that I played only some Spin & Go's for the rest of the week, and on weekend I was away from home, until Sunday Evening. On Sunday I did play the $11 Super Sunday tournament and got some bounties and finished in the money. I started well that tournament and played really good for about 3 hours, but in the last one and half hour, something switched and maybe I lost focus or I was tired, but I could not do better ( the cards did not help ).

After I got out of that tournament, I played 4 Spin & Go's and I hit a x25 multiplier on a $2 Spin ( that is a $50 prize : $40 for 1st, $6 for 2nd and $4 for 3rd ) and I managed to win it, and ended my day.

Forgot to print screen it :

So this week the bankroll is:

Played from 03.03.2025 to 09.03.2025

Starting Bankroll: T$1000.50
Last week Bankroll: $2962.38
Current Bankroll: $2983.63

Profit from last update: + $21.25

Goal: $10 000

Have a great week everyone

Hello, I play too this event on Sunday but go out before ITM after go all in preflop for more than 40bb with QQ and get call from player which has one BB more only than me with AJo, he catch ace postflop.
On Sunday Million I get one bounty, but nearly ITM, 3bet push with Jacks preflop and get call with T7s after player open this hand, pot for nearly 20bb, on flop catch set, but he catch gutshot draw and hit straight on turn and I go out. On BB for 5.5$ I 3bet push with 20bb with AQ and get cold call from player on blinds with KQ (if he lose, he remain only 5-6bb) but he catch King on flop and win. On SS I go to top 500 players from 7.5k players in this tournament but after I open push for 11bb with AJo get cold call from Brazilian player behind me with KQo, he catch queen on flop and I go out.
From Sunday only I have more than 120bb below EV, unlucky but thanks tickets and T$ I play this tournaments for free and get something from bounty on SM and ITM on SS.

Originally posted by aleasy77
Hello, I play too this event on Sunday but go out before ITM after go all in preflop for more than 40bb with QQ and get call from player which has one BB more only than me with AJo, he catch ace postflop.

What was the play before you here, that you end up shoving preflop 40bb?

Yes seems to come always when you have JJ, QQ or KK

Originally posted by aleasy77
On Sunday Million I get one bounty, but nearly ITM, 3bet push with Jacks preflop and get call with T7s after player open this hand, pot for nearly 20bb, on flop catch set, but he catch gutshot draw and hit straight on turn and I go out. On BB for 5.5$ I 3bet push with 20bb with AQ and get cold call from player on blinds with KQ (if he lose, he remain only 5-6bb) but he catch King on flop and win. On SS I go to top 500 players from 7.5k players in this tournament but after I open push for 11bb with AJo get cold call from Brazilian player behind me with KQo, he catch queen on flop and I go out.
From Sunday only I have more than 120bb below EV, unlucky but thanks tickets and T$ I play this tournaments for free and get something from bounty on SM and ITM on SS.

Yes you had some unlucky hands there, but at least you had a nice Sunday.

Hi everyone,

No weekly update for me this week, I was away all week. Came back home on Sunday evening and I did not have much strength to start playing.

Originally posted by mariussica88

Originally posted by aleasy77
Hello, I play too this event on Sunday but go out before ITM after go all in preflop for more than 40bb with QQ and get call from player which has one BB more only than me with AJo, he catch ace postflop.

What was the play before you here, that you end up shoving preflop 40bb?

Yes seems to come always when you have JJ, QQ or KK

I go 4bet all in preflop if I good remember, maybe I later put this hand.
Yeah this is tre truth story but if You have AK vs pocket pair no ace on board heh.
I Play Yesterday Sunday Million Mystery Bounty and go to ITM but later go out after push all in preflop AQs vs QTs (ten on river) but before finally get lucky one time with AQs vs AKo all in preflop.
On Sunday Storm I have nearly go to Day 2 but I go out after push preflop with AK and get call by 77 (what I write before about AK) and finished nearly top 100 on 10.7k players.