Originally posted by vonki
How stupid am I, only now connected the right info to peace together who that was.
Thanks for stopping by, will know who's who next time, let us know if and when you start streaming again!
Haha don't worry the connection is not that intuitive, impressed u made it.
I liked ur vibe ur super cute and also know your stuff, value stream.
Yeah i'll let ppl know if I start streaming again. To be honest, I kinda miss it, was lots of fun, but at the same time I feel it's not very wise to open up my game like that without a good reason.
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hihih daym, PokerStaretgy deninitely need a blushing fish! 
Thanks, I really appreciate that coming from you! Some people would disagree though. I got quite some heat yesterday for flatting QQ from SB vs MP nit who folds to 3b to let the 70 VPIP whale from BB into the pot ;D Aparantly, I'm a total fish! Twitch is definitely a lot of fun but you definitely also need some "skin on the nose" (that's a swedish saying, not sure if it translates to english) to deal with some of the comments there 
But then, the nice comments like these just smooths everything over and makes everything all better again, so thanks for that 
Hope you decide to come back to streaming too!
Yep still doing my thing, things are good. Moved back to Romania recently.
I actually have a hand where I stacked you haha
https://www.weaktight.com/h/57f1b6bcd39043280e8b456d
Don't cold call 3bets like that, ur range is too face up 
Wassup wassup, been some time since I last posted here. Was browsing through this blog, feels like home. As you may know, pstrategy is banned in Romania so can't access there, but I am back in Malta now (for some time now).
Actually 1 question for admins, will this thread ever be deleted? I am thinking about backing up my posts here since it's really cool looking back on my journey and struggles. Anyone know how to do that?
Ok time for some updates I guess.
Nowadays I play mostly on pokerstars under the screen name of Show0fForce. I play mostly midstakes, but I can play up to 10k if the game is good.
I constantly worked on my game this past year I feel I've improved significantly.
Another thing is that I started a vblog series about life as an online poker player, since I already like making videos for youtube and couldn't find someone doing something similar, only live poker vlogs. Also I think I am living the poker life to the fullest since I also live, go out with other poker players, I am in a foreign country and I'm on my way up (I want to be one of the best HS regs).
In the 1st episode we walk around a bit where I live, get some dinner and see the house for a bit.
Think the last major thing that has been going on is that I am also doing coaching now (with Bluff the Spot), I enjoy working with so many ppl (few dozens so far), think I have done 100h+ of coaching so far. So that's also rewarding.
I am contemplating starting blogging again, since I do feel I enjoy it, my main passion now is still gonna be vblogs since I have so much fun filming and editing them.
Hope everyone here is still doing good
And of course.. Mandatory girl pic
the feels in this one
Daniel SoF
Fun hand in 500 zoom today; nothing in this hand is standard lol
https://www.boomplayer.com/24122359_FA33C6F6FB
Originally posted by VaskataBuci
Hope you've got good reads to your opponents
confirmed good reads yo
also, here's episode 2 of the vlogggg, some beach action in this one
Daniel
You are not stacking of here with 86s as standard? 
AQs is pretty std to call after your shove
Originally posted by Underbluffing
You are not stacking of here with 86s as standard?
AQs is pretty std to call after your shove
Actually the guy with 86s was a decent reg lol.
Have a pretty cool vBlog this time, where I break down some highstakes hands (5K NL). You will see a few of the big names in there. Enjoy!
Lol me and 888 support (trying to see if I can deposit from EUR acc to $ in 888 without paying big conversion fees)
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Yep their fees are freaking high, same problem here.
There's a promo there now tho, if u deposit 20$, u get 50$ free, should popup when u log in.
Originally posted by Varune
Yep their fees are freaking high, same problem here.There's a promo there now tho, if u deposit 20$, u get 50$ free, should popup when u log in.
Oh nice, will look out for it, usually I close all pop ups without looking lol. thx Varune
Aight, not playing much lately, b/c of running bad annnd going to Croatia for 1 month to do some eeextra fun stufff.
Meantime u guys can enjoy the next episode of the vlog, this is by far the most entertaining one haha
hint - at some point i do like 40+ pushups
stay cool,
Daniel
Episode 5 is live, where I talk about focusing on multiple areas at a time and how mindfking that is.
enjoy!
Daniel SoFFFFFFF
Yo yo yooo thought I'd catch up a bit here since quite a few ppl have been asking me about my pokerstrategy blog!
Put this groove on and let's Go
Hello from (not so sunny anymore) Malta, I still live here for the rest of this year at least, prob next year. The cool thing is that I'm not necessarily tied down to one particular place. Now my poker friends and fellow Bluffthespot partners live here, so can't complain.
To recap a bit, I've been traveling for ~2months in summer, big part in Hvar, Croatia where I mostly partied lol. I never had such a long break since 4 years and tbh I was afraid it will really damage my poker ability (left behind, lose momentum etc). Now after being back for more than 1 month I can say I am confident in my game again and have a ton of improvement planned still.
I am playing mostly 400-500NL on my own, but I can play up to 5k if the game is good (friend is buying action). Doing pretty well lately, thinking about mixing some other sites than stars.
And this is how u get stacked by Katya.
PokerStars - $50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
1nvoker (CO): $5,146.00
Show0fForce (BTN): $5,326.19
Katya_18 (SB): $5,000.00
Stefan11222 (BB): $5,748.05
NLZWERVERNL (UTG): $5,416.49
Katya_18 posts SB $25.00, Stefan11222 posts BB $50.00
Pre Flop: (pot: $75.00) Show0fForce has T♦ T♥
fold, fold, Show0fForce raises to $135.50, Katya_18 raises to $450.00, fold, Show0fForce raises to $1,075.00, Katya_18 raises to $5,000.00 and is all-in, Show0fForce calls $3,925.00
Flop: ($10,050.00, 2 players) 7♦ 5♣ 9♦
Turn: ($10,050.00, 2 players) 4♦
River: ($10,050.00, 2 players) 2♦
Players agreed to run it twice.
Flop #2: ($10,050.00, 2 players) Q♦ 9♠ A♣
Turn #2: ($10,050.00, 2 players) 6♦
River #2: ($10,050.00, 2 players) 8♦
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Katya_18 shows Q♣ K♦ (Flush, King High)
Board #1 (Pre 44%, Flop 27%, Turn 30%)
(One Pair, Queens)
Board #2 (Pre 46%, Flop 88%, Turn 95%)
Show0fForce shows T♦ T♥ (Flush, Ten High)
Board #1 (Pre 56%, Flop 73%, Turn 70%)
(One Pair, Tens)
Board #2 (Pre 54%, Flop 12%, Turn 5%)
Katya_18 wins $5,023.50
Katya_18 wins $5,023.50
I am planning to start blogging again, go more into my poker progress, answer some q's, journal on how the poker life in Malta is going etc. But first I want to see how many ppl are still active here so hit me with a like on this post or a reply saying '+1' or something.
PS. We have a special stream on Twitch by fellow coach and highstakes legend MMASherdog sunday 10pm Malta time, feel free to join in and enjoy, I will prob also hang out in the chat. I am also going to stream again from next week as well, I do enjoy this social side quite a bit.
streams will be on https://go.twitch.tv/bluffthespot , so hit a follow and stay tuned.
Peaaace
Ah this afternoon i also saw your CFP post on 2+2 and now this blog pops up again. Seems you're doing ok. 
Originally posted by Varune
Ah this afternoon i also saw your CFP post on 2+2 and now this blog pops up again. Seems you're doing ok.haha cheeky varune, yeah can't complain, I guess it's time to resurface from the underground lab once again.
Fck i forgot threadsaver in last post
I'd give 9/10 seems she has a bit of fat around waste or maybe underwear is too tight.
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posting the same threadsaver twice
Daniel SoF
Figured I'd post the graph for
Stars this year so far
Small sample since I had 2 months off, I got this new account somewhere in March (some controversy there lol) and generally my volume always sucked.
My results were always really swingy so I never had a nice long upwards graph.
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To continue I want to address a q that an anonymous friend (adam) asked me in skype
It's something that I want to address here because I think others can also benefit from it - the main issue is how a lot of ppl at lower / midstakes tend to put a glass wall between them and the highstakes players. They think these guys are a rare breed that are doing everything they are supposed to be doing and are playing at a completely different level.
I know because I used to think exactly like that as well, that these highstakes guys are flawless GTO machines and overall wizzards.
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Until I got lucky enough to live w/ mmasherdog and get an inside look into this highstakes world, seeing he doesn't do insane randomizing, doesn't put in 10h/day in PIO and is not grinding 24/7. Most of all, it was seeing how he berated and showing so many mistakes regs were making (he is very good at that). Eventually the illusion dispelled and I realized there is not much difference between me and some of those guys. Of course you still have the elite guys who are indeed a level above - OTB, LLinus, Katya etc.
I don't mind ppl thinking I'm at this amazing level now because I sometimes I play highstakes. Prob still a lot of them think I suck, which may also be true. What for sure changed is my view of the game from being around ppl playing highstakes regularly (ur brain sees oh wait this is actually doable), also doing work on my own and continuously upping my context - if 1 year ago I was all about being balanced and unexploitable, now I'm like if u play 200NL and lower, exploit exploit exploit, ppl aren't gonna do ****. One day I just realized Poker is not about playing GTO, it's about making money. I think even sauce doesn't understand this sometimes.
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Moving on to more life related stuff, today I decided to take on running to have an activity that complements the gym and gives me some time to relax and tone down my thinking mind a bit.
Cool thing is we have a nice sports shop downstairs so I just went down to buy some running shoes. It took me a while to decide, the polish girl there was pretty receptive to my random chatter, she was cute but she basically works in the same building I live in and I kinda have a gf that visits me all the time so decided not hot enough for me to risk it.
Eventually I decided on these ones
Went for a 30min run soon after, I like that they are pretty light and comfy.
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in b4 I go running twice and never use them again
Secondly, I have a dilemma I am curious about some of your guys' views. I've been struggling a lot with finding the best sleeping schedule that includes playing poker when the games are good, maybe evenings/nights but also having time to do RL stuff like going out with friends etc. So I'm curious what's your schedule right now and how do you approach your day, maybe I can get some GTO insights from u guys.
The best answer gets to bang this girl
PS the stream with mmasherdog is still on for tomorrow (sunday) at 10pm malta time, he will prob do HH review from viewers if u guys wanna join in https://go.twitch.tv/bluffthespot br>
Daniel SoF
Hey hey!
I was trying out this schedule where I play evenings/nights for a while but def don't like it and -EV overall, even if yeah games are better. I notice I need to have a structure to my day to be productive instead of just play whenever I feel like it.
I put up my latest vblog lately and it's prob the most fun one I've made to date, I went gokart racing with the bluffthespot coaches and some friends - quite a few highstakes regs there now that i think about it. Should give you a bit of a taste of the poker life in Malta (the 10% of the time we go out), enjoy
On another note, I will do a stream this Saturday at 8pm Malta time. I saw this post in PP thread
ladysharrow;53114194
Are there actually any winners at NL100 FastForward
so I decided fk it, this will be the topic for my stream, jump into the pool and see 'if it's beatable'. http://twitch.tv/bluffthespot if u wanna follow along / hang out.
Let's keep the tattoos going for now
Daniel SoF