888 Bankroll recovery

Originally posted by OrigamiPoker
Do you have any problems with 888 creating a CLogFile and debug in you notebook on your desktop every time you open 888 poker ?.Ive tried saving them to documents just to get them out the way but if they are moved it just creates new ones on my desktop.Is there a fix for this does anyone know.

Thanks.

Hi OrigamiPoker,
On my computer -- Windows 10 Pro on a desktop -- the CLogFile.log is saved to:
%appdata%\pacificpoker

(that is shorthand for your program data folder)

I suggest that you send email to:
support@888poker.com

They will likely need to know what operating system you're using (include the version)
They will also need your username, support ID which you can find in the client "My Profile" in the main menu.
If you send the email from the address they have on file for you, it might help smooth the process also.
To get that, click "Personal Details" under "My Profile" in the main menu.

All the best,
VS

I use windows 10 pro aswell maybe it because I haven't played a hand on the site yet so the hh folder hasn't been created yet.Ill wait until I deposit and play some hands other wise ill email support like you suggest to try and remedy it.Cheers for the reply and sorry for missing your stream I hope it was fruitful. I went out for a game of darts and a few beers ill catch the next one.

Hmmm...
Check to see if the folder is there -- it might be a permissions thing.
Yeah, you missed a good one (well except for the hand that's in Hand of the Day)

I'll post the week's update tomorrow as usual -- there is the Lvl 40 F/R and the Casino Mix up tomorrow too.
The fun starts and 15:00 Z -- and If I feel awake enough I may stream that -- http://www.twitch.tv/maugr1s

Cheers,
VS

                Item          Time      Amt      Bal  
             Bal Fwd                           19.04  
          Lvl 10 F/R    Sun Oct 28     0.14    19.18  
          Lucky Chip    Mon Oct 29     0.10    19.28  
          Lvl 10 F/R    Tue Oct 30     0.34    19.62  
          Lucky Chip    Wed Oct 31     1.50    21.12  
          Lvl 30 F/R    Wed Oct 31     0.10    21.22  
          Lvl 20 F/R    Thu Nov 01     0.05    21.27  
       Wild Surprise    Fri Nov 02     2.00    23.27  
  Wild Surprise gift    Fri Nov 02     2.00    25.27  
                 NL5    Fri Nov 02     4.35    29.62  
           Lvl 5 F/F    Sat Nov 03     0.04    29.66  
                 DoN    Sat Nov 03     0.32    29.98  
               Total                  10.94           

I busted every Freeroll today except the one that I rarely play, since the payout is so low.
The NL5 is added now, if for no other reason that when you've won ten hands, you get a wild surprise ticket -- and so far those have really paid off.

So I just play TAG until I've won 10 hands, then stop.

I'm trying to decide if a $30 bankroll is enough to play $1 DoNs

Cheers,
VS

In today's lucky chip I was dealt 19 hands. for the first 18 the best I saw as Ace-rag -- and had I played either of 'em I would have lost.

At the 19th hand, this happens:
888 Poker - 300/600 Ante 60 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP+2: 14,081 (50.00/50.00/100.00/2 (V/P/3/H)
CO: 1,424 (0.00/-/-/2 (V/P/3/H)
BTN: 11,691 (50.00/0.00/-/2 (V/P/3/H)
SB: 1,869 (0.00/0.00/-/2 (V/P/3/H)
BB: 3,000
UTG: 7,732 (50.00/50.00/0.00/2 (V/P/3/H)
Hero (UTG+1): 2,389
MP: 7,215 (0.00/0.00/0.00/2 (V/P/3/H)
MP+1: 1,072 (50.00/50.00/50.00/2 (V/P/3/H)

9 players post ante of 60, SB posts SB 300, BB posts BB 600

Pre Flop: (pot: 1,440) Hero has K♣:A♦:

UTG calls 600, Hero raises to 2,329 and is all-in, fold, MP+1 calls 1,012 and is all-in, fold, fold, BTN calls 2,329, fold, BB raises to 2,940 and is all-in, UTG calls 2,340, BTN calls 611

Flop: (13,001, 5 players) 3♥:7♠:J♥:
UTG checks, BTN checks

Turn: (13,001, 5 players) 5♦:
UTG checks, BTN checks

River: (13,001, 5 players) 8♥:
UTG checks, BTN checks

UTG shows A♠:T♣: (High Card, Ace)

Hero shows K♣:A♦: (High Card, Ace)

MP+1 shows 8♣:J♦: (Two Pair, Jacks and Eights) <== What!?! J8o didn't win? Rigged!

BTN mucks 3♠:A♣: (One Pair, Threes)

BB shows T♥:9♣: (Straight, Jack High)

BB wins 5,900
BB wins 5,268
BB wins 1,833

<sigh>
VS

Nasty situation, but based on the stack sizes this was a fast blind structure with so many short stacks in it and stacking of AK is off course standard here.

        Item          Time      Amt      Bal  
     Bal Fwd                           29.98  
  Lucky Chip    Sun Nov 04     0.15    30.13  
  Lucky Chip    Mon Nov 05     0.60    30.73  
         NL5    Mon Nov 05    -2.01    28.72  
         DoN    Mon Nov 05     0.64    29.36  
  Lucky Chip    Thu Nov 08     0.15    29.51  
         DoN    Thu Nov 08    -0.40    29.11  
        NL 5    Thu Nov 08    -1.12    27.99  
   Lvl 5 F/R    Fri Nov 09     0.02    28.01  
       Total                  -1.97           

Brutal week for getting outdrawn.
I continue to get it in good (most of the time )

All the best,
VS

Looks like you aren't running well with the cash games, but it's tough to see without a sample size.

Overall I'm OK in NL 5 -- just this past week sucked. I should put up a table showing amount gained by category

How is the traffic on 888 compared to Partypoker or GGPoker? Are there enough games?

Hi CucumbaMan,
That isn't much of an issue at the present time, since I play specific tournaments -- the Lucky Chip, the Level freerolls and the Wild Surprise freerolls.
If I cash in one, I play a Double-or-Nothing -- they take a few minutes to fill up.

As I write this, there are 8 tables of NL 5 cash, plus one of Snap with 73 players.

That's enough for me

I would like to play PLO8 -- but ...
 there is only one table running.
 It is $0.05/$0.10
 PLO8 is how I spewed my stack before ♠_cry:

Cheers,
VS

888 is probably by far the best client to start building a bankroll!
Good luck!

I won 5 hands today, 4 of them AIPF flips.
The first hand in illustrates why the Lucky Chip freerolls are a gold mine...

888 Poker - 15/30 Ante 3 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP+1: 3,000
MP+2: 3,000
CO: 3,000
Hero (BTN): 3,000
SB: 3,000
BB: 3,000
UTG: 2,997
UTG+1: 3,000
MP: 3,000

9 players post ante of 3, SB posts SB 15, BB posts BB 30

Pre Flop: (pot: 72) Hero has J♦:4♦:

fold, UTG+1 raises to 2,997 and is all-in, MP calls 2,997 and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 2,967 and is all-in

Flop: (9,033, 3 players) A♦:T♣:4♥:

Turn: (9,033, 3 players) T♠:

River: (9,033, 3 players) 8♦:

BB shows 9♦:4♣: (Two Pair, Tens and Fours) <-- seriously?

UTG+1 shows K♦:A♣: (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)

MP shows T♦:T♥: (Four of a Kind, Tens)

MP wins 9,033

That's typical freeroll action and than it's nice to find a suitable hand to build up your stack

I just realized I didn't post last week's update on Saturday...

        Item          Time      Amt      Bal  
     Bal Fwd                           28.01  
  Lucky Chip    Mon Nov 12     0.90    28.91  
  Lvl 10 F/R    Tue Nov 13     0.18    29.09  
        NL 5    Tue Nov 13     4.61    33.70  
  Lvl 30 F/R    Wed Nov 14     0.10    33.80  
         DoN    Wed Nov 14     0.32    34.12  
         DoN    Wed Nov 14    -0.40    33.72  
         DoN    Thu Nov 15     0.32    34.04  
  Lvl 05 F/R    Thu Nov 15     0.06    34.10  
        NL 5    Fri Nov 16     2.57    36.67  
  Lvl 40 F/R    Sat Nov 17     0.20    36.87  
       Total                   8.86           

Over the past 3 weeks, here are the results by category...
                Item    Amount    Qty  
                 DoN      0.80      6  
          Lucky Chip      3.55      7  
          Lvl 05 F/R      0.12      3  
          Lvl 10 F/R      0.66      3  
          Lvl 20 F/R      0.05      1  
          Lvl 30 F/R      0.20      2  
          Lvl 40 F/R      0.20      1  
                NL 5      8.40      5  
       Wild Surprise      2.00      1  
  Wild Surprise gift      2.00      1  
               Total     17.98         

Better late than never

Not a particular good week, but at least it was positive

           Item          Time      Amt      Bal  
     Lucky Chip    Tue Nov 20     0.15    37.02  
     Lvl 20 F/R    Tue Nov 20     0.45    37.47  
            DoN    Tue Nov 20     0.32    37.79  
            DoN    Wed Nov 21     0.32    38.11  
            DoN    Thu Nov 22    -0.80    37.31  
           NL 5    Thu Nov 22     2.36    39.67  
  Wild Surprise    Thu Nov 22     0.20    39.87  
     Lvl 10 F/R    Thu Nov 22     0.18    40.05  
     Lucky Chip    Fri Nov 23     0.30    40.35  
     Lvl 40 F/R    Sat Nov 24     0.20    40.55  
     Lucky Chip    Sat Nov 24     0.15    40.70  
          Total                   3.83           

By Categories (Since October 28)
                Item    Amount    Qty  
             Bal Fwd     19.04         
                 DoN      0.64      9  
          Lucky Chip      4.00      9  
          Lvl 05 F/R      0.12      3  
          Lvl 10 F/R      0.84      4  
          Lvl 20 F/R      0.50      2  
          Lvl 30 F/R      0.20      2  
          Lvl 40 F/R      0.40      2  
                NL 5     10.76      6  
       Wild Surprise      2.20      2  
  Wild Surprise gift      2.00      1  
               Total     40.70         

I might drop the Double-or-Nothings.
The rake is 10%, which means you need an ITM% of 55.6 to be break-even.

Seems high.

NL 5 seems to be doing well though, and has the added benefit of getting a Wild Hunt freeroll ticket for every 10 wins (to a max of 2 per day).

The casino mix-up freeroll requires you to wager $1.00 in a Casino game on Thursdays.
I won a $3.00 freeplay in the Casino a while back, and It goes up and down. I've not cashed in a Casino mix-up in quite a while, and if you lose on Thursday at the casino, you need to cash at least $1.00 to make up for it. So I may re-think those when the free money expires.

Cheers,
VS

A positive week is always is always positive:f_drink:

yes, and a weak positive is also positive ♠_biggrin:

Hi Vorpal,
nice challenge.

I'm also keeping my bankroll alive at 888 by playing the MTTs with the free tickets.
Most of the times I'm getting so many tickets that I can't use them all.
But there are also times (like now) whre I'm doing the spin daily and I target the 'no win' section perfectly - each day So I'm out of tickets since three weeks now - but also this downswing will come to an end however.

Good luck for your challenge