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Weekly update no. 19
Hello guys,
On this past week I mostly played on GGPoker, on Pokerstars I played some daily freerolls and on the weekend I played into the Sunday Storm PKO. I managed to play one $3.75 Hyper- Turbo sat and won my ticket 
Unfortunately I bust out when my AA got cracked on the river 
I never seem to win my all-ins in this large tournaments. "People are awesome in this special tournaments 
Here is the hand:
PokerStars - 25/50 Ante 5 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3
SB: 9,130 (182.6 bb)
BB: 10,195 (203.9 bb)
UTG: 9,875 (197.5 bb)
UTG+1: 9,495 (189.9 bb)
MP: 9,875 (197.5 bb)
MP+1: 9,790 (195.8 bb)
Hero (CO): 11,360 (227.2 bb)
BTN: 9,700 (194 bb)
8 players post ante of 5, SB posts 25, BB posts 50
Pre Flop: (pot: 115) Hero has A♣: A♠:
4 folds, Hero raises to 215, fold, SB calls 190, fold
Flop: (520, 2 players) K♣: 8♠: J♥:
SB bets 250, Hero raises to 1,025, SB raises to 8,910 and is all-in, Hero calls 7,885
Turn: (18,340, 2 players) 6♥:
River: (18,340, 2 players) Q♥:
Results: 18,340 pot (0 rake)
Final Board: K♣: 8♠: J♥: 6♥: Q♥:
SB shows K♦: Q♠:: (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 13%, Flop 20%, Turn 11%)
Hero shows A♣: A♠:: (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 87%, Flop 80%, Turn 89%)
SB wins 18,340
Anyhow I managed to get into the money in some of the tournaments that I played but no final tables this week 
Also on GGPoker I played mostly Spin & Gold, the daily freebies and 3 x $1.05 Bounty Hunters tournaments. Spin & Gold I played 202 x $0.25 and 3 X $1.00 and managed to get into the daily leaderboard every day that I played receiving some $1 prizes and some $0.50 prizes while building my bankroll 
In the $1.05 Bounty Hunters tournaments I got some bounties but didn't managed to get into the money.
So the Bankrolls this week are:
Pokerstars: $88.29
GGPoker: $8.31
Last week report: Played from 28.03.2022 - 03.04.2022
Challenge Starting Bankroll: $36.48
Last week Bankroll: $83.47
Current Bankroll: $96.60
Profit Last Week: + $ 13.13
Goal: $1000
Have a nice week guys and good luck at the tables. 
Hi guys,
I played my first 50x multiplier Spin & Gold on Monday finishing 2nd after playing over 350 games at $0.25 since I opened my account. Also I managed that day to finish 81st on daily leaderboard.
I almost every day get into the top 250 in the leaderboard making a little/more profit. So the bankroll is slowly moving up on GGPoker
Ahh the usual get it in good and bust mtt suckout (the AA hand)
Variance in mtts definetly is a tough one but happy to see the Rest. Great progress
Weekly Update no. 20
Hi guys,
This week I haven't played much, instead I studied a lot more the 6-max tournaments because I started playing again in the Scholars Leader Board tournaments and really want to finish high in the monthly leaderboard. In my region there are 3 tournaments from Monday until Wednesday with a buy-in of $1.10 and last week I played in all 3 of them.
On Monday I managed to finish 53rd and on the other 2 I didn't get into the money.
Now I am on the 107th on the leaderboard after 3 tournaments played...still a lot to go yet. Top 50 get a min of $50 in tournaments $ and first prize is $1000T.
On Sunday I managed to get a final table to a freeroll tournament finishing 9th when my 77 got busted by A10o. Still a good result, maybe I should not push 11BB from MP.
I also wanted to play in Micromillions Marathon this past week and registered into a $1.10 tournament and busted after buy-in for 3 times, after that I decided that was not the right moment to play that series until the proper Micromillions event is announced. 
That is it for Pokerstars this week and on GG poker I managed to play 171 $0.25 Spin & Gold and climbing up the leaderboard there too for daily tickets, I also played two $1 Spin & Gold and 4 x $1.05 Bounty Hunters tournaments in witch I haven't reach the money yet but I managed to get some bounties. Overall the bankroll is slowly raising 
So the Bankrolls this week are:
Pokerstars: $90.88
GGPoker: $18.48
Last week report: Played from 04.04.2022 to 10.04.2022
Challenge Starting Bankroll: $36.48
Last week Bankroll: $96.60
Current Bankroll: $109.36
Profit Last Week: + $ 12.76
Goal: $1000
Have a nice week guys and good luck at the tables. But not against me
Uh some good results - seems like you have much more of a plan where you want to go with this and what kind of format to play compared to me reading here the first time.
Could be that i preceived this wrong at first, but to me this looks like great progress, in selection and results!
Looking forward to the next update
Originally posted by naDanje
Uh some good results - seems like you have much more of a plan where you want to go with this and what kind of format to play compared to me reading here the first time.
Could be that i preceived this wrong at first, but to me this looks like great progress, in selection and results!
Looking forward to the next updateYes I have to make some strict decisions regarding the games I play and regarding the hours I put in. A lot of players say that with volume you minimize your loses but for me game selection is very important. I used to play when I was in college like 12-15 hours a day ( making the wrong decision to skip classes so I could play ) but all I got from that was exhaustion. Even for the start of this challenge if you read I was moving up and down because I was making a lot of mistakes regarding to this, now I am trying a different approach and try to find a balance that works for me. Most of all I am no more running after that big score.....I'm in for the long game.
Keeping this blog helped a lot and the feedback from the community as well. I post daily in the Hand discussion for Tournaments section the hands that I have problems with and need the opinions of the more experienced players. And that helped massively in the way I play now. That's why the results are coming now.
Hello guys,
Started the week nicely I managed to reach another final table yesterday. I was in good shape with 3 tables left being 3 or 4 in chips then I played this hand and lost a good chunk of my chips
PokerStars - 800/1600 Ante 150 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3
BTN: 20,750 (13 bb)
SB: 33,219 (20.8 bb)
BB: 18,193 (11.4 bb)
UTG: 7,083 (4.4 bb)
UTG+1: 21,463 (13.4 bb)
Hero (MP): 31,265 (19.5 bb)
CO: 13,870 (8.7 bb)
7 players post ante of 150, SB posts 800, BB posts 1,600
Pre Flop: (pot: 3,450) Hero has T♥: A♥:
UTG raises to 6,933 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 6,933, 3 folds, BB calls 5,333
Flop: (22,649, 3 players) J♣: A♠: 8♠:
BB checks, Hero bets 10,872, BB raises to 11,110 and is all-in, Hero calls 238
Turn: (44,869, 3 players) 2♠:
River: (44,869, 3 players) 9♦:
Results: 44,869 pot (0 rake)
Final Board: J♣: A♠: 8♠: 2♠: 9♦:
BB shows A♣: 9♠:: (Two Pair, Aces and Nines)
Main Pot: [22,649]: (Pre 21%, Flop 24%, Turn 33%)
Side Pot: [22,220]: (Pre 28%, Flop 26%, Turn 33%)
Hero shows T♥: A♥:: (One Pair, Aces)
Main Pot: [22,649]: (Pre 38%, Flop 66%, Turn 62%)
Side Pot: [22,220]: (Pre 73%, Flop 74%, Turn 67%)
UTG shows 4♥: 4♠:: (One Pair, Fours)
Main Pot: [22,649]: (Pre 41%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
BB wins 44,869
After this I recovered and managed to get on the final table being 8th on chips. Then after some hands played I got into a flip QQ against AQo and this happened
PokerStars - 1250/2500 Ante 250 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3
SB: 65,666 (26.3 bb)
BB: 39,550 (15.8 bb)
UTG: 121,713 (48.7 bb)
UTG+1: 6,102 (2.4 bb)
MP: 67,742 (27.1 bb)
Hero (CO): 18,294 (7.3 bb)
BTN: 38,933 (15.6 bb)
7 players post ante of 250, SB posts 1,250, BB posts 2,500
Pre Flop: (pot: 5,500) Hero has Q♣: Q♠:
fold, UTG+1 raises to 5,852 and is all-in, fold, Hero raises to 18,044 and is all-in, 3 folds
Flop: (17,204, 2 players) 3♥: 5♦: A♥:
Turn: (17,204, 2 players) 4♣:
River: (17,204, 2 players) 7♠:
Results: 17,204 pot (0 rake)
Final Board: 3♥: 5♦: A♥: 4♣: 7♠:
UTG+1 shows A♠: Q♥:: (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 30%, Flop 95%, Turn 93%)
Hero shows Q♣: Q♠:: (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 70%, Flop 5%, Turn 7%)
UTG+1 wins 17,204
Soon after my opponent gave all his chips away when he moved all in with QJs against KK My last hand of the tournaments was A9o against K9o and you know the rest
PokerStars - 1250/2500 Ante 250 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3
BTN: 68,574 (27.4 bb)
SB: 33,096 (13.2 bb)
BB: 84,030 (33.6 bb)
UTG: 86,992 (34.8 bb)
Hero (MP): 6,692 (2.7 bb)
CO: 78,616 (31.4 bb)
6 players post ante of 250, SB posts 1,250, BB posts 2,500
Pre Flop: (pot: 5,250) Hero has A♥: 9♣:
fold, Hero raises to 6,442 and is all-in, 3 folds, BB calls 3,942
Flop: (15,634, 2 players) K♥: 4♣: 5♦:
Turn: (15,634, 2 players) 2♣:
River: (15,634, 2 players) T♦:
Results: 15,634 pot (0 rake)
Final Board: K♥: 4♣: 5♦: 2♣: T♦:
BB shows 9♥: K♦:: (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 26%, Flop 86%, Turn 84%)
Hero shows A♥: 9♣:: (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 74%, Flop 14%, Turn 16%)
BB wins 15,634
Originally posted by mariussica88
Originally posted by naDanje
Uh some good results - seems like you have much more of a plan where you want to go with this and what kind of format to play compared to me reading here the first time.
Could be that i preceived this wrong at first, but to me this looks like great progress, in selection and results!
Looking forward to the next updateYes I have to make some strict decisions regarding the games I play and regarding the hours I put in. A lot of players say that with volume you minimize your loses but for me game selection is very important. I used to play when I was in college like 12-15 hours a day ( making the wrong decision to skip classes so I could play ) but all I got from that was exhaustion. Even for the start of this challenge if you read I was moving up and down because I was making a lot of mistakes regarding to this, now I am trying a different approach and try to find a balance that works for me. Most of all I am no more running after that big score.....I'm in for the long game.
Keeping this blog helped a lot and the feedback from the community as well. I post daily in the Hand discussion for Tournaments section the hands that I have problems with and need the opinions of the more experienced players. And that helped massively in the way I play now. That's why the results are coming now.
super nice, very similar situation for me, like almost everything, incl. the college part ♦
just now playing a diffrent format compared to back then, but thats just personal preference^^
Hello guys,
I managed to win another tournament yesterday I reached the final table being one of the short stacks but I managed to turn it around and win it all.
The big thinks are coming from GGPoker when I managed to win my first Battle Royal tournaments but I will update you guys more on that on the weekly update
Here is a little preview
I didn't know that they had any freerolls on PokerStars, and the only ones I could find were Sunday Storm satellites
Nice job on the Battle Royales !
Originally posted by VorpalF2F
I didn't know that they had any freerolls on PokerStars, and the only ones I could find were Sunday Storm satellitesNice job on the Battle Royales !
Here you go. This are the daily freerolls for platinum members. They are opened to anyone who is active member.
Weekly Update no. 21
Hello Guys,
The last week was one full of events. Started good Monday with a final table (6th) then on Thursday I won another tournament on PokerStars. I played the $1.10 Scholars Tournaments I haven't done great on those 
but I managed to qualify on the Half Price Sunday Storm after playing one $0.73 sit & go and also I got a ticket to the $11 Sunday Storm Anniversary by playing the $0.50 Spin & Go's that Stars are running currently. On this week Half Price Sunday Storm I finished relatively early, but let's hope I can do better next week on the Anniversary one
The big results came form GGPoker where my bankroll is quite nice On Wednesday I managed to finish 39th in my first ever tournament cash on GG, then on Thursday I used my freebie ticket ($0.25 Battle Royal) and finished 2nd after that I played some more $0.25 Battle Royal tournaments and managed to win some of them
Then since my bankroll was rising a little I decided to try the $1.00 Battle Royals and OMG 
I managed to win my first tournament played
And since Thursday I played a lot of Battle Royals tournaments in total I played 89 x 0.25$ and 47 x $1.00 managing to win some of them and finishing a lot of them at the final table I also played the daily $2.10 and $1.05 Bounty Hunters Tournaments so the bankroll at GGPoker this last week had a nice boost
On the Battle Royal daily leader board I managed to finish into the money receiving some T$ that I used for re-entering the Battle Royals tournaments.
Overall the Bankrolls are looking good.
Pokerstars: $ 111.26
GGPoker: $80.35
Last week report: Played from 11.04.2022 to 17.04.2022
Challenge Starting Bankroll: $36.48
Last week Bankroll: $109.36
Current Bankroll: $191.61
Profit Last Week: + $ 82.25
Goal: $1000
On this current week I will be away from my computer since for us Romanians is the Easter Weekend so I will be spending some time with my family from the end of the week until the end of next week. So Poker will be on hold a bit (I will be playing late at night from my phone since on 24th is the Sunday Storm Anniversary and I qualified already :f_biggrin:)
Have a great week guys and good luck at the tables.
Hi guys
My Easter vacation is over so it's back to the tables now. The weekly updated will begin once again 
Have a great week guys and good luck at the tables.
Weekly Update no. 22
Hello Guys,
So my 2 weeks holiday is over and is back to business This past two weeks I played some poker late at night from my phone but no results since I was playing mainly freerolls, so the bankroll is pretty much the same. The April Scholars Leader Board came to an end, I played only 7 days in total finishing 291 long way off from the money positions. This month I'm planning to play all the events and hope for at least top 50.
This month the SCOOP is starting and I am planning to play some small events. I will try to qualify through some satellites within my bankroll. On GGPoker I played only the daily freebies but no results there either.
Last 2 weeks report: Played from 18.04.2022 to 01.05.2022
Challenge Starting Bankroll: $36.48
Last week Bankroll: $191.61
Current Bankroll: $189.12
Profit Last Week: - $ 2.49
Goal: $1000
Have a great week guys and good luck at the tables.
Weekly update no. 23
Hello guys,
This past week was a short one, I played only from Monday to Thursday and missed out the weekend being away. Still I played some Spin & Go's on Pokerstars and managed to win a $2.20 ticket to Phase 1 of the SCOOP 01 - event. I played the event on Tuesday and managed to get into the day 2 (Phase 2) with 16BB after this last hand.
PokerStars - 700/1400 Ante 175 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3
MP: 71,814 (51.3 bb)
CO: 53,662 (38.3 bb)
Hero (BTN): 78,822 (56.3 bb)
SB: 66,892 (47.8 bb)
BB: 47,956 (34.3 bb)
UTG: 49,592 (35.4 bb)
UTG+1: 39,202 (28 bb)
7 players post ante of 175, SB posts 700, BB posts 1,400
Pre Flop: (pot: 3,325) Hero has A♠: A♦:
3 folds, CO calls 1,400, Hero raises to 3,950, 2 folds, CO calls 2,550
Flop: (11,225, 2 players) 9♦: T♥: 8♣:
CO checks, Hero bets 6,511, CO calls 6,511
Turn: (24,247, 2 players) K♠:
CO bets 24,247, Hero raises to 68,186 and is all-in, CO calls 18,779 and is all-in
River: (110,299, 2 players) 2♥:
Results: 110,299 pot (0 rake)
Final Board: 9♦: T♥: 8♣: K♠: 2♥:
Spoiler
CO shows J♠: Q♣:: (Straight, King High)
(Pre 15%, Flop 97%, Turn 100%)
Hero shows A♠: A♦:: (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 85%, Flop 3%, Turn 0%)
CO wins 110,299
I also won an $11 SCOOP ticket from a $4 Spin & Go. I played all 3 Scholars tournaments currently being in 305th place.
On GGPoker haven't played much...just some $0.25 & $1 Battle Royals and the Daily Freebies but no big results there either. Overall a slow week this one.
So the Bankrolls are like this:
Pokerstars: $115.36
GGPoker: $83.44
Played from 02.05.2022 to 08.05.2022
Challenge Starting Bankroll: $36.48
Last week Bankroll: $189.12
Current Bankroll: $198.80
Profit Last Week: + $ 9.68
Goal: $1000
Weekly update no. 24
Hello guys,
This week SCOOP took me a lot of time I tried to qualify to almost every small SCOOP tournament. I was playing a lot of $0.50 Spin & Go's and some $4 Spin & Go's so the Bankroll for know is decreasing a little.
I managed to finish 1753rd from 15918 players in SCOOP 8-L and won $21.10.
I played events SCOOP 10-L , SCOOP 11-L, and yesterday I played SCOOP 37-L the 6-max one I was a nice tournament in which at one point I was down to 0.43 BB and managed to came back but unfortunately it was not a good wining story until the end and busted with KK right around the bubble.
Here is the hand. Pretty salty about that one 
PokerStars - 1250/2500 Ante 325 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3
MP: 88,787 (35.5 bb)
Hero (CO): 50,893 (20.4 bb)
BTN: 128,080 (51.2 bb)
SB: 137,480 (55 bb)
BB: 45,182 (18.1 bb)
UTG: 40,675 (16.3 bb)
6 players post ante of 325, SB posts 1,250, BB posts 2,500
Pre Flop: (pot: 5,700) Hero has K♦: K♥:
2 folds, Hero raises to 5,750, BTN raises to 22,950, 2 folds, Hero raises to 50,568 and is all-in, BTN calls 27,618
Flop: (106,836, 2 players) 7♦: 3♦: 6♥:
Turn: (106,836, 2 players) 2♣:
River: (106,836, 2 players) J♦:
Results: 106,836 pot (0 rake)
Final Board: 7♦: 3♦: 6♥: 2♣: J♦:
Hero shows K♦: K♥:: (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
BTN shows J♣: J♠:: (Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
BTN wins 106,836
Also I managed to climb the Scholars Leaderboard after on Monday tournament I managed to finish 11th and got $12.73. So in the leaderboard at this time I am 114th with two and a half weeks to go.
On GGPoker I played only the daily freebies since my focus this month is mostly on SCOOP. It's my favorite series of the year. This week I will try also to qualify to SCOOP Main Event - Low
So the Bankrolls are like this:
Pokerstars: $120.78
GGPoker: $85.92
Played from 09.05.2022 to 15.05.2022
Challenge Starting Bankroll: $36.48
Last week Bankroll: $198.80
Current Bankroll: $206.70
Profit Last Week: + $ 7.90
Goal: $1000
*I don't know why the photos are this bad when I upload them. On my part are high resolution. Sorry about that
Hi guys,
Started the week good I managed to finish 8th in the $1.10 Scholars leader board tournament and get a big boost in the monthly leaderboard.
I had never heard of these — what are the entry requirements — besides the $1.10 that is
Originally posted by VorpalF2F
I had never heard of these — what are the entry requirements — besides the $1.10 that is
I don't know the requirements for this tournaments but I know I was a pokerstars School member since 2010 when I opened my account.
There is also the Freshman Leader Board for new pokerstars school members.