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My Poker journey...To the Top!(Currently just Crushing nl200)

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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

BraddNitt thanks man.
I also love Perisic, such a nice guy, real example of true athlete, and incredibly underated. In last 10 years he is always one od our best players, loving the big games and never fail do deliver.

Brasil looks really good, but they are full of sissy players like Neymar or Vinicius. There are no real fighters or warriors. Just look at our "Josko Gvardiol" 20 years old, and for me(and not just me) the best defender in the world. Brave, hard working, strong charachter. We need to play really hard against them, always be on the edge of yellow card, and play a "man game". We have a chance. And I just feel we gonna play the best game tomorrow.


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BradNitt
Joined: 22.07.2011

brazil has now also the pressure to deliver since they got broken in 2014, and lost early in the quarterfinal 2018. now they face like first real challenge so far.
they also have some strong fighters and leaders like casemiro, thiago but they got old. will see. its definitely pretty strong team compared to the last world cups.

gvardiol also very good player. gets always highlighted by our commentators in germany :)
kinda excited for the match. hope will be a good one :f_drink:


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Don't have the words to describe this...

Unbelivable...this is who we are. Insane


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BradNitt
Joined: 22.07.2011

brutal finish :coolface:
think very strong game by both teams (except maybe antony who was performing in another craft)
gz, enjoy the party


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jiffybag
Joined: 21.12.2010

Happy new year, have a good one :f_drink:


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Guys!

Thx jiffybag, also all the best wishes to you in the new year.

Here is the update for the month, It was relaxing month, were I spend a lot time with family, watching and enjoying World Cup, working little bit on my game, and playing a bit also.

The good news we are on the way back to 10bb/100 on PokerStars after rough 65k hands, on the 450 000 hands.

PokerStars graph for the December:

SS graph for the December:

This month I had started MTT series on PokerStars, it will end on 17.1..

We are also in plans for the next limit in our Video series, hopefully soon, I also plan to stream this month, I will let you know everything in here.

Wish you all the best in the new year! :f_drink:


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Guys! Today I'm gonna be streaming 4tables my usual limits, I plan a long stream full of action, gonna talk about range in every spot, range vs range, gto, exploits, sky high redline tips- all the good stuff.

I hope to see a lot of you, let's make some fun night, also you can find out details about the next part of our video series, we also have some other ideas in plan, that will be really interesting for you.

So, today, Friday, 22:00 CET - till morning, let crush it together!


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Guys!

I'm back from vacation, so sorry for being little bit late with the monthly update.

February update: I played MTT series on PokerStars (where I lost 90% of my all ins where I was big favorit), at the end result was slightly + .
So I didn't play that much of Cash.

PokerStars results:

The good news is that I'm slowly coming back to the 10bb/100, on 500k hands(I'm currently close to 9). After that downswing where I run 22 times KK on AA (lost all of them) on 70k hands (and I had only once AA on KK), this is really good news. And the worst thing was getting suckout on the river in 3bet pots and 4bet pots (where the Pot is so big that you can't do shit about) again and again and again with my premium hands. Also I had couple of times in 400bb+ set over set in 4bet pots(where they would get biger set on the turn), so that last around 100k hands were disgusting.

PokerStars Graph played with Breakthrough (my all time graph, but basically I started to play around beggining of last year) :

I also think I could play better in some parts, so definitelly I could still have 10bb/100 if I played my A game most of the times. But I will get there again for sure.

SuperSport results:

There is a big news with Supersport Poker, now it's in Euros(so this graph is actually in Euros), and they changed the limits, so now you have nl200 and nl500 as the biggest ones that are running. And I also started to play nl500. The players are probably worst in the world, but I just can't do anything.

Last year Supersport Graph:

It's apsolutly insane that I play with 3,4 or even 5 big fishes at the tables, and most of my winnings comes from Regs(and some of them actually are very good, and crushing even biger limits nl500+ on Stars)

This is so tilting and frustrating for me, I don't see a way how this is even possible. Cos most of the players I know in the "soul" after years of playing with them (Regs but also Big whales). My blue line is far under the 0, against players that I have reads on and I know their every part of the range. I just can't get over this.

Btw, we should finally start the next limit on our Video series, hope that you can't wait for the next part, I'll try to be at least two times better.
And we are also cooking some other interesting stuff for you Guys, so stay tune, I also plan to stream, looking forward seeing a lot more of you with me.

Thank you and see you soon!


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Fredjen
Joined: 28.05.2008

Those are super nice results man! Keep it up!


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Guys, what do you say about one fast paced action, with a focus on exploits, how to make adjustments vs the pool, and a lot range vs range interaction?
I'm in...

Come and join me today, 21h CET on my Twitch, live stream, hope to see a lot of you, and I will be motivated to make a hell out of the session!


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TheLastNail
Joined: 30.05.2008

hey, wasnt here on the forums for years, just searching for some sentimental value videos and stumbled upon this blog. rly nice to see midstakes crusher active here, hat off for effort man. keep it up, i might drop by once in a while.

former highstakes cg plr


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Berliner1982
Joined: 12.07.2006

Hey Marco,

I am totally impressed by your graphs and Winrate.

I hope I will be able to improve that much, that I will be a good Winningplayer as well. I do have to admit that I to not get this Solver and GTO stuff yet. I know it is important to thing in ranges.

And I ask myself if the old straight ABC-Poker from the old days would still work. And if so until what limit.


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Guys I have to postpone a stream. I have catch flue or something. Soon as I get better I will let you know. I plan to stream more now (cos finally after 4 months I'm back home and I have the time for it).

The LastNail and Berliner thank you. It's always motivating for me to hear something like that. And I will give my best to create a lot of good content for PokerStrategy, so people can get a inside story and real things that works.

I hope you join me on streams in future, and we all together move on from there. I said it before and I will say it again, I'm here also to learn, to get better, every opportunity can be a learning opportunity, more "heads" are smarter then one. And that's not just "empty words", I really believe in it.


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hi Guys,

I'm finally healthy and ready for the monthly update.

February update:

POKERSTARS: I got back from vacation 3.2., and I lost couple of days travelling back home to Croatia

PokerStars 500k hands:

I'm close to get back at 10bb/100, I had a lot of reg wars this month, a lot of HU and 3max, and I just didn't get a lot of good spots in games that I had a big edge. It was mediocre month, but I did play really good.

I can play like Pio himself, on SuperSport it just doesn't matter, I have at least 3,4 big whales, sometimes even 5 at the tables and I just can't do anything. And they are not just big whales, they are biggest whales in the world, uncomparable to whales on other sites.

SUPERSPORT poker:

This is in Euros (from this year Supersport plays in Euros)

SuperSport this year:

Again, I don't know what to say, I started to play nl500 on SuperSport, and the players are like nl2, I would guess that you can't find this type of whales even on nl2 on every other site. And I can't do shit, insane. I just want to see how much this can last.

Let's go for the good news, from monday We are starting a NEW LIMIT, on our video series, "Crushing limit by limit". I am back home, healthy, full of motivation, I want to be fk beast, and give you the best of me. So please follow our series, comments, give your ideas, advices, let's talk about hands and strategy. I want all of you Guys on a boat with me! Let's learn together, get better and crush everbody! We start MONDAY!

Also, if you didn't still, join my Discord and my youtube channel! It would mean a lot to me, it's a way you say, "we respect your work!", and I apreciate it!

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/6ybPhejzhw (in my Discord there is a lot of good players, and I post a lot of hands, and we talk about all the good stuff, you are welcome to join and be a part of it).

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOyTUT_mGwZi82xRhpVv3vQ

Also, I will stream Saturday, around 21h CET(I will let you know exact time, but It will be around 21), again I invite all of you on the stream. 4 tables action, you can ask anything, I will talk about rangevsrange interaction, and things you can do as exploits to a players that I know like the palm of my hand.

I will give you here quick preview what you can expect, so check it out, and see you Saturday!


Snapped river, I was pushing him around, and I knew he will try to get back to me, he pot controls everything, value bets narrow as sh, he knows I have 45s 56s a5s always, he would ch Aces on the turn with speed of ligh :)


Snapped again, has a polarized range bbvssb, really a lot of a2-a7o, likes to bet big on the flop with hands like QQ and KK, and he basically reps only AK with blocker on overbet shove, and has so many garbage. Easy call.


Nitty player, high cbet freq, medium strenght hands heavy ch back range, never has A flush here, never calls hands like 1010 and JJ with spades(also highly underbluffed spot).


Self explanatory


Guy is 2barell happy, but likes to protect his checking range a lot(so here he would ch KQ, but barell all QJ,AJ,and AQ, on the river he would always shove AQ against me, so he mostly has hand like AJ,QJ or AK that barell, and he will fold a bunch


Solid reg, but brutal runout for our range 3max, we have 77,99,QQ,QJs, nut flushes, and he is capped. I just like to go for all with my value, 67 fits nice as a bluff

Thats for the preview, I can promise you just one thing. You will not be bored!

:sfishy:


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Follow! I will read up today. Looks very good stuff


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Fredjen
Joined: 28.05.2008

Very nice graphs. Feels strange to see how hard it is to reach 10bb/100h winrate in NLH compared to short deck.
Against the super whales it happens a lot with friends who play on GG and do the no look all ins. It's emotionally very hard to go down 15 to 20bi against those whales but hang in there it will turn around!

The hands keep amazing me. Srs nice actions based on the stats really motivates me to ever get to that level!


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Originally posted by MartaiMrko
7. Just to show you my "table image", we are against normal reg, and this was a snap call on river. I also like the way I played the hand, not blocking FD, and Blocking hands like KK, and yes KQ. Not that good of a felling, but what can you do :)

I'm interested in the reasoning why you overbet the pot on the turn and river. Thanks in advance :)
I can't post external links due to the status on my user-account. It's the hand on page 2 (losses pokerstars).


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Guys, sorry for the late reply, I hade a lot of stuff this weekend (my friends drop by for a weekend, and I had spent a lot time with them), I didn't have much time for anything, H0witzer and Fredjen- thanks, I apreciate it.

The good news is that: we are finally starting the New limit, in our video series ("Crushing limit by limit"), so you can check the video, comment it, give your feedback.

First video is basically an introduction to a limit, just get into the action and build on it. I explained what are my plans for the limit, and what I want to do, hope you can give me your thoughts about it, is it a way that you want it to go, just go into the videos and comment there. We are together in this, so you definitelly have a vote, so be free to tell me.

Ok, now let me answer about that hand H0witzer is interested at:
we c/r he flop and the turn has completed the obvius draw (open ender), and also what needs to be noted that this player is really tight player, he doesn't even have the 45s as a PFR at MP, so basically we have the nuts always, he doesn't have it ever, our value range is 33,44 and 56s, it's 10 combos, we want to put maximum pressure on his range and we go for the overbet (and also our hand is full of equity, we block KK and KQ and have unblockers to diamonds), and with our range and nuts advantage we want to overbet the turn and overbet shove the river also.


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hello guys, just a few news for you.

First I invite you to check the latest video with Pio Solver, I gave you there really a lot of value, We have 3 different type of boards, with GTO strategy, and I had explained why Solver uses certain hands, why we bluff without equity, and you can definitelly see how people play this spots really poorly, and It can boost up your winnings insanely.(because you will understand what is the right Strategy and why is that right strategy on the first place)

Second, check out the new video on my youtube channel: where I play my normal session, so you can get to know be and my style of play better, also there were a lot of really Crazy hands! I love that type of sessions.

I would also apreciate that you subscribe to my channel, that will motivate me to make a lot more Poker content.

Third, We are streaming TODAY, 22:00 CET, join in, and play a session together with me, I'm giving away 15% of my winnings to the 2 best questions/comments on the stream, If i win you win also with me!

Stream preview:

1.Good Reg after few minutes of HU

2. Block Bet Killing it

3. Lost in space

You won't be bored, I promise you that.

BTW. Join in my Discord channel so you can participate in Giveaways in future.

Thank you Guys, I apreciate your support, that's why I'll try to give you a lot of really good Content that can actually help you, and improve you game and Strategy!


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

DOMINATION!

You even took their lunch money


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