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

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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Haha. They did deserve it :)


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

I'll have to wait for the video β€” I have just too much to do today.
I would really love to know the thought processes in this hand though:

Originally posted by MartaiMrko
Stream preview:

1.Good Reg after few minutes of HU


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Vorpal, sorry for the late response.

This hand happened after he lost 3 stacks, and I actually expect, based on the way he plays and his state of mind a spew.

Flop is still standard range bet (we have most AQo as a 4bet bluff, some KQo, and all the KK and AA), on the turn when that J of hearts hits it's actual very good for the IP player(he has all the K10s and 810s that are always calling preflop and flop, he also has more flushes then us), so my range wants to get defensive especially deep, so I would check my whole range on the turn, and he goes for the big bet and in that moment I was just seting up a trap and a call on basically any runout.

First based on table dynamcis I felt he is way off his usual state of mind and normal game, he has also the spew factor when he plays his usual game, and I would call river on every runout(even on worst one like k of hearts).


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Guys!

Today, 21:30 CET we have a BIG STREAM+giveaway, I'm giving 15% out of my winnings from the session+66$ left from the last session to the 2 best questions/comments/ideas, so be active, stick with me, and let's win together! (only thing you need to do to participate is to join my Discord channel:
https://discord.com/invite/6ybPhejzhw )

We gonna play 4 tables, 200-500(stars+supersport poker), gonna talk about strategy, range vs range, exploits, all the good stuff.
So who ever can, is more then welcome to join in.
I'm gonna give my apsolute best, and yup, let's play some poker..


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by MartaiMrko
Hey Guys!

Today, 21:30 CET we have a BIG STREAM+giveaway,

I'll try to be there.
Your streams are always quite informative.


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tukioppilas62
Joined: 01.01.2011

Hey man, I played zoom 200 and zoom 500 on pokerstars past 8 years very actively (this year and last year not though) . Oddly I only run into you only in 2022 and you said you have been playing online for 10 years professionally (?) not on stars at all then right?


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Tuki, I basically started to play on Stars before 12months. I played before on Ipoker and SuperSport poker (and before that on Microgaming where I actually started to play online Poker).


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Guys, here is the update of the last month.

POKERSTARS graph for March:

SUPERSPORT poker graph for March:

Finally winning month on SuperSport poker, I mostly played nl500, I'm still far from happy, but it's a step forward.

I had played 556k hands on PokerStars in last 12month, I'm close to 100k of pure profit.

I'm gonna soon move to Ipoker again, because the scripts are now banned, and I have rb of 45% old weighted system, with rake race and deposit bonus it's around 50%.
On PokerStars I basically get only chests, so I'm literally throwing money away.

On nl400 on Ipoker I can make 15-20k of rake(and 50% I get back as RB), and even PokerStars is way better, I think I'm gonna play most of my games on Ipoker and Supersport poker (and ocasionally put some PokerStars if I feel like it).

I also made couple of fun and interesting streams, who didn't check it out, please go to my youtube channel and see. A lot of Crazy Hands, and I try to put my thought proccess every single hand.
MartaiMrko youtube channel...

I also played Bounty builder series(MTT's, lasted for almost 3 weeks), so the cash volume is still decent, and I also had invested a lot time to give you good content for our "nl25 limit" video series.

I'm happy with my level of play, and I really felt good at the tables, I also learn and practised some concepts in GTO land (that I didn't cover in last few months), so I'm optimistic for the future.

We also made really nice giveaway last stream, there was a lot of new people, a lot of interesting talks and discussion, so I'm inviting a lot more of you to join in.
Everything is free, and I really give the best I can.

Thank you for your time and good luck.


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Guys.

I have really interesting hand from my Last livestream, where we just "Read through the Guy in a tricky spot".

I think this concept will be really fun to watch, and I will try from time to time put hands like this, and break it down into details.

If you like this idea, let me know, I would appreaciate that you subscribe to my channel, because by that way I feel you support me, like the content and also it gives me motivation to do it better, incorporate new ideas, and just keep going!

We have "the bomb video" for you coming next Monday and our conclusion of the limit.

Happy Eastern to you and your families.


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Fredjen
Joined: 28.05.2008

Yeah i like it and i dont play NL holdem 😁.
Subscribed!


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Foldem54
Joined: 28.03.2023

Nice blog! i follow you!


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chaparrito77
Joined: 04.05.2009

Will be following your blog, i havent read all of it but the begining sounded very interesting and gutsy. Best of luck. Maybe you have already answer this but, do you have a defined schedule to upload YT videos or stream?

gl at the tables and ev. definetly subbed


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Thx Guys for your feedback.

After the Eastern I will try to stream 2 times a week(Friday will be always because I have the most time then, and other day will depend on my situation). As for youtube, I will put videos also 2 times a week, and I will mix formats. Sometimes it will be 1hours session, or interesting hands analysis, or copy of previous livestream.

If you also have some ideas what you would like to see, or which concepts to cover be free to tell me and I can also incorporate that in.

Happy Eastern and see you soon.


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jiffybag
Joined: 21.12.2010

If you also have some ideas what you would like to see, or which concepts to cover be free to tell me and I can also incorporate that in.

Do you ever stream your sessions on SSP? Because you play against opponents that are very similar to the ones I play on our local site. I would love to see how you play against a table that never folds to anything.


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I would love to see how you play against a table that never folds to anything.

Widen your range for thin value and start to play your medium strenght hands more aggressively


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jiffybag
Joined: 21.12.2010

Originally posted by NapoleonBonaparte135

I would love to see how you play against a table that never folds to anything.

Widen your range for thin value and start to play your medium strenght hands more aggressively

Even multi way?

Never mind its a stupid question, its yes.


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

I didn't stream only SSP, because on Stars or Ipoker you actually play a Guys that understand Poker and Range.

But on SSP most of them don't understand even the basic concepts, like position, there are no even "R" from Range, they play random, without any sense in many situations.
I've never seen a whale on PokerStars that is near guys from SSP that are "Regs"!?

So its different game basically. I didn't think that people would like to watch something like that, but if the answer is yes. Then yes we can do it. :)


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ghaleon
Joined: 17.10.2007

On that hand you analyzed in video I would think we are mainly losing versus hands like Qx with two clubs or 98s kind of slowplay. But of course if we assume those to raise flop then it's lot better.

Can't see stack depth in mobile small screen on flop but if SPR is on higher side won't good amount of 8x and possibly also flush draws get into quite ugly spot if they raise flop and face 3bet?


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MartaiMrko
Joined: 02.02.2011

Hey Ghaleon sorry for the late reply, I was taking a break last few days,.

This is based on how my pool plays against the donks, they raise a lot, they actually doesn't think which board structure is good for them which isn't, so they would raise most overpairs here(especially reg we are against in this spot), and if they had draw they would also raise it, and go with the hand like a fd, most of them didn't go in Solvers in this type of spots(because they are rare) and they don't know how to respond to it(that's why we can make plays like this).

I will show on my youtube how Midstakes pool is playing in many spots, and most of you will be really suprised(they are basically bad! Nitty and bad in most of the spots).


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jiffybag
Joined: 21.12.2010

Originally posted by MartaiMrko
I didn't stream only SSP, because on Stars or Ipoker you actually play a Guys that understand Poker and Range.

But on SSP most of them don't understand even the basic concepts, like position, there are no even "R" from Range, they play random, without any sense in many situations.
I've never seen a whale on PokerStars that is near guys from SSP that are "Regs"!?

So its different game basically. I didn't think that people would like to watch something like that, but if the answer is yes. Then yes we can do it. :)

Any time you do decide to stream ssp then let me know, gl with your grind :f_drink:


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