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Random valuehunting. Cash-dollars are a bit boring though, since I only play MTTs. But I guess those don't expire so I can hoard them (got 124C$ now) and go for some random donking when I got enough to enter some big game.

Horrible Sunday, like every Sunday so far this year (and about this decade). Prob buy-ins about 700€ and cashes about 300€. ad some decent shots for about 1k€ trophies, but they all died just before FTs ending up as mincashes. And bigger shots at 100€ events didn't get even close.

Short session today, but 27 MTTs and have got 299 MTTs so far in January. My game has been good and volume decent considering that I have been quite sick during last week, but results have been catastrophe: poker has been about break-even, while +EV casino-promos are about -3000€ so far this month. Latter is pure variance of course - I did make over +30k€ from casinos last quarter.

It's been hard to grind MTTs when results are constantly bad and without good scores - especially as I have got major problems with sleeping. I have been able to sleep like 5 to 7 hours and then wake up without being able to get aleep again, which is far too little for me.

Got 495 MTTs in January and 191 MTTs in February so far - basically haven't played in week. Gotta get back to game before MTT tickets I got expire and hopefully get better results. High variance casino promos have been sucking big time (-6k€), poker has gone horribly but is marginally profitable and sportsbook + small variance casino bonuses have made some profit but haven't spent lots of time for those.

Weather has been getting more warm here so hoping to get and do some hiking on upcoming weeks too.

Horrible sleep problems came back after being away for one week while sleeping on couch. Falling asleep early and waking up often just after 5-7 hours of sleep without getting back to sleep again. So just 361 MTTs in February (out of 490 which was my objective).

Trying to now stay awake until midnight or close and then sleep 10+ hours in hopes of getting my sleep patterns back for Sunday grind. If up for it, planning to grind 8 day series but it's sort of 10% chance it might happen.

About my runs, I think this one at 109$ event 100k guaranteed from last Sunday about 50 left for 45 starting stacks (and 30 starting stacks at last hand, both preflop flips) sum them up.

24th place with crappy runs at the Unibet 25 series (3 mincashes), but enough to get voucher. Just wonder if it is any good?

First aim is actually to sell it. I haven't seen much MTT study content worth watching.

0 trophies so far at Unibet this year. Been running ultra horrible, still making it break-even or slightly positive there despite playing lots of 25-100 events. Making level 4 probably solely by playing MTTs this quarter.

Overall I have been playing over 1000 MTTs so far this year. While not super high amount of MTTs, it is still likely more than I have played in any year since 2018 and completely decent volume for MTT pro. Getting back into game, though it is disappointing that my highest cash has been 1,5k€ with lots of huge runs getting smashed (like 109 100k PKO got deeprun and then lost AKs v AKo preflop flip for 50 starting stacks). Average buy-in has probably been bit over 30€, not sure though.

Unfortunately, horrible runs continue both in poker and in high-variance casino promos. Latter are down almost 7k this year, despite me being rather careful not to take less value / higher variance promos. Poker is pretty much break-even this year, probably slightly profitable which is horrible result considering that I have played over 1200 soft and great value MTTs with about 35€ avg. buy-in.

Just gotta keep going. Though it is hard to stay motivated when you run like 30k€ under EV in less than 3 months.

On positive note, worst of sleep problems went away with getting rid of old bad bed, but now trying to fix sleep patterns which have slowly gone forward (two nights ago fall asleep like 9:00 and woke up around 21:00 so day well spent) but it's tricky: stayed awake until 17:00 (20 hours) and woke up around 00:30 and got no more sleep. So playing computer games for now, trying to get my sleep patterns fixed enough to make Sunday grind though.

Didn't play much in April, but been grinding quite a bit during SCOOP and Millions. And today was biggest Sunday this year.

0 cashes, over 2k buy-ins (though mostly with tickets including 1050 SCOOP Main Event). Just ridiculous how badly these major series Sundays manage to run.

Serieses have been running catastrophically bad, just have got few midsized scores from O8 and Fofty in May which keep me probably around break-even / mildly profitable since I have been grinding tickets from added / overlay satellites which regularly had like 100%-300% of added value and started from lower levels so buy-ins for those satellites have been much less than worth of tickets (which unfortunately have all bricked, just one 215 mincash).

Likely playing upcoming week since serieses still continue and use my remaining tickets at Unibet while doing it. Summer months I probably plan to play maybe 8 days per month in average to have free time to enjoy.

Three weeks of maybe worst series runs ever and feeling is clear.

I just fucking hate these tournament serieses and Sundays. Always at big spot there's ruinous runs coming up, like straight vs. set into rivered full house. Catastrophic results from May, about break-even (with small games and satellites making lots of profit despite tough runs there since satellites usually run with 50%-300% overlay and some even giving instant tickets like 109$ SCOOP Main Low satellite did) but it all running down to ground st bigger ones) when games at all levels were so soft that even freeroll opponents feel like pros.

Just can't beat the shitdealer (paskaja in Finnish).

It was close to be a great night. First I got this one, my first live package for 2025:

Then I got a great chance at the flipclusive 10000€ final table. But it is always river:

And with this super steep prize structure it pains even more:

So let's get drunk. Horrible 2025 continues, but at least there is The Festival (likely Bratislava) coming up. Malta would be nice, but September is usually full of great value serieses where I run like Jesus at Easter like one well-known Finnish poker player (Sharkie) always says when he refers to my runs.

For some reason (and from some PokerStrategy promo, thanks for that) I got 250$ ticket for WSOP Online event. Well, as the saying goes "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth". Played it today, played it well but met stone wall 14 left so no 20k$ trophy for me.

Nice cash from effective freeroll, though.

Games have been generally running super horribly. Probably around +10k€ whole year, when all big games and mystery bounties (and high-variance casino promos) have run to the ground. Satellites and low buy-in events have been going well, but when first ones have been doing like 20k€-30k€ net loss it is hard to make a substantial profit or find a reason to grind. Probably I have been playing around 600-700 hours this year so far.