Originally posted by rompas
Congrats Sir well done , when you started this challenge 2016 from 0$ did you ever think it would take you this far?
Thanks rompas! I had a desire to show good results but I didn't expect to achieve a 6 figure score 
When I only play 6 Live tournaments a year, it is unreal to dream about trophies or even final tables, but sometimes you just beat the odds 
First online session after the trip!
Won majority of the games, maintained a decent ChipEV, but didn't run too well in higher multipliers. I guess I will have one more session in 30$ level and then I will try the waters of 60$ 
My last session on 30$ Spins went like this:
Won almost half of them and in the end the result came quite appealing. ChipEV also looks nice
Besides, I reached milestone 2000 games at this level, so next session I will dive into 60$. I am a bit afraid that it will be much much tougher than present level, but I want to give it a try. If anyone of You have played (or still are) at sixties, please let me know what to expect 
It is middle of November and it is time for monthly updates
1. Make 8 poker trips
*MPN Morocco - January, 0€
*MPN Bratislava, Slovakia - April, 900€
*MPN Bulgaria - July, 0€
*Battle of Malta - package, October 121 500€
With Malta trip, I have only managed to fulfill half of this task - 4 travels. 45 days to go this year, and it is very unlikely I will take it down.. Unless someone wants to try "EuroTrip" with me in one week ♠_biggrin:
2. Top5 tournament player on Microgaming
Currently 3rd in leaderboard, and not far away from the 1st. It is possible that I could climb the Top, but I would need to increase my weekly MTT sessions at least to 3 times compared to present 1 
The good thing is that I have a safe distance from 6th guy, so at least I should keep my Gold star
3. Reach Blackmember
Not much increase in a month, but now I can play higher stakes and pay more rake If I don't burn my bankroll, I hope to finish this task just before the Christmas 
4. Everlasting study of poker - 400 hours
January - 25 hours
February - 13 hours
March - 40 hours
April - 40 hours
May - 41 hours
June - 11 hours
July - 40 hours
August - 11 hours
September - 37 hours
October - 23 hours
After 44 weeks, it is 281 hours. Very unlikely I will catch this but it won't be far away. Probably I will be one month short of this 
5. Win a Major Online and Live event
MPN network awarded me the trophy on the right at the welcome party in Malta I didn't get swords for finishing 4th in Battle of Malta, so I bought a souvenir myself 
And it looks way better than the original prize..
6. Set home completely for living
He doesn't look so happy in the picture but he really is ♠_biggrin: As I wrote in the last post, the kitchen constructors are only available in couple of weeks so we are in waiting mode. But we made some improvements in other rooms (like boosted cat's pole), so can't complain too much 
7. To maintain strong relationship with others
I found so many new friends after my success at Malta.. One of those is this guy in the picture 
To be honest, Collin asked me to join his show before the Malta trip, and even before the UCOP win. So there was a very little chance he will forget our chat At first I was a bit reluctant, but then he played his Ace by saying - Your Goal No. 7 would be almost complete by doing this I had no choice after this and I will be his guest on the show in December 
8. To hold a healthy body through proper nutrition and increase weight to 85
I am still at around 82 kg Will ask my semi-personal coach to do magic in the remaining days
9. Finish in Top5 with FC Top Kickers
So the season is officially over and we finished in 4th place. Task completed, but a bit pity to end with wooden awards Still it is a good result for a new team in higher division and we have built a strong basement for next year. As you can see, we are very good in attack - almost 4 goals per match - but conceding too much. If we fix this in winter break, then a nice season lies ahead
10. Read 18 books
*"Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes
*"Famous speeches that changed the world" by Simon Sebag Montefiore
*"Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1984" by George Orwell
*"Flight from Paradise: Leo Tolsoy", by Pavel Basinskyi
*"Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli
*"Vilnius Poker" by Ričardas Gavelis
*"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
*"Life's Golden Ticket" by Brendon Burchard
*"A Time to Love and a Time to Die", by Erich Maria Remarque
*"The Plague" by Albert Camus
*"A wild sheep chase" by Haruki Murakami
*"Dansu dansu dansu" by Haruki Murakami
* "On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin
* 'Triumphal Arch' by Erich Maria Remarque
*"The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
I probably should have read the "The Catcher in the Rye" much earlier as this book is dedicated more to teenagers, but it still is a good read!
Definitely this was my best month in 2018, and probably in my whole life Didn't expect to do anything better than UCOP win, but when You run hot, You run hot 
Thanks for this amazing update, always a pleasure to read (.oO and making me feel bad that I actually don't read sooo much)
Originally posted by deralte71
Nice read, i’m also a Murakami fan, i like 1Q84
This book is on my shortlist
Originally posted by SvenBe
Thanks for this amazing update, always a pleasure to read (.oO and making me feel bad that I actually don't read sooo much)
But you read a lot of forums, so all fine
My first test on 60$ limit. Not sure if I played that bad, but I'm not happy with my losses and my ChipEv Small sample but enough evidence that this limit is much tougher than 30s
Another 100 games and I'm breakeven
Hopefully I will put another 100 games in green
Yesterday I had a pleasure to be a guest on Collin Moshman show 
It probably will get released next week, but don't expect anything good as I bricked all tournaments on that session
However, today's Spins went in the opposite direction
Originally posted by Primrose6789
So: What about your number? lol
Greetings Primrose! But I have to ask my fiancee first
3 hours session after Champions League games
Won more than 50% of the games and my ChipEV was in flying colours. Run pretty well above EV, but on the other hand I had too many 2x and only one 6x. Usually it is a negative session with with those multipliers, so can't complain with final results
Originally posted by Mantelo
Originally posted by Primrose6789
So: What about your number? lolGreetings Primrose! But I have to ask my fiancee first
Hahahahahaha! I´m sure she will allow it, noooooo problem (caution: irony inside)
And I can put you in the closet when my husband comes home.
Of course it was a joke. I´m already 44 years old and married
Aaaw, poor mantelo, I´m trolling here your blog: You get a nice thumb up from me and I enjoy your cool blog. Will read here!
Originally posted by Primrose6789
Aaaw, poor mantelo, I´m trolling here your blog: You get a nice thumb up from me and I enjoy your cool blog. Will read here!
Haha, no worries ♠_biggrin: I'm so used to Milfs
Originally posted by Mantelo
Originally posted by Primrose6789
Aaaw, poor mantelo, I´m trolling here your blog: You get a nice thumb up from me and I enjoy your cool blog. Will read here!
Haha, no worries ♠_biggrin: I'm so used to Milfs
Won´t ask for details .....
