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BarryCarter
Joined: 13.01.2011

Hi everyone, your friendly neighborhood PokerStrategy.com editor here.

Now that we have relaunched the Bankroll Challenge I have decided to put my hat into the ring and do a BR blog.

As you know I am the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the author of four well known poker books and one which is almost ready to publish:
The Mental Game of Poker
The Mental Game of Poker 2
Poker Satellite Strategy
PKO Poker Strategy
Endgame Poker Strategy: The ICM Book

Not sure how and when, but I'll probably do some sort of raffle now and then of my books to the people who read this blog.

I used to be a very serious poker player but I fell out with the game a little and only played recreationally. In the last couple of years I started working with Dara O'Kearney and have really found my love of the game again. He is (slowly) managing to teach me about modern poker concepts like GTO and it has been like I am learning from scratch again.

I play poker on lots of sites and (from this weekend onwards) live. This blog is specifically about my grind on Unibet where I play most of my regular games. I love Unibet for lots of reasons including the fact that HUDs are not allowed (not against HUDs I just don't use one and generally think that makes the site softer). The problem with that is that I cannot easily track my results. I have had this rough idea in my head that my winrate at Unibet is a modest €4 an hour while playing 2-3 tables (overall, not per table) playing MTTs and HexaPro. I have decided to use this blog to actually track my results.

Working with Dara he is essentially my coach and the book writing has been a very good way for me to improve while also doing my job, but now seems a good time to take my results and education a little bit more seriously and without having to rely on Dara (who, to be fair, is one of the greatest minds in poker I know, so I cannot complain about that).

Don't worry, if I win a BR Challenge raffle prize it will get raffled again because I am staff.

My Unibet Challenge.
My current Unibet roll is €1,635.83. I play €5 and €10 MTTs/HexaPros and have just started playing the odd €25 when I am playing well. I also play satellites to the bigger buy-in MTTs at Unibet. I doubt I will play any cash games except for when Unibet have a mission type promo.

The rules of the BR Challenge is to at least x5 your bankroll so let's say I am going for a €8,500 bankroll, which I suspect will take a very long time.

Unibet's new Game Lab feature has tracked my MTTs & HexaPros for the last month or so, so I will get the number of tournies I have played each week based on that.

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Unibet BR at start:
HexaPros played before the start of challenge:
MTTs played before start of challenge:

Look out for me at Unibet with this name

Feel free to ask me any questions, I'll probably check in once a week for updates.

Picture of my 13 year old dog as a thread saver:


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SvenBe
Joined: 19.04.2006

Welcome in the challenge!
I guess your 13 year old thread saver will also be the first one to talk to after any bad beats you are experiencing!

GL!


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by BarryCarter
Picture of my 13 year old dog as a thread saver:

I love the one-eye-open "are you kidding me?" look!

Best of luck in the challenge... :gl:,
VS


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maniac
Joined: 29.03.2006

I wish you the best of luck with the challenge. I honestly think you will be surprised how fast you will chush your experience and enough volume. ;) Looking forward to read your next book with Dara. Just love your writing from a didactic point of view.


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Harrier88
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ghaleon
Joined: 17.10.2007

Good luck. If you plan to play good amount of hexapro or other sng or cash I would in general advice to change nick name now and then. No point of giving edge to those that change it regularly. In MTT it's obviously not such big deal.

Btw you can ask some basic data from your games from Unibet support.


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BarryCarter
Joined: 13.01.2011

Originally posted by maniac
I wish you the best of luck with the challenge. I honestly think you will be surprised how fast you will chush your experience and enough volume. ;) Looking forward to read your next book with Dara. Just love your writing from a didactic point of view.

Thank you. We've already started work on our 4th book while this one is being proof read. We did a video for Dara's YouTube channel coming out in a few weeks for it. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtmCSXyQx1K2kaVfUPujESQ

Originally posted by ghaleon
Good luck. If you plan to play good amount of hexapro or other sng or cash I would in general advice to change nick name now and then. No point of giving edge to those that change it regularly. In MTT it's obviously not such big deal.

Btw you can ask some basic data from your games from Unibet support.

Funny you mention the name change thing, I had a guy on my left table with a name like Spiderman123 and one on my left table with the name Spiderman124

Not sure if it was the same guy or somebody trying to level him


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Juelz84
Joined: 30.10.2008

I've always wanted to witness financial suicide live. Best of luck, grandpa!


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best of luck :f_thumbsup:


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BarryCarter
Joined: 13.01.2011

I'm going to get my first week's report in early because I am going to my first live tourney in almost two years later on today and it's a two day tourney and I am hoping to be there both days. It is also my birthday on Monday (please don't ask how old) so I'll be taking things a little easy. Rail me on Twitter.

Starting Bankroll: €1,635.83
Today's Bankroll: €1,736.43
Number of tournies: 73 (19 MTTs, 54 HexaPros)
Profit: €100.60

Proof:

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Just proof of volume compared to last week, ignore the won figures Unibet doesn't do profit only turnover

I actually had a crappy week where I seemed to lose at everything but I ran like god in one session to put me back into profit, so I'll take it.

What also turned it around was I had a hand review session with Dara O'Kearney and I always play really well after we do that. As our current book (ICM) is at the proofers being read we have already started work on our next one, which is going to be him attempting to teach me GTO essentially. I expect it will take a long time but whatever happens it's a win/win for me because I will be getting all this amazing coaching for it.

In other news my most ever 'liked' tweet was this joke, which got over 150,000 views and almost 1k likes. I have an unhealthy relationship with Twitter where I count the likes for my joke tweets obsessively:

Finally, my beloved dog is alergic to spores in the grass, his face is all puffy on his right hand side. Enjoy


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by BarryCarter
Proof:

Insufficient proof.
This is more like it:

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Sorry to hear about your dog. That looks painful.


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BarryCarter
Joined: 13.01.2011

Originally posted by VorpalF2F

Originally posted by BarryCarter
Proof:

Insufficient proof.
This is more like it:

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Sorry to hear about your dog. That looks painful.

Swelling has gone down quite a bit, its a seasonal thing but I'm going to double check with a vet tomorrow. He's old and I want to grab every second I can with the fella.


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checkdex
Joined: 17.10.2013

Hi milf lover , its very motivated to see someone like you playing and sharing how you play poker. Hope you go well with flips. GL


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BarryCarter
Joined: 13.01.2011

Originally posted by checkdex
Hi milf lover , its very motivated to see someone like you playing and sharing how you play poker. Hope you go well with flips. GL

I mean, I am, but not sure how you knew that


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BarryCarter
Joined: 13.01.2011

So my return to live poker did not go well at all, I lasted three levels. Really disappointed and not sure when my local casino will run a comp again.

A friend did remind me of a time I ran really well though so that was nice:


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UnibetAndy
Joined: 23.07.2020

If you need Profit/Loss/Rake stats or a breakdown of finishing positions in tournaments let me know and I can provide both whenever you need for whatever period (so long as it's 2019 onwards)


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BarryCarter
Joined: 13.01.2011

Originally posted by UnibetAndy
If you need Profit/Loss/Rake stats or a breakdown of finishing positions in tournaments let me know and I can provide both whenever you need for whatever period (so long as it's 2019 onwards)

Thanks Andy, I'll maybe check in with you once a month


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deralte71
Joined: 09.08.2010

GL Barry. You wrote, that You play Hexapro 25, when You play Well. Is that when You feel focussed in a session, or when You feel over time, you’re playing Well at a lower level?


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BarryCarter
Joined: 13.01.2011

Originally posted by deralte71
GL Barry. You wrote, that You play Hexapro 25, when You play Well. Is that when You feel focussed in a session, or when You feel over time, you’re playing Well at a lower level?

Focussed I guess. My criteria for taking shots at the next level is basically when i think I am making good decisions. If I have a spell where I am not happy with how I played I stick to the €5s and €10s


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BarryCarter
Joined: 13.01.2011

Week 2
Starting Bankroll: €1,736.43
Today's Bankroll: €1,788.80 (€1,688.80 + €100 satellite ticket won)
Number of tournies: 79 games (16 MTTs & 63 hexapros)
Profit: €52.37

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Actually a terrible week at the tables, I think I have ran really well for most of the year but this week I got a ton of well deserved coolers. I did manage to make two decent final tables and win a satellite to keep me in profit, but everything else was very frustrating.

I have actually put more volume in with the DTO app this week. It has taken me a long time to really learn how to use it, in no small part because post flop hand reading is the weakest part of my game. However, this week I had a few eureka moments with the best way to use it and now I am obsessed with it.

I am concentrating on one spot for now, 30BB SRP BB vs BTN. I think I am going to keep going with that until I pull off a 20 hand streak (best so far is 16). This is my overall stats for the spot so far

It was my birthday this week so I have a night out with friends tonight, which is something that feels very special after 18 months of mostly locking down.

Dog is still awesome, thread saver


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