Double Trouble with Prim and Harrier - Poker, Sports, Cooking, Gardening, Mixed Drinks and more

Badugi was a bit of a dud tonight, but we were in for a surprise in Five Card Draw, after I was already thinking about when it could be time to consider giving up:

Whine equity? I don't know, but I'll take it. I wasn't all that successful with the bounty hunting on the FT, but as I like to say, the only bounty that matters is the final one.

Hand #1: Cat Hop With a Twist?

We talked about punishing limpers before. I figured it was time for another "cat hop" again, though we didn't get our flush. We technically hit something else, but surely it won't be any use in a four-way pot?

PokerStars, $3.92 + $0.48 - 5 Card Draw Pot Limit - 100/200 (50 ante) - 6 players
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UTG: 3,569 (18 bb)
MP: 2,950 (15 bb)
CO: 1,035 (5 bb)
BU: 8,402 (42 bb)
SB: 3,770 (19 bb)
BB (Hero): 2,769 (14 bb)

Deal: (600) Hero is BB with 3♠ 4♥ T♥ Q♥ 7♦
UTG calls 200, 2 players fold, BTN calls 200, SB calls 100, Hero checks

Draw One: (1,100) 4♥ T♥ Q♥ 9♣ 9♠ (4 players)
SB draws 1, BB (Hero) draws 3s 7d, UTG draws 1, BU draws 2
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, BTN checks

Total pot: 1,100

Showdown:
SB shows 4♦ 5♦ J♦ T♦ 8♠ (high card, Jack)
BB (Hero) shows 4♥ T♥ Q♥ 9♣ 9♠ (a pair of Nines)
UTG mucks 4♣ 6♦ 3♣ 2♥ 3♥ (a pair of Threes)
BU mucks 6♣ Q♣ K♣ T♠ 8♣ (high card, King)
BB (Hero) wins 1,100

Hand #2: Scared Trips?

One of the things I have learned in my previous failed runs is that you need to make the most out of those cooler spots where your opponents have a good hand that turns out to be worse than yours.

This one was a few hands after the bubble had burst, and one shorty's bounty was up for grabs. I was very pleased to see trip Queens in my hand after the draw, which should put me in excellent shape against all shorter stacks, and the big stack drew 4, so what could go wrong?

Well, his bet did still make me a little nervous. Maybe it was too timid to just call, but I really didn't want to take any chances at that point.

PokerStars, $3.92 + $0.48 - 5 Card Draw Pot Limit - 700/1,400 (350 ante) - 6 players
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UTG: 2,158 (2 bb)
MP: 6,791 (5 bb)
CO: 4,668 (3 bb)
BU: 14,112 (10 bb)
SB: 34,343 (25 bb)
BB (Hero): 14,968 (11 bb)

Deal: (4,200) Hero is BB with Q♦ 7♣ 9♥ Q♣ 8♥
UTG calls 1,400, MP calls 1,400, CO calls 1,400, 1 fold, SB calls 700, Hero raises to 2,800, UTG calls 408 (all-in), MP calls 1,400, CO calls 1,400, SB calls 1,400

Draw One: (15,108) Q♦ Q♣ 3♦ 6♥ Q♠ (5 players, 1 all-in)
SB draws 4, BB (Hero) draws 7c 9h 8h, UTG draws 2, MP draws 3, CO draws 1
SB bets 7,554, Hero calls 7,554, 2 players fold

Total pot: 30,216

Showdown:
SB shows K♦ 5♣ K♥ 6♦ 5♥ (two pair, Kings and Fives)
BB (Hero) shows Q♦ Q♣ 3♦ 6♥ Q♠ (three of a kind, Queens)
UTG mucks J♣ J♠ A♣ T♠ 4♠ (a pair of Jacks)
BB (Hero) wins 30,216

Hand #3: That's All She Wrote

Just for good measure, this is the final hand of the game that wrapped things up.

This one does kind of demonstrate what I meant, that you need to put your chips in aggressively if you have a reason to believe to be ahead while your opponents might still be guessing. And in a heads-up situation, aces up should be easily good enough - our opponent should be about 4% likely to hold anything better, and his chances of improving to something that beats us later on should be below 15% too.

PokerStars, $3.92 + $0.48 - 5 Card Draw Pot Limit - 1,600/3,200 (800 ante) - 2 players
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SB (Hero): 118,670 (37 bb)
BB: 91,330 (29 bb)

Deal: (6,400) Hero is SB with 2♦ 2♣ 7♣ A♦ A♥
Hero raises to 6,400, BB 3-bets to 16,000, Hero 4-bets to 38,400, BB 5-bets to 90,530 (all-in), Hero calls 52,130

Draw One: (182,660) 2♦ 2♣ A♦ A♥ 8♠ (2 players, 1 all-in)
BB draws 2, SB (Hero) draws 7c

Total pot: 182,660

Showdown:
BB shows K♦ Q♥ Q♣ 3♠ 5♦ (a pair of Queens)
SB (Hero) shows 2♦ 2♣ A♦ A♥ 8♠ (two pair, Aces and Twos)
SB (Hero) wins 182,660

Hand #2

Originally posted by Harrier88
Well, his bet did still make me a little nervous. Maybe it was too timid to just call, but I really didn't want to take any chances at that point.
Draw One: (15,108) Q♦ Q♣ 3♦ 6♥ Q♠ (5 players, 1 all-in)
SB draws 4, BB (Hero) draws 7c 9h 8h, UTG draws 2, MP draws 3, CO draws 1
SB bets 7,554, Hero calls 7,554, 2 players fold

Well played IMO. This is one of the spots that is my downfall — overplaying hands with high equity. You're facing a player that drew 4 to your draw-2, so opponent clearly has a hand. Just calling gives you information, and protects your stack.

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
Well played IMO. This is one of the spots that is my downfall — overplaying hands with high equity. You're facing a player that drew 4 to your draw-2, so opponent clearly has a hand. Just calling gives you information, and protects your stack.

I was drawing three, actually. Still, while my opponent did hit a good hand after drawing four, which is what I expected, they were unlikely to hit anything that beats good trips. Nevertheless, it was not impossible, and I really didn't want to take any chances with miracles straights or flushes out of nowhere. Not in this situation, at least.

One additional thing that could make my call justifiable instead of a raise, however, is the fact that there were two additional players behind me whose stacks were covered by the bet, not counting the other opponent who already was all-in. Putting in a raise would have showed a lot of confidence, which might have scared the two smaller stacks off if they had been willing to call otherwise (which they weren't). It was a PKO, so the bounty potential could be considered more valuable than the extra chips to be had.

Woooow, congratulations my friend!

Sorry guys, long time no sign from me, but I´ve been quite busy with work, sports and gardening. Today, Homer and I took a wonderful hiking trip to the black forest and of course ate both a "mandatory" slice of the famous black forest cherry cake. Delicous! Haven´t hit the tables for two weeks now. It´s the FINAL SPRINT until the off-season!!!

Sound great, Prim. And now I still have to deal with that cooking challenge, where I was supposed to get creative with a pasta dish - even more so than in the previous week.

Originally posted by Primrose6789
Pasta variation! You see, Baby Daisy loves spaghetti. And she needs it for her hard tennis trainings! And she is creative, too! So: Let´s make a pasta dish which is not standard (like Bolgonese, Napoli or Carbonara)! Be creative! No matter if Banhauser or Prim-approved: anything goes!

This time for real, no penne spinaci. I am supposed to come up with my own stuff now.

Of course, I could still consult some recipes to prepare some of the ingredients, like this recipe for queso. I was only using it as a vague guideline, however, knowingly ignoring several of its instructions (I used both half & half and shredded cheddar, which were things I was explicitly told not to do in the recipe).

So I will just heat some of that half & half, cornstarch, as well as garlic and onion powder...

...and add the cheese, a whole package of it, about 150 grams.

There you go, instant queso, more or less. At least it's a decent cheese based sauce. I added some green chili slices too, which I cut up into even smaller pieces.

I also cooked some chunks of chicken breast, and seasoned them with a store-bough fajita mix.

Add the chunks to the sauce...

...and that's my pasta dish, with queso and chicken fajita. It was surprisingly good, I didn't expect a lot from it.

Originally posted by Harrier88

- READERS' CHOICE!

Is anyone actually reading our blog? We will see, because this time, the challenge for Prim will be up to the reader.

That would be you. Just think of any kind of dish that the grindette could make this week, and post about it here. Anything goes, just tell her what to make. If we don't get any suggestions, I may ask a certain forum legend I know from back in the day, but surely we have at least one reader over here? Well, don't be shy, then. We would love to hear what you have in mind.

Well, can't say I'm too surprised about not receiving any replies. But I had a Plan B in mind.

Some of you guys may remember Primrose's former Troll-husband MyFloXyBabY, an old forum legend who was even officially voted Troll of the Year in 2018. I reached out to him on Skype, asking him to come up with a suggestion, and here's what he wrote:

Fair enough, so this is Prim's cooking challenge for next week - go make some nice goulash.

Originally posted by VorpalF2F

Well played IMO. This is one of the spots that is my downfall — overplaying hands with high equity.

I think we had a pretty good example in tonight's tournament, and this time, I completely stand by my decision to call, my opponent could have had drawn trips very easily.

PokerStars, $3.92 + $0.48 - 5 Card Draw Pot Limit - 350/700 (175 ante) - 4 players
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UTG: 10,321 (15 bb)
BU: 3,481 (5 bb)
SB: 38,378 (55 bb)
BB (Hero): 14,113 (20 bb)

Deal: (1,750) Hero is BB with A♦ 9♦ J♥ 2♣ 8♣
1 fold, BTN calls 700, SB calls 350, Hero checks

Draw One: (2,800) A♦ J♥ T♥ J♠ A♥ (3 players)
SB draws 3, BB (Hero) draws 9d 2c 8c, BU draws 3
SB bets 2,800, Hero calls 2,800, BTN calls 2,606 (all-in)

Total pot: 11,006

Showdown:
SB shows 2♦ 2♥ T♣ 7♠ T♦ (two pair, Tens and Twos)
BB (Hero) shows A♦ J♥ T♥ J♠ A♥ (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
BU mucks Q♥ Q♣ K♣ J♦ J♣ (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
BB (Hero) wins 11,006

In another very well disguised monster hand after a freeplay in the big blind, however, the only question was why I left some chips on the table. And the answer is that I only looked at my opponent's raise size and instinctively went for twice that amount, not realizing that I only had a few hundred chips more, which also should have gone in.

PokerStars, $3.92 + $0.48 - 5 Card Draw Pot Limit - 200/400 (100 ante) - 5 players
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UTG: 7,028 (18 bb)
CO: 8,255 (21 bb)
BU: 7,665 (19 bb)
SB: 2,928 (7 bb)
BB (Hero): 5,211 (13 bb)

Deal: (1,100) Hero is BB with 8♦ 9♣ J♠ A♣ 8♠
UTG calls 400, 2 players fold, SB calls 200, Hero checks

Draw One: (1,700) 8♦ 8♠ T♦ 8♥ T♥ (3 players)
SB draws 3, BB (Hero) draws 9c Js Ac, UTG draws 3
SB checks, Hero bets 1,000, UTG raises to 2,000, SB folds, Hero raises to 4,000, UTG calls 2,000

Total pot: 9,700

Showdown:
BB (Hero) shows 8♦ 8♠ T♦ 8♥ T♥ (a full house, Eights full of Tens)
UTG mucks K♥ K♦ T♣ 4♣ K♠ (three of a kind, Kings)
BB (Hero) wins 9,700

That was close!

A pat hand - any pat hand - is surely good enough to get the chips in predraw, with even the worst one being ahead of more than 99% of all possible starting hands. When my opponent stood pat himself, though, I got a little nervous, because while my hand is a huge favorite against the average hand, it is not at all a favorite against the average pat hand. But even if I wanted to break it, there is simply no point in drawing to something else.

PokerStars, $3.92 + $0.48 - 5 Card Draw Pot Limit - 60/120 (30 ante) - 5 players
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UTG: 3,244 (27 bb)
CO: 3,425 (29 bb)
BU (Hero): 4,331 (36 bb)
SB: 7,084 (59 bb)
BB: 2,910 (24 bb)

Deal: (330) Hero is BTN with 9♦ Q♣ T♣ 8♠ J♦
2 players fold, Hero raises to 240, 1 fold, BB 3-bets to 780, Hero 4-bets to 1,920, BB 5-bets to 2,880 (all-in), Hero calls 960

Draw One: (5,970) 9♦ Q♣ T♣ 8♠ J♦ (2 players, 1 all-in)
BB stands pat, BU (Hero) stands pat

Total pot: 5,970

Showdown:
BB shows 7♠ 8♣ 6♠ 5♣ 4♠ (a straight, Four to Eight)
BU (Hero) shows 9♦ Q♣ T♣ 8♠ J♦ (a straight, Eight to Queen)
BU (Hero) wins 5,970

Good thing it all worked out in the end. And while Badugi bricked once again, 5CD had another final table, finishing in 3rd place, and even with decent bounties totalling $10 this time.

We may have some fun stats to check out soon, now that we are back at the tables.

Stats Time!

It's a new month, and we have been getting back into poker - time to collect some stats!

The MTT stats should be especially interesting after our successes from the last few days, but first, let us take a look at OFC, where I also played a few low stakes tables after previously giving up on this game.

This is the new overall profit graph for this year, using the current conversation rate of 1 µBTC = $0.05807134.

We still have a lot of catching up to do, as you can see. Keep in mind, though, that this is mostly due to bad results at higher stakes earlier this year. If we take a look at points (think of them as big blinds), it looks a lot different already.

The results charts demonstrate this even more clearly:

Especially if we further divide them into stakes:

Also, take a look at the candlestick graphs. These are for USD:

And these are for points:

The most astute observers among you may have noticed that the above candlestick graphs for points do not correspond to the line graph for points posted earlier. That is because the line graph strictly takes OFC-P games into account, while the other graphs reflect all formats of OFC, including Progressive and 2-7, both of which saw some bad losses in the few games I tried.

I have therefore prepared some additional candlestick graphs, only showing the points earned on OFC-P tables:

MTT Stats

Now let's get to the meat of the grind, even though our previous volume may have made you wonder "where's the beef?".

It looks like we now have a pretty solid more or less daily grind with Badugi and Five Card Draw, so let's take a look at the results for these games, as well as overall.

Still very early, of course - despite it being already September - so we shouldn't read too much into it, especially Five Card Draw, with its two FTs from the last two days. It should be noted that due to the way my tracking spreadsheets have changed over the years, the 2022 5CD stats do not include a MicroMillions FT finish worth $199.62, while the 2024 stats do include a $20.43 cash from this year's MicroMillions.

You can tell that we have had quite a recovery after getting back into the grind:

The monthly and weekly column charts reflect this too:

Badugi could still use some help, though a 1st place finish in July surely helped out a lot:

Five Card Draw, of course, is another story. Let's see how these games will develop over time, at least they have a bit of a profit cushion now to grind out some dry spells.

Finally, let's take a look at the percentage of our overall MTT profit that is made up of bounties. In PKO tournaments, the amount of bounties approaches almost half of our overall profits. It helped that we had two shipped tournaments, allowing us to also collect our own bounty at the end.

If we compare it to the overall profit from all MTTs, the situation doesn't even change a lot. Note, however, that PKOs make up a pretty big part of my grind, so this is not surprising. In fact, it would be possible for the percentage of bounties to be even higher in here, if I had made a loss in the non-PKOs.

Let's hope that we will have some even cooler stats ready next month. It's good to be back.

very impressive MTT Stats

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
very impressive MTT Stats

Thank you! It has been a very low volume this year, of course, so short term success can distort these results. It will be interesting to see how they develop over the rest of the year, now that the MTT grind might be back on an almost daily level.

Not a great session tonight, I made some bad tilt errors throughout all games. As a result, Badugi was an early bust with only a $1 bounty, and a 5CD SNG finished in last place after running a drawn flush into a drawn full house very early on. It was still a spot I could have gotten away from. I haven't played SNGs in a long time, and maybe they are simply not a very good choice to be played along those MTTs.

The Five Card Draw MTT finished in 5th place, technically making it three final tables in a row. Profit-wise, it was still a failure, because I did not earn any bounties at all in there and the $5.86 prize covers this particular buy-in, but not the rest. Still, it lessened the blow considerably - and it sure was a wild ride. Take a look at the chip graph, I was down to about a big blind towards the middle, so it was an amazing comeback:

It's great that we are back at the tables, but the sports will continue too, including another Trollympics meetup tomorrow. And then there are the squats. After my disappointing performance last weekend, I tried to add a few more reps into the last open-ended set on each day, and even managed to crack the 100 at the end of Friday.

Normally, I was supposed to do another test, but 100 reps already qualify me for the middle column, and I didn't think it was wise to go for anything higher right away anyway. I therefore skipped the test and will upgrade my Week 6 plan to the second out of three columns in the program.

New schedule:

Monday: 54, 67, 34, 31 and 67+ reps
Wednesday: 27, 27, 31, 31, 27, 27, 24, 24 and 72+ reps
Friday: 30, 30, 40, 40, 31, 31, 24, 24 and 81+ reps

100 Meter Dash (Speed)
Bronze: 17.6 seconds
Silver: 15.9 seconds
Gold: 14.2 seconds

Olympic Record: 9.63 seconds by Usain Bolt (JAM) at the 2012 London Olympics, August 5th, 2012.
World Record: 9.58 seconds by Usain Bolt (JAM) at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin, August 16th, 2009.
Trollympic Record: 13.8 seconds by Harrier88 (PS) at the 2023 Trollympics, July 24th, 2023.

Harrier's time: 13.75 seconds
NEW TROLLYMPIC RECORD!

A sub-14 time, and a new Trollympic Record by a hair. More importantly, we finally got the last remaining Gold in the area of speed, locking up Gold in all four areas for "full marks" in the Trollympics. A big success, now all that's left to do is to try to improve on my PBs.

Originally, I wanted to stick to the 100m dash today and maybe do another attempt, trying to go for a new Trollympic record. Instead, however, a new athlete showed up to go for her very first Trollympics, trying her luck in the jumping events. Since we were going to the long jump pit anyway, I figured I might as well give it another shot myself.

Standing Long Jump (Strength)
Bronze: 1.65 meters
Silver: 1.95 meters
Gold: 2.25 meters

Olympic Record: 3.47 meters by Ray Ewry (USA) at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, September 3rd, 1904.
World Record: 3.73 meters by Byron Jones (USA) at the NFL Combine, February 23rd, 2015.
Trollympic Record: 2.35 meters by Harrier88 (PS) at the 2024 Trollympics, July 8th, 2024.

Harrier's distance: 2.40 meters
NEW TROLLYMPIC RECORD!

I guess the squats paid off - not only did we finally get our Gold in the 100 meter dash, we also got a new TR in the standing long jump. A fine performance, not even too far from Gold for men in their early 20's, which would start at 2.50 meters. Maybe we will get there eventually too.

Long Jump (Coordination)
Bronze: 4.10 meters
Silver: 4.40 meters
Gold: 4.70 meters

Olympic Record: 8.90m by Bob Beamon (USA) at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, October 18th, 1968.
World Record: 8.95m by Mike Powell (USA) at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, August 30th, 1991.
Trollympic Record: 4.10m by Harrier88 (PS) at the 2023 Trollympics, July 3rd, 2023.

Harrier's distance: 4.25 meters
NEW TROLLYMPIC RECORD!

Still not a very good performance at all in what continues to be my weakest event, but a solid Bronze level distance of 4.25m is at least not a complete embarrassment anymore - not to mention that it's a new Trollympic record. We went three for three today, no reason to complain at all.

Of course, I still have to do the squats tonight, after all that...

Harrier's "Medal Table":
3,000 Meter Run (Stamina): Gold
10,000 Meter Run (Stamina): Silver
800 Meter Freestyle (Stamina): Bronze
Medicine Ball Throw (Strength): Gold
Standing Long Jump (Strength): Gold
Shotput (Strength): Silver
25 Meter Freestyle (Speed): Silver
100 Meter Dash (Speed): Gold
Sling Ball Throw (Coordination): Gold
Long Jump (Coordination): Bronze

Primrose's "Medal Table":
400 Meter Freestyle (Stamina): Gold
25 Meter Freestyle (Speed): Gold

Harrier's Current Progress
Stamina: Gold (3,000 Meter Run) - 3 points
Strength: Gold (Medicine Ball Throw) - 3 points
Speed: Gold (100 Meter Dash) - 3 points
Coordination: Gold (Sling Ball Throw) - 3 points

12 points in total, 11 points are required for Gold.

Primrose's Current Progress
Stamina: Gold (400 Meter Freestyle) - 3 points
Strength: -
Speed: Gold (25 Meter Freestyle) - 3 points
Coordination: -

6 points in total, 11 points are required for Gold.
(Note: Primrose is out of the Trollympics this year due to injuries)

Harrier´s Troll Chef Challenge of the week

Sorry Harrier, I´m a bit late for the party, but as you guys know, I´ve been very busy with work, sports (moderate) and especially gardening. But here is a special someone who wants to challenge you:

It´s Larry Koopa and he challenges you do make a dish which is "people´s cuisine". Plain and simple is your motto - a simple meal for the worker!

Originally posted by Primrose6789
It´s Larry Koopa and he challenges you do make a dish which is "people´s cuisine". Plain and simple is your motto - a simple meal for the worker!
People's cuisine. It's an old in-joke of sorts that is still going strong. Sure, I can whip up something like that soon. Now don't forget about your goulash.

For a quick poker mini-update, there was a 4th place in Badugi on Monday, as well as another bubble finish in 5CD. Last night, nothing worked out at the tables at all, terrible spots in both games, just nothing I can do there, I put the chips in good. Let's see what the rest of the week brings.

Goodbye Summer - that was the motto of our in-person meet-up at my place yesterday. We are hitting what should be the final hot days this summer, and quite frankly, we have had enough of that season for now. I am looking forward to it when it starts all over again next year, but for now, the two of us are really in the mood for fall.

To celebrate the occasion, I also served one final summer time longdrink. It is the Sex on the Beach, which seems to have been missing on my list until today.

To make a Sex on the Beach, you need 40ml of vodka and 20ml of peach schnapps. You can directly start building the drink in a highball glass filled with ice.

That would be our booze, now it is time for the fruit juices. We need orange juice and cranberry juice in equal measures. I added 40ml of cranberry juice first...

...and then another 40ml of orange juice. Stir it up, add a straw, ideally an orange slice too, and you are all set.

The only thing is it has alcohol inside... and has nothing to do with poker

Prim´s summer season recap

Hello guys, I´m back. To be honest: I´ve been EXTREMELY busy with the garden, as August is the main harvest time over here. And I can proudly announce, that gardening was a FULL success this year - except for the potatoes and chilis. Well, haven´t posted any HOT STUFF for a long time and there´s a good reason why: There wasn´t any! But first things first: Today is the first day of fall here (according to the weather!) and a great opportunity to recap this summer season.

What went great:
*Tennis: The Trolland Garros´were a full success, in singles and in doubles! Many wins, few losses.
*Gardening: Great harvest, the freezers are full of fresh, organic fruits and veggies!
*Swimming: Swimming was - as always- big fun!
*The weather in June and July: I personally like the weather in June and July with some warm (but not too warm) and also some cool weather. It was raining a lot, so I never had to care about watering the garden.

What went not so great:
*INJURY! Well, bummer! Approximately at the end of July I got badly injured - which prevented me from playing more Trolland Garros. Could only do some low-intensity work-outs, focussed mainly on swimming and some cycling.
*A LOT of work in the garden, which prevented me from going on bicycle tours (we had TWO fields this year!)
*The weather in August: August turned out to be very warm and VERY humid! Could do some sports, but with such kind of weather, sports becomes a HUGE pain in the bum bum!
*Again: The weather! As it was often rainy and a bit cooler in June and July, the HOT STUFF-harvest turned out to be poor.

So, that´s pretty much it. Soon, I will receive physical therapy for my injured achilles tendon. Off-season starts and tennis pracice will be mostly consist of technique-lessons (which are not so intense and not so hard on my achilles tendon). Hope to recover by October/November and I´m sooo looking forward to endurance training and Crossfit! ♠_love:

Originally posted by taavi1337
The only thing is it has alcohol inside... and has nothing to do with poker
Lack of poker content has been a bit of a problem on this blog, but I am happy to announce that this shouldn't be the case anymore. The new MTT grind consisting of Badugi and Five Card Draw works well, and OFC helps fill in the gaps at the hours when then MTTs are not running.

I have had some more final tables, including a 3rd place finish in Badugi worth $25.18 on Wednesday and a 4th place finish in 5CD for $14.46 on Thursday. Last night's Badugi finished right on the bubble, while 5CD secured a small cash. After still being in the red one and a half weeks ago, we are now sitting on an MTT profit of $88.14 for this year, and I am excited to see where we stand by the end of the month, with the grind finally being well established rather than relying on experimentation.

OFC is also interesting. I have a lot of catching up to do when it comes to profit, but I am still ahead when it comes to points, which disregard the stakes. There has been an upwards trend ever since I started picking it up again and sticking to lower limits, will I be able to turn things around?

A lot of things are developing at the tables, and I am looking forward to the stats and graphs at the end of the month.

Ah, and in case you haven't been around back then, the mixed drinks have a bit of a tradition over here, going back to my previous blog. Again, I am a little disappointed that I didn't do a lot of mixing this summer, just like last year. At least we have had some new stuff, and I think the list is starting to look pretty good already.