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Padelbro
Joined: 21.01.2010

Week 7
Starting BR 10 634,2 €
Goal BR 55 000 €
Deposits and casino/sportbook winnings 2 405 €
Withdrawals and casino/sportbook losses 3 803,09 €
Current BR 9 346,08 €
Result 109,97 €
Result last 2 weeks -2 430,04 €
Hands played last 2 weeks 4655
Hands played total 8965

Not the greatest of two week period on the tables, basically back to the starting point :f_mad: Swings from PLO400 are too big for 25bin bankroll, but the games are juicy and also often the only choice if PLO200 or even PLO100 games are not running. Like when I write this there is 20 players on PLO400, no-one on PLO100-200... Well, losing this BR is not end of the world so I rather want to take some risks and shots still.

Most NHL-bets got paid and some help from there. Fingers crossed for Dallas, they ended up 2nd overall regular season and got rewarded with first opponent Vegas, last years champions :f_o:

Some hands from last two weeks:

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The biggest pot:

Table €400 PL - 2.00/4.00 - Pot Limit Omaha
Seated players
Seat 1: andywarhole (€400)
Seat 2: Greds (€772.50)
Seat 4: Hero (€823.96)
Blinds and button
Hero has the button
andywarhole posts small blind €2
Greds posts big blind €4
Hole cards
Dealt to Hero Q♥:T♠:T♦:J♣:

Preflop
Hero raises €14 to €14
andywarhole raises €44 to €46
Greds calls €42
Hero calls €32

Flop 3♥:T♥:2♣: (€ 138)
andywarhole checks
Greds bets €138
Hero raises €552 to €552
andywarhole folds
Greds raises €588.50 to €726.50, and is all-in
Hero calls €174.50

Showdown
Turn 3♥:T♥:2♣:5♦:
River 3♥:T♥:2♣:5♦:8♥:
Greds shows 3♦:7♦:J♥:6♥:, A Flush
Hero shows Q♥:T♠:T♦:J♣:, Three of a kind, Tens
Greds wins €1589.50
Summary
Total pot €1591 Rake €1.50

Three handed here, easy call in position against 3bet closing action 3-way being deep and holding well connected highish cards, even though hand is rainbow. Flopped top set and cold-caller pots, only thing to think if slowplaying has any merit here. Even when position I thought not against this opponent, there might be some action killer cards on the turn. Unfortunately the flush got there by the river.

And from the oponents point of view, he has a total carbage disconnected as hell hand preflop, but as it has two weak easily dominated flush draws he decides it's a good hand to play big pot multiway deep and cold calls the 3bet not closing the action. He flops middle pair and 4th nut flush draw as that is what you will flop with this kind of hand in best case scenarios, and goes for pot when 3-bettor checks. When he gets jammed by the other deep stack he is just absolutely never good, he is either against a made hand which has him in bad shape or against better flush draw, which has him in bad shape. Or both, in which case he is just dead. Villain is here to gamble though, he had 25% with the best case scenario for him.

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Honey, he called me with... What?!

Table €100 PL - 0.50/1.00 - Pot Limit Omaha
Seated players
Seat 1: Hero (€101.50)
Seat 2: MAGA2024 (€139.80)
Seat 3: Evilme (€97.85)
Seat 4: flowerpower9 (€165.57)
Seat 5: nnn24 (€62.50)
Seat 6: Hokimies (€46.50)
Blinds and button
nnn24 has the button
Hokimies posts small blind €0.50
Hero posts big blind €1
Hole cards
Dealt to Hero A♦:A♥:K♣:7♦:

Preflop
MAGA2024 folds
Evilme folds
flowerpower9 calls €1
nnn24 raises €4.50 to €4.50
Hokimies folds
Hero raises €14 to €15
flowerpower9 calls €14
nnn24 calls €10.50

Flop 6♠:6♦:T♠: (€ 45,5)
Hero bets €13.67
flowerpower9 calls €13.67
nnn24 folds

Turn 6♠:6♦:T♠:Q♣: (€ 72,83)
Hero bets €42.32
flowerpower9 calls €42.32

River 6♠:6♦:T♠:Q♣:6♣:
Hero bets €30.51, and is all-in
flowerpower9 calls €30.51

Showdown
Hero shows A♦:A♥:K♣:7♦:, Full House
flowerpower9 shows 2♠:7♠:K♠:4♥:, Three of a kind, Sixes
Hero wins €215.50
Summary
Total pot €218.50 Rake €3

I'm speechless, I'm without speech. This is from lower table, not the favorite flop for aces but decided to bet small against a limping fellow and cold-caller, should just check here. Turn again I don't know why I'm betting this size as it's SPR1 here. But most questionable decision comes from villain calling the river bet with king high and missed spades. He doesn't even have Q or T if not knowing the rules, this hand is just nothing whatever game he is playing. Oh well I take it :profit:


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Padelbro
Joined: 21.01.2010

Week 9
Starting BR 10 634,2 €
Goal BR 55 000 €
Deposits and casino/sportbook winnings 2 405 €
Withdrawals and casino/sportbook losses 4 318,36 €
Current BR 9 877,08 €
Result 1 156,24 €
Result last 2 weeks 1 046,27 €
Hands played last 2 weeks 2 235
Hands played total 11 200

Yay, Dallas went throught to second round last night against reigning champs Vegas! Really tough series, and next one will be against 2022 champions Avalanche. Getting quite confident with them, so put in some extra bets.

Not too many sessions of poker, but some flips went my way this time. Couple of hands:

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Table €400 PL - 2.00/4.00 - Pot Limit Omaha
Seated players
Seat 1: Luku12 (€337.43)
Seat 2: Algabong (€710.77)
Seat 3: Hero (€625.50)
Seat 4: GoPlayMario (€303.84)
Seat 5: Filet-o-Reg (€242.76)
Seat 6: Gek_Eendje (€675.78)
Blinds and button
Hero has the button
GoPlayMario posts small blind €2
Filet-o-Reg posts big blind €4

Hole cards
Dealt to Hero T♠:8♠:Q♦:9♦:

Preflop
Gek_Eendje folds
Luku12 raises €13.95 to €13.95
Algabong calls €13.95
Hero calls €13.95
GoPlayMario calls €11.95
Filet-o-Reg folds

Here I decided to cold-call on the button preflop. Could go for squeeze as opener played just every hand and thefore cold-calling CO probably doesn't have too strong holdings, but opener was also hopeless postflop so I think this is fine. Not ideal hand for multiway pot with gap at the top and weak flushdraws though.

Flop T♣:7♣:J♥: (€ 59,8)
GoPlayMario checks
Luku12 checks
Algabong bets €23.79
Hero calls €23.79
GoPlayMario calls €23.79
Luku12 calls €23.79

Flop the nuts but it's 4way, there is a flush draw and bigger straight-draws that could have me in bad shape. SPR is 10 slightly deeper against CO so just calling here.

Turn T♣:7♣:J♥:2♦: (€ 154,96)
GoPlayMario checks
Luku12 checks
Algabong bets €116.22
Hero raises €503.62 to €503.62
GoPlayMario folds
Luku12 folds
Algabong raises €556.81 to €673.03, and is all-in
Hero calls €84.14, and is all-in
Uncalled bet returned to Algabong: €85.27

Everyone and their mother calls and turn comes classical total brick. Only one more card to dodge so going for jam now, I also have weak draw to better straight myself with Q if against bare 98.

Showdown
River T♣:7♣:J♥:2♦:3♥:
Algabong shows A♥:Q♥:J♠:J♦:, Three of a kind, Jacks
Hero shows T♠:8♠:Q♦:9♦:, A Straight
Hero wins €1327.48
Summary
Total pot €1330.48 Rake €3

I think villain put himself in quite annoying spot betting the turn, but maybe he thought it's unlikely anyone has 98 here. Quite dangerous I think when it's still 4way, people could just call with weaker 98 like I did. He is also blocking sets, two pairs and some higher straight draws himself, I don't know if there is enough cards in the deck for no-one to have 98 4-way :f_ugly: He had 33% here, but my hand hold this time.

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Game #2086185311: Table €400 PL - 2.00/4.00 - Pot Limit Omaha
Seated players
Seat 1: Luku12 (€366.03)
Seat 2: Algabong (€570.19)
Seat 3: Hero (€495.59)
Seat 4: GoPlayMario (€451.13)
Blinds and button
Algabong has the button
Hero posts small blind €2
GoPlayMario posts big blind €4

Hole cards
Dealt to Hero A♣:A♦:8♦:T♦:

Preflop
Luku12 raises €14 to €14
Algabong folds
Hero calls €12
GoPlayMario calls €10

Here a hand against the action player. I decided to just call preflop, not the greatest aces with three diamonds, but mainly because I hoped there was a change BB would squeeze, he seemed quite active player too and CO plays 100% range.

Flop J♠:7♠:2♥: (€ 42)
Hero checks
GoPlayMario checks
Luku12 checks

Flop a gutter and OP with no backdoor flushdraws, and it goes checked.

Turn J♠:7♠:2♥:7♥: (€ 42)
Hero checks
GoPlayMario checks
Luku12 bets €42
Hero calls €42
GoPlayMario folds

Middle card pairs and now the action player bets pot. It's certainly possible he hit a seven, but I wasn't ready to let it go against him just yet. Of course this will lead to difficult river spots as I don't have those flushdraws..

River J♠:7♠:2♥:7♥:T♠: (€ 126)
Hero checks
Luku12 bets €126
Hero calls €126

River is a Ts, straight gets there, flush gets there, fullhouses possible too. When he went for pot again I thought he probably doesn't have a strong flush, as he was the type of player who would pot it already on the flop. Is he really potting trip 7's anymore? I also have a T blocking rivered fullhouses and this opponent just never would have J7 or J2, as he would always bet them on the flop. He could maybe, just maybe be bluffing with a straight or trip-sevens, but decided to see him out.

Showdown
Luku12 shows 5♣:8♠:K♥:A♥:, A Pair of Sevens
Hero shows A♣:A♦:8♦:T♦:, Two pairs, Aces up
Hero wins €375
Summary
Total pot €378 Rake €3

A player who plays 100% of hands will turn up with a bunch of crap quite ofter here I think, this time he had somewhat reasonable holdings with missed nutflushdraw.


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Padelbro
Joined: 21.01.2010

Week 11
Starting BR 10 634,2 €
Goal BR 55 000 €
Deposits and casino/sportbook winnings 2 405 € (20+2385)
Withdrawals and casino/sportbook losses 4 381,52 € (3500+121,52+760)
Current BR 10 421,27 €
Result +1 763,59 €
Result last 2 weeks +607,35 €
Hands played last 2 weeks 2 315
Hands played total 13 515

In NHL Dallas is top4 now, two more rounds to go :f_drink: Next opponent should be easier, I'm not convinced that either Edmonton or Vancouver are as though as previous champions Vegas/Colorado were. Starting to look good *jinxed*

I guess my two weeks poker volume is lower than some ppl's one session :transpire: Not too many interesting spots, well maybe this one hand here:

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Table €200 PL - 1.00/2.00 - Pot Limit Omaha
Seated players
Seat 1: Hero (€225.18)
Seat 3: Carrotmine (€338.10)
Seat 4: k_haukka (€200) (sitting out)
Seat 5: Saynavafz (€197)
Blinds and button
Saynavafz has the button
Hero posts small blind €1
Carrotmine posts big blind €2

Hole cards
Dealt to Hero J♣:9♠:7♠:Q♣:

Preflop
Saynavafz raises €7 to €7
Hero raises €22 to €23
Carrotmine folds
Saynavafz calls €16

Decent enough hand with some connectivity and ds shorthanded, so went for 3-bet.

Flop 4♠:Q♥:Q♠: (€ 48)
Hero bets €12
Saynavafz calls €12

I flop it all, trips, flushdraw, backdoor straightdraws. Went for standard small cbet, even when heavily blocking his continuing range. Bet is small so maybe he calls very wide.

Turn 4♠:Q♥:Q♠:T♥: (€ 72)
Hero checks
Saynavafz checks

Not too worried opponent hitting this turn card, if he does then there's nothing to do about it I think. So I think I should've mostly just keep betting when second flushdraw opens up, but I decided to slow it down a notch and give opponent some rope if he was floating lightly on the flop.

River 4♠:Q♥:Q♠:T♥:A♠: (€ 72)
Hero bets €18
Saynavafz raises €58.23 to €58.23
Hero raises €172.18 to €190.18, and is all-in

On the river I was really unsure about this one. I made a small blockbet, and opponent went for a raise. I have a weak flush and blocker to fullhouses with a Q, but obviously there is better flushes and fullhouses that beats my hand. On the other hand I still beat some bluffs, but opponent needs to be quite creative for such. Decided to turn this into a bluff here as I thought it should be quite unlikely opponent checkbacks AQ against such a weak line from my part when there is two FD's and straightdraws out there. I think I can fold out better flushes and some fullhouses here.

Saynavafz folds
Uncalled bet returned to Hero: €131.95
Hero wins €186.96
Summary
Total pot €188.46 Rake €1.50


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Padelbro
Joined: 21.01.2010

Week 13
Starting BR 10 634,2 €
Goal BR 55 000 €
Deposits and casino/sportbook winnings 2 455 € (70+2385)
Withdrawals and casino/sportbook losses 4 402,5 € (3500+132,5+770)
Current BR 7 666,77 €
Result -1 019,93 €
Result last 2 weeks -2 783,52 €
Hands played last 2 weeks 2 412
Hands played total 15 927

Ugh, what two weeks :f_mad: Firstly Dallas was eliminated last night, making a NHL record for losing a playoff game with their opponent having only 10 shots against their goalie but still managing to win somehow. Don't really know what happened to this team all of the sudden, guess I shouldn't have jinxed it :f_cry:

And on the tables nothing on the bigger ones have hold, basically 3 maximum loss days and none winning. Not any bigger lost pots either, just been losing them all. When nothing holds for a while it at some point will start affecting hand selection making it more loose.

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Table €400 PL - 2.00/4.00 - Pot Limit Omaha
Seated players
Seat 1: Halwar (€579.89)
Seat 2: TheManager13 (€400) (sitting out)
Seat 3: MatAjan777 (€675.22)
Seat 4: Luckymek (€373.05)
Seat 5: Hero (€571.05)
Seat 6: Xxgame (€1254.18)
Blinds and button
Luckymek has the button
Hero posts small blind €2
Xxgame posts big blind €4

Hole cards
Dealt to Hero 9♠:3♦:A♦:K♠:

Preflop
Halwar folds
MatAjan777 folds
Luckymek raises €14 to €14
Hero raises €44 to €46
Xxgame folds
Luckymek calls €32

Quite disconnected hand, but two high flushdraws with AK and at least some straight potential. Decided to 3bet this against shorter stacked fishy opponent.

Flop 9♣:3♠:Q♣: (€ 96)
Hero checks
Luckymek bets €63.09
Hero raises €285.27 to €285.27
Luckymek raises €263.96 to €327.05, and is all-in
Hero calls €41.78

I flop bottom two, which is usually quite troublesome holding such a wet board. I checked basically hoping to see a turn card that should either make my hand quite worthless (8, T, J, Q) or maybe opening up some backdoor draws or bluff opportunities. Maybe this is a flawed way of thinking here, free cards are free for opponent too.. When opponent goes for a bet I think I can't fold it this little lower SPR (3ish) when opponent was shortstacked when starting the hand, so just went with it. Slightly deeper, no backdoor draws or stronger range for opponent would just fold.

Showdown
Turn 9♣:3♠:Q♣:6♦:
River 9♣:3♠:Q♣:6♦:6♣:
Luckymek shows T♣:J♠:A♣:T♠:, A Flush
Hero shows 9♠:3♦:A♦:K♠:, Two pairs, Nines up
Luckymek wins €747.10
Summary
Total pot €750.10 Rake €3

Quite nice hand this time for opponent, he had 61% on the flop and I had no doubt he would get there the way past two weeks went.


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ghaleon
Joined: 17.10.2007

I think that AK93 hand wants to just x-call flop. Could be interesting option to then pot lead blank turns. Kind of equity shift play to first see favourable turn before committing.


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Padelbro
Joined: 21.01.2010

That is one option for sure too, but I didnt really like it much because

-hand is quite weak, so equity shift may not be that great anyway. Against Q and stuff for example maybe 10% if the turn is clean

-investment of 15bb is quite large payment for this

-it gives me a chance to make a mistake on the turn in then large pot, if seemingly bad card comes that actually gives me that 10% equity shift but I end up folding

So basically willing to go for this equity shift play for free, but not for such price if it makes any sense.


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Padelbro
Joined: 21.01.2010

Week 15
Starting BR 10 634,2 €
Goal BR 55 000 €
Deposits and casino/sportbook winnings/Unibet-bonuses 2 505 € (70+2385+50)
Withdrawals and casino/sportbook losses 4 712,1 € (3500+142,1+1070)

Current BR 7 308,15 €
Result -1 118,95 €
Result last 2 weeks -99,02 €
Hands played last 2 weeks 467
Hands played total 16 394

Summer vacation from poker :f_cool: Only one session, and couple of sporting bets for NHL finals and football European championships.


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Padelbro
Joined: 21.01.2010

Week 18
Starting BR 10 634,2 €
Goal BR 55 000 €
Deposits and casino/sportbook winnings/unrelated Unibet-bonuses 3 305 € (70+3185+50)
Withdrawals and casino/sportbook losses 8 050,72 € (6500+170,72+1380)

Nice result on the tables last 3 weeks, decided to withdraw the winnings for my summer trip to Italy - one and half weeks in Milan, Venice and Rome. I haven't actually travelled in an airplane in last 20 or so years, basically I have developed for some reason a phobia for flying. But now it's time to get rid of that, travelling with train from Finland would take several days :f_confused: Been watching aviation vids from youtube so hopefully it goes well, obviously these things have seldom anything to do with rationale and reason, it's just inside one's head.

There was this one very big hand last week. I had accumulated over 400bb stack probably due to some "speedy" opponents in the table, but there was this even more monsterous over 1000bb stack next to me. So I thought now would be a good time to exit the table as moneywise the swing is just huge for my tight BR, but before I got myself into action with that exit-plan this hand happened.

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Table €400 PL - 2.00/4.00 - Pot Limit Omaha
Seated players
Seat 1: flop2see (€797) (sitting out)
Seat 2: lemans581 (€4322.11)
Seat 3: Hero (€1769.52)
Seat 4: toughboy (€400)
Seat 5: 1sicktriso (€787)
Seat 6: Filet-o-Reg (€423)
Blinds and button
Filet-o-Reg has the button
lemans581 posts small blind €2
Hero posts big blind €4

Hole cards
Dealt to Hero 2♦:A♦:A♥:2♠:

Preflop
toughboy folds
1sicktriso folds
Filet-o-Reg raises €14 to €14
lemans581 raises €44 to €46
Hero raises €148 to €152
Filet-o-Reg folds
lemans581 calls €106

Quite decent aces with at least some connectivity, A-high suit and double pair. No-brainer cold-4-bet here, even deep. Some of the players in this table were too wide, but this big stack player seemed quite solid so he should have something decent too.

Flop 6♦:2♥:K♦: (€ 318)
lemans581 checks
Hero bets €159
lemans581 raises €795 to €795
Hero raises €1458.52 to €1617.52, and is all-in
lemans581 calls €822.52

Dream flop for my hand, nutflushdraw and bottom set. Could bet something smaller or even check as what opponent really can have here, but when so deep I think I rather just start building the pot right away. Ironically when opponent then jams it's just insane spot then, he should probably have kings very very often as a reasonable player. On the other hand there still should be at least some other strong holdings like some DS small cards hands with 2pairs and wraps, and I'm not blocking top2 either. And even if opponent isn't too wide maybe this is nice spot to put pressure with K+flushdraw type of hands, as I can't really go broke very wide at all with such deep stacks. One of those spots I just know he will have those kings and it ain't gonna end up well, but it's just too good to let it go.

Showdown
Turn 6♦:2♥:K♦:A♣:
River 6♦:2♥:K♦:A♣:9♠:

lemans581 shows J♠:6♣:6♠:J♣: , Three of a kind, Sixes
Hero shows 2♦:A♦:A♥:2♠:, Three of a kind, Aces
Hero wins €3550.04
Summary
Total pot €3553.04 Rake €3

Somehow opponent had actually the rare middle set, but this time it ended nicely for me. I had actually 43% and after betting flop needed only 41% to stack off, so this hand was even stronger against bigger set than I thought at the time. Well if it wasn't for so many bb's and €'s really wouldn't be even thinking about it, just insane cooler. Important outs those two aces to overset him :f_cool:

Current BR 8 236,86 €
Result +2 348,38 €
Result last 3 weeks +3 467,33 €
Hands played last 3 weeks 4 527
Hands played total 20 921


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taavi1337
Joined: 29.05.2009

Italy is super nice, beautiful nature, super nice forests. Rome, Venice i can recommend, Milan also has good vibes but i haven't stopped there for long.


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Padelbro
Joined: 21.01.2010

Week 22
Starting BR 10 634,2 €
Goal BR 55 000 €
Deposits and casino/sportbook winnings/unrelated Unibet-bonuses 3 405 € (170+3185+50)
Withdrawals and casino/sportbook losses 8 056,36 € (6500+156,36+1400)

Bad times at poker tables :f_mad: Nothing too bad hands comes to mind, just been losing too many flips at too high stakes. This challenge is now at make it or break it point, either it starts going to right way or I'll have to take a break and move to lower stakes. BR is getting too shallow for such swings after withdrawing almost half of it past months.

Current BR 5 250,29 €
Result -732,55 €
Result last 4 weeks -3 080,93 €
Hands played last 4 weeks 4 524
Hands played total 25 445

The holiday at Italy was very nice thought. First thing arriving in Milan was "man it's hot in here" and it lasted the whole trip :f_cool: Most memorable thing from Milan was the impressive cathedral Duomo di Milano.

Venice on the other hand was something totally different than any other place I've visited before, city without cars :f_thumbsup:

And in Rome there is so much history, my favorite was the Colosseum. So unbelievable they basically had 80k stadium two thousand years ago already with so much similarities with our current day buildings and it still stands.

And of course the go to drink everywhere seemed to be Aperol Spritz, I have to admit it kind of stuck with me back to home :f_drink:


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Padelbro
Joined: 21.01.2010

Just updating the result and BR. Decided to make a 3000 withdrawal since I haven't found time or motivation to play much and also invested in some NHL season-bets last week :f_drink: Probably gonna log out from the challenge for now, as there is obviously no hope of reaching to any goals if I won't deposit again for bigger BR and start playing bigger stakes. Will just track the yearly end-result in here.

Week 31
Starting BR 10 634,2 €
Goal BR 55 000 €
Deposits and casino/sportbook winnings/unrelated Unibet-bonuses 6 248,69 € (270+2743,69+3185+50)
Withdrawals and casino/sportbook wagers 14 433,4 € (9500+2913,4+2020)

Current BR 2 820,22 €
Result +370,73 €
Result last 4 weeks +8,58 €
Hands played last 4 weeks 727
Hands played total 26 868


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