I arrived late on monday evening, somewhere around 10pm. The owner of the villa was waiting for me at the airport to take me to the mansion. When I got there only Piratos was there, who went to bed quite early, because he was playing in the mini IPT event and had to play on tuesday. With just 24 players left, he had to get a good nights rest to keep his focus and concetration for the tournament.
The other players were playing cashgames at the casino so I decided to walk there to take a look.Off course I got lost, because it was dark already so I had no idea how to get to the casino. I asked everyone I met on the street how to get there, so finally I arrived at the casino without much trouble. There was a huge waitinglist for the cashgames so I played some Blackjack. I made a little bit of money and the dealer was kind enough to tip me €35 because she made a mistake paying out winnings. I didn't notice it untill we started the next hand, so that was a nice little welcome gift :)
When I went back to the villa around 3am, there was off course nobody on the street anymore to ask for directions, so I took a little detour back to the house. Fortunately I got there quite fast and went to bed.
The other players got home somewhere around 6am, who woke me up so once again I had a very short night. When they went to bed I could sleep a few more hours and got up at 11am. Since everyone was still sleeping I went out to the city center to do some shopping and to look around a bit.
When i got back Piratos was about to go to the casino to continue the mini IPT, I went with him to watch and to play some cashgames. The cashgames were juicy with a lot of bad players and I managed to scoop a nice €600 profit in 4 hours playing NL200. I was pretty tired because I still hadn't sleep that much and have been busy all day so I went back to the villa.
I went to bed around 10pm and woke up the next morning around 8. Still, everyone else was asleep so I went shopping again, this time went to Sliema and Valetta. Both very nice cities with a lot of shops where I bought some new shoes, new cloths and some jewelry. Back at the house Pirat told me he was at the final table for the event and was 5th in chips. Well done Piratos!
The next day Pirat went to the casino a little earlier because he had an interview for an Italian tv channel. Me and the other finish guys from the villa went over to the casino to watch Pirat play, but it was pretty hard to see since the table was at some stage and we had to sit far away on the ground floor, so we couldn't see anything. The other guys went to the city to buy some stuff and I played some more Blackjack, because it was the last day of the tournament, the EMOP day 1A started in another casino there were zero cashgames in this casino. That wasn't such a good idea because I ended up losing €500 in a few hours. Hard lesson, but I learned to not play blackjack anymore :P
I watched Pirat a little more but it was a bit boring to watch, since I couldn't see anyhting. There was no cam on the table and the talk was Italian for the most part.
Pirat come in 2nd place for a €16K payday, he lost the HU with his QT vs the TT from the chipleader.
Congrats Pirat!!
That's it for now, updates will follow!! Thanks for reading!
woensdag 17 november 2010
dinsdag 16 november 2010
a bunch of things going on: poker and Malta
Been a little while since I updated so here I go:
I made a bet with Hellblood who could make the most profit and could play the most games in 4 days. Off course I hit a sick sick downswing which demotivated me from playing so i had to buy myself out of the bet.
I don't think I've ever played that bad as I did when I hit like -1K past week. My confidence, motivation, focus and skill were flushed away. Had a quick mental checkup with my coach and started studying my last few 100 games to check where I messed up. So after doing that, did some exercise, got some food and a few hours of sleep, I came back to the games and absolutely crushed everyone, with a few sessions where I ran >100% ROI in >50 games. Sample size sucks i knwo that, but it's quite good to run like this. I haven't had a losing session since then so hope i can keep this up for the remaining of the month.
I arrived in Malta yesterday. Not to live here yet, but just on a 2 week vacation. We rented a villa with a few scandinavian players who will be playing the live tournaments (EMOP/GSOP) as well. I checked out the cashgames today and played NL200 for a bit. The games are extremely soft, with a lot of bad players in them so I'll def go back for more.
One guy absolute flipped out on me because I slowrolled him when he had AA, which wasn't my intention at all. I had misread my hand, I had J9o while I thought I had J8o on a T-8-7 flop, so I flopped the nuts, not knowing it, and I took an awful amount of time thinking about his allin riverbet. When I finally decided to fold, I checked my hand and was like; oh I'm sorry, i flopped the nuts. The guy went crazy which is quite understandable I guess.
That's it for now, I'll probably gonna grind a bit online tonight and check the casino again 2moro or w/e
thanks for reading, cheers
-Tune
I made a bet with Hellblood who could make the most profit and could play the most games in 4 days. Off course I hit a sick sick downswing which demotivated me from playing so i had to buy myself out of the bet.
I don't think I've ever played that bad as I did when I hit like -1K past week. My confidence, motivation, focus and skill were flushed away. Had a quick mental checkup with my coach and started studying my last few 100 games to check where I messed up. So after doing that, did some exercise, got some food and a few hours of sleep, I came back to the games and absolutely crushed everyone, with a few sessions where I ran >100% ROI in >50 games. Sample size sucks i knwo that, but it's quite good to run like this. I haven't had a losing session since then so hope i can keep this up for the remaining of the month.
I arrived in Malta yesterday. Not to live here yet, but just on a 2 week vacation. We rented a villa with a few scandinavian players who will be playing the live tournaments (EMOP/GSOP) as well. I checked out the cashgames today and played NL200 for a bit. The games are extremely soft, with a lot of bad players in them so I'll def go back for more.
One guy absolute flipped out on me because I slowrolled him when he had AA, which wasn't my intention at all. I had misread my hand, I had J9o while I thought I had J8o on a T-8-7 flop, so I flopped the nuts, not knowing it, and I took an awful amount of time thinking about his allin riverbet. When I finally decided to fold, I checked my hand and was like; oh I'm sorry, i flopped the nuts. The guy went crazy which is quite understandable I guess.
That's it for now, I'll probably gonna grind a bit online tonight and check the casino again 2moro or w/e
thanks for reading, cheers
-Tune
maandag 8 november 2010
Came up short on my challenge
Hello everyone, here's a quick update for the last week results:
I didn't make it, shame on me :D I'm about 500 games short
couldn't play enough on thursday, hit a monster downswing on friday and saturday so got very short on games because I decided not to play that much when on a downswing.
Luckily I could come back on sunday by putting in a session where I ran at 60ish ROI
Made around 4500 in rakeback so total profit around $2K
More info on the forum
Other news, I'll be flying to Malta this week to play some live events like the EMOP and GSOP. We're staying over in some ballah villa with a few other poker players.
This is the villa: http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p403947 so that's gonna be fun for sure!!
I think I can learn a lot by being around several poker players and we can talk hands and strategy and all. I'll be back at the end of november so i'll have a greater idea about how the life in Malta is gonna be, which will ease my decision I guess.
I finally got out of my sng downswing which is great, now I'll be pounding volume to make some money. I'm just a little short of the 200K VPP bonus on stars so I will def shoot for that one as well before the end of this year!
That's it for now, thnx for reading!
I didn't make it, shame on me :D I'm about 500 games short
couldn't play enough on thursday, hit a monster downswing on friday and saturday so got very short on games because I decided not to play that much when on a downswing.
Luckily I could come back on sunday by putting in a session where I ran at 60ish ROI
Made around 4500 in rakeback so total profit around $2K
More info on the forum
Other news, I'll be flying to Malta this week to play some live events like the EMOP and GSOP. We're staying over in some ballah villa with a few other poker players.
This is the villa: http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p403947 so that's gonna be fun for sure!!
I think I can learn a lot by being around several poker players and we can talk hands and strategy and all. I'll be back at the end of november so i'll have a greater idea about how the life in Malta is gonna be, which will ease my decision I guess.
I finally got out of my sng downswing which is great, now I'll be pounding volume to make some money. I'm just a little short of the 200K VPP bonus on stars so I will def shoot for that one as well before the end of this year!
That's it for now, thnx for reading!
dinsdag 2 november 2010
2k games in 1 week
so I decided to do a challenge for myself: play 2000 games in 1 week at the $16 18 mans level.
Started this monday so I will have till sunday to complete. So far I've played 500-ish games so a bit off track but will make up for it in the next few days. I feeling very comfortable at the moment regarding my poker game so I'm def going for it.
I didn't bet anything on or didn't take action because I know there are a lot of players who are doing this on a common basis :)
I'll see what I can accomplish in this week and maybe I will put a some sicko bet for some other time, like 10K games in 1 month or something like that.
More info on my challenge and graph updates etc can be found here
thnx for reading,
Tune
Started this monday so I will have till sunday to complete. So far I've played 500-ish games so a bit off track but will make up for it in the next few days. I feeling very comfortable at the moment regarding my poker game so I'm def going for it.
I didn't bet anything on or didn't take action because I know there are a lot of players who are doing this on a common basis :)
I'll see what I can accomplish in this week and maybe I will put a some sicko bet for some other time, like 10K games in 1 month or something like that.
More info on my challenge and graph updates etc can be found here
thnx for reading,
Tune
maandag 1 november 2010
Still home, things aren't going according plan
Hi guys,
It's been a wile since I updated my blog so it's def time to do so.
I'm still at home, not in Malta which suck big time, but I had some problems with the apartment and stuff so my plans have changed a bit. I'm still looking for an apartment and decided to look for a bigger one, whch will be a little more money rentwise but with the extra time I have now I can grind out a lot more.
Me and my ex girlfriend sorta have contact again and she still don't want me to go and I'm in doubt now. She changed a lot in a positive way so it's going great at the moment, which is clouding my decision a bit. Why can't she just go with me? It would be the ideal solution.
Pokerwise I've been swinging big time. The first 2 weeks of the past month were quite good, the second 2 weeks I started with a sick upswing but couldn't win afterwards, so I broke even. I'm planning on playing 2K games this week to see how that goes and if it goes well I'llp ut in some massive volume for this month.
I started coaching for a new website, sitnpoker.com, which is a new poker school website. It's just starting but the guys are extremely nice to work with, the website team as well as all of the memebers. I haven't had much time the past 2 weeks so I really have to make some time for them again, just have had some personal issues which I won't put out here, but that's over now so I will have more time.
For everyone who's interested, I will be doing group coaching on tuesdays and thursdays at 8 pm CET, so if you're willing to join check out the website.
that's it for now, I will keep updating!
cheers
It's been a wile since I updated my blog so it's def time to do so.
I'm still at home, not in Malta which suck big time, but I had some problems with the apartment and stuff so my plans have changed a bit. I'm still looking for an apartment and decided to look for a bigger one, whch will be a little more money rentwise but with the extra time I have now I can grind out a lot more.
Me and my ex girlfriend sorta have contact again and she still don't want me to go and I'm in doubt now. She changed a lot in a positive way so it's going great at the moment, which is clouding my decision a bit. Why can't she just go with me? It would be the ideal solution.
Pokerwise I've been swinging big time. The first 2 weeks of the past month were quite good, the second 2 weeks I started with a sick upswing but couldn't win afterwards, so I broke even. I'm planning on playing 2K games this week to see how that goes and if it goes well I'llp ut in some massive volume for this month.
I started coaching for a new website, sitnpoker.com, which is a new poker school website. It's just starting but the guys are extremely nice to work with, the website team as well as all of the memebers. I haven't had much time the past 2 weeks so I really have to make some time for them again, just have had some personal issues which I won't put out here, but that's over now so I will have more time.
For everyone who's interested, I will be doing group coaching on tuesdays and thursdays at 8 pm CET, so if you're willing to join check out the website.
that's it for now, I will keep updating!
cheers
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