Joined: Jun '10
Location: Belgium
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Well as I am a cautious player I am not really gonne play at level thats to high, that would be more like a gamble ... if you are lucky you get a boost, if you are unlucky you get broke.
I am going to play at 0.05/0.10 eur cash games as long as my BR is over 180 eur. if my BR goes over 400 I ll go and try a higher level 0.15/0.25.
Again my main reason for this challenge is to prove I can play profitable and not go broke. Not to get rich. Maybe I am playing too carefully but that sthe way I feel comfortable to play. Like I also prefer to leave the tables when I loose due to a "lucky" turn or river.
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
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Just keep doing what you were doing so far. There is no need to push things there. It is better having a smaller secure profit, which can be steady, than chasing the high one risking to go broke as you said. Being greedy is never good
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
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A free translation from a greek old saying. Bean by bean you fill the bag. Making a profit is always good, and 13 euro for that session of yours is great If you can do that well everyday, its like 400 euro per month extra money.
Joined: Feb '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 59 (M)
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Nice steady progress The Fly.... I like how you are not over stretching yourself and playing steady and certain to develop a positive outcome, without immediate aims on becoming a millionaire from poker......a thing which many people set out to be and soon go busto. Keep up the good work and looking forward to continuing to see how it goes.
Joined: Jun '13
Location: Canada
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It is very nice to see that you are playing small time session and managed to do well and making profit out of it.
It is probably the best way for you because if you were extending the time play maybe it would not be so good for you. However if you decide to play longer i wish that you could bring more profits but we never know.
Joined: Jun '10
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Posted by pinotte: It is very nice to see that you are playing small time session and managed to do well and making profit out of it.
It is probably the best way for you because if you were extending the time play maybe it would not be so good for you. However if you decide to play longer i wish that you could bring more profits but we never know.
Well at the moment I do not have much hours to spend at the poker tables as I have some responsabilities as a father of 2 children and a wife that needs some attention and have to spent my hours at work to earn the money we need.
I ve worked out a strategy at the cash tables that s working for me and it s actually quite simple.
I start playing with the minimum thats required at the table , I am now playing 0.05/0.10 eur tables so I start with 5 euro. When I have over 6 euro so more than 20 % profit I leave and open a new table. At Unibet you can do this and I take advantage of it. When going under 4 euro I add 1 euro te get back at 5. The advantage is risk limitation (getting your profit safe on the bank) The disadvantage is that you wont get very big wins (but also avoid big losses)
Played for almost 1.5 hours at the 0.05/0.10 tables. Had a very good start and after 1 hour I had 15 eur profit. Then my luck turned and lost a few allins and ended with 9 eur profit. My BR is now 256 eur
Had a costly loss at the end
Had pocket AA,raised standard 3BB preflop and got called by the BB.
flop brings 7 A 10
BB raises 1/2 pot and I reraise and he go s allin ( i expected he had a flushdraw or str-flushdraw)
he shows 5 5 , I thought I had won already but on the turn and river there were 2
Joined: Jun '13
Location: Canada
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This is the way to loose a hand that i hate the most.
However this afternoon in the Party Pokerleaderboardfreeroll i had 10 10 and i go all in with i had two called i was loosing the pot but i got 4 spade on the board and one of my 10 was one and got me the win.
It always depends on what side you are winner or looser.
Joined: Aug '10
Location: Germany
Age: 52 (M)
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Thats a nice little cash game challenge and i wish you at first good luch and fun at the tables. This was the right way, only to play if you have time and motivation to play, it mustn´t be every day. And after a suckout it was a good time to stop the session and to drink a coffee
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
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It may take some time to get a bad run. When it comes try to keep it low. You can always bounce up again.. From the moment you started and the profit you have so far, it looks that you are heading right for the end of the year
Joined: Jan '10
Location: Indonesia
Age: 60 (M)
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wow ..you in good track !! congratulation! that's amazing progress. I wish that is indicate your skill improve and you will get your target Just don't forget : keep confident ! no over confident Good luck always
Joined: Jun '10
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Well played for +/- 1.5 hours today . start BR was 271 eur
Played 0.05/0.10 as usual and had a great start after +/- 30 min I was up more than 20 eur.
Went 5 time allin and won them all 2 times preflop with AA and QQ and they held it
1 time with a str flush (opponent had flush ace high)
one time that my pocket 8 hit a set on the flop
ones with a open flush/str draw on the flop and made the str
Really incredible how the cards were coming in my favour.
Afetr that I lost and won a bit and at the end I had some losses (not bad beats but was in front most of the time) AQ with a Q on the flop and opponent hit a set on the turn. lost with 2 pairs when opponent hit a flush on the river.
I am not complaining but I think it was time to leave the tables. (and I did close them)
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
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So far from the history in brm the last couple of days, everyone is losing with KK. Maybe it is time to start treating this hand as one with lower value. You are down 12 euro from previous session. Not something that you can recover. Better luck on the next one.
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