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Originally Posted by SiCro43
Big lol at K5, guy got
Move up to where they respect your raises ldo - Hope you get unstuck on that last session!
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Originally Posted by meale
GL bruv finish strong. In b4 +€3k session.
Thanks guys, no dice!
Trip Report
Apart from my results obviously, I had a really fun trip. Bulgaria despite first impressions is a pretty cool country, albeit only visiting a tiny fraction of it (its flipping huge). Cheap drinks, cheap nights out, cheap accommodation, casino right on a sick beach. Not much more to say really!
Similar to the Malta trip, I met tons of interesting people from all over the world, from Georgia, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta and even a few local grinders. This was by far and away the best aspect of the trip, to network with other poker players on very different paths to my own. The whole experience or festival or whatever is a bit odd; its run by 10-12 pretty crazy eastern europeans and populated with "sponsored pro's", local punters, semi-pros and actual really good solid online and live pros. The general idea though is to get together, play some cash games and check out the sights in a bunch of different countries.
The events if I'm honest were a bit **** compared to last time especially for 200€ for 4 days. There was some snorkelling day on Sunday, which involved getting a free bus to some random beach, handing out like 10 snorkels and setting us off. I'm a pretty chill guy, but not what I expected really, maybe at least a boat or some beers or something (?)
Anyway back to the poker; for people like Scorpp it's potentially a good place to grind FT. Expenses super low, £2/£5 super juicy when it runs, place is full of tourists, relatively reg-free. When I was speaking to the dealers it seems its a bit seasonal unfortunately, so probably would need to mix in online poker during winter etc. If it weren't for the insane rake at 1/3 (5% capped at 25€) I think though it would be do-able as it does play quite deep.
As per usual all a bit #sadface about going back to work especially as basically everyone I met was either a travelling grinder or did sports betting or similar. Big shout-out again to the online guys I met out there; bit of a broken record but met some super interesting people. One thing you do learn is that crushers definitely haven't always been crushers; even the best cash game pros have been at some pretty bad lows in their career and listening to their stories gave me confidence to get back on the horse and grind through the downswing and learn from my mistakes.
Same as last time really encourage any live grinders to go to one of these things. The games were really good, the expenses are nothing (taxi and flights the main ones) and its a fantastic opportunity to check out a country you'd never otherwise visit. Dunno what more I can say really just go haha
tl;dr english 9-5 punter does his money in eastern european country and has a few drinks
glglgl
Last edited by acidhauss; 08-15-2017 at 11:52 AM.