Positive result! Not hugely positive but still. Always easier when you don't lose all the flips. Was incredibly tired in the end and made at least one terrible play which caused me hugely but yeah generally played well. Maybe 20 tournaments today in total.

Also nice to win occasionally even though it was just a little under 500d 1st prize.



Not sure if playing tomorrow, feeling a little exhausted now after playing 7 days in a row. Maybe some small field tournaments but definitely not those lottery ones on Stars. And g2g to work on Monday morning so that's another reason to pass them.

But yeah, always nice to get some profit, good night all!

I really love your story bro i am the Exact!!! same person as you..
Trying to spin up something on mtts as well anyway bro GL
and will sub!

im rooting for you OP....we both gotta try to get past the variance of these damn mtt's

How did you get a 5k roll op?

Thank you guys and gl to you as well! Variance can be tough but comments like these really cheer you up.

I got started from freerolls and cashed out occasionally some 3 figs amounts of money. Really never knew how to play and was just having fun. A year ago I shipped a VIP point tournament league on one eurosite (basically a freeroll) and won 1000e. Decided not to cash out and after that I've played mostly cash game omaha and tournaments. I made some cash outs last year but this is pretty much the story. I have also had some tilt issues and that's why I'm not playing cash games at all. Too many times have lost 1-2ke in one session in tilt. But hey, I'm wiser now. Cash games just ain't for me.

Thinking about playing a little today. However have some other stuff to do first and also can't play very late, so starting in about 2 hours and just small fields. Really need to get that coffee maker and a microwave soon, it's just a disaster trying to do everything during a 5 minute break.

Gl all Sunday grinders!

Good morning!

Didn't play on Sunday. Felt so exhausted and tired that thought it would be better to skip the games. Well, seemed as a wise move since fever rose on Monday after work and now second day off from work because of this. Really not the best start but thankfully my supervisor is very understanding and it's not a big deal for her.

Yesterday I was bored so I played a little session, 6 tournaments. I guess I got marginally up, one final table from a small turbo and two other mincashes. Incredibly nice when you don't have to stress about losing every single hand. I'm pretty comfortable better results will come soon as I'm going to increase volume when I beat this fever.

I'm wondering whether I should continue playing on Stars or not. I have now dived about 70 avg buy-ins in 100 tournaments. Not sure if it's just big field variance or if I'm just unable to keep the focus long enough. Obviously losing this many buy-ins is super standard on Stars but I think I might also be doing more mistakes there. Must keep eye on this.

Let's see if I feel well enough to play today.

First 4figs ever so close today. Lost in HU w/ AQ vs A9, by winning that would've been slight CL and villain wasn't really the toughest one. But hey, wasn't in my hands



One tournament still going. I think I've played ok today. Was my first 6max tournament in ages so had to focus more on that than the other tournaments. That cost me dearly when there was less than 20 players cause then I really only played that one. Resultwise can't be too unhappy though, but in the future I must be able to play 6max without losing focus from the other tournaments. One more thing to work on

Now I'm going to finish this one tournament and then cook some food. Maybe a short session later. Short because going to watch some ice-hockey in the evening!

Good luck everyone !

Hey OP, some good results and man that 4-figure payday was so close; bet you could almost taste it. I started playing MTTs in march - starting out at the very very low stakes. Finally seeing some modest results with a couple of min cashes and two final tables the past week; think I'm on the right track. Still haven't even had a three-figure payout yet tho!

Good luck OP - thread subscribed (maybe should make my own thread as well; seems like it's a good motivation tool...)


Are you on TPE by any chance?

Subbed, glglgl!

Hi! Thanks for the support. What is TPE? And blogging is good for you for sure! Just keep grinding those stakes up and that 3figs will come soon! Gl dude!

Thanks man!


That last tournee took forever. Got into HU and lost again... FFS. Last hand was kinda spewy which I allow to myself since it was such a long session and I'm ill but seriously that villain... In scope he was winning but seriously I think even a retarded squirrel would play better if it just knew the rules. Took like 2 hours. Best was 2 outer on river but yehhhhh. Still a good result, losing two heads-ups just sucks. About 300d from that, a little under 500d for the winner.

I just should be happy that this run has turned and today was profitwise a decent day!! Tomorrow I think I'll go to work cause it's last day before Easter and even though I still have a little fever I can manage one day.

Ok, cu all, BIG thanks for all the support! Tilted and hungry at the moment

TPE = Tournament Poker Edge.
http://www.tournamentpokeredge.com

Only joined a couple of weeks ago but have found the podcasts & videos really really helpful. Think of it as a slightly less-polished version of Deuces Cracked, focusing only on MTTs.

I wouldn't rush back to work with a fever - don't want to spend the easter break even more sick than you are now! Take the extra day and get back to a 100% full health meter!

TPE seems interesting. I've been thinking about joining one MTT video site and as there's no sign-up fee there I might go for it. Actually, I'm pretty sure I will. I have watched some MTT videos on BFP and DC (joined for cash game omaha vids) but I really didn't find them very helpful and actually didn't even like them. On the other hand omaha videos there were extremely good.

Yeah I must check out how I'm doing tomorrow morning. There's sure no rush to go, just feel kinda bad for being away since this work is part of my studies and lasts for only 4 weeks. I don't get paid for it but I like to do things properly.

Still 1,5 hours to go until the ice-hockey game starts. Free television channels doesn't stream it live (it's actually going on right now), so I'm just hovering on English forums and I've blocked all social contacts. Even my phone is turned off

stumbled upon this thread and just want to say GLGL!

Thanks a lot! Such a supportive atmosphere here, it's great.

So Easter started and I'm on holiday. I actually went to work yesterday, was nice to see some people after two days at home. However, it didn't affect my fever the best way and I'm a little ill again. But it's ok, now I'm going to rest for a few days and grind a little. It's a little hard to concentrate for a long period and today's morning session wasn't very good. I'll play another one in the evening and hopefully I can keep my focus.

I'm having coffee right now and thought about writing something about my real life stuff and what my future looks like. It's probably pretty boring and as you can tell I'm not native so I don't know how awful my English is. Hopefully this is readable at least on some level.

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Tuesday was the last day to apply for universities and colleges over here. I couldn't decide anything wise and I really don't know what I'd like to do so I passed the whole thing. Right now it feels like a good move and I'm happy about it and hopefully it turns out to be the right decision.

The biggest reason for me to not to go to an university yet is not money (education is free here), not inability to get anywhere but my self-esteem. I don't feel comfortable in big groups and I have trust issues. When I get to know people I think I'm fairly good company and people like me but before that there's just huge barriers between me and others. In small groups you have to interact with others and most importantly they have to interact with you, which helps to start trusting people as I see what they are really thinking about.

This all self-awareness stuff comes from the past 10 years. When I was about eleven or so, they found out that I'm carrying one auto-immunic disease (wow, disease sounds so negative, not sure if it's the right word ). I never really had felt any pain, but they spotted that my chin was weirdly small. As later was found out, my chin joints were completely corrupted. Obviously I got some medication, and as a result from that my cheeks just puffed up. Funny being a teenager and looking more like a baby.

It's better now. Not normal, nowhere near that but not that bad either. I'm not sure if I've just thought about these things too much and the problem is more in my head than in my actual looks, probably both. I remember that before this diagnosis I was pretty happy and didn't care about my looks at all. Or I didn't know about then. But the last five years or so I don't think a day has passed without me checking my side-profile with an extra mirror. Sounds stupid yeh.

I think this has also caused that I'm pretty good doing work alone. And I'm motivated. If there's something I want to do, and I can do it without other people hovering around, I will do it. This is because I don't have to think about what other's think. Poker is easy this way. You play yourself and only for yourself.

Not sure why I'm writing this here. Anyways, my future looks fine for me right now. I can keep one year break from school, I have supporting parents letting me do this thing and I might also get some work. I'm confident I'm going to university one day, maybe after my chin surgery or before that, who knows. I'm fairly talented in all school subjects and I think I can get in anywhere I want in our country. But first I'm going to finally do those things I enjoy, and right now that's poker and feeling free. Maybe I can join some live tournament here in Europe this year if online grinding goes well. Travelling is awesome

Some poker later in the evening, gl all the Easter grinders if there's any

Yay, it's Sunday again! Maybe today

Last two days have been pretty awful. I have done some mistakes in the late game but I think I've also ran kinda disastrously. If I had won one or two those 70-80% or a few flips things could be totally different, but yeh, that's the MTT variance. Thankfully I've been given two decent running sessions so after two weeks of playing I'm breakeven or maybe like 100 dollars up.

Yesterday I downloaded SaT trial (if someone doesn't know what it is just google Stack and Tile) and I'm really impressed. It could've some variations like if I get to final table I'd like to get my table off stack, but overall it's great. Actually even this could be possible, I tested it out very quickly last night and just configured all my sites. I guess I'll put a question in the support thread regarding this issue.

What else... Ummm, I think I'm going to drop avg buy-in a little. I now it is super conservative to play with 500 avg buy-ins BR and small fields but I just can't afford going broke and if I hit a long DS it's just going to affect my mood hugely. Yesterday avg buy-in was approx 25d and I managed to get one mincash. Maybe 10d is a little too small, but yeh, definitely need to play smaller.

ciao!