31/1/16 Update

Lucky BUT bad decision maker.

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Cash game results:




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+2,5$ from challenges



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No tournaments.

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Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 12,81$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 432/500 86%
Read the book "Playing The Player": 37/116 32%
Bankroll: 1651.62$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Blog / Twitch Channel / Completed Books

Who is edgard?The man,the myth, the legend?

Haha, he is the player, the pro, the one.

Hi there,

long time to update the thread, but don't put on your mind bad things.

Last month I played a lot of live cash games. I played online only about 2-3 times.
I did some shots and worth the try. I run well but I also realised the huge difference between online and live games. It's incredible bigger than I was thinking.

Every time I play, I see things that leave me with my mouth open.
More, at the next post. Good luck at the tables.

Finaly back.

I learned many things from live poker and made some extra money.

I will play again in the future definitely, but now online poker is the priority for me.

2,5 months since the last post with results. Just 15k hands from then, mixing stakes from nl10 to nl25 mostly.




Tournament results during this period (mostly spins I think):



I took also some bonuses from card hunt promotions worth 21,5$


Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 12,81$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 432/500 86%
Read the book "Playing The Player": 37/116 32%
Bankroll: 1619,03$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Blog / Twitch Channel / Completed Books

i think ive played vs this guy at 25nl. He is crazy

hehehe

14-18/4/16 Update:

Not much time for grind. Low volume cash games, mostly zoom.
Maybe I was lazy to search good tables.




Tournament results (Sunday Storm and Bigger 11$):



Card hunt bonus +6$
Starscoin Trade +20$
Site with no tracker -15,51$



Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 12,81$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 432/500 86%
Read the book "Playing The Player": 37/116 32%
Bankroll: 1572,15$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Blog / Twitch Channel / Completed Books

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO my derek, i love you so much!

who are you ??

i always chat in some tables, saying some random shi t, but anyone answer me

heeey derek you are quoting Ram Dass, i fkn love Ram Dass, do you already read Be here now?

Helloooooo I love you too

No, I don't read the "Be here now" book, but I check this, and seems an interesting book. I will maybe add this to my list

19-29/4/16 Update:

Not much time for poker again last days.
Also, bad decisions at choosing what time to play.
I played many times tired, at the end of each day before I go to sleep.




Tournament results:

I just played some micro HU sit n go's for training.
I will play some HU sit n go's with a friend and I wanted to be prepeared lol.
He challenged me at a live game, to play with me HU.
I'm thinking to suggest to him to play some HU sit n go's and the winner to take a side bet around 50$



Card hunt bonus +16.5$
Starscoin Trade +10$



Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 12,81$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 432/500 86%
Read the book "Playing The Player": 37/116 32%
Read the book "The Mental Game of Poker 2": 16/146 11%
Bankroll: 1479,63$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Blog / Twitch Channel / Completed Books

30/4 - 14/5/16 Update:

No much time for online poker last days.
I played some hands at nl25 and did some coaching sessions to a friend at nl10.
I want to stop live poker for a while and start playing more online again.
I feel that playing live a lot, delays my improvement even if I’m winning.




Tournament results:

Just 5 KO 6max hyper tournaments. I won 5 tickets of 1$ by a promotion with a deposit.



Card hunt bonus +5$





Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 12,81$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 442/500 88%
Read the book "Playing The Player": 37/116 32%
Read the book "The Mental Game of Poker 2": 16/146 11%
Bankroll: 1487,13$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Blog / Twitch Channel / Completed Books

14/5/16 - 31/5/16 Update:

Low volume, lazy for reading my books.



Network with no tracker +4,50$


No tournaments

2 x 10$ Cash Rebate from VIP Store +20$



Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 12,81$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 442/500 88%
Read the book "Playing The Player": 37/116 32%
Read the book "The Mental Game of Poker 2": 16/146 11%
Bankroll: 1511,13$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Blog / Twitch Channel / Completed Books

Live poker made my time management and my life a mess.

My winnings were not worth the price.

I learned so many things, I made some interesting acquaintances and I believe that this experience made me a better player and better person.

I'm comming back to my challenge and online poker.

Back to grind. No more live poker, at least till the end of 2016. That's a public promise.

I have to post results about 2.5 months ago. So here we are:

1/6 - 22/8

Cash games:




Too low volume. I was playing rarely online during the summer and when I did so, I was totaly focus. Played many stakes, I wanted to see many green colors lol





At 3/7 I deposited to the "site with no tracker" as I mention it at previous posts, 200 euros. Today the cashier shows 507,16. Low volume also there, but super soft game. I played mainly nl10, nl20.

I played some hands at nl40,nl50 (there are not so often tables at this stake) and 4-5 times nl100. I took a taste also at plo, up to plo20, maybe one time plo40.

Hit some freeroll tourneys for fun some times, there are a lot during the day tha giving 11e ticket and the average players are 20-25 so it's funny to play some, while grinding cash games. Unfortunately, never took 1st place

So +307.16 euros from this that is 347.67$ with the exchange today.

Tourneys at stars don't need mention but I will post the results. Just some spins, while a friend was watching for fun and one freeroll won for 6,30$ win, from a ticket won by completed a challenge that stars had during some promos.





Bonuses:

+12$ fro pyramid challenges, +10$ cash rebate, +22$ total.





Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 12,81$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 457/500 88%
Read the book "Playing The Player": 37/116 32%
Read the book "The Mental Game of Poker 2": 16/146 11%
Bankroll: 2007,08$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Blog / Twitch Channel / Completed Books

Hi there again. I played live one night although I gave a promise but I don’t regret it.
I was feeling better that anytime, and I went to a casino with a friend to play and of course I won :P

Back to the challenge now.

Low volume, good quality of play in general. Thinking of coaching programs many times, after some conversations with friends but still continue to walk alone. The most of times, coaching is the best option. Not only for poker, but in many other things. You cut the learning curve and you win so much time that is invaluable.

23/8 - 2/11

Cash game results:



Many stakes, high volume at zoom tables, because of card match promotion. I felt that the tables was extra soft.



Tournaments:



Just some spins.



+13.09$ from site without hud. Cash+Tournaments.

Bonuses:

+26,5$ from challenges and card match.

+30$ cash rebates.



Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 12,81$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 470/500 88%
Read the book "Playing The Player": 37/116 32%
Read the book "The Mental Game of Poker 2": 16/146 11%
Bankroll: 2202,58$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Blog / Twitch Channel / Completed Books

Back! Happy new year!


Many hours spent to live poker again. The games was so soft that I couldn’t resist.
It’s probably softer than online nl2. It’s something like nl1.
I feel that now I have to take a break from live for sure. I have problems with time managment when I’m playing live, and at this moment I have left behind many things that I have to do.
The live poker results was decent and I don’t regret the time I spent.

Back to online now. I have to make some plans.

Low volume from the last update, a lot of money burned at spins.



3/11 - 3/1



Cash game results:






Tournaments:







Bonuses:

+13,5$ from challenges and card match.

+70$ cash rebates.



Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 12,81$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 474/500 95%
Read the book "Playing The Player": 46/116 40%
Read the book "The Mental Game of Poker 2": 24/146 16%
Bankroll: 2202,24$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Blog / Twitch Channel / Completed Books

I felt so many times the need to update this thread. It was my first public challenge, and I remember I was enjoying the process, and the motivation that brings. Somehow I abandoned it for ages. My last post, reminds me why. The reason was live poker. I remember that I was so impressed about how soft live poker is. I still have this feeling to be honest.

As a quick recap, the pro covid years, 2017-2019 I was play at my local live games, 1/2 or below mostly. I felt safe with the variance and the bankroll I had back then, and continued grinding. Between 2018 and 2019 I was traveling abroad to play and I was really excited even for 1/2 games. Felt like I could make 2x the money abroad than playing in Greece. Actually I still believe a living from living poker is still achiavable from 1/2 games even in 2024.

During all this journey, I never lost the touch with online poker. Competition was always runing in my blood. I still believe it's the best teacher and I don't know if I'll ever quit playing online. The options, the flexibility to play whenever and from wherever you want is a massive advantage.

In late 2019, I managed to go to US for first time, with a staking deal. I gained a massive boost of experience playing 2/5, as I was not so experienced playing this stake till then, except from some succesful shots till then. Moving up in stakes is most of the times a struggle for most players. The guys I went together where great guys and much better players and I learned a lot from them.

In 2020 covid hit and I had to come back to online. The first months was the softest games I've seen in my life. Crazy results were achiavable, even around 15bb/100 in nl50. My results were not fantastic but I was happy and satisfied being a winner at nl50. games were feeling like another poker boom is happening. After the first months, my results was not great and I was feeling a bit stuck around nl50. I had break even and even losing months. I realised than many other players had the same results, which meant the impact of staying at home because of covid had impacted a lot how soft was the games. So I decided to join a CFP program. I improved my game and continued my journey mixing with live poker again around mid 2021.

I can recommend to anyone who want to improve faster, programs like that. The guys still offering coaching for those who might be interested, so I will give some more info here. The head coach is metal_ouda and it's called now Cash Game Crushers.


Around 2022, live grind at 2/5 mainly started. Travelling the world last 2 years, being in US 2 extra times, UK, Austria, Spain, Czech Republic and some more poker destinations, visiting new places during events like EPT, or even going somewhere to grind off season. UK used to be my favourite place for many reasons and I was spending a lot of time there last years.

Counting around 100k winnings in live poker I can't be anything than satisfied.




Never giving up my relationship with online poker, I managed to have healthy winrate around 4bb/100 at nl100 at a reliable sample. So I felt like it was time to close this thread, many times last 2 years, as the name of the challenge was n10 to nl100, but I was too lazy and I was procrastinate it all the time.


At the moment my main grind stakes are nl100 online and 2/5 live, but I'm playing a bit of nl200 online, and 5/10 live when a good opportunity apears. Results are not great so far at these stakes but the sample is small so I'm fine with that. Also I'm not investing my time in poker full time nowdays as I used to do. It was a slow process so far all these years but I don't regret it. Poker is still alive, live and online. Put something in your mind, and you can achieve anything you want. And don't forget to never give up if you really want it.