Hey man, I have been following your posts on and off for awhile. They have been great reads and I have thoroughly enjoyed railing you on 2+2. Quick question: (and I apologize if it has already been asked) how many tables do you primarily play, and how many hands an hour do you normally do?

Hey Jamier! Nice to know that people are interested in my progress
I primarily play 4 tables and depending on the time of the day I get about 1k hands per hour.

I was experiencing with 6 tables (4 FR + 2 6m), but I decided to focus a bit more and went back to 4FR. I wanna improve my game and I find it hard to do so when 8 tabling

Some more redline-porn!

Oh, and a little challenge update for y'all..

Cleared: 340$/1000$ - 34%
Profit: 44.90$/3000$ - 1.5%

Taken from Deltidspoker.com


Recently, I have been focusing a lot on the part of my game where I am mostly auto-piloting, trying to look for spots where I burn money or don’t maximize my value. I have found min-raising preflop to be one such spot.

Most players in my games usually raise about 32-35% of their holdings when it’s folded to them on the button (BU) or cut-off (CO). They often get re-raised (3bet) and as a result most of them only raise 2.5x in these positions to minimize their losses when they get 3bet. I have experienced a bit with both as I feel that 2.5x-raising induces a bit more aggression from the players behind me. However, 2.5x still seems to be the best long-term expected value raise.

As with every other situation in poker the answer to any question is “it depends”, and this is obviously also true here. If both the players in the blinds are huge fish (i.e they have a very high calling percentage preflop)I raise my good hands 3-4x or even more and fold most of my marginal holdings.

So to the great point of this post: I seldom see people min-raising and this is something I have added to my game. There are several situations when a min-raise can be perfect, e.g the obvious spot when you have nits in the blinds. Why risk 2.5-3 big blinds when you can only risk 2? Of course, their calling ranges widens, but they are so nitty by nature that it will not effect them much.

Another spot when I have found min-raising to work pretty effieciently is when there are one or two aggressive players behind me. I believe players are less likely to 3bet when they only gain my 2 big blinds + the 1.5 already in the pot, but if they do decide to re-raise and my hand isn’t strong enough to continue, I’ve lost less. If I get bluffed more 2.5x-raising than if I min-raise, why would I 2.5x-raise my marginal hands?

Remember, before you decide to min-raise in late position it is important that you have some kind of picture of the players acting after you. The good players will pick up on your new trend and adjust accordingly so it is crucial that you pay attention and min-raise carefully Hopefully, it will be a nice addition to your game!

My Riga trip is closing in and I can't wait to go! Hopefully I can continue my grind down there Had a good day today too, but now it's bedtime I'm so glad i took that little break, cause now I love to play again!

Lykke til I Riga, jeg skal dit selv. Men ankommer faktisk den 17.April, og skal da ikke være med i NM. Kunne gjerne tenkt meg å blitt med neste år, men jeg må steppe opp spillet mitt. Ser for meg å studere mye poker i sommerferien, da jeg har fått gjort unna flere av mine eksamener.

Må si det hadde vært spennende å diskutert litt poker med deg etterhvert, da jeg også holder til I Trondheim. Er det noe miljø her i byen for den slags?

Takk for det! Du får melde deg inn i deucescracked. Der er det noen fantastiske serier på fullring spilling, hvis det er det du driver med .

Det er noen klubber rundt omkring, men jeg må være ærlig å si at jeg ikke har spilt på dem. Vurderte en turneringen en gang, men noe annet kom i veien. Like greit, da politiet stormet stedet

Didnt get any hands in today. Got home at about 9p.m. and internet was down for the two hours I was gonna play! I'll have to grind double tomorrow

Poor guy, he just couldn't fold, even after time banking


This time he snapped called (same guy) :

But of course, all couldn't be this good :

Going to bed after a long day.. Almost at 40% with the challenge.. I prob get some hands in tomorrow and Sunday before I leave for Riga and the Norwegian Poker Championship I'm in the poker zone at the moment so this trip can be memorable

Hey, I might as well throw in a giraffe while I'm at it



Maybe I should start winning some money soon?

Fy faen for en sjuk grafe!

Let's hope the green line looks better in a few weeks Audorin

Played about 1k rollercoaster hands today I'm now at:

Cleared: 340$/1000$ - 44%
Profit: 44.90$/3000$ - 2.2%

Top winning hands:



Top loosing hands:

In Riga.. I think I'll play a 30lat (55$) rebuy side event tonight

I posted a late night update from the Norwegian Poker Championship at Deltidspoker.com

Cleared: 460$/1000$ - 46%
Profit: 538.90$/3000$ - 18%

I busted from the main event yesterday, 80bb deep with AKs < KK.. Some small side events left

Looks like the FBI crushed it before I really got the chance :/

Played some 3-5 handed 200 rush today.. Lost 3buyins against sickos!!This one guy cold called a 3b and then called my COLD 4b with J9s, he called with a gutshot on binked on the river and my kings wasn't good.. over 600$ pot...

Doom the Zoom?

Straight in as Diamond. Apparently I used to be a true grinder