Hello, and thank you for letting me join the site.

I have been observer in 2+2 for about 10years now, i started hold em less then 15years ago, i did play some poker games when i was young kid.

But as holdem/omaha player, and those are my main games, i have been playing for about 15years. My online nickname has been Lemiir, the whole time.

When i started out, i heard some people do this for living, i wanted to get on that, play a game for a living, what a blast.

I started with my friend, he actually got some mad to the game, he gave all his chips to me, and playing cards. I used to play with those cards alone, when i found nobody to play with. I still have the case!

Reality wasent as i imagined as my coureer on pro poker.

First i lost for about a year, or break even.
Just banging my head with mistake after mistake, i did sometimes even hitmyself into face when i was kid, learning poker. Please dont do this, it was very stupid. Destroyed keyboards and whatnot.

I played live, i lost, i played online, i lost.

Then one day, i was playing online, those days people had no clue whatsoever about poker, nowdays atleast some. I started to win, i was playing nl10 cash, and tournaments max 5$. My bankroll was about 50$ when i started to win,
it raised to 2000$, i went up to nl50, 10$ tournaments etc.

When i was playing nl25, and winning most of time, i had idea. Now i got this.

When i had won the 2000$, i quit my school, to become a cook.

To play poker as fulltime, i actually practiced, and still do practice japanesse sitting zazen, in breaks between playing.
It works nice, i do nowdays yoga also.

I went up, i had grinded 20k$ online, i bought my friends tickets to Holland, we had a nice trip there, actually could buy things i wanted to buy that are illegal where i live, i was thinking about staying, but i dident.

On Holland i grinded up to 80k, i was playing nl2k at that time max.
Winning constantly on nl1k, 6max.

I went back to my home country Finland, i could not get things i wanted to legally (herb), and i actually took some other drugs, and i soon foundout that i was addicted to a lot of drugs, and ofcourse poker.

I kept winning eventho i was taking like 5substanses a night, i had friends about 200 in the town, everywhere i went, everybody regonised me. Thats the poker pro, the poker genius. Everybody was my good friend.

Everybody was using me, asking for poker tips, loaning money, drugs etc.


I had grinded 200k euros, i changed site to one what had rakeback.

I was playing best nl5k at the time, the best hand i remember, and still do. Was when i had 98, board was something like 67KAK, i had been betting, and put other peep on 54, on river got shoved about 17k bet,

i tought for it like a minute+, and i called with 9 high. I dragged 45k pot or something, other guy had 54, or 43.

I felt i could be never beaten in poker, and i started to lose.

The drugs i took clouded my mind, and eventho i tought i was playing awesome, i was actually playing very loose, and bad.

First i lost 50k, inside a month, then i lost another 50k inside a month.
Then i went up like 20k, but it felt like nothing since this was first time i was down 100k on poker. Time was very confusing, i did not think i was ever going to loose on poker anymore . I was wrong!

I took more drugs, i tought i couldent even play without drugs, i was actually sometimes a sleep, when i tought i was playing.
As this is very bad decicion making in poker. "Oh i got AK, no wait i was asleep, its 54"

I sometimes fell asleep in middle of 100$ tournaments.

I lost 70k inside a month, i had 50k bankroll, time to go back to my old site.
Its clearly the site, not the 10drugs in doing a day.

Site had turned bad, bonus deals were worse, i still stick with it, since it was site i had begun winning with. I lost all my money.

I had times that i was succesful in nl600, but i had played nl5k, nl600 was nothing.

Couldent keep grinding there, i was broke.

I had like 100$ left, i went back to nl10, then i went broke, again and again, started to loan money, because i was sure to be pro again.

Drug addiction got worse, i was in 3 diffrend treatment faccilities, and in last one i got off the meds i was on. I became totally free of drugs, i was sober for 2years. I treatment facilities took 5years of my life, the heavy drug addiction about 7, 7 years that i had no clue what was going on, and just pain to everybody i met.

On end of treatment, when i got off meds, i started to play again, i started to win straight away.

I have won in past months some money for bills, and build my bankroll a bit by bit, its still very small, i am interrested in staking deals that i could rely on to be trustworthy. Never had a staking.

Now im not totally sober anymore, but since im off the stuff that ruined my life, i am going to do poker again. As a hobby, i am actually now educated wellness professional, yoga teacher, competetive athelete, and i run my own company. And i also do stand up comedy, i tought it would be hilarious to post this story, story is not comedy tho. Also must be very interresting to peeps, who had somekind of similiar expiriences.

Hope somebody enjoys the read, i have been now winning about 5-10tournaments a month, and making stedy income on cash (tho rake is nowdays crazy). I will keep focusing myself to get better as poker player, i am far better live player, then online. I play nl10 he, pl10 omaha, and tournaments between 1-10e. Im up last month about 250e.

Ill sometimes post how it works out, im also interrested in poker sites that offer somekind of decent rakeback. You can contact me, i am social, i like to talk to people.

On subject of poker, lets play our best!

Fascinating story. Will be following. GL!

Thanks for following.

As overall analysis on poker i have found that on highest level, the result orientation should be totally gone. And only way to do it, is play stakes that are boring as watching paint dry.

Today i have chance to play live tournament, last time 2 tournaments, 2 times 2nd, so in monnie.

Before that 1 win out of 3. Live is going much better then online, much because of better reads, and no rake. One night i won all 2/3, game is pretty soft. People play intoxicated, so do i. But i still play good poker .

I enjoy live games tho so much more, i love the table chat, thing i dont like that sometimes people get mad on live tables, on player thats playing good. And say nasty stupid stuff. Last time 1 guy stormed out of room, when i first bluffed him off good hand with rags, then value 3betted my A7o, and he called shove with KJo, and lost.

I contacted him, and he said he has no problem playing with me, but i find it weird that poker really brings out the worst sometimes in people. Now we are cool, as ice on winter. But last game he was really pissed.

Online ive been up pennies last 3 days, breakingeven or small wins, but i had good winning day like 4 days ago, so its good. 3 Days like +30e.

Nl10 cash, 6 tabling, 1-10e tournaments, 4-10e sngs

Been pretty dry, but ive had chance to take shots on 10e tournaments, and sngs now. Been happy with that, eventho i havent really made into good money in neather of those.
Now im going back to bit smaller stakes, and when i get big win from those, ill be taking shots on more 10e tourneys again.

Focus on getting steady on sngs 10e, and gonna go back on mtt 10e with bigger bankroll.

Playing marathon sessions, resulting fatigue, has been my weakness, getting 1 place away from money on tournaments, just spewing 400bb stacks,
(Ya i got A high, ya villain has a set, ya ill shove, WHY? WHY DID I DO THAT?"

Because you cant see toughts clear.
Ive worked on it, and now i have plan when to play tournaments, and got to have the 3-7hours time to do it.

Now im actually going to play live for 5hours, then online for 4-6hours today.
Been off poker for 2days mostly, playing short sessions to practice.
I take sometimes like 3days off, to rest and clear my head. Focus on life instead of poker.
Now its again time to hit tables, got to work on my company first.
Im coach also, i do nutrition counseling etc, and i got plenty of happy customers, and that im happy. Just found out my weight dropping client, has dropped 12kg in a year, and is feeling great. Yay!

Im starting out as a noobie, eventho ive been high stakes player, guess its all about study, and not the stakes. Stakes come and go, study is constant.

Have good games peeps.

Live games was no good, i came 2 times 1 away from money. I somewhat enjoyed my stay, tho some people were obnoxious, and drunk.

Poker has tendency always even the score when you have been running good, i got actually practice of not paying attention to result.

Played really good, i had shoves in my K9s, vs k5o etc.
Just cards did not work out, and i made mistake 1 tournament, when blinds got high, i actually should have went all in with hands 94, and q2o that i folded. Getting lessons on how good 1 high card with rag comes in late stage of tourneys.

Did not manage to have my 5hours online, i was exhausted of the people playing live, gonna not be going to that game much anymore, just boring when people wont even listen, and everybodys shouting drunk aaaa.

This is tho a blast, have my own thread here on 2+2.
Feel free to post anything, anybody likes here, my main focus is once again not poker, but my work, and life. Today tho gonna probably finally play online.

Have good day peeps!

Online was much better, won 2 sngs, and 1 tourney, some 3 peep tourneys.

Loved a omaha tournament, people insist playing every hand on omaha, just because they have 4cards, you have to see the flop.
No you dont, valueraise!
Peeps took small pots off me for like half hour, then i took couple bigs. Then the same thing, won the tournament.

Gonna finnish some bounty, and other tournaments, been playing 3hours, gonna go do sports, and yoga after this. Feeling good, hitting cards, playing good.

If anybody wants to share internet sites that they have found good traffic+rakeback, i would gladly take pm:s.

And if anybody wants to open discussion on poker strategys, i would love to have it here too. My thread is a thread for anykind of poker related stuff. Or ofcourse my story related.

Do you use a HUD at all? How do you adjust your game online vs live?

Not much I can suggest for sites. I play in relatively small cash game sites without rackback.

I used hud about 7years ago, i find it kind of like cheating, and i dont like it.
You must be talking about softwares that help, right?

Im relative new to talking about poker online.
Hud did help a lot, but i still dont want to use it.
And i play on uni, and i dont think they even allow huds.
Not sure,

but i like the idea that you arent allowed to use any other software, then one your playing on.

I havent used hud in years, i challenge myself to be better then people who use hud, without using it. And i figure that you play better live, when you dont use anything online.

Live, vs online. Live games i play, are 100% clueless fish. Low limits, friends, drunk friends.

Live i play more tight, i might raise more because my friends will call ANYTHING, and when they are in the mood, with ANYTHING. Funny how fish sometimes makes a beatiful hero call, but guess its mistake to bluff fish 90% of time.

My live game is more psychological, cause i do budo sports (aikido, bujinkan), lot of other sports etc. So i look kind of scary, on poker tables i look like maniac. But guess its part of game, just have to remeber to turn back to yourself after game is over.

Thanks for you post anyway eventho you dont know any sites to i might want to try,

eventho uni has big rake, atleast im getting good customer service etc. So i have found it best at this moment.

Might add paf, with small deposit, to try out some finnish tournaments. But now been only unib. player.

Games have been going good, i just finnished 3rd on tournament, that made me breakeven for the day, and now gonna take a break. Did horrible on SNG:s, cash games been going ok, small profit. MTT going really good, been winning a tournament almost everyday, or 2.

Last hand was 99, i raised limper about 10bb, call Flop: T75,
check check,
Turn 8,
i bet, villain minraise, i think for a minute, i shove (felt like a good idea, and it was). Villain calls.

Villain shovs A8o.
River, 8.



Have good games and lovely evening BrotherLove9, and peeps!

There are two things I don't like about Unibet: they don't allow hotkey software and there is no way to download your hand history. That last point is a deal breaker to me because I improve little in-game online. I need the extra time of reviewing my hands offline. I like HUD too but can live without them. I see why an instinctive player (a la Isildur) would like uni but that's not for me.

Completely agree with tightening up live, especially OOP as it's a bad place to be involved in multiway pots.

Well done on your tournament results! Sadly no live poker for me at the moment (lockdown). No tournament has taken place at my local poker room since 2019 because of Covid-19.

Ya, the whole pandemic thing ruined my business for couple months, and i offer yoga etc. and its still hard to do business. I did not get any real support neather, i asked for money, and i got spiritual counseling etc. Bla bla blaaah. But i have managed, by limiting my own expenses to minium, and actually poker has helped a lot. Thanks for grats, unibet also when typing the number what you bet, you actually missclick very easy there, and rake is pretty huge. But games are really soft, and support has actually helped me out with many problems, so its still the best i have found.

On poker, my opinion is that you pretty much have to play way, other players dont expect you. When they find out, by losing their chips with 8pair, against your pocket aces, "Oh, playing tight, ill tighten up too", this is the place to steal. "He never steals, always plays tight", and you are carrying 32s, and hit air flop.

Live reads are better, but also game is a lot more slow, since hands come only like 20%, that they do for online. On live, i suggest to help around the table, and join table chatter a lot. Since your probably most of time not playing much.

Poker has been going really good, and i have managed to get back to work as swim coach, etc. Its tough, since i am paying same bills, before pandemic, and i lost 3months pay. But keeping head up, screw what they say cause, you can do it, and man will get you trough it. Good song my ice cube.

Today i actually did good on cash, and played 2 tourneys, and 1, 3th place finnish. So good profit. Gonna yoga, take a long walk, buy a bottle of wine, play counter strike game with my friends, some business. And then hit the tables, if im not tired as a duck, after moving in a winter.

Glad your following, i actually got my first message from site affilate, glad i have this place to share my expiriences.

Have good games, nice evening, and lets play our best on poker.

Nice update, always good to have multiple income streams as well!

Thanks.

I really should get into streaming.
I actually had to take most of my roll to pay bills etc. And after that ive had downswing for 2 days. Managed to keep losses pretty low, but downswing is always a downswing.
Doing more business with the company, and playing less poker.
I still have good roll, but i had to give up the stakes i was raising and go back a level more low. But its ok, ill keep you peeps up to date. Before this -60 downswing, i had like +200 upswing. Guess its going as it really should, you just start to question "can i actually make good decicions anymore?".

Live game, i finnished now 3rd without money, and 1+2 second (they split), one of them had 1 chip.
Ive heard the stories of somebody winning tournament with 1 chip. Now i have seen it.
Wish it woulda been me. I had 121chips, he had 1 chip. And he came to money.

But can you expect anything else from poker, some say its unfair game, i still think its very fair. Punching of cards do come, and thats the place to also learn most of your leaks.

Have nice day peeps, and good games!

Im digging myself up out of downswing, this session started first to loose (for past 2 days, all the time i have played i have just lost). And actually turned into profit, quick session, now gonna lay off poker once again and focus on life. Really enjoyed session,
got a lot of value out of mid, and top pairs etc. When your playing right, peeps make a lot of mistakes against you.

Have nice evening, and good games!

Well done. It's so easy to tilt an extra BI or 2 when nothing is going your way. Not doing so is a massive advantage over the people who do.

Enjoy your break from the tables!

Thanks brotherlove!
Took a break yesterday, i came today, i have been patient, i broke my downswing a bit.
But now i just got beated down, actually had 1 interresting loss, where i could saved 60bb, had top pair+flush draw on turn plo.

I knew there was no point betting, eventho 2 checks. But i betted heavy on turn, maybe ya a smaller bet would be good to consider, but just stupid. got called and river i hit air.
And other guy shows scared AA, i loose.

Still the losses are kept very small, just the mistakes you make are the most important tools of learning, this is 3 days that i have been ending up with +-0, or -.
Helps also to write about it, so tought ill update my thread.
Traffic is weak on mornings where i play, i should add site soon, i got couple of ideas from fellow member here 2+2. Now ill just lay off once again for a while, and try to fit into my head that 2 steps forward, and 1 step back, is how poker works. And there is no need for me to try to dig myself out of this downswing in a day.

Have a lovely morning, and nice games when you plays!

Unlucky man - keep at it. Every bad decision is something you can learn from for your next session.

Thanks for post Parson Grinder, ya im just having what they call a cold spell in cards.
I started new session, same thing goes on, when im 80-20 ahead, it turns into split pots. Well you know what a good cold run looks like!

I won 1 tourney, and it was the smallest, playing 1 bounty more, and poker is getting into my nerves so gonna take a break, got bujinkan budo, work etc so im glad.

Bet that this downswing is almost done, if i win this bounty there is 7 left, ill be even for today. And it would be very nice, losses have still stayed moderate, but i have had to withdraw 2 times 50% of my roll, thats why its getting on my nerves.
Have to go down stakes, and thats always boring.

But hey, atleast there is a roll to play on, and i got this nice thread with good peeps in it!

The most important mistake i made today, was turned straight, i tought i was gonna bet/fold, since it was a flush card. Villain had about 10bb on shove, and i still called.
The straight was too pretty, but it was drawing dead, next time ill try to stick to plan even on pretty hands.

Actually won the bounty tourney, and 1 sitngo,
haha im actually + for today, yay!
Its not much but i was stuck!
There is -50 to go on my downswing, worst was -90.

And btw. Just noticed you were talking about income streams, maybe no streaming. But streaming with a donation box is one of my dreams still.
I do comedy, i would love to do poker+comedy together.

Went for a session, its going ok. But when you play a lot it gets really boring.
So tought ill give you post, gonna take maybe day or two break soon.

I remember Ivey say that it was dead boring to play nlh all day, every day and it inspired me to diversify. Now, I play, like you, nlh cash + tourneys + plo. poker is a lot less boring now.
Looking forward to watching poker comedy!

Ya i really im up for playing all the games, found omaha is much harder then holdem.
Would love no limit omaha, too rare to find.

I play mostly tournaments, and sngs.

I used to play nlhe about 7-9hours a day, ya its really frustratingly boring.
And rake really went up, when i started games were so easy mostly because rake was like 200% less. Nowdays people say pros are everywhere, but i find it hard to make any decent money off the rake, and people still play mostly terrible.

Only proper idea was to give poker a lot less time, and it has also made my game better.
Now im kind of just waiting for this last tournament to end .
I think im gonna start the stream thing, i actually have a friend with camera.

Make other comedy stuff too, poker is best talked in english, and i can speak good english so its no problem.
With streaming i would also enjoy this much more, and i have friend that i stake on micro tournaments and he always laughes and almost pisses himself when he listens me play and watches.

Glad to hear from you BrotherLove!

Found out that its really better to play fewer tables, so the table looks better.
Also the play better too, poker is tho just endless run of cards, so on long sessions boredom is one of hardest things to fight. Its not that you start to play terrible when your tired.

But you forget to play good.

And boredom comes usually with some tiredness haha.

Sometimes got to remeber, fish will be fish.

Btn i bet 3bb+ on KJo. (ME!) 35bb deep
SB goes all in 4bb.
BB shoves 50bb.
I fold KJo.
BB shoves J9o.
Sb shoves 64s.
BB wins.
I go to river for a swim.

Villain did spew all chips to me, but still that was ownage.

Took a break from yesterday, started cash game session.
Was going up for like 1bi, then i lost AA, vs AA. Tought ill just quit for today, got work weekend on swim teaching etc. Ive had really bad run, but ive decided to keep my head cool, and its working good on mental level too.

Its always good to break even after you lose AA, to AA.
Have nice weekend peeps.

It's already tilting enough to split AA vs AA! Good time to quit for the day.

Yeps, when your in right mood it dosent even bother, when you actually have time to put into poker, then you should expect AA to loose AA.
(10 hour sessions include a lot of beats, sometimes even on upswings you win marginal hands and your aa just cant hold xD)

But ive had time few hours a day max.
I did 20min cash game session, lost top set to flush draw on omaha and stuff like that.
Also played one ATo bad against AA, who 3bets me light. Shove pre flop, small stacks are very often very hard to play against, 50bb stack.

But losses are still very small, so im glad. I have to go to work and focus on life once again.

Have nice sunday brother and peeps!

Playing actually very bad since started swinging, but thats the place to find the leaks once again. I have sometimes trouble folding post flop.

Had J9s, against Q9s, mid pair, i had no reason to check shove.
Still i did it. Trying to play session smart then once again i get to lay off poker.
Since this is almost week im been running bad, it really takes the juice out of poker.
Guess its part of the game and all you can do is play better and better.

Have nice evening fellas!