петък, 24 декември 2010 г.

Обобщение за 2010 и цели за 2011

Здравейте! Остава по-малко от половин час до Коледа и съответно до изкарването на луканките и виното и понеже вече не издържам, реших да си ъпдейтна блога. Поводът е края на годината и това доколко ползотворна се оказа тя. Преди малко видях какви цели съм си поставил преди около 360 дни в грайндърс и въпреки, че всички са изпълнени (участие на международни турнири, първо класиране ФСК и размазвация по случай завършването), някак си не се чувствам удовлетворен. Имам чувството, че започвам от същото място, както миналата година по това време. Вярно понатрупах малко житейски опит, станал съм доста по-зрял и самостоятелен, но само това =/. Така че мисля целите за 2011-та да са малко по-амбициозни. Като за начало вече мисля, че е време да си намеря някоя сгодна женица, напоследък започва да се превръща в болна тема... :D Няма да разказвам надълго и широко, понеже предполагам доста хора четат, пък и ако почна и ще дойде време за хладилника. Освен това много се надявам да си обогатя малко музикалната култура. Дано и да потръгнат нещата в групата и що пък да не се пускаме чат-пат да забиваме по някои долнопробни кръчми. Шансовете за това обаче са доста малки, особено имайки предвид, че на 27-ми имаме репетиция, а аз не съм си настроил китарата, кво остава да си науча новата песен... Отделно планувам малко ремонтче в Кула, където имаме апартамент, който в момента прилича повече на пещера, понеже 10 години никой не е живял и почти всичко е на път да се срути. За целта обаче ще трябват парички и ето какви са ми плановете в професионален план:
-5000 турнира
-2k$ профит за първите 2-3 месеца + абонамент в някой тренировъчен сайт;
-пакети за Унибет Опън и ЕМОП, които и тази година ще се проведат в България;
-качване на нивата до около $100-$150 МТТ-та;
-5-цифрена банка по същото време догодина;
Мисля, че целите са доста реални. Пък и сега ще имам доста повече свободно време, тъй като няма цяла година да се занимавам с курсове, изпити и други кандидат-студентски глупости. Единствено няма да имам много време през двете сесии, които ми предстоят и лятото, което смятам да го карам супер айляшко тази година, но ще гледам през оставалото време от годината да съм сериозен. Еми това е засега. Догодина ще видим, доколко съм се справил.
Весели празници и успехи на всички през новата година!
=)

неделя, 12 декември 2010 г.

What a day...

Днес дали не им пръснах кифлите? Графиката говори достатъчно, само се чудя защо тия турнири си вървят така добре, а в сериите на старс и тилт вече изиграх половината си турнири и даже не мога да минкешна. Както и да е - ясно е какво ще играя занапред. =)



понеделник, 6 декември 2010 г.

До Виена и обратно, 2 част

Турнирът беше с доста добра структура - 20 000 чипа начален стак и 45 минути нива. Организацията обаче малко куцаше. 20 минути преди началото всички, които се бяхме записали онлайн ни наредиха на една опашка и още по-странното е, че ни даваха почти поредни номерца за местата и масите. Изобщо не знам на какъв принцип беше разпределението, но от масата ми имаше поне 6-7 човека, които си личеше, че са онлайн регове, а като горе в залата имаше 1 куп дядовци, както и гърци и италианци, които бях виждал лятото по нашето черноморие. Отделно докато си взема бележката с Table#46 оставаха 5 минути до началото на турнира, а в последствие се оказа, че в казиното има само 30 маси. След като обиколих на 2 пъти намерих турнирния директор и пича взе да ми обяснява, че трябва да слезна 2 етажа по-долу и някъде си вляво имало още една зала. И естествено мойта маса била там лол. А иначе въпросната зала беше просто един от магазините в мола и нямаше нито охрана, нито някакви проверки отпред. Не знам, на мен поне ми изглежда супер странно, но може и за там да си е нормално. Както и да е, имаше няколко интересни ръце през времето, в което играх. В първата всички фолд, аз от малкия блинд се позачудих дали да не пробвам да открадна с Т5о, но в крайна сметка реших да не правя глупости извън позиция и се предадох, при което пичът от големия блинд показа КК. Веднага на следващата ръка имаше лимп от късна позиция, аз рейзнах до 200 на 25/50 с 9Т кари, пича с поповете ме 3-бетна до 600 и след като големият блинд плати аз също нямаше как да фолдна. Флопът дойде Q95 с 2 купи. Малкият блинд заложи 1к, последваха 2 инста фолда, аз реших да му платя понеже имах позиция и на търнът дойде 4, която донесе втори флъшдроу. Той бетна 2,2к, аз мислих известно време и ги направих 5,2к като мислех да бетна около 8к на доста от ривърите. Той помисли доста, плати ми и на ривъра се обърна няква неутрална двойка =/ Беше ясно, че ще ми плати какъвто и да е бет на ривъра, затова чекнах а той отново обърна попове. След това си взех няколко ръце, по-големите от които бяха с JJ на борд Т984Т като чекнах ривъра от позиция и АТ на AJ48x пак от позиция, само че след 3бет префлоп, чек бихайнд на флопа и два бързи кола после. Вдигнах се до 20к и тъкмо си викам ся ще ги мачкам, когато на 75/150 ми идват дами - два лимпа от ранна позиция, аз ги правя на 650 от бутона, при което и двамата плащат. Флопът идва 345 рейнбоу. Чек, бет 1500, което веднага ми каза, че донкът е с чифтче и го рейзнах до 4000. Да обаче първият лимпър се наши олин за около 6к, които в последствие разбрах, че са били 7 и нещо, обърна А2о за стрейт и айде пак около 11к. Заших се доста до края на това и до средата на следващото ниво и реших една ръка да се защитавам след като вече бях с по-малко от 10к на 100/200. Утг(познатият ни играч с поповете) рейзна до 550, аз му платих от бб с Т6 спатии и флопнах мидъл пеър на 962 с 2 пики. Реших, че с неговата агресия той рядко ще флопва добре, още повече, че напоследък рейзовете от утг станаха доста актуални, затова чекнах и в последствие неговите 825 ги направих на 2025. Той пак мисли около минута и ми плати. Търнът донесе 8 пика - вече знаех, че не е бил на флъш дроу, след като щеше да ме вкара олин на флопа и затова му ги бутнах всичките. За нещастие този път му нацелих дамите и без помощ до края си стегнахме джиджавките и към хотела.

На следващия ден освен, че се успах, времето яко ме заблуди и излезнах доста леко облечен, така че студа направо ми е*а всичко, за което се сетите. Все пак отидохме до Schonbrunn замъка, като си нямам идея дали се пише така. Там също имаше коледен пазар и интересното беше, че си поръчахме някакви Bieren-пуншове, като си мислихме, че си поръчваме пунш с бира (баси якото), а в крайна сметка се оказа, че били Beeren-пуншове. Пояснявам beeren значи нещо като малина,къпина или тяхно подобно. Малко тъпо мисрийднахме табелата, ама няа нищо. След това отидохме в зоологическата градина, която се води и най-старата в Европа. Еми не е толкова яка през зимата, предвид че повечето животни са ги прибрали по къщичките, но аз лично доста се радвах на пингвините и на тюлените. Отделно в една от къщите имаше стая, в която като влезнеш навсякъде около теб летят прилепи и е доста яко, особено за момичетата ахахаха. Лошото беше, че затваряха в 16:30 и нямаше как да разгледаме всичко, а пък и в това време едвам се прибрах в хотела.

Следващият ни ден беше последен и си нямахме на идея какво да правим. Докато аз се успивах, Ник скокна да види как ще се прибираме на другата сутрин. След това той тъкмо се беше прибрал, когато излезнах от банята и след няма и 2 минути дойде русата камериерка да почисти. Няма да забравя как отвори вратата на банята погледна вътре и възкликна: "УАААУ" :D:D:D Тактично изчакахме да си тръгне и се пръснахме от смях. Ся вярно, че се къпя като хипопотам, ама ебати реакцията честно. Малко по-мокро беше наистина, но едва ли беше нужна чак такава реакция :D. След това се пуснахме към катедралата, където междудругото можеш да си седнеш на някоя пейка и да си пееш католически песнички, стига да знаеш и нотите - нещо, което все още не ми се отдава. Накупихме подаръци за вкъщи и се отправихме към мола да хапнем. Да обаче целият мол беше затворен. Като изключим МакДоналдс нямаше нито един отворен магазин - супер депресиращо, там даже и супермаркетите не работили в неделя. След това имаше вариант да излезнем някъде за вечерта, но предвид че към 4 трябваше да тръгваме в посока летището, а следващите дни са съответно Никулден, 7-ми и 8-ми Декември решихме да го отложим за другия път и да поспим малко. Макар че щеше да е доста епично =/. В крайна сметка поцъкахме билярд с едни италианки в хотела. Доста кофти стана, че не знаеха английски и единственото, което разбрахме беше, че са от Перуджа, едната се казва Франческа и са дошли на school trip. При което ние се похвалихме, че сме first year in college и сме тука just for fun :D.

Другия ден на връщане бяхме доста умрели, но добре, че беше стюарда-педераст от самолета, че да има с кого да се гаврим през целия полет. Общо взето сигурно съм изпуснал доста интересни неща, но поне за тези се сетих в момента. Лично аз си изкарах мега яко, даже не съжалявам толкова за турнира. Ся следва да си взема изпитите, да се стегна Февруари месец и напролет да се пускам пак на въртележката. =)

До Виена и обратно, 1 част

Такааа, на 3-ти сутринта станах в 2.30 някъде, не ме питайте как и аз не знам, минах през банята набързо и тръгнехме с Ник и брат му към летището. Поводът беше планираната от доста време екскурзия, която включваше и участие на Betfair Live с входна такса €270 и 100к гарантирани. Още сега ще ви кажа, че в блога няма да се говори много за покер, тъй като общо взето в хотела играх повече, отколкото на самия турнир/fail/.

Самолетът ни излиташе в 5:00 сутринта и пристигаше в 5:40 местно време, така че се очертаваше доста дълъг ден. Като пристигнахме беше малко лудница с всичките им влакове, рейсове, разписания, но в уреченото време вече бяхме на гара Traisengasse, където трябваше да се чакаме с една наша приятелка. Въпросната приятелка в последствие я чакахме около 40 минути, но добре, че отсреща имаше някви лапета, трети-четвърти клас, та се замеряхме със снежни топки ;D. Както и да е, благодарение на нея се ориентирахме и се отправихме към Adelbert-някой си-Strasse, където беше хотелът ни. Тук е моментът да кажа, че хотела беше мега изродски. То даже не се водеше хотел, ми Jugendgästehaus - нещо като квартири за ученици и студенти. Супер чистичко и подредено за €43 на вечер стаята - предвид, че цените по хотелите обикновено са 2-3 пъти по-скъпи. Та видяхме се, хапнахме и тръгнахме на обиколка из Виена. Първата дестинация беше природо-научният музей. Ще пропусна частта, където се изгубихме поне 3 пъти в лабиринтите около центъра... Колкото и да ви обяснявам за музея, все ще е малко. Просто всеки трябва да отиде и да види за какво става въпрос. Единственото лошо нещо беше, че почти всички описания бяха на немски, а аз не разбирах повече от 1/5 от написаното. Иначе имаше толкова разнообразни неща и експонати, че човек може да си изгуби цял ден в разглеждане. Ако пък почне да чете за всяко нещо по отделно и един ден няма да му стигне. =)

Точно срещу музея пък беше историческият музей (чиито сгради между другото са еднакви) и в парка между тях бяха направили Weinachtsdorf - нещо като коледен пазар, представляващ селце с малки къщички, където хората продават играчки, сувенири, храна и напитки и по средата обикновено има огромна елха. Обстановката беше супер приятна, досега не съм виждал подобно нещо в България, макар миналата година да се бяха опитали да направят нещо подобно в Пловдив. Времето обаче летеше и се отправихме към казиното, понеже турнирът ми беше от 19:00.

Оказа се, че казиното се намира в някакъв мол, изграден от 4 сгради, свързани помежду си с мостчета. Отвън приличаше на средновековен дворец. Много добре го бяха направили. Странно защо кварталът изглеждаше супер пуст и мизерен. Пообиколихме мола, хапнахме в една пицария (мега яките пици, другия път пак там) и се върнахме на метрото, за да си направим план как ще се прибираме после. Тъпото беше, че някви клушари ни заговориха, а още по-тъпо ми стана, когато разбрах, че са българи. Ето защо в Европа гледат с такова око на нашата мила нация. Оставихме им 2-3 кинта да се изнасят, Ник се прибра, а аз се върнах за турнира с малко преебано настроение. Само че тва стана доста дълго, така че слагам край на част 1 и след малко продължавам с втората.

вторник, 30 ноември 2010 г.

30.11.2010

Здравейте! Днес мисля да направя една 12-часова сесия, играейки на практика почти всяко МТТ в Ентракшън и тук-там запълвайки екрана със СНГ-та. Мисля, че ще ми е доста от полза за предстоящия Бетфеър Лайв. Започнах преди 20 минути, дано накрая не съм busto. Wish me luck! =)

17:00 след 3 часа игра съм около 100-тина евра назад. Тотално ме разпориха с флиповете. На €25 фрийзаута ме събраха AT<88, на wild west-a 50 места преди парите изгубих 200к пот с AKvsAJvsQQ като само сайд пота беше около 50к и щях да съм среден стак, ако го бях взел. Като добавим и 4-тото място на €2 рибай за 17 кинта при €100 първа награда, мисля че нещата отиват към busto =/. Хубавото е, че тепърва предстоят дийп стак турнирите.

21:30 yeah... gimme a break. Почти бъбълнах единия дийстак, обичайните простотии на другите 3-4 турнира, за две-три ръце само ме е яд. Пак добре, че се случиха сега, а не например в събота. Изгледах току-що две клипчета на Bond18 и след половин час продължавам със снг-та най-вероятно.

ъпдейт: почнахме със €160, приключихме с €32. Найс, а? :D

вторник, 9 ноември 2010 г.

=)

Добър вечер, драги читатели! Или поне искрено се надявам да има читатели. Този път реших да пиша на български, и аз не знам защо, просто имам нуждата да напиша доста от нещата, които ми се въртят в главата от толкова време. Редно е да направя някакъв анализ на това по какъв начин покерът ми се е отразил върху живота. Още помня как се запалих по него през далечната 2006-та година, когато бях още донкче в 9-ти клас :Д.

Минаха вече 4 години, през които нееднократно съм мислил да се отказвам. И естествено още по-често съм се занулявал. За всичкото това време минах през много емоции. Имаше моменти, в които съм треперел за някакви центове, както и вечери, в които съм губил по $2000. Разбира се, както всички, си имах и своите успехи, които ме тласкаха нагоре. Най-важното обаче е, че играта ме промени много. Помогна ми да израстна във всяко едно отношение. Сега може да съм на същото ниво, както преди 4 години, но това по никакъв начин не ме кара да си мисля, че съм си губил времето. Играта ми помогна да израстна и не съм сигурен по какъв начин щях да изглеждам днес при едно различно стечение на обстоятелствата. Със сигурност в момента съм доста по-отговорен, отколкото ако се бях занимавал с нещо друго през цялото това време. То впрочем и няма как да не стане така, когато още не си навършил 18, а вече имаш 5-цифрена сума, с която можеш да правиш каквото си поискаш. Голяма част от мен всъщност се дължи именно на отделените ми часове край масите. Тези от вас, които спортуват нещо или също са отдадени на играта, ще ме разберат. Естествено има и някои лоши страни. Свободата да работиш когато и колкото си поискаш няма да доведе до нищо хубаво, но пък за сметка на това прави живота малко по-красив. Затова и не мисля, че някога ще се откажа. Хората преследват мечтите си с години, а някой път изобщо не ги осъществяват. Мисълта, че с няколко клика и малко шанс да се сдобия със собствен дом за доста кратко време някак си ми харесва. И затова независимо колко пъти се връщам от начало, всеки път ще продължавам напред. Някой си беше казал, че няма значение колко пъти падаш, важното е колко пъти ще можеш да се изправиш отново. Много истина има в тези думи, може поне да науча името на човека. А дори и след време, когато остарея да се разделя с играта - еми поне ще останат яките спомени и преживявания.

И като за накрая: мисля, че тук е мястото да се извиня на всички, ако по някакъв начин съм ги пренебрегвал. В момента конкретно се сещам за една такава случка и I'm not proud of it, но занапред ще правя всичко възможно да ги избягвам.

И като за финал поздравче. Надявам се да не съм ви изгубил времето. Next stop - Vienna!

понеделник, 1 ноември 2010 г.

Time for some reconsidering again lol

Sooo, I failed at almost all goals for October. I couldn't qualify for PPT London, lost big part of my roll, only coaching seems pretty successful until now. And the last goal was in personal plan and we'll see what will happen there =).
So after all this thrashing, I received this month, I think I'll go away from the poker tables for "we'll see how long" time. I'll definitely continue my work as a mentor. I'm taking it seriously for now and I hope it will be like that in the future =). I just need to give a break to my nerves, because sometimes I'm blowing out of my mind. However, I really liked one live tourney - Betfair Live! Vienna/2nd-5th Dec/. It's 100k gtd and only €250+€20 buy-in, so I can afford it. I just need to win some money for the travel expenses and I'll be jamming into. If I do, it would be great holiday, nicely fitting with friends' birthdays in the end of November and 6th and 8th Dec. Am I too optimistic ?

събота, 9 октомври 2010 г.

London Satellite

I just played in one of the ppt satellites in paradise. 50+5€ and 26 players. 1100€ package for the winner and ... i lost on the heads-up. The feeling is really bad, I was playing great poker from the start. There was a lot of fish, who was just limp/calling pf, check/folding postflop and occasionally making stupid bluffs on the river. I was chipleader in most of the time, but when we were down to five villain got really big hands including Q4o>KK aipf and busted the other 3 players. We were 40/30k at the start. Then he spiked one river card and I made 1-2 silly mistakes, I was down to 18k when doubled with my TJ vs his Kx. And we finished several hands later on 750/1500 when every hand was reise/3b allin. I somehow decided not to rereise again but to check/reise any flop and unfortunately he flopped two pairs with his K5 to win the tourney. It was really soft field and I'm still 20€ ahead, but I don't think I'm gonna play the next one.

(sad panda)

петък, 8 октомври 2010 г.

September Results and Beginning of October

...hmmm I don't know how to start :D

OK, we made a nice profit in Entraction of about €450 (I already cashouted 50 - shame on me!) including bonuses until now. At the moment we're playing mostly FL €0.5/€1 and €1/€2 and I find the field very soft. I think we're gonna reach the 600 line till the end of the next week and then we'll probably take a shot in some MTTs. This month rakeback will also be much more. =)

In personal plan: I subscribed again for SharkScope and I think my stats till now in ftp 27-45mans are awesome - 330 tourneys and 33% ROI! I will try to play more of these, but it would be very difficult with my schedule, so I don't think there will be great results. Uhm, I played also the last $215 WCOOP plus the 2nd Chance, but lost two flips in the first and run into set of aces on the second, so nothing this time. At least I'm happy with my game and hopefully from the start of 2011 I'll be back at these levels. That's another topic I wanted to write about:

I'm thinking to shut the PPT London plan down. I'm sure I'm gonna spend very good time there, if things are going OK, and until now - they are. But it's time for me to start being more responsible. I had a talk with Stamen - owner of Igrach.com, if ya don't know - and thought a lot about these things lately. So I assume I'll just sit and play those micro stakes for the next 3 months.

петък, 3 септември 2010 г.

September thoughts

OK, I'm kinda sad because I couldn't go to the BPT final. Although this is the first really good tournament in the series, my roll is still not that big, so that I can afford it. But next year definitely! August was not that good because of the break, I only played half of the month, but still made a nice profit. I moved to FTP where I continue playing 2-3 tables SNGs plus some MTTs per day. I made a final table from ~900 players, which I thing is the first in a ... year? But after that I started playing too much MTTs, so I'm gonna take a little break these days and pay attention to Entraction.
So here's the deal for September: You know that I was at the PPT Sunny Beach and although I epic-failed on the main event, I really enjoyed my time there. So there is a PPT London in November and I already put the idea of going in my head. The most delightful scenario would be: Me and Nik start playing, make €500 from profit, bonuses, rakerace and in October the same thing in 15 days, visit a friend in Austria/I hope she doesn't read that...but she shouldn't/, get the first flight to London, NOT fail at the tables and stopping in Copenhagen on the way home.
The worst scenario is we fail at the challenge, I make some small profit in FTP, sell part of my action, go to London, make money for my bakers and come back with maybe €50 profit for me. Saaad, isn't it?
And we already started with the worst run possible =/ Wish us luck... :D

вторник, 10 август 2010 г.

EMOP

fail

понеделник, 26 юли 2010 г.

ParadisePoker Tour - part 2

Firstly, I apologize for the late update. Now lets continue the story =)

After the first tourney I was very tired and slept almost all day. In the afternoon Shpoka called me and after that our group went to the beach. We spent there 1-2 hours and then we were hit by a tropic hurricane lol. We somehow ran through half the town without getting drowned, but we were keeping up our spirits. Later we met with the others from the site and went to the ParadisePoker Party. It was very well organized but the party isn't party at all with poker players only, so I kinda missed the Sunny Beach discos ;D.

In the next day I woke up normally at about 12 o'clock (just in time for the tournament which was in 2 p.m.) 30mins before the start our team was already in the casino, relaxing before taking our seats. The tourney started with a small delay, but it's normal for a tournament with more than 200 players. It was just great atmosphere as you can see on the picture:

Starting stack was 10k, levels were for 40mins until the first break and 60 after that. I quickly built up to 12k with my aggression and then I saw AA from SB. CO opened for 300 at 50/100, I reised to 800, BB called and CO made it 2750. I was extremely happy, but I knew I couldn't get anything more. If me and BB both see a flop, I'd be in 3-way pot commited with my hand, so calling was not a option. I thought to make them 5500, but wasn't sure if that's too fishy, so finally I pushed and the both folded, CO showing AKo. I was up to 15k just an hour after the start.

I continued with the nice run and after I sent Peshev back home (QQ>AK), my stack was 20k+. I made it 22 and they put some aggro scandinavian on my left. For something like 3 hours I fell to 17k because of this guy. He was reising, floating, 3betting, everything you can think of. At 200/400 I opened A5 from CO for 1k and he called from BTN. Flop came K76hh, I checked, he bet 1300 and I reised to 4800. He insta reised putting me all-in and I folded with 11k left. Than I folded until he was moved to another table. I was insanely happy with 9k left and no one one my left :D. I was folding a couple of hands to get some image and again started to pressure the table like in the first levels. I opened J7s from LP, SB and BB both called. I thought that they are weak players with SB limp/folding too much. Flop came K73 we checked, random 4 on the turn. BB bet half the pot, I called, sb folded. River was Q and BB bet the pot. I was kinda surprised of the huge bet, so I took a lot to think. I decided that he missed something or just trying to take the pot with some ace. I called and BB showed KQ... apf, nice read, yeah... I was with ~4k left. Couldn't find a good spot to push for the next 20-30 hands and finally at the new table I pushed from utg and 1,6k left. J9s weren't good vs 77 and A9 and I finished 124th. Once again complete failure in such an event. At least one of the guys I invested in became 9th, so he made me some profit.

We spent the next day relaxing in the hotel swimming pool and shouting for our players at the final table. I tried also the cash tables - have been doing really well at first, 20 mins after I sat down the finnish guys all stood up with what was left from their stacks. Unfortunately, I lost it later vs some jewish suckers but that's poker, you know. On the next day we had to leave, since there werent' any free rooms and we couldn't lengthen our stay. We had really nice time and I really enjoyed our 'business trip'. And what can I say about the "Не се сърди човече" game on the way home :D We were all inspired by some 7-year-old boy, who completely made my day :D.

And in the end the lesson I finally learned - I decided not to play so big tourneys till the end of the year. I'm gonna take part at the EMOP Side Event next week and some similar tourneys with smaller buy-in later in the year. I think that's the best alternative. And till then - back to grinding micro sngs ;D

сряда, 21 юли 2010 г.

ParadisePoker Tour - part 1

So from 15th to 19th I was in Sunny Beach, one of the nicest resorts in Bulgaria. The reason was the Bulgarian leg of ParadisePoker Tour. I took part in the warm-up event (€100+10) and the main event (€500+50). I have sold 70% of my action, so I was not worried that it will hurt my bankroll.

I enjoyed my time from the very beginning. ShpokA and his friends from RakeRacer.NeT picked me up from Plovdiv, but we got the wrong way to Burgas. Instead of getting to the highway we were passing some villages like Plodovitovo(I don't have an idea how to translate it, but if you are from my country, you'll definitely understand me ;D). It was a dream come true... ahaha Finally, we arrived and found our hotel Sapphire. It turned out to be really nice and the food at the restaurant was just awesome. When we arrived we met our roommates - silver from grinders and kluivert99. They were really cool and we were having a lot of fun each other. We all went to the casino and registered for the first tourney. It was from 6 p.m. so we had little time for a rest.

At the appointed time we were at the tables ready to own the field. The tourney was with 5k starting stack and 45-min levels. Kinda deep structure for such a tourney, so we had a lot to play. I started really well. Just calling my AQ, AJ from position pre-flop and taking the value post-flop. I was building my stack step-by-step - ez game =). Then at some point I had to make some folds. Firstly, I opened AK utg for 300 (blinds 50/100) and utg+1 reised do 900. I didn't want to make some stupid mistake with such a deep stacks and just folded. Soon after that on 75/150 I opened QJ for 425 in the CO position, one of the blinds called and we saw a J57 flop with 2 hearts. He checked, I put 625 and he reised to ~1400. I was 'wtf' - i didn't expect a check/reise took a little time to think. I was wondering to shove or fold at that time since I didn't want to see a lot of cards on the turn. He could easily have some set or top pair better kicker, but I was playing a lot of pots, so jacks, some pocket pairs and any draws were also possible. In the end I decided that I'm almost 50/50 in this spot and folded with >30 blinds behind. He showed A9o for a bluff, nice hand. Then I don't know what happened, there weren't any remarkable hands, I was moved to a new table, where only one guy seemed to make me problems. I build a nice stack and then I was moved again.

Then I was very surprised to see that I was the shortstack at the new table since I was with the average(~12k) and one of the big stacks at the last one. And after the first hands I already wanted for a new table lol. Everyone was 3betting, 4betting, floating etc... Blinds were already 400/800 with ante 100 and I was still at 11k. Then I won my first super lucky hand: LP minreised for 1600 which he was doing a lot, I saw J9s from BTN and shipped. SB insta called with KK and LP folded. I was already standing and picking up my stuff when I saw Axx on flop with 2 clubs for a flush draw. Turn x, river 5 of clubs and I was back in the game. Then the same guy, who min-reised the previous hand pushed with low pair, I reshipped with AQ, everyone folded and the shorty held. I was again down to ~10k. Then everyone folded to SB who minreised to 2k, I decided that I need some chips and tried to float him with 36o. Flop came 25Qhh bingooo hit the gutshot. He bet 1500, I call. Turn is another 5: check/bet 2500/call, river 6 of hearts. The flush draw was filled and I got a pair and some showdown value. From the beginning I was intending to push my last 4500 on the river but at this moment I decided to check. He showed Q4o and took the pot. I was down to 4bbs, looking to double up but everything I got was s.th. like 83o, 96o, 42s etc. Then I posted to bb leaving only 2k+ behind and saw 7 of spades. MP reised, SB called and I called for my last chips. Flop came something like 458dd which gave my gutshot, other guys were just checking and the cards came very fast: some diamond ott and 4th one otr. I look down for the other card J of diamonds. Both players showed QTo to split the side pot with Q high. I was back in the game again. I took down the blinds once and build up to 13k. Then some guy from utg+1 reised to 2400 and I pushed from bb with A3o. We were 7-handed, so I think it's pretty standard here. He thought a lot and folded A9s, nice for me =). I make only one steal from bb 3betting the utg's minreise.

And then the best thing in the tournament happened - the so much desired new table. And it was reeeaaaally soft - I quickly build to above the average with 4 or 5 3bets and one flopped set with no action. A that point we were 4-5 places from the money and I slowed for a bit because I didn't want to spew other people's invested money. I tightened and 2 with places from the money I was little behind the average. We were 7-handed, I reised with AJo from utg+1 for 3400 on 800/1600 and BB rereised to 11k, I was with 18 more and totally not knowing what to do. On the one hand I was very strong with AJ here, on the other I tightened a lot in the last 30-40 mins, so I didn't expect light 3bets vs me. I was thinking a lot, he requested time and I decided to push. He wasn't willing to call but he had the odds and when showed T3s I was wtf. The funny thing was when I showed AJ here and everyone was "what, and u were thinking so much???" yeah, i didn't have a clue where am I at the moment. I held and then started to press the table again. I broke the bubble after I won a flip vs one of the shortstacks and then just waited for the ft.

30 mins later and already 12 hours after the tourney started we were down to 9 players. And from there started the fireworks. Everyone was mad to put there chips in as faster as they can. When the blinds changed (the director made them on 30mins because of the length of the tourney) we were only 4 people left. I was dividing the 2nd place in chips after AA>AJ and JJ with no action. There was a greek guy with something like 75% of the whole chips and one shortstack I busted right after with Ax>Kx. We wanted to split the prizes equally but the greek just laughted and continue playing. "Така лииии?? Аре ела ся да те видим!" I started to 3bet and float him every second hand and it usually worked. Occasionally, the other Bulgarian pushed over my reises but I was still going up. And then after more than an hour trying to outwit each other happened the next hand: btn folded with 100k+, greek reised to 30k (with 4/8k blinds and 300k+), I saw J2s and called with ~150k in chips. Flop came 23Q rainbow, he fired 25-30k and I insta pushed over. Then he started to talk something with the other greek men around the table. The other Bulgarian left told him that he cannot talk during the hand and told me that the greek thinks I have set 3s. I was thinking "LOL is that guy normal" but stayed seriously. After some seconds I called him "TIME" and he folded QJ face-up!!! ahahahhahahahaha I insta show him and he's already in mega-tilt. The next hand I was the bb btn shipped and the greek insta called. btn tells me he saw only one of his cards and both players show. A for the our guy and A for the greek, 6 for the our guy and ... 4!!! for the greek. Flop come x3x and everyone in the casino start screaming for a 2 or 5. River 5! And the greek guy is with only 7bbs left. Right on the next hand I mireise his blind with AJhh he calls, flop 9JQhh. All-in! Call! He show Tx, I held and on the next hand the greek is out and we split the prize pool. I had little over in chips, but there wasn't any point in playing 2 hours more on HU for 200€, so we made a deal. After 14 hours and a half I took 1870€.
That turned out to be very long and I'm going out soon so I'll continue the story tomorrow. =)

събота, 3 юли 2010 г.

June overview

June has ended and it's time to sum up. I'm happy with the results, although I didn't get in the sng leaderboard. I fell behind as I said in my last post and to get in the prizes I should have played something like 12 hours on the last day. I gave up when I saw the update after 5 hours of playing.





However, I made a nice profit and with the rakeback and bonus on top of that, I'm going to Sunny Beach for Paradise Poker Tour. It starts on 15th this month and the Main Event is on 17-18th. I sold 65% of my action and this time I really hope to make something big mostly because of the guys who staked me. I dind't expect such an interest - everything was sold within 24 hours... Now it's up to me =)

The worst thing is that I have couple of exams in July /which reminds me that I should already have started studying/, plus being out of my town for a week or something, so I don't think I'll be playing anything online. I'll probably be helping koliopld most of the time /who made 3-in-a-row today in the private tourney and definitely should put some nice volume this month/ but that's everything I consider for now. Cya at Sunny Beach!

събота, 26 юни 2010 г.

A few days off

I went to Sofia these days for the Sonisphere Festival and it was just awesome - next time front of stage, baby! I also had to give my documents in the university and to register for the main exams, so my stay turned up to be little longer. After I came back I was already out of the SNG Leaderboard, so I'll play a lot of sit'n'goes these days, starting now with a 5-6-hour session. The great thing is that one of my mates won the RakeRacer.NeT freeroll in c4a and I'm very proud of this. I hope he's starting to own the micro stakes soon. He had pretty nice results in FTP and Pacific, so I'm sure he can crush the field. If I put nice volume today, I'll post tonight with the results. Otherwise, I'll update in the end of the month.

събота, 19 юни 2010 г.

Jump Around!

Last days I played mostly MTTs and these swings are just crazy. I already bragged of shipping the 1k gtd for €285. On the next day I registered around 20 MTTs without single cash and today I started with another win - this time in the €5 rebuy for €500+. Finally, the day finished with KK lost to 44 in a three way pot for ~20th place in the 10k gtd (€75, 12 places payed). If my hand held, I'd be equal with the chipleader but that's poker, isn't it... I post graphs from the beginning of the month, I really should continue playing these 20-man sngs since I'm crushing the field. And I hope to ship some nice tourneys till the end of the month.


/the 10k gtd is still not in the stats/



You can see that I'm kinda stucked with the decent volume I wanted to put in. Yeah, last days I'm trying to play mainly 20-man sngs and there isn't much traffic. I'm thinking to continue with the others till the end of the month and to take additional 100 bucks from the sng leaderboard and in July to be focused only at 20-mans and scheduled MTTs. OK, that's for now. Greetings with this song ;D,

сряда, 16 юни 2010 г.

Payday

Yesterday I received my rakeback for the first part of the month and registered some MTTs with it. After several hours I chopped the 1st place of one of the 1k gtds I was running. I am very happy with my game and I definitely owned the field. At the end the differences between the prizes were very big in relation to my bankroll and on top of that I expected to have problems playing 3handed since I was very aggressive during the final table. That's why I agreed with the boys to split the remaining prizepool. Here is a pic, you can leave comments about the deal. For today I planned taking a little break - I may play 1-2 MTTs but nothing more. =)

сряда, 9 юни 2010 г.

Start of June

Since in May I played around 200 27mans in PS and maybe 50 MTTs without any profit(everything won from sngs went in the mtt prizepools) I decided to move my main game in Entraction where I had my huge successes. I registered for 15-20 mtts at stars with my whole bankroll there, made a ft in 22/180 and today I registered for another 3 tourneys. Couple of setups and I'm officially busto there. Gonna comeback with a 5-figure bankroll =). So lets talk about the new plan. I started on the first of June wanting to check how tough is the sng leaderboard. I played almost 600 sngs so far with buy-in between 1 and 3 euros. You can see the stats and graph below:



I'll try to increase the daily volume so that I could have some chances for top 10 in the Leaderboard and I hope to make 1k+ profit till the end of the month. The worst thing is that there is not much traffic in the higher sngs so after reaching 1k I'll probably move to scheduled MTTs. They used to be very soft last year and I don't think this has changed much.

Finally, at the moment I am wondering if I should sell some of my action and go to Paradise Poker Tour playing the main event(550e) and one of the side events(100e). I'll decide in a few days so this time I'll wright soon. GL and cya at the tables =)!

четвъртък, 22 април 2010 г.

Long time, no see

Hi, again. Haven't seen for a long time. Spent some time studying for exams(last year in school now) and poker was at second (or 3rd?) place. Now I decided to start grindin' as I did my maths exam and on the top of that i need money for the summer =). I hope i'll start this weekend with 180-man SNG's at PokerStars, and maybe a couple of big-field MTT's per day. I'm starting with 400 bucks - most likely to play 2,20 (turbos) and 4,40 (normal) 180-man and up to 5.50-11$ MTTs. I also talked to Marticha and he's going to help me remove some leaks after the first 100-200 tourneys. I reaaaaaaly hope to make a good sample till the start of SCOOP, but we'll see.

Oh, and in the past months I was running pretty bad. I cashed out for the UO and then fell into a big downswing. I managed to win a freeroll satellite for EMOP Lisbon and a 2nd place in the 10k gtd but I was still in a bad shape.

for the live events:
i really enjoyed playing in a huge tourney and actually i started really well in the UO.
starting stack was 10k and with very aggressive play i was up to 13k at the first break, than i flopped set 7s and guess if i had my aggro image paid me off. So I was up to 20k at the dinner break. However, after that everything had gone wrong. I started losing and losing hand after hand when the villains were just catching their outs on the turn/river. I was down to 5k at 200/400/50 and bluffed on 3 streets running on quads. Pretty nice to be trapped by some random donk (who was check/calling me OOP 3 streets with fd and caught runner runner trips to beat my pocket 9s an hour before) =/. In Portugal I really had a nice holiday. However, in the ME I was busto again little before the end of day 1. Took a little break on the next day and in the final day I registered for the final side event (150+15, 120 players, 13 itm). I made a nice 6th place for €1k-ish after a really sick bad beat at the final table - QQ lost to TJo after allin preflop - but I am really happy of my performance. I played almost perfectly, made just one mistake and it wasn't really painful.

OK, that turned out to be very long so I' stop now and I hope I'll show you some really nice graphs after several weeks =).

неделя, 14 февруари 2010 г.

BYE BYE ONLINE POKER

There were a bunch of tournaments today, so I decided to make a sleepless night playing 6 or 7 of the Sunday Majors. After I was busto with flips and setups in the first 4, they were only Sunday Million and LuckyAce's Sunday Challenge. In the challenge some donk called my raise from BB with 97o and flopped nuts. I was down to 1500 chips with 75/150 blinds, when I pushed with KT from utg+1. MP calls with 66, flop 89J, u can guess if his pocket survived. In the million I played only 6 minutes.... As u see I had the nuts when pushed but that card on the river seems like to finish my poker career.

PokerStars Game #39755985924: Tournament #284020010, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (25/50) - 2010/02/14 23:36:51 EET [2010/02/14 16:36:51 ET]
Table '284020010 311' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: MI_turtle (10000 in chips)
Seat 2: pokerMJ (9975 in chips)
Seat 3: Gallerhead (13250 in chips)
Seat 4: Nuts McNuts (9525 in chips)
Seat 5: sjarlez (9925 in chips)
Seat 6: adsanman12 (11400 in chips)
Seat 7: zimnud (6675 in chips)
Seat 8: G Hobbs 2005 (10000 in chips)
Seat 9: Erebgil_bg (9250 in chips)
Erebgil_bg: posts small blind 25
MI_turtle: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Erebgil_bg [Ad Qd]
pokerMJ: folds
Gallerhead: folds
Nuts McNuts: folds
sjarlez: raises 100 to 150
adsanman12: folds
zimnud: folds
G Hobbs 2005: folds
Erebgil_bg: raises 250 to 400
MI_turtle: folds
sjarlez: calls 250
*** FLOP *** [Td 8d 7d]
Erebgil_bg: bets 500
sjarlez: raises 1250 to 1750
Erebgil_bg: calls 1250
*** TURN *** [Td 8d 7d] [Qs]
Erebgil_bg: bets 1200
sjarlez: raises 6575 to 7775 and is all-in
Erebgil_bg: calls 5900 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (675) returned to sjarlez
*** RIVER *** [Td 8d 7d Qs] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Erebgil_bg: shows [Ad Qd] (a flush, Ace high)
sjarlez: shows [Th 8h] (a full house, Tens full of Eights)
sjarlez collected 18550 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18550 | Rake 0
Board [Td 8d 7d Qs Tc]
Seat 1: MI_turtle (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: pokerMJ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Gallerhead folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Nuts McNuts folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: sjarlez showed [Th 8h] and won (18550) with a full house, Tens full of Eights
Seat 6: adsanman12 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: zimnud folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: G Hobbs 2005 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Erebgil_bg (small blind) showed [Ad Qd] and lost with a flush, Ace high

понеделник, 8 февруари 2010 г.

Back at Full Tilt

I made a deposit of $200 today and played some $24+2 tourneys. I won a $75 Satellite Token and wondered if I play FTOPS Event #10 Satellite or $17,500 Gtd K. O. Tournament. Finally, I decided to check my game in the regular tourney and made a nice final table. I posted the whole hand history at weaktight:
Part I - http://weaktight.com/s26427
Part II - http://weaktight.com/s26441
Part III - http://weaktight.com/s26442
Here is a screen with the results, I could have performed better since I was chipleader with only 12 people but maybe that 3-outer (9Q vs Q6 from the blinds) change the things =/.

събота, 6 февруари 2010 г.

In the beginning of February I took some shots at 100NL. There are great races this month, so I thought it''s a good decision. However, after losing 10BIs (only 7 according to the EV graph) at the moment I'm back at 50NL. I will play cash games everyday because of the Endurance Challenge and after that I'm gonna take part in some tourneys. For today I'm with 2BIs profit and I'm going to invest them in the early guarantees. I'll post if I win some nice cash =).

събота, 30 януари 2010 г.

First time for the year


I was chipleader when 4 people left, but as always made the most stupid play - 3-betting all-in with T4s and of course I doubled the villain. Then I was pretty short only 4BBs left, but after a good run managed to take the lead again. I started the HU with 270k to 90k, but again failed with check-reising a 8-high flop with K9. He called with Q6 and 6 on board. Finally, I pushed over his reise with AT and was insta-called by pocket threes. Flipcoin for €1700 and that's poker. After all, I saved my bankroll, which was pretty short after playing 200NL with less than 10 BIs xD. To conclude, "next game e next game" - I'm sure I'll have a lot of final tables this year!

неделя, 10 януари 2010 г.

Erebgil is attending Unibet Open 2010!!!

After busting just before the money in most of the last tournaments, I decided to play some cash games these days. Finally, I managed to return all my losses and also made some profit for the week. In the next few days I will receive my rakeback and bonuses and I'm cashing out for Unibet Open in Budapest. It's in the beginning of March, so I have a lot of time to prepare. It will be my first live tourney out of Bulgaria, but given my results here, I am optimistic about it. I hope I will make another final table in a live tournament. =)

неделя, 3 януари 2010 г.

Tonight's a tourney night

After playing several tourneys since my last post and nothing special at all, i'm planning to play a lot of tournaments tonight, including PS Sunday Million and Entraction's Sunday 50k gtd. I'll post here after the last tournament has finished. Wish me good luck! =)

It's 4a.m. here and I just got busted in the sunday million. I cashed $356 and $15 from the $11 Deep Stack. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it ITM in the 50 Grand in Entraction and a couple of tournaments in FullTilt, including $501R1A. So although I cashed in the million, I'm still 200$ at loss.