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Day 12

Sigh....... Yes that says it all. Even with another couple of hours play tonight, I went to reg for the €3k Sunday Freeroll and says I’m still not played enough raked hands to qualify. I did however qualify for the €1000 tomorrow afternoon at 5pm. I’m going to have to play some more to get me into the other game and if I have the same luck like I did tonight, then I’ll be lucky if I have enough to sit back down again when it’s time to grind again next week. Today’s session was painful and these stakes are driving me insane. I started to look at some Mtt’s and I may still be tempted to play those instead. They do have tournaments for like 55c and €1 and not forgetting my ticket to. But these little staked tournaments run like a normal bigger tournaments with 10 minute blinds and a decent starting stack, so don’t be surprised if I get side tracked in the near future. Binking one of those should get me out of the 1/2c cash games which are killing me. Today was another bad day. I ran a b...
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Day 11

I played for about 2 hours today and I was up then down and up again, but nothing really happened for me today. No big hands, poor player pool with limpers and calling stations, so I couldn’t bluff quite as often as I like. But I went with it and ended with a small loss overall for today. I think I might of done enough to play the €3k freeroll on Sunday, but I’m planning on playing Friday, possible two tables if it’s busy enough.
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Day 10

Toot Toot, in to double figures for days played with tonight’s short session. I played about 30 hands and made a small profit which all counts as they say. I started feeling tired and so I made myself some supper whilst sat out but unfortunately I missed three Big Blinds and so I was booted from my table. No sweat really, because I was getting tired. Hopefully a good nights sleep will help and my partner is working late tomorrow so hopefully I get enough hands in to qualify for those two free rolls at the weekend, with the Sunday one being the most important. But like I say, a win no matter how small, contributes to the overall project. Overall Bankroll now stands at $7.17. I’ll try and get into double figures tomorrow. That will give me a lift.
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Day 9

Again, not much played this week due to one thing or another, but I did manage to play about 50 raked hands tonight for over half a buy in profit. I’m going to be playing more this week coming so I can use my ticket and get back into those free-rolls that I really should be playing weekly. It doesn’t help with Party & 888 both having festivals running side by side, so it’s just been unfortunate. I do still need my US $$$$ if I’m going to Vegas next year. But this challenge is getting my full attention. Famous last words I know, but we shall see. Profit is still profit as they say!
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Day 8 1st August 2019

It’s the first time this week I’ve managed to play some poker. Tiredness mainly the reason behind it. But I managed a nap this afternoon and I was ready for action. It was such an important session to the challenge after my disappointment in the cash games losing 3 buy ins when I should of been winning those buy ins. But hey it’s poker. I want the cash in the middle when I have the nuts and despite losing the 3 buys, I can not fault my play. The quicker you get over these BadBeats the better your game will become. I mean who still goes on about getting outdrawn these days? We move on simples. Unless your hand is 100% to win, then you’ve got to accept that when it doesn’t win it’s also ok. So moving on today’s play. I fired up the client but by half an hour I had lost a buy in, won a double and then another double after my double. The result was I was up just short of two buys. It would of been more, but we all got to pay the rake right? These are my notes I made straight after my w...
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Day 7.

28th July and I’m sat in two tournaments. I have both screens up and the first to start is the €1 flip to the €110 Sunday major. By some miracle I win my first table of 9 players with JJ and then it’s down to about 23 players who’ve all won their tables. Sadly I do not make it past that round and after checking, there’s still 6 players left after the two previous rounds. I knew it was going to be extremely lucky to win a seat, but it’s worth doing in the future when I have more funds. Talking of funds, the €3k Free-Roll starts and with around 470 runners and I’ve got my obligatory 1000 chips I now try to play the very best poker I’ve ever had. Playing super tight, my aim is to make the cash. I check the payouts and chuckle when I see the top 259 players will cash, but it’s just a 11c tournament ticket....... However, I grind my chips up, admittedly with AA three times in about 15 hands but most players have the 3500 starting stacks and know I’m playing tight, so I get respect even t...
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Day 6

So this is the second update and I some how manage to play over 100 raked hands with a lot from day 5. This gets me into the €3,000 free roll again on Sunday the 28th, but it also gets me into a Saturday freeroll with €1,000. Unfortunately though, I didn’t rake 100 hands in the last 24 hrs which means I start with the minimum chips of 1000, those who raked over the 100 hands start with 3500 and I’m always going to struggle. It proves a lot harder than I thought with no hands to play either and I go out before the cash. I must say though, any sit outs in these tournaments get kicked after level 1 and so you are left with mostly players who want to play. I then play some more cash games to try and get to 400 raked hands so I can start with the 3500 chips, I fail and I also lose again, but not just cash, a sit n go and a 55c tournament to. It’s a disaster, I’m down to less than $2 about $1,74 to be precise and I stop playing for the day / night. Below is the screenshot of my demise. ...
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