So we started off in earnest with just a couple of comp's on TonyBet tonight.

€1 Daily Run It Twice = No Cash
€1 OFC Micro Turbo = No Cash
€3 OFC "Trike" Turbo = 3rd - €10

Total Buy-Ins = €5
Total Cashes = €10
Profit/Loss = +€5




So cashes of €10 is $10.53, and the trusted thermometer is back!

Hey dude GL in challenges. If you need to build roll, i recommend freezout tournaments on microgaming, they have nice slow tournaments with buy ins 5 and 10 e and blind level 15 min. also their rebuy slow tournaments are good, i usually only buy in and addon, and for buy in and addon you get 90 or 100 bb

Thanks @kuca86 , I've got accounts at a few Microgaming sites so will check that out!

Played a few satellites on Party Poker last night whilst playing live. A couple of $0.01 sats lol, a $2.20 and a $1.10 sat. "Won" the $1.10 for a $5.50 satellite seat so a small profit overall.

Going to be playing a schedule tonight on Tonybet, PartyPoker and Pokerstars. Will see how it goes to see if it works well for a regular schedule.

Comps as follows:

TonyBet

1800 - NLHE Daily "Run It Twice" - €1
1800 - OFC Daily Micro Turbo - €1
1830 - OFC "My 1st Trike" - €3
1830 - NLHE Super Knockout - €5

Total TonyBet Buy-ins = €10


Party Poker

1800 - NLHE Flyweight Bounty - $1.10
1800 - NLHE Super Knockout - $11
1900 - 5x $11seat Satellite - $2.20
1900 - NLHE "The Jab" - $5.50
2000 - NLHE Prog Knockout - $5.50
2000 - PLO8 6 Max - $5.50

Total PartyPoker Buy-ins = $30.80


Pokerstars

2000 - Big $2.20 $6k GTD - $2.20
2030 - Bounty Builder - $7.50
2039 - PLO $500 GTD - $2.20
2105 - NLHE 6 Max - $1.10
2110 - NLHE Deep Stacks - $2.20
2130 - Bounty Builder - $2.20

Total Pokerstars Buy-ins = $17.40

Also got a few back up comps to join between 1900 and 2000 depending on how the earlier comps go and will probably late reg a few of the bigger comps.

Will report back later tonight!

One word to describe tonight would be Frustrating!

One of those nights where every call is a bad call, every fold is a bad fold etc

Also came so close to one of my monthly targets which is to win an OFC comp, but came second (again), after a heads-up which lasted over an hour!

Some small changes to the overall schedule, missed off the $7.50 bounty builder on 'Stars due to already having 7 or 8 comps on the go at the time, also just couldn't find the $2.20 PLO so replaced it with a $1.10 version

So buy-ins and cashes for tonight.


TonyBet

1800 - NLHE Daily "Run It Twice" - €1 - No Cash
1800 - OFC Daily Micro Turbo - €1 - No Cash
1830 - OFC "My 1st Trike" - €3 - 2nd for €16.50
1830 - NLHE Super Knockout - €5 - 1 bounty for €2.50

Total Buy-ins = €10
Total Cashes = €19
Profit/Loss = +€9



Party Poker

1800 - NLHE Flyweight Bounty - $1.10 - No Cash
1800 - NLHE Super Knockout - $11 - No Cash
1900 - 5x $11seat Satellite - $2.20 - 7th for $10 (Top 6 got $11 seats)
1900 - NLHE "The Jab" - $5.50 - No Cash
2000 - NLHE Prog Knockout - $5.50 - 2 bounties for $1.88
2000 - PLO8 6 Max - $5.50 - No cash
2200 - NLHE Flyweight - $1.10 - No cash

Total Buy-ins = $31.90
Total Cashes = $11.88
Profit/Loss = -$20.02



Pokerstars

2000 - Big $2.20 $6k GTD - $2.20 - 336th for $5.86
2100 - PLO $400 GTD - $1.10 - No Cash
2105 - NLHE 6 Max - $1.10 - No Cash
2110 - NLHE Deep Stacks - $2.20 - No Cash
2130 - Bounty Builder - $2.20 - No Cash

Total Buy-ins = $8.80
Total Cashes = $5.86
Profit/Loss = -$2.94

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Overall Total Buy-ins = $50.70
Overall Total Cashes = $36.74
Overall Profit/Loss = -$13.96

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Pretty disappointing overall. Not a huge loss but just a frustrating night, but not too bad for the first time playing a full schedule for quite a while. I won't bother exchanging € into $ as it's pretty much the same nowadays








$36+ in cashes is better than $0 though! And added to the previous $10.53 we are on our way!




Think I have another free night tomorrow, so may play just the 4 TonyBet tournaments plus a few satellites on PartyPoker and spend the rest of the time studying and making use of the content on Tournament Poker Edge, with a view to playing a similar schedule on Friday night

What is this evilness??!!

Me and OFC

Ha ha it really is a fun game!

That hand... basically I had him crushed all over the place. Getting dealt 3 aces like that was the only way I could have lost the hand!

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Small update, played twice this week. Just the two €1 buy-ins on Tonybet twice, and cashes 2 times so a small amount just to keep this ticking over.






$9.90 added to $47




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Think I might stay in tonight a play a full schedule of 16-20 comps. Or might head to the casino... will decide after I've had my tea!

Fairly decent night last night online.

Started off on Tonybet, though the €1 OFC Micro didn't run due to lack of players (minimum of 3 needed) It usually gets around 20 so not sure what happened there.

Min-cashed in €5 NLHE Super-Knockout for €5 + 1 €2.50 bounty for total of €7.50. Stone cold bubbled a €3 OFC comp, wasn't even a short stack but the guy on my table hit some absolutely huge hands and just destroyed me (straight flush with a flush with queens on top decimated me, and in his fantasy land he hit 2 full houses... I had no chance). Busted early on in the €1 "Run-it-twice" NLHE comp so a small loss overall




Total Buy-ins = €9
Total Cashes = €7.50
Profit/Loss = -€1.50

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Onto Party Poker, where I just couldn't get anything going, just 1 cash in a $1.10 bounty + 2x $0.20 bounties for a total of $1.98




Total Buy-ins = $12.10
Total Cashes = $1.98
Profit/Loss = -$10.12

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Now to Pokerstars, where I actually had a decent run for the first time in a while! Played a total of 8 tournaments, mainly knockout comps, with a zoom comp, a "win the button" and also a Badugi bounty tournament as well. Cashed in 4 so a 50% strike rate which ain't too bad.

Went deepish in the $3.30 bounty builder finishing 395th out of 9000+ entries plus one bounty of $0.75




Doubled my buy-in in the Zoom comp





Min-cash plus a couple of bounties in the $2.20 bounty builder





Then onto the $1.10 Bounty Builder where I had my deepest run in these big field Pokerstars tournaments for quite a while, going on to the final table 6th out of 9 in chips from over 8,300 entries, and nearly $400 FTW (plus bounties of course)

Unfortunately it wasn't to be for me. One of the first hands on the final I 2.2x it with 66. Button calls. Flop was AA4 rainbow. I 1/2 pot, button calls. Turn is a Q. I continue and he calls again. River is another Q (ffs). I've got like a 1/2 pot bet behind. We both check and he's got K5... I don't think he's folding if I shove the river either.

Now down to 10BBs and I've got Kings. Shove and everyone folds. Couple hands later I'm in the big blind with a decent ace, praying for someone to raise, but no I get a walk! Little after I get AJ on the button, shove and the big blind has AK. Good game! Out in 8th




Total Buy-ins = $20.35
Total Cashes = $75.05
Profit/Loss = $54.07

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Overall Buy-ins = $41.45
Overall Bounty Wins = $18.27
Overall Cashes = $66.26
Total Cashes = $84.53
Total Profit/Loss = $43.08


Not too bad overall, just could have done with a little bit of luck on the final table to try and get a decent amount, but making a final table in those huge Pokerstars fields is always a good feeling.

I got a free $2.20 satellite ticket in a "click and collect" from Party Poker for a tournament at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.

I span this up into an $11 satellite ticket, and then a $55 ticket.




The $55 was the final stage into a £220 buy-in comp (£100,000 guaranteed).

It hurts Especially when I was chip leader with 6 left!!




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On a lighter note, had a small but profitable session a few nights ago. Playing the usual comps on Tonybet, Party Poker and Pokerstars, as well as adding in a couple on Natural8.

Played 3 comps on Pokerstars and cashed them all so that's not too bad.

















Total cashes plus a few bounties not listed is $45.64 (Just under $40 worth of buy-ins)