@robstars7 Yes, I play cards for living. Since January probably.

If you talk about iPoker, yes, you won't find many winning players before rakeback, especially 3-6 handed games. HU is a different story as we don't see the results from regs playing fish HU.

GL on breaking NL20 - tbh I don't think it's possible to crush that limit on iPoker without heavy bum hunting or being a complete sicko.

Hey, I am winning there (iPoker) pre rakeback at nl20. But i guess i still need 50K hands more to proove it

Well, here is my iPoker NL20 score. Filtered to 4-6 handed. Meanwhile I've raked 2.2k$ in those stakes combined (4-6 handed).



EUR graph looks much, much better than GBP graph; are the EUR tables really that much softer? I assume Betfair's tables plays a big part there since those are in EUR and are much more softer.

Well, I think GBP tables are softer than EU tables

Haha, I guess variance is a bitch

OK, so I got in touch with 888 support again and I was offered 100$ pending bonus if I deposit 650eur + (I told I was going to deposit 500) with 20% release rate. I took it and made a deposit of 950$--->902 eur is what they charged me. If you google 950$ to eur it says 860 eur, so they took 42 EUR just on exchange rate. That's pretty much IMO. I wonder if there is a possibility to add USD currency to my Skrill account to cut away the exchange rate scam?

Pretty brutal stuff there buddy with the exchange rate. @CrazyCookie did say it was super bad but yeh this is taking the biscuit. I think you have to be a VIP to have multi currency wallets and also to have deposited 5k if i recall. I will ask our support if there is anyway we can help with this as i know there is a way to upgrade players.

Sigh

Wait till you cash out and lose another 40 EUR...

Why does no-one listen whyyyyyyy??

Not to Spam other forums but If it's helping you guys, the 888 forum has a specific thread in relation to this exchange issue. basically it explains how to sort it,somehow you get support to change your account somehow. Off the top of my head it allows your bank to make the exchange rather than 888.Unsure without loggin in and finding it again but basically it sorts the whole issue out and you don't lose anything.

You really dont think 20nl is beatable before rake? wow, if 20nl isnt beatable its scarey to think what it will be like moving up lol

@robstars7 No, it is beatable. But it's not easy to do over a decent sample according to my database. I'd say my NL20 graph is like 2nd best in it, so you can go from there. I don't consider myself very good tho.

great post!

You need to respect yourself and your game more!!!

@SoupaHero As far as I understand, the best way is to cash out $ to Neteller $ account and go from there. $ to Skrill $ still takes away juice. Using you bank exchange rate is probably better then Skrill, but not as good as Neteller tho.

I'm not 100% sure about it, just a quick lookup.

@Jon-PokerVIP Yeah, you're probably right. Respecting my game more would probably lower my tilt issues (yes, I tilt, and it just kills my game). Hopefully all the verification issues will be done soon, and I can finally make that video on 888 tables!

Is this the reason why so many players put up with 888 exchange scam and all the other issues? (note my stack size - I'm using YourDoom's advice on letting regs mark me as a fish).

JULY

Too much partying, too less poker, still running bad (or playing). My first ever losing month, wooohoooo!

I got veeeeery close of coming in positive, but lost a 3way AI on NL30 snap poker (90$ pot), I got AI on turn with 70%, 2 other guys got in last 12 cents on river when flush hit, so EV line doesn't even show it. Got on tilt a bit from there on. -130$. Lost 50 eur on my way of depositing into 888 with their exchange rate scam / skrill fee. So -190$ actually.
EV + RB is ~+120$ though.

iPoker



2 days of 888



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As far as it goes to 888 - NL20, Nl30 seems soft. I'll jump into NL50 games tomorrow and it would be cool if I don't run like aids for some change. I might buy some HH's of NL50 as well. I messed around with SNAP poker a bit, went ok at first, lost that big pot I mentioned above and from there I just clicked buttons and spewed some monies.
Regs are lol. Rake is very high. RB will be close to 0% in a few days. I have like 21.5% for first 500$ I rake. I've raked 185$ in just 3 days, so...

This is last 3 days


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August

1) 100% of my volume at NL50 by 10th of August;
2) Work on my tilt issues. I've read 'Mental game of poker', I understand the concept but I've never started to really work on it. As my poker game seems quite OK compared to player pool, TILT is the issue that kills my win rate!
3) Fully construct 3bet/cc ranges from each positions.
4) Improve my work environment. With this I mean to set a clear ground rules for people around me that I can't be bothered during I grind; I won't do "Hey, do .... for me tomorrow 10am since you're at home anyway, I can't myself cuz I'm at work" anymore. I'll have a constant sleeping schedule (3am-12pm probably) which I'll demand to be respected. If I don't make these steps, I'll never make it.

I didnt even know there was an exchange rate problem on 888, is this just the method you deposit or the case for everyone?

Yeah imagine if all your volumne was near enough you with less tilt, how much different that would prob look at the end of the month. Definatly worth dedicating some time too. As regards to your comments about people leaving you alone while you play.....Think everyone who plays poker has those problems and there is no point explaining it to family and friends as poker is just gambling , right?

How much do you play for HH, thinking of getting my own for last month as i had problems with hm2 and lost some hands from it and cant find them on my old laptop.

GL for August!

@robstars7 For everyone who's not depositing/withdrawing in USD. I don't think my family thinks I'm gambling, but it doesn't matter since I don't have strict 8-17. The problem is that "we sit at home all day and do nothing", and therefore there is 0 respect for what we do. 1M of NL50 HH's are like 40$.

Thanks and GL to you as well!

So far so good - didn't lose a bunch of monies at NL50, and had +200$ day across iPoker and 888 NL10-NL50. I don't remember, but this might be the best day ever at tables, well TOP 3 day for sure.

I bought 500k NL50 hands for 888; -25$. Was worth it! Pretty cool to jump into new limit having 2-20k hands on regs, while they've got none on you. I did 3xNL50+3xNL30 tables on 888. Software started to disconnect, so iPoker came handy! 310 hands at NL50 with 66$ profit. Seems soft limit as well.

Solid effort. I'm not sure why you are so down on yourself. Just reading this thread when you say you suck, or you don't consider yourself good, despite crushing NL5 to NL50. On the other little fallout we had you say you're a douche irl which given how quickly we sorted that out I find highly unlikely. I think I've read before you take motivation from it and I can certainly relate to that to an extent but please try to see the joy in the world and your situation. I went down that path until about 30 years old and ended up with some pretty heavy negative thought patterns.

To summarise: you are a bright, 21 year old athletic guy, living in the place in the world with the hottest women on the planet, supporting yourself by playing a game full time and winning (a game which very few people can actually beat).

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