True the Cryptos aren't much "fun" but as far as clearance rates go, they are the best out there. Playing $1/2 limit the Cryptos I listed above clear at around $8.85/hr per table. You simply cannot find that anywhere else. Slowly but surely they are all going to a raked hand requirement and these bonuses will no longer be so easy to clear. Someone like Alex that is playing for a living just can't afford to pass this up. Recreational players that are looking for good games...Cryptos probably isn't the best place.

Leon is 100% correct...I havent missed a crypto bonus in almost a year...Are they fun? NO...Are they worth it?? Abso F'n lutely...

yo alex, nice journal man

Im going down the BW route the same as yourself and im looking for sites similar to those you just listed

I found Empire was really good which i just cleared 500 raked hands for $100 bucks ended up winning some cash as well instead of losing

So far ive done the signup bonuses for Party and Empire $100 each for 700 & 500 hands respectively. Anyways lemme know which sites u find and decide to play, im thinking pokerroom might be my next stop.

Golden,

Thanks for posting!!! All comments and critics are appreciated. I really think you are not being fair here. I said I sucked out. I posted the hand because that is not very common in my game because I simply dont chase much. I called because he was a shortstack and he could also have AK-AJ-KK-QQ. Maybe it wasnt a good call. I think it wasnt in fact. But I have been posting most of the hands that are causing my losses.

Today was fun because I hit a few sets and a couple str8, but also a few of them were cracked. The worse thing that happen was that everytime I raise with AK-AQ-QQ-JJ it seemed the flop came with scarecards and I was checkraised all the time. I had an 196 stack at one NL$50 table and a few hands later I had less than 150 lost only raising hands like AK and then flop comes QQ6. it´s HU so I bet near the pot and villain raises 2x pot. I fold of course. It was like that for quite a while.

I encourage you to look on the hands I am posting as bad beats and tell me about them! .

I have a couple good ones just played them now, Golden.

HAND1
I have JJ in the BB. UTG limps and MP limps, I raise to 2.5, UTG folds and MP reraises ALL IN. He has a full stack and I fold.

NEXT HAND on the EXACT SAME TABLE.

I have KK in the SB. MP (previous pusher) limps, CO limps, I raise to 2.5 and villain calls.

The flop comes with rags and I bet full pot. He thinks for a while and folds.


NEXT HAND.

I am OTB and was dealt AA now. Three limpers to me and I raise to $3. It s folded to LP who reraises to $12 . He has 18 left. I flat call.

The flop. 7 6 K. He checks and I bet a weak $8 and he pushes. I call. Turn is another K and river is Q. He shows QQ for the boat.

On another table. I have KK in LP

I have played for 30 minutes I raise to 3 after three limpers. MP raises all in to $16. I call.

Board. 7 2 A 2 8. He shows 88 and takes it down.


Tell me about tiltness!!! I rarely tilt. I just cant believe this is happening so often to me. It s been for too long now. I just dont get a break and when I do get one, I get screwed on the next session.

Tell me if there are any strategic stuff I have to adjust because I´d love to know about it. I'd love to be able to blame my play or style. That is something I could change.You cant win getting outdrawn so much. It´s just insane!

dude - youre not playing like, a few hands here...youre running like this over what, 22k hands or so?

this isn't short term variance bro - do you have PT? If so, post some stats man - I, for one, would be happy to comment. Over this large a sample size, you've got to be making some tactical or stylistic mistakes...I mean this in an encouraging way...post the stats.

EDIT: not like Im mr poker expert god - dont want to sound like that, but I'm sure if you posy your stats you will get very good feedback from fellow btp'ers.

I play mostly on Bodog and the bad run started on Martins or Bodog...I cant remember. I dont have any hands from Martins because I didnt know it was compatible with PT. I do have my last 4K hands on UB during the bad run. I am at at 2.5ptbb/100 there and will post all the imprtant stats so you can tell me something.

I have been posting some partial stats though. As the 7% flops seen on Bodog in the last 1400 hands. I am a 18+VP$IPer!

I am currenttly playing but will post some stats later.

Wednesday Jan. 18th.

Sit tight. Make sure you cant hit anything sharp if you fall. This is the first time anyone reading this POker Gods' forgotten journal is getting good news!

I made 502E and 178USD today!!!!

OMG!!! This was craaaazyyyyy!!! I downloaded FTP because I didnt want to stay playing on UB. That site is the place where I win less. Even less than Party POker!! I was delaying bonuswhoring B2B because it brought too many bad memories. For the ones who are not following the journal (I guess that s everyone) I lost 8.5 of the 11 buy ins downswing I had on december on Martin's. After playing for 1.5 hour and having doubled up at NL$100 (I had a 260 stack) , I decided to download and create my account at staff poker.

I put 300 VIP points and according to excession's calculations, 40% of your hands becomes VIPs. Based on that, I estimate I played:

Staff Poker: Hands. 755 (NL100E). $502E = $618. Bonus: 302/750 = 60.4E = $75.
Full Tilt Poker. Hands: About 170. $178. Bonus $5.65.

This is by far my best day playing poker!!! This is a crazy crazy game! WOW. I hit way too many sets. I got AA and someone with almost full stack had KK. I put him in and he called. I was called with a boat by the worst player I have seen in my life. He called with TT, with two Qs onboard,and A and three clubs!!!! Everything was working out. I got about 5-6 sets in raised pots. I stacked 5 guys. Three of them had full stacks. I turned a couple sets. It was amazing!

I think things are evening out....


$876 payday baby!!!!!


I hope this is the beginning of a winning streak to make up for these past awful days.

On another note, I have to say again: B2B players are really really bad. I cant believe they took 850 from me when I first joined the network...oh well, it was quite the opposite of today.