Thank you SC and DOG!!

Still, unfortunate time to congratulate me TBH. I decided to play more and today was the first day when i was supposed to put in like 2000+ hands.... Look what it looks like when it doesn't really work the way you intended it to...

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Pacific: $4.999

So... England - Croatia at the New Wembley tonight... That should be interesting...

I bought the licence for Pacific Handgrabber today, which means I will not be using the phucked up cracked version that severs my connection and dies on me when I close a table that has HH still being written... Hopefully, with the proper registration it will all work fine.. I just need to see how long will I wait to get the actually registration number since I've read on PokerTracker forum that people have waited for 40 hours to get it. That does not bode well with my idea to start playing more..

In other news.. I played 50 hands today before I decided to buy HG, and in those 50 hands I won $111 getting some nice PF hands like AA twice and KK and JJ and QQ all once... I am actually a bit behind with the number of AA I should have gotten but am in front on how many I've won so far... it's something like 93% and I have more then 80k hands...

I HAVE TO PLAY MORE!!!!!!! .. I hope I will start doing that as soon as I get my license #.. Tomorrow hopefully..

Hand of the day? NL100 .. AA in BB .. UTG minraises, BTN calls, I raise to $10, UTG pushes, BTN folds, I call and UTG flips AQs.. I win..

Pacific: $5.860

Thanks guys.... It really was a spectacle to watch that game... I don't know what I was more impressed with.. The attitude, the play, the players or the fans.. I think they were all magnificent.... Great great night for Croatia (and Russia)..

I was watching the game with my drink buddies in a "pub" where we go for like 15 years already and it was impressive... Later we went to some home party that some girl was hosting and in the end I got home reallly really drunk and stoned... But it was worth it..

Yesterday I went to the "All In" Casino in Hotel Westin in Zagreb... It's that poker room that I was mentioning somewhere on BTP before. They have daily freerolls (with rebuys and add ons that cost money, but the initial stack is free) that let 5+ people qualify for the evening 50r tourney or 50freez tourney (I am not sure).. They are open 24/7 and from what I saw so far (I've been there 3 times so far) there's a respectful amount of action going on... Games range from .5/1€ NLH to 5/10 NLH and omaha 1/2 PL.. Other games can be arranged but Croats are mostly NLH players so there's no limit holdem really and no stud, razz etc. But if there would be any interest the manager (whom I personally know) is very flexible and keen on any kind of action to go on in the poker room... Service is maybe a bit slow right now and dealers have just started to work with people after their 2 month training period, but they are trying and improving and I am confident that in short time they will be really good... not that they're bad now.. They just lack a bit of confidence sometimes, that's all..

The room itself holds cca. 12 tables and looks pretty nice. It's a large open space with occasional wooden column here and there that the room could probably do without but doesn't really make a difference. It maybe even gives a room a more natural feel. THere are also a couple of plants to give the room more oxygen I guess. There's also currently 3 computers that people can use for free and play online or whatever if they are interested in doing so, and they are of course alowed to bring in their own laptops or whatever for the same purpose... the only problem, there's not much sitting place besides at the holdem tables so I guess people are more encouraged to play then to sit around aimlessly..

I played .5/1€ and won around 120€ yesterday. I bought in for 100€ so you could say it was my regular NL100 game , only live.. I was def. the most aggro person at the table and PFR numbers have ranged from 5€ with no limpers to 11€ with limpers or if someone who usually plays 1/2€ was at the table then the PFR would be 15€.. My standard PFR was 7€ because I was usually raising in position with 2-3 limpers..

In my 2nd or 3rd hand I got nailed when I raised [3d] OTB and guy from SB whom I thought is a fish called. Flop was rags with my bottom pair and I led to scoop but he called. So I checked turn and he led meak so I called to get to cheap showdown and take a look at his hand. He led river again and I called and he showed [Ks] which is fine I guess for this live game... I made a mental note of that but didn't really use it because guy was leaking chips slowly by calling raises and folding to my CB's (as did much of the table). When I got a call on CB I would reconsider and reevaluate the situation on turn..

There was a new guy at the table who I also thought of as a donk I guess...I had about 80€ to start the hand because I didn't get the chance to refill.. I raised to 7€ [Td] OTB again and got him to limp/call.. flop was [9d][7c].. I CB 12€, he calls... Turn is .. He check calls 30€ and river is and he check/calls my shove with J9s... tyvm

Then I lost 80€ in a hand that I shouldnt even been involved in when I PFR 89o OTB got a call from itchy/nervous/I know it all/donk and flop was 778fd. He C/MR me and I called and turn was J and he chcked again and I bet 40€ and he goes all in for 55€ which is like 15€ more for me and I call and he has A7s and river is another J.

Then I got 33 in SB and limped with bunch of other limpers because I didn't see any value in raising this here against them.. So, flop came 93Kfd and I immediately lead 5€ and get 2 callers. Turn is another K givin me a boat so I bet 20€ and get a caller and river is a Qs to complete a flush.. I think for a minute and bet 35€ hoping to get a raise from the flush since they love to do that here... He just calls with a flush and I curse for not betting more..

That's about it from interesting hands... I did get one set on turn when all checked and turn came 3 for my set of 3's and I raised the guy and 3rd guy folded who had a FD and flush came on the river but it also paired the board and the guy having FD said he had nut flush draw but since he was being squeezed he didnt want to call and I cursed again..

Anyway.. Nice day there.. I played for about 6 and a half hours and was very tired afterwards.. Today I played some Pacific cash and won 280 on NL100 and lost 200 on NL200...

pacific: $5.900

Went out to play live again last night even though I eventually set out to go drinking with my buddies but as I was walking from home I called some of them and it happened so that there wasn't much action in the city so I decided to go to ALL IN and check out what's going on there. THere was one NL1000 game and NL200 game with some tourneys final table. I waited a bit and some of other players came so I started playing one HU in NL100 with 50€ buyins which was his idea but as soon as other players started joining I just added chips to have 100€. I played for around 5 hours in the end and won 500€.

I have 4 hands that I remembered clearly / semi clearly as we started drinking etc. since most of us are friends and the mood was good.

I got my stack to 160€ with some CB's and 2barreling but really nothing excessive, then I get black AA in the MP (game is 6 handed) and the play to my right who is a friend of mine and plays poker very badly and maniacally and was really drunk and in his "gambling madness". He raises to 15€ (remember, it's .50/1€ game), I reraise to 50€, all fold to him who has 160€ and he rereraises to 100€ (he figured that why call when he can reraise when the chip was one piece 100€ chip) and I push. He calls and flips QTs and my aces hold cause' he didn't hit the J for a gutshot on turn or river..

The game got 8 handed. Then I have 89s in CO and after 2 limpers I make it 7€ to go. BTN calls, SB calls, BB calls, MP calls and maniac calls. So it's 6 of us to the flop that comes. 6K7r. SB checks, BB checks, MP checks, Maniac checks, I CHECK because I see no point in betting this against to many people and will try and get a free card and if someone hit anything I will not face a check/raise and a need to fold. Fortunately, BTN chcks also. Turn is a nice card for me, 5d giving me the nut straight. Now SB opens the action and bets 25€, BB calls 25€, MP folds, Maniac folds, I make it 125€ because I think it's the right thing to do.. BTN folds, SB folds and BB goes all in for 165€. I call and river blanks not pairing the board so I scoop another nice pot because BB had a set.

Then later, I get red JJ in CO and raise to 12€ after everyone limps and MP miniraises to 2€, SB calls 12€ (he's an older drunk guy who is very bad) and this kid who had a set on my straight now repops to 36€ and the minraiser calls, I think about it a moment and call also being sure that the BB kid has either a bigger pair or AK so I figure I'll see his reaction on flop.. SB calls those 36€ which are his all in and minraiser calls 36€. Now I am against 2 players and 1 who is all in with 130€ in the pot already. I start thinking I should have minreraised or something before flop after one was all in and kid repopped getting a caller. Anyway, flop comes 24T with two clubs. SB is AI, BB checks!, MP checks and I bet 100€ thinking of folding to a push but pretty sure I have the best hand and don't want the draws to get a cheap chance to outdraw me. BB kid folds and MP folds (kid said he had AK, which I believe him). Now it's just for turn and river to be dealt and they are: 6s and 3d. SB flips A5o for a straight and scoops, and I muck my JJ. So, I've lost 36€ in this hands which is not much, but I think I might have actually won something from it, but given my impression that the BB has only AK or big pair, I don't think I made a big mistake by calling since I had position and would see what happens on flop. Only drawback is that I ended up playing a 4way pot with 1 already all in with JJ which almost made me play them for set value.

Another interesting hand that I lost was when I got AKs in MP and raised to 10€ (now the table changed a lot there were bunch of 1/2 players playing since their game kind of ended.. My other friend is the SB and he just calls. I know that he is tight but that's only from what I talked to him.. I never played with or against him. Still, I believe he is tight. Flop comes 999 and he leads 15€ immediately. I call. Turn is a 8 giving me a NFD but I don't really care about that. He leads 20€ now and I call again thinking that if he doesn't have a pair I am good, but his play really suggests a pair or a 9. I was calling more out of interest and not because of the plays or game, I was really interested to see what he'll show. River was an offsuit 4 and he now bets 40€. I think for a minute and fold. He says its a good fold and flips AA. YIKES... I would be happy to go against him with A or even K on turn, but he had me soooo crushed it's not even funny..

I played for half an hour more and left the table at around 5am... I am pretty satisfied since I won a nica amount and think I played pretty well given the circumstances...

Good job man. Damn I wish I could play live !!

I guess its time for me to post the results for November..

This has been my best month so far since I started playing poker in February.. This month has been such a relief that it's hard to express.. especially after October where I was running at 0.77ptbb/100 at NL100..

As I wrote before, I also played some live poker in November. All in all it was 3 session for net win of cca. €350 since my first session was a losing one and the subsequent two were decent winning ones...

Here are the graphs and screenshots

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I will maybe go and play some live poker tonight so the results for live game may vary..

Pacific: $7.000

Well done Red ! Great month. Hope I can return to form like this too.
Do you play full ring games or 6 max ?

lol...

I had a sick downforce session today... didn't hit shit although I was running hot on sets I think but that wasn't enough since everyone else were running hotter then me.. I looked up like 9 sets in 1500 hands today.. They hit everything and when I hit they had squat so just folded... and I was playing 20/17 today... Just wasn't my day I guess...

Biggest loss so far ... -$1260 for the day on 4 tables of NL200 .. It was almost $1 per hand that I lost today... SO, instead of having 8.400 like I did yesterday evening, my reality took a little hit...

pacific: $7.200