Dancing with the Old Lady, the Journey continues...

I enjoyed reading about your Ayahuasca experience on the Unibet thread. GL in Sao Paolo!

Too bad that Unibet has gone bad - I've been periodically reading your blog on their forum site. Hope you do continue to report on your adventures here.

BSOP Sao Paolo Day 0 : (Financial) Preparations

Alright, I will be starting off the series with the 3k five card PLO tomorrow ; I had been wanting to play the 5k NLHE Millions (which seems like better value), but am struggling with liquidity right now (atm's suck in Brazil and the BSOP only accepts USDT as opposed to BTC, which is giving me a headache...). I have contacted some Argentino players I know that could help me swap 10k+, but in the meantime, I am rolled to play the 800PLO and 800 ME (all figures USD$) for the next three days, until I get my liquidity organized yo ; we got this yo .

Yeah, Unibet has been my bread and butter since 2017 and I had taken a liking into blogging on the community site, but alas, such is the ever flowing change of life 😊:p🙄 Thx for following friend ♥

Thx bro 😀. The good thing about moving to Lima in January, is that I plan on doing Ayahuasca at least 2-4 times a year yo .

BSOP Day 1 : 3k 5 card PLO

A little bit of running around to manage to get some liquidity going : a limit of 2k when crossing the Brazilian border (I brought 5k in cash), very low limits for atm withdrawals (500USD$ daily) and only having USDT as crypto options, were deterrents to playing the 5k today, unfortunately 😊:( -, so I found myself hopping in the 3k, thus leaving 2 bullets for the 800$ PLO tomorrow :p. Anyhow, I started off the tournament with the jitters, given that my only 5 card PLO experience was back in 2019 when I was grinding a 5-10 cash game in Lima, Peru. So I proceeded with extreme caution, not 3betting any hand, even AAds, but given that I was OOP, vs 2 players and 250bbs, I did not want to be so transparent about my hand being in the BB and all. And then, lo and behold : I just gained a shytload of confidence heading into level 3 yo

But, it was not to be : I would ultimately go down losing a flip and just running terribly bad in previous hands. Nonetheless, I still feel extremely confident about this series and upcoming EPT Prague : we got this yo

The rest area during break with a pool and a bar

BSOP Day 2 : 1k PLO

A much better day at the office today, as literally all my major bluffs got through 😮😃 - and there was more then a handful 😉, hence I am advancing to day 2 with 1.5x average, 27 players left (17 get paid) with 40k (CAD$) up top yo The final table will be on Day 3, but I am not sure if it will be televised, as it will be in competition with another ft (the mini Main Event 400$ BI), so we will see, but I will be sure to link it here if it is yo We got this 😉

BSOP Millions Day 3 : PLO 1k day 2

And... we...

So many hands to talk about and 3 that immediately come to mind, but it is almost 4am, I still have to meditate/calm down and am going to play the 1k ME tomorrow. But I will be back after the series to speak more details of certain spots/certain hands played, but in the meantime, I will keep up with the daily updates.

We got this yo

Congrats! Looking forward to the sober-minded recap.

BSOP Sao Paolo Day 5 : The 1k Main Event

Well, I could not get any traction going for the life of me :p. Off 3 bullets, that is 🙄 Which made me dearly miss the good ole 4 card game, as my edge in the latter is >>>>> what it is in the 2 card game, where even the recs have come a long way and are not as clueless as they use to be - enough to contribute to variance being even nastier, you know 😉 -, where in the 4 card PLO game, the 10k PLO Championship is soft as frack (for me) and I would prefer to grind the latter to any NLHE 2-5k, no jokes!!!

Anyhow, tomorrow I will be playing the 1.5k Mystery Bounty, it does start at 18:00 which will give me plentiful of time to meditate, train and then head out to the historical centre of town to walk around and soak in some sun beforehand yo

Life just happens, takes you places and whatnot and I do strongly innerly feel that C is the one

, but God damn is Brazil so fracking great on multiple levels ♥ People are awesome. Kind. Compassionate. Colorful. Macho, sure, but at a level that I identify with, as opposed to toxic. The culture is fracking amazing. Very open-minded. Borderline hippie at a general level. The language beautiful. And I would perhaps give this country a shot if it wasn't that I would have to spend a few years learning a new language, and... more importantly... C. Of course.

Thx bro! Will do so most likely after the series when I will be chilling by the beach, an hour away, for 4 days prior to heading to Prague. As far as the recount goes, it will probably be a single long post, as I no longer have the stomach (nor time) for the multi-posts of yesteryears to describe the HHS and an overall narrative focussing on the mood and inner emotional swings :p

BSOP Sao Paolo Day 6 : 1.5k Mystery Bounty Day 1

Took a hit at the end, but am nonetheless going back to 16.5bbs, 72 players left/pays 47 in the Mystery Bounty. We (perhaps...) got this yo

BSOP Day 7 : Eliminations

Meh : busted the Mystery Bounty by 3bet shoving KJo < AK and then busted the 700$ 6 max at the end of the third level 😊. I was about to jump in the 1.5k LAPT NLHE event and proceed on playing 3 live tournaments for the first day in my life, but felt completely exhausted, a little depressed, and picturing myself within the comfort of the 4 walls of my AirBnB felt >>>>> than grinding another event for 10h str8 :p

Tomorrow is a 3.5k NLHE event, 50 minutes blind levels. We got this

Thats tournament poker for you 😀 Congrats on the bink.

BSOP Day 8 : 3.5k NLHE Challenge

After busting out on a bluff in a HUMoNGOUS pot, I get coolered fh over fh against the overly agro reg lol, am left with 6bbs, I start looking up at the EPT Prague schedule - which is pretty decent/has 3 PLO events yo - while awaiting to bust... Only to run like the fracking gods yo . And spin it up to 83bbs for day 2, thus having 2.6 stacks/1.5 average 😃. We got this yo 😉.

Thx friend ♥

BSOP Day 9 : 3.5k NLHE Challenge day 2

Well, I ran pretty darn good, played my A+ game and POUNCED on the whole table during the bubble to greatly INCREASE my stack yo The problem is, I started running cold in the last 2 levels, got a table change, got stuck in between two LARGE fellows - like 90% fat/10% muscle 😊 - that were fracking annoying the living shyt out of me, given that I was forced to squeeze my way in, fight for an adequate amount of space!!! Which, after spending 5 years in Argentina, comes quite inherently, believe me 😉.

All that being said, in the last round of the evening, when CO opened to 2bbs, I decided to 3bet to 2.6x with K♦3♦, which is fine, but then villain got into a staring game, was within my bubble, literally shoulders to shoulders and all which, normally I do not engge all that much with, but for some reason, I elected to do so this time, got nervous given that I was at the bottom of my range, fatigued, had no space and was in a position where I would of prefered >>>>> an MMA sparring match as opposed to a 3 bet pot 😊🙄 When the flop came J45♦ and my 25% cbet was X-R, I folded, disappointed, but alas, it has been my unique moment of weakness over the past couple of days, and moved on with life, bagged 36bbs, which just above average, with 36 players, 6.5k guaranteed thus far and 230k is the first prize money yo We got this yo

BSOP Day 10 : the 3.5k nlhe Challenge

And I got 14th for 13k 🙂 I have mixed emotions about this deep run/score, as sure, I added to the profits of my series and came back from 6bbs on day1, lest not forget 😮😃, nonetheless, it is another failed deep run at midstakes 😊. All my binks have come in the small stakes arena they are of course nothing to frown upon, a top 3-5 finish in the no holdem variant would of given me confidence... Oh well, off to the beach for 4 days (where I will recap the series) before heading to EPT Prague yo ; we got this

CONGRATS on the binkage! Well deserved, I'm sure, after all the time you've spent working on your PLO and donkament game. Looking forward to the full recap

Been sick with a mild flu since the end of the BSOP, so never got to conclude the series with a final post - will try to get to it this week… -, but am playing day 1b of the 1k Eureka ME now ; a bit tired, but alive and kicking yo we got this 😉

BSOP Sao Paolo : Final Thoughts (Notepad style yo)

Well, my trip by the sea to rest has taken a sickening twist, as it has seen me nailed to my bed for 4 days str8, stricken with a flu 😮:shocked:😊. Even if it has been a mild virus, I have nonetheless alas only got up from my bed to purchase some food. And tomorrow I will be hopping on a 12h Sao Paolo-Paris flight, transfer airports in the City of lights and 5h later fly to Prague. It will only give me an evening of rest/to shake off the jetlag before jumping in the 1k Eureka ME, but nonetheless, we fracking got this yo . But first, before engaging in a new series, let’s speak of the last one, shall we not 😉 :

- Brazil is the nuts in terms of the people and their culture : these peeps are so lively, so colorful, nice, respectful. I have never seen people get eliminated so light heartedly and with a GREAT BIG smile painted on their faces ♥♥♥. On top of being so friendly and welcoming at the tables as well. It is so weird to go from a nut low country for live MTTs (Argentina) to its neighbor (and competitor) being the nut high!!!

- The PLO binkage was a blast!!! A wonderful 2 days. Albeit exhausting. 14h of grinding during each day, that is (we had about 8 minutes left scheduled to play on Day 2 before bagging it up if need be…😉 Being that it was a 1k event and all, the field was obviously weak as frack, with the exception of 2 noticeably solid players (one of whom, I learned a thing or two from ).

- I have my live MTT preparations locked down yo Upon waking up, I instantly sit up in bed and meditate for an hour. Which also means 0 minutes of screen time beforehand. I then brew up some coffee (or mates), sip it up, catch up on online news, eat a banana, drink some yogurt before heading down to the gym. Because my apartment in Sao Paolo was conveniently located on the 22nd floor which was not only the nuts in terms of catching eyecandy visuals, but by pumping that ♥ going down the myriads of stairways yo. I would then proceed to train for 45 minutes, before bolting back - ehhh more like crawling… 😊 - up the 22 floors. The ensuing 12-15h of stamina that followed me throughout the day (and the series in general) was frankly astonishing yo

- It was strange to what extent I doubted of my NLHE game…. I mean, my focus has been on the 4 card game over the past few years, no doubt, but I nevertheless felt extremely sheepish…. Perhaps it was because I got to momentarily see the game through the lenses of my buddy that has become a top 5 MTT player in Montreal and thus come to realize that my game does need some fine tuning, especially in terms of ICM…. Or perhaps it is this never ending run bad that is getting to me… Regardeless, it did feel weird to be this innerly shaken, especially that I have put in a decent amount of ICM work recently, namely through grinding a 3-4 digit amount of 50-100$ Spins…. Oh well!

- I will be looking to attack more selectively MTTs where my EV is higher moving forward, meaning all possible 4 card PLO events and limiting myself to the bigger fields NHLE events.

- I absolutely love Brazil, have had decent success in this country thus far and am looking forward to coming back, especially in Rio de Janeiro.

Peace

EPT Prague Day 1 : 1k Eureka Main Event

It took me over 26h to cross the Pond, which also included an airport change in good ole Paris, very little sleep and being inflicted by this stingy flu 🙄, so it is with exhaustion at peak levels and jet lag that arrive in Prague in the evening. I would nonetheless jump in the Eureka ME the very next day after a decent night of sleep yo The good news is that all the top dogs have gone to Bahamas, thus weakening SIGNIFICANTLY the player field and I would increase my chips to 5 starting stacks fairly quickly yo By the time I arrive at the bubble, I have a middling stack, purposely tackle around, thus trying to cross the threshold to become a big stack, but alas, lose all of the hands I get involved with and hence find myself being a short stack and bleeding chips away... :(. It is with a mere 6.5bbs that I made it to tomorrow's day 2, but we are alive, itm, and we have succeeded in cashing our first event of the series yo

In other news, I think I might favor playing the 5k EPT Main as opposed to the 5k PLO event, given that the former has 60 minute levels and by all appearances very weak fields, and the latter 30 minute blind levels...

EPT Prague Day 2 : 1k Eureka ME (and resting)

Hummm, if I came out guns blazing upon arrival over here, being jet lagged/exhausted and all and yet still grinding a full 15h upon our first day, I have since spent a full 20 minutes (min cash for 2.5k) 😮:shocked:🙄 grinding in the past couple of days. Most of the blame goes on the boring af schedule that offers little outside of the lol 550$ Eureka, and secondly, well... I have lost all interest on grinding online since the Unibet fiasco - at least until 2025 where I will be initiating a new online routine...

So yeah, today will be dedicated to meditating, studying, watching movies and resting. Tomorrow is the 2.2k Eureka HR. We got this yo

Thx Ben! The recap was somewhat of a brief one, given that I have been sick/lacking time (and desire) for blogging recently... I still somewhat take the time to do daily briefings, but nothing like the Dubnjoy of yesteryears would do 🙄

EPT Prague Day 3 : 2.2k Eureka HR

Ehhh, not a great day at all at the office : I woke up groggy, still shaken by the flu, jet lagged, and neither of the meditation nor the MMA training was sufficient to spark some level of life into me 😊 I was furthermore placed at a pro-infested table - might of been the worst in the room... -, and really couldn't get anything going (0/3 with my big bluffs), before ultimately bowing out 99 < AQo vs the most annoying pro at the table 😡:(😊. And now, it is 3:19am, I have slept for 3h before waking up, taking some medicine, and hoping that will put me back sound asleep... Tomorrow is either the 5k ME or 5k PLO, depending... The latter has 30 minutes levels, but a slow structure, while the former probably has A LOT more recs/value in it... We will see... There is also a possibility of simply taking the day off, if I feel like shyt again 🙄 We still got this yo 😉

I'm assuming the apartment building had a lift but you chose not to use it. That's some genuine exercise. I also assume that Prague is still a beautiful city!

Correct on both cases : I would start off my exercise regime by walking down - the easy part, and just to get the pump going, you know 😉 - and finish off the training by crawling my way back up, while always recording an audio for (usually) C[, as to keep my mind distracted from the utter pain of the process 😃😉:p. And yes, Prague is still beautiful. Albeit a bit cold at this time of the year. Today's plan is to successfully move on to day [B]2 in the ME (with a sizable stack) as to enjoy exploring the city tomorrow yo : we got this

Speaking of elevators : I am located on the 6th floor this time around, and outside of when I checked in with my luggage, last night was the only time I used it, given that I felt sick and exhausted : 6 floor does not seem like a lot, but I am always a bit out of breathe by the time I reach it yo 😉

EPT Prague Day 4 : 5k Main Event

Ehhhh, am tilted 😡😡😡 I had a soft table, was the (small) chip leader for the first few hours, was chipping/grooving along, until I got coolered, lost 85% of my stack in the process, proceeded to build it back to a starting stack until... I got coolered again :p😊:(. I will be firing again in tomorrow's day 1B and final flight ; I have a good feeling about this yo, so (hopefully...) we got this

EPT Prague Day 5 : 5k Main Event 1B

Mehhhh, quite a tilting few levels to the day : I had built up momentum, was sitting on just under 3 stacks, the table was soft af outside of 1 spot and... everything I tried just fracking exploded in my face 😮:shocked::p😡 I am nonetheless going back to day 2 with a starting stack/20bbs and a dream... about 30-35% of the field left, so we (still...) got this yo