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After some quiet time, I’ve gotten a few hours under my belt the last few weeks and I feel like i’m getting a hold of the basic poker strategy again - resulting in +5 buyins - some comming from the following hands:

Now thats an allin you want to see: Hand#1

Again an allin on river where you want to “snap it”: Hand#2

A little setup helps too: Hand#3

And another one - though I gave him a chance to fold: Hand#4

To win a showdown with A high always gives you confidence: Hand#5

Last but not least I’d like feedback on this fol for 2.5 buyins: Hand#6 - give me your opinion below!

Home from 1 month of roadtrip across USA I’ve been starting out softly at Carbon Poker:

This is not the time you want to disconnect: Hand#1

At least this hand compensated for the small loss: Hand#2

PS. I’ll do a post-USA trip report some other time.

As I mentioned in an earlier this month, I would do a post on how why the Bankroll Evolution Sheet is bound for the north.

I’m not quite sure what I’ve been doing differently, but it all started as HIversen convinced me in to playing Event#1 of the ECOOP at the iPoker Network. This little monday night adventure ended around 5.30AM as I had to capitalize in 12th place - seein’ the $50.000 tax free first price fade away.

I think the tournament gave me a much needed boost of self-confidence as it only took 6 days before I once again went deep - this time in the Sunday Special 200.000 Guaranteed at Poker Stars as I busted in 15th place after more than 8 hours of play - this time seein’ more than $40.000 in first price slip of  my hands:-/

Another 5 day past before I finally managed to get inside the Final Table bubble as I took a shot at Full Tilts 25.000 Guaranteed Double Stack and finished 6th.

Wednesday this week the liberation came as I finally took down 1st place. Unfortunately it happened in a smaller tournament - 5.000 Guaranteed at Everest. Nonetheless the feeling by far outshined the earlier and larger cashes I’ve made during my poker “career”!

So all in all a good month and I now feel more confident in the different stages of a tournament. More over the 4 cashes gave an economic boost 2 weeks before our trip cross country USA - a trip which ofcourse includes a couple of days in Las Vegas where I plan to take a few shots in some of the cheaper tournaments (I’m a “live donk”;-).

You will be able to follow our whereabouts during the 4 weeks in the States by following me on Twitter right here… or here on the blog.

/Vegas here we come - Follow via Twitter.com/diedamm

The 4 cashes:

12/1125 ECOOP: ~$1900

15/6462 Sunday 200K Guaranteed: ~$1100

6/545 25.000 Guaranteed: ~$1000

1/454 5.000 guaranteed: $1765

all in all $5700 in tournament cashes the last month right before our 4 week cross country trip to USA - now thats well timed!

In my hunt for Omaha action I’ve quietly started up at an old “friend of mine” - the Pacific Poker Network at 888.com. The action is ok and the opposition is soft as always - just to refresh our memory why we love em in there, I’ve found an old hand - see it here…

The network has some very appealing poker tournaments as well, as there’s almost always overlay and in fact I started out by going deep in the Sunday $25.000 Guaranteed with a buyin of $50, from where this hand is recorded:

Unfortunately I had to capitalize just outside the Final Table:(

Better luck next time:)

I know I’ve been very sloppy with the updates lately (read: to much combined with all-booked-weekends). This has resulted in several shouts from you guys. Now I’ve decided to do something about it and my first initiative, you see just to the right and is an embedded Twitter! I’m not sure the service requires much introduction, but to whom of you who have avoided the buzz so far, you can read more here…

Beside starting posting again, i’ll insist on updating the twitter as anything interesting (if any) happens in my life (poker related or not). Let me know what you think of this new feature by commenting below!

PS. The Bankroll Sheet has been updated with some lately winnings - more on this in a future post:)

/Twit Twit

As the Spring Championship of Online Poker are moving closer, I’ll post a list of the most interesting Event as a service to you the readers + I’ll have the list for myself:-) So come join me in a hepefully lucrative Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars.

SCOOP
02-apr PokerStars $55,00 200.000$ SCOOP 1m 50r/a
02-apr PokerStars $530,00 500.000$ SCOOP 1h 500 r/a
02-apr PokerStars $109,00 50.000$ SCOOP 2m PLO h/l
02-apr PokerStars $1.050,00 200.000$ SCOOP 2h PLO h/l
03-apr PokerStars $109,00 100.000$ SCOOP 3m PL 5-Card Draw
03-apr PokerStars $1.050,00 200.000$ SCOOP 3h PL 5-Card Draw
03-apr PokerStars $162,00 300.000$ SCOOP 4m 2X Chance, turbo
03-apr PokerStars $1.575,00 1.000.000$ SCOOP 4h 2X Chance, turbo
04-apr PokerStars $162,00 150.000$ SCOOP 5m Shootout [10-max>
04-apr PokerStars $1.575,00 150.000$ SCOOP 5h Shootout [10-max>
04-apr PokerStars $215,00 200.000$ SCOOP 6m PLO [1R1A, 6-max>
04-apr PokerStars $2.100,00 400.000$ SCOOP 6h PLO [1R1A, 6-max>
05-apr PokerStars $109,00 250.000$ SCOOP 7l H.O.R.S.E. *
05-apr PokerStars $1.050,00 500.000$ SCOOP 7m H.O.R.S.E.
05-apr PokerStars $10.300,00 750.000$ SCOOP 7h H.O.R.S.E.
05-apr PokerStars $320,00 1.5000.000$ SCOOP 8m NL Hold’em [2-day> *
05-apr PokerStars $3.150,00 3.000.0000$ SCOOP 8h NL Hold’em [2-day>
06-apr PokerStars $215,00 100.000$ SCOOP 9m FL Triple Draw 2-7
06-apr PokerStars $2.100,00 200.000$ SCOOP 9h FL Triple Draw 2-7
06-apr PokerStars $162,00 300.000$ SCOOP 10m NL Hold’em Heads Up
06-apr PokerStars $1.575,00 500.000$ SCOOP 10h NL Hold’em Heads Up
07-apr PokerStars $320,00 300.000$ SCOOP 11m Mixed Hold’em [6-max> *
07-apr PokerStars $3.150,00 800.000$ SCOOP 11h Mixed Hold’em [6-max>
07-apr PokerStars $215,00 50.000$ SCOOP 12m 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo
07-apr PokerStars $2.100,00 150.000$ SCOOP 12h 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo
08-apr PokerStars $215,00 100.000$ SCOOP 13m FL Razz
08-apr PokerStars $2.100,00 150.000$ SCOOP 13h FL Razz
08-apr PokerStars $55,00 250.000$ SCOOP 14l NL Hold’em [6-max> *
08-apr PokerStars $530,00 500.000$ SCOOP 14m NL Hold’em [6-max>
08-apr PokerStars $5.200,00 1.250.000$ SCOOP 14h NL Hold’em [6-max>
09-apr PokerStars $425,00 150.000$ SCOOP 15m 8-Game
09-apr PokerStars $4.175,00 250.000$ SCOOP 15h 8-Game
09-apr PokerStars $320,00 100.000$ SCOOP 16m 7-Card Stud
09-apr PokerStars $3.150,00 150.000$ SCOOP 16h 7-Card Stud
10-apr PokerStars $215,00 500.000$ SCOOP 17m NL Hold’em [1R1A>
10-apr PokerStars $2.100,00 1.000.000$ SCOOP 17h NL Hold’em [1R1A>
10-apr PokerStars $55,00 50.000$ SCOOP 18l FL Omaha Hi/Lo
10-apr PokerStars $530,00 150.000$ SCOOP 18m FL Omaha Hi/Lo
10-apr PokerStars $5.200,00 400.000$ SCOOP 18h FL Omaha Hi/Lo
11-apr PokerStars $55,00 50.000$ SCOOP 19l PL Omaha *
11-apr PokerStars $530,00 300.000$ SCOOP 19m PL Omaha
11-apr PokerStars $5.200,00 1.000.000$ SCOOP 19h PL Omaha
11-apr PokerStars $55,00 25.000$ SCOOP 20l FL Hold’em [6-max>
11-apr PokerStars $530,00 200.000$ SCOOP 20m FL Hold’em [6-max>
11-apr PokerStars $5.200,00 400.000$ SCOOP 20h FL Hold’em [6-max>
12-apr PokerStars $270,00 100.000$ SCOOP 21l NL Hold’em Heads Up *
12-apr PokerStars $2.600,00 300.000$ SCOOP 21m NL Hold’em Heads Up
12-apr PokerStars $25.500,00 800.000$ SCOOP 21h NL Hold’em Heads Up
12-apr PokerStars $109,00 1.000.000$ SCOOP 22l NL Hold’em Main Event [2-day> *
12-apr PokerStars $1.050,00 3.000.000$ SCOOP 22m NL Hold’em Main Event [2-day>
12-apr PokerStars $10.300,00 5.000.000$ SCOOP 22h NL Hold’em Main Event [2-day>

GSOP

12-apr Scandic $200,00 350.000$ GSOP Event 1 Deepstack
13-apr Scandic $108,00 150.000$ GSOP Event 2 100r/a
14-apr Scandic $162,00 150.000$ GSOP Event 3
15-apr Scandic $54,00 25.000$ GSOP Event Event 4 Omaha h/l
16-apr Scandic $54,00 100.000$ GSOP Event 5 Shorthanded 50 r/a
17-apr Scandic $162,00 50.000$ GSOP Event 6 PLO
18-apr Scandic $162,00 100.000$ GSOP Event 7 Shorthanded
19-apr Scandic $200,00 350.000$ GSOP Event 8 Deepstack
20-apr Scandic $54,00 100.000$ GSOP Event 9 50 r/a
21-apr Scandic $108,00 50.000$ GSOP Event 10 1r PLHE
22-apr Scandic $162,00 100.000$ GSOP Event 11
23-apr Scandic $1.040,00 1.000.000$ GSOP Grand Tournement dag 1A
23-apr Scandic $54,00 75.000$ GSOP Event 12 PLO shorthanded 50 r/a
24-apr Scandic $320,00 50000$ GSOP Event 14 HE FL
24-apr Scandic $1.040,00 1.000.000$ GSOP Grand Tournement dag 1B
25-apr Scandic $54,00 100.000$ GSOP Event 15 Shorthanded
25-apr Scandic $1.040,00 1.000.000$ GSOP Grand Tournement dag 1C
26-apr Scandic $200,00 350.000$ GSOP Event 16 Deepstack
26-apr Scandic $1.040,00 1.000.000$ GSOP Grand Tournement dag 2

* The Events I’ve found time for playing.

I stumbled upon this article the other day and find it rather amusing: Everything I Know About Business I Learned From Poker - What have you learned from playing poker?  Let me know below!

In Pot Limit Omaha you can go from loving the game to cursing it all the way to the deposit button in a few seconds. Heres a few examples why:

20th March:

I just loove this play where we all know what he has: Hand#1

18th March:

LOOOVES: Hand#2

4th March:

HATES: Hand#3

3rd March:

HATES: Hand#4

LOVES: Hand#5

HATES: Hand#6

I’ll post some more hands along the way!

As some of might remember, I participated in a rakerace at NOIQ Poker back in the fall of 2008 and have continued to play a little omaha in there.

A few days ago I stumbled upon my Player Points and saw that I had earned quite a few points in there. Some of these points are now converted into a Nintendo Wii that I’ve just recieved, so thanks to NOIQ Poker and there crazy rake races and VIP system  I now not only have a nice new Samsung F480 Touchwiz, but also gets my exercise;-)

PS. Ill post some pictures of the gadgets later today!

As Mikael Rundell became bubleboy, we are down to the Final Table of the EPT Copenhagen:

Anders Langset, Norge 1.119.000
Rasmus ‘Jungleras’ Nielsen, Danmark 1.031.000
Jussi Nevanlinna, Finland 894.000
Petter Petterson, Sverige 470.000
Peter Hedlund, Sverige 367.000
Jens Kyllonen, Finland 366.000
Jonas ‘Tulkaz’ Klausen 262.000
Eric Larcheveque, Frankrig 221.000

Let me hear a great cheer for Rasmus “Jungleras” Nielsen, who I betted on as winner of the tourney at odds 300 - GOGO Jungle!