Forsen with the big stack

Poker Pro Viktor Blom, known for his aggressive play and playing at the highest stakes online, hearthstone streamers Thijs and Forsen, among others played in Unibet Open London, E-sports battle Royale IV. The tournament was streamed live from 15:00 CET on Feb. 22nd and you can watch the replay of the entire tournament in the video below or at this link:  https://www.twitch.tv/videos/123919006?t=14m00s. The tournament consisted of 9 players, there was a 1k Euro bounty on Viktor Blom, top 3 places get paid and first place gets 5k Euros.

The 9 players:

Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom
Sebastian 'Forsen' Fors
Thijs 'Thijs' Molendijk
Scott 'Sco' Mcmillan
James 'JZFB' Bardolph
Craig 'Onscreen' Shannon
Alan 'Hotted89' Widmann
Sophia 'Djarii' White
Fabien 'Kioshima' Fiey

eSports SnG at Unibet Open London(Spoilers below)
Forsen knocked Thijs out of the tournament with QQ vs Thjis's AA. Both were all in preflop but Forsen hit a Queen on the flop giving him a set of Queens. Blom lost a big pot vs Forsen, top pair vs. Forsen's flush draw and open ended draw on the Flop. Forsen hit a straight on the turn, Blom bet every street out of position which was questionable. Blom slowly lost the rest of his chips. Forsen was knocked out by Hotted89, Forsen flopped 2 pair and slow played it by checking the flop and Hotted89 turned a set of 7s. Hotted89 ending up winning the tournament and taking the 5k Euro prize.

Thijs can't believe the flop and Forsen throwing his hands up in astonishment

New players who want to be good students of the game often ask me for advice. In response, I often tell them about emotional stability, which I touched on in my last tip. The next point I’d like to make is that they need to be careful when assessing their own play. That’s because there are a couple of common mistakes new players make that lead them to draw faulty conclusions about the strength of their play.
After playing for a short period of time, say 100 hours, a player starts to develop an opinion about his or her play. They might think they’re playing very well or very poorly, but this conclusion might be far from the truth. The problem is that, in the short term, anything can happen. A player may get very lucky or unlucky and show results that are either far higher or lower than they could ever expect in the long-term. However, over a longer period – say 300 hours or more – a player is going to get a much more accurate view of their ability to beat the game.

So what does this mean for you? In short, I recommend that you keep an eye on your long-term results no matter if you’re in the midst of a hot streak or a cold one. While taking the long view will help you more accurately assess your play, it can’t help you avoid every pitfall along the way.

For example, assume that I’ve played the following games of No-Limit Hold ’em and have managed the following debts and profits:

Game: $1/$2
Hours: 200
Profit/Loss: -$2,000

Game: $2/$4
Hours: 200
Profit/Loss: -$4,000

Game: $25/50
Hours: 30
Profit/Loss: +$36,000

At first glance, it looks like I’m dong pretty well, right? I’ve make a handsome profit of $30,000. Look deeper though and you’ll see that I wouldn’t want to quit my day job because, in fact, I’m doing quite poorly.

To better understand what I mean, don’t think about the actual dollar figures involved but, instead, think of each small blind as a unit. So, in a $1/$2 game, each unit is 1 and in a $25/$50 game each unit is 25.

How have I done in terms of units won and lost? I’ve lost 2,000 units in the $1/$2 game, 2,000 units in the $2/$4 game and won 1,440 units in the $25/$50 game. Total everything up and you’ll see that after 430 hours of play, I’ve lost 2,560 units. This is bad news.

As you keep records of your sessions, be sure to record the size of the game you’re playing and number of units you’ve won or lost. At the start of your poker career, put more emphasis on units won or lost than on your total profit. It’s a more accurate gauge as to whether you’re playing winning poker.

Ben Roberts
June 26, 2006

The Super High Roller Bowl is a high stakes poker tournament that is played once a year at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. It was one of the world's most expensive poker tournaments of the year with a $300,000 buy-in. The Super High Roller Bowl started in the year 2015 and had a $500,000 buy-in with 43 players. 49 players partiipated in 2006 and 56 players are planned to play in 2017 tournament.

Originally the 2017 tournament had a 35 player cap and it was sold out in the first day. The cap was raised to 56 because many other players showed interest. There are some big names competing in the tourament including Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Tony G, Dan Colman, Dan Smith, Jason Koon, Jason Mercier and also Bill Perkins, a wealthy buiness man who was a regular on High Stakes TV show.

The prize pool is $1.68 million and $6 million going to the winner. The 2017 tournament will take place from May 28-31.

The official site is https://www.superhighroller.com/

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These 2 hands are from Poker Night in America $25/50 No-Limit Hold'em poker cash game, filmed LIVE on location at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, CA on January 28, 2017. Featuring Matt Glantz, Phil Hellmuth, Harlan Karnofsky, Bob Mather, Lee Markholt, Keith McNair, Rep Porter, Doc Sands, Jerry Utke, & Kelly Winterhalter. Featuring commentary from Tom Schneider & Matt Glatnz.

Originally streamed live on Twitch. You can check out the stream twitch.tv/PokerNightTV

Daniel Negreanu talks about a hand between Christian Harder(winner of the tournament) vs Mike Gentili from the tournament PokerStars Championship - Bahamas. Negreanu thinks value betting the river is the better play but I think value betting there opens the chance to get bluffed with a reraise. Negreanu could be right that is it more profitable in the long run. What do you think?

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