Working on the update. Half the spread sheet is right but the other is a little off so I need to figure that out.
So many of these challenges / diaries die with bad results leading to a lack of interest in updating negative figures but as Eric Idol once said.
My reasoning behind these posts is twofold. 1. To show you can still play the games you want without having to deposit. 2. For my own accountability to myself.
Balance as of last night was £19.95 a tenner won in the rewards freeroll helped double was was the previous figure.
2 errors from my point of view.
Not withdrawing when I had the chance, as I was always going to end up back here at some point. That withdrawal would not have been re-deposited. As a rule over £200 at least 75% should have been withdrawn. But that ship has sailed.
Not posting daily reports. These will be returning from today.
On a positive note. Nice to be reminded of previous glories in @Tikay10 daily update ‘a year ago today’
"Readers of the entertaining "coo1-um £0.00 Challenge" will have seen yesterday Mr Um @coo1-um noting that he's racked up 60 All-In Sats without a single win, but he ended on an optimistic note by writing "Guess the luck has to change there sometime...". And how right he was, he won an All_In Sat to last night's Main, and then.... won the Main for £1,164. Very pleased for him, though it sorts of ruins the Diary. So selfish. Excellent effort by runner-up @aj880 too, been here 9 years & his best two results have both been in the last few weeks, 3rd in a stack Builder for £900, & now 2nd in a Main for £550.
The time has come to jump back on this train. just been scraping by. albiet i am cutting a carriage or two loose, meaning it cant be my final challenge.
sticking with the 3, and dropping the overall win/losses as its irrelevant for these challenges
Tournaments.
I think the only additional one i have cleared since the last update was the £5.50 mega stack on Saturday.
Plenty of these planned for the upcoming week, as i make an all out assault on the main prize. plenty of games helps with the scoring system used.
4 Card
A recent £2.20 plo8 win has moevd the bar down 1.
Weight
Maybe this is the real reason this is re-booted as i have done virtually nothing with this the last post.
ok so 18 micro masters games so far this week, was hoping for a push on these but other things took president, currently in 19th place in the league, top 10 perhaps.
On a brighter note i noticed i finished 4th last week with probably less that the 18 so far this.
Not sure where this challenge is going, the lack of accountability from sky poker to let me know what games ive played does not help.
Weight in takes me back to my 145lb starting weight, got to take this seriously at least and i cant blame sky poker at all for this one.
well nothing to really update, just the 2 micro masters games so far this week maybe a few more tonight, as i use a free entry into the mini hitman. main problem with the micro challenge games is i seem to play the same ones, that are already ticked off the list.
weight loss.. a lot of work to do. i believe 75% of it is in the mind. but at the moment mine cant stay away from the chocolate aisle, and also has a habit of turning the steering wheel when i'm driving past a fast food shop.
Last week saw a 5th place in the micro masters. In truth I didn’t deserve placing much higher due to the number of games played. I will have to find the effort to update the FT list with 5 last week, not sure how many uniques although the mini was one of them.
3 final tables last night knocked 2 of the Forum takedown games off at least, and added a bonus shot at the Sunday mini major by means of a second placed finish.
PLO can’t get the win, treading water there with a few near misses thrown in.
Weight loss. Really need to find the motivation to give this the required effort. Although I have set foot in a gym for the first time in circa 25 years.ji guess that’s a positive.
Hey @coo1-um , just catching up on the recent updates.
I started on a weight loss mission at the beginning of the year myself. I wasn't very motivated to start with and didn't think I'd succeed, but as the weeks have gone on it's become more and more manageable. And I still allow myself a few "treats" from time to time as well (e.g. a takeaway)
A few things I've done that have worked well:
* Protein shake for breakfast in the morning & a salad (usually with chicken) for lunch. Used to eat toast most days for breakfast and had sandwiches for dinner, but have removed most of the bread from my diet. Better eating carbs later in the day, as they make you feel hungry again quite quickly. * Substitutes (e.g. milk chocolate to 75% dark chocolate & regular potatoes to sweet potatoes). *Go for a 45-60 min walk on my lunch break - live in quite a hilly area so the walking does me a lot of good. Might sound like a chore doing it every day but the miles quickly rack up. I do sometimes go for a longer walk at the weekend if time permits. I even take a few hard-boiled sweets with me whilst I'm walking.
You probably have your own way of tackling this, but might be worth trying those if you haven't already. I've never been much of a gym person either, but the walking alone has been sufficient enough. I do have some dumbbells at home that I occasionally use, but definitely not essential.
Lost nearly 2 and a half stone since the start of the year, so proves it can be done. And aside from the first few weeks which, admittedly, were mentally tough, it's seemed quite effortless. The only downside is that my poker ability has gotten worse since I've been dieting - hopefully they are not related!
Nice to turn a small profit on this challenge revisit. No return in the plo8 finishing but outside the final table. But 2 FTs knocked off the tournament challenge which included a 2nd place in the FFT 2, @oynutter deserved the win so no complaints there. 4th in the weekly, but in truth miles off the top 3, let’s say a distant 4th. 3 micro masters game picking up 13 pts and currently in 9th place. Where @hhammerhea seems to have done enough on day 1 to get a weekly top 4 finish. Just the rewards freeroll and maybe the plo8. £1.10 tournament today. With a start on the sit and go and cash challenges thrown in.
Weight update tomorrow.
Couple of bets, no need to look for some even money bets yet, and a while off the 50/1 long shots.
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Introducing challenge 10
An £11 buy in for all 3 formats.
Details to follow. About to jump into the new plo8 game.
The thread is not called Busto again for nothing.
However still just about enough to play, and have a dabble on tonight's games.
oh and then they is another challenge 3 update. 6 games this time.
So many of these challenges / diaries die with bad results leading to a lack of interest in updating negative figures but as Eric Idol once said.
My reasoning behind these posts is twofold.
1. To show you can still play the games you want without having to deposit.
2. For my own accountability to myself.
Balance as of last night was £19.95 a tenner won in the rewards freeroll helped double was was the previous figure.
2 errors from my point of view.
- Not withdrawing when I had the chance, as I was always going to end up back here at some point. That withdrawal would not have been re-deposited. As a rule over £200 at least 75% should have been withdrawn. But that ship has sailed.
- Not posting daily reports. These will be returning from today.
On a positive note. Nice to be reminded of previous glories in @Tikay10 daily update ‘a year ago today’"Readers of the entertaining "coo1-um £0.00 Challenge" will have seen yesterday Mr Um @coo1-um noting that he's racked up 60 All-In Sats without a single win, but he ended on an optimistic note by writing "Guess the luck has to change there sometime...". And how right he was, he won an All_In Sat to last night's Main, and then.... won the Main for £1,164. Very pleased for him, though it sorts of ruins the Diary. So selfish. Excellent effort by runner-up @aj880 too, been here 9 years & his best two results have both been in the last few weeks, 3rd in a stack Builder for £900, & now 2nd in a Main for £550.
https://community.skypoker.com/discussion/188049/2023-the-year-of-the-um-0-00-challenge-challenge-complete#latest
They get you at every turn.
albiet i am cutting a carriage or two loose, meaning it cant be my final challenge.
sticking with the 3, and dropping the overall win/losses as its irrelevant for these challenges
Tournaments.
I think the only additional one i have cleared since the last update was the £5.50 mega stack on Saturday.
Plenty of these planned for the upcoming week, as i make an all out assault on the main prize. plenty of games helps with the scoring system used.
4 Card
A recent £2.20 plo8 win has moevd the bar down 1.
Weight
Maybe this is the real reason this is re-booted as i have done virtually nothing with this the last post.
On a brighter note i noticed i finished 4th last week with probably less that the 18 so far this.
Not sure where this challenge is going, the lack of accountability from sky poker to let me know what games ive played does not help.
Weight in takes me back to my 145lb starting weight, got to take this seriously at least and i cant blame sky poker at all for this one.
Good to see u at the tables
well nothing to really update, just the 2 micro masters games so far this week maybe a few more tonight, as i use a free entry into the mini hitman.
main problem with the micro challenge games is i seem to play the same ones, that are already ticked off the list.
weight loss.. a lot of work to do. i believe 75% of it is in the mind. but at the moment mine cant stay away from the chocolate aisle, and also has a habit of turning the steering wheel when i'm driving past a fast food shop.
Last week saw a 5th place in the micro masters. In truth I didn’t deserve placing much higher due to the number of games played. I will have to find the effort to update the FT list with 5 last week, not sure how many uniques although the mini was one of them.
3 final tables last night knocked 2 of the Forum takedown games off at least, and added a bonus shot at the Sunday mini major by means of a second placed finish.
PLO can’t get the win, treading water there with a few near misses thrown in.
Weight loss. Really need to find the motivation to give this the required effort. Although I have set foot in a gym for the first time in circa 25 years.ji guess that’s a positive.
I started on a weight loss mission at the beginning of the year myself. I wasn't very motivated to start with and didn't think I'd succeed, but as the weeks have gone on it's become more and more manageable. And I still allow myself a few "treats" from time to time as well (e.g. a takeaway)
A few things I've done that have worked well:
* Protein shake for breakfast in the morning & a salad (usually with chicken) for lunch. Used to eat toast most days for breakfast and had sandwiches for dinner, but have removed most of the bread from my diet. Better eating carbs later in the day, as they make you feel hungry again quite quickly.
* Substitutes (e.g. milk chocolate to 75% dark chocolate & regular potatoes to sweet potatoes).
*Go for a 45-60 min walk on my lunch break - live in quite a hilly area so the walking does me a lot of good. Might sound like a chore doing it every day but the miles quickly rack up. I do sometimes go for a longer walk at the weekend if time permits. I even take a few hard-boiled sweets with me whilst I'm walking.
You probably have your own way of tackling this, but might be worth trying those if you haven't already. I've never been much of a gym person either, but the walking alone has been sufficient enough. I do have some dumbbells at home that I occasionally use, but definitely not essential.
Lost nearly 2 and a half stone since the start of the year, so proves it can be done. And aside from the first few weeks which, admittedly, were mentally tough, it's seemed quite effortless.
The only downside is that my poker ability has gotten worse since I've been dieting - hopefully they are not related!
Best of luck with the weight loss and poker mate.
a more steady approach is required, i have moved some of the challenges around a little to make them easier to navigate.
Profit / loss is not a make or break for me, but if any challenge ever finishes and is a losing challenge, it will be re-attempted.
Maybe you could try one yourself, there is something for everyone.
Weight. we will get onto that, when i have a weight in, which is due in the coming days.
No return in the plo8 finishing but outside the final table. But 2 FTs knocked off the tournament challenge which included a 2nd place in the FFT 2, @oynutter deserved the win so no complaints there. 4th in the weekly, but in truth miles off the top 3, let’s say a distant 4th.
3 micro masters game picking up 13 pts and currently in 9th place. Where @hhammerhea seems to have done enough on day 1 to get a weekly top 4 finish.
Just the rewards freeroll and maybe the plo8. £1.10 tournament today. With a start on the sit and go and cash challenges thrown in.
Weight update tomorrow.
Couple of bets, no need to look for some even money bets yet, and a while off the 50/1 long shots.
-4lbs down on the weight in.
Overall looks something like this.
Following another break evenish day yesterday.
4 bets so far with no return, an injury time 3rd Dutch goal lost one of the bets last time out.
2 bets today.
Spain v Germany, thinking this could be a little end to end, so opted for;
Each goalkeeper to make 2+ saves in each half @18/1
France v Portugal. 0-0 was my first thought, and I don’t like the SOT market, but this double up boosted bet seemed to appeal a little.
Mbappe, Ronaldo and Fernandez 1 SOT each in 90 mins. @5/1
Here is how is looking overall. Most of those greens should be tea green.
todays bets.
England to win???
Xhaha having a score to settle.
half watched the game last night missed Ronaldo's SOT but this broke me even and 2no free bets today.