Author: betamyr
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Pokerswings
I have found my way back into Poker after a few years break, and I am happy to say (or rather write) that I am still a winning player. However, with wins in Poker, you also have to face a lot of downswings, esp. when you play turbo Sit n Gos and Cash Games.
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On being the Bubble Boy
I think nobody likes to be the bubble boy or the bubbly lady (in the rather rare case that you are female, unfortunately). Sometimes, it even happened twice to me on the same day. It is particularly ugly, when you don´t drop out of a “normal” MTT but out of a satellite, like the 109$…
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Grinding MTT SnG on ACR
I have discovered ACR for me, depositing via Crypto (Kraken -> BlueWallet -> ACR). After a hefty downsing (I believe that I played far too loose after my money-finish at the PlayLive tournament), I was able to stabilize again and find my rhythm. Now I am back on track like in the good old Pokerstars…
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ITM at Grand Prix: PlayLive Poker Tournament in Melbourne
In the last weeks, I was thinking about playing some poker again, and so I started to watch some footage of the EPT Paris, where one of my fellow Magic the Gathering colleagues Felix Schneiders made 2nd place and won more than 700k Euro as the runner-up. Also, I discovered ACR and started to play…
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How I reached Mythic #20 on Magic Arena Limited
Today, I was able to reach top 20 Mythic Ranking on Magic Arena. Some time ago, I would have not thought that this was possible because I never considered myself being a good Magic player. However, reaching Day 2 at the last Arena Open and now being amongst the top players according the Mythic ranking…
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Trying hard to Trophy with Abzan in Tarkir Dragonstorm
In my latest Youtube-video, I tried my best to finally win a trophy with Abzan, featuring 2 x Yathan Roadwatcher and 2 x Disruptive Stormbrood, alongside other good rares and Abzan cards.
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A new WordPress theme for betamyr
I had started this blog a few weeks ago, using the AI-theme option of my website hoster Hostinger. Now, that I want to further customize the theme according to my needs, I am switching to the 2025 WordPress default theme.
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Back-to-back Trophy Decks with Jeskai in Tarkir Dragonstorm
Today, I was finally able to trophy twice in a row on Magic Arena, and both times with a Jeskai draft deck. As mostly, I was playing a Premier Draft. Having played more than 700 limited games in this format, I believe that I have a good understanding, finally.
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0-1 with Temur Aggro in Draft 2 of Magic Arena Open, Day 2
The second draft of Day 2 seemed to be quite tricky. For the first picks, I just took blue cards and settled only during pack 2 on a pretty odd Temur card combination. I think that my deck was OK in the end but nothing crazy: Unfortunately, luck was not on my side, and the…
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3-1 with BW Aggro on 1st Draft (Magic Arena Open, Day 2)
I was hoping to proceed to the 2nd draft today, and I really made it! I am so glad, since I made it with a deck that I usually do not draft but nothing else seemed to be open. I sometimes sideboarded my red Mardu cards in but for the most time I stayed black-white…