So I'm back in Germany now after a very solid weekend in Stockholm. The first night was pretty chill, the second we went to the casino for some live pokers, and last night was just and epic shitshow. Im going to see if I can recall some poker hands...first of all I could only get out 3500Kroner out of the ATM for some reason which was lame, but its only about $400. I started at the 50/50Kr table and bought in for 2500Kr (wanted to keep some incase i busted for some degeneracy). I started slow and just tried to figure out the table. It was a bit weird not being able to understand anything the guys were talking about. It was the biggest game going so it seemed like a lot of the guys were regulars and knew each other which sucks. But onto some hands:

(Al you were correct but overall Cosmopol wasn't too bad)

First notable hand, I'm in the SB w/Q5dd and see a flop 5 ways (standard). I lead A95dd, BB calls and I get raised by one of the "regs" that wasnt very good (stacked off earlier w J7ss on red JT8 flop earlier). I just flat his raise to see if I can get a call from the guy behind but he folds. Turn is a Q and I check/shove (basically just call his bet). You dont have to turn your hands over so the dealer just flips the river and you show down. As expected he flips A9 and goes crazy when he sees my Q5 bc he didnt see I had the FD at first. So that gets me up to ~5k.

Not long after I see a flop w 33 from sb again and its a nice 356f and I chk hoping one of the 5 or so in the pot bet but I get nothing. Turn is a 7 which is pretty meh so I check again and the same guy from the last hand bets ~1/2pot and I call so were HU. River is a 9 and I ck call his smallish bet as he had bluffed a 4 straight earlier with a similar size bet. I call he flips J8, fml.

Theres a drooler to my direct right and he raises in mp to 350. I RR to 1k w QQ, bb and drooler call. Flop is Kxxdd and BB open shoves. Guy to my right calls and I fold. BB has AKs and drooler has 35dd and rivers his flush.

Next big hand I raise a limper and the drooler w Q7s. Flop comes a beautiful 757. Checks to me I bet ~1/2 pot, decent player flats, drooler raises 3x. I shove in about 3k, unexpectedly the other player in the hand snap calls (i have him covered) with authority. Now Im a bit worried, and the drooler calls as well. Guy has 55 and drooler has T7. I only lost about 1k in the hand after winning the side pot. Pretty sick cooler but whatever...

I lose a few smallish pots and somehow end up back down to around 1.7k, dont really remember how. We see a flop 6 ways and I have KJhh in the blinds. flop is 246hh, I lead out, BB raises, another guys flats, drooler flats and I just shover it in. Surprisingly 2 guys call and the drooler takes forever and finally folds Q6 (faceup like its a good fold). One guy has 35 for the straight, another has 32hh for fd+sd but I only know this at showdown, so the turn is a 2 and i figure im done to a FH, but river is the Ah and I take it down with the NF. I have about 5k now and play a few more pots but end up leaving the table because the drooler left and its a bunch of regs it seems. (left w ~4k)

I sit down at the 20/20 table and it seems better. An english guy a few to my left, some middle aged swedes to my right and a few shortstacks. I dont remember too many hands early, but I chip up from my 2k buyin to about 3.5k then fall back down to about 2k. I then get all in preflop with TT vs AT against a guy w 50bbs or so. Flop is KQ9 and I think im done. Turn is a J and Im like hell yea got this in the bag, river is a blank and he flips his AT, fml.

So now im down to about 1k and would rebuy but my brother took my 2 1k chips to go play blackjack so just have to nurse the stack. End up limping KJ lp with a bunch of guys in the hand. Flop is KKx and I check to the english guy who bets 100 or something. A few guys call and I just shove in my last 950 or so. A guy behind me calls and everyone else folds. Gets to show down and I flip my KJ and he agonizes and slowrolls w KQ, damn Swedes haha.

So I head downstairs and play some blackjack. My brother gives me the 2k i loaned him and we play for about an hour. I made some of my losses back but nothing special. I ended up losing 1.5kKr which is only about $200, so not too bad. Losing live sucks a lot worse than losing online...

Last night we did a pubcrawl and had a blast. It started kind of early so the bars werent very crowded but we ended up meeting some swedish girls who took us to the local hotspot and we did some work there. Bought a round of mojitos for some ladies and the bartended tried to pull a quick one on me after I handed him a 1k bill and he "forgot" to give me the 500Kr bill with the rest of my change. Thats one thing about Europe it seems, people "forget" change every now and then. Ended up meeting some American girls from our hostel and chilled w them for the night. They were a fun crowd and made us stay up to watch the sunrise (at 4am). Ended up passing out and had to get up a 11am to check out which came entirely too early as Im pretty sure I was still drunk.

Flew back into Bremen and now its time to get some much needed rest. We have class at 10am, then German cooking lessons (I'll do anything for some free food) and Salsa lessons tomorrow night. Booked my shit today for Switzerland. Were flying out early Wednesday morning into Milan, then taking the train to Interlaken, Swz. We booked skydiving, bungy jumping (the tallest in Europe and maybe the world, not sure) at 450ft, and canyoning. If we have time were going to try and do some more outdoors stuff like ice clmbing or sea kayaking.

Cheers from Bremen, Germany