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amcgrath1uk:

--- Quote from: Fatcatstu on July 31, 2012, 21:26:12 PM ---
Try playing a bit more? I would assume (after playing in vegas together a bit) that you kind of blinded away a bit?

Perhaps putting yourself in a position to win more pots would help?

--- End quote ---


It is pretty much what I thought, but it is tough to get yourself out of the mentality...

amcgrath1uk:
Having a minor break from poker at the moment. No specific reason apart from being busy with other things.

For those that don"t know, Mon-Fri I look after my brothers place while he works down south, which means I don"t get chance to play during the week even when I"m off work. It means I can generally play live every other weekend, however being busy this weekend and in 2 weeks time means a break which is good I think.

Yesterday I played golf for the first time ever. The occasion is a memorial for family members we have lost. There are 3 main prizes. Overall winner after handicap, nearest to the pin on hole 3, and longest drive on hole 12.

The course we played at is called Castle Hawk in Rochdale, and is basically an 18 hole course, all par 3"s barring one par 4 ( hole 12). In my group of 5 players, I teed off 3rd, and obviously, there are quite a few watching at the first. Now, I know nothing about golf, and the 1st is 120yd hole, and downhill. From the half bag, I have a choice of 3, 4, 6 iron or sand wedge. Choose the 6 iron ( some take woods) and connect damn well. It lands, well, about 50 yards past the hole! End up shooting a 6, as I do exactly on average over the 1st 9 holes, some 5s some 7s. I get nowhere near the pin on hole 3, and on hole 11,I managed to take a 9! So step up on hole 12 last, there have been a couple of huge drives but off the fairway. I step up just as the last group of us catches us up, so there"s about 12 people in total watching. Somehow I manage to smoke one, and on a 255yd hole, it lands just 20yds short of the green. So I do end up winning something!

The best rounds after handicap were 66"s, I shoot 113, or 85 nett which I"ll be honest, I"m very happy with that!

Tonight is the closing ceremony of the Olympics, I"ve watched as much as I could, enjoyed every minute of it, and cannot wait to see the end. Hate to see it finish but loved the show that we have put on!

amcgrath1uk:
Ch....Ch....... Changes

Long post alert

I"ve always been absolutely mad on sports. As in, I"d play whatever, whenever I can. Football, cricket and rugby league  were the main 3 I"ve played, however I"ve dabbled at athletics ( several events), basketball, hockey to name but a few.

Sports were what I looked forward to, daily, weekly, monthly, as a youngster and certainly into my late teens, it pretty much drove my life. I could play sports all day without getting too tired, I wasn"t the biggest fan of running but, certainly with football, I could read the game from a very early age, meaning I always seemed to be in the right position at the right time. I guess this is why, at a very early age (8ish) I was put in at centre back for my primary school as the non-marking one. Still remember lots of the results from my first 2 proper seasons of football at primary school. Even in slightly smaller nets on 80% size pitches, we destroyed pretty much every team we  played. We only lost 2 games in 2 years, one a severly snow affected game and another in the QF"s of the Greater Manchester Cup, losing in a highly controversional match.

Several of the players in my team also played club football, I was invited, made the team straight away as well as being made captain. 6 of us from primary school played for the club side, again we were fairly successful, generally finishing top 3 without ever winning the league or cup ( there was one outstanding side who were basically impossible to beat). After a few seasons, getting to 13/14 some were being picked up by the local professional clubs. In one such game, I received my only outfield serious injury, fracturing my patella ( knee for those who don"t know). As there was no pain, and not much could be done to help repair it, I was playing again in 6 weeks.... SILLY eh?

I was fairly sensible, started playing in goal for my school side ( at high school we were a rugby league school) and seemed to do ok. Until I was in my late 20s, it"s where I played. I seemed to be a flair keeper, making amazing saves, making amazing cock ups.

The big point of all this is..... I"ve always had a huge metabolism, and masses of energy, so ate what I wanted when I wanted. As over the last few years, my job has become less physically demanding and I really don"t find time to do anything remotely tough in terms of a workout, I now find myself the least fit I"ve ever been and my belly is growing in size. I intend to do something about it. I"m not going to set myself lofty goals ( ie London Marathon although I"ve always wanted to do it), I"m going to start off realistic and just initially get started with exercise again. My long term goal will be to raise a sh*t load of money for the MacMillan nurses, who helped my family so much when my dad initially got cancer, and then as he deteriorated until he passed away. It was a long time ago now, but their support was exceptional ( even though I"m probably only realising this now).

Being a poker player ( recreationally) definitely doesn"t help this, but I am finding myself playing less and less apart from APAT events, and have pulled back my online play to minimum levels compared to what I have done in the past, so the balance is probably coming back in my life allowing myself more free time to do so. Doing shift work definitely doesn"t help, but I"ll just have to plan better!

amcgrath1uk:
Not much to report recently. Only played twice live in the last month, last night flopped 2 pair twice and lost quite simple really. Had a 6th in a Weds night a couple of weeks ago for a min cash, playing ok without playing particularly well.

Started to get to grips with what I"m playing on stars now, still $11 or lower tournies, with some 180s thrown in. Playing lots of 8 game and Horse tournies as I seem to go ok in them.

Had a 2nd in a $8 8game, and a 3rd in a $4.50 180er, and a 20th in an $11mtt which was a good, but frustrating result.

Coming up, looking forward to the Chezger home game, see if I can repeat or improve on my cash last time. Also not too far off Glasgow now, which I"m well looking forward to, as I missed Cork and DtD I"m looking forward to spending time with quality people again!

Laxie:
Ger says I"m not allowed to cook this time.  I"m screwed if I"m made sit at the table to actually play poker, so you"re sure to do better.   :D

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