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pokerpops:
A brief extract from the recently published International Federation of Poker Rulebook
72. BEHAVIOR AND ETIQUETTE: In order to maintain a congenial environment for all players, the TD may, at his or her sole discretion, penalise, suspend or disqualify a participant who acts in the following ways, but not limited to:
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q. Displaying signs of alcohol intoxication, drunkenness or use of other substances that jeopardises the smooth running of the tournament or causes disrespect to other competitors, staff or spectators.
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That"s Thursday"s game f***ed then
Although... last night we were short on numbers and the only way that Brian could play was to make it a true home game at his home.
Five of us assembled and a game was played in polite and fabulous spirit. I even managed to suffer being outdrawn by Lucy when her 77 went up against my KK on a "safe" flop only to see a 7 fall on the turn. Well played Daughter Dear - you used those chips well in your win.
Most enjoyable - thanks Brian, and thanks too to Susan for putting up with us, and for your contribution to the fun.
pokerpops:
Poker karma...
I"d joined the game just after the start and was in mid-position.
Blinds are 25/50 and there"s an utg raise to 150 called in one spot.
I make it 700 with JJ, original raiser folds but the caller decides to see a flop.
It"s 10 high and she leads out for 1400
I jam my full 4300 stack and get an instant call from Q 10
Happy days?
Not with that 10 on the turn...
Fast forward to somewhere close to the final table and my villainess 3bets over an early raise - he calls and they get it in on a 10 high flop
She has KK, he has A10
The turn card is, of course, a 10
She couldn"t understand why I laughed
pokerpops:
Brief notes on the trip to DTD...
Having run well on Tuesday at the pub and even better on Thursday in the Nobbers game I travelled with some confidence. Misplaced as it turned out.
£500 - had many hands with cards as high as a 4 or sometimes even 5. Got AQ and flopped TPTK vs an opponent with TP2ndK which would have been marvellous but for the K on the river. Made nothing much else and for the first 5 levels was on a table where people didn"t like to fold. Indeed some of them absolutely refused to do it.
150/300
5way limped pot is checked to the river by which time the board has 3 diamonds on it including the King
Colin Young in BB bets 1500 into 1800
UTG makes it 4000 with Qd for second nuts. Fair enough obviously
Folds to BB who makes it 18000
Now, if this guy doesn"t have the nut flush here I"d have walked round Nottingham with me dick out for the weekend.
I know it, the rest of the table know it, the valet delivering the drinks knows it, but he gets a call.
Anyway - I can"t find a hand to get paid on and eventualy I get a table move. Stuck in Seat One and with trouble all over the place. I misplay an OESD when I peel Marrcin Mildes pf raise with 57 and check raise a 64Q flop. He calls the c/r the turn misses me and he checks back. I think I should 100% bet here, or just give up on the hand but when I miss the river too I decide that a bet is my only chance of winning the pot and lead out for around 60% on a 64Q9J board. Marcin calls without hesitation and shows K6...
Eventually my A10 is beaten by JJ and I"m contemplating the £150...
Went well...
Had a few fun hands in the £150 though. One vs Chinese Frankie a DTD legend. Basically went with my read on his hand strength and repped a better hand throughout. He took a lot longer to fold than I wanted him to but got there eventually.
Had a small bonus on Sunday when I slipped on the freshly laundered joggers to nip down to get a newspaper. There was £40 in the back pocket that had survived the washing machine in very good shape!
Played the Super £50 - really shouldn"t have but "I was there" so...
That"s my last game of any significance till St Kitts I think. There"s a £100 one dayer at G this weekend but I doubt I"ll bother, Dad"s on tele in the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on the evening and I think I should see it as it happens (it"s not actually shown live, but...)
Will play the Thursday nobbers games, and play the Sunday games at G but that"s likely to be it till I"m in the Caribbean.
pokerpops:
Another week goes by and we"re now a week away from setting off to St Kitts.
We"re driving to DTD next Monday evening to be ready to set off from there early on Tuesday.
To say that I am looking forward to the trip would be the understatement of the year.
Lucy"s excitement is equally high.
I"m not a list maker, and prepare for trips and events in a failry casual way. So, with one week to go I have no travel insurance, no idea of how much I need to pack, no real idea about whether we have a suitably sized suitcase and have just begun tho consider how best to take money with me.
To put this in context, my only trips of the past 10 years have been to Festivals, where my clothes go in a rucksack and the rest of my belongings go in plastic boxes; a four or five day trip to Edinburgh and occasional one or two day poker trips.
Whatever - I"ll jam a few t-shirts and some shorts in a case of some form. Throw in some pants and socks and some swimming shorts and maybe add a hoody in case the air-con is overpowering. Sure I"ll be fine.
On the poker front this week, I bubbled the pub game on Tuesday, there was no Thursday game because of some jolly jaunt to Portugal and in Sunday"s game at G I lost all bar 725 of my chips on the last hand before re-entries closed. This resulted in my shoving blind at 150/300 when it folded to the HJ and I was, deservedly bust when I turned over the dreaded Qd 4d needing a five for a chopped pot.
Switched to the .25/.50 game downstairs and managed to do some winning though. 3bet A s Jd and saw a flop 3way. Ks Qs 10s looked pretty good but local legend something Latif having flat called the 3bet from the BB open shoves for £99
We have history, I have the A s, he has the 2s 6s
Turn brick
River 7s
some wins are worth more than others :)
I win a few more pots vs another ex-Gala stalwart who has made a hobby out of picking off my river bets over the last few months and hasn"t yet noticed that I"ve stopped bluffing the river versus him and started just making bluffy looking value bets ;)
Have put a staking thread up for St Kitts - my life/poker roll isn"t equipped for much these days so the funds from the staking will be uised for playing a side event or two and will hopefully provide a sweat for those whose confidence in me remains strong.
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