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pokerpops:
First up - big hugs and loves for Stu. These are tough times for him at the moment and I hope his love of poker helps him to find a space where the worries and concerns about his dad can be set aside for a while. We need an escape valve and poker provides an environment where we can cocoon ourselves in thoughts of pott odds, 3bet ranges and whether our bets tell a sufficiently strong story to get our opponent to make the fold or call as appropriate. The mental strength needed as he helps to care for his dad will need to be replenished and I hope the love he gets from the Nobbers helps with that.

So - after last week"s trip to DTD I wasn"t full of confidence or enthusiasm for poker, but I ventured out to the local pub game with Lucy and made a predictably early exit.
I wasn"t the only one there with a decent DTD result this week, one the final table from the £300 was also there. He"s a mate and fellow off-shore worker with Chris Wood who is himself a local poker hero and has taken to travelling with Chris. To say that his achievement was surprising would be something of an understatement. Suffice to say, I know that running good is a key factor in winning tournaments and that on our day we"re all capable of a decent result. The top guys make more days into their days than the rest of us though. They take the run of offsuit 4 9 and turn them into winning hands. They pick off the bluffs better than us and they extract more value from the marginal hands than we do.

I left after my restart stack of 1500 chips had been doubled and then doubled again before succumbing to the inevitable loss with AQ

Erimus:
Wp on the result last night, Would you like me to nod off before the game starts every Sunday ?  ::)

pokerpops:

--- Quote from: Erimus on January 14, 2013, 16:31:06 PM ---
Wp on the result last night, Would you like me to nod off before the game starts every Sunday ?  ::)

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Lol. Yes please, the last time we tangled you did a JP Kelly on me with KK

Fatcatstu:

--- Quote from: david3103 on January 14, 2013, 11:56:26 AM ---
First up - big hugs and loves for Stu. These are tough times for him at the moment and I hope his love of poker helps him to find a space where the worries and concerns about his dad can be set aside for a while. We need an escape valve and poker provides an environment where we can cocoon ourselves in thoughts of pott odds, 3bet ranges and whether our bets tell a sufficiently strong story to get our opponent to make the fold or call as appropriate. The mental strength needed as he helps to care for his dad will need to be replenished and I hope the love he gets from the Nobbers helps with that.



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xx  :)

pokerpops:
My approach to the Thursday night game has always been what some may call "Loose Aggresive" and others may call spewy. I play the game for fun take some "interesting" lines and often get called down light as seen last week when TC called my river bet with J high...
Last night I managed to lose two stacks in the first two levels having ...

taken a bet bet bet line with 78hh on a 975J8 board only to run into 98

attempted to get three streets of value with 47 on x77xx and ran into A7

Dusted off the last few chips from my first stack with the legendary Q6 and the bulk of the next stack with 9J on a J high board only to get called by QJ on the river

I took it poorly, lost the rest and stomped off to join the G"s latest innovation, a £10rb with £1k guaranteed. 2000 chips per rebuy and 5000 for a £10 add on.
When I joined there were only 16 runners and although that grew to 20 there was an eventual £250 overlay.
I was in for two double stacks by the break but had c 9.5k for my £40 and added the extra 5000 to have 14.5k at 200/400/25
Post break I played four hands till we reached the final table (won one of them, all in pre with AQ v 66 and binked a Q) and then started to pick up a few hands, and a few more, and then some more, and then a few spots that came well for me, and built a stack of chips to use to exert pressure and when we reached the bubble with nobody even hinting at a "saver" I was able to exploit the position really well.
Eventually I took out 5th, and suggested a deal 4-handed with me taking the £400 for 1st and the others taking £200 each but they decided to play on.

I took out the guy who had red-carded the deal in 4th, and 3-handed with 180k of 224k I made another offer "you can still do a deal guys but I want £450 now..."
They turned that down too :-)

Decent week this week - no spewy cash sessions because I"ve run deep in the two tourneys and £735 in winnings from £134  buyins. Let"s hope I can maintain my form through to Luton.

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