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In the beginning
nosey-p:
The first season was with Pokerstars which was good, it all went well finishing third and winning a few $ on the way. Then we had new sponsors and we moved to Blue Square for two seasons and then onto our current sponsor Betfair. For those of you who have not figured it out yet. 888, Pokerstars and Fulltilt don't have sports books. I know 888 does now but when I played on it they didn't. You see the flaw is not with the poker it's with the gambling (I know I do have flaws). In the early days, all I did on-line was play poker and had a bet on a Saturday at the bookies with only the money I had in my pocket. But now I do my gambling on-line and never go to the bookies. When I went to the shop you can keep a better check on your loses plus I find it harder during the working week to get to the shop, not any more a few clicks and another £10 down the drain.
Now that I have identified the flaw I have to cut it out, so that would mean I have to play on sites that do not have a sports book. This would mean not playing on Betfair which in turns mean not playing in APAT comps. You see I win at poker and loose at gambling but how do I stop using my poker winnings?
I started of this storey as a bit of tongue in check but now I'm not to sure. Do I have a problem? The good thing is that I'm only using my profits and not using my wage income so I don't have a gambling problem (if I started chasing then I would) but it's defiantly affecting my bottom line
This is how bad I have been running. Blonde have a tipping comp going. So for I have picked 7 selections 3 have won 4 have lost but have made a profit so not bad until I tell you that the 3 that won I didn't put any money on them and the 4 that lost I did. FML :"(
SirPercival:
I believe you can self exclude from the variuos parts of Betfair but if you employ a mind coach (like me) then you can sort it long term.
nosey-p:
Monday Madness
Last night sore the start of three leagues all of which I had said I was going to play in and on top of that is the Furness game. The problem is that my laptop is old, when I open more than two windows it starts to cry. And if I open a Sky window it starts righting it's will out.
The first game of the night was the Bunch of Fives. I hung around for over an hour before getting inpatient and then donking my chips off (cannot remember my exit hand). While waiting for the Blonde league to start I fired up another game on 888 which is a mistake knowing that my laptop is going to struggle.
By now I have two games going the 888 and the Sky Blonde league so in total I have 6 windows on the go and the lappy is on its knees begging me to stop. The next game is about to start which was the Chezger league also on Sky. Unfortunately the laptop was saying "put me out of my misery" so I was unable to play in this.
I played in the Furness game a few times but since we have moved from Betfair to 888 I emptied my account so I won't be playing in these anymore, sorry Paul.
I have never liked Sky poker; I don't like playing 6 handed, I don't like the software but wanted to support the two leagues. After I had to reconnect about 4 times I found myself on the FT only to self implode on the money bubble when there was a short stack trying to ladder (bad play by me). At the same time we were down to two tables and in the money in the 888 game. When I decided to push with 22 into the chip leader (another donk move).
The next big night is on Thursday when I will have 3 games on the go, the multy tabling is not the problem, it's the laptop trying to cope with it.
I can see Monday's are going to be allot of fun
nosey-p:
nosey-p:
Off to the cricket this Saturday to see England become World Number 1. I normally go to Headingly but for the second year running they don't have a test match so it's off to Trent Bridge. Never been there before so I have no idea how to get there. Arriving by train so looking for a pub that does a good fry-up with a pint of larger at 9.30 in the morning on route from the station to the ground. Someone told me that there is a Hooters on the way; the trouble is if I go in I may not get out. ;) If you can recommend a pub around the ground it would be appreciated.
There's a group of 10 of us going. We start off watching the cricket with a pint of course. By the lunch break we head out of the ground to the nearest pub then back for the afternoon session. But by then the crowd is more entertaining than the cricket so not much cricket gets watched. Same again for the tea interval but this time we don't normally get back to the ground. The problem this year is that I have to get a train back to Wakefield so I have to be sensible. The Mrs is scared that I'm going to be that hammered that I'm going to miss the train or even worse get off the train at Sheffield with my mates and end up in a police cell.
And to think I could be in Glasgow this weekend.
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