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monkeyman:
Grrr, my PC problems are continuing. After getting my current model back in apparently working order, 3 days reconnecting it, shortly after I"d downloaded PKR and been knocked-out of a tournament on Pokerstars, it gave up the ghost. Maybe it was feeling the same as me after my friday night out.............. So back to my Windows 2000 previous model and back to my previous existence as someone who made a few quid in tournaments but couldn"t really be bothered with cash games.
As luck would have it I"ve had little time to play in the last few days. I"ve recently decided to do some voluntary work and because I don"t like taking the easy option, I signed-up for the Norfolk Mental Health Befriending service. After CRB checks and training are completed I"ll meet once a week with someone who has a serious long-term mental health condition and who finds themself socially isolated. These people get referred to the volunteer scheme by social workers within the Norwich-based specialist mental health team and mostly have either Schizophrenia or Bipolar disorder. I have no previous experience of dealing with these conditions, but luckily I"ve got some well-informed contacts within Social Services who have been kind enough to point me towards some reference material. Therefore some of what was previously poker time is now being taken up by something altogether more rewarding. Sometimes playing cards just isn"t that important.
monkeyman:
With no more developments on the PC front for a few more days at least, I"m not so much taking a break as easing back a bit from the relentless cash table/hold"em manager assault. A few days ago I found I had £3 in a Sky poker account, entered a small £1.10 tournament, won that, have had a few more minor cashes and have recently discovered the joys of 6-handed cash play. I think that one of my biggest failings when playing cash tables, even with 3 or 4 on the go at any time is that I have a tendency to get bored and try lots of silly moves. Admittedly I"m playing at a barrell-scrapingly low-level,but so far I"ve been incredibly disciplined since I started messing around with the smaller tables, so maybe its worth a try when I get back into full-on wannabe grinder mode.
I"m also aware that I"ve been neglecting my blogging duties of late and as its 10 days since I posted my last video by a Scandinavian heavy metal band, here"s another one.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu2bgwcv43o[/youtube]
monkeyman:
And now for something completely different. Earlier this week,those kind souls at Pokerstars placed a token worth $11 in my account to be used as entry into a SCOOP event. At the time of receipt, there were only 3 tournaments remaining of that value and of those, there was only one I could feasibly play. Tonight"s the night and, joy of joy, its an Omaha hi/lo competition. Like most variants, I"ve dabbled in Omaha hi/lo cash play and had a very successful 2 months last summer before I inexplicably decided to try something else. Having said that, I am also capable of playing the game far worse than any other poker type, so who knows which me will turn up tonight? Maybe I"ll take the safe option and try and fold my way into the money.
monkeyman:
--- Quote from: monkeyman on May 19, 2011, 17:53:24 PM ---
And now for something completely different. Earlier this week,those kind souls at Pokerstars placed a token worth $11 in my account to be used as entry into a SCOOP event. At the time of receipt, there were only 3 tournaments remaining of that value and of those, there was only one I could feasibly play. Tonight"s the night and, joy of joy, its an Omaha hi/lo competition. Like most variants, I"ve dabbled in Omaha hi/lo cash play and had a very successful 2 months last summer before I inexplicably decided to try something else. Having said that, I am also capable of playing the game far worse than any other poker type, so who knows which me will turn up tonight? Maybe I"ll take the safe option and try and fold my way into the money.
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Woo hoo. 14 minutes in and I"ve just gone from 5K to 11K in one hand ;D
monkeyman:
Not sure how I"ve done it, but I"m still bumbling along. 6257 runners and at the third break I"m 651st of 2424 with payouts to 900th
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