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Another Norfolk poker player
antthecat:
a i usually get into a grump about a bad beat you are in for a refreshing suprise, i was knocked out of the regional in 82nd place out of 120 runners, blinds were super fast as was my game but i could not win a big pot and kept my original stack of 3k as the blinds hit 200-400, i was on the small blind with the powerhouse hand 4h 5h and limped, bb checked, flop was 6c 7h 8d, i fired, bb shoved and i called, he showed 5s 9c, never mind as it was a cooler and nothing i could do so no calling anyone a lot of colourful language, said nice hand and went to the bar for a red bull.
as there was three of us i wandered over to my friend who got all his chips in with ak off and got called by pocket jacks and pocket queens, a queen on the flop sealed his fate so one left from the butchers arms, he was on fire and got huge hands paid when needed and he eventually came 4th and won a seat in the national at dusk till dawn. he was gutted he did not win but overall he seemed pleased with his result.
Wilby and myself then rushed back from milton keynes back to beccles to squeeze in a few cash games down the pub, 2 coinflips later and i was £10 down, really tired but still had a good day.
i have learned that having a negative attitude gets you nowhere in poker so im thinking really positive and feeling confident and ready to take on the poker world again, now can anyone tell me how to win a coinflip situation as this is the weak part of my game, i cant win a coinflip whether i have the pair or ak so who do i bribe lol
antthecat:
just trying to stay positive and things are happening, i keep having thoughts of writing a book which include a few believable but made up stories and some real accounts of my poker experience. i made a start a few nights ago and came up with a chapter of a home game that was a bit rough to say the least, another is a computer whiz-kid who is cleaning up online but when he walks into a casino for the first time he realises he is out of his depths.
will let you know how it is going and i was going to play a bit tonight but the blooming girlfriend has the night off so considering playing a £25 freezeout tomorrow.
antthecat:
i have had a good poker weekend, friday night the home game was a bit of a cooler(i called an all in with 10"s and he had kings) and i left my friends house to play at norwich in a cash game. waiting for a seat at a cash table which did look juicy another table was about to start and the other players have just finished playing in the tournament that was running so i joined that table. with £30 in cash chips and blinds 50p/£1 and optional £2 straddle i set to work, i managed to grind to £48 when i found pocket aces(my favourite pocket aces, two black ones), there was a preflop raise(£6) from early position, the button called and i called on the bb(i was so out of position) and the flop was qc jd :2h:, i checked, early shoves, the button reshoves ott, i show my aces to get a reaction(i have been wanting to use this to get a tell for so long) but they were not bothered, i folded my aces, the early player had js jh and the button had qh qd, everyone was amazed(as was i really) that i laid down pocket aces on a queen high flop, one old boy left the table saying"if he can lay down pocket aces then i have no chance in making any money on this table" but a few tourney players came over and donated a few more quid to me. after two hours and £6 session charge and unlimited cups of tea i was up to £65.50(its the 50p that makes it sound brilliant) so i made approx £15 an hour, thats more than i earn at work on overtime rate, shame it is not running for 24 hours as i could work there lol.
today is my birthday and i have decided not to play any poker today and spend time with the family but god it is so boring. i want to play so badly but i did say that i would not. buggerations
speak soon and good luck in the league matches tonight.
antthecat:
woop woop i am finally going to play some proper poker again(i did play cash friday but that was a dip toe in water test) and i cant wait to play at the palace, feeling great and full of confidence(maybe i should not get my hopes up too much as if i lose to a sickening beat i feel so crushed) and ive now opened up a sklansky dollar account. sklansky dollars are ones that you win if you put all your money/chips in ahead and lose to runner runner or something like that. when you lose you get a dollar so even though when you lose you win(its hypothetical i know) and when you get your money in again hopefully you can exchange sklansky dollars into real dollars and win your pot. ive got $100 sklansky dollars ready to exchange so wish me luck
antthecat:
ive just bought in for the wcoap main event. it was a impulsive buy so i wont be near my laptop or computer for a while. trying to save for a holiday.
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