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Santino67:
2010 Part 2
So the gall bladder trouble behind me I had a superb summer to look forward to, but unfortuantely missed a couple of big outdoor music gigs during my recovery spell (Snow Patrol and Pink). Oh well guess i"ll have to do with some guy called Paul McCartney at Hampden. What a fantastic show he put on, 3 full hours of so many well known songs and a 50,000 sing-along crowd, great weather and an amazing atmosphere.......and then a couple of weeks later there was the small matter of my annual pilgrimage to the wonder that is the T In The Park festival, with a great group of family and friends and an amazing line up of acts including Muse, Kasabian, Jay-Z, Eminem, Faithless, Stereophonics, Editors etc etc etc
Editors
Jay-Z
31st July came and we headed off to Toronto for a fantastic holiday that I"ll hope to repeat again someday. A very cosmopiltan city with tons to do and being on the banks of Lake Ontario even has a lovely beach to visit if you fancy a short drive or bus run. A 2 hour (ish) drive to Niagara Falls (and it"s numerous casinos) is a must if you decide to visit, but everything else was more or less walking distance from downtown.
Toronto Blue Jays
View from CN Tower
Niagara Falls from Maid Of The Mist
On return from Toronto I"m glad to say that i got back to playing some poker, mainly online MTT"s on Betfair (highlights already posted). I ended the year with the superb weekend at Coventry (more to follow) and a couple of lower key gigs in the form of Sarah Blasko and The Complete Stone Roses. August unfortunately saw me facing redundancy from my full time job of Employment Adviser, but I"m sure 2011 will see me get back on that particular horse. Thankfully i still have a part time job keeping me afloat so all"s well, life"s great and Santa gave me my new Canon Powershot camera I"ve hinted for most of the year ;D
Complete Stone Roses
duke3016:
--- Quote from: Santino67 on January 05, 2011, 01:23:41 AM ---
August unfortunately saw me facing redundancy from my full time job of Employment Adviser
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There is irony in there somewhere, may 2011 be a great year for you Grant - you deserve it.
Santino67:
--- Quote from: duke3016 on January 05, 2011, 08:25:23 AM ---
--- Quote from: Santino67 on January 05, 2011, 01:23:41 AM ---
August unfortunately saw me facing redundancy from my full time job of Employment Adviser
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There is irony in there somewhere, may 2011 be a great year for you Grant - you deserve it.
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Yeah Ger, there definitely is :D , I had 50 unemployed clients to help and ended up joining them. I"ve never been unemployed since 1984 so i know I"ll be fine and my part time job have been giving me extra shifts in past couple of months so it"s not a concern.
On a far more sombre note, R.I.P. Gerry Rafferty. Saw Gerry play a couple of times, he wrote some great songs and had a fantastic voice. The likes of Baker Street and Stuck In The Middle will be etched in history but his back catalogue of songs had so many more great tracks and his "Sleepwalking" album is among my all time favourites. I, for one, feel it"s a very sad loss for British music.
HaworthBantam:
--- Quote from: Santino67 on January 05, 2011, 14:14:39 PM ---
On a far more sombre note, R.I.P. Gerry Rafferty... I, for one, feel it"s a very sad loss for British music.
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+1
Santino67:
Well last night"s re-buy was fun and a bit of a rollercoaster ride. Think I got bluffed off a hand right before the add-on that took me down to 3.8k and I didn"t get the re-buy quick enough like most folk >:( , so went to the 2nd hour with 6.3 and looking short in comparison to most, never mind plenty of play, still 50 BBs. Got that built up to a comfortable enough 15.5k and then came the raise against a shortie with JQ only for Bill "KTMC?" to re-raise and shortie to put the rest of his stack in. Getting about 4/1 odds i called the other 650. Flop came 4/9/10 if I remember correctly with 2 diamonds, I checked and Bill checked. Turn gave me the magic 8 for the nut straight so i bet about 2.6 into the 3.2 pot, Bill shoved and I instacall obv. He flips 10/10 then paired the 8 on the river to leave me with only 4k. No complaints about any of the play but Bill must have kicked himself for giving me that free turn card, worked out well for him in the end though.
Went out not long after, think it was A/10 v 5/5 of Leigh. 10 and 5 on flop sealed my fate. Like Ger, I agree we all have to show a bit of loyalty for the last 2 games regardless of our points (only 9 from first game so need a miracle now) so I"ll be back in for the 6 handed game tonight.
On the positive side, I joined in with my regular nightly 11.15pm Betfair $22 1500 chips MTT game. Again another rollercoaster, quickly went up to 1860 despite a very very very frustrating disconnection after I 3 bet on a KJ4 flop with KJ. Thankfully found the chips in my stack when I was reconnected so the others obv folded. Got up to 2.5 k soon after then went completely card dead for ages, fell in love with the number 2 as it appeared in every hand unfortunately without one of his friends. Donked some chips off attempting a few plays then with blinds at 80/160 the hand that turned my game. Made standard raise with 6/6, against a shorter stacks BB. He called and flop came 5/7/J, BB checked, so 1200 in middle to steal and 1600 in my stack my chips got shipped. BB called with 8/8 :D
Shortly after that I was down to 183 chips and 200 in the BB. Amazingly about 10 minutes later I had about 7k after double ups galore, went on to cash, made final table with about 21k, then finished 8th for $98ish.
A fun day indeed but apologies to pc_plod, a regular on Betfair, good player and more importantly to me a great guy to chat at the table.....Busted his AK shove with my KJ on my BB when i was short stacked and left him with a few grains of sand. Hoped I was getting odds against a middle pair and only had 7 BBs left, got very lucky against him, but that"s poker and he"ll get me back someday very soon I"m sure 8)
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