Poker Forum > Member Blogs

Keeping Warm in Winter

<< < (47/205) > >>

AAroddersAA:
Yesterday was an interesting day. Started well early, and watched the rugby. I am very excited about Wales looking really good. Not counting any chickens but it would be so good if we got to the final. I make us slight favorites to do so but we must not underestimate France. It would be just like them to pull a performance out of the hat now.

Then went to Newport for the football in the afternoon. It was Justin Edinburgh"s first game in charge of county and he came out to a great reaction and there was a real buzz in the bar before hand and in the ground. Reminded me of the old days at Somerton Park. When County nearly scored from the kick off the crowd really started to get behind them and we were saying how the season is likely to get back on track now. Then it all fell apart. Southport were winning the mid-field battle with ease and quickly went 1-0 up. The team tried to respond and so did the crowd. Two long throws toward the end of the first half resulted in a half timer score of 3-0. The second half did go slightly better which gives hope for the future of the new manager but a 3-0 defeat was not a good start.

I was pleased with the fact everybody stayed behind the team right until the end and kept singing all the way through. After the match everybody was still pretty positive about things so hopefully a few good performances and things will turn around.

We then headed into Newport to drown our sorrows which we did successfully. Came back to Swansea this morning after watching the rugby, next weekend should be interesting, Hope to be watching Wales Vs New Zealand in Luton.

AAroddersAA:
Love this APAT league and 888


***** Cassava Hand History for Game 313132605 *****
$75/$150 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 09 10 2011 20:51:26
Tournament #33302851 $10 + $1 - Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: _AAroddersAA ( $1,775 )
Seat 2: PBevilbow ( $4,662 )
Seat 5: colmcgg ( $4,739 )
Seat 6: cormach1 ( $2,627 )
Seat 7: avongirl888 ( $1,103 )
Seat 9: biggeezy33 ( $3,058 )
Seat 10: Wiseman74 ( $1,508 )
colmcgg posts small blind [$75]
cormach1 posts big blind [$150]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to _AAroddersAA [ Qd, Ad ]
avongirl888 folds
biggeezy33 calls [$150]
Wiseman74 folds
_AAroddersAA raises [$1,775]
PBevilbow raises [$3,400]
colmcgg folds
cormach1 folds
biggeezy33 folds
** Dealing flop ** [ Kd, 5s, 3h ]
** Dealing turn ** [ 2d ]
** Dealing river ** [ 6h ]
** Summary **
_AAroddersAA shows [ Qd, Ad ]
PBevilbow shows [ Td, 4c ]
PBevilbow collected [ $3,925 ]

Santino67:
Unlucky Steve, that hurts  :o

just  ::)

AAroddersAA:
So I go to the bank yesterday intending to take some money out to buy some extra dollars. I want a larger than normal withdrawal (not massive but large enough you can"t do it across the counter) so have to go to a special desk and fill in a form. They also need me to provide ID. All seems very reasonable. I fill in the form and hand over my driving licence.

The pretty young girl behind the counter looks at the form and at my licence and says the signatures don"t match. I look at them and she is right they don"t (I signed the licence about 16 years ago and now sign differently). OK, I say shall I just fill in another form. She explained that I can"t do that, so I say OK, I"m going to need another form of ID? She explained that I don"t really require that either. So what do I need to do?

Come back later and fill in another form and ask somebody to else for the withdrawal? Eh? How does this protect my personal information? I decide to just leave it and go back on the weekend to do it. *lol*

Not in work today so going to play some pokers.

AAroddersAA:
So Wales are out of the Rugby World Cup.

We went down fighting and today every Welsh rugby fan can wear the shirt with pride. Just like the team wore it with pride and passion throughout the tournament, the way they have represented our county and conducted themselves also brings great pride in them. This game was really tough on them, going down to 14 men after 20 minutes due to a spear tackle was unlucky. My first reaction was that there was no way that it could be a red card and a terrible decision, however thinking about it since, it could only be called a spear tackle, a spear tackle is defined as when one player lifts another into the air and dumps them upside down, and that is what happened. The IRB laws state that this is a straight red card, so I would have to say yes Sam Warburton did have to go off. He conducted himself well accepting the decision as you would expect, as did the team. Of course that is just an expectation in rugby.

The response of the team was what we have come to expect from this group of players, they did not lie down and roll over but fought with all they had, another great defensive display with all the character in the world. Their skill and fitness is tremendous, the team is mainly young and hopefully they will have other days like this, they fought right up until the end. Yes there were missed kicks and you cannot do that at this level but Wales showed the world what they are made of.

To be honest I was pretty impressed by France as well, there was the natural outburst"s of anti-French feeling around the Welsh after we lost such a close game where we performed so well and a win would have been so good but before the game everybody pretty much agreed it was going to be difficult for France to win this one. The first 20 minutes seemed to back that up as Wales were in control. Then Wales were down to 14 and suddenly France had a chance of the World Cup Final. France then did what they had to do, it was not pretty, it was not good to watch but they kept the ball and whilst they did not look like creating much outside of the penalties they did get the job done and gave their fans a World Cup Final to look forward too. I can"t fault them for this and have to give them some credit. FRance are of course known for being able to be brilliant in one game. Well now they only have to win one game. I can"t see them beating New Zealand, but if they are playing Australia then you never know.

As for Wales, the young players now have great experience and although they lost this game I just can"t see it as a failure and I doubt anybody else will. Going forward to the Six Nations early in the new year I think we start as favorites and it has been a while since we can say that.

Anyway onward"s and upwards as they say. Newport County Vs Tamworth today, after a great win in mid week we need another three points today to ensure we start to climb up the table and out of trouble.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page