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AAroddersAA:
It is Tuesday, which is not that far away from Friday and the time of our little APAT trip to Spain is approaching. Most of the weekend will most likely be spent at various pubs and taking part in other non-poker related activities, but there is the small matter of the poker game which we have to play. The big thing for me is that the number one ranking is still up for grabs and I find myself in with a great chance of taking this.
The fact that myself and Darren Shallis are leading the National Rankings gives it an extra edge (and don"t write Jack off either, he is very capable of getting the big result he needs). Darren and myself learned to play at the same time, in the same games around the South Wales area. We were in various small leagues and competitions with different people, I would win one then Darren would come back and win the next, we were able to establish ourselves as the top two in the area pretty quickly (at the time anyway, there is one player who was around at the time who is now certainly better than both of us). I don"t think either of us really got the upper hand over the other though. I then moved out of Wales and Darren started playing APAT with tremendous success.
Fast forward the best part of five years to the start of 2011 (I moved back to Wales to Swansea), Darren finally managed to convince me to play the APAT event"s for a season and it has come down the final event between the two of us and Jack to win another league, only this time it is the APAT National Rankings. There is no doubt we will both be putting in the extra effort to beat each other and take this down and I have to admit coming out on top would be sweet. I would also love to lead the APAT team in Bolton as APAT's number one player of the season.
Which way will it go? I am the favourite due to points on the board, if I am going to lose then losing to Darren or Jack would not be the worst thing, but I don"t want to lose and will be trying to hardest to make their results irrelevant by making the final table and pushing for another medal. Darren has played great this year and I fully expect to see him making another deep run. If the poker gods are with him on the day then he may yet take it down. Jack has a tough task but can grind out results with the best of them and you know what they say about backing the outsider in a three horse race.
Either way the most important thing is that it has been an enjoyable season (which is not over yet) and to have a final event like this is great. If either Darren or Jack do win the rankings then I will be supporting which ever of them it is all the way in the CoC event.
3 Days and counting
AAroddersAA:
pokerpops:
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on January 12, 2011, 13:12:17 PM ---
Right time to start my spot checks for Spain,
[ ] Book to read on plane
--- End quote ---
Every Hand Revealed - What If You Were Able To Get Right Inside The Mind Of World-Famous Poker Pro Gus Hansen--And Learn His Winning Secrets?
Now You Can. :)
PantsMan:
--- Quote from: david3103 on January 12, 2011, 14:59:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on January 12, 2011, 13:12:17 PM ---
Right time to start my spot checks for Spain,
[ ] Book to read on plane
--- End quote ---
Every Hand Revealed - What If You Were Able To Get Right Inside The Mind Of World-Famous Poker Pro Gus Hansen--And Learn His Winning Secrets?
--- End quote ---
Seconded.
Oh, actually Rodders is good enough already.
I recommend any of Hellmuths books, they"re really good - honest! :)
How about some from the new BCPC range?
Brian Yates - Have you heard about the BCPC?
Matt McKinlay - It"s 60-40, get "em in you donk! and Call that you ****!
Tony Trippier - How to win Bronze in an APAT event of your choosing
Debjani Duncan - On shoes, handbags, owls and poker
Ant Williams - My APAT bad beats - Volumes 1 - 27
Andy Overton - What happened was....
and the latest one - Tod Wood - How to play Jack Six off suit and go on to win an APAT.
AAroddersAA:
Right OK this time tomorrow will be on my way to Bristol airport. I think everything is ready to go. Will just have to do without anything I forget (have my APAT hoodie). I hope Spain is ready for APAT.
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