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Keeping Warm in Winter
pables:
In Holiday Inn finishing my certificates for work, then down to pool and gym :o
Ps nice rooms!
AAroddersAA:
Yeah, the rooms are good so happy with that.
I have arrived in Bolton so reporting from "the field" here. I had intended to get a taxi from the station to the hotel but on leaving the station I meet Jon MW who informs me the hotel is walking distance (bonus) so me his and a nice lady called Sam walk to the Holiday Inn, we did did a couple of wrong turns but to be fair to Jon his Sat Nav phone is pretty good.
Done the checkin bit and taken a shower and am now just planning to head down to the car for a couple of coffees. No doubt the rest of APAT will be arriving and getting "on it" but this event is too big to be drinking before it.
I am happy that I still feel fresh and ready to play. The hour cometh soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf45I1ZI__w
Mikeyboy9361:
GL Rodders. :)
AAroddersAA:
Well last night was interesting, I am sure you all know the CoC did not go to plan.
Everything seemed OK to start with and I was trying to play tight. I think it was level two the first significant hand occured. Brian Martin (who was very active) raised from late position. He can be doing this with a very wide range. I look down and find AK with I flat call with (not the greatest play but OK). The flop comes down ace high and I check, brian bets about2/3 of the pot. It looks like a cbet to me so I call and the turn bring a flush draw so I lead for about half the pot, Brian calls, he might have an ace or the draw. The river completes the draw. I check and brian makes a fairly large bet. Brian would usually check and ace here so I should be able to put him on a flush or something else I don"t beat. I call and he shows the flush, I muck.
A little later I get pocket 10"s and raise to see a flop of 9 hi. I bet but get raised and fold, he says he has pocket sixs. He was probably being honest.
I got out not too long after this. For some reason I raise with K-10 and get flat called. The flop comes King high and bet out and get reraised about the same amount as the last hand (my bet was 1K and the raise was to 2.5K). I am only going to have about 5.5K left if I fold here. I think about it and I honestly think I am ahead and feel if I fold again it will give the wrong image to the table, so I shove and he (Warren) pretty much snap calls with AK.
So I was out, but I enjoyed it for as long as it lasted and at least going out early meant I could go for a beer
AAroddersAA:
Part Two - The aftermath
So I head across to the pub, eventually get there after Aca comes and shows me where it is. I try to buy a round but Jack keeps jumping in and buying it. Most of the team seem to have representatives in the pub, APAT, Chezger (ldo), Blonde, Blackbelt. We end up talking to a couple of women who Ger Jnr almost successfully convinces to come and suppor Chezger tomorrow. Ironside comes in which is always good for entertainment.
We end up heading back to the casino, which I thought was a bad idea originally until Dawn points out that the pub is going to shut (pretty good point that). So Me, Jack, Pitchie and James start walking over the casino. We meet Des and Sian on the way. For some reason they all decide to follow me. We stop for chicken and I am cheerfully leading the way when I stride straight through a puddle - oh that feels a bit slippy, OK don"t fall over you will look like a right eejit, ah b0llocks. So I fall stright to the ground. Ouch, I get the sympathy I would expect from a group of APATer"s, that being they all would have been if they had not been too busy killing thmeselves laughing :-)
We get back to the casino, apparently I tok the long way around. Where we watch the end of the CoC and Warren wins (well done Warren). I then have a few beers, make an attempt to play cash but am not really in the mood but come off after half an hour £25 up which is not bad.
I sit at the bar and talk to Leigh, Mayliss and a few of the CoC players for a while before myself Leigh and James walk back to the Hotel. Good night overall even though the poker wnet pretty poorly.
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