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--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on March 23, 2016, 11:02:10 AM ---
PLO8 at 3pm today, hopefully do ok but not really my game so will see how it goes.

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LOL, just LOL. I see what you did there....

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Clever stuff.

AAroddersAA:
OK this post is probably a day late but yesterday I was not fully awake for the whole day *lol*. I am very happy to have won the PLO8 game on Wednesday to take my first live individual APAT gold medal and WCOAP title. It also lifts me back to the top of the POTY rankings for now although I know for sure Brian will not be giving up and expect to have to score more points between now and the end of the online events if I am going to be POTY. That for the future though.

Wednesdays PLO event started quite quietly for me. I was sat next to Tom Clark again and we wonder if we can both get past the end of the first level today after failing to do so on Tuesday *lol*. The game starts and I actually end up allin with my tournament life on the line before the end of the first level. I had top set (the nuts) on a flop with no low draw and got in against the nut flush draw, my hand held and gave me some chips which was very important. I was playing quite a simple game as I am not as good at this game as some. However some of the best players were missing from the field. Most notably Chris Webber (Defending Champ and 3-time world champion), Carl Pilgrim (great PLO8 PLayer) and Steve Redfern (excellent all round Omaha player). These are just examples that spring to mind but the field could have been even stronger than it was. I was doing OK and generally running up my stack. A player joined the table with lots of chips and he seemed quite well known in the casino. He is running good taking a big pot off Tom by rivering him, I get in a pot with him where I bet the flop and turn but miss my draw on the river. There is a heart flush though and I have the ace of hearts. I check it to him and he bets. Here I can fold and still have an above average stack but this spot was just perfect and I move allin. He quickly folds and this gives me a great boost to my stack and gives me the chance to final table, which I eventually do.

Tom went out just before the final table after playing very well all day. I run good on the final and end up three handed, I keep raising and they do not play back. I have a big chip lead and they fold down to where I basically have to call when somebody shoves. I win and end up heads up with a 6-1 chip lead. My heads up record in apat is err.. BAD. I tried very hard to lose this one as well (although I did get the chips in good twice and lose). He eventually takes the chip lead and actually end up allin and thought I had lost until the dealer points out I have the low. Don"t remember what happened at the end but we were even on chips and the blinds are so big we are basically playing shove/fold. He raises I see  A-5-9-9 and know that is plenty good enough. He has A-4-7-K so actually has a slightly better hand but I win by making a full house and no low.

I expected the game to finish at about midnight but it was 3am by the time we were done. I collect the Bracelet and Medal I was pretty much done and ready to head back to the hotel. I honestly had in my head there was something I should do first but didn"t know what it was. I say goodbye to Lucy and leave as I go to exit the casino it clicks you actually get prize money for winning. I already have the medal and bracelet but decide to go back and get the money anyway. I then try to leave again but this time leave my iPad in the card room on Lucy"s desk. I eventually get back to the hotel at 4am get a few messages and texts which I reply too. I was not really able to sleep so just read on my iPad.

Was really pleased to get the win as there has been that bit of pressure having never got the win. It is also a real pleasure to get a bracelet and they do make these events feel special. Want to get this done now, not been playing yesterday as was watching the team event and playing, today will likely be watching the team event, maybe a bit of cash and catching up with everybody.

Yesterday railed the team event for a while and was able to cash in the 6-max (came 11th out of 145 but was basically on auto play for most of it though, played OK but was not at my best). Got back to hotel before midnight I think and had a good nights sleep. Today will be railing team event and having a day off before playing the main event tomorrow.

Happy Easter Weekend Everybody. Have a great Bank Holiday.

AAroddersAA:
So the WCOAP is over. Would have posted sooner but had a few issues since returning.

It was an excellent festival which I think everybody enjoyed. As you all know by now I was lucky enough to win a bracelet in the PLO8 event. I also cashed in the six-max. The WCOAP successfully has a different feel to the rest of APAT it is very much about the poker rather than the social side of it, although this does make it a bit intense at times. I am always really impressed by the people who can play multiple live events a day. I just can"t do it and event 5 in 6 days was a bit of a grind at the end. I would certainly take the results though and I THINK this cash takes me past Dave Garden into the Number 2 spot in the APAT cash list on Hendon Mob. Carl also cashed so will be about $1600 behind him. One mission in Season 10 will be to take that spot, that will be hard but I will be doing my best. I think the result will also take me into the top 4 all time WCOAP players behind Chris Webber, Dave Howard and Paresh Doshi. This has been a very good month for me Poker Wise I am just over $400 up in online cash and the WCOAP result tops it off.

Some shout outs from WCOAP, first to Chris Webber for his third bracelet in three years which is an amazing achievement. Obviously Matt Carter for his 5th place in the Main Event and to Simon Brooke for one of the best performances in WCOAP history this week winning POTS (I assume the online events do not count towards this). Last, but most certainly not least to Ian Thompson who maintained his run for cashing every year since season 3 and made it 7 seasons in a row with a cash, breaking the record. Then the obvious ones for Tom, Leigh, Des, Lucy and John for another excellently run event.

It"s not all over yet as we have to Player of the Year to think about. I managed to move into top spot for that and was looking good until Brian hit back taking 4 points in the team event to cut the gap to just 2 points. Matt Carter and Simon Brooke are also right in there with a chance when the season comes to an end this week with the online WCOAP games. I would like to see APAT make a bit more of the Player of the Year. They offer an amazing prize for this but it did not seem to get mentioned much this season. There are still 29 points to be won so although it is very likely the winner will be myself or Brian it is by no means certain. Whoever wins will need to score more points that is for sure.

I will this week be booking myself up for Vegas in November with Stu, Ger, Curly, Matt Ward, Phil The Fryer and Scottish Tom among others which should be to say the least - epic.

Have been back online this week playing 500 hands since Monday winning $44.23 a few hands of interest are below some. Feel free to make comments, I am pretty confident on my reads in this game and my thoughts are likely to be fairly accurate to how the game plays but I can still get it wrong sometimes.

This is a strange one. My thoughts were basically he either has a king or he doesn"t so might as well try and build a big pot, expected to see AK, KQ or KJ once he calls my raise on the flop so am basically trying to play and size bets to get my whole stack in the middle.

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/18509421_494046949E

This hand is also interesting given the board and the interesting card on the turn (which should usually be a blank I think). The way he has played the hand is a VERY strong line but there is so much money in the pot I don"t have to be good that often and 3-bet pots are starting to play a little less honest than they use to in this game. There are a good few draws out there. His shove is actually bad as he only gets called when beaten. If he is going to put all his money in he would be better calling the turn then calling any river as this at least would weaken my range a bit.

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/18509521_894AB03EE9

This hand is also worth thinking about. Our opponent would be perceived as less experienced he was playing 50% of hands over a small sample size and a less than full stack. The flop is pretty good and his weakish bet does not suggest a Queen really, when the SB folds I am happy to call. The river shove is interesting as this 100% COULD be a queen but my read on the flop was that he does not have a queen which probably makes this a call. Not 100% sure to be honest, he can have some kind of monster as well but would expect a smaller bet in that case. I tend to think the call is likely ok/good here.

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/18523123_5B98DEB45E

This hand is for entertainment purposes only. There is not much logical thought process to it haha (there was a thought process at the time just not a logical one)

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/18509542_FB4AB83E89

So those are some of the cash hands I am playing. I am going to keep this going until the end of the Online WCOAP to see who wins the player of the year. After that the blog will likely go on a break until I would assume Season 10 kicks off. Hopefully will do some updates from Vegas in November this year.

jayteejack:
Very well done in Stratford. Good luck for the Player of the year

AAroddersAA:
Last day of Season 9 today, 5 people can still win player of the year. They are Myself, Brian Yates, Simon Brook, Matt Carter and The current World and UK Champ Andy Dodson. Unfortunately I don"t know Andy, so not sure if he is playing tonight but the other 4 will be and it is likely to be a close finish. After tonight it will be time for a break from poker for a short time and will be looking forward to the Season 10 announcement.

April is matched betting month on my blog. A few people in Stratford asked me about this and how it works. I know I am not the only one who does this and there are a few people within APAT who are probably better at it than me so if anybody else wants to get involved please do so. The idea of matched betting is we make a Guaranteed profit from whatever bets we do, this is done using free bets and exchanges, the easiest thing to do is start with a simple example. I am going to select a betting site I do not yet have an account with and do a sign up offer. Looking to make at least £30 from this offer by the end of the week. The site I am going to use is 188bet. I have signed up an account and deposited with them this morning.

We need to place 5 £50 bets to access the £50 signup bonus so we will try and start today. We can"t use horses for this offer. Minimum odds must be 1.75. The sport we are going to be using is football. After we have placed the 5 bets £50 will be credited to our account.

I have deposited into the site this morning and placed my first bet £50 on Roma to beat Lazio at 2.16. I have then gone onto the exchange (smarkets) and layed Roma for £49.54. If Roma win I will win my bet in the bookie, if Roma do not win I will win on the exchange. Whatever the outcome of this bet I will lose £1.45. The plan is obviously to do this 5 times to generate the bonus money of £50. If I lose around £1.50 per bet doing this will cost me £7.50 and I will get the £50 bonus money making a profit of £42.50 Simple - Lets see how it goes.

188bet
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Game One - Lazio Vs Roma (Lose £1.45)


In the future I might also do something on Betfair Trading which is something else I do at very small stakes.

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